Highlands Playhouse 2011 Season!

HIGHLANDS PLAYHOUSE

2012 SEASON

LIBBY WHITTEMORE
may 25 - may 28

We’re kicking off our 74th season in style with the

“by popular demand” return of Libby Whittemore. She and

the band will perform a rousinghost of songs from the

war-time era as well as other long-time

favorites.

The SpitFire grill

June 14 - July 8

The main season begins its run mid June with The Spitfire Grill

which received its Off-Broadway World Premier at

Playwrights Horizons in New York. The Spitfire Grill is an

uplifting and inspiring story of a young woman’s redemption,

and the reawakeningof a small Wisconsin town. The folk

and bluegrass tinged score is unlike any other musical.

“A Show with universal appeal! The score is exciting,

infectious, and lively!”, Joel Hirschhorn , Variety.

“The Spitfire Grill is remarkable and profound. In time it will become a classic”,

Tom Williams, The Chicago Critic.

“This tale of renewal is like a pair of arms waiting to wrap

its audience in a hug”, Daryl H. Miller, The L.A. Times.

WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD

July 12 - July 22

joe Colarco’s Walter Cronkite is Dead played at The San Diego

Repertory Theatre in summer 2011 to rave reviews. One of its

stars, Ellen Crawford, is known for her numerous film and television roles including many years on the popular

NBC show, E.R. We are currently in conversation with Ellen,

her Co-Star Melinda Gilb, and Shana Wride who directed

the production at the San diego repertory Theatre.

dames at Sea

July 26 - August 19

Dames at Sea started as an Off-Broadway production but

later moved to Broadway with Bernadette Peters in her debut

role as Ruby Keeler. A group of performers are preparing for

their upcoming show, Dames at Sea. Right before the show

opens, the theatre is sold and the actors need to Find a new \

venue. Luckily, they are able to perform their show on a ship docked in the local port. After Mona, the leading lady gets seasick, Ruby earns her chance to become a star. The play is a rollicking spoof of large, flashy 1930s musicals.

“Dames at Sea reaches out to those movies in which two gobs met two gals and tap

danced their way to happiness. Dames at Sea manages to have it every which way -

as pastiche, parody and romantic musical comedy, a trick that is accomplished with affection.” Mel Gussow, NY Times

ICOLE CILLEM

lindsey Alley

August 31-September 3

Arising from her own experiences in the Entertainment

Industry and working with some of its most famous players,

her one-woman show "Lindsey Who?" is what happens when

show tunes and stand-up collide.

Lindsey is single-handedly reinventing the great American club

act. As a vocalist, Lindsey knows her way around a song be

it pop, original, or that standard you’re dying to hear one

more time. And if that isn’t enough, she holds it all together

with personal stories that most people would be too embarrassed to tell In a memorable evening of belting and belly laughs,

Lindsey lets it all hang out, which prompts her mother’s unsolicited stock apology, “I tried. I tried and I failed.”

We’re kicking it off in stylewith the “by popular demand” return ofLibby Whittemore. She and the bandwill perform a rousing host of songs from the war-time era as well as otherlong-time favorites.

The Highlands Playhouse

proudly presents our 2012 Season

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We’re kicking it off in stylewith the “by popular demand” return ofLibby Whittemore. She and the bandwill perform a rousing host of songs from the war-time era as well as otherlong-time favorites.