Once in a Lifetime
Satirical comedy / 24 m. 14 f. (doubling possible.) / 5 ints. or unit set. Recently revived on Broadway to great acclaim this is the rollicking tale of three down and out troupers who decide to head for Hollywood and try their luck with the newly invented talkies. Due to a series of consistent blunders the most stupid of the three is carried to pinnacles of fame and fortune until he's literally made a god of the industry. It's a fast paced and wild romp and a marvelous spoof of tinsel land.
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Once in a Lifetime
Satirical comedy / 24 m. 14 f. (doubling possible.) / 5 ints. or unit set. Recently revived on Broadway to great acclaim this is the rollicking tale of three down and out troupers who decide to head for Hollywood and try their luck with the newly invented talkies. Due to a series of consistent blunders the most stupid of the three is carried to pinnacles of fame and fortune until he's literally made a god of the industry. It's a fast paced and wild romp and a marvelous spoof of tinsel land.
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Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime

Overview

Satirical comedy / 24 m. 14 f. (doubling possible.) / 5 ints. or unit set. Recently revived on Broadway to great acclaim this is the rollicking tale of three down and out troupers who decide to head for Hollywood and try their luck with the newly invented talkies. Due to a series of consistent blunders the most stupid of the three is carried to pinnacles of fame and fortune until he's literally made a god of the industry. It's a fast paced and wild romp and a marvelous spoof of tinsel land.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780573613388
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Publication date: 03/02/2010
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

MOSS HART, born in New York City in 1904, began his career as a playwright in 1925 with The Hold-Up Man and achieved his first major success in the 1930 collaboration with George S. Kaufman, Once in a Lifetime. With Kaufmann, he also wrote such American classics as The Man Who Came to Dinner and You Can't Take it With You, winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize. Hart also gained universal recognition for his award-winning direction of many shows including My Fair Lady and Camelot. He died in 1961.

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