"Extraordinary!  Elegant!" –Chicago Sun-Times
"Witty … Caustic … Seamless and colorful." –Variety

A MARVELOUS PARTY!
The Noël Coward Celebration

with Thomas Derrah, Karen MacDonald,
Remo Airaldi, and Will LeBow

July 13 - August 5, 2007
The Club at Zero Arrow Theatre

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devised by David Ira Goldstein, Carl Danielsen, Mark Anders, Patricia Wilcox, and Anna Lauris; musical arrangements by Carl Danielsen; directed by Scott Edmiston; musical direction by Will McGarrahan

Imagine a party as sparkling as a newly-popped bottle of champagne, a scintillating evening of ravishing melody and witty repartee – and you are invited! It's all courtesy of that personification of style and sophistication, Noël Coward, the incomparable composer, lyricist, and razor-edged playwright who understood the human heart and the timeless, bittersweet joys of love as no one else could. Drawn from his songs, plays, and journals, this effervescent revue is a true summer sparkler, a lighthearted romp featuring thirty-three tunes and a bevy of sketches, anecdotes, writings and musings.

Songs include "Mad About the Boy,” "I'll Follow My Heart," "The Stately Homes of England," "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," "I've Been to a Marvelous Party" and "There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner;" as well as Coward's skewering of stage mothers, "Mrs. Worthington," and his lovingly caustic reworking of the lyrics in Cole Porter's "Let's Do It."

Cast photo: Burt Sun.

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A Marvelous Party! is performed in the intimate Club at Zero Arrow Theatre,
the fabulous cabaret setting with cash bar created for The Onion Cellar!

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