Signature Theatre to Host Book Launch Party for Playwright Ken Ludwig, 3/5

Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre will host a book launch party to celebrate the release of Lend Me A Tenor and Other Plays by DC playwright and Broadway favorite Ken Ludwig on Saturday, March 5 from 4pm - 6pm. This free event, open to the public, will be held in Signature's 2nd Floor Mead Lobby. The new anthology of Ludwig's celebrated comedic works is published by Smith and Kraus.

This special event will feature readings from Mr. Ludwig's plays, Moon Over Buffalo, Shakespeare in Hollywood and Leading Ladies by local favorites Holly Twyford (Signature's The Little Dog
Laughed and Twentieth Century, and Studio Theatre's The Shape of Things), Ian Merrill Peakes (Folger Theatre's Macbeth, The Game of Love and Chance and Henry VIII), Erin Weaver (Folger
Theatre's Comedy of Errors and Arcadia), Valerie Leonard (Signature's A Fox on the Fairway) and Hugh Nees (Arena Stage's Shakespeare in Hollywood).

Playwright Ludwig commented, "I am tremendously grateful for Signature's generosity and for their support of my work over the years. It is an honor and a privilege to launch this book among such good friends."

This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Please RSVP to Rosey
Strub (rosey.strub@gmail.com).

The release of Lend Me A Tenor and Other Plays marks the debut trade edition of four of Ken
Ludwig's most famously funny and heartfelt works. Lend Me A Tenor has been translated
into over 20 languages and the London Times hails it "a masterpiece." The Boston Herald has
called Moon Over Buffalo, "nothing less than a love letter to live theater." Of Leading Ladies,
The Houston Press writes, "Ludwig's newest comedy is so funny, it will make sophisticated
and reasonable men and women of the 21st century cackle till their faces hurt," and The Wall
Street Journal declared Shakespeare in Hollywood (which premiered at Washington DC's Arena
Stage), "will charm your socks off."

The New York Times has called Ludwig "one of those rare contemporary playwrights who thinks in
terms of old-fashioned knockabout farce, and that's something to be cherished."

LOCATION - PROXIMITY TO WASHINGTON, DC
Located in Arlington, Virginia and complete with free parking, Signature Theatre is just 5.2
miles from the D.C.'s landmark, the Washington Monument, an estimated 10 - 15 minute drive
according to googlemaps.com. Using public transportation, Signature is a $12 taxi ride from the
Pentagon City Metro stop (on both the Blue & Yellow lines) with a taxi stand located in front of the
Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Book Launch Celebration for LEND ME A TENOR AND OTHER PLAYS by Ken Ludwig
Saturday, March 4 at 4:00 pm Signature Theatre's MEAD LOBBY (2nd Floor)
Admission -- Free

Directions
The Signature Theatre complex is located at 4200 Campbell Avenue (22206) off I-395 at the
Shirlington exit. After the exit, blue Signature signs mark the way to the theater. Free parking
is available in two adjacent public garages. Please note that Campbell Avenue is a new street
and some GPS online mapping systems do not yet recognize Signature Theatre's address. For
directions visit http://signature-theatre.org/map.htm

For more information visit: http://signature-theatre.org

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