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March 27 & 28 &
April
3 & 4, 2009
- 7:30 p.m.
March 29 & April 5, 2009 - 2:00 p.m.
Tickets can be
purchased two weeks in advance at the Antique Mall in downtown
Mitchell, 412 N Main Street, 996-1948.
Andrew Rally seems
to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a
hit television series; a rich, beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous,
devoted agent; the perfect New York apartment; and the chance to
play Hamlet in Central Park. There are, however, a couple of
glitches in paradise. Andrew's series has been canceled; his
girlfriend is clinging to her virginity with unyielding conviction;
and he has no desire to play Hamlet.
When Andrew's agent
visits him, she reminisces about her brief romance with John
Barrymore many years ago, in Andrew's apartment. This prompts a
seance to summon his ghost. From the moment Barrymore returns,
dressed in high Shakespearean garb, Andrew's life is no longer his
own. Barrymore, fortified by champagne and ego, presses Andrew to
accept the part and fulfill his actor's destiny.
The action becomes
more hilarious with the entrance of Andrew's deal-making friend from
LA, spouting the laid-back hype of the Coast and offering Andrew a
fabulous new TV deal worth millions of dollars. The laughs are
nonstop as Andrew wrestles with his conscience, Barrymore, his
sword, and the fact that he fails as Hamlet in Central Park.
"…fast-mouthed and
funny…It has the old-fashioned Broadway virtues of brightness
without pretensions and sentimentality without morals." —Village
Voice.
"…unapologetically
silly and at times hilarious…affectionately amusing about the
theatre…" —NY Times. |
