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Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, under the leadership of Artistic Director David Staller, continued its 12th Season when it presents its 122nd concert presentation with Shaw's 1897 romantic comedy of errors You Never Can Tell last night, April 17 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway at 95th Street).
Returning to England after 18 years, Mrs. Clandon (Michele Pawk) and her three children - twins Dolly (Midori Francis) and Phillip (Tom Duke), and Gloria (Susannah Perkins) - readjust to British life at a summer resort. In this comedy of errors, the children unintentionally invite their estranged father Fergus Crampton (Jonathan Hadary) to a lunch. The resulting awkward family reunion is witnessed by family lawyer Finch McComas (Raphael Nash Thompson), who finds himself the butt of the twins' jokes. Meanwhile, Valentine (Tony Roach), a dentist, falls for modern woman Gloria, whose ideals don't include love or marriage. And through the chaos and the madness, kindly waiter William (Lenny Wolpe) dispenses wisdom with the familiar refrain of "You never can tell."
Now celebrating its 12th year, Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw made history in
December 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches). They are now also including plays by writers who most inspired Shaw to begin his playwriting career, including work by Chekhov, Ibsen, Wilde, Barrie, and Harley Granville-Barker--while continuing its new play development and educational programs.