Promises, Promises at Riverbank Theatre

Set in swinging and stylish 1960s Manhattan, Promises, Promises offers up a platter of sharp one-liners from comic genius Neil Simon and infectious pop tunes from Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

If you like Mad Men, you’re in luck!

Nominated for four Tony Awards and based on the 1960 Oscar-winning Billy Wilder film The Apartment, this raucous comedy features such hits as “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Say a Little Prayer For Me,” and the title song, “Promises, Promises.”

Meet Chuck Baxter (played by Aaron Dennis Smith) – an overlooked nobody at Consolidated Life Insurance. This all changes when his colleagues find out that he has what they want: a spacious, fashionable apartment ideal for mischief. With the promise of promotion dangling before him, Chuck lends some of his senior executives his place for their extramarital trysts. In exchange, Chuck gets the key to his aspirations—and a rung up on the corporate ladder. For a while, life is bliss. That’s before Chuck learns that the object of his own affection is the mistress of his boss, the man who holds the key to Chuck’s two greatest properties: his flat and his future.

Director Edmond Reynolds and Music Director Paul Decker have assembled a cast of Riverbank regulars: husband and wife Aaron and Brittany Smith as Chuck Baxter and Fran Kubelik, Randy Skotarczyk as Doctor Dreyfuss, Tyrone Evenson as J.D. Sheldrake, Christy Kreidler as Marge MacDougall, and Jeffery Pedue, Sal Rubino, Mark Konwinski, and Kyle Burch as the Executives. Anita Newby, Jenna Russell, Diana Marie Turner, Carrie Muesling, Emilee Caughel, Janique Sanders, and Joey Carrier wear many hats as orchestral voices, dancers, and various roles.

Friday, and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm

Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm

Tickets ($26) are available at www.riverbanktheatre.com or by phone (810) 278-1749.

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Riverbank Theatre

358 S. Water Street, Marine City, MI 48039