Funky kicks off 2020 with a comedic romp through 1930’s glitzy nightlife in Ohio. ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ plays for laughs with some sweet operatic arias to please your senses.
Lend me a Tenor is a comedic play by Ken Ludwig.
Winner of 3 Tony Awards and 4 Drama Desk Awards, Lend Me A Tenor is set in September 1934. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world-famous singer Tito Merelli, known as Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as the star of the opera.
Tito arrives late, and through a hilarious series of mishaps, he is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he’s dead - and in a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into Merelli's costume and fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo.
Max succeeds and lives up to his idol, but Merelli regains consciousness and gets into the identical costume, ready to perform. Now two opera singers are running around in the same costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, this madcap, screwball comedy is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter.
All tickets are $19 (Military/Senior/First Responder/Educator tickets are $15), but on Thursday they are $15 (Military/Senior/First Responder/Educator tickets are $12).
$5 Student Rush tickets are also available. To get the Student Rush discount, show up as early as 30 minutes before show times to put name on list. Any available seats will be released to the Student Rush list five minutes before curtain.
Phone: (719) 471-4462
Email: chris@funkylittletheater.org
2020/01/24 - 2020/02/08
Additional time info:
January 24 is Wine & Cheese Haus Night.
Funky Little Theater Company
1628 W Bijou St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
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