Lend Me A Tenor
Royale Theatre
Previews Began: February 17, 1989
Opening Night: March 2, 1989
Closing Night: April 22, 1990
Playwright: Ken Ludwig
World-renowned tenor Tito Merelli has signed on to play Otello at a Cleveland opera company in the fall of 1934. He arrives late and, through a set of crazy circumstances, passes out after mixing wine with a huge dose of tranquilizers. Believing that the divo is dead, the excitable opera manager taps his hapless assistant, an aspiring singer named Max, to suit up as the Moor and replace Merelli. Meanwhile, the tenor’s jealous wife, his ambitious female co-star, Max’s young girlfriend and the flirtatious head of the opera guild are on the scene fighting—sometimes literally—for the star’s attention.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Philip Bosco Saunders
Jane Connell Julia
Tovah Feldshuh Maria
Victor Garber Max
Ron Holgate Tito Merelli
Jeff Brooks Bellhop
David Cryer Radio Announcer
Caroline Lagerfelt Diana
J. Smith-Cameron Maggie
Understudies: Jane Cronin (Maria/Julia), Eileen Dunn (Diana/Maggie), Michael Waldron (Max/Bellhop)
REPLACEMENTS
Chris Callen Maria
Wendy Makkena Maggie
Patrick Quinn Max
Jane Summerhays Diana
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