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Having casually wandered onstage, George is informed that one of the actors, Eddie, has been in an auto accident and he must replace him immediately. Apparently no one is sure of what play is being performed but George (costumed as Hamlet) seems to find himself in the middle of a scene from Private Lives, surrounded by such luminaries as Sarah Siddons, Dame Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. As he fumbles through one missed cue after another the other actors shift to Hamlet, then a play by Samuel Beckett, and then a climactic scene from what might well be A Man for All Seasons—by which time the disconcerted George has lost all sense of contact with his fellow performers. Yet, in the closing moments of the play, he rises to the occasion and finally says the right lines, whereupon make-believe suddenly gives way to reality as the executioner’s axe (meant for Sir Thomas Moore) instead sends poor George to oblivion—denying him a well-earned curtain call.
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The Stands
Firehouse Center for the Arts (5/3 - 5/5) | |
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The Full Monty
The Umbrella Arts Center (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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Neil Simon's Plaza Suite
Dennison Memorial Hall at Boston Church of Christ (4/27 - 5/5)
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The Life and Music of George Michael
Emerson Colonial Theatre (9/20 - 9/20) | |
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THT Rep presents Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (4/18 - 5/12) | |
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MJ
Boston Opera House (6/18 - 7/7) | |
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Peter and the Starcatcher
The Company Theatre (5/3 - 5/5) | |
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (5/3 - 5/5) | |
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Head Over Heels – High School Edition
The Company Theatre (7/11 - 7/13) | |
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