Northlight, Remy Bumppo announce new seasons; new play about Lunt and Fontanne
Northlight Theatre will stage a new play by Jeffrey Hatcher about the Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Called "Ten Chimneys" (as is the historic home that was their former Wisconsin retreat), the new play will imagine what happens when a very young Uta Hagen arrives in the midst of Broadway's royal couple. The play will open in Skokie next March.
Also on tap for 2011-12 at Northlight, along with the previously announced Stephen Schwartz musical "Snapshots":
- Frank Higgins' "Black Pearl Sings," a show featuring a-capella renditions of rare American folk songs. It will star E. Faye Butler and open in January 2012.
- "Seasons Greetings." A new production of the much-loved Alan Ayckbourn play directed by BJ Jones. It will open in November.
The Remy Bumppo Theatre Company will open its 2011-12 season in September with Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra." The Marivaux comedy "Changes of Heart" follows in November. The season concludes with "Chesapeake," the solo piece by Lee Blessing that will feature Greg Matthew Anderson.
All three shows at Remy Bumppo will be directed by Timothy Douglas, the incoming artistic director.