HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Hendersonville Theatre is now staging a run on “Private Lives,” Noël Coward’s 1930 comedy of manners. Despite the best efforts of the Hendersonville team, the play is 96 years old… and shows. Read our review for more.
Catch “Private Lives” at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, and 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, March 13-29, at Hendersonville Theatre, 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville. Find tickets here.
“Private Lives” is directed by Michelle Newman and stars Colin Grube as Elyot Chase, Gina McDaniel as Sibyl Chase, Marilyn Bailey as Amanda Prynne and Elijah York as Victor Prynne. Shayne Gardner, Josh Luria, Alannah Updegraff and Aaron Ybarra feature as The Louises. Stage management and props are by MJ Greene, set design by Dakota Mann, lighting design by Newman, intimacy choreography by Amanda McLoughlin and construction led by Don Schwartz, with support by Doug Sparks, Earl Lang and Mann.
Clunky comedy
“Private Lives” follows two newly-married couples, the Chases and the Prynnes, who have embarked on their honeymoons at the same resort. Unfortunately for everyone’s marital bliss, Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne used to be married to each other, and their reunion spurs insecurities and sparks alike…