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Old Globe Summer Season to Feature First Wives Club, Irma Vep, et al.

Francesca Zambello (© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The Old Globe Theatre has announced the offering for its summer 2009 season.

As previously announced, it will present the world premiere of the musical The First Wives Club, based on the 1996 film of the same name. The production will be directed by Francesca Zambello, feature a book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes (based on the novel by Olivia Goldsmith and the film script by Robert Harting), and will have an original score by the legendary Motown team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland.

In addition, the company's Arena Theatre will host Henry Wischamper's production of Charles Ludlam's The Mystery of Irma Vep, August 1-September 6, while the Shakespeare Repertory Festival, presented in the Lowell Davies Theatre from June 13 through September 27, will feature Darko Tresnjak's productions of Henry VII and Cyrano de Bergerac, and Paul Mullins' production of Twelfth Night.

 

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