SWEET CHARITY, LEND ME A TENOR & More For Lakewood Theatre Company's 2010-11 Season

Lakewood Theatre Company will celebrate its 58th anniversary season with six productions beginning July 16, 2010. Season tickets for the 2010-2011 season are on sale now and prices range from $145.00 - $155.00. Performances are Thursday -Saturday at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 7:00 PM and some Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM. Season tickets can be purchased at the LTC Box Office at 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego beginning April 13, 2010. Box Office hours are 9-5 weekdays and 10-4 on Saturdays. Call 503-635-3901 to charge your order by phone. Season tickets may also be purchased on line beginning April 15th at www.lakewood-center.org

Highlights for Lakewood's 2010-11 season include a rousing version of the musical Sweet Charity, the staging of the Agatha Christie classic The Hollow and the amazing antics of the comedy Lend Me A Tenor. Single ticket prices range from $27.00 - $32.00.
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2010-11 Season at Lakewood Theatre Company
performances on the Headlee Mainstage at Lakewood Center for the Arts
368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego, Oregon

GYPSY
July 16 - August 22, 2010
Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Arthur Laurents
Directed by Jim Crino
Considered by many to be the last great musical comedy, Gypsy tells the backstage tale of vaudeville entertainer turned stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and her overbearing mother, Rose. Stephen Sondheim's lyrics with Jule Styne's infectious music provide a tight structure and natural language to the score with such Broadway standards as "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Small World," "Some People," "If Momma Was Married," "Together Wherever We Go," and the climactic "Rose's Turn."

SWEET CHARITY
Sept. 10 - Oct. 17, 2010
Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Book by Neil Simon
Directed by Issac Lamb
Sweet Charity takes a poignant and humorous look at the misadventures of love as encountered by the sweet but guileless Charity Hope Valentine. Charity always gives her heart and dreams to the wrong man. With well-intentioned advice from her girlfriends and co-workers at the Fandango Ballroom, Charity bumbles her way through amorous mishaps. The musical features such favorites as "Big Spender," "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" and "If They Could See Me Now." The original Broadway production was nominated for 12 Tony Awards. Show Sponsor: The Bank of Oswego.

THE FOREIGNER
Nov. 5 - Dec. 12, 2010
By Larry Shue
Directed by Joe Theissen
Shy Charlie Baker is persuaded by his buddy Froggy LaSueur to accompany him on a vacation. But after they arrive at the rural fishing lodge, Charlie just wants to be left alone. Froggy convinces Charlie to pretend to be a foreigner who doesn't understand English. The plan backfires when other vacationers open up to this exotic "foreigner" and share their secrets and schemes. Compelled to do the right thing, he tries to help the potential victims involved - with bizarre results. Show Sponsor: The Swinford Family.
THE HOLLOW
Jan. 14 - Feb. 20, 2011
By Agatha Christie
Directed by Don Alder
The victim was loved, some may say to death. When Sir Henry and Lady Angkatell invite a group of friends to spend the weekend at their country retreat, The Hollow, little do they know that a tangle of romantic liaisons and marriages will explode into murder. Amid the stylish Agatha Christie repartee, it's up to Inspector Colquhoun to unravel the love affairs and secrets to solve the crime. Show Sponsor: Lakewood Center Associates.

LEND ME A TENOR
Mar. 11 - Apr. 17, 2011
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Wade Willis
It's September 8th, 1934, and Cleveland's premiere opera producer is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The tickets are sold, the stage is set and the thirty-piece orchestra is ready. But it's about to become un disastro gigantesco, because it's three minutes to curtain, and the leading man - the greatest tenor in the world - has gone missing! A must see comedy. Show Sponsor: Providence Health & Services.

THE SECRET GARDEN
May. 6 - Jun. 12, 2011
Music by Lucy Simon
Book by Marsha Norman
Based on The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Directed by Kirk Mouser
The Secret Garden tells the story of spoilt orphan Mary Lennox and her sickly cousin Colin. After the death of her parents, Mary returns from India to live in her uncle's house in England. She is desperately unhappy until one day she discovers the key to a secret and magical garden unlocking a new life of adventure.
Thursday - Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 7:00 PM
and some Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM.
Performances at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego.

Please note: Shows are subject to change.
Call 503-635-3901 for tickets or go on line at www.lakewood-center.org

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Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre conveniently located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034. For further information please call 503-635-3901.

Visit www.lakewood-center.org

58 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a semi-professional theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 40,000 people to its shows.