It received nine tony award nominations and won for best actor philip bosco and best director. Lend me a tenor is a musical with book and lyrics by peter sham and music by brad carroll. Lend me a tenor by ken ludwig hilarious comedy about clevelands opera company hosting a world famous italian tenor, whose offstage. We do not accept and will not approve anonymous comments. Further callbacks if necessary will be by invitation on december 7th. Download instantly in the my products or my perusals section of your account. Heres my ukulele cover for dont worry be happy by bobby mcferrin. The worldfamous tenor, tito merelli, il stupendo, is to perform his greatest role, otello, at the tenyear anniversary gala season opener. Psf lend me a tenor pennsylvania shakespeare festival. Anthony lapaglia and jan maxwell in a scene from the broadway revival of ken ludwigs play. Lend me a tenor auditions are by appointment on monday november 29 and readingscallback on tuesday, november 30, 2010. Feel free to either play along or listen to this version. The musical, score sampler with selections from the score, and a reference recording if available.
The worlds greatest tenor tito merelli has come to cleveland, ohio, to save its grand opera company by singing otello. The star arrives late and, through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. This brand new musical comedy is based on the tony award nominated play by ken ludwig. In a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, the assistant manager is persuaded to get into. Max ionata solo on youre driving me crazyconcert key pdf. The musical is based on the 1986 play of the same name by ken ludwig. Lend me a tenor the musical unfolds into a riotous and unpredictable explosion of mistaken identities, fulfilled dreams, and renewed love. Lend me a tenor june 2019 denton community theatre. A superb cast and deft direction by jim helsinger gives the mayhem of ken ludwigs hilarious farce lend me a tenor at the pennsylvania shakespeare festival a lightning quick delivery that provides nonstop laughs.
Executive director of the cleveland grand opera house, saunders is a man who gets things done, one way or another. Auditions lend me a tenor denton community theatre. Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera company, is primed to welcome worldfamous 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. Very sadly it had only a short run in london, do not let this put you off, it is very good. This uproarious new musical comedy by peter sham and brad carroll is a riotous, unpredictable explosion of mistaken identities and unexpected romance. Anthony lapaglia, tony shalhoub, jan maxwell and more will be among the stars taking the stage as ken ludwigs lend me a tenor makes its way. Lend me a tenor this night in september of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the cleveland grand opera company. Swingin max ionata youre driving me crazy tenor sax solo.
Online lend me a tenor script read download pdf id. Max ionata plays with a perfect blend of hip jazz lines, crazy technique. Lend me a tenor was first presented at the american stage festival, milford, new hampshire on august 1, 1985. A suitably complicated plot, with supposed death, mistaken identities, seductions, lots of doors, confirms it as farce, with some excellent grand opera style singing from principals and chorus. Its september 8, 1934 the biggest night in the history of the cleveland grand opera company. Peter sham is an actor, writer, director and educator. Pdf intonation drift in a capella soprano, alto, tenor, bass.
Max ionata but not for me killer tenor sax solo transcription. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The perfect edsheeran animated gif for your conversation. The play was subsequently presented by andrew lloyd webber for the really useful company at the globe theatre, london on march 6, 1986. Lend me a tenor original, play, comedy, farce, broadway opened in new york city mar 2, 1989 and played through apr 22, 1990. Lend me a tenor revival, play, comedy, farce, broadway opened in new york city apr 4, 2010 and played through aug 15, 2010.
Thanks to a menacing soprano, a tenorstruck ingenue, a jealous wife, and the cleveland police department, mayhem, lunacy, and sheer panic ensue, but in. Maggie is the sort of saucy ingenue i am ready to play. Enter leonato, hero, and beatrice, with a messenger leonato i learn in this letter that don peter of arragon lend me a tenor script txt download read lend me a tenor script ebook download midsummerjersey is the hilarious highoctane retelling of shakespeares midsummer nights dream set on the boardwalk of a seaside town in modernday new. Reviews the morning call tenor is funny and flawless.
Through a hilarious series of mishaps, world famous tenor, tito morelli, is given a double dose of tranquilizers, which mix with the booze he has consumed, and he passes out. The comic premise is that a 1934 performance of verdis otello in cleveland is in jeopardy when a visiting italian tenor, tito morelli. Discussion of themes and motifs in ken ludwigs lend me a tenor. There are several notable changes from the play turning it into a fullon musical comedy. Lend me a tenor jules massenet is celebrated for his creation of great soprano vehicles. The pied pipers certainly set themselves a challenge with lend me a tenor which is a musical farce a sort of one servant, two guvnors with music except in this case the guvnors are swapped for costumes. The original broadway cast recording of the bill berrydirected first date, the wellreceived 20 musical comedy starring zachary levi and krysta rodriguez as a pair of high strung, new york citybased serial daters, features music and lyrics by alan zachary. Pdf when a soprano, alto, tenor, bass satb quartet sings unaccompanied, or a capella, the members of the group will tend to make use of. Lend me a tenor has been translated into sixteen languages and produced in twentyfive countries. Listen to terms and names from lend me a tenor, for free from idea, the worlds leading online archive of accents and dialects. This month, as the met adds its new laurent pelly production of manon to its live in hd series, hugh macdonald looks at some of massenets great roles for tenors. The play opens in tito merellis hotel suite on the night of his performance with the cleveland grand operas production of guiseppi verdis otello 1887. I am so pleased to have the cd of lend me a tenor in my collection, to my mind it is first class musical comedy.
Milwaukee chamber theatre brings in marquette students for lend me a tenor monday, april 7, 2014. The worldfamous tenor, tito merelli, is set to perform his. Stage coach players of dekalb opens its 73 rd summer season with the riotous comedy, lend me a tenor, from ken ludwig. Originally produced by stage coach in 1994, lend me a tenor tells the story how the world famous tenor, tito merelli will perform for one night in the opera otello as the main character at the cleveland opera house. Nov 05, 2017 its 1934 and saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera company, is primed to welcome world famous, tito morelli, il stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as otello. Kindly add your full name and hometown to the end of your comment. Set in 1939 clevelad, a famous opera tenor is coming for a onenight performance. Tenor 15satin nickel es15espresso brownsatin nickel es26espresso brownpolished chrome items in this design group are not intended for use as appliance pulls. Sep 26, 2017 heres my ukulele cover for dont worry be happy by bobby mcferrin. Apr 04, 2010 anthony lapaglia and jan maxwell in a scene from the broadway revival of ken ludwigs play. Bobby mcferrin dont worry be happy ukulele cover play. J campbell kerr tito morelli managed to speak the lines, but could not sing in an excellent caricature of the italian tenor. The worlds most renowned opera tenor, and notorious ladies man. Assistant to saunders, and in love with saunderss daughter maggie, max has much more talent than is apparent.
The play was produced on both the west end 1986 and broadway 1989. Winner of 3 tony awards and 4 drama desk awards, lend me a tenor is set in september 1934. Dec 17, 2009 anthony lapaglia, tony shalhoub, jan maxwell and more will be among the stars taking the stage as ken ludwigs lend me a tenor makes its way back to broadway this spring. By ken ludwig were backstage at the cleveland grand opera company awaiting the arrival of the world famous italian tenor,il stupendo, to appear for one night only in otello. It is the biggest night in the history of the cleveland grand opera company. Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera. When he is unexpectedly incapacitated, max, the opera directors meek assistant, is given the daunting task of finding a lastminute replacement. This night in september of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the cleveland grand opera company world famous tenor tito morelli is to perform otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Phone is loaded with 2gb ram, 16 gb internal storage and 3930 battery. A sort of cross between the producers and the boyfriend. Please call to schedule an appointment time at 5036353901. Denton community theatre is holding auditions for lend me a tenor, written by ken ludwig.
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