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August 18 - September 3, 2006
Play • Comedy • General Audience |
A conservative young lawyer marries a happy go lucky young woman. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment. Upon returning from their honeymoon and moving into their new apartment, they find the place is bare of furniture, the paint job is wrong, the skylight leaks and wacky neighbors keep popping up. This 1963 Neil Simon classic comedy was a valentine to his wife Joan and the joyful tribulations of being young,
untried and uninhibited in the big city in this romantic comedy currently playing on Broadway. Read the Review |
Directed by Steven Cuthbert
This will be the second Neil Simon play I have directed. Enjoy the rhythm and pace of the words, situations and humor. |
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September 22 - October 8, 2006
Play • General Audience • Adult Situations
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This is a comedy by James Goldman about Henry II of England and his family. Eleanor the queen has been let out of her “castle prison” for Christmas with Henry and their sons. Since the death of Henry III, the throne is in question. Richard “the Lionheart” is next in line, but Henry favors John the youngest son. In the middle is Geoffrey, who is always plotting for power. He plays Richard and John against each other to secure his place in the Royal Court. Thrown
into the mix are Philip the young king of France and his sister Alais. Kings, Queens, Knights, and at least one Pawn. The chessboard is set, let the game begin. |
Directed by Thomas Jacobs
I have wanted to bring this play to the VPA stage since 1998. I am thrilled for this opportunity. This show has comedy, drama, and political intrigue. There is definitely something for everyone. |
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October 27 - November 12, 2006
Play • Mature Audience • Adult Situations |
“I want your fear. For your fear, like a current, rushes through your body. Your fear makes your heart pound; it renders your veins rich and full. Your fear hemorrhages deliciously within you.” This new adaptation restores the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker’s classic novel to the stage. As Count Dracula begins to exert his will upon the residents of London, they try to piece together the clues of his appearances-in a valiant attempt to save themselves from a
hideous fate. Rich with both humor and horror, this play paints a wickedly theatrical picture of Stoker’s famous vampire. Read the Review |
Directed by Tim Gillard
Playwright Steven Dietz does something in his play version that Bram Stoker did in his novel: much of it is very ambiguous leaving a lot to be pieced together by the audience, which according to Dietz, is what theater is about. He says that’s why Dracula was so wonderful to adapt to theater. It has everything: intrigue, mystery and terror. |
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December 1 - December 17, 2006
Musical • General Audience • Family |
A comedy based on the 1972 book of the same name by Barbara Robinson. In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herman kids—probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem—and the fun—when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! Read the Review |
Directed by Elizabeth Hanson
This musical chronicles the clash of the notorious Herman kids with the production of the neighborhood church's Christmas pageant. Anyone who works with children will recognize many of these characters. |
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January 26 - March 4 , 2007
Musical • General Audience • Family |
Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Based on the Academy Award winning animated feature, the stage version includes all of the wonderful songs from the film, plus new songs written especially for the Broadway version. Disney has allowed MTI to license stage performances of the show while it continues to play in New York. You will be transported to a French provincial town where the beautiful Belle lives with her father
- a dotty inventor. When her father doesn’t return from a trip to the local fair, Belle rushes off to find him. To her dismay, she discovers he is being held captive in an old castle by a horrible beast. She trades her freedom for his and the “tale as old as time” begins. How Belle tames the unfortunate Beast and his ultimate transformation into a handsome prince continues to enthrall audiences. |
Directed by Larry Bottjen
From pyrotechnics to glow-in-the-dark wolves, we’re pulling out all the stops to suspend your reality with Lumiere, Cogsworth, Belle, Gaston & the others. With a crew of 21 & cast of 33, this show will have been in the planning for over a year! Prepare to pick your jaw off the floor when you walk into VPA & see the Beast’s castle only feet from where you sit! VPA’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” will truly be “magical” with
an unprecedented run of 24 shows over a span of 6 weekends! |
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March 23 - April 8 , 2007
Play • General Audience |
Three couples. Three cocktail parties. When three very different pairs take turns hosting hilarious uncomfortable get-togethers with behind-the-scenes kitchen calamities, tensions are high, fortunes and fates are reversed. And as anyone who has hosted a party knows, the real comedy always takes place in the kitchen. A dash of farce with a pinch of insincerity; this British comedy by Alan Acykbourn just finished a successful Broadway revival—the first since it was written in 1974.
Acykbourn is the pre-eminent British writer of comedy still working, having written and staged dozens of plays. |
Directed by Joe Lawton
The rise and fall of the relative family fortunes and the interaction of that couples create farcical situations that all married couples will recognize. The language and sentiments are appropriate for all ages, although pre-teens may lack the maturity to see all the humor.
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