The 2019 Ivoryton Playhouse season opens on March 20, 2019. For tickets and information, visit www.ivorytonplayhouse.org or call (860) 767-7318.
BURT & ME
Book by Larry McKenna, Lyrics by Hal David, Music by Burt Bacharach
Wednesday, March 20th – Sunday, April 7, 2019
If you fell in love to the music of Burt Bacharach, then you won’t want to miss this nostalgic romantic musical comedy. Joe and Lacey were high school sweethearts who drifted apart when they attended different colleges after graduation. Years later, their paths cross again as Joe devises a clever plan to win Lacey back… with the help of one Burt Bacharach. Featuring the classics: “What the World Needs Now,” “Walk On By,” “I Say A Little Prayer,” and many more.
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
Written by Todd Kreidler
Wednesday, April 24 – May 12, 2019
A progressive white couple’s proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter brings her black fiancé home to meet them in this fresh and relevant stage adaptation of the iconic film, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Blindsided by their daughter’s whirlwind romance and fearful for her future, Matt and Christina Drayton quickly come to realize the difference between reading about and supporting a mixed-race couple in your newspaper and welcoming one into your family–especially in 1967. It’s not long before a multi-family clash of racial and generational difference erupts. At the end of the day, will love prevail?
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