Ernest in Love
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 20, 2009
Closed Feb 14, 2010
Opened Dec 20, 2009
Closed Feb 14, 2010
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Ernest in Love, a sparkling and witty musical about social hypocrisy among the crème de la crème of Victorian England, is a faithful adaptation of Wilde's superb comic masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest -- featuring all of its much-beloved characters. With music by Lee Pockriss and book and lyrics by Anne Croswell, the clever, tuneful score is the perfect complement to Wilde's incomparable wordplay and sharp witticisms.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Irish Repertory Theatre
132 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10011
At home in their newly renovated Chelsea theater, The Irish Repertory is easily accessible and very comfortable. There are two venues: the Main Stage with 100 seats and the smaller W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre.
132 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10011
At home in their newly renovated Chelsea theater, The Irish Repertory is easily accessible and very comfortable. There are two venues: the Main Stage with 100 seats and the smaller W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre.
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Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic wit is matched perfectly by Lee Pockriss' frothy music and Anne Croswell's clever lyrics in Ernest in Love, a 1960 musical adaptation of Wilde's classic The Importance of Being Earnest that is being given a delightful revival at Irish Repertory Theatre.
Croswell, who also provides the book for the piece, retains vast portions of the original script in this musical about two men, Jack Worthing (Noah Racey) and Algernon Moncrieff (Ian Holcomb), who have invented fictional acquaintances so that they might slip away from societal duties for personal adventures at will. Jack uses his so that he has the ability to slip away from his country estate, where he lives wit[...]