'Undercover Lover' at the Medicine Show Theatre

Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble presents Undercover Lover, a musical comedy, opening at the Medicine Show Theatre on the 11 Nov 2005, following previews from the 3 Nov and running through to the 4 Dec 2005.

Undercover Lover tells story of Hy Halifax, who�s been restlessly married for the last five years to his doting wife Leslie. Unbeknownst to her, Hy has been secretly having an affair since their wedding day with Myra, who has been patiently waiting for Hy to end his marriage once and for all. But when Leslie falls in love with Hy�s military-turned-peacenik buddy Boats and decides to devote her life to activism, Hy suddenly realizes that he can�t live without her. Chaos ensues as we follow our threesome from an Air Raid to a Divorce Court to a Spanish restaurant to the Amazon.

The musical has book and lyrics by Arnold Weinstein and Frank O'Hara, with music by John Gruen.

Undercover Lover was offered in 1961 for 3 performances as part of a summer series at Adelphi University, and then was optioned for Broadway. But the Broadway production never reached fruition.

Arnold Weinstein rediscovered a version of the script last spring and gave it to Barbara Vann in hopes of performance. John Gruen luckily had kept the varients of the music and MS Vann decided to tackle the project as a gift for Weinstein. Due to his death this past September, the production will now be a tribute to his life and work.

The cast for Undercover Lover, directed by Barbara Vann, features: Morton Banks, Sarah Engelke, Mark Dempsey, Diana Dunbar, Kirt Harding, Phyllis Sanfiorenzo, Mike Still, Barbara Vann, Monrico Ward, David Weitzer and Andrew York.

Undercover Lover has choreography by Ernesta Corvino & Jaime Galindo, sets by Knox Martin and costumes by Uta Bekia.