Wednesday, January 9, 2002
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Wednesday, January 9, 2002 |
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FCT announces exciting 2002 season Neil Simon's Broadway hit comedy, "Barefoot in the Park," kicks off the 2002 theater season for Fayette County's oldest and largest theater company. After a six-day honeymoon a spanking new lawyer, who has just won his first case (6 cents in damages), and his young bride, who is as pretty and addled as they come, move into the new, high-rent apartment that she has chosen for them. But the difficulty is, in order to enjoy the charming character of this apartment one has to climb six wheezing flights to get to it. And not only that, but the apartment is absolutely bare of furniture, the paint job came out all wrong, the skylight leaks snow, there isn't room for a double bed, and an outlandish gourmet who lives in a loft on the roof uses it and the window ledge as the only access to his padlocked premises. The situation is enough to break the heart and burst the lungs of any stylish young lawyer; and indeed it does, on the night he flatly refuses to join his wife in a barefoot walk through the snow in the park. She kicks him out, but he comes back - not for reconciliation, but because he figures that since he is paying the rent she should be the one to go! Production dates for "Barefoot in the Park" which will be staged at the McIntosh High School Black Box Theater are Jan. 24, 25, 26, 31, and Feb. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 with an 8:00 p.m. curtain. Seating is limited due to theater capacity and all tickets are being sold on a reserved seat basis. Tickets may be reserved until noon on the date of performance by calling 770-631-8568. Next up is the notoriously funny "Nunsense" which will be presented by a cast from the Henry County Players on March 8, 9, 15 and 16. "You don't have to be Catholic to enjoy this hilarious comedy," stated F.C.T. President Joan Velsmid. "It takes place in the school's makeshift theater as a fund raiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidentally poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God)." The 2002 season continues with the touchingly funny play, "The Boys Next Door," which will be staged on March 28, 29, 30, and Apr. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13. The story focuses on the lives of four retarded men who live in a communal residence under the watchful eye of a sincere, but increasingly despairing, social worker. Filled with humor, the play is also marked by the compassion and understanding with which it peers into the half-lit world of its handicapped protagonists. Noted for their summer musical productions such as Annie and Guys and Dolls, this year Fayette Community Theatre will present Rogers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music." It will be staged in its original Broadway version with all the songs and music so loved by theatergoers over the years. "The Sound of Music" will be presented at the Duke Auditorium in Starr's Mill High School during four weekends in June and July. For more information on Fayette Community Theatre's 2002 season, visit their web page at www. geocities.com/gofct.
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