Almost-normal in association with The Landor Theatre present LUCKY STIFF from Wednesday 1st to Saturday 25th February 2012. It has a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. LUCKY STIFF is based on "The Man Who Broke The Bank at Monte Carlo" by Michael Butterworth. It was first produced by Playwrights Horizons Inc. off-Broadway in 1988. It was the winner of the 1988 Richard Rodgers Production Award.
It is presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.
About the show: "In 1988 Ahrens and Flaherty exploded onto the musical theatre scene with Lucky Stiff, a classic musical farce, complete with slamming doors, mistaken identities, a stash of diamonds, and…a corpse in a wheelchair! Harry Witherspoon, an unassuming English shoe salesman, is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered, Atlantic City casino managing Uncle Tony on a vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed in passing his uncle off as alive, he will inherit $6 million, but if he doesn't the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn…or perhaps it will go to the gun-toting wife of the casino owner? But what's the hen-pecked optometrist from New Jersey doing in the South of France dressed as a maid…or the Arab…or the Italian? Definitely, Something Funny's Going On!"
Lucky Stiff features, James Winter (Jersey Boys) as Harry Witherspoon, Abigail Jaye (Evita) as Annabel Glick, LuCy Williamson (End Of The Rainbow) as Rita La Porta,Miles Western (Pageant) as Vincent Di Ruzzio, with Mark Hayden (The Mousetrap) as Luigi Gaudi, and Ryan Bernstein, Thomas Lloyd, Samantha Ridings and Jenna Ryder-Oliver. The production is directed by Robert McWhir, with Musical Direction by Terence Penk and Choreography by James Houlbrooke.
Lucky Stiff runs from Wednesday 1st to Saturday 25th February 2012. Performances are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, Friday evenings at 7:00pm, and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm.
Previews are Wednesday and Thursday 1st and 2nd February 2012 (£10 tickets only available via the Box Office).
Shows are Saturday 4th to Saturday 25th February 2012 (£18 tickets)
The Landor Theatre is located at 70 Landor Road, London SW9 9PH. For tickets call 020 7737 7276 or book online at www.landortheatre.co.uk.
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