THE CRAZY TIME, a crazy comedy by Sam Bobrick, is the 108th live theatrical production to be presented at Eastpointe's Broadway Onstage Live Theatre when it opens on Friday, February 19, 2010. Running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Select Sundays at 2pm through Saturday, March 20, this topical comedy uniquely tells the tale of an older married man who is smitten by a younger woman and divorces his wife to marry his paramour. |  |
Select Sunday Matinees are only performed at Broadway Onstage when a prearranged group of 30 or more is scheduled to attend. Broadway Onstage Live Theatre is located at 21517 Kelly Rd. at Toepfer (8 ˝ Mile Rd.) in Eastpointe. It is the home of the patented TeeVeeStage™ Presentation system, which employs cameras above the audience and monitors above the stage to provide audience members with different viewing perspectives of the live stage performance. Broadway Onstage Live Theatre is also the home of Dennis Wickline Productions, Inc., which began producing Non-Equity professional live theatre on the Eastside of Detroit in February of 1980. |  |
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THE CRAZY TIME introduces us to Miles Gladstone. In the opening of the play Miles is married to his never seen trophy wife, Meagan. Meagan, the hot new wife, has taken Miles away from his wife of thirty-two years, Kate. Miles' business partner, Jerry, appears throughout the play and sincerely drools over Miles relationship with the much younger Meagan. We also meet Susan, Miles' daughter, who is being cheated on by her own husband (at least she thinks so) and goes to Miles for advice on the nature of cheating. As the play progresses, Jerry cheats Miles out of his company, Meagan quickly leaves him and Susan's marriage does start to crumble. Worse yet, Miles wants his ex-wife back, but she has had a complete make-over and is involved with someone half her age, a young man named Dirk. Is there a happy ever after? Not for this guy! This totally entertaining comedy is by the veteran playwright of NORMAN IS THAT YOU?, MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON'S and REMEMBER ME, Sam Bobrick. It is a sincere delight! |
The cast of THE CRAZY TIME at Broadway Onstage is exceptional. Portraying Miles is Broadway Onstage producer Dennis Wickline. Mr. Wickline is the producer of all productions at Broadway Onstage and was last seen there as David O' Selznick there in MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS in the fall of 2008. Olivia Wickline, Mr. Wickline's wife, will take on the role of Kate, Miles' ex-wife. Ms. Wickline was just featured in the David Schwimmer film TRUST which filmed in the Ann Arbor area last fall. Tony Amato takes on the role of Jerry, Miles' business partner. Mr. Amato was last seen at Broadway Onstage in WEEKEND COMEDY two seasons ago. Sharron Nelson will be seen as Susan. Ms. Nelson appeared in THE WEREWOLF OF THE FULL MOON at Broadway Onstage this past fall. Broadway Onstage favorite John Arden McClure completes the cast as Dirk, Kate's dude. Mr. McClure was also seen in THE WEREWOLF OF THE FULL MOON last fall. The production is under the able direction of Shirley Biggs-Urkshus. Ms. Biggs-Urkshus has directed a number of productions at Broadway Onstage, including WEEKEND COMEDY two seasons ago and last season's ART OF MURDER. |  |
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Tickets for Opening Night Friday, February 19 are $14. Tickets for all other performances are $16. Group Rates and Performances are available. Again, Broadway Onstage is located at 21517 Kelly Rd. at
Toepfer (8 1/2 Mile Rd.) in Eastpointe, Michigan. Ticket Reservations are recommended by calling (586) 771-6333.
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DENNIS WICKLINE (Miles) - Dennis portrayed David O Selznick in MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS and Elwood P. Dowd in HARVEY in the fall of 2008. He was seen as Major Powell in CORPSE and Frank in WEEKEND COMEDY here in 2008. Dennis portrayed Marc in ART and Weller Martin in THE GIN GAME here at Broadway Onstage three seasons ago. He was seen as Henry in THE BOOK OF MURDER in the winter of 2005, as Bradley in THE COCKTAIL HOUR in the fall of 2004. He is the producer of all shows at Broadway Onstage. He began producing theatre in February of 1980 at Stouffer's Eastland. This season is his twenty-eighth of producing non-Equity professional theatre in the Detroit Metropolitan area. He is the author of a number of plays and musicals, including THE NUTCRACKER'S NUTS. Dennis portrayed Vernon in THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG in the spring of 2000 here, and portrayed Herbert Bracewell in THE RETURN OF HERBERT BRACEWELL in 2001. He also appeared as Fagin in Grosse Pointe Theatre's 2001 production of OLIVER! and was seen as Joe Keller in their production of ALL MY SONS in March of 2005. Dennis was also seen here in the thriller THE WOMAN IN BLACK in the fall of 2002, portraying 5 separate characters. He also directed GPT's 2005 SHOWBOAT and 2008's JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. |  |
TONY AMATO (Jerry)- Tony was seen here as Tony in WEEKEND COMEDY two seasons ago. It was a great comic turn. Tony was also seen here at Broadway Onstage in our critical and commercial hit BREAKING LEGS, as Mike, several seasons ago. Tony has been doing theatre locally, on a professional and community level, for over twenty-five years. He is a longtime member of Grosse Pointe Theatre, and was seen there in their fall 2006 production of 70 GIRLS 70. Tony was in a number of productions for us at the Golden Lion Dinner Theatre, including A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, and NO SEX PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH. Tony is a member of SAG, and has done a number of voice overs, commercials, and industrial films. Welcome back, Tony! |  |
OLIVIA WICKLINE (Kate) - Liv was seen as Peggy two seasons ago here in WEEKEND COMEDY. She appeared as Louise, Clive Owen's secretary, in the David Schwimmer film TRUST which just completed filming here. She was several seasons ago in 70 GIRLS 70 at Grosse Pointe Theatre, and was also seen there in 2005 as Ida in OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, for which she received a Clarence Award for Best Supporting Actress. Liv has been seen on our stage on a number of occasions. She was seen several seasons ago as Fonsia Dorsey in THE GIN GAME. She was also seen as Florence in 2001 in THE RETURN OF HERBERT BRACEWELL. She gave a memorable turn as Stella Mae in our critical and popular success COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN in 2000.
She was Sister Mary Christina Columbus, the exploring nun, in our musical spoof MOTHER SUPERIOR'S HABITS during our
first season. She later appeared as Olive Madison in the female version of THE
ODD COUPLE that same season, and portrayed Hattie in LAUNDRY AND BOURBON & LONE STAR in 1996. She's always
a joy to watch, and we're happy to have her back on our stage again. Thanks for everything, Liv! |  |
SHARRON NELSON (Susan) - Sharron is a theatrical veteran. She just appeared as Felicia in our fall production THE WEREWOLF OF THE FULL MOON. She appeared here as Nurse Kelly in HARVEY and Miss Poppenghul in MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS last fall. She was also seen here in the spring of 2008 in WEEKEND COMEDY (as Jill) and in the summer of 2007 as Abby in our hit comedy RED HOT MAMAS. She portrayed Sophia for us in the spring of 2007 in NEIL SIMON'S FOOLS. Sharron has appeared in a number of theatrical venues on a professional and community level. She has appeared in a number of roles for the Heidelberg Dinner Theatre, and interactive theatre on the Michigan Star Clipper and Detroit Princess. She is also quite active with Grosse Pointe Theatre, and portrayed Louise in their version of EPIC PROPORTIONS in January 2007, and was seen in their 2008 production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. She also has served on their Board of Directors. Sharron teaches power skating at University Liggett School and runs clinics in power skating at other arenas. She also has appeared in two independent films that are premiering soon. It's a pleasure to have her with us. Welcome back, Sharron! |  |
JOHN ARDEN MCCLURE (Dirk) - John was just seen as Richie in LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS and Mitch in MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON'S here. He followed that by portraying Dr. Emrich in THE WEREWOLF OF THE FULL MOON. He took on the title roles in last season's closer DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE to great acclaim. John was seen as Remnar in our 2007-2008 closer ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT and was seen in our fall 2008 production of HARVEY as Mr. Wilson. He portrayed CHUCK, one of the moving men, in MIXED EMOTIONS here last spring. John was also seen as Inspector Davies in SOMETHING TO HIDE, and also in A THOUSAND CLOWNS in the fall of 2007. John's first appearance on our stage was in 2005 as Charley in THE BOOK OF MURDER. Since then he has been in numerous productions here, including Charles Wellington York in 2007's SHERLOCK'S VEILED SECRET and Dr. Zubritsky in FOOLS. He has also appeared as Benny in EPIC PROPORTIONS, Reverend Chasuble in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Donnie in THE FOURSOME, Charlie Dugan in APRIL, MAE AND JUNE, and Mellersh Wilton in ENCHANTED APRIL. John is a theatrical veteran, having portrayed Ranger Tom in ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT, Bozidar in DEAR SANTA, and Trent in THE LAST RESORT for Starbrite Dinner Theatre. He is also a member of Grosse Pointe Theatre, having portrayed Anthony Marston in TEN LITTLE INDIANS and Kenny Norman in PROPOSALS. We welcome him back to our stage. |  |
SHIRLEY BIGGS-URKSHUS (Director) - Shirley was seen as Mrs. Chauvenet and Mrs. Chumley in HARVEY and Grace in THE LADIES OF HARMONY last season. She was also seen in the summer of 2007 as Sarah in our production RED HOT MAMAS. She portrayed Dora Winslow in our fall 2006 production OVER MY DEAD BODY. She directed last season's ART OF MURDER and our season closing production THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST several seasons ago. She also appeared onstage as Lane/Merriman in that production. Shirley portrayed Polly in CLIFFHANGER here five seasons ago to great acclaim. She also has portrayed Elvira in our Holiday Production THE NUTCRACKER'S NUTS all nine times. Shirley appeared in our production of I HATE HAMLET, in 2001, as Felicia. In addition, she appeared as Sis in 2000's production of THE QUEEN OF BINGO to everyone's delight. Shirley first appeared for us in our original murder-mystery THE THEATRE MURDERS aka THE DINNER THEATRE MURDERS as Mrs. Buldheiss/Olivia. Shirley has also directed for other companies, including such productions as STEPPIN' OUT, among others. Welcome back, Shirley! |
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