Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre 2012
Celebrating our 41st Season
Keeping it in American; with plays all by American playwrights
Wally’s Cafe
Written by Sam Bobrick and Ron Clark directed by Bill Egan
April 6th- May 20th
In 1940 Wally Murdock moved from New Jersey and bought a hamburger diner in the middle of the Mojave Desert. His wife Louise was very skeptical that their life would be filled with prosperity; or that anyone will even find the place. On their opening day, enter Janet, a young woman on her way to Hollywood to fulfill her dreams of becoming a movie star. This is a funny and touching comedy that spans 50 years as we see Wally, Louise and Janet go on with their lives while the dream fades as hope springs eternal.
Regrets Only
Written by Paul Rudnick and Directed by Joseph Beck
June 1st - July 15th
This comedy of modern day Manhattan manners is set in a Park Avenue penthouse where a powerhouse attorney, his deliriously social wife, their closest friend, who is one of the world’s most famous fashion designers, explores marriage, friendship and love. Add a daughter’s engagement, a crazy “Nana”, great fashion and the President of the United States and you have an evening of “hilarious wit” that only Paul Rudnick can provide. This is a Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre Regional Premier.
Post Mortem
Written by Ken Ludwig and Directed by Miller James
July 27nd – September 9th
It’s April 1922 and the current cast of William Gillette’s latest Broadway revival of Sherlock Holmes has assembled for a relaxing weekend in his Connecticut castle. For entertainment Gillette (best known for his portrayal of Holmes) has planned a séance but someone is trying to murder him and he suspects one of his guests. Intrepid, eccentric and wildly romantic, Gillette plans to solve the case a la Sherlock Holmes. “A Sherlock Holmes who done it kind of mystery packed with suspects and tingled with laughter”
Any Wednesday
Written by Muriel Risnik
September 21st – Nov.4th
Our season finale is a show as intoxicating as a “bubbly glass of champagne”! Set in the 60’s this romantic comedy was a huge Broadway hit and movie starring Jane Fonda. A spunky young woman, her slimy corporate raider of a boyfriend, his wife and a man whose small company has fallen prey to the raider converge in the “company penthouse” of this young woman. Zany identity complications occur as all parties involved try to resolve and understand their relationships with each other. Guaranteed to take you back to a time less complicated and leave you with a feeling as uplifting as a bunch of balloons!