The
Kavinoky Theatre 2008 - 2009 SEASON The
Kavinoky Theatre is delighted to announce a fresh, perfect season that contains
the ideal balance of contemporary dramas, comedies and new classics. We promise
to maintain our high standards in producing professional theatre with the local
artists, directors and designers our audiences have grown to adore - bringing
the newest and best Broadway plays directly to Buffalo. We are thrilled to announce
six Western New York premieres that are passionate, relevant, engaging and entertaining
- only at The Kavinoky!  MAURITIUS
WNY premiere by Theresa Rebeck
September 12 - October 12, 2008
Stamp collecting is far more risky than you think. After their mother's death,
two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the
crown jewel for collectors. One sister tries to collect on the windfall, while
the other resists for sentimental reasons. In this gripping tale, a seemingly
simple sale becomes dangerous when three seedy, high-stakes collectors enter the
sisters' world, willing to do anything to claim the rare find as their own.
 HEROES
New York State Premiere by Tom Stoppard
November 7 - December 7, 2008
Heroes is set in August 1959 in a home somewhere in France for retired military
men. The play takes place outside on a terrace in the garden of a convent hospital
where Philippe and Henri are hatching a plan to escape...with their marble canine
companion. Adapted from Gerald Sibleyras's Le Vent De Peupliers.
 IT’S
A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
WNY Premiere! Adapted
by Joe Landry
December 10-14, 2008 - One Week Only! (Not part of subscription
series.)
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating
life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings
a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds
as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. "One of the best
holiday shows around. This is a fresh and inventive way of reconnecting with a
classic story of love and redemption." - Chicago Sun-Times
 IS
HE DEAD?
A New Comedy by Mark Twain, Adapted by David Ives
(WNY Premiere)
January 9 - February 8, 2009
The Kavinoky
Theatre is thrilled to produce this long-lost comedy by Mark Twain immediately
following its extremely successful Broadway run! “This is a pure comedy;
a fictional, farcical Paris-set yarn about a young painter, the real-life Jean-François
Millet, who fakes his death to score fame and fortune.” - Playbill.com.
 HOT
‘N COLE: A COLE PORTER CELEBRATION
Words and Music by
Cole Porter Devised by David Armstrong, Mark Waldrop and Bruce W. Coyle
March 6 - April 5, 2009
The spotlight is on the timelessness of
Cole Porter classics, presented here with wonderfully fresh arrangements and a
contemporary twist. Over fifty of his songs are woven into an entertainment that
feels as much like a book musical as a revue. By turns wry, irreverent, romantic,
touching and hilarious, this is a postmodern Cole Porter evening unlike any other.
 THE
FARNSWORTH INVENTION
Western New York Premiere by Aaron Sorkin
May 1 - May 31, 2009
It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries
race against each other to invent a device called “television.” Separated
by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment,
the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation
of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the self-taught Idaho farm boy?
The answer comes to compelling life in The Farnsworth Invention, the new play
from Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing.
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All titles and dates are subject to change. In
the last 29 years, the
Kavinoky has had a seminal influence on the growth of live theatre in Buffalo.
Most of the leading area actors had their start at The Kavinoky, as did many of
the Artistic Directors. To
make reservations, or to puchase season passes, please call our box office at
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