Lend me a Tenor will premiere on Thursday April 26th and run through Saturday November 28th.
Set in September 1934, Lend Me a Tenor is a screwball comedic farce. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world famous, Tito Merelli, Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as Otello. The star arrives late and, through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he’s dead. In a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into Merelli's Otello costume and fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Merelli comes to and gets into his other costume ready to perform. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo.
- Directed for the stage by Jim Smith
- Assisted by Elizabeth Ringelstein
- Set Construction by Mike Lewandowski
- Scenic Painting by Lisa Velisaris
Ticket Information - Online Ticket Store
- Students & Seniors: $5
- General Admission: $8
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