A merry, madcap mixture of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Noises Off, Scrooge in Rouge is a Victorian-era music hall version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, in which 17 members of the Royal Music Hall 20-Member Variety Players have taken ill from the cast party the night before, leaving only Charlie Schmaltz, an animated character actor, Lottie Obligato, a bubbly, over-the-hill ingénue, and Vesta Virile, a male-impersonating diva, to play and sing all the male and female parts in the show.
Performances at Theatre Gym, in the Empire Theatre Complex, 114 West Broad Street
Opening November 18, with performances each Thursday – Saturday
at 8:30 pm though December 12
Matinees Sunday November 29 and December 6 at 4:30 pm
Tickets are $20 - $25
Official Website: http://richmondtriangleplayers.com/
Added by RVANews on November 10, 2009