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Playhouse Production History

2020-21

Run for your Wife by Ray Cooney presented by special with Concord Theatricals for Samuel French 9 to 5, The Musical by presented by special arrangement with MTI by & presented by special arrangement with MTI 4 Weddings and an Elvis by Nancy Frick presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals for Samuel French The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals for Samuel French by presented by special arrangement with MTI An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals for Samuel French by Fierstein presented by special arrangement with MTI

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A of Tenors – by Ken Ludwig presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Mamma Mia – presented by special arrangement with MTI The Game’s Afoot – by Ken Ludwig presented by special arrangement with Samuel French The Marvelous Wonderettes – by Roger Bean presented by special arrangement with StageRights, Inc. – by presented by special arrangement with Samuel French – by presented by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark Barefoot in the Park – by presented by special arrangement with Samuel French (cancelled due to COVID 19) – by presented by special arrangement with MTI (cancelled due to COVID 19)

2018-2019 Season

The Man Who Came To Dinner – by and George S. Kaufman presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play - Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman Book by , Co-Created by A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film (After Sunset) - by , from ’s novel Christmas Belles - by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, & Jamie Wooten A Murder Is Announced - by Leslie Darbon Adapted from ’s novel (After Sunset) - by David Lindsay-Abaire The Curious Savage - by (After Sunset) August Osage County - by - Book & Lyrics by Music by JOHN DU PREZ & ERIC IDLE A new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture “ and the Holy Grail” From the original screenplay by , , , Eric Idle, , (After Sunset) Side Show - Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell Music by Henry Krieger Additional book material by Leading Ladies - by Ken Ludwig - Book by Thomas Meehan & Mark O'Donnell Music by Lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Based on the New Line Cinema film, written and directed by ______

2017-2018 Season

Over The River and Through The Woods - by Joe DiPietro Sister Act - Based on the Touchstone Pictures motion picture "Sister Act" written by Joseph Howard Book by Cheri & Bill Steindeliner Music by Allan Menken Lyrics by (After Sunset) Phantasies Such As These - by Egdar Allan Poe Adapted by Michael Pocaro Beauty and the Beast - Music by Lyrics by , Book by Linda Woolverton Originally Directed by Robert Jess Roth Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions (After Sunset) - by , Calder Willingham, , Terry Johnson Room Service - by John Murray and Allen Boretz - Music and Lyrics by Book by (After Sunset) - by Don’t Dress For Dinner - by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon Any Number Can Die - by Fred Carmichael (After Sunset) – Heathers The Musical - Book, Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe & Kevin Murphy based on the film written by Daniel Waters - Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks, Based on the 1968 Film by Mel Brooks

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2016-2017 Season

Moon Over Buffalo - by Ken Ludwig - Based on Sholem Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl Book by Music by Lyrics by The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - by Barbara Robinson You Can’t Take It with You - by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Little Shop of Horrors - Books and Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith (After Sunset) - Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) The Dixie Swim Club - By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten And Then There Were None - By Agatha Christie’ Hello Dolly! - Book by Michael Stewart Music and Lyrics by Based on the play "" by

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2015 – 2016 Season

Sherlock Holmes, The Final Adventure - by Steven Dietz Based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle The Addams Family - Book by & Music & Lyrics by A Christmas Carol - by John Jakes Steel Magnolias - by Robert Harling The Foreigner - by Larry Shue The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Music and Lyrics by Book by Rachel Sheinkin Conceived by Rebecca Feldman Additional Material by Jay Reiss Boeing Boeing - by Marc Camoletti Translated by & Francis Evans - Music and Lyrics by Book by , P.G. Wodehouse, , and

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2014-2015 Season

The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie based on the story and characters of , Music and Lyrics by Book by and Miracle on 34th Street adapted by Mountain Theater from the novel by Valentine Davies Based upon the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture Miracle on 34th Street One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by based on the novel by Ken Kesey The Nerd by Larry Shue adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan from the movie of Plaza Suite by Neil Simon Thoroughly Modern Millie book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan New Music by Jeanine Tescori New Lyrics by Dic Scanlan Original story and screenplay by Richard Morris for film

2013-2014 Season

Red Hot and Cole Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Book by James Bianchi, Muriel McAuley and Randy Strawderman Concieved by Randy Strawderman Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawernce and Robert Edwin Lee It’s A Wonderful Life by James W. Rodgers Based on the film by Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie based on her 1937 novel, Death on the Nile Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Music by with Lyrics by Tim Rice I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick On Golden Pond by book by , Music my , Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 2

2012- 2013 Season

Stage Door by and George S. Kaufman by Reginald Rose A Christmas Story by Philip Grecian (based on the Jean Shephard stories) Lumberjacks in Love book and lyrics by Fred Alley, music by James Kaplan Over The Tavern by Tom Dudzik Lucky Stiff book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahren. Music by The Fox on the Fairway by Ken Ludwig How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying book by Abe Burrows, and , music and lyrics by Frank Loesser

2011- 2012Season

Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring Prelude to a Kiss by book by Thomas Meehan, Music by , Lyrics by Nunsense Book, music and lyrics by Dan Googin Greater Tuna, by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig Six Degrees of Separation by Sweet Charity Book by Neil Simon, Music by , Lyrics by

2010-2011 Season

The Underpants by You Can’t Get There From Here by Pat Cook It’s A Wonderful Life adapted for the stage by James W. Rodgers Guys on Ice by Fred Alley and James Kaplan Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher Love and the I.R.S. by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore Dearly Departed by David Botrell and Jessie Jones music and lyrics by and , book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

2009-2010 Season

Auntie Mame Deathtrap Inspecting Carol Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical Rumors by Neil Simon Escanaba in Love by Jeff Daniels Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig Hair

2008- 2009 Season

Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner by Pat Cook Escanaba in Moonlight by Jeff Daniels It’s a Wonderful Life I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts Same Time, Next Year by Social Security by

3 Noises Off by Michael Frayn : The Musical by David De Silva

2007- 2008 Season

Oscar and Felix by Neil Simon Misery by Stephen King, adapted for the stage by The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of “A Christmas Carol by David McGillivary and Walter Zerlin, Jr. Arthur, the Boy Who Would Be King by James DeVita The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell by The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin Damn Yankees by Douglass Wallop and

2006- 2007 Season

All in the Timing by David Ives Guilty Conscience by Season’s Greetings by Jake’s Women by Neil Simon A Few Good Men by Alan Sorkin The Amorous Ambassador by Michael Parker Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by by , based on screenplay by ; music by , lyrics by Dean Pitchford

2005- 2006 Season

Crossing Delancey by Susan Sandler A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie Holiday by Philip Barry Sylvia by A.R. Gurney by Tennessee Williams Harvey by Murder at the Howard Johnson’s by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick Is There Life After High School? by Jeffrey Kindley and

2004-2005 Season

Mixed Emotions by Richard Baer To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee A Tuna Christmas by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams, and Ed Howard by Alan Ayckbourn The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash Rehearsal for Murder adapted by D. D. Brooke The Seven Year Itch by Kiss Me, Kate by , with music and lyrics by Cole Porter

2003-2004 Season

The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon Black Coffee by Agatha Christie Sorry! Wrong Chimney! By Jack Sharkey and Leo W. Sears I Ought to Be in Pictures by Neil Simon Pawns by Scott Kopischke

4 Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling There’s a Burglar in My Bed by Michael Parker Cabaret Book by Joe Masteroff, with music by and lyrics by

2002-2003 Season

Perfect Wedding by Robin Hawdon Something's Afoot by James McDonald, David Vos & Robert Gerloch by D. L. Coburn Over the River and... Under the Yum Yum Tree Wally's Cafe

2001-2002 Season

The Odd Couple by Neil Simon Spider's Web by Agatha Christie Holiday Greetings by Pam Kriger & Three Smart Girls On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson On the Razzle by Room Service by John Murray & Allen Boretz Hotbed Hotel by Michael Parker Guys and Dolls Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

2000- 2001 Season

The Sensuous Senator by Michael Parker Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie Nuncrackers by Dan Goggin The Merry Wives of Windsor by A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, Adaptation by Critic's Choice by Ira Levin Private Lives by Noel Coward Bye Bye Birdie Book by Michael Stewart, Music by Charles Strouse and Lyrics by Lee Adams

1999-2000 Season

Don't Drink the Water by conceived by John-Michael Tebelak, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Greetings by Tom Dudzick Dial “M” for Murder by Frederick Knott The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman Black Comedy by Rumors by Neil Simon West Side Story Book by Arthur Laurents, Music by , Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

1998-1999 Season

God's Favorite by Neil Simon Broadway Romance conceived by Logan Bazar Inspecting Carol by Daniel Sullivan by Social Security by Andrew Bergman

5 The Foreigner by Larry Shue Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig Jesus Christ Superstar Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lyrics by Tim Rice

1997-1998 Season

Funny Money by Ray Cooney The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie Last of the Hot Lovers by Neil Simon The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Bus Stop by Jest A Second by James Sherman : Book by James Kirkwood & ; Music by ; Lyrics by

1996-1997 Season

Don't Dress For Dinner by Camoletti and Hawdon Romantic Comedy, by Bernard Slade The Lion in Winter by Playing Doctor by Van Zandt and Milmore Corpse by Gerald Moon Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Neil Simon Monkey Business by Gregg Opelke, Todd Mueller and Hank Boland

1995-1996 Season

Fools by Neil Simon Greetings by Tom Dudzick Squabbles by Marshall Karp Lunch Hour by Jean Kerr Earth and Sky by Douglas Post Breaking Legs by Tom Dulack Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up by John Powers, James Quinn and Alaric Jans

1994-1995 Season

Beau Jest by James Sherman Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward A...My Name Is Alice by Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig by Neil Simon A Funny Thing Happen on the Way to the Forum by Bury Shevelove, and Stephen Sondheim

1993-1994 Season

You Can't Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Murder at the Howard Johnsons by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick Nunsense by Dan Goggin Smoke and Mirrors by Will Osborne and Anthony Herrera Wife Begins At Forty by Ray Cooney The Nerd by Larry Shue The Pirates of Penzance by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

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Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon Chapter Two by Neil Simon Deathtrap by Ira Levin by Willy Russel by Willy Russel Out of Order by Ray Cooney Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnik

1991-1992 Season

Rumors by Neil Simon It Runs in the Family by Ray Cooney Red Hot and Cole by Cole Porter, Randy Strwderman, James Bianchi and Muriel McAuley by Frank Gilroy The Cemetery Club, by Ivan Mitchell Laundry and Bourbon/Lonestar by James McLure by Roger Hirson and Stephen Schwartz

1990-1991 Season

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling 6 RMS RIV VU by Side by Side by Sondheim by Stephen Sondheim, et al The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, by John Bishop I Ought To Be In Pictures by Neil Simon (Female Version) by Neil Simon Baby by Sybille Pearson, Richard Maltby Jr. and

1989-1990 Season

The Good Doctor by Neil Simon Noises Off by Michael Frayn Broadway Bound by Neil Simon The Prisoner Of Second Avenue by Neil Simon Stage Struck by Simon Gray Run For Your Wife by Ray Cooney Anything Goes, by Porter, Bolton, Wodehouse,

1988-1989 Season

Born Yesterday, by Social Security by Andrew Bergman by Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesserling Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourn The Nerd by Larry Shue Grease, by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

1987- 1988 Season

Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon No Sex Please, We're British by John P. Marquand and Alistair Foot

7 Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade The Unvarnished Truth by Royce Ryton Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon Music by , Book and Lyrics by ; adapted from Bernard's Shaw ""

1986-1987 Season

The Gazebo by Alec Coppel Alone Together by Lawrence Roman The Owl and the Pussycat by Bill Manhoff To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday by Michael Brady The Odd Couple (Female Version) by Neil Simon The Foreigner by Larry Shue The Fantasticks Book by Tom Jones Music by Harvey Schmidt

1985-1986 Season

Never Too Late by Sumner Arthur Long Key For Two by John Chapman and Dave Freeman by Anthony Shaffer Vanities by Jack Heifner Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon Plaza Suite by Neil Simon Godspell conceived by John Michael Tebelak, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

1984-1985 Season

The Dining Room by A. R. Gurney Jr. Move Over, Mrs. Markham by Ray Cooney and John Chapman Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis English Muffins by Marshall B. Breeden Dial "M" For Murder by Frederick Knott The Man Who Came To Dinner by Moss Hart and George S Kaufman by Dale Wasserman, Music by , Lyrics by

1983- 1984 Season

You Can't Take it with You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon Mary, Mary by Jean Kerr A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert Private Lives by Noel Coward Fiddler On The Roof Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

1982-1983 Season

I Ought To Be In Pictures by Neil Simon by Alan Ayckourn The Gin Game by D. L. Coburn Not Now, Darling by Ray Cooney and John Chapman The Country Girl by The Happy Time by Samuel Taylor West Side Story Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Arthur Laurents

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1981-1982 Season

Chapter Two by Neil Simon Bedfull Of Foreigners by Dave Freeman Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Deathtrap by Ira Levin Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by

1980-1981 Season

A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner Barefoot In The Park by Neil Simon Black Comedy by Peter Schaffer Harvey by Mary Chase Stalag 17 by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski Angel Street by Patrick Guy And Dolls book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser

1979-1980 Season

My Three Angels by Sam and Bella Spewack Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade The Last Meeting Of The Knights Of The White Magnolia by Preston Jones Play It Again, Sam by Woody Allen The Rainmaker by Richard Nash Suite by Neil Simon The Music Man by Meredith Willson

1978-1979 Season

The Odd Couple by Neil Simon Don't Drink The Water by Woody Allen The Oldest Living Graduate by Preston Jones A Shot In The Dark adapted by Henry Kurnitz from a play by Marcel Achard The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy An Almost Perfect Person by Judith Koss The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson

1977-1978 Season

Arsenic And Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring No Sex Please, We're British by John P. Marquand and Alistair Foot Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin A Touch Of Spring by Samuel Taylor Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn Oklahoma Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers

1976- 1977 Season

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The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon See How They Run by Philip King Sleuth by Anthony Schaffer by and The Marriage-Go-Round by Leslie Stevens by Jan de Hartog Li'L Abner book by and , lyrics by , music by Gene de Paul

1975-1976 Season

Finishing Touches by Jean Kerr Any Wednesday by Muriel Resnick The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon-Marigolds by Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn You Can't Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman by William Inge Godspell conceived by John Michael Tebelak, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

1974-1975 Season

6 Rms Riv Vu by Bob Randall Never Two Late by Sumner Arthur Long The Owl And The Pussycat by Bill Manhoff by Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert The Prisoner Of Second Avenue by Neil Simon Godspell conceived by John Michael Tebelak, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

1973- 1974 Season

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Under The Yum Yum Tree by Lawrence Roman "Promenade, All!" by David V. Robison The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs by William Inge How The Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little by Paul Zindel Bye Bye Birdie music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, book by Michael Stewart

1972-1973 Season

Barefoot In The Park By Neil Simon Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon The Moon Is Blue by F. Hugh Herbert Last Of The Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon Life With Father by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe Black Comedy by Peter Schaffer

1971-1972 Season

You Know I Can't Hear You When The Water's Running by Robert Anderson Plaza Suite by Neil Simon Dial "M" For Murder by Frederick Knott Mary, Mary by Jean Kerr

10 Bus Stop by William Inge adapted by Jay Allen West Side Story Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Arthur Laurents

1970- 1971 Season

Light Up The Sky by Moss Hart There's A Girl In My Soup by Terence Frisby Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf by by Arthur Laurents Harvey by Mary Chase Play It Again, Sam by Woody Allen Babes In Arms by Rodgers and Hart, book by George Oppenheimer

1969-1970 Season

The Sound Of Murder by William Fairchild Don't Drink The Water by Woody Allen Janus by Carolyn Green A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner The Star Spangled Girl by Neil Simon Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows Stop The World I Want To Get Off Leslie Briscusse and Anthony Newley

1968-1969 Season

Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott The Odd Couple by Neil Simon Private Lives by Noel Coward What Did We Do Wrong by Henry Dexter by Black Comedy by Peter Schaffer See How They Run by Philip King Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon

1967-1968 Season

Barefoot In The Park by Neil Simon The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy Room Service by John Murry and Allen Boretz The Owl And The Pussycat by Bill Manhoff Luv by The Odd Couple by Neil Simon The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson

1966-1967 Season

Bell, Book and by Candle by John von Druten Waltz Of The Toreadors by You Can't Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert Any Wednesday by Muriel Resnick South Pacific Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers

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1965-1966 Season

Mary, Mary by Jean Kerr Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin Two For The Seesaw by William Gibson Never Too Late by Sumner Arthur Long The Night Of The Iguana by Tennesse Williams The Teahouse Of The August Moon by John Patrick Oklahoma Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers

1964-1965 Season

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennesse Williams by Alec Coppel Sunday In by Norman Krasna Arsenic And Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring Time Limit by Henry Denker and Ralph Berkey A Shot In The Dark adapted by Henry Kurnitz from a play by Marcel Achard music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields

1963-1964 Season

The Moon Is Blue by F. Hugh Herbert More With Feeling by Harry Kurnitz Under The Yum-Yum Tree Lawrence Roman The Silver Whistle by Robert E. McEnroe Calculated Risk by Joseph Hayes The Marriage-Go-Round by Leslie Stevens West Side Story Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Arthur Laurents

1962-1963 Season

Picnic by William Inge 10 Little Indians by Agatha Christie The Hasty Heart by John Patrick Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan Life With Father by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon Fanny book by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan, music and lyrics by

1961-1962 Season

See How They Run by Philip King The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller Stalag 17 by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski Joan Of Lorraine by Maxwell Anderson The Country Girl by Clifford Odets Bye Bye Birdie book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams

1960-1961 Season

Holiday For Lovers by Ronald Alexander Auntie Mame by and Robert E. Lee

12 The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs by William Inge The Time Of The Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents The Man In The Dog Suit by Albert Beich and William H. Wright A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Li'L Abner book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, music by Gene de Paul West Side Story Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Arthur Laurents

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