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Join us for a new play reading ofNATTIE AND GOOGIE: THE LOVE AFFAIR OF GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN
by Tami Workentin
directed by Laura Gordon
featuring James Pickering, Reese Madigan, and Tami Workentin
Monday, May 6, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
Cost: Pay What You Choose
Vaudevillians Gracie Allen and George Burns were pioneers of the sitcom alongside Lucille Ball and Jack Benny. Burns' seventeenth partner, Irish dancer Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, stole his heart and those of their audiences whether in Vaudeville houses and movie theaters, on the radio, and then on television in the wildly popular "Burns and Allen" show of the 1950s. Gracie's "illogical logic" made its own sense and left audiences scratching their heads while delighting in her gentle skewering of prevailing sacred cows and social mores of the times. NATTIE AND GOOGIE: THE LOVE AFFAIR OF GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN is a sidesplitting and touching celebration of George and Gracie's remarkable career and equally remarkable four-decade marriage.
Generously sponsored by Mary Jo and Guy McDonald
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Since 2007, with the exception of a pandemic delay, MCT has proudly showcased two Wisconsin playwrights every season through the Montgomery Davis Play Development Series. Writers workshop and rehearse new plays in progress with a cast and director before inviting an audience to hear music stand readings of their works in progress and offer their responses.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Broadway Theatre Center, 158 North Broadway, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53202