Lend Me A Tenor

by Ken Ludwig

Winner of three Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards, Lend Me A Tenor is set in September 1934. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world-famous singer Tito Merelli, known as Il Stupendo. The greatest tenor of his generation, he is set to appear for one night only as the star of the opera. Tito arrives late, and through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he’s dead. In a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into Tito’s costume and fool the audience into thinking he’s Il Stupendo. Max succeeds and lives up to his idol, but Tito regains consciousness and gets into the identical costume, ready to perform. Now two opera singers are running around in the same costume, and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo. This madcap, screwball comedy was a sensation on Broadway and in London’s West End.

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Creative Team

Gerald Goehring

Director

Taylor Crisera

Production Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Alex Barry