Actors Circle will present the comedy “Moonlight and Magnolias” by Rob Hutchinson at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Rd. in Scranton beginning April 20. A hilarious telling of the 13th hour rewrite of Hollywood’s all-time biggest film features three men, five days, one classic.
Show dates are April 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 general, $12 senior, and $10 student. A preview show on Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. will have all tickets at $10.
The show is presented through special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service, Inc. and special grants from the Lackawanna County for the Arts and Culture, and the Scranton Area Community Foundation.
For reservations, call 570-342-9707. Pay cash at the door or visit Actorscircle.com for online advance ticket sales. Like Actors Circle on Facebook.
The play takes place in 1939 as legendary producer David O. Selznick is making the mother of all movies, Gone with the Wind. The cast is in place and cameras are rolling, but the screenplay doesn’t work. So, Selznick locks himself, director Victor Fleming and script doctor Ben Hecht in his office with a typewriter, and little else. Fighting against the clock, exhaustion, hunger, and each other, they act out the lengthy novel to create a workable screenplay. This comedy is a hilarious homage to the men behind an American movie classic.
Brink Powell is director and Courtney McCreary is stage manager. Members of the cast are: Paul J. Gallo as producer David Selznick; David Hunisch as script doctor Ben Hecht; Seth Golden as director Victor Fleming, and Marnie Azzarelli as the secretary, Miss Poppenghul.