Lionheart Theatre serves up backstage hilarity

“Moon Over Buffalo,” written by Ken Ludwig, is a show for people who love theatre tradition, theatre people and theatre fun. The screwball farce serves up situation comedy, shtick, sexual innuendo, mistaken identity, sword play and slapstick.

In “Moon Over Buffalo,” Charlotte (Tanya Caldwell) and George Hay (Jerry Jobe) are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac “revised, one nostril version” and Noel Coward’s “Private Lives,” when they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: legendary director Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee…hilarity ensues.

The Lionheart set boasts five doors, setting up gag after gag of botched exits, over dramatic entrances and squished noses.

“Moon Over Buffalo” opens at Lionheart theatre Company Norcross September 12 and runs Thursdays through Sundays until September 28. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Admission includes dessert. Tickets are available at www.lionhearttheatre.org. Lionheart is located at 10 College Street in Norcross.

Myrna Feldman is the director. Feldman served for as Artistic Director at the Arcado Community Theatre in Lilburn for more than 20 years, before the theatre closed about a decade ago. Since, she has directed in several area theatres, including last year when she directed “Fiddler on the Roof” at Lionheart. She will direct “How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying” at Lionheart in the Spring.

“Myrna brings her own special flavor to every play she directs,” said Tanya Caldwell, Lionheart’s Producing Artistic Direct and who plays the female lead of Charlotte in “Moon Over Buffalo.” “Audience will feel a certain warmth that comes for her direction, as well as high quality.”