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A revolutionary farce. (Anything can happen during an eclipse.) Within twenty-four hours (in which, coincidentally, the moon covers the sun) the innocent hero Mr. P.T. Glee awakens and accomplishes at least five major things: he meets his comrades, falls in love, liberates some funds, goes to trial, and encounters a revolutionary future. In a full re-imagining of the 1929 play Pantagleize by Belgium's playwright Michel de Ghelderode, this 'sleeper classic' bolts-wide-awake on the troubling morning of a completely interesting day.
"engrossing and astounding..." "loved the utter marvel of the masks..." At the height of his outlandish birthday, the blithe chap Mr. P.T. Glee, hangs from a lamp-post and declares to the maddening crowd: "Be terribly happy! Won't you? It isn't midnight, but the hour of the good and kind people. I won't stop saying 'Let the sun live long!' I have my eye on you, Darkness. For I am certain that it is the loveliest day!" This new version of Pantagleize has much to say about the present state of things on the planet - and so A Lovely Day is an epic farce that will make you sadly happy and happily sad. 
With a deep vow of gratitude to the 2007 Ensemble: Jeffrey Gilpin, Lauren Grace, Nico Izambard, Blaine Palmer, Ted Rooney, Gretchen Rumbaugh, Kerry Ryan, Randall Stuart, Paul J. Susi. |
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