Stand
By Your Man: The Tammy Wynette Story
Country Musical • Written by Mark St. Germain
June 3 - June 15
The musical chronicles the life of the First Lady of Country
Music. Best known for her runaway hit "Stand By Your Man" in
1968
— a song she said she wrote in 15 minutes — Wynette lived a complicated
and often
tumultuous life that saw her married five times. While this musical biography
covers plenty of Wynette's musical career, and includes 26 of Wynette's
hit songs, it also looks at Wynette's personal life, which includes a bizarre
1978
abduction
that saw Wynette taken from a Nashville shopping center and beaten — a
crime that was never solved. A thoroughly moving and entertaining musical,
Stand
By Your
Man promises something for everyone.
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Unnecessary Farce
Farce • Written by Paul Slade Smith
June 17 - June 29
Deadly bagpipes, a bumbling mayor, incompetent cops, the Highland
Clan's Big Mac and the infamous Highland Hitman, who, it is said, always dons
a kilt and
plays the bagpipes before making a kill — all converge on a hotel room where
the city's new accountant discovers embezzlement. The day does not start off
well when two inexperienced police officers bumble the videotape surveillance
and record more than they bargained for. To crack the case the officers must
overcome their fear of the dark, guns, enclosed spaces, and the opposite sex.
Unnecessary Farce delivers a huge laugh with its raucous comedic twists and
turns.
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Musical • Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
July 1 - July 20
The classic love story of Belle, a kind-hearted but misunderstood
young woman, and the Beast, a pompous prince who has been turned into an animal
by the spell
of an enchantress. The only chance the Beast has of breaking the spell is to
learn both how to love and how to be loved, lessons for which he turns to Belle
for help. Based on a well-known French fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast was
released as a film by Walt Disney Pictures in 1991, where its state-of-the-art
animation
and profoundly relevant story line made it popular with children and adults
alike. The elements that make Beauty and the Beast so magical onscreen translate
beautifully
to the stage, where its grandeur and scale promise to thrill Playhouse theater-goers.
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Stonewall's Bust
Farce • Written by John Morogiello
July 22 - August 3
Winner of the 2007 Mountain Playhouse International Comedy
Playwriting Contest
Paul, a professional skeptic from New York, accidentally breaks a priceless
statue of Stonewall Jackson at a confederate heritage museum owned by his girlfriend's
mother. Embarrassed and fearful, Paul claims the statue "just fell off" the
pedestal, setting in motion a series of ever larger lies and misunderstandings
that eventually lead to an exorcism on live television, and a hard choice between
his personal safety and the woman he loves. Don't miss this world premiere
farce!
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Be My Baby
Comedy • Written by Ken Ludwig
August 5 - August 17
An irascible Scotsman and an uptight English woman take the
audience along on a hilarious road trip that launches the two main characters
into a journey about
life and love. Both in their late 50's, John and Maude come together when John's
ward marries Maude's niece. When the young couple decides to adopt an infant,
John and Maude travel first to California to pick up the child, and then to
Scotland — with long and outrageous delays along the way which force the two
to work together
to care for the young child.
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Glorious!
The true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the worst singer
in the world.
Comedy • Written by Peter Quilter
August 19 - August 31
Step back in time to New York in the 1940s. At the time, the city was a haven
for eccentric characters struggling to make their mark. One New York socialite
and aspiring opera singer, Florence Foster Jenkins, became an immensely popular
musical performer through the sheer strength of her personality, the devoted
support of her adoring friends, and the unabashed self-confidence about the
beauty of her stupendously horrendous singing voice. The play follows Foster-Jenkins
from charity recitals and extravagant balls all the way to Carnegie Hall.
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The Road to Washington
The making of a man. The making of a president.
World Premiere Historical Drama • Written by Rob Barron
September 17 - 28
In honor of the 250th anniversary celebrations for Pittsburgh
and other historical sites in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Mountain Playhouse
has commissioned a
historical drama detailing the life of George Washington in the years during
the French and Indian War. Penned by playwright Rob Barron, who has written
several plays for the Playhouse stage including the acclaimed 5/31/89: THE FLOOD,
the
play promises a look at the man who would rise to become a founding father
of the nation while he was still a young militia officer fighting the French
in
the very hills that surround the Mountain Playhouse.
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The
Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged)
Comedy • Written and Performed by Reduced Shakespeare Company
October 1 - 12
A comedy that promises more laughs than church would ever allow.
A production by the three- man Reduced Shakespeare Company, this irreverent play
examines the
profound historical questions left unanswered by the Bible, such as did Adam
and Eve have navels? And did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? No matter
your religion, or lack thereof, the performance will take audiences on an affectionate,
irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to the Final Judgment.
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