Celebrating the 85th award-winning season of the Community Players of Concord, the international comedy hit Boeing Boeing takes off on the Audi stage Valentine’s weekend. Written by Marc Camoletti in 1960, this hilarious English language translation by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans scored two Tony Awards on Broadway in 2008.
Set in the swinging 60s, American bachelor-in-Paris Bernard has three fiancées who are international airline hostesses for three different airlines. These girls have never met each other, and Bernard and his long-suffering maid Berthe do their best to make sure they never will. All is well until the arrival of Bernard’s college chum Robert (from Wisconsin), who gets stuck managing the mix-ups when all three girls land in Bernard’s apartment at the same time.
Director Jim Webber (The Philadelphia Story and The City of Angels) has lined up a supersonic cast with Chris Demers as Robert, Steve Lajoie as Bernard and Paula Demers as Berthe the maid. The three lovely ladies of the skies are played by Kathy Aiello (as Gretchen, from Germany), Cheri Birch (as Gloria, from Texas) and Katherine Proulx (as Gabriella, from Italy.) With costumes by Joan Vick, lighting by Wallace Pineault and stage management by Barbara Woodman, co-producers Allwynne Fine, David Preece and Kevin Belval have assembled a top-notch flight crew all the way.
Don’t miss this uproarious comedy that Entertainment Weekly called “Jet-Powered Hilarity!” Boeing Boeing performs at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St.) Feb. 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available online at communityplayersofconcord.com. Audi box office opens Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. Call 228-2793.
