The Butter and Egg Man

If you know George S. Kaufman’s work these days, it’s probably for the early 20th century comedies The Man Who Came to Dinner and You Can’t Take it With You, written with Moss Hart. This Falconbridge Players production is a reading of The Butter and Egg Man, his only solo play. It’s a comedy (natch) about a dreamer trying to hit it big on Broadway. Read Michael Muckian's preview here. Free, but RSVP at butterandegg.eventbrite.com.

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Now she wants a butter an' egg man

From way out in the west

She wants somebody who's workin' all day

So she's got money when she wants to play

A comedy about hitting it big on Broadway when everything’s stacked against you, and the only play George S. Kaufman wrote solo.

Before The Producers, there was George S. Kaufman’s The Butter and Egg Man, a tale about Peter Jones. A rube with more money than sense, Jones travels from the wilds of Ohio to New York City hoping to turn an investment stake into a fortune. Theatrical moguls Joe Lehman and Jack McClure think he’s just the sucker they’ve been waiting for. They're right and they're wrong, and finding out how is the fun in this classic comedy.

Free.