Denver Victorian Playhouse presents Tom Foolery August 13, 2010

Denver Victorian Playhouse

Tomfoolery
Music and lyrics by Tom Lehrer

Musical Arrangements by Robert Fisher

Adapted by Cameron Mackintosh and Robin Ray

Directed by Wade P. Wood

"... I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity ..." - Tom Lehrer

Tomfoolery opens on Friday, *July 30 and runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; *Sundays at 1 p.m. through August 28 (*Please note opening date change and time change of Sunday performance). Tickets are $18.00 and are available by calling 303-433-4343 or online at www.denvervic.com.

Four actors, stools, a piano and a healthy dose of attitude are all you need to enter the witty, wicked, offbeat and thoroughly twisted world of famed satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer. Tomfoolery musical review include some of these well known classics “The Vatican Rag,” “Be Prepared,” “My Home Town,” “Pollution,” “She's My Girl,” “The Hunting Song,” and“We Will All Go Together When We Go.”

The cast, under the direction of Wade P. Wood, and the musical direction of Don Wagner includes Henrik Boes, Clark Bomer Brittain, Paula Jayne Friedland and Amanda Goldrick with choreography by Missy Moore.

Tom Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. Lehrer is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s. His work often parodies popular song forms, such as in "The Elements," where he sets the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's “The Pirates of Penzance.” Lehrer's earlier work typically dealt with non-topical subject matter and was noted for its black humor, seen in songs such as "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". In the 1960s, he produced a number of songs dealing with social and political issues of the day, particularly when he wrote for the U.S. version of the television show “That Was The Week That Was.”

Denver Victorian Playhouse presents Tom Foolery - A musical review of the wicked, offbeat world of satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer. Jul. 30* – Aug 28 - Fri/Sat at 7:30 p.m.; *Sun at 1 p.m. Denver Victorian Playhouse, 4201 Hooker Street in Denver. Tickets: $18.00 - 303-433-4343 or www.denvervic.com.

Video clip at: - (*Please note opening date change and time change of Sunday performance).