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Theater 4301
Scottsdale, AZ
Oct. 3 - 7, 2007
Oct. 3, 4, 5 and 6 - 8:00 pm
Oct. 7 -2:00 pm
4301 N. Scottsdale Rd.
in Old Town Scottsdale
Tickets: $36
Call 480-994-2787
or purchase tickets online through:
ScottsdalePerformingArts.org (select "October")
Benefit Performance
Thursday, October 4, 8:00 p.m.
$5 of every ticket sold for Thursday’s performance will be donated to Bridging AZ, Arizona’s only furniture bank,
providing furniture and household goods to economically disadvantaged individuals and families in our community. |
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DIET! The Musical, the new musical that broke box office records when North Valley Playhouse produced it in the spring of this year, returns in a new production Oct. 3 - 7 at Theater 4301 in Scottsdale. Produced by Dreamweaver Enterprises, the new production of Diet! The Musical will feature four of the five original cast members in a new staging by Laurie Lemley, with a revised script and three new songs.
The show tells the story of Lynne and Pat, roommates who go on a diet together, only to find out it's what's on the inside that really counts. Nicole Lang plays Lynne, and Andrea Tripodi appears as Pat. Marco Valadez plays Frank, Pat's would-be boyfriend; director Laurie Lemley appears as Lynne's mother, Connie; and Ken Goodenberger turns in a triple threat performance as Lynne's boyfriend Josh, a merciless Gym Instructor, and Jean-Paul, a French photographer with a keen eye for female beauty.
Susan LaFave authored the book, Kenneth LaFave composed the music, and together Susan and Kenneth LaFave wrote the lyrics for Diet! The Musical. Among the more than 20 songs in the show are ones with titles such as “Am I Fat?,” “Twenty Points a Day,” “Fat Pat,” “All You Can Eat,” “Pleasingly Plump,” and “Big Beautiful Woman.”
Diet! The Musical sold more tickets during its 10-day run at North Valley Playhouse than any other production in the four-year history of that community theater, despite the lack of a marketing budget and the fact the show was new and totally unknown. The production was subsequently nominated for three AriZoni Awards: Best Original Musical, Best Original Book for a Musical (Susan LaFave) and Best Original Music Composition (Kenneth LaFave).
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