Thursday, March 28, 2024

NEWPORT PLAYHOUSE

The Crazy Time takes a comedic trip back to the 70s this October!

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L to R:??Yadil Rivera of Fall River, Amanda Blattner of Bristol??in??The Crazy Time by Sam Bobrick, directed by Rick Bagley,??October 13 – November 19, at the Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant, 102 Connell Highway, Newport, RI?? 02840. Tickets for the show, homemade buffet, song-filled post-show cabaret are under $50. Purchase online at www.newportplayhouse.com or by calling (401) 848-7529. Photo: Marilyn Busch PR

Pick a side in the battle of the sexes at Newport Playhouse??October 13 – November 19

?? Next up at the Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant is Sam Bobrick’s comedic romp The Crazy Time, directed by Playhouse favorite Rick Bagley of Middletown. Written by TV scribe and Saved by the Bell??creator Sam Bobrick, The Crazy Time is a laugh-filled look at the joys and perils of May/December romances.

Miles Gladstone (Richard Johnson of North Kingstown) finds himself making some drastic midlife changes after leaving his wife of thirty years and marrying a gorgeous woman half his age. Just six months into his new marriage, his new wife is nowhere to be found and daughter Susan (Katrina Rossi of Cranston) fears that her own marriage is headed down the same road as her parents. Miles??? business partner Jerry (Jim Killavey of Portsmouth) is plotting a hostile takeover and surprisingly, ex-wife Kate (Amanda Blattner of Bristol) in back in his life ??? but now involved with a much younger boyfriend Dirk (played on alternate nights by Yadil Rivera of Fall River and Mich Muller of Wakefield.)?? ??

As a successful playwright,??Sam Bobrick??has written over 40 scripts that have been staged throughout the globe.??His resume also??boasts an eclectic set of career highlights, among them creator of the hit TV??show Saved by the Bell,??writer for??The Andy Griffith Show,??Get Smart The Smothers Brothers.??A prolific songwriter in his early years, he worked on albums for MAD Magazine also penned a song recorded by Elvis Presley that topped the charts in Europe at the time.??

The Crazy Time opens Friday, October 13 and runs through Sunday, November 19, 2017, at the Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant, 102 Connell Highway, Newport, RI?? 02840. Tickets for the show, homemade buffet, song-filled post-show cabaret are under $50. Purchase online at www.newportplayhouse.com or by calling (401) 848-7529.