2005 Season  

	Singin' In the Rain: July 30 - August 6
	The plot of this musical is actually an autobiography of Hollywood itself at the dawn of the talkies. The story is about a dashing, smug but romantic silent film star and swashbuckling matinee idol and his glamorous blonde screen partner/diva who are expected, by studio heads, to pretend to be romantically involved with each other. They are also pressured by the studio boss R.F. Simpson to change their silent romantic drama The Dueling Cavalier and make their first sound picture, renamed as the musical The Dancing Cavalier. There's one serious problem, however - the temperamental, narcissistic star has a shrill, screechy New York accent. The star's ex-song-and-dance partner proposes to turn the doomed film into a musical, and suggests that Don's aspiring actress and ingenue dancer-girlfriend dub in her singing voice behind the scenes for lip-synching Lina. The results of their scheming to expose the jealous Lina and put Kathy in a revealing limelight provide the film's happy outcome.   Request Tickets Now
asdf	On Golden Pond: August 10 - 20
	After 48 summers on Golden Pond, Norman and Ethel Thayer open their home to their grandson, who grows older as they grow young again. In the play, set at a summer home on Golden Pond in Maine, the 80-year old Norman, played by Wagon Wheel legend Tom Roland, is depressed as he feels this will be his last season on the pond before he dies, while his wife Ethel, played by Wagon Wheel favorite Ann Whitney, ten years younger and more vital, is getting her first tastes of mortality. The arrival of their daughter Chelsea with her fiancé Bill Ray and his son Billy changes everything, however, as the typically boisterous young boy bonds with Norman. The acclaimed 1981 film version of the play also starred Jane Fonda and Dabney Coleman as Chelsea and Bill, and was nominated for nine 1982 Academy Awards, winning three — for Henry Fonda, Hepburn and author Ernest Thompson (who adapted the screenplay).   Request Tickets Now
asdf	A Little Night Music: August 24 - September 3
	Wagon Wheel favorite Ann Whitney stars in one of Broadway’s most neglected masterpieces, the romantic and achingly beautiful "A Little Night Music" deals with the universal subject of love, in all its wondrous, humorous and ironic permutations. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, middle-aged Fredrik Egerman brings his 18-year-old bride Anne to a play starring his former mistress, Desirée Armfeldt. Soon, Fredrik and Desirée resume their romance, incurring the wrath of her current lover, a pompous Count. The situation culminates in a weekend at a country estate, with Fredrik, Anne, Desirée and the Count in attendance, as well as Fredrik’s son (who is hopelessly in love with Anne), Desirée’s illegitimate daughter, the Count’s manic-depressive wife and the Egerman’s lusty maid. And there, under the summer night, things are set to right. Sophisticated, literate and stylish, "A Little Night Music" is also disarmingly warm, funny, charming and very human. Its well-constructed book is one of the best ever written, featuring a strong ensemble cast of vivid, memorable characters that span all age groups. The lilting Ravel-inspired score in three-quarter time contains Sondheim’s most popular song to date, the haunting "Send in the Clowns."   Request Tickets Now