Comedy with music

Music by Alec Wilder. Lyrics by Ethan Ayer. Adapted by Arnold Sundgaard from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.

First produced by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, setting new house records for attendance. This hilarious comedy with music has lost none of the charm and outrageous wit of the original, while the lovely, tender score is matched by deft and telling lyrics. Both serve to enhance and heighten the play's ingenious comic invention. This story of double mistaken identities and impassioned romance has long been recognized as a masterpiece of farce as well as a shrewd commentary on Victorian society. A perennial favorite, this new musical version carries a similar appeal for a wide range of acting and musical talents.

"Charming, tasteful, wonderfully beguiling. A delight."-Boston Globe

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