‘Moon Over Buffalo’ play dates, times and synopsis
Play: Moon Over Buffalo
Playwright: Ken Ludwig
Synopsis: In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend Me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on fading 1950s stars George and Charlotte Hay. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with five actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if he likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, abetted by a visit from their daughter’s clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they’re actually performing as a result of Charlotte’s deaf, old stage-manager mother who hates every bone in George’s body.
Director: Gary Obeldobel
Play Dates: July 19-23, 2017
What the Critics Say:
- “Somewhere up above, George S. Kaufman, Abe Burrows, Moss Hart and all those clever fellows who wrote the comedies of yesteryear are rolling with laughter, echoing the audience last night at Moon Over Buffalo. The play is nothing less than a love letter to live theater.” – Boston Herald
- “Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo tops the mayhem and pitch-perfect farce of his other hit, Lend Me a Tenor.” – Orange County Register
- “Moon Over Buffalo packs more comic genius onto the stage than anything in recent memory!” – USA Today
- “Ken Ludwig is one of those rare contemporary playwrights who thinks in terms of old-fashioned knockabout farce, and that’s something to be cherished.” – The New York Times
- “[R]oles that any actor of a certain age would give his or her soul to play.” – The Boston Herald
- “The funniest show in New York […] The comedy has audiences rolling in the aisles. The second act has a show-within-a-show spoof of Private Lives with everybody in the wrong costumes reading the wrong lines. This has to be one of the most hysterical things ever put onstage. I have seen Moon Over Buffalo three times! I expect you to see it once.” – New York Post (Liz Smith)
- “Moon Over Buffalo is hilarious! Ludwig stuffs his play with comic invention, running gags and neat sense of absurdity. An evening of farcical delight. Go and enjoy!” – New York Post (Clive Barnes)
- “Moon Over Buffalo is by far Broadway’s funniest, most enjoyable lighthearted play. Buy a ticket!” – Entertainment Weekly
- “Stuffed with comic invention, running gags and a superb sense of absurdity, this is truly a love-letter to live theatre.” – Insidebayarea.com
- “Moon Over Buffalo is what a staged comedy should be. It is a wild and wacky farce. It’s Waiting for Guffman meets Noises Off meets your favorite Shakespeare comedy as performed by the Marx Brothers. Be prepared to leave the theater exhausted from laughter.” – The News Tribune, WA
Place: Center for Performing Arts, 10150 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs
Info: For more Information, please call 239-495-8989
May 17, 2017.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.