Stages 2001: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress
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Performances take place Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 12, in the north and west theaters of the Theatre Building, 1225 W. Belmont. Admission is $12.50 per performance or $65 for a two-day pass. On Friday, August 10, the festival opens with a benefit dinner and a performance by Jo Anne Worley (who will also emcee Saturday’s performances) at the Claude Seymour House, 817 W. Hutchinson; tickets for that event are $125. For reservations to all “Stages 2001” events, call 773-327-5252.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10
Pop songwriters Berton Averre (of the Knack) and Rob Meurer penned this comic reinterpretation of the medieval legend; Stephen Rader stars as the arrow-dynamic hero in this staged reading. West theater, 9:30 AM.
Gregg Opelka’s La Vie Ennui spoofs the music of Edith Piaf in its portrait of two fading cabaret singers in Paris; it’s offered in a “pitch.” Facade, by Thomas Adams and Margit Ahlin, concerns the relationship between three young misfits who form a “freaks club”; it’s performed in a staged reading. West theater, 1 PM.
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La Vie Ennui and Facade
