Moon Over Buffalo at Footlighters Theater

Moon Over Buffalo offers up playwright Ken Ludwig at his best. As in his Tony-award-winning Lend Me A Tenor, this show is a mix of backstage craziness--complete with slamming doors, heated arguments, actors coming and going, ripping clothes and the odd appearance of a TV weatherman. Moon Over Buffalo contains the perfect mixture of witty one-liners and hilarious physical comedy. The original Broadway production featured the incomparable Carol Burnett.Set in 1953, the play tells the story of two aging stars of film & screen who find themselves doing Cyrano de Bergerac and Private Lives in a dilapidated theater in Buffalo. All seems lost for this dynamic duo. Their theater company is facing bankruptcy; their marriage is on the rocks. In the middle of it all, their daughter arrives with big news, at the same time word arrives that a Hollywood big shot will attend that days matinee, offering a chance back to stardom. It appears simple enough. Then the mayhem begins. What ensues is Ken Ludwig at his best. As in his A Comedy of Tenors (currently playing at Philadelphias Walnut Street Theater), this show is a mix of backstage craziness--complete with slamming doors, actors running on and off stage, heated arguments, ripping clothes and an odd appearance of a TV weatherman. Moon Over Buffalo contains the perfect mixture of witty one-liners and hilarious physical comedy.

Authors

• Ken Ludwig