Lend Me a Tenor

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farce stage play

Lend Me a Tenor is a popular farcical stage comedy about an opera performance gone disastrously and hilariously wrong.

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Label Occurrences
Lend Me a Tenor canonical 2
Lend Me a Tenor (Broadway) 1
Lend Me a Tenor (revival) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf farce ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptation Lend Me a Tenor (2010 musical adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Opera Buffa (early working title, sometimes cited) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Ken Ludwig NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (for Philip Bosco, Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayOpeningYear 1989 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Ken Ludwig NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1986 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Theatre in London, West End NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
farce ⓘ
hasAdaptation Lend Me a Tenor (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacter Bellhop ⓘ
Diana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maggie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maria Merelli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Max NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saunders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tito Merelli NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme ambition and insecurity in the performing arts ⓘ
celebrity and fandom ⓘ
miscommunication ⓘ
isPopularFor ensemble cast roles ⓘ
fast-paced door-slamming farce style ⓘ
physical comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nominatedFor Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableElement use of a double Otello costume leading to mistaken identity ⓘ
notablePremiere Broadway production at the Royale Theatre, New York ⓘ
West End production at the Globe Theatre, London ⓘ
plotSummary A world-famous Italian tenor is scheduled to sing Otello in Cleveland, but a series of mishaps leads to mistaken identities and chaos backstage. ⓘ
productionType stage comedy ⓘ
publisher Samuel French NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingTime 1930s ⓘ
structure two-act play ⓘ
subjectMatter mistaken identity ⓘ
opera ⓘ
romantic misunderstandings ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
typicalVenue amateur dramatic societies ⓘ
community theatres ⓘ
regional theatres ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jennifer Laura Thompson → notableWork → Lend Me a Tenor ⓘ
Jennifer Laura Thompson → theatreCredit → Lend Me a Tenor ⓘ
Jerry Zaks → directed → Lend Me a Tenor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend Me a Tenor (Broadway)
Peter Hylenski → notableWork → Lend Me a Tenor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend Me a Tenor (revival)