Lend me a Tenor
This night in September 1934 is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. World famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season-opener. Saunders, the General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the operatic map. Morelli is late; when he finally sweeps in, it is too late to rehearse with the company. Through a hilarious series of mistakes, the tenor is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Morelli's Otello costume and try to fool the audience in thinking he's the famous tenor. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into his other costume. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with the famous tenor. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End. Rave reviews call it "Uproariously funny", "hysterical", "Rib tickling", "non-stop laughter", "Screamingly funny", etc.Stan Mesnick as Tito
Claire Backmann as Maria (Tito's wife)
Bob Pritchard as Max
Laura McElroy as Maggie (Max's girlfriend)
Ray Patterson as Saunders (Opera Co. Mgr / Maggie's father)
Connie Causey as Diana (Opera Co. soprano)
Linda French as Julia (Opera Guild Pres.)
Daniel Speis as Bellhop
Betty Detamore............ Director
Producer...................... Judi Angelieri
Production Manager...... Bill Leseur
Costumes.................... Linda French
Set Design................... Betty Detamore
Set Construction........... Bob Houston
Del Magee
Dan Weitzel
Bill LeSeur
Publicity....................... Scott Smith
Facilities Manager......... Del Magee
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