Tag Archives: Middletown Lyric Theatre

BRIGHT IDEAS
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Feb. 7-16
Middletown

Directed by Karen Griesinger

Cast: Nathan Greer, Chris Griesinger, Misty Griesinger, Darcy Little, Michael Schlotterbeck, Susan Teeters & Mary Watkins

How far would you go for your child? For Genevra and Joshua Bradley, the question is no longer hypothetical. Their three-year-old son, Mac, is next on the waiting list to get into the Bright Ideas Early Childhood Development Academy—and everyone knows once you’re in there, your life will unfold with glorious ease. Josh and Gen have had to scramble all their lives to get this far…and now they are one fatal dinner party away from the ultimate success as parents: The Right Pre-School. You may never look at pre-school—or pesto—the same way again…

• Thu-Sat, Feb. 7-9 at 8pm
• Fri-Sat, Feb. 15-16 at 8pm

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INSPECTING CAROL
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Dec. 7-15
Middletown

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Pam Fugett as Zorah Bloch, Joseph Cunningham as Sidney Carlton, Betty Coulter as Dorothy Tree Hapgood, Nathan Greer as Larry Vauxhall, Jeff Smith as Phil Hewitt, Dylan Bolen as Luther Beatty, Kevin L. Craig as Kevin Emery, Patty Bolen as M.J. McMann, Elizabeth Long as Betty Andrews & Jordan Mathews as Wayne Wellacre

A CHRISTMAS CAROL meets THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR meets NOISES OFF in this hilarious hit. A man who asks to audition at a small theatre is mistaken for an informer for the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor and he is given a role in the current production, A Christmas Carol. Everything goes wrong and hilarity is piled upon hilarity. (While A Christmas Carol is the catalyst for this show it is NOT performed in its entirety within this play)

• Fri-Sat, Dec. 6-8 at 8pm
• Fri-Sat, Dec. 14-15 at 8pm

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SHIRLEY VALENTINE
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Nov. 1-10
Middletown

Local media coverage: Journal News article |

Directed by Garry Davidson

Cast: Christina Dye as Shirley Valentine

The heroine in this actor’s tour-de-force is an ordinary middle class English housewife. As she prepares chips and egg for dinner, she ruminates on her life and tells the wall about her husband, her children, her past, and an invitation from a girlfriend to join her on holiday in Greece to search for romance and adventure.

• Thu-Sat, Nov. 1-3 at 8pm
• Fri-Sat, Nov. 9-10 at 8pm

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CLOSER THAN EVER
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Sept. 13-22
Middletown

As with their earlier revue, each song in CLOSER THAN EVER is a story: an intimate, insightful tale about couples and unrequited love. Included are several songs that were cut from the acclaimed BABY. Love, security, happiness-and holding onto them in a world that pulls you in a hundred directions at once. Maltby and Shire bring their celebrated craft and contemporary sensibility to songs about aging, mid-life crisis, second marriages, and role reversals.

Directed by Charley Shafor
Musical Direction by Pam Steiniger

Cast: Robin Baker, Julia Abanto-Bethune, Brett Greenwood, Ryan Heinrich, Erin Schilling & Beth Vestring

• Thu-Sat, Sept. 13-15 at 8pm
• Fri-Sat, Sept. 21-22 at 8pm

Official page | Online ticketing | FaceBook event |

Local media coverage: Journal News article |