Royal Oak High School ~ 1500 Lexington Blvd. ~ Royal Oak, MI 48073
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Royal Oak High School Drama Club

Presents “The Man Who Came To Dinner”

ROYAL OAK, MI. - The Royal Oak High School (ROHS) Drama Club is presenting “The Man Who Came To Dinner”, a light-hearted comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The play will be held March 26-28 in ROHS Kimball Auditorium, 1500 Lexington Blvd.

Show dates and times are: Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 28, at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.  For more information, contact (248) 435-8500.

Written in 1939, the comedy takes a look at the private lives of celebrities when they’re not on stage. Sheridan Whiteside, played by senior GH, comes to dinner at the home of the Ohio social couple, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley during the Christmas season. Unfortunately for the Stanleys, Sheridan slips and falls on the ice of the homestead steps fracturing his hip. The local doctor, who is also a frustrated playwright, plops him in a wheelchair and the long term patient becomes the house guest from hell. The playwrights have patterned this personality after Alexander Woollcott, a celebrated critic and radio personality known for his wit and worldly manner. Whiteside, who gives new meaning to the word curmudgeon, takes over the living room and all sorts of famous entertainment figures of the day show up to wish the famous man a joyful holiday. Maggie Cutler, Whiteside’s personal assistant played by senior JV, manages all the appointments but even she gets frustrated when some ex-convicts get invited to dinner and four penguins unexpectedly show up from Admiral Byrd.

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