My In Box brings an email from the Lyric Stage Company of Boston with the announcement of the final two productions of the troupe's 35th anniversary season: The New England premiere of David Mamet's "November" and Charles Ludlam's "The Mystery Of Irma Vep."
"November," running Oct. 17-Nov. 15, is presidential satire. "Upon learning that he lacks the funds to properly campaign or construct a legacy-ensuring library, the incumbent Commander-in-Chief is inspired to tap an unlikely income source: the turkey industry. Thanksgiving traditions, Indian casinos on Nantucket, and the prospect of officiating a live, televised lesbian wedding demand attention in this riotous and ever-so-timely play," says the Lyric. Richard Snee will star.
"Irma Vep," running Nov. 28-Dec. 21, stars local faves Neil A. Casey and John Kuntz, who portray eight characters in a "quick-change marathon and gender-bending tour-de-farce" involving a werewolf, a vampire and a dark and stormy night.
The rest of the season, previously announced, includes: "Follies," with Leigh Barrett and other local faves, Sept. 5-Oct. 11; "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," with Lyric Stage Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos as Big Daddy; the Boston premiere of the musical "Grey Gardens," May 8-June 6; the Boston premiere of "Speech and Debate" by Stephen Karam, March 27-April 25; and Nancy E. Carroll in the New England premiere of Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking," based on her bestselling memoir of a tragic year that included the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, Jan. 2-31.
More info and tickets: 617-585-5678 or www.lyricstage.com.
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