Seven Angels Theatre

Our Mainstage line-up for 2011-12

Over The Tavern October 6-30
by Tom Dudzick It’s 1959, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped Buffalo apartment. The youngest of the bunch, 12-year-old Rudy, is a smart, wise-cracking kid who’s starting to question family values and the Roman Catholic Church. When Rudy goes up against the ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa and announces that instead of being confirmed he’d rather shop around for a more “fun” religion, all hell breaks loose. “A hilarious and touching depiction of 1959 Americana. Absolutely enchanting…a little bit of heaven!”—Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune

Smokey Joe’s Café November 10-December 18
The Songs of Leiber and Stoller. Words and Music by Leiber and Stoller
Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock ‘n’ roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates a golden age of American culture. Featuring nearly40 of the greatest songs ever recorded, SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE isn’t just great pop music – it’s compelling musical theatre. “To the baby-boom generation, the songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are as sacrosanct as George Gershwin is to their parents.” The New York Times

Centennial Casting February16-March 11
by Gino DiIorio and Nancy Bleemer
For Vincent Didonato, the family’s metal casting shop that he runs would hardly seem the perfect place to meet Ms. Right. But that is exactly what happens when a bunch of resumes from several comely New York actresses start pouring into his “Casting” office. Finding one young waitress too irresistible to let slip away; he sets up an “audition” for a fictitious film. Mistaken identity and hilarity soon follow as show business and sheet metal collide. A mad-cap new comedy that proves sometimes it’s alright to let sparks fly.

Vignettes of an I-talian American Girl!
March 22-April 22
by Maria Baratta
Seven Angels is thrilled to bring Maria Baratta back to her hometown of Waterbury with her award winning play, Vignettes of an I-talian American Girl. A goody-goody Italian American girl clashes with her rebellious younger sister, and through a twist of fate reveals that there is more to La Famiglia than the Sopranos, cannolis, and guns. A one-woman show sauteed with garlic and caramelized with humor! Direct from the 2011 NY Fringe Festival " Baratta is a master at conjuring up the many family members who had a hand in her coming of age, all of them hell-bent on teaching her the rules of Italian Catholic propriety. Vignettes reminds us that barriers to assimilation come from both within and without." – theater is easy.com “Baratta’s performance is moving at times and hilarious at others.”- nytheatre.com.

Teddy and Alice May 10-June 10
(A Stage II Community Collaborative)
Book by Jerome Alden; Music by John Phillip Sousa; Lyrics by Hal Hackady Adaptations and Original Music by Richard Kapp “I can do one of two things,” says Teddy Roosevelt at the top of “Teddy & Alice,” “I can either be President of the United States or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both!" The battle of wills between the great American President and his free-spirited daughter provides a spectacular double-star turn in this high-stepping, flag-waving and heart-warming family drama, set to the immortal strains of John Philip Sousa.