Photo Flash: Miners Alley Presents Ken Ludwig's LEND ME A TENOR

It is the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. The world famous tenor, Tito Morelli, "Il Stupendo," is to perform his greatest roll, Otello. However, at the final dress rehearsal of Otello, Merelli is nowhere to be found. The manager, Henry Saunders, and his assistant Max are in a panic. It appears Merelli's wife has left him a "Dear John" letter and the distraught singer, accidentally given a double dose of tranquilizers, is thought to be dead. What follows is a laugh-out-loud chain reaction of mistaken identity, farcical plot twists, double entendres and musical mayhem!

Miners Alley Playhouse presents "Lend Me A Tenor" July 13 through August 19 in Golden. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 - $38 and available by calling 303-935-3044 or online at www.minersalley.com. Miners Alley Playhouse is located at 1224 Washington Avenue. Golden, CO 80401.

Scott Rathbun makes his Miners Alley debut as Tito Morelli joining Drew Horwitz (Max), Missy Moore (Maggie), Jeffrey Atherton (Saunders), Eryn Carmen (Maria), Cole Henson (Bellhop), Rachel Darden (Diana) and Suzanne Connors Nepi (Julia).

Tony Award-winner "Lend Me A Tenor" has been called "one of the two great farces by a living writer," by The New York Times and "one of the classic comedies of the 20th century" by The Washington Post.

Ken Ludwig, a two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright, has written twenty-five plays and musicals, with six Broadway productions and seven in London's West End. His awards include the Charles MacArthur Award, the Helen Hayes Award, the 2017 Samuel French Award for Sustained Excellence in the American Theatre, and the Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year. His plays and musicals include Crazy For You (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical), Moon Over Buffalo, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island, Leading Ladies, The Game's Afoot, A Fox on the Fairway and Baskerville. In 2017, his adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, written at the request of the Agatha Christie Estate, premiered at the McCarter Theatre, and his newest play, Sherwood opened at The Old Globe.

Photo Credit: Sarah Roshan Photography