Laguna Playhouse Presents DADDY LONG LEGS 11/30-12/26

From Tony Award-Winning playwright John Caird (Nicholas Nickleby, Les Miserables) and Tony nominated composer Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre) comes the World Premiere of the romantic musical Daddy Long Legs, running November 30 - December 26 at The Laguna Playhouse.

Set in the early 1900s, this exquisitely moving story is the vivid account of a young orphan girl named Jerusha as she blossoms into a beautiful, intelligent and vivacious woman. A trustee of the John Grier Orphanage offers Jerusha a proper education, but the benefactor's only requirements are that Jerusha never know his identity, and that she write him monthly (though he will not respond). She sees him once in shadows and invents a nickname for her mysterious patron-Daddy Long Legs. Her letters to him paint a moving portrait of her lonely life in the orphanage, the development of her mind and spirit, and the growing personal relationship that she develops with her unseen benefactor.

Daddy Long Legs is a Co-Production with Rubicon Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, TheatreWorks, David Elzer and Michael Jackowitz.

"I decided to make Daddy Long Legs into a musical because I was attracted to it as a novel," explains Caird. "It's a brilliant piece of work by Jean Webster, who was Mark Twain's great niece. This was her first novel, and it's written entirely as letters from the orphan girl Jerusha. You never hear the words of any other character in the novel, so we've gone beyond that and imagined what the man she is writing to is actually like. We've given him things to say and things to sing, so the other half of the relationship is filled in."

Tickets are $35 to $70. For more information, call (949) 497-2787, or visit LagunaPlayhouse.com.

Daddy Long Legs Performance & Ticket Information

Ticket Prices:
$35 to $70

Opening Night Gala:
Saturday, December 4, 2010
(Press Night & Invitation Only)

Regular Performances
December 5 - 26

Tuesday - Saturday evenings at 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday matinees December 2, 16 & 23 at 2:00 p.m.
Sunday evenings December 12 & 26 at 7 p.m.
(No Performances on December 25)

(Dates and times subject to change)

FOR INFORMATION & TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
CALL: 949.497.ARTS (2787) - GROUP SALES: 949.497.2787 ext. 229
VISIT: www.LagunaPlayhouse.com
MOULTON THEATRE: 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, California

Parking Information
Laguna Beach is a popular destination year round. On weekends, holidays and during the summer months we strongly encourage theatre patrons who are driving to the theatre to allow plenty of extra time for parking. Paid parking is located across the street in a municipal parking lot; metered parking is available throughout the city. For more information, contact the Laguna Beach Visitors and Conference Bureau at (949) 497-9229.

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