SLG Celje - Leading Ladies

Ken Ludwig is an internationally acclaimed playwright whose many hits on Broadway, in London’s West End and throughout the world have made his name synonymous with modern comedy. He studied law at Harvard and Cambridge; he studied music at Harvard with the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, and theatre history at Cambridge. He practiced law for several years with the firm of Steptoe & Johnson, where he remains Of Counsel.

His first Broadway hit was a comedy Lend Me a Tenor (1989), which was followed by a very successful musical Crazy for You (1992), which ran for more than four years on Broadway and in London. Six of his plays were staged both on Broadway and in West End. He has won the Laurence Olivier Award, three Tony Award nominations, two Helen Hayes Awards and the Edgar Award. His work has been performed in thirty countries in over twenty languages. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from York College of Pennsylvania. In 2006 he was called »the provider of light comedies« by The Times.

Ken Ludwig is also a successful theatre director. His comedy Leading Ladies premiered at the Alley Theatre in Houston in 2004 under his direction.

Jack and Leo are two jobless actors, who find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" in a small town in Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren’t nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, especially when Leo falls head-over-petticoat in love with the old lady’s vivacious niece, Meg, who’s engaged to the local minister. Meg’s life also turns upside down when she meets her »cousins« Maxine and Stephanie. Amorous incidents, hillarious and unexpected entanglements of two men, cross-dressed as women, witty dialogues make in a brilliant comedy, which unites theatre magic with everyday life.

Director Boris Kobal
Dramaturg Tatjana Doma
Set Designer Branko Hojnik
Costume Designer Maja Ballund
Composer Bojan Jurjevčič - Jurki
Language Consultant Jože Volk
Choreographers Cvetka Špiljar, Boštjan Špiljar
Lighting Designer Pascal Mérat
Assistant Set Designer Urša Vidic

Cast
Meg Pia Zemljič
Leo Andrej Murenc / Vojko Belšak
Jack Aljoša Koltak
Audrey Liza Marija Grašič
Duncan Bojan Umek
Florence Anica Kumer (guest appearance)
Dr. Myers Igor Žužek
Butch David Čeh

Opening 30 November 2012
Performance duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes. No interval.

Pia Zemljič, Bojan Umek
Igor Žužek
Vid Klemenc, Andrej Murenc
Nina Rakovec, Vid Klemenc, Andrej Murenc
Nina Rakovec, Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Nina Rakovec, Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Vid Klemenc, Andrej Murenc
Bojan Umek, Pia Zemljič
David Čeh, Igor Žužek
Pia Zemljič, David Čeh
Andrej Murenc, Pia Zemljič, Vid Klemenc
David Čeh, Igor Žužek, Nina Rakovec, Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc, Bojan Umek, Vid Klemenc
David Čeh, Igor Žužek, Nina Rakovec, Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc, Bojan Umek, Vid Klemenc
Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Igor Žužek, Anica Kumer, David Čeh, Nina Rakovec, Bojan Umek
B. Umek, D. Čeh, I. Žužek, A. Kumer, N. Rakovec, P. Zemljič, A. Murenc, V. Klemenc
Pia Zemljič, Anica Kumer, Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Andrej Murenc, Anica Kumer, Vid Klemenc
I. Žužek, D. Čeh, N. Rakovec, B. Umek, P. Zemljič, A. Murenc, A. Kumer, V. Klemenc
P. Zemljič, D. Čeh, A. Murenc, I. Žužek, A. Kumer, N. Rakovec, V. Klemenc
Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc
Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc
Vid Klemenc, Andrej Murenc
Vid Klemenc, Andrej Murenc
Andrej Murenc, Pia Zemljič
Andrej Murenc, Pia Zemljič
Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc
Vid Klemenc, Nina Rakovec
Vid Klemenc, Andrej Murenc, Pia Zemljič, Nina Rakovec
Igor Žužek, Anica Kumer
Anica Kumer, Igor Žužek
Anica Kumer, Vid Klemenc, Bojan Umek
Igor Žužek, Vid Klemenc, Anica Kumer, Bojan Umek
Igor Žužek, Bojan Umek
Igor Žužek, Bojan Umek
Pia Zemljič, Bojan Umek
Pia Zemljič, Bojan Umek
Andrej Murenc, Pia Zemljič
Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Vid Klemenc, Andrej Murenc
Andrej Murenc, Pia Zemljič, Vid Klemenc
Bojan Umek, Pia Zemljič
Bojan Umek, Pia Zemljič
Bojan Umek, Pia Zemljič
Nina Rakovec, Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc
Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Pia Zemljič, Nina Rakovec, Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc
Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Nina Rakovec, Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc, Vid Klemenc
Nina Rakovec, Vid Klemenc
Nina Rakovec
Nina Rakovec, Igor Žužek
Andrej Murenc, Pia Zemljič
Igor Žužek, Vid Klemenc
Vid Klemenc, Bojan Umek
David Čeh, Vid Klemenc, Igor Žužek
Igor Žužek, Vid Klemenc
David Čeh, Vid Klemenc, Igor Žužek
Nina Rakovec, Vid Klemenc
Pia Zemljič, Andrej Murenc, Anica Kumer
Nina Rakovec, Vid Klemenc
I. Žužek, A. Kumer, N. Rakovec, A. Murenc, P. Zemljič, D. Čeh, V. Klemenc, B. Umek
I. Žužek, A. Kumer, A. Murenc, P. Zemljič, B. Umek, D. Čeh, V. Klemenc, N. Rakovec
D. Čeh, I. Žužek, A. Kumer, V. Klemenc, P. Zemljič, A. Murenc, N. Rakovec, B. Umek

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