Moon Over Buffalo at The Ritz Theatre Company

Are you in need of an evening filled with fussing and fighting, mishaps and mayhem, sword fights and stage lights… then look no further than MOON OVER BUFFALO! A dysfunctional theater troupe and an equally dysfunctional couple paint the stage in Ken Ludwig's none stop comedy. The diva lead actress, Charlotte Hay, is barely tolerant of her philandering semi-alcoholic husband, George, and mishaps and confusions arise for the company when presented the opportunity of famed film director Frank Capra attending a performance to possibly cast the two for a movie. Their temperamental daughter Rosalind splits time between fiancé Howard and ex-fiancé Paul, who works as the company's stage manager. Charlotte's nearly-deaf mother, Ethel, and Richard, a would-be suitor for Charlotte, make their contributions to the mayhem as Eileen, a young actress in the company, reveals her pregnancy to all. The hopeful actors sprint through the tangle of confusion to produce a woefully misbegotten mixture of two different plays in their hoped-for presentation piece, and in the play's climactic scene, manage to set everything right by still more series of coincidences and mishaps. Carol Burnett starred in the original Broadway production of this jam packed, side splitting, and comedic masterpiece!

Authors

• Ken Ludwig