Day 322 Lend Me a Tenor Comedy Play in Milton MA
The Milton Players theater will be presenting the  play   Lend me a Tenor  is a comedy by Ken Ludwig this upcoming weekend.  The play was produced on both the West End in London (1986) and Broadway in New York  (1989). Although it received seven Tony Award nominations, it won only one, for Best Actor. 
In 1934, the renowned tenor Tito Merelli, known to his fans as “Il Stupendo,” is scheduled to sing the lead in Otello. The opera is being produced as a gala fundraiser for the Cleveland Opera Company. Unfortunately, even before the star leaves his hotel room, everything begins to unravel. Chaos ensues when Merelli’s wife, who has mistaken an autograph-seeker hidden in his closet for a secret lover, leaves him a”Dear John” letter. The distraught Merelli accidentally is given a double dose of tranquilizers to calm him and passes out. Saunders, the company’s General Manager, is determined that the show will go on (for his own financial sake), so he asks his assistant Max to impersonate the opera star. Max puts on the blackface makeup required for the role of Otello, and his disguise succeeds admirably – until Merelli, also in blackface, wakes up and heads for the stage. What follows is a chain-reaction of mistaken identity, farcical plot twists, double entendres, innuendoes, and constant entrances and exits through many doors.
Remaining shows are on November 11, 12 & 13, 2011 Tickets can be purchased on line, by phone, or the mail. Click here for additional information.
Performance are held at
The Milton Woman’s Club,
90 Reedsdale Road (Rt. 28)
Milton, Massachusetts 02186
(617) 698 – 7469