Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950’s. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if he likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does, abetted by a visit from their daughter’s clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they’re actually performing, caused by Charlotte’s deaf old stage-manager mother who hates every bone in George’s body. With a plethora of pratfalls, slamming doors aplenty, and backstage shenanigans, this play is a fast-paced farce – a valentine to the stage – and the larger-than-life personalities that inhabit the world of the theatre.
Director: John Menter
Cast:
George Hay – Jonathan Fishman
Charlotte Hay – Lynn Langone
Paul – Matt Burns
Rosalind – Mandy Feiler
Howard – Juan Haro
Eileen – Allison Acquafredda
Richard – Richard Colonna
Ethel – Arlene Britt
The Cranford Dramatic Club
78 Winans Avenue, Cranford, New Jersey
