HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
June 20 through 29, 2008
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Winner of seven Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a satirical musical comedy of big business and the common man. The hero is a window washer named J. Pierrepont Finch who decides to begin his rise up the corporate ladder after reading a book entitled "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". Following the instructions of the book, Finch lands a job in the mailroom at the World Wide Wicket Company. Finch quickly gains promotions and outsmarts his rivals. In the end, the book can no longer help him and he is forced to rely on his own wits. But the real challenge-will he get the girl, Rosemary, a secretary at the company? Power, love, ambition, greed... it's just another day at the office!
SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN HOMECOMING
September 7 through 16, 2007
Written by Connie Ray
Conceived by Alan Bailey
Musical Arrangements by Mike Craver
They are back! The Sanders family & Reverend Oglethorpe return to Mt. Pleasant Baptist just after the Great War in '45. Dennis is called to be the church's new pastor; Mervyn & June join Denise & her husband in starting the baby boom. God's in His heaven & all's right with the world. Join in the "Homecoming" as we share side-splitting and heart-warming stories and lots of toe-tapping Bluegrass Gospel favorites.
A LESSON BEFORE DYING
November 30 through December 9, 2007
By Romulus Linney
Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines
Beautifully written and deeply moving, A Lesson Before Dying is an inspiring new play about the friendship of two black men--one wrongly condemned to die and one who's persuaded to impart something of himself--his education and pride. Theatre Tuscaloosa is thrilled to welcome home from New York and regional theatres across the country, Stephen Williams (seen at Theatre Tuscaloosa as Jim in Big River and the Wolf in Into the Woods) to star in the role of troubled teacher Grant Wiggins.
DEARLY DEPARTED
February 8 through 17, 2008
By David Bottrell and Jessie Jones
Bud, the patriarch of the Turpin family is dead. His wife, Raynelle who has suffered for years in silence wants "mean and surly" engraved on his tombstone. Enter the family of misfits; Ray-Bud, the drunk, Junior, the son in financial ruin, his wife who suspects Junior's infidelity in the family car, their clan of monster children, Delightful, the depressed overeating daughter, and the Bible-thumping sister Marguarite. Funeral parlor pandemonium ensues as Turpin family skeletons float to the surface. Come pay your respects to this irresistibly delicious southern comedy.
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
May 2 through 11, 2008
By Ron Hutchinson
Film mogul, David O. Selznick has just shut down production of his dream movie, Gone With The Wind. The script must be rewritten in five days. He summons screenwriter, Ben Hecht, and pulls director, Victor Fleming off the set of The Wizard of Oz, the perfect guys for the job. But there's one problem, Hecht hasn't read the book. Locked in Selznick's office, subsisting on peanuts and bananas, this veteran team, with Selznick playing every role, creates the movie masterpiece and rewrites Hollywood history. It's a screwball comedy you won't want to miss!