The Foreigner continues at Playhouse
Set in a rural Georgia Fishing Lodge, Larry Shue’s wildly funny comedy The Foreigner, features hilariously devious characters dealing with a stranger who (they think) knows no English!
The play runs in the O’Brien Adventure Theatre at Cumberland County Playhouse through Aug. 30. It stars Jason Ross, Carol Irvin, and Terry Schwab.
Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production, The Foreigner has been voted one of the best plays in American regional theater by the American Theater Critics Association. It went on to be the fifth longest running off-Broadway play, running 700 performances.
“The Foreigner has been one of our best loved and most requested comedies ever,” said Jim Crabtree, producing director of the Playhouse.
“People have loved it this summer and from advance ticket sales, it is sure to play to nearly sold out audiences through Aug. 30. This may well be our very best production ever,” he commented.
Also playing at the Cumberland County Playhouse are:
Extended through Sept. 28 by popular demand?CATS, the renowned musical which is breaking all CCP records. CATS is a runaway hit for the playhouse—the biggest play since 1965’s Tennessee USA which launched the Playhouse. Every age group from toddlers to seniors love CATS.
Through Oct. 23? new Smoke on the Mountain, in its 10th Anniversary Production. Nation-wide, Smoke has become synonymous with the Cumberland County Playhouse. Set in 1938 in the mountains around Asheville, N.C., the Sanders family has been invited as the “Special Singers” at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. The audience becomes the congregation in this hit comedy that is a feast of well played and well sung gospel and bluegrass music.
“All you have to be to enjoy Smoke on the Mountain is human”
—The Nashville Tennessean.
For tickets and information, call 931-484-5000. For general information, log on to www.ccplayhouse.com