The Broach
Season 2004
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Celebrating 17 years of professional theatre in downtown Greensboro
   
Performances:
Wednesday - Saturday @ 8 pm
Sunday @ 2 pm
Ticket Prices:
$ 18.00 - General
$ 16.00 - Senior
$ 13.00 - Student
   



Mar 3 - 13 / THE BIG BANG

May 5 - 15 / THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF BIG EARL JESSUP

Jun 9 - 19 / VISITING MR. GREEN

Aug 18 - 28 / ACCOMPLICE

Sep 29 - Oct 6 / UNDERPANTS

Oct 27 - Nov 6 / THE SECOND TIME AROUND

Dec 1 - 11 / MOON OVER THE BREWERY

THE BIG BANG
A Musical Comedy By Boyd Graham and Jed Feuer

Boyd and Jed have a great idea for a new Broadway musical. They are holding a backers audition to sell the idea to potential investors in this history-making venture. The show they want to produce is a twelve-hour stage history of the world from creation to the present that will only cost 83.5 million dollars to mount. Eighteen sidesplitting numbers portraying Adam and Eve, Attila the Hun, the building of the pyramids, Julius Caesar and Columbus, among others give potential investors a taste of the impending extravaganza. In the process, the opulent Park Avenue apartment “borrowed” for the occasion is trashed as the two snatch its furnishings to create makeshift costumes while singing and clowning their way through inventive recreations of the past. If you enjoyed WHEN PIGS FLY and WHOOP-DE-DO, this is a show for you!

THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF BIG EARL JESSUP
A Comedy by Marth Shore

Alas, Big Earl is dead. Now, it's time for the funeral and it's up to the women in his life to bid him a fond farewell. But, what a group of women they are! There's his wife and her best friend, his ex-wife who has a slight drinking problem and his mistress to start with. Then, there is his mother who is suffering from dementia and his sister who is having a sexual identity crisis. A new southern comedy about relationships and how we react to each other. If you lived in the south for over fifteen minutes, you'll know, laugh with, and love these gals.

VISITING MR. GREEN
A Comdedy by Jeff Baron

Mr. Green, an elderly retired dry cleaner, wanders into traffic on New York's Upper West Side and is almost hit by a car driven by Ross Gardiner, a thirty-something corporate executive. The young man is charged with reckless driving and sentenced to community service where he must visit Mr. Green every week for six months. From the onset these two men do not want to be in the same room with each other, but they endure and come to a unique understanding and friendship for each other.

"A feel good winner." NY Newsday

ACCOMPLICE
A Comic Thriller by Rupert Holmes

Mums the word! To start telling you about this play will only give away the story that has more twists than a mountain road. Honored by the Mystery Writers of America with The Edgar (Allen Poe) Award, ACCOMPLICE is a tale that will have you guessing what will happen next and with an ending that will both amuse and shock you when you discover just who has become the accomplice. The most critically acclaimed comic-thriller since DEATHTRAP.

 "Delicious mayhem, stylishly served! It would be a crime to miss it!" The Village Voice

UNDERPANTS
A Farce by Carl Sternhime / Adapted by Steve Martin

Take a 1903 German Farce and put in the hands of comic genius Steve Martin and you get one of the most wickedly hysterical comedies to come along in years. Louise and Theo Marks, a couple whose conservative existence is shattered when Louise's bloomers fall down in public. Although she pulled them up quickly, Theo is convinced that he will be ruined by the incident and lose his job as a government clerk. The feared results don't come to be, but two men, a flamboyant poet and a whining hypochondriac, notice the "great fall" and have become enamored with Louise. The Marks have a room they are trying to rent for extra money and both men want it so they can be near the object of their affection. Add to this mix a neighbor who is more than willing to fan the flames of scandal and you have a "hold your sides till they hurt" laugh riot. So, be the first in your group to say, "I've seen England, I've seen France, I've seen Steve Martin's Underpants."

"Laugh out loud funny!" NY Times

THE SECOND TIME AROUND
A Comedy by Henry Denker

Samuel Jones and Laura Curtis, two senior citizens, have fallen in love. That's the good news. However, when they inform their adult children of this—well, the you know what hits the fan. Samuel's daughter who is married to her ex-analyst and Laura's son who has a wife who is paranoid about food additives and their sexual performance are appalled by their parents' behavior. And these are the people trying to tell their parents what they should do? A no holds barred comedy that redefines the generation gap.

"A winner!"  The Atlanta Constitution

MOON OVER THE BREWERY
A Comedy by Henry Denker

Miriam Lipsky is unmarried and living with her thirteen-year-old daughter Amanda who not only has an IQ of 160, but also has an imaginary friend named Randolph. Miriam works as a waitress to pay the bills but it is her painting that really matters. She is also desirous of male companionship, a need which the precocious Amanda has discouraged by driving away suitor after suitor . Then Warren Zimmerman enters the picture. When he and Miriam start dating, Amanda and Randolph go into full assault mode. But is Warren a match for her caustic wit? Is he also the man that both mother and daughter need to fulfill their lives and send Randolph packing? A funny and charming holiday offering that will keep you warm for many a winter's night.

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