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| Gershwin classic 'Lady Be Good' at NJ Theater The affectionately charming plot of this musical may be old fashioned, but is still lovable in its simplicity. The story revolves around an out-of-work dance team, a sister and brother who find both money and romance while entertaining in the homes of the very wealthy. Two winsome siblings, Dick and Susie Trevor, are kicked out of their posh digs for serial unpaid rent and start attending cocktail parties for food. Dick proposes to wealthy socialite Josephine Vanderwater, while Susie tries to pass herself off as a Mexican widow to lay hands on big bucks. Add in a Mexican gangster, a shyster lawyer and a presumed dead millionaire, and you have the story. And with four loving – and singing and dancing – couples, you have an all-star octet. A comedy farce with leading roles designed for the Astaires, LADY, BE GOOD! was created by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson in keeping with Adele's comedic flare and Fred's guise of sophisticated straight man. In this production the Fred Astaire role will be re created by Matty Price, a veteran of the Surflight Stage back from his debut on Broadway in Gypsy at the St James Theatre! LADY, BE GOOD! marked George and Ira Gershwin's first complete score to be produced on Broadway. Marching into the jazz-age, the show featured such adventurous and jazzy numbers as the hit "Fascinating Rhythm, " "Little Jazz Bird, " "So Am I, "I'd Rather Charleston, " and "Lady, Be Good." an extremely catchy score brimming with wit and charm. Opening at the Liberty Theatre in Manhattan in December of 1924, the show enjoyed a ten-month run of 330 performances, This energetic, toe-tapping revival will be directed by Sutflight's producing Artistic Director – Steve Steiner, and choreographed by Paula Hammons Sloan. Surflight Theatre is the only professional theatre in Beach Haven, Ocean County, NJ. Surflight has been producing 'Broadway at the Beach' since 1950. Full scale productions of musicals and play run from April through December. An impressive array of headliners take the stage in an extraordinary Concert Series. .Summer Children's Theatre rounds out the season. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Jazz News :: home page |