From: bruceb1786@aol.com [mailto:bruceb1786@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:28 PM
Subject: The Comedy Playhouse September 2012 Newsletter
The Comedy Playhouse
"Come for the fun of it!"
September 2012
Beat the Heat and
Laugh the Summer Away
At The Comedy Playhouse!
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The Truth About Blayds
By A. A. Milne
Continues to September 16th
The Truth About Blayds continues at The Comedy Playhouse through September 16th. The Truth About Blayds was written by A. A. Milne who went on to author Winnie th Pooh. At the time, A. A. Milne, J. M. Barrie, of Peter Pan fame, and G. B. Shaw were considered the three leading British playwrights. They all knew each other, and The Truth About Blayds may be Milne's gentle way of poking fun at Shaw.
Here's the story. Oliver Blayds, England's foremost poet, is celebrating his ninetieth birthday. His family and colleagues have gathered to honor him. After the celebration, Oliver tells his younger daughter, Isobel, a secret. It is the secret of his poetry; the secret of his success; the secret of his life. Isobel is amazed; Isobel is astonished. The secret will change literature; the secret will change the future; the secret will change everything. The secret is The Truth About Blayds.
Watch Comedy Playhouse favorites Cristin Phibbs, Drew Kallen, Frank Solis, Tina Swope, Callie Hutchinson and Bruce Bieszki and learn The Truth About Blayds.
The Truth About Blayds runs through September 16th . Performances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm. Admission is $18.00 with discounts available for seniors and students.
Coming in September…
The Mystery Genius
Of Jacques Futrelle's
"The Thinking Machine"
The Comedy Playhouse will present The Mystery Genius of Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine" September 21st through September 30th
Jacques Futrelle was born in Georgia and worked for the Atlanta Journal. He set up that newspaper's first sports department. Eventually, he made his was to New York and became an editor for the New York Herald. While in New York, he was a neighbor of William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry.
After moving to Boston, to work for William Randolph Hearst's Boston American, Jacques introduced his detective character to the public. The newspaper serialized several of his short stories about Professor Augustus S. F. X. van Dusen, aka The Thinking Machine.
Jacques Futrelle wrote roughly 40 short stories and seven novels before his career was cut short. Sadly, he was a passenger on the RMS Titanic. He forced his wife into a lifeboat for the sake of their children but stay onboard himself. The last time his wife saw him, Jacques Futrelle was standing next to John Jacob Astor, smoking a cigarette.
Enjoy Jon Benda as "The Thinking Machine" along with Lois Lederman and Butch Lynn as The Comedy Playhouse presents The Mystery Genius of Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machne."
The Mystery Genius of Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machne"
runs September 21st through September 30th. Performances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm. Admission is $12.00 with discounts available for seniors and students.
The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Prince Road. The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking. The Mystery Genius of Jacques Futrelle's The Thinking Machne is appropriate for ages eight and up.
Call 260-6442 for reservations or e-mail bruceb1786@aol.com.
Remember to check the theater listings in the Thursday's Arizona Daily Star's Caliente section, the current edition of the Tucson Weekly and The Curtain Going Up column in The Desert Leaf for information about what's playing at The Comedy Playhouse!
Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com
Email: bruceb1786@aol.com
Coming in October…
The Comedy Genius
Of O. Henry II
October 5 – October 13
The Comedy Playhouse will present a new collection of the works of O. Henry October 5th through October 13th.
O. Henry (real name William Sydney Porter) was born in North Carolina in 1862. He tried many professions including pharmacist, ranch hand, draftsman, clerk and bank teller. During his stint as bank teller, through carelessness or embezzlement, money was found to be missing. The bank auditor discovered the shortage, and O. Henry lost his job. Eventually, he was indicted, put on trial, and sent to prison. It was in prison, that he wrote and published his first stories. The pen name was essential, as no respectable magazine would consider publishing the work of a convict.
The public fell in love with his stories and that love affair continues to this day.
Join Nell Summers, Tony Eckstat, Drew Kellan and Bruce Bieszki as they bring the stories on O. Henry to life in The Comedy Genius of O. Henry II.
The Comedy Genius of O. Henry II runs October 5th through October 13th. Performances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm. Admission is $12.00 with discounts available for seniors and students.
The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Prince Road. The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking. The Comedy Genius of O. Henry II is appropriate for ages eight and up.
Call 260-6442 for reservations or e-mail bruceb1786@aol.com.
Remember to check the theater listings in the Thursday's Arizona Daily Star's Caliente section, the current edition of the Tucson Weekly and The Curtain Going Up column in The Desert Leaf for information about what's playing at The Comedy Playhouse!
Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com
Email: bruceb1786@aol.com
The Golden Age of Radio
Returns October 14th
The Comedy Playhouse will return its new series, The Golden Age of Radio, on Sunday October 14th .
For over three decades, radio regularly offered entertaining, contemporary, drama and comedy. On the second Sunday of every other month, The Comedy Playhouse will present some of these pieces.
Comedy, drama, romance, science fiction; the sky's the limit. Every presentation will be filled with surprises. On October 14th enjoy a visit with The Bickersons in "The Tax Refund." Then sit back and try to beat Sherlock Holmes to the solution in "The Death of the Adventuress."
Featured performers will be Comedy Playhouse favorites Tony Eckstat, Denise Blum, Butch Lynn and Joan O'Dwyer.
The September presentation of The Golden Age of Radio will be at 12:30pm on Sunday October 14th. Admission is $12.00, with a $ 2.00 discount for students and seniors.
The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Prince Road. The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking. The Golden Age of Radio is appropriate for ages eight and up.
Call 260-6442 for reservations or e-mail bruceb1786@aol.com.
Remember to check the theater listings in the Thursday's Arizona Daily Star's Caliente section, the current edition of the Tucson Weekly and The Curtain Going Up column in The Desert Leaf for information about what's playing at The Comedy Playhouse!
Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com
Email: bruceb1786@aol.com
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