Lend Me A Tenor (musical)
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Lend Me A Tenor is a musical
with music by Brad Carroll and book and Lyrics by Peter Sham. The musical is based on the 1986 play of the same name
by Ken Ludwig
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's New American Playwright Project, in Cedar City, Utah, followed by rewrites and a production as part of USF's Summer 2007 repertory season, which received rave reviews.
The show had an out of town tryout at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth
running from 24 September to 6 October 2010, directed by Ian Talbot. The show began previews in London's West End
at the Gielgud Theatre
, the same venue where the original play premièred in 1986 on 2 June 2011 before officially opening on 15 June 2011. The show closed on 6th August 2011, with producers Martin Platt and David Elliott stating that "despite mostly wonderful notices from the press, great feedback from our audiences and nightly standing ovations, this has not translated into growing sales and we feel it is in everyone's best interests to close the production on August 6th.”
Act II
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
with music by Brad Carroll and book and Lyrics by Peter Sham. The musical is based on the 1986 play of the same name
Lend Me a Tenor
Lend Me a Tenor is a comedy by Ken Ludwig. The play was produced on both the West End and Broadway . Although it received seven Tony Award nominations, it won only one, for Best Actor. A Broadway revival opened in 2010. Lend Me a Tenor has been translated into sixteen languages and produced in...
by Ken Ludwig
Ken Ludwig
Ken Ludwig is an American playwright and theatre director.Born in York, Pennsylvania, Ludwig was educated at the York Suburban Senior High School, York PA Haverford College , Harvard Law School, and Trinity College at Cambridge University...
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Productions
Lend Me A Tenor was presented in May 2006 as a staged reading as part of the Utah Shakespearean FestivalUtah Shakespearean Festival
The Utah Shakespeare Festival is a festival of repertory productions of the works of William Shakespeare and other dramatists. The Festival is held during the summer and fall on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah.-Awards:...
's New American Playwright Project, in Cedar City, Utah, followed by rewrites and a production as part of USF's Summer 2007 repertory season, which received rave reviews.
The show had an out of town tryout at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
The Theatre Royal in Plymouth, Devon, England is "the largest and best attended regional producing theatre in the UK and the leading promoter of theatre in the south west", according to Arts Council England...
running from 24 September to 6 October 2010, directed by Ian Talbot. The show began previews in London's West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
at the Gielgud Theatre
Gielgud Theatre
The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street. The house currently has 889 seats on three levels.-History:...
, the same venue where the original play premièred in 1986 on 2 June 2011 before officially opening on 15 June 2011. The show closed on 6th August 2011, with producers Martin Platt and David Elliott stating that "despite mostly wonderful notices from the press, great feedback from our audiences and nightly standing ovations, this has not translated into growing sales and we feel it is in everyone's best interests to close the production on August 6th.”
Musical numbers
Act I- Overture — Orchestra
- Verdi's Otello/I/1 — Ensemble
- Where the Hell Is Merelli? — Saunders, Max & Ensemble
- Fling — Maggie & Max
- Where the Hell Is Merelli? (Reprise) — The Opera Guild Ladies
- How 'Bout Me? — Max & Saunders
- For the Love of Opera — Ensemble
- Facciamo L'Amor — Tito & Maria
- The Last Time — Maria
- Be Yourself — Tito & Max
- Before You Know It — Max
- How 'Bout Me? — Saunders & Max
- Act I Finale — Saunders, Max & Ensemble
Act II
- Entr'acte — Orchestra
- Il Stupendo — Ensemble
- Lend Me a Tenor — Maggie & Max
- May I Have a Moment? — Diana & Tito
- Il Stupendo (Reprise) — Maggie, Max, Diana & Saunders
- Il Stupendo (Reprise) — The Opera Guild Ladies, Tito & Ensemble
- Knowing What I Know — Max
- The Last Time (Reprise) — Maria
- Finale — Company
Original London Cast
- Henry Saunders - Matthew KellyMatthew KellyMatthew Kelly is an English television presenter and Olivier-award winning actor. Having been trained as a theatre actor, he first came to public prominence as a television presenter of ITV light entertainment shows such as You Bet! and Stars in Their Eyes...
- Maria Merelli - Joanna RidingJoanna RidingJoanna Riding, is an English actress. For her work in West End musicals, she has won two Laurence Olivier Awards, and has been nominated for two others.-Biography:...
- Max Garber - Damian Humbley
- Tito Merelli - Michael MatusMichael Matus (actor)Michael Matus is a British actor.Born in Borneo, Michael Matus grew up in Hong Kong, San Francisco, Sussex and Kent, where he went to school as a choral scholar at The King's School in Canterbury...
- Diana Divane - Sophie-Louise Dann
- Maggie Saunders - Cassidy Janson
- Opera Guild Lady - Gay SoperGay SoperGay Soper is an English actress.She is perhaps best known for her performance in the musical Godspell with David Essex, Julie Covington and Jeremy Irons as well as Mme. Thenardier on the Complete Symphonic Recording of Les Misérables. She also performed all the voices for The Flumps, a famous...