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One of the most popular plays in our 37th season, back in November 2013 – one of our regular reviewers described it as "a joy from start to finish" − was The Game's Afoot, a Sherlock Holmes spoof by Ken Ludwig, whose other plays include Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo. In this hilarious comedy, two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. Enter romantic interest and the need to become legitimate. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long-lost English nephews, Jack and Leo resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, especially when Leo falls head-over-petticoat in love with the old lady's vivacious niece, Meg, who's engaged to the local minister. Meg knows that there's a wide world out there, but it's not until she meets "Maxine and Stephanie" that she finally gets a taste of it.
American playwright and theatre director Ken Ludwig has had 6 shows on Broadway and 7 in London’s West End, and his plays and musicals have been performed in more than 30 countries in over 20 languages. His first play on Broadway, Lend Me A Tenor, which the Washington Post called "one of the classic comedies of the 20th century,” won two Tony Awards and was nominated for seven. He has also won two Laurence Olivier Awards (England’s highest theatre honour), the Charles MacArthur Award, two Helen Hayes Awards, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery from The Mystery Writers of America, the SETC Distinguished Career Award, and the Edwin Forrest Award for Services to the American Theatre. His most recent play, Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol, was nominated as Outstanding Play for the 2015 Helen Hayes Award.
You won't want to miss this "highly combustible and continuously hilarious new comedy." ~ The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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STAGE CENTRE PRODUCTIONS
proudly present
Leading Ladies
An uproarious comedy by Ken Ludwig
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"Ludwig's newest comedy is so funny, it will make sophisticated and reasonable men and women of the 21st century cackle till their faces hurt." ~ The Houston Press
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Directed by Todd Davies
Set Design: Todd Davies and Steven Jackson
Lighting by Carolyn Carr
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With Holm Bradwell, Brad Emes, Robert Glen, Jen Hashimoto, Harry Hochman, Nikki Hogan, Molly Lubell
and J. B. Pierre Rajotte
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March 17 - 19 and 23 - 26, 2016: 8:00 p.m.
March 20 and March 26, 2016: 2:00 pm Matinee
Stage Centre Productions' fourth play of the 39th season at the Fairview Library Theatre, Leading Ladies, opens on March 17, 2016 and runs until Saturday, March 26, 2016. Please call the Box Office at 416-299-5557 to reserve tickets or book on line through http://www.stagecentreproductions.com.
DATES: March 17 to 20 (Thursday to Sunday) and March 23 to 26 (Wednesday to Saturday)
MEDIA/VIP OPENING: Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 8:00 p.m.
TIMES: Performances begin at 8:00 p.m., except the matinees on March 20 and 26, which begin at 2:00 p.m.
TICKETS: Adults $30 Seniors/Students $25 To order tickets call 416-299-5557 or click http://www.stagecentreproductions.com.
LOCATION: Fairview Public Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive, North York, steps away from the Don Mills Subway Station on the Sheppard Line. There is plenty of free parking in the Fairview Mall parking lot. Both wheelchair access and hearing devices are available.
Stage Centre Productions, a full repertory theatre company founded in 1977 and dedicated to presenting a wide cross-section of plays, usually offers five productions each season. We are now celebrating our 39th season with Gaslight (October 1 to 10), The Dover Road (November 26 to December 5, 2015), The Deadly Game (January 21 to 30, 2016), Leading Ladies (March 17 to 26, 2016) and You Never Can Tell (May 19 to 28, 2016). This season is the fifth under Artistic Director Michael James Burgess, who brings many years of experience to the company.
The company constructs all the sets, costumes, wigs and properties required for each production at its rehearsal workshop in Scarborough.
For more information about Stage Centre Productions check out our website at http://www.stagecentreproductions.com.
2016-02-23
Toronto: Stage Centre Productions presents Ken Ludwig's "Leading Ladies" March 17-26