Dear Porthouse Friend,
Last year’s season of comedy was such a resounding success, we’ve decided to keep the laughs coming in 2010 with our “Laugh Out Loud All Summer Long” Season.
We kick off our 42nd season with Broadway’s more recent hits The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee running June 10 – 26, 2010. This hilarious musical tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experience of six adolescents vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. Overseen by adults who just barely managed to escape childhood themselves, see who learns that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.
Continuing our comedy run is the fabulous farce entitled The Foreigner by Larry Shue known for the comedy The Nerd. The story is about Charlie, a painfully shy Englishman, who is on a vacation at a Georgia hunting lodge. He concocts a plan to avoid speaking to others by posing as a mysterious foreigner who speaks no English. The plan works well at first, but then backfires when he finds himself the confidant of everyone there. Running July 1 – 17, 2010.
Finally, we close the season with the All-American musical, Bye Bye Birdie with book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. Running July 22 – August 7, 2010. This rocking and rolling musical revolves around the Elvis Presley-esque rock 'n' roll superstar Conrad Birdie who, to the dismay of his adoring fans, is about to be drafted into the army. As part of one last publicity stunt cooked up by his agent, he promises to give a good-bye kiss to one lucky girl from Sweet Apple, Ohio, on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The upbeat score features "How Lovely To Be a Woman," "The Telephone Hour," "Put On A Happy Face," "A Lot of Livin' To Do," and "One Last Kiss."
In addition to our great line-up we will also be continuing our very popular “Adopt a Student Artist Program” and if you know any high school students interested in musical theatre, our Porthouse Theatre Academy will be in full swing again next summer.
With warm regards,
Sincerely,
Terri Kent
Artistic Director
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The cast and crew of Porthouse Theatre's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum cheers Alice Ripley (BFA Musical Theatre, 1986) for winning a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in the Broadway Musical Next to Normal
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Due to the widening and reconstruction of Steels Corners Road this summer, available lanes on both State Route 8 and Steels Corners Road have been reduced and traffic patterns changed near the intersection of the two roads approximately three miles east of Blossom Music Center. Please plan accordingly.
