Our 2008 Series

The Off-Broadstreet Theatre

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Comedy, Drama & Musicals 2008

5 So. Greenwood Ave.
Hopewell, NJ
609-466-2766

AT FIRST SIGHT
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May 16 17

Fifty-one year old Julia Goldman thought she had experienced it all. Although she had been widowed for two years, she was financially well-fixed with two grown children who were busy with successful careers of their own. Life is routine for Julia in her Hollywood home. She thought she would ease into the rest of her life without anything notable looming on the horizon. An accidental encounter with a man who sweeps her off her feet, then disappears, leaves her with much more than a fond memory. No longer able to conceal her predicament, she must tell her grown children and decide whether or not to seek out the missing man of her dreams.

LEADER OF THE PACK

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This Broadway hit musical retrospective celebrates the life and times of Ellie Greenwich, whose doo wop sounds skyrocketed to the top of the sixties charts. The story of Ellie’s rise to fame and fortune is punctuated with the virtual hit parade of her music: “Chapel of Love,” “Da Do Ron Ron,” “Be My Baby,” “Hanky Panky,” “Do Wah Diddy,” “And Then He Kissed Me” are but a few of the platinum plated chart busters that fuel this high spirited, foot stomping romp. You won’t believe that the songs of the 60’s could sound this good! The Summer will rock beginning July 18.

Twilight of the Golds

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May/June 30 31 1
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If your parents knew everything about you before you were born, would you be here? That is the question posed by this engrossing drama. All is well when Suzanne Gold and her close New York family discover that she is pregnant, until a prenatal test reveals that the baby will most likely be gay. The news forces the entire Gold family to confront issues of bigotry, evolution and the limits of love. This is a rich, intelligent, articulate script that evolves into a theatrical tempest! It begins May 30.

LEADING LADIES

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Ken Ludwig gave us both “Lend Me A Tenor”, and “Move Over Buffalo” - now comes “Leading Ladies”. Jack & Leo, find themselves so far down on their luck that they are performing Scenes From Shakespeare on the Moose lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. They hear that an old lady in York is about to die leaving her fortune to her long lost English nephews and they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. When they get to York they discover that the relatives aren’t nephews but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound especially when Leo falls head over heels for the old lady’s vivacious niece Meg, who is already engaged to the local minister. Ludwig’s newest farce may make you cackle till your face hurts beginning Setember 5.

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TBA ~ A MUSICAL

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Oct. 24 25 26
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The final offering of 2008 has yet to be determined. We do know it will open October 24 and it will be a musical. As soon as the title is finalized we will let you know.

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