Madison Lyric Stage Begins 2017 Season with Noel Coward's Madcap Comedy BLITHE SPIRIT

Madison Lyric Stage announced that the first production of its 2017 season is Noel Coward's madcap comedy Blithe Spirit. Performances will be held April 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 7:30 pm, with a special matinee performance on April 30 at 5:30 pm, at the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society located at 297 Boston Post Road in Madison, CT.

Coward's smash hit revolves around novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his home to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when the ghost of his temperamental first wife, Elvira, is conjured, and mayhem and hijinks ensue.

"We're setting the story in 1964 and my inspiration is the classic television comedy of the supernatural, Bewitched," said Marc Deaton, artistic director of Madison Lyric Stage. "Imagine Samantha and Darrin Stephens inviting Larry and Louise Tate to their home for an evening of martinis and ghost stories. Since we will be magically transforming the space, the audience will feel that they too are attending Madame Arcati's séance."

Deaton directs this ghoulish farce starring A.J. Lincoln (MLS' The Glass Menagerie), Maureen Gallagher, Allison Waggener, and, as Madame Arcati, famed Madison, CT storyteller Jennifer Munro (MLS' A Little Night Music).

Single tickets are $35 and can be purchased at madisonlyricstage.org or by calling 203-215-6329. Tickets are also available at R.J. Julia in Madison.

Madison Lyric Stage is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts collective for the Shoreline of Connecticut. Its mission is to present professional-quality entertainment from the worlds of opera, musical theater and drama. Past productions include: A Little Night Music, Evita, Macbeth, Peter Grimes, Salome, The Glass Menagerie, and many others.

For more information about Madison Lyric Stage, visit madisonlyricstage.org.