Bristol Riverside Theatre Presents SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE, 8/3-5

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Say Goodnight Gracie starring Alan Safier in what's being described as "a one-man tour-de-force performance" as George Burns at Bristol Riverside Theatre on August 3-5.   Performances are Friday, August 3 at 3:00 and 8:00 PM, Saturday, August 4 at 2:00 and 8:00 PM, and Sunday, August 5 at 3:00 PM.  Tickets at $35 are available by visiting brtstage.org or calling the BRT Box Office at 215-785-0100.  Bristol Riverside Theatre is located at 120 Radcliffe Street in Bristol, PA.

In Say Goodnight Gracie, George is in limbo between this world and the next, unable to join his beloved wife and partner Gracie Allen until he gives the command performance of his lifetime for God. He looks back upon his impoverished, plucky youth on the lower East Side of New York; his disastrous but tenacious career in Vaudeville; the momentous day when he meets a fabulously talented young Irish girl namEd Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen; their instant chemistry with his flawless timing a perfect mate to her dizzy delivery; his wooing of her; their marriage and their rise to the pinnacles of vaudeville, movies, radio and television. Gracie’s demise forced George to start from square one in life and in his career, eventually achieving an equal level of success as a solo raconteur and Academy Award-winning actor, portraying everything from The Sunshine Boys to Oh, God. 

Spanning over ninety years of American entertainment history, Say Goodnight Gracie is a multimedia presentation with vintage photographs and video clips from film and television performances.  Written by Rupert Holmes, whose credits include the Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the Emmy Award-winning comedy seriesRemember WENN, Say Goodnight Gracie was Broadway’s third longest-running solo performance show.  The play was nominated for a 2003 Tony Award for Best Play and won the 2003-04 National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Play.

Generously sponsored by PECO.

BRT’s summer series continues with Love Is Here To Stay: An Evening of Music by George Gershwin, a tribute to one of America’s most beloved song-writing teams on July 19-July 29 and Runaway Broadway: All Your Broadway Favorites onAugust 16-August 26, an evening of classic Broadway hits with a special tribute to Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim.

Since 1986, BRT has brought consistently acclaimed professional theatre to Bucks County and maintained a long-term commitment to finding and developing new plays. The theatre is the recipient of over 66 Barrymore Award nominations for Excellence in Theatre, given annually by the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. In addition to its mainstage productions, the theatre serves as a cultural hub for the community, with such programs as children's theatre, community concerts and exhibitions of local visual arts. Currently under the direction of Artistic Director Keith Baker, Founding Director Susan D. Atkinson, and Managing Director, Amy Kaissar, BRT’s 26^th season features Oleanna by David Mamet (September 25-October 14), What a Glorious Feeling book by Jay Berkow and based on the making of the film Singin’ in the Rain (October 30-November 18), Deathtrap by Ira Levin (January 29-February 17), Gilbert & Sullivan’s popular operetta The Pirates of Penzance (March 19-April 28), and Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (May 21-June 9).  For information, visit www.brtstage.org.

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