Playmakers 2010-2011 Season
A Few Good Men
By Aaron Sorkin
SEPTEMBER 10 – 26, 2010
Directed by Philip Lawrence
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
This Broadway hit about the trial of two Marines for complicity in the death of a fellow
Marine at Guantanamo Bay sizzles on stage. The Navy lawyer, a callow young man more interested in softball games than the case, expects a plea bargain and a cover up of what really happened. Prodded by a female member of his defense team, the lawyer eventually makes a valiant effort to defend his clients and, in so doing, puts the military mentality and the Marine code of honor on trial.
"Enormously entertaining."-N.Y. Daily News
"Plenty of wise cracking humor and suspense."-Time Magazine
"Fresh and adroitly updated and conditioned to our time and socio-political climate."-NY Post
Other People's Money
By Jerry Sterner
NOVEMBER 5 – 21, 2010
Directed by Larry Gray
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Wall Street takeover artist Lawrence Garfinkle's computer is going tilt over the undervalued stock of New England Wire & Cable. If the stockholders back his take over, they will make a bundle but what will happen to the 1200 employees and the community when he liquidates the assets? Opposing the rapacious financier are the genial man who has run the company since the year one and his chief operations officer. They bring in a young lawyer who specializes in fending off takeovers. Should she use green mail? Find a white knight? Employ a shark repellent? This compelling drama explores whether corporate raiders are creatures from the Black Lagoon of capitalism or realists.
"Funny, serious, suspenseful, involving...expertly crafted...with both epic grandeur and intimate titillation." - N.Y. Magazine
Winner of the Outer Critics Choice Award for Best Off-Broadway Play
Family Holiday Show (not part of the season)
Christmas in Camelot
DECEMBER 10 – 12, 2010
Directed by Frank Levy
You Can't Take It With You
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
MARCH 18 – APRIL 3, 2011
Directed by Kay Files
Produced by special arrangement Dramatists Play Service.
You Can't Take It with You, set during the Depression, is on the surface, the story of star-crossed lovers, Alice Sycamore and Tony Kirby. Alice lives with her eccentric family, headed by the venerable Grandpa Martin Vanderhof, who doesn't pay income taxes because he doesn't believe in them. Their house is alive with the idiosyncratic pursuits of each of its members; Penny distractedly types away at a novel, Essie dances spontaneously through the house, and Paul works in the basement manufacturing fireworks. When Tony, son of conservative banker Anthony Kirby, brings his parents to meet Alice's family, the clash of values explodes with humorous and life-changing results. Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman received the Pulitzer Prize for this play.
One of the most popular and successful plays of modern times.
The Tavern
By George M. Cohan
MAY 13 – 29, 2011
Directed by Mark Leonard
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
One of the most famous of Cohan's plays happens in a lonely tavern on a wild stormy night where a mysterious vagabond, a woman and the State Governor and his family who have been held up a short distance away gather. Several persons are suspected of the crime and the mysterious vagabond takes infinite delight in observing developments as they take place about him. When suspense reaches an almost unbearable climax, the vagabond is at last located by the keepers of a nearby Sanitarium and it is learned that he, a madman, has been responsible for the vastly amusing and complicated series of misunderstandings.
Before there was Agatha Christie, there was George M.
RENT (SCHOOL EDITION)
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
JULY 8 - 24, 2011
Directed by Drew Lehmann
Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International, New York, New York.
“No day like today.” The acclaimed hit that changed the face of musical theatre. Set in
NYC’s East Village, RENT tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning
to survive, falling in love, finding their voices, and living for today. Featuring “One Song
Glory”, “Today 4 U”, “Out Tonight”, “Without You” and “Seasons of Love”, this landmark
show won four Tony Awards (including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score)
and the Pulitzer Prize.
“An exhilarating, landmark rock opera" with a "glittering, inventive score" that "shimmers with hope for the future of the American musical.” – NY Times
"There is no day like today to see RENT!”
Rated for adult themes and language. Parents strongly cautioned.
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