Rubber Chicken Theater and UW-Superior Theatre partner up for an all-alumni production of ''Tomfoolery'' April 17 to April 26
SUPERIOR, Wis. / DULUTH, Minn. - Why did the Rubber Chicken cross the bridge? In order to team up with UW-Superior Theatre to present Tomfoolery, the words and music of Tom Lehrer. The show will be performed April 17, 18, 24, and 25 at 7:30 p.m., and April 19 and 26 at 2:00 p.m. All performances will take place in the Manion Theater, located at 1805 Catlin Avenue in the Holden Fine and Applied Arts Center. For maps and directions to campus, go online to www.uwsuper.edu/directions.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and non-UW-Superior students, and $2 for UW-Superior students. Group rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office in Holden Fine and Applied Arts Center. For information, call (715) 394-8380.
Tomfoolery is a musical revue of the witty, wicked, and thoroughly twisted world of satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer. Many of the songs were first performed in the 1950s and 60s and became infamous for their witty naughtiness, and with titles like ''Poisoning Pigeons In the Park'', ''The Masochism Tango'', and ''The Vatican Rag'', it's easy to understand why. Other popular Tom Lehrer songs in the show include ''The Elements'', where he sets the names of the chemical elements to a Gilbert & Sullivan tune.
Tomfoolery features an all-UW-Superior alumni cast and crew of Chris Nollet, Christa J. Schulz, and Cheryl Zupec onstage, with Sharon Dixon-Obst directing. And fresh off the plane from Oregon, where he is a fixture in the Portland music and theater scene, Tomfoolery will also include the Twin Ports return of UW-Superior alumnus David Saffert.
For more information on Tomfoolery, please see below.
WHO: Rubber Chicken Theater and UW-Superior Theatre
WHAT: Tomfoolery, the words and music of Tom Lehrer
WHERE: Manion Theater
