Comedy, love, music & revolution: 5 shows at Cape Cod theaters
The summer is truly winding down now: Two theaters are finishing up their summer season of shows this week and one company is completing a short early-September run, while a local community theater is just starting its season with a Neil Simon comedy.
To see what our reviewers think of “The Fantasticks” at Cape Playhouse in Dennis, “The Revolutionists” at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater and a "Quickies" show of short plays by Provincetown Dramatic Arts, and to decide whether to try to catch them before they’re gone, check out https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/entertainment.
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And here’s what’s new on Cape stages this weekend:
Simon comedy is revived
It’s a family project for the start of Eventide Theatre Company’s season on the Gertrude Lawrence Stage at Dennis Union Church (713 Main St.). Ruthe Lew will direct Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys,” which will star husband Barry Lew and Cleo Zani. Son Ari Lew is also in the cast, along with Cara Girardi and Doug Sivco.
The plot of Simon’s 1972 comedy is described as being about “two legendary (and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act.” That's Barry Lew and Zani, seen often on Cape stages, as the two comics.
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Shows are at 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 15-25. Ticketholders for the Sept. 18 performance can stay for a post-show talkback with the director and cast. Tickets: $31. Reservations and information: https://www.eventidearts.org/.
'Love Letters' on Cotuit's outdoor stage
Cotuit Center for the Arts will present a one-night performance of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, featuring Linda Monchik and John Weltman on the John Weltman Outdoor Performance Pavilion stage that bears the actor/donor’s name.
The show is a benefit performance for the center (4404 Falmouth Road, Route 28), and is timed to be performed following the final “Wine and Music Wednesday” event of the year. Tickets: $30, $28 for seniors and $25 for members; 508-428-0669, https://artsonthecape.org/.
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The 1988 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play is told in the form of letters about hopes, ambitions, dreams and disappointments exchanged between Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III from kindergarten through nearly 50 years of their lives.
Broadway's Hannah Corneau to perform
Continuing the Broadway @ the Art House concerts in Provincetown will be Hannah Corneau, with Ross Baum at the piano. Corneau made her Broadway debut as Elphaba in the musical “Wicked” and last fall starred in the New Works Provincetown world premiere of the musical “Maiden Voyage” by Mindi Dickstein and Carmel Dean.
Other tour, Off-Broadway and regional credits include the first national tour of “Hedwig and The Angry Inch,” “Daddy Long Legs,” “Les Misérables” and “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.” The show is at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17; tickets: $40 and $50; https://provincetownarthouse.com/.
Contact Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll at kdriscoll@capecodonline.com. Follow on Twitter: @KathiSDCCT.
This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Cape Cod theaters: Neil Simon comedy, love letters, music, revolution
