Lakewood Theatre Company Presents LEND ME A TENOR, Closes 4/17

It's opening night for a gala fundraiser and the famour tenor Tito Merelli is missing. How can the show go on? Better yet, can anyone save the company from ruin? Winner of 3 Tony Awards and 4 Drama Desk Awards, Ken Ludwig's brilliant script wrings every laugh out of that situation in Lend Me a Tenor closing Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Lakewood Theatre Company.

Directed by Wade Willis, Lend Me a Tenor continues until April 17th with the following schedule: Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 7:00 PM (March 13, 20, 27 & April 3), Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM (March 20, 27 & April 3, 10, 17). The theatre is located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego. Ticket prices are $27 for adults and $24 for seniors. Additional discounts are available for groups and students. Contact the Lakewood Theatre Box Office at (503) 635-3901 or order online at www.lakewood-center.org The title sponsors for Lend Me a Tenor are Tom & Marcy Lasley.

The Story:
Lend Me A Tenor is a door-slamming, dress-dropping farce with mistaken identities, mischievous misunderstandings and compromising positions.

It is the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, and world-famous Italian tenor Signor Tito Merelli (Isaac Lamb) will be their guest artist in Otello, the highlight of the company's most important fundraiser for the 1934 season.

But Tito's troubled life, his hot-headed wife Maria (ElizaBeth Young), and a "Dear John" letter mistaken as Tito's suicide note sends everybody's head swimming. No Tito, no $50,000 in ticket sales.

Meanwhile, Max (Bobby Ryan), an opera singer wanna-be, is coerced into impersonating the Italian great to save the show. In costume, wig and make-up, he's is a dead ringer for the dead singer. But can Max find the courage to go on with the show? The surprises have just begun in this superbly crafted, eye-watering farce.
Others in the cast include Michael Biesanz, Mary Anne Glazebrook, Rebecca Frost Mayer, Kirsten Anya Kyllingstad and Tyler Ryan.

Stage direction for Lend Me a Tenor is by Wade Willis. Set design is by Rod Langdahl, lighting design is by Kurt Herman, costume design is by Margaret Chapman and properties are by Felix Kelsey. The stage manager for the show is Jean Hiebert and the producer is Kay Vega.

 

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