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1990-91 Mermaid Players Season Substantial Style
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton October 5,6,8,9
Paris, 1785. La Marquise de Merteuill and her former lover, Le Vicomte de Valmont, plot intrigues and seductions to satisfy their lust for power, humiliating everyone who stands in their way. But what turns will their amoral plots take when the undeniable force of love intrudes into their world? And who will prevail when their most insidious schemes are turned against each other? A masterful adaption of the superlative expository novel by Choderlos de Laclos, this witty and suspenseful play promises as much nasty fun on the Mathers Theatre stage as it has delivered in its international hit stage and film versions.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler February 8,9,11,12
The enchanted Scandinavian midsummer night, when the sun sits low above the horizon but refuses to set, is said to smile three times. But you'll smile countless times as you enjoy this luminous musical romance. The story of a sextet of genteel but mismatched turn-of-the-century lovers is set entirely to waltzes, some shimmering, some sumptuous, and all sublime. Stephen Sondheim is Broadway's most brilliant composer and wittiest lyricist, and this is his masterpice in three-quarter time. Be there when the Mermaid Players join forces with Sondheim to "Send In The Clowns!"
by Luigi Priandello April 12,13,15,16
Into the frivolous bickering of a "real" rehearsal walks a "fictional" family in search of its dramatic destiny. The characters beg the director of the play to stage their story, to allow their lives to reach their preordained but unknown conclusions. But if the six characters are only an illusion, why are their concerns and their passions so much more compelling than those of the supposedly authentic actors? Humorous confusion as well as a fascinating conflict lead the way to the shattering climax. This twentieth-century landmark drama shook the foundations of theatre in ways that still resonate on every contemporary stage.
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