07-22-11 – Boston, MA>Hartford, CT – “Lend Me A Tenor”
Synopsis
“Lend Me a Tenor” is a door-slamming, dress-dropping farce with mistaken identities, mischievous misunderstandings and compromising positions. It is the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, and world famous Italian tenor Signor Tito Morelli will be the guest artist in “Otello.”
Morelli is late; when he arrives, it is too late to rehearse with the company. Through a series of mishaps, Tito is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the liquor he has drunk and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant, Max, believe he is dead. What to do? Saunders persuades the aspiring actor, Max, to get into Morelli’s costume and try to fool the audience. Max succeeds admirably, but Tito wakes up and dresses in his back-up costume. Now there are two Otellos running around, along with two women running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo. — Submit Yourself To This Role Now: Live Event