Westport Country Playhouse's SHE LOVES ME Extends Its Run Thru 5/15

Westport Country Playhouse announces that due to ticket demand for the romantic musical comedy, "She Loves Me," four extra performances have been added Thursday through Saturday, May 13 - 15, evenings at 8 p.m. and a Saturday matinee at 4 p.m.

"She Loves Me" is directed by Mark Lamos, who was named Playhouse artistic director in early 2009. "She Loves Me" launches the premier season under Lamos' artistic direction. It also celebrates the beginning of The Playhouse's 80th anniversary season.

"It's just wonderful to see how many have bought tickets to ‘She Loves Me,'" said Lamos. "It's such a celebratory way to begin our 80th season, and it's a musical that's tailor made to the intimacy of this wonderful Playhouse. I couldn't be happier that this extension means even more people will be able to come."

With all the grace and spirit that established it as one of the all-time great Broadway classics, "She Loves Me" features a book by Joe Masteroff, who won a Tony Award for "Cabaret." Music is by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, who as a team wrote "Fiorello!," winner of Broadway's triple crown: Tony Award, New York Critics' Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize for drama; and "Fiddler on the Roof," which won nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

The plot involves Georg and Amalia, feuding shop clerks in a 1930s European parfumerie, who unknowingly fall in love via their letters as anonymous romantic pen pals.
Corporate sponsor is Bank of America. Board of trustees sponsors are Sandra and Neil DeFeo. 2010 80th Season sponsor is Sun Products Corporation. 2010 media sponsor is Moffly Media.

Single tickets range from $35 to $55. Students and educators are eligible for 50% discounts. Groups of 10 or more save up to 30%. For group sales information call (203) 227-5137, x120.

About The Playhouse

Westport Country Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater, serves as a treasured home for the performing arts and is a cultural landmark for Connecticut. Under the artistic direction of Mark Lamos and management direction of Michael Ross, The Playhouse creates quality productions of new and classic plays that enlighten, enrich and engage a diverse community of theater lovers, artists and students. The Playhouse's rich history dates back to 1931, when New York theatre producer Lawrence Langner created a Broadway-quality stage within an 1830s tannery. The Playhouse quickly became an established stop on the New England "straw hat circuit" of summer stock theatres. Now celebrating its 80th season, Westport Country Playhouse has produced more than 700 plays, 36 of which later transferred to Broadway, most recently the world premiere of "Thurgood" and a revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" with Paul Newman, and in earlier years "Come Back, Little Sheba" with Shirley Booth, "The Trip to Bountiful" with Lillian Gish, and "Butterflies Are Free" with Keir Dullea and Blythe Danner. For its artistic excellence, The Playhouse received a 2005 Governor's Arts Award and a 2000 "Connecticut Treasure" recognition. It was also designated as an Official Project of Save America's Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is entered on the Connecticut State Register of Historic Places. Following a multi-million dollar renovation completed in 2005, The Playhouse transformed into a year-round, state-of-the-art producing theater, which has preserved its original charm and character. In addition to a full season of theatrical productions, The Playhouse serves as a community resource, presenting educational programming and workshops; a children's theater series; symposiums; music; films; and readings.

The five-play 2010 season will continue with "Dinner with Friends," a comic drama by Donald Margulies, directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, June 1 through 19; "Happy Days" by Samuel Beckett, a play of luminous beauty and rare power, directed by Mark Lamos, July 6 through July 24; "I Do! I Do!," the joyful and touching musical, written by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, directed by Susan H. Schulman, August 10 through August 28; and "The Diary of Anne Frank," a timeless and powerful classic, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman, directed by Gerald Freedman, September 28 through October 16.

For more information or ticket purchases, call the box office (M-F, 12 to 6 p.m.) at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets may be purchased online at www.westportplayhouse.org.

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