The Wisdom of Eve at The Lord Stirling Theater Company

The Lord Stirling Theater Company will perform “The Wisdom of Eve” in the English Barn Theater at the Farmstead Arts Center, 450 King George Road, Basking Ridge, NJ. “The Wisdom of Eve” will open on Friday, June 7, at 7:30PM, with additional performances on June 8 at 7:30PM, June 9 at 2:00PM, June 14 at 7:30PM, June 15 at 2:00PM and 7:30PM. Tickets are $25 general admission, $23 for seniors (65 and over) and students, $20 for Farmstead Arts members, and $15 for children under 12. Tickets may be purchased online at https://farmsteadarts.org/what-we-do/theater.html or at the door (cash only).

“The Wisdom of Eve” is a tale of ambition, jealousy, and fame in New York’s theater world. Adapted from the story by Mary Orr, on which the film All About Eve and the hit musical Applause were based, “The Wisdom of Eve” is an engrossing story of an unscrupulous ingenue’s rise to Broadway stardom. When we first meet Eve Harrington, she is standing in the rain by the stage door of the theater in which the renowned Margo Crane is starring in her latest long-run hit. Before you know it, she’s inveigled Margo’s best friend, Karen, to get her an invitation to meet the great actress herself. From there, it’s a short step for the clever Eve to become Margo’s personal secretary and then her understudy. Did we mention blackmail? Yes, that’s in there, too! Eve is determined to achieve Broadway stardom and then a Hollywood career, no matter what, even if it means leaving the wreckage of her friends’ trust behind her.