Contact: Brad Hill
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The play that became Neil Simon’s longest-running Broadway hit will be featured March 7 at Mississippi State.
“Barefoot in the Park” will be performed by the Montana Repertory Theatre’s national touring company. To begin at 7 p.m. in the Bettersworth Auditorium of historic Lee Hall, the romantic comedy is the concluding event of the university’s 2016-17 Lyceum Series.
General admission tickets are $25 and may be purchased in advance at www.union.msstate.edu/student-activities/lyceum/tickets or by visiting the Colvard Student Union, Suite 314.
MSU student admission is free with valid identification.
Montana Rep is a major program of the University of Montana’s School of Theatre and Dance. Since being established in 1967, it has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s most dynamic and respected touring companies.
“Our mission is to tell the great stories of our world to enlighten, develop and celebrate the human spirit in an ever-expanding community,” reads the organization’s stated goal.
Like Montana Rep, “Barefoot in the Park” also is celebrating a 50th anniversary.
In 1967, Neil Simon’s then-four-year-old Broadway play had its movie premiere with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in the starring roles. In this story of love, relationship and marriage, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright has audiences share both the pangs of loss and the joy of reunion.
Newlyweds Corie and Paul Bratter are learning to live together in their first home on the top floor of a New York brownstone apartment. It becomes free-spirit Corie’s first tasks to get her conservative lawyer husband to be more easy-going—to appreciate running “barefoot in the park.”
For more information on the annual MSU Lyceum Series, telephone the Center for Student Activities at 662-325-2930, email lyceum@msstate.edu or visit Colvard Union Suite 314.
The MSU Performing Arts Committee accepts tax-deductible donations via the MSU Foundation. To contribute, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.
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