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The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSueur, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time “Froggy” has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So “Froggy,” before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should—the evil plans of a sinister, two-faced minister and his redneck associate; the fact that the minister’s pretty fiancée is pregnant; and many other damaging revelations made with the thought that Charlie doesn’t understand a word being said. That he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the “bad guys,” and the “good guys” emerge triumphant.
- Larry Shue
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The Thanksgiving Play
Ensemble Theater In Honor of Helen Zell at Steppenwolf (4/25 - 6/2) | |
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | |
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Chicago Cabaret Week 3rd Annual, 10-day Festival
Chicago Area Venues (5/10 - 5/19) CONCERT | |
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Act of God
Raue Center For The Arts (8/2 - 8/25) | |
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UPTOWN
The Center for Performing Arts (3/8 - 3/8) | |
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The S Paradox
Babes With Blades Theatre Company (4/7 - 5/18) | |
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Guys and Dolls
Drury Lane Theatre (4/10 - 6/9) | |
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Baby
Citadel Theatre (4/19 - 5/19) | |
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1619: The Journey of a People
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre (6/15 - 6/30) | |
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Better Person with Comedian Billy D. Washington
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (8/23 - 8/23) | |
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