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Sierra Madre Playhouse
(12/22/04) Entertaining Classic Mystery
“SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE” To Open at Sierra Madre Playhouse on Jan.
7, 2005
A writer acting on a bet holes himself away in
Baldpate Inn, a long train ride away from New York. His task is to write a
complete novel in 24 hours. Baldpate would seem an ideal location to work: it’s
isolated and shut down for the winter, so Magee the writer would be free from
distractions. Settled into the place with the aid of a caretaker and his wife,
Magee is ready to go to work when it becomes plain that this inn which
supposedly has only one key actually has seven, and
intruders will make it an uneasy night for Magee. Interlopers involved in a
scheme that involves political scandal, bribery, theft, double-crossing and
murder will plunge Magee headlong into a mystery that he never expected. Nobody
is who they seem. Oh, yes. Magee falls suddenly and deeply in love with an
attractive reporter on the trail of a scoop.
Can Magee bring
the wrongdoers to justice? Will he win the heart of the lovely Mary? Will he
win his $5,000 bet?
“Seven Keys
To Baldpate” was a smash hit when first produced on
Broadway in 1913. It was written by George M. Cohan
(1878-1942), producer, dramatist and Broadway star who ultimately achieved his
greatest fame as a writer of patriotic songs (“Over There,” “Yankee Doodle
Dandy,” “You’re A Grand Old Flag”). “Seven Keys to Baldpate” was based on a
novel by Earl Derr Biggers,
best known for writing the Charlie Chan mystery novels.
Some may consider
“Seven Keys to Baldpate” to be old-fashioned, which suits the Sierra Madre
audience just fine. But the play was influential enough to influence later
mysteries which borrowed elements from it, such as “April Fools’ Day” and
Stephen King’s “The Shining.”
John Lewis
Lozes directs the Sierra Madre Playhouse
production. The recipient of a Master’s degree in stage direction, he trained
at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He has directed and acted in
well over 100 productions in his career. Locally, he has been active at Granada
Theatre for fifteen years, and at Sierra Madre Playhouse, acted in “Murder on
the Nile” and “Bus Stop.”
The cast of “Seven
Keys to Baldpate” includes (in alphabetical order): Bernie
Baima, Dan Bullard, Candyce Columbus, Allen
Corcorran, Roni
Corcorran, Jim Follet,
Brad Kahn, Richard Leppig, Don Melton, Brandy
Mettert, Jane Park, Nadine
Rondinella, Barry Schwam and George F.
Spelvin.
Assistant
director/Production stage manager: Kathy Pearson. Costume design: Lois
Tedrow. Set design: Archie Frances. Lighting
design: Kim Smith. Sound design: John Lewis Lozes.
WHAT: “Seven Keys
To Baldpate” the classic mystery/comedy.
WHO: Written by George M.
Cohan. Based on the novel by
Earl Derr Biggers.
Directed by John Lewis Lozes.
Produced for the Sierra Madre Playhouse by Ward
Calaway.
WHERE: Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra
Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Free municipal parking
behind theatre.
WHEN: Opens Friday January 7, 2005, runs
through Saturday February 19. Regular
showtimes Friday and Saturday at 8:00, Sundays at 2:30. Also,
special Thursday performance on February 17 at 8p.m. No performance on
January 9.
ADMISSION: $18. Students
and seniors $15. Children under 12, $12.
Group rates available.
RESERVATIONS: (626) 256-3809.
ONLINE TICKETING:
www.sierramadreplayhouse.org
(1/4/05)
“AN INVISIBLE MAN” Can be Seen at Sierra
Madre Playhouse on Jan. 16, 23
To oversimplify, a countertenor is a guy who
sings in a really, really high register.
R.
Christofer Sands won the Ovation Award and the L.A.
Weekly Award for his work in the musical “Pinafore!” a couple seasons back.
His show “An
Invisible Man…” takes the audience on a journey of a faceless, struggling
performer (Chris) attempting to get work in musical theatre….with the added
ability of being a countertenor----a commodity in opera, classical music and
concerts, but sadly ignored in musical theatre. (Chris can sing four-and-a-half
octaves.) It also helps to educate the audience as to what is a countertenor;
what makes a countertenor.
The songs Chris
sings in the show are Broadway musical style songs and cover many styles from
the late 1800s to 2004. He performs the music of Jeff
Blumenkrantz, Lou (Vitacco) Briggs, John
Bucchino, Vernon Duke, Stephen Flaherty, Jack
Lattimer, Steve Marzullo,
Sir Arthur Sullivan, and Kurt Weill.
Ron Snyder is
Chris’ accompanist. Snyder has previously accompanied Jim Bailey, Melanie
Griffith, and currently tours with Rita McKenzie in “Ethel Merman’s Broadway.”
He was musical director for “Pinafore!”
WHAT: “An Invisible Man, or
The Miss-Adventures
of a Countertenor in Musical Theatre,” a new musical
entertainment.
WHO: Conceived and written by R.
Christofer Sands. Additional material by Michael
Betts. Directed by Michael Betts.
Starring R. Christofer Sands.
Accompanist Ron Snyder. A SanZman
Production.
WHERE: Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra
Madre Blvd. , Sierra Madre. Free
municipal parking behind theatre.
WHEN: January 16 and 23, 2005.
Sundays at 7:30 p.m.
ADMISSION: $18.
RESERVATIONS: (626) 256-3809.
ONLINE TICKETING:
www.sierramadreplayhouse.org
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