A one-hour comedy-drama
written and directed by David Houston
Starring Steve Corbellini and Melanie Lipton

Saturday, May 10, 2007 - 4:30 pm

$12 members / $15 non-members

**Seats on first come first serve basis.**

Great Hall / Coe Hall

Fred Astaire and his sister Adèle were the most popular dance team of their day. An odd pair, to be sure: a nov­el­ty dance act when as chil­dren they toured in Vaude­ville, a box-office bonan­za when they reached Broad­way, ultimately stellar talents on the great stages of New York and London—until Adèle re­tired at the peak of their success in 1932. She was only 35 and was widely thought to be the more talented of the two. The Last Dance imagines a scene backstage be­tween Broadway per­­­­­­­form­an­ces of The Band Wagon, when Fred tries to adjust to Adèle’s leaving their act, and show business, to marry into British roy­alty. Ap­plause in the theater has barely died down (Fred and Adèle just stole the show again with­ “Dancing in the Dark”), and now they need to relax! But remin­­­i­s­­cence sets in; and with a piano and prac­tice re­cord­s to the tunes of Kern, Porter, Gersh­win and others, they sing and dance their favorites—cul­­min­at­ing in an im­pro­vised ball­­room turn to the big number Fred will now have to do with­out Adèle next season: Cole Porter’s as-yet-unknown “Night and Day.”

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