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ShawChicago presents:
SHAW FESTIVAL TOUR
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Thursday, September 2 – Monday, September 6, 2010
5 Days – 5 Plays
YOUR HOSTS:
Robert Scogin, Artistic Director of ShawChicago and Richard Christensen, Drama Critic Emeritus of the Chicago Tribune will introduce you to the other Shaw Theater in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada.
THE TOUR INCLUDES:
- An orientation and review meeting
- Introduction and discussion of the plays led by our hosts
- Round-trip airfare on United Airlines to Buffalo, NY. The first 25 reserving will depart at 10:25 a.m. Later reservations will be scheduled on an earlier flight.
- Round-trip deluxe coach transfer to Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Accommodations at Queen's Landing Hotel
- Luggage handling
- Daily buffet breakfast
- Welcome dinner
- Top-priced tickets to five theater performances
- Farewell lunch
- A post show chat
COST OF THE TOUR:
This year's price for land and air is $2,150.00 per person, double occupancy. Single supplement is $600.00. $1,000.00 per person will hold your reservation. The balance is due by July 1, 2010. We strongly recommend tour cancellation insurance. For detailed conditions and a preliminary itinerary, please call 847-256-3257 and ask for Irene. The price of the tour includes a $200.00 contribution to ShawChicago and is tax deductible as allowed by law.
PROGRAM OF PLAYS:
Festival Theater
The Doctor's Dilemma
BY BERNARD SHAW
Thursday, September 2, 2010
8:00 p.m.
"LIFE DOES NOT CEASE TO BE FUNNY WHEN PEOPLE DIE,
ANY MORE THAT IT CEASES TO BE SERIOUS WHEN PEOPLE LAUGH."
A doctor who has discovered a lifesaving cure must make an impossible decision. Who should he treat: a kindly colleague who serves the poor, or an extremely talented but unscrupulous young artist, who also happens to have a beautiful young wife? When there's only room for one more, who can he afford to save? Shaw's comic exploration of the medical establishment and the value of art.
"As is often the case with Bernard Shaw, the ethical question he rolls out in the piece is alarmingly timeless." JM
Festival Theatre
An Ideal Husband
BY OSCAR WILDE
Friday, September 3, 2010
2:00 p.m.
"SCANDALS USED TO LEND CHARM TO A MAN –
NOW THEY CRUSH HIM."
When a husband behaves badly, should a wife always stand by her man? The quest for power and ambition finally catches up with a much-admired politician one night at an elegant party, when a past misdeed is revealed by a beautiful stranger. The options are clear – pubic scandal or the loss of his trusting wife – but how to choose? Wilde's play about infidelity and life in the political arena remains witty and utterly relevant more than a century after it was first performed in 1895.
"My favourite Wilde play – where virtually every character is revealed to be not at all what they seem. A delicious puzzle to unravel for actors and audience alike." JM
Court House Theatre
The Cherry Orchard
BY ANTON CHEKHOV, ADAPTED BY TOM MURPHY
Friday, September 3, 2010
8:00 p.m.
"CALAMITIES ARE HAPPENING AND I DO NOT EVEN KNOW
WHAT I SHOULD BE THINKING."
An aristocratic family's way of life seems to be disappearing, and with it, their beloved cherry orchard. On the verge of financial collapse, will they finally make the decision to sell their land to make way for holiday cottage? Or will they remain in blissful denial of the unstoppable nature of progress? This adaptation of Chekhov's seriously comic final play by one of Ireland's leading contemporary playwrights, maintains all of the power of this Russian classic, with an Irish twist.
"I have always thought the Russian and Irish temperaments were alike. We are thrilled to welcome Dublin director Jason Byrne to the Festival to continue the Irish take on this endlessly human play." JM
Royal George Theatre
One Touch of Venus
MUSIC BY KURT WEILL, LYRICS BY OGDEN NASH
BOOK BY OGDEN NASH AND S. J. PERELMAN
Saturday, September 4, 2010
8:00 pm
"SOME GIRLS HAVE A TOUCH OF VENUS, WHICH CAN HELP
A GIRL A LOT. WHY DESCRIBE A TOUCH OF VENUS?
YOU EITHER HAVE IT OR HAVE NOT."
The ancient goddess of love visits Manhattan in this musical fantasy. A modern art collector brings a statue of Venus to town. Through the magic of a ring, Venus comes to life, falls for a barber named Hatch and chases him all over New York. But will this wild woman allow herself to be tamed? A comic caper from the pen of the Marx Brothers' writer S. J. Perelman and New Yorker poet Ogden Nash, with classic Weill songs like "Speak Low" and "I'm A Stranger Here Myself".
"Since the huge success of Happy End here in '03 and '05, we have been eager to bring back the glorious music of Kurt Weill – this time in a deliriously madcap mood with a brand-new set of American collaborators." JM
Festival Theatre
The Women
BY CLARE BOOTH LUCE
Sunday, September 5, 2010
8:00 p.m.
"I DON'T ASK ANY MAN TO UNDERSTAND ME,
HOW COULD HE? I'M A WOMAN."
Welcome to a secret society – the world of women. A Manhattan socialite finds out her husband is cheating on her, and her girlfriends are no help at all. With manicured claws, these women are fighting to maintain their status while scheming to leave, steal or win back their own husbands. This classic play captures a world that only half the population ever really gets to see. A revealing look into the lives of the ladies-who-lunch that is clever, cut-throat and full of outrageous humour.
"A play that takes place in women's boudoirs, salons, bubble baths and powder rooms – information for the men in the audience, confirmation for the women and a true celebration of the extraordinary actresses of our company." JM
TOUR GUIDELINES AND CONDITIONS:
Stage & Page Travel, Travel 100 Group, and ShawChicago and its affiliates, assignees, and tour leaders act only as agents for the participants with respect to transportation, theater arrangements, and lodging. They exercise every care possible but cannot be held responsible for delay, accidents, sickness, loss of personal property, strikes, armed conflict or additional expenses due to weather, disruption of advertised schedules or other causes beyond their control. Statement of the preceding conditions is intended to spare ShawChicago from unreasonable demands and claims. ShawChicago and its agents make every effort to deliver to all of its participants a comfortable and fulfilling travel experience.
