Photo Flash: LEADING LADIES Opens Tonight at TheatreWorks New Milford

Tonight, September 18, TheatreWorks New Milford will premiere LEADING LADIES, the hilariously outrageous farce by Ken Ludwig. The curtain rises at 8:00 p.m. on a four-week run. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

From the author of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo comes this outrageous comedy. The story focuses on Jack and Leo, two English Shakespearean actors who are so down on their luck they are reduced to performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. But when they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces and, in the tradition of any Ken Ludwig farce, absolute hilarity ensues.

The production features an outstanding cast from all over the tri-state area: Hal Chernoff (Simsbury), Victoria Calamito (Carmel, N.Y.), Daniel Basiletti (Brewster, N.Y.), Rob Pawlikowski (Roxbury), Edwin Arce II (Harrington Park, N.J.), and Mary Wilson, Carey Van Hollen, and Ron Dukenski (all Southbury).

In addition to Bolinski and Couture, the show's crew consists of set designer Judy Tringali, costume designer Susan Aziz, lighting designers Richard Pettibone and Scott Wyshynski, sound designer Tom Libonate, and stage manager Beth Plotkin.

LEADING LADIES runs September 18,19 25,26 October 2,3,4 9,10. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, with a 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinee on October 4. Tickets for all shows are $23 for reserved seating. Students and Military personnel with ID will be admitted for $18. Reservations can be made online at THEATREWORKS.US or by calling the box office at (860) 350-6863.

Photo Credit: Richard Pettibone