Crowder Theatre To Present Musical Performance

The Crowder College Theatre department will present "Lend Me a Tenor," by Ken Ludwig April 24-26 in the Elsie Plaster Auditorium on the campus in Neosho.

Shows will be held at 7:30 p.m. each night along with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee.

Tickets are available at the door as follows: General admission $8, Crowder staff and students $4, senior citizens and students (ages 12 and up) $5. This production is rated PG.

"Lend Me A Tenor" is set in September 1934. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world famous Tito Morelli, Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as Otello.

The star arrives late and, through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he's dead. In a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into Morelli's Otello costume and fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into his other costume ready to perform. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo.

A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, this madcap, screwball comedy is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter.

Cast members include NaTasha O'Brien, of Jane.

Community on 04/17/2014