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The Man Who Came to Dinner at Gateway Playhouse

Dates: 4/4/2025 - 4/6/2025

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Gateway Playhouse


738 Bay Avenue
Somers Point,NJ 08244

Phone: 609-653-0553

Tickets: $25.00


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The Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939, at the Music Box Theater in New York City, where it ran until 1941. It then enjoyed a number of New York and London revivals. The play is set in the small town of Mesalia, Ohio, in the weeks before Christmas in the late 1930s. The famously outlandish New York City radio wit Sheridan Whiteside is invited to dine at the house of the well to do factory owner Ernest W. Stanley and his family. But before Whiteside can enter the house, he slips on a patch of ice outside Stanley's front door and injures his hip. Confined to the Stanleys' home, Whiteside is looked after by several professionals: Dr. Bradley, the absent minded physician, Miss Preen, his frantic nurse, and Maggie Cutler, his faithful secretary. 



Gateway Playhouse Frequently Asked Questions FAQ

Gateway Playhouse is at 738 Bay Avenue, Somers Point, NJ.

Because of our longevity and reputation, we are able to attract a high caliber of professional directors, performers, musicians and technicians from New York City and around the country. All of our actors are professional performers, most are members of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. Our musicians (8-12 per show) are members of The American Federation of Musicians (Local 802) and we employ SSDC© directors (Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers) and USA© designers (United Scenic Artists). Many of our actors, technicians, musicians, and other staff members have worked on Broadway, while others go on to Broadway and National Tours after leaving Gateway, and many return in between.

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