THE NEW GERSHWIN^® MUSICAL

Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig
Co-Conception by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent
Inspired by Material by Guy Bolton and John McGowan
Originally produced on Broadway by Roger Horchow and Elizabeth Williams

 

This Gershwin extravaganza is filled with song and dance and Ken Ludwig's hilarious dialogue. Any audience will be captivated by this artfully constructed and dazzlingly staged tale of boy meeting girl in the Wild West, where they spread goodness and where, ultimatley, everyone ends up happily with the one they love.

The story starts in the theatre world of New York but quickly moves to Deadrock, Nevada where the wealthy young Bobby Child is sent by his Mother to close Deadrock's Theatre, The Gaiety. In Deadrock, Bobby meets Polly Baker with whom he falls in love at first sight. To escape Polly's anger at the possible closure of the local theatre, Bobby pretends to be Bela Zangler, the New York producer and comes up with an idea of putting on a show to raise the money owed to his mother.

Thus are the seeds of comic deception sown and the harvest is reaped to the full when the real Zangler comes into town.

 

The Hexagon
Reading

Tuesday 30th October to
Saturday 3rd November 2007

 

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