Little does he know that hes slated to be the main course. Jun 22, 2015 lucky stiff premiered at playwrights horizons in april 1988 and was the first show of future tony award winners ahrens and flaherty to be produced outside a familytheatre arena they had. Lucky stiff offbroadway, lucky stiff original cast list, original cast, current cast. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. It stays very true to the original stage production, although a few songs were cut which, in the movies defense, those songs wouldnt have fit a movie and are much better fit for stage. Ample, free parking in the lot across from the theatre arts building phone. Premiered off broadway in 1988, lucky stiff was the first professionally. Lucky stiff offbroadway cast original offbroadway cast. Suggested by the play the man who broke the bank at monte carlo by michael butterworth.
Oct 24, 2003 lucky stiff was the recipient of a 1988 richard rodgers production award and 1990 helen hayes. Based on the novel the man who broke the bank at monte carlo by michael butterworth, lucky stiff is a zany, offbeat, and very funny murder mystery farce complete with slamming doors, mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse. Rent lucky stiff 1988 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. After walking down the aisle several times but never actually getting through the marriage ceromony thanks to his bridestobe, unlucky in love ron cant believe his fortune when beautiful blonde cynthia shows an. Syndicated series such as war of the worlds 19871989, friday the th. I never laughed so much with a cast recording since i first listened to youre a good man charlie brown. Ron douglas has no luck in women, and when his bride runs away on their wedding day, he goes on holiday up in the mountains, only to be reminded more of. In the late eighties due in large part to the success of tales from the darkside 19841988 and star trek.
Musical comedy lucky stiff to close out season at good. Lucky stiff was the recipient of a 1988 richard rodgers production award and 1990 helen hayes. Hollywood bowl officially cancels 2020 summer season. Freddys nightmares s01e04 freddys tricks and treats. Celine dion ne partez pas sans moi live en public 1988. Barbara howard, donna dixon, jeff kober, joe alaskey. Tony award winners lynn ahrens and stephen flaherty exploded on the musical theatre scene in 1988 with their first offbroadway show, lucky stiff. The show opens march 27 and runs for five weeks through april 28. This musical supplies us with a charming set of characters ranging from bizarre to just. Based on the 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. The series 1987 1990, and monsters 1988 1990 all drew substantial attention and drew large fan bases. Portland good theater will close out its 17th season with the zany musical comedy, lucky stiff. Complete ost song list, videos, music, description.
Ron douglas has no luck in women, and when his bride runs away on their wedding day, he goes on holiday up in the mountains, only to be reminded more of his misery when placed in the honeymoon wing of the hotel. Lucky stiff is a 1988 american black comedy film written by pat proft and directed by anthony perkins. A winner of the richard rodgers award and washingtons helen hayes award for best musical, lucky stiff is now performed frequently across the country. The show is based on the 1983 novel the man who broke the bank at monte carlo by michael butterworth. Lucky stiff is a musical that is bursting with humor that cant be overtaken. It was created and performed at playwrights horizons offbroadway in 1988, and won the richard rodgers award for that year. With songs about shoes and dogs, lucky stiff couldnt be sillier, but mr. Mar 21, 2019 portland good theater will close out its 17th season with the zany musical comedy, lucky stiff. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Jul 24, 2015 so although lucky stiff isnt performed much these days, and even if it still isnt much of a musical, a new film version of it holds some historical interest. The following is a list of the characters that appear or are mentioned in this story.
Tony award winners lynn ahrens and stephen flaherty ragtime, once on this island exploded on the musical theatre scene in 1988 with this off broadway hit a zany, offbeat and very funny romantic murder mystery farce complete with slamming doors, mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds and a. Freddys nightmares s02e06 lucky stiff video dailymotion. Psycho 1960 star anthony perkins teamed up with police academyseries writer pat proft to make this cannibal comedy, one of only two films perkins directed. Watch freddys nightmares s02e06 lucky stiff king of the hill on dailymotion. However he finds love with cynthia, a beautiful blonde, and his self esteem improves. A spinoff from the nightmare on elm street series, each story was introduced by freddy krueger.
Good theater will close out its 17th season with the zany musical comedy, lucky stiff. Watch lucky stiff 2015 full movie free online streaming. The movie has a few flaws, but overall its a very good movie. South mountain street, ashland, one building past the music recital hallmap parking. It is his only directing credit apart from psycho iii plot. With donna dixon, joe alaskey, jeff kober, fran ryan. In this black comedy about cannibalism, an overweight man joe alaskey is thrilled when a beautiful woman donna dixon invites him to her familys home for christmas dinner. Lucky stiff original offbroadway cast 1988 offbroadway.
The program notes for lucky stiff unabashedly proclaim it a zany piece of fluff, and actors coops revival of this 1988 musical farce pursues that objective with singleminded intensity. Music by stephen flahery first produced by playwrights horizons, inc. Lucky stiff premiered at playwrights horizons in april 1988 and was the first show of future tony award winners ahrens and flaherty to be produced outside a familytheatre arena they had. Based on the 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.
This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. In this followup to lucky stiff, greta, who has already murdered to avoid sharing her first husbands lottery. The show opens wednesday, march 27, and runs for five weeks through sunday, april 28. The same season, she was offered the replacement role on the series green acres as doris ziffel from 1969 to 1971.
A plump loser, after being left at the alter by his fiancee, is invited to christmas dinner by a beautiful woman, but her family are cannibals who intend to have him as the main course. James make it an enjoyable curiosity for fans of musical theater. Lucky stiff 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Freddys nightmares s02e07 silence is golden dailymotion. A diverting if effortful film translation of a 1988 off broadway musical farce. So although lucky stiff isnt performed much these days, and even if it still isnt much of a musical, a new film version of it holds some historical interest. It was the first collaboration for the team of lynn ahrens book and lyrics and stephen flaherty music.
Lucky stiff studio cast original cast recording songs. Playwrights theatre offbroadway, 25 april, 1988 15 perfs synopsis. Rent lucky stiff 1988 starring donna dixon and joe alaskey on dvd and bluray. Freddys nightmares is an american horror anthology series, which aired in syndication from october 1988 until march 1990. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. This musical supplies us with a charming set of characters ranging from bizarre to just plain loony, and not to mention an original, wacky plotline. Ryan replaced barbara pepper, who was in poor health and died five months later of heart ailments on july 18, 1969. Since the story takes place over a period of two school terms, the grades of the students mentioned are their grades during the school year that starts in september, 1974, when the story begins. Fun little comedyhorror about cannibals that was one of the two.
Ryan also starred on the longrunning tv western series gunsmoke during its 20th and final season as miss hannah. Ron douglas takes a holiday in the mountains to recover from his bride running away on their wedding day. The series is an american horror anthology series, which aired in syndication from october 1988 until march 1990. May 26, 2017 the program notes for lucky stiff unabashedly proclaim it a zany piece of fluff, and actors coops revival of this 1988 musical farce pursues that objective with singleminded intensity. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. This movie also makes me wonder how amazing a pat proftscripted episode of the. This format is essentially the same as that employed by alfred hitchcock presents, tales from the crypt, or the twilight zone.