My Favorite Year

Theater Works presents the Arizona premiere of this musical with a book by Joseph Dougherty, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynne Ahrens. Based on the motion picture of the same name, My Favorie Year revolves around Benjy Stone, a junior writer for the 1954 fictional TV hit, “King Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade.” Benjy is assigned to keep a Hollywood heartthrob sober, single, and out of the papers while the actor is in town to appear on the TV show–a process that nearly drives Benjy to drink! But he learns something about the troublesome actor that changes his own life–making 1954 his favorite year. Songs include “Rookie in the Ring,” “Naked in Bethesda Fountain,” and the title song, “My Favorite Year.”