New York City
If there’s patron saint of laughing in the face of hard economic times it’s Mame Dennis, aka “Auntie Mame,” the larger-than-life central figure in the award-winning musical Mame, with book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Richard Elliott directs, with Terry D’Emidio in the title role. Musical direction is by Tim Hanson and choreography by Dan Uroff.