"Lucky Stiff" - by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens - Theatre III (Acton, MA.)
Theatre III of Acton
Presents the Musical
"LUCKY STIFF"
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Based on "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" by Michael Butterworth
Music Director Div Slomin
Choreographer Fran Betlyon (with Guest Choreographer Lauren Hall)
Producer Kathleen O'Connor
Stage Manager Sarah Wolman
Cast Includes: Michael Knight as “Harry Witherspoon,” Amanda Wade as “Annabel Glick,” Kerry Abramov as “Rita La Porta,” Maxwell Housman as “Vincent Di Ruzzio,” Jim Braunstein as “Luigi Gaudi,” Tim Daughters as “The Dead Body,” Beth Martin Pierce as “Woman 1,” Emily Lambert as “Woman 2/Dominique Du Monaco,” John Gorgone as “Man 1,” Joel Hersh as “Man 2,” Chelsea Reyes as “Female Ensemble,” Bob Amici as “Male Ensemble.”
Additional Creative Team:
Set Design - Shahn Knights, Fran Betlyon, Elle Turk; Lighting Design - Jake Snyder; Sound Design - Todd Short; Costume Design - Elizabeth Hoermann; Props Design - Wendy Eldredge.
Performances:
May 3, 2025 through May 11, 2025
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All performances held at THEATRE III, 250 Central Street, West Acton, MA. 01720
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ABOUT THE SHOW
A musical with a dead uncle, a six-million-dollar inheritance, and a whirlwind trip to Monte Carlo—what could possibly go wrong?
Based on the 1983 novel, “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” by Michael Butterworth, "LUCKY STIFF" is an offbeat, hilarious murder mystery farce, complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair.
The tuneful score of "LUCKY STIFF," composed by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, includes “Something Funny’s Going On,” “Times Like This,” “Good to Be Alive” and “Nice.”
Their first collaboration as a writing team, Ahrens and Flaherty went on to create “Once on This Island,” the Tony Award winning musical “Ragtime,” “Seussical” and other well-known musicals.
The story of "LUCKY STIFF" revolves around Harry Witherspoon, a mild-mannered English shoe salesman who is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo.
Should he succeed in passing his uncle off as alive, Harry stands to inherit $6,000,000.
If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn… or else his uncle’s gun-toting ex!
"LUCKY STIFF" was created and performed at Playwrights Horizons off-Broadway in 1988, and won the Richard Rodgers Award for that year, followed by a successful run in London’s West End in 1997.
A feature film version of "LUCKY STIFF," adapted by Ahrens and directed by Christopher Ashley, premiered at the 2014 Montreal World Film Festival and has been seen at other film festivals.
THEATRE III is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to promoting the performing arts through bringing high quality performing arts to the surrounding community; by giving meaningful opportunities for involvement in theater production to the skilled local artists and talented production staff who participate in all aspects of bringing performances to the stage; and by engaging with the surrounding community with support for other local organizations and projects.
250 Central Street
West Acton, MA. 01720
# 978-263-9070
