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The Damon Runyan Theater: Madame La Gimp
and The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy: The Farmer
April 27 at 2pm Cross of Glory Lutheran Church 95 Cambridge Dr. Aberdeen, NJ 07747
Damon Runyon is famous for penning stories and characters that the musical "Guys & Dolls" was based on. His unforgettable characters were habitués of the street: gamblers, fight managers and race track bookies. This one is a hilarious Cinderella story that you don't want to miss!
Dr. Tweedy was played by Frank Morgan (the titular Wizard in "The Wizard of Oz). In this episode, Tweedy plays makeover artist and matchmaker for a lonely lady farmer. He is aided in this endeavor by Mr.Welby, once a homeless prize-fighter.
Damon Runyon
Frank Morgan
My Favorite Husband: Iris & Liz's Easter Dresses AND
The Young Matron's League Tryouts
May 18 at 2pm The Navesink Library 149 Monmouth Ave, Navesink, NJ 07716
May 19 at 2pm Monroe Public Library 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, NJ 08831
May 25 at 3pm The Atrium on the Navesink 40 Riverside Dr., Red Bank, NJ 07701
Liz and Iris make a bet with their husbands that they can diet and fit into their new dresses before the men can fit into their new suits, little do each know that the others are sabotaging them! My Favorite Husband was the template for "I love Lucy", both starring Lucille Ball.
In "The Young matron's League Tryouts", Liz wants to audition for a play without her husband knowing, but her behavior at home while she rehearses makes him think she's become unravelled and needs a psychiatrist!
Lucille Ball and Richard Denning
Adventures of the Thin Man: All American Menace
and Richard Diamond, Private Detective: Lonely Hearts
September
Thin Man starred Myrna Loy and William Powell, playing a detective couple with wit and sophistication. The characters were based on the 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett (Sam Spade, "The Maltese Falcon", you know!)
Richard Diamond was created by Blake Edwards. Diamond was a former NYC cop turned private eye and was the epitome of the noir, wise-cracking detective we've seen and loved in film and television.
Myrna Loy & William Powell (they had chemistry!!!)
David Janssen as Diamond
The War of the Worlds
October
Based on the H.G. Wells novel, made infamous by the 1938 broadcast of The Mercury Theater of the Air by Orson Welles. The Martians land in Grover's Mill, NJ!!!
It's a Wonderful Life, radio play
December 7 at 3pm
East Jersey Olde Town Village in Piscataway, NJ
(There will be additional venues and dates for this beloved classic)
In Memory of Ron Steelman
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