Comedy, O'Neill, Fanny Brice, and Backstage Backbiting Enliven American Century Theater's 2010-2011 Season

TACT's new theatrical season celebrates a Broadway masterpiece by a giant of TV's Golden Age, the first Pulitzer-Prize-winning tragedy by America's greatest tragedian, a return to the stage by the funniest Ziegfeld Girl, a grand comic classic by Ferber and Kaufman, and a science fiction social satire.

Paddy Chayefsky’s The Tenth Man (1959)
A unique comic drama about a Jewish exorcism by TV “Golden Age” legend Paddy Chayefsky, author of Marty and Network.
September 17–October 16

Chip Deffaa’s One Night with Fanny Brice
This one-woman musical celebrates Brice’s personality and comic style, and includes Fanny’s performances of her signature songs, as well as many standards from the 1920s and -30s.
November 5–27

Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon (1920)
A tale of a tragic love triangle that won O’Neill his first Pulitzer Prize.
January 14–February 12

George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber’s Stage Door (1936)
A full production of the classic saga of backstage intrigue in a boarding house full of ambitious actresses. Last presented as a staged reading by TACT in 2007.
April 8–May 7

Gore Vidal’s Visit to a Small Planet (1956)
A clever satirical comedy about a confused visitor from outer-space whose perspective on human behavior is both hilarious and thought-provoking
July 8–August 6

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