Stage and screen star Linda Purl (Happy Days, The Office) will play Mame Dennis in Florida Theatre and Theatre Jacksonville's co-production of Mame: The Broadway Musical in Concert August 24 at 7:30 PM and August 25 at 2 PM at the newly restored Florida Theatre.
Jean Tait will direct the concerts with musical direction by conductor Joey Chancey.
Joining Purl will be Dorothy Bishop as Vera Charles, Gary Webber as Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside, Sarah Boone as Agnes Gooch, and Lee Hamby as Mother Burnside.
The actors will be backed by a 25-member orchestra and a 30-member chorus.
Based on Patrick Dennis' novel Auntie Mame, the Tony-nominated musical features a score by Jerry Herman and a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. The show centers on an inspirational freethinker who refuses to live by the rules of 1920s society. When she takes on the rearing of her 10-year-old orphaned nephew Patrick, she turns his life into one wild adventure after another. Along the way, she shows him how to celebrate life and live each moment to the fullest.
Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur starred in the original 1966 Broadway production, both winning Tonys for their performances.
For tickets visit FloridaTheatre.com.
