She Loves Me

She Loves Me

December 7-16, 2012 in The Playhouse at Overture

Set in the 1930s, Georg and Amalia are two feuding clerks who secretly find solace in their anonymous romantic pen pals, little knowing their respective correspondents are none other than each other.

Simply put, it’s one of the best shows I’ve seen in Madison in a long time.  Read the full review.
-Amelia Cook, The Isthmus

Think of “She Loves Me” as “You’ve Got Mail” set in 1930s Hungary.  Change the bookstore to a perfume shop, add some sweet songs and a few easy dance numbers, and that’s the production Four Seasons Theatre has chosen to close out 2012.  Read the full article.
-Lindsay Christians, 77 Square

Watch the show trailer for a sneak peek at the production!

Performances

  • Friday, December 7 at 7:30 pm (6:30 preshow lecture, Rotunda Stage)
  • Saturday, December 8 at 7:30 pm
  • Sunday, December 9 at 2 pm (preshow lecture in Rotunda Stage at 1 pm)
  • Friday, December 14 at 7:30 pm (preshow lecture in Rotunda Stage at 6:30 pm)
  • Saturday, December 15 at 7:30 pm
  • Sunday, December 16 at 2 pm (preshow lecture in Rotunda Stage at 1 pm)

Tickets

Performances of “She Loves Me” are Friday, December 7 through Sunday December 16, 2012 at The Playhouse at Overture in Madison, WI.

Tickets ($35 adults, $30 seniors, $20 students) are available now through the Overture Center online, by phone (608) 258-4141, or in person.

No children under age 6 will be permitted.

Cast List

  • Amalia: Tamara Norden Brognano
  • Georg: Doug Swenson
  • Ilona Ritter: Meghan Randolph
  • Kodaly: Greg Reed
  • Sipos: John Jajewski
  • Maraczek: Mark Snowden
  • Arpad: Joel Roberts
  • The Waiter: Robert A. Goderich
  • Ensemble: Reid Annin, Matt Fayfer, Robert A. Goderich, Rick Henslin, Taran O’Reilly, Mari Borowski, Kailey Boyle, Frieda Carlsen, Kiley Hearn, Johanna Jackson, Roberta Riportella, Alannah Spencer.

Preshow Lectures

Fridays at 6:30 pm & Sundays at 1 pm

Dramaturg Bethany Wood will present a preshow lecture providing background on “She Loves Me.” You might not know Hungarian-American playwright Miklos Laszlo or his play “Parfumerie,” but you’ve likely seen one of its descendents. This remarkably pliable play was variously adapted into the movies “The Shop Around the Corner” (with Jimmy Stewart), “In the Good Old Summertime” (with Judy Garland), “You’ve Got Mail” (with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan) and the 1963 musical “She Loves Me” (book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick).  Join her for a pre-show discussion of the theatrical and historical context of this delightful musical.

Acknowledgements

Lead support for the production has been provided by the Pleasant Rowland Fund for Theater, a component of the Madison Community Foundation.  Additional grant funds were received from Wisconsin Arts Board, and Dane Arts.  Thank you to Full Compass and Park Printing Solution for their in kind support.