Thu, Nov 26 2009
| Breaking News: Office closed November 25, 2009 11:27 am |
|
Published October 15, 2009 01:16 pm - Far Off Broadway Players will present the dark comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace” this weekend at the Plaza Theatre. ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ opens Friday By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times GLASGOW — Far Off Broadway Players will present the dark comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace” this weekend at the Plaza Theatre.
The play is about two spinster ladies, who kill lonely elderly men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic and other poisons, and their nephews, one of which has committed murder and undergone plastic surgery so now he looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff. This is not the first time the Far Off Broadway Players has done the play. “This play is one that the previous Far Off Broadway Players did around 1985. The play itself is much older than that. It’s almost 70 years old. It was on Broadway in either 1940 or 1941 and it’s been a standard favorite since that time,” said Charley Goodman, director. The first time the group did the play, Barren Circuit Court Judge Phil Patton played the lead role of Mortimer and his wife, Margie, played the female lead of Elaine. Glasgow High School art teacher Karl Weiss played Dr. Einstein, who is being portrayed by Goodman in the upcoming production of the play. “We all think of Karl when we do this. We miss him greatly of course. He loved Far Off Broadway and loved doing these plays more than anyone,” Goodman said. Others who appeared in the first production of the play were: Chris Grinstead, Paul Sabens, Ethel Myers and Eve Harris. The play presents several challenges. The script calls for a two-story set. The set is 16 feet high and took many hours to complete. “It goes almost up to the lights and has more lumber in it that most new houses,” Goodman said. The other challenge is that the script calls for a cast of 14 — 11 men and three women. Goodman said the acting group finally found enough people who were willing to do the play. “We are pleased to death with the cast and we think the audience is in for a real treat for $10 plus $1 transaction fee you can’t have a better value for your entertainment dollar in our opinion,” he said. Because the cast is so large, Goodman took on the role of Dr. Einstein, the plastic surgeon, who turned one of the Brewsters’ nephews into a Boris Karloff look alike. Goodman is joined on the stage by his wife, Peggy, who plays the role of Martha Brewster. 
More from the Entertainment section
State Park to host First Friday art event |
Print this story
Post to del.icio.us
 |
 |
 |
||||||
|
||||||
 |
|
|
|
|
© 2008, The Glasgow Daily Times
100 Commerce Drive Glasgow, KY 42142 Phone: (270) 678-5171 
|
Popular Business directory links - Glasgow Apartments | Glasgow Attorneys | Glasgow Auto Dealers | Glasgow Auto Parts | Glasgow Auto Repair | Glasgow Beauty Salons | Glasgow Car Rental | Glasgow Dentists | Glasgow Doctors | Glasgow Flowers | Glasgow Hotels | Glasgow Insurance | Glasgow Loans | Glasgow Mortgages | Glasgow Movers | Glasgow Pizza | Glasgow Realtors | Glasgow Restaurants | Glasgow Storage | Glasgow Tax Preparation | Glasgow Travel | Glasgow Featured | More...
|
|
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. • CNHI Classified Advertising Network • CNHI News Service |
