TheatreWorks New Milford To Stage ‘A Comedy Of Tenors’
NEW MILFORD — One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong?
It’s 1930s Paris and the stage is set for the concert of the century — as long as producer Henry Saunders can keep Italian superstar Tito Merelli and his hot-blooded wife, Maria, from causing runaway chaos. Local theater lovers can prepare for an uproarious ride, full of mistaken identities, bedroom hijinks, and madcap delight when TheatreWorks New Milford presents its production of Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors.
Directed by Diana Canova and produced by Keli Solomon, performances are planned for weekends, September 26 to October 18.
Canova is an actress, director, writer, singer and voice teacher who has starred in numerous television shows including the controversial series “Soap” playing Corrine Tate. On Broadway she starred in They’re Playing Our Song, and the first revival of Company.
Canova has also performed in regional productions of A Little Night Music, Northshore Music Theater; Company, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera; and Harrigan and Hart, The York Theater, as well as many others. She performed her two woman show, Breaks, on both coasts, and narrated many videos and books for Scholastic Books. She recently directed Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo at Ridgefield Theater Barn.
The cast features Joe Harding and Sydney Mann of New Milford, Cooper Smithers of Newtown, Gillian Holt of Monroe, Adam Battelstein of Kent, Shawn Wodraska of Wingdale, N.Y., and Barbara Disraeli of Brewster, N.Y.
Opening night is planned for Friday, September 26, at 8 pm. Curtain is Friday and Saturday at 8 through October 18. There will also be one Sunday matinee, on October 12, at 2 pm.
Tickets are $30 reserved seating. Students and military personnel and veterans with ID will be admitted for $25.00.
Regional senior citizens (age 60+) are invited to the final dress rehearsal on Thursday, September 25, at 8 pm, free of charge, and this production’s Pay What You Want Night will be Thursday, October 2, also at 8 pm.
Reservations are recommended and can be made online at theatreworks.us or by calling 860-350-6863.
TheatreWorks New Milford is a multiple-award-winning, non-Equity theater company, named Best Small Theater and Best Community Theater in Connecticut by Connecticut Magazine and voted #1 Cultural Arts Organization in Northwest CT 2017.
The theater can be found on GPS by using the address 20 Elm Street Extension, New Milford 06776. Parking is located behind The Catherine E. Lillis Administration (East Street School) Building.
The theater has two seats designated as handicap and can be removed to accommodate a wheelchair. There is also an ADA compliant portolette on site.