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Photo Flash: First Look at TheatreWorks New Milford's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO

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TheatreWorks New Milford's spring production, the comedy-drama, The Last Night Of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry - winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play - opens tonight at 8:00pm. Scroll down to see some photos from the production!

From the author who penned Driving Miss Daisy comes this funny and moving tale. It's Atlanta, 1939. Hitler has conquered Poland, Gone with the Wind is about to premiere, and Adolph Freitag, his sister Boo, and nieces Lala and Sunny can't wait for Ballyhoo - the social event of the year for Atlanta's elitist German-Jewish community. Adolph's new employee Joe Farkas seems an attractive eligible bachelor, but is a Jew of Eastern European descent deemed unacceptable to some members of the Freitag family. Unexpected romantic, touching, and comedic events unfold as the characters face where they come from and who they really are.

The Last Night Of Bsllyhoo is under the direction of Chesley Plemmons of Sherman.

The cast consist of some of the region's most outstanding actors: Sam Everett (Kent), Carey Van Hollen (Danbury),Susan Abrams (Warren), Charles Roth (New Fairfield), and Stephen Ross, Joan Wyner, and Erin Shaughnessy (all New Milford).

The Last Night Of Ballyhoo runs May 2, 3, 9,10, 16,17,18, 23, and 24. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, with a 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinee on May 18. Tickets for all shows are $23 for reserved seating. Students and Military personnel with ID will be admitted for $18. Thursday, May 8 at 8:00 p.m. is TheatreWorks' Pay-What-You-Want night. At this performance, you name the price for your ticket. Reservations can be made online at www.theatreworks.us or by calling the box office at (860) 350-6863.

Photo Credit: Richard Pettibone

Photo Flash: First Look at TheatreWorks New Milford's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO Image
Carey Van Hollen (Sunny Freitag) and Charles Roth Joe Farkas)

Photo Flash: First Look at TheatreWorks New Milford's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO Image
Carey Van Hollen (Sunny Freitag) and Erin Shaughnessy (Lala Levy)

Photo Flash: First Look at TheatreWorks New Milford's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO Image
Susan Abrams (Boo Levy), Charles Roth (Joe Farkas), and Stephen Ross (Adolph Freitag)

Photo Flash: First Look at TheatreWorks New Milford's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO Image
Joan S. Wyner (Reba Freitag), Erin Shaughnessy (Lala Levy), Susan Abrams (Boo Levy), and Stephen Ross (Adolph Freitag)

Photo Flash: First Look at TheatreWorks New Milford's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO Image
Charles Roth (Joe Farkas) and Erin Shaughnessy (Lala Levy)

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