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Popcorn Players begins their tenth season of entertaining audiences with the smash hit comedy, Lend Me a Tenor, written by Ken Ludwig and directed by Monica Goth and assistant director Denise Johnson.

Tonight is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. It’s September 1934, and world famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello – his greatest role – at the gala season opener. Saunders, the General Manager, hopes this event will put Cleveland on the operatic map. But Morelli is delayed, and when he finally sweeps in, it is too late to rehearse with the company. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, “Il Stupendo” is given a double dose of tranquilizers which don’t mix with all the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Morelli’s Otello costume and try to fool the audience into thinking he’s Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into his other costume. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo!

A sensation on Broadway and in London’s West End, Lend Me a Tenor is guaranteed to leave you teary eyed with laughter!

This show is rated PG-13.

Admission:

• $10.00 – Adults
• $ 8.00 – Students, Seniors

All Sunday matinee tickets are available at a special discount of $ 5.00. 2008 Season tickets are available for $50.00