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“A warm-hearted play...highly entertaining, funny, straightforward and frequently moving.” Chicago Tribune |
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2008 Our 23rd Season! The Lady with All the Answers "Wake up and smell the coffee!” Ashland favorite Gretchen Rumbaugh returns to portray Eppie Lederer, the celebrated advice columnist known to millions as Ann Landers. For decades Ann Landers’ daily newspaper column answered readers’ letters on countless topics including pre-marital (and post-marital) sex, family conflicts, vacuuming in the nude, addictions, and the proper way to hang toilet paper. This wise, funny, no-nonsense woman conducted a daily dialogue with America that reflected and shaped the changing of our culture during the turbulent 60’s and 70’s. On this night in 1975 she’s got a problem of her own as she hangs out with us in her Chicago penthouse sharing wit and wisdom, bon bons and bon mots – and avoiding writing the toughest column of her career. “Twenty lashes with a wet noodle” if you miss this show! Non-musical. PG-13 February
1 - March 2, 2008 Performances
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“A crowd-pleaser, for sure: non-stop good time; tight, fun show that you can’t help but love.” NYtheatre.com |
Altar Boyz It’s a play! It’s a concert! It’s Nunsense meets N-Sync! It’s Altar Boyz, the Catholic boy band on a mission: Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan & Abraham. They aim to save souls with hot pop songs, glorious voices, and killer choreography. Matthew is the dreamboat leader of the group. Mark is the sensitive one. Luke is the streetwise B-boy who has a little trouble staying on the Path. Juan is the Latin hottie in search of his long-lost parents. And Abraham is Jewish. (What’s he doing in a Christian boy band? God only knows.) They are fierce in their spiritual mission and, though there is much humor resulting from their naïve fervor, they are utterly sincere and their message is all about the power of love, acceptance…and really great hair. Songs: God Put the Rhythm in Me; Girl, You Make Me Want To Wait; La Vida Eterna; Everybody Fits in God’s Great Family. March
14 - June 1 Performances
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archy and mehitabel A typewriter clatters away at midnight in a deserted newspaper office as archy, the cockroach with the soul of a free-verse poet, pounds out his poems by diving onto the keys. He writes about the denizens of Shinbone Alley: Broadway the Lightning Bug; Tyrone T. Tattersall, the actor cat; Big Bill the Tomcat; and the Ladybugs (Who Aren’t Exactly Ladies). But mostly he writes about his friend Mehitabel, a feline fatale who believes herself to be Cleopatra reincarnated, but still can’t seem to say “no” to a tomcat. This charming, sophisticated and inventive musical is based on the poems of Don Marquis. It’s a gem of a show featuring eccentric characters, a witty script by Mel Brooks, a Gershwin/Bernstein-inflected score and lots of delightful singing and dancing. June
13 - August 31 Performances
Wednesday-Monday @ 8:00 Previews $19; Sunday Evenings $21; Sunday Matinees $25; Weeknight $26/$28; Friday/Saturday Evenings $30/$32 [
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“Sizzling...soulful role reversal...ebony does ivory!” Westworld “An infectious up-tempo show!” Rocky Mountain News |
A Brief History of White Music The premise of the show is simple: what if mainstream pop songs originally sung by white artists were re-interpreted by a trio of African-American performers? Everyone knows that the roots of American pop music are in the African-American culture: ragtime, jazz and blues. Even the Beatles cited rhythm & blues as their inspiration. This show turns the tables a bit by taking music of Buddy Holly, the Mamas and the Papas, Sonny & Cher, Elvis, and the Beatles, and giving them a fresh treatment, full of soul and jazz and snazzy moves. It’s the songs you grew up loving…as they’ve never been sung before: That’ll Be the Day, Where the Boys Are, Blue Suede Shoes, Downtown, Imagine. September
12 - November 2 Performances
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“Ali Baba is a fun evening fit for the family.” Edith Decker / Daily Courier “Lyrics which range from the diabolically clever to happily silly and bitingly |
Ali Baba Another in the Cabaret’s tradition of English Panto-inspired holiday shows created by OCT’s own Jim Giancarlo, Jim Malachi and Darcy Danielson. Ali Baba (the black sheep of the Baba family) is on a hero’s quest. He is aided by our narrator, the beauteous Scheherazade, and by a wry Genie (“I prefer Eugene”) and opposed by the arch-villain Pasha Poobah, who plans to subjugate the world by commandeering a certain precious dark substance. Along the way Ali meets Brooklyn-born Ruby Twankey and her mute daughter, Pearl, who operate a Bedouin-breakfast in the desert; an English twit-and-punk pair called Fish and Chip; and a singing-dancing Camel. All of the Panto elements are here: broad humor, puns in abundance, cross-dressing, topical references, wacky romance, wild costumes, audience retorts and an eclectic score with themes pilfered from Rimsky-Korsakov. Order early: our holiday shows sell out quickly. November
14 - December 31 Performances
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