1920s Broadway comes to valley
WILLIAMSVILLE - Rock River Players will present Hecht and MacArthur’s screwball comedy “The Front Page,” Friday, November 5 to Sunday, November 7, and Friday, November 12 to Sunday, November 14, at the Williamsville Hall on Dover Road. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm.
Directed by Bahman Mahdavi, this broad comedy is a purely American story. Opening on Broadway in 1928, just a year before the stock-market crash, “The Front Page” derided polite mores of the times with its crusty dubiously-ethical characters, its rough language and grit, and its sharply sarcastic view of corrupt politics and bumbling law enforcement. The fast paced, rat-a-tat dialogue and the ever-increasing pace of the story bring a certain euphoria to the audience that can still be experienced today.
The company is fully vaccinated. Masks and proof of vaccination or of a negative COVID-19 test not less than 48 hours old are required of all audience members. Seating is limited to 40 per performance. Online tickets are available at rockriverplayers.org.
For more information contact Mahdavi at info@rockriverplayers.org or Annie Landenberger at verbatimvt@gmail.com.
