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FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE
by Terrence McNally
PREVIEWS MAY 31, JUNE 1 AND 2
OPENS JUNE 3,
CLOSES JULY 3, 2011
“I would recommend this production for those looking for a great evening of theatre. The caliber of acting is at the top of the class for the area and it has some of the best set design I've seen outside of a Broadway production…American Stage cast two wonderful actors that blurred the line of acting and pretending very well. Tonia Jackson and Tom Nowicki both brought their A-game as well as an unyielding manner to their respective arguments…Nowicki's Johnny won the audience over just as he did Frankie…Slowly unfolding her character, over the course of the evening, we fall in love just like Johnny. Bravo…Proof positive of the level of quality American Stage brings together.”
- Gabriel Flores, Onstage Tampa
“American Stage has given us another excellent night in the theatre…a show that will linger in your mind well after the final curtain… a romantic fantasy that shimmers in the moonlight…Sensitively directed by Bari Newport, this play will touch you…Tom Nowicki’s Johnny is excellent. It is hard to keep your eyes off of him. His energy is boundless, as he moves about the stage with the agility of a cat. He leaps to the counter, then a moment later we find him moving about the floor. Every square inch of the stage is his playground. Tonia M. Jackson conveys Frankie’s internal struggle and vulnerability without sacrificing any of the toughness that has gotten her through this messy life of hers. For hers is a life of hurt and disappointment. Her “psychic arm” is right out there, but we feel her desire to change…As a result, the play does what it is meant to do, give us all a bit of hope when we perhaps do not trust that lives can be changed once set in motion.” - Robert Jaquay, Outings and Adventures
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"A very sweet, extraordinarily funny, romantic and ribald comedy." —NY Post
In a walk-up apartment on New York’s West Side, Frankie, a waitress, and Johnny, a short-order cook, make love. Then, what could easily become a one-night stand between co-workers, takes a romantic detour when Johnny, a compulsive talker, convinces Frankie that he may love her. And so, in a long night’s journey into day, two very ordinary people, both disappointed by life, entertain the courageous and terrifying notion of love at middle age. Frankie and Johnny is a bittersweet comedy by an American master playwright brave enough to contemplate the miracles that happen between two people watching TV and eating ice cream. Mature subject matter, language and brief nudity.
Performances and ticket prices are as follows:
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening curtain is at 7:30pm
Friday and Saturday evening curtain is at 8pm
Saturday and Sunday matinee curtain is at 3pm
Tickets prices are $29-$47 depending on date and time of performance.
Students Rush tickets are $10, 30 minutes prior to curtain.
“Pay What You Can” nights are Tuesday, June 14 and 21 @ 7:30pm.
American Stage Theatre Company is located at the Raymond James Theatre, 163 3rd Street North in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.
For tickets, please call the American Stage Box Office at (727) 823-PLAY (7529) or
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