_Lend Me a Tenor_ is set in September 1934. Saunders, the general
manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome
world-famous Tito Morelli, known as Il Stupendo, the greatest TENOR OF
HIS GENERATION, to appear for one night only as Otello. The star
arrives late and, through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a
double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. His pulse is so low that
Saunders and his assistant, Max, believe he’s dead. In a frantic
attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into
Morelli’s Otello costume and fool the audience into thinking he’s
Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets
into his other costume, ready to perform. Now two Otellos are running
around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each
thinking she is with Il Stupendo. A sensation on Broadway and in
London’s West End, this madcap, screwball comedy is guaranteed to
leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter.
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