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Having casually wandered onstage, George is informed that one of the actors, Eddie, has been in an auto accident and he must replace him immediately. Apparently no one is sure of what play is being performed but George (costumed as Hamlet) seems to find himself in the middle of a scene from Private Lives, surrounded by such luminaries as Sarah Siddons, Dame Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. As he fumbles through one missed cue after another the other actors shift to Hamlet, then a play by Samuel Beckett, and then a climactic scene from what might well be A Man for All Seasons—by which time the disconcerted George has lost all sense of contact with his fellow performers. Yet, in the closing moments of the play, he rises to the occasion and finally says the right lines, whereupon make-believe suddenly gives way to reality as the executioner’s axe (meant for Sir Thomas Moore) instead sends poor George to oblivion—denying him a well-earned curtain call.
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Perfect Arrangement
triangle productions (4/4 - 4/20) | |
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Ashland
CoHo Productions (4/11 - 4/27) | |
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Far From Home
Chapel Theater (4/17 - 4/20) | |
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From a Hole in the Ground
Corrib Theatre (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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The Odd Couple, Female Version
Mask & Mirror Community Theatre (4/26 - 5/12) | |
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Encore: A Festival of Staged Readings
Artists Repertory Theatre (5/21 - 5/24) | |
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The Merry Widow
Lincoln Performance Hall (4/19 - 4/28) | |
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Mission Gibbons
Imago Theatre (4/12 - 4/27) | |
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The Drag
Twilight Theater Company (9/6 - 9/22) | |
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