Comedic farces ‘Lend Me A Tenor’ on stage in Whitefish

The classic comedy “Lend Me A Tenor,” known for leaving audiences teary-eyed with laughter, comes to the stage as presented by the Whitefish Theater Company this month.  

This madcap, screwball comedy opens with a sneak preview night on April 10 7:30 p.m. at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish. Performances continue April 11-12 and April 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on April 13 at 4 p.m. 

Winner of three Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards, Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me A Tenor” takes place inside a two-room hotel suite in Cleveland, Ohio in September 1934. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world-famous singer Tito Merelli, known as “Il Stupendo” and the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as the star of the opera. When Tito arrives late, however, and through a hilarious series of mishaps appears to have died, the employees’ frantic attempt to salvage the evening leads to disguises, love affairs, mistaken identities, and all of the comedic mayhem that playwright Ken Ludwig is famous for.