The Concord Players 100th Anniversary Season (2019-2020)



Fall

November 8, 9, 10 (matinee),
15, 16, 17 (matinee), 22, 23, 2019

With humor, talent and chutzpah, young Fanny Brice, an awkward Jewish girl from New York’s Lower East Side who “isn’t pretty,” is determined to become a headliner.  See how she defies the odds to become one of the greatest entertainers of her time – a star of the Ziegfeld Follies, radio, Broadway and Hollywood.

Book by Isobel Lennart
from an original story by Miss Lennart
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Bob Merrill

Directed by Brian Kelly
Music Direction by Brendan Kenney
Choreography by Katie Alexander

 

Winter

February 7, 8, 14, 15,
16 (matinee), 21, 22, 2020

Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word.  He’s a straight-arrow lawyer; she’s a free spirit always looking for the latest kick.  After a six-day honeymoon, and a surprise visit from her lonely mother, Corie takes the opportunity to play matchmaker with the eccentric neighbor in the attic, Mr. Velasco. Then everything that can go wrong… does.

by Neil Simon

Directed by Lisa Astbury

 


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Spring

April 24, 25,
May 1, 2, 3 (matinee), 8, 9, 2020

Alternatively hilarious and touching, this beloved comedy-drama portrays the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana. It reveals, over time, the depth of the strength and purposefulness of its unforgettable characters — ladies who are "as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel."

by Robert Harling

Directed by Paul Murphy