Allan Felix has this thing about Humphrey Bogart. If only he had some
of Bogart's technique... Bookish and insecure with women, Allan's hero,
Bogey comes to the rescue, with a fantastic bevy of beauties played out
in hilarious fantasy sequences. Fixed up by friends with gorgeous
women, he's so awkward that even Bogey's patience is tried. Allan
mostly resembles a disheveled, friendly dog and this is what ultimately
charms his best friend's wife, Linda into bed. It's a tough life,
making it in the world of beautiful people but if you can't be a hero
it helps to have one...
• "Hilarious...a cheerful romp. Not only are Mr. Allen's jokes
and their follow ups, asides and twists audaciously brilliant, but he
has a great sense of character." -N.Y. Times
• "A funny, likeable comedy that has a surprising amount of wistful appeal."- N.Y. Post
The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) - By The Reduced Shakespeare Company
The good book just got better!
It's
apocalypse now as the three cultural guerrillas of The Company Theatre
set their reductive sites on The Bible. Can bolts of lightning be far
behind? Yes, it's an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from
fig leaves to Final Judgment as the boys tackle the great theological
questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like
Charlton Heston? And why isn't the word "phonetic" spelled the way it
sounds?
Whether you are Catholic or Atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or
Purple People Eater, you will be tickled by The Company’s romp through
old time religion. And remember, some one is watching.
• "It's wacky! It's zany! And a little profaney." Sister MaryAnne Walsh, Arlington Catholic Herald
• "This is a slick, fast, very funny show... skilled performers with immaculate, sassy American timing." London Sunday Times
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged)
London's Longest Running Comedy!
All 37 Plays in 97
Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The
Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's
longest-running comedy - 10 years at the Criterion Theatre. Praised by
the Los Angeles Times as "wildly funny" and by the Montreal Gazette as
"the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime".
Warning!: This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type
condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for
people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders
and/or people inclined to motion sickness.
• "Pithier than Python. Irresistible." New York Times
•
"A madcap condensation that features non-stop laughs. Done at a
whirlwind pace and with great delight, they are sure to win over even
the most skeptical. And there is no doubt that William Shakespeare
himself... would approve." Daily Variety
• "If you like Shakespeare, you'll like this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you'll love this show!" The Today Show
The 39 Steps
Adaptated by Patrick Barlow
Based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
Based on the novel by John Buchan
The Broadway hit. Hitchcock meets Monty Python! 4 actors play 150 different characters.
• WINNER! 2 Tony® and Drama Desk Awards, 2008
• WINNER! BEST NEW COMEDY Laurence Olivier Award, 2007
•
Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, is Broadway's longest running comedy,
playing its 500th performance on Broadway, May 19th, 2009!
Mix a
Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty
Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who
loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk
Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany
characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage
plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned
romance!
In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a
thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is
murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot
on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a
death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and
wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable
evening of pure pleasure!
“THEATER AT ITS FINEST… Absurdly enjoyable! This gleefully
theatrical riff on Hitchcock's film is fast and frothy, performed by a
cast of four that seems like a cast of thousands.” –Ben Brantley, The
New York Times
• “The most entertaining show on Broadway!” –Liz Smith, The New York Post
• "A wonderful triumph of theatre!" -BBC Radio 4
A Tuna Christmas - by Ed Howard, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams
In this hilarious sequel to Greater Tuna, it's Christmas in the
third smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities
Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide
activities, including hot competition in the annual lawn display
contest. In other news, voracious Joe Bob Lipsey's production of "A
Christmas Carol" is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Many colorful
Tuna denizens, some you will recognize from Greater Tuna and some
appearing here for the first time, join in the holiday fun. A Tuna
Christmas is a total delight for all seasons, whether performed by two
quick changing comedians as on Broadway or by twenty or more.
Production requirements are minimal, making the play suitable for
school and community producers as well as large venues. Audiences who
have and who have not seen Greater Tuna will enjoy this laugh filled
evening.
• "A hoot!"-NY Times
• "So funny it could make a racoon laugh affectionately at Davy Crockett.... It's far too good for just Christmas."-NY Post
• "The hilarity ... never lets up."-Village Voice
Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn
There
are no less than eight intimate exchanges in this ingenious tour de
farce and each has two different endings; you can see Intimate
Exchanges sixteen times and not see the same play twice! And one actor
and one actress play all 10 characters. This is Ayckbourn's most
unusual look yet at the foibles of middle class living
"There are scores of side splittingly funny lines derived from Mr.
Ayckbourn's acute observation of the middle classes at bay, floundering
under the pressures of trying to lead, or to be seen leading,
respectable lives. The comedy is wry, sardonic and bitter" ~ London
Spectator
The Foreigner by Larry Shue
Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production ...
The scene is a fishing lodge in
rural Georgia often visited by "Froggy" LeSeuer, a British demolition
expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base
This time "Froggy" has brought
along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is
overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers
So "Froggy," before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English
Once alone the fun really begins,
as Charlie overhears more than he should—the evil plans of a sinister,
two-faced minister and his red-neck associate - the fact that the
minister's pretty fiancée is pregnant and many other damaging
revelations made with the thought that Charlie doesn't understand a
word being said
That he does fuels the non-stop
hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax in which
things go uproariously awry for the "bad guys," and the "good guys"
emerge triumphant
"I laughed start to finish at one comic surprise after another" ~ The New Yorker