Can you close your eyes and imagine the comedy routine of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen? Better yet, have you ever seen an episode of The George Burns and Gracie Allen TV show? Say Goodnight Gracie plays at the Wilson Center for the Arts from Wednesday, February 29th – Sunday, March 4th. for only six performances!
Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer Rupert Holmes brings the new play “Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter, and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen” direct from a sell-out Broadway run to our season! In “Say Goodnight Gracie”, theater audiences will take a guided tour through an American century told through the eyes of George Burns, who savored each day from his impoverished youth on the lower east side, to his career in Vaudeville, his marriage to Gracie Allen, their rise to success on stage, screen, radio, and TV, and finally George’s “second time around.”
Say Goodnight Gracie is the hit Broadway play that invites you to spend a hilarious, heart-warming-evening in the uplifting company of the world’s favorite and funniest centenarian. George Burns, who spanned 100 years of American entertainment history, is now miraculously alive and kicking in a stunning ‘tour de force’. Say Goodnight Gracie was Broadway’s third longest-running solo performance show and was nominated for a 2003 Tony Award for “Best Play”.
Say Goodnight Gracie is a multimedia presentation that also features the skillful vocal talents of actress Didi Conn (“Frenchie” from GREASE) as well as evocative music and moving images from George’s long life and good times. The play has been created with the approval and cooperation of the estate of George Burns and Gracie Allen. Its author is multiple Tony Award-winning playwright Rupert Holmes, whose Broadway credits include the Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery Of Edwin Drood and who is also creator and writer of the nostalgic Emmy Award-winning comedy series Remember WENN.
“Say Goodnight Gracie”
Life, Laughter & Love of George Burns & Gracie Allen
Dates: Times:
Feb. 29, 2012 7:30 PM
March 1, 2012 7:30 PM
March 2, 2012 8:00 PM
March 3, 2012 2:00 & 8:00 PM
March 4, 2012 2:00 PM
LOCATION:WilsonCenter for the Arts:
Florida State College at JAX So. Campus
11901 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32099
TICKETS: (Vary) Tickets start at $31.00 To ordered by phone with Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover call: The Artist Series Box Office at (904) 632-3373 (toll-free outside of Jacksonville 1-888-860-BWAY). Discounts are available for groups of 10+ by calling (904) 632-3228 or groupsales@fscj.edu.
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