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I feel very fortunate to have been able to catch Jonathan Freeman between his
long run in Broadway's Mary Poppins and his upcoming production of the
Broadway adaptation of Disney's Aladdin to direct She Loves Me, for which he was
nominated for a Tony award in the last Broadway production of this beautiful
musical.
She Loves Me is the third adaptation of Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo. It followed
the films The Shop Around the Corner and In the Good Old Summertime. It
surfaced again as the film You've Got Mail. She Loves Me, however, illuminates the
original story of unexpected love, with a gorgeous score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon
Harnick, that has made it one of the most important and best loved musicals of all
time. The Monomoy Theatre is the perfect place to enjoy this romantic musical.
During the last few seasons Monomoy audiences have had the pleasure of
becoming familiar with the delicate directorial hand of Emmy Award winning
actress and director, Francesca James. This summer she directs an American
classic.
Death of a Salesman is simply one of America's greatest plays by one of
America's greatest playwrights. "Thank you, Mr. Miller, for your timeless
masterwork. To be doing it at Monomoy this summer is an honor and a challenge for
all of us who have spent our lives in the theater and a gift to those of us who are
hoping to do so."
After appearing in Hay Fever with his wife Shelley, Dennis Delaney, the head
of Ohio University's graduate directing program, will switch hats to direct the
magnificent comedy.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a play I've dreamed of directing for 25 years. Why? I
was one of those kids who grew up watching horror films on Chiller Theater, and
so I developed a taste for the macabre. Add to that a lifelong love of great stage
comedies, and you can see why I'm drawn to this masterpiece. It has just the right
combination of belly laughs and spine-tingling chills. Add a dash of romance and a
delightful portrait of Brooklyn life in the 1940's, and you get what many of us feel is
a perfect black comedy.
We bring our season to an end with a relatively new comedy directed by
Associate Artistic Director of The Hartford Stage Company and Monomoy Theatre
alum, Max Williams:
Shakespeare in Hollywood by the author of Lend Me a Tenor, Ken Ludwig, is
a modern play capturing the finest essence of classical farce. When Shakespeare's
Oberon and Puck materialize on the film set of Max Reinhardt's famous production
of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the possibilities for uproarious laughter are
infinite.
Well there you have it. This is our faculty. I hope you enjoy the summer term at
The Monomoy Theatre
Alan Rust