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The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner

Sun, Dec 03

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Vanguard at Westminster Theater

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Vanguard at Westminster present The Man Who Came to Dinner by Hart and Kaufman, directed by Thomas Haine Dec. 1-3 and Dec. 8-10, 2023 – Fridays and Saturdays (7pm) and Sundays (2pm)

Time & Location

Dec 03, 2023, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Vanguard at Westminster Theater, 3598 Talbot St, San Diego, CA 92106, USA

About the event

No charge – donations encouraged, suggested donation $20

 

THE STORY: Sheridan Whiteside, having dined at the home of the Stanleys, slips on their doorstep, breaking his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follow. The Stanley living room is monopolized by the irascible invalid; ex-convicts are invited to meals; and transatlantic calls bring a $784 phone bill. The arrival of strange gifts from his friends further destroys domestic tranquility. It would take a stoical housewife to harbor penguins in her library, an octopus in her cellar, and 10,000 cockroaches in her kitchen. When Maggie, his secretary, falls in love with the reporter, Bert Jefferson, Whiteside summons a glamorous actress, Lorraine, to win the affections of the young man. Knowing the girl’s charms, Maggie enlists the aid of a clever impersonator who, affecting the voice of Lord Bottomley, whom the actress hopes to marry, asks her by phone to return…

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