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Sunday, November 15, 2009 7 pm

Victor/Victoria Victor/Victoria (1982) may be one of the last great comedy-musicals from Hollywood. Director Blake Edwards (of A Shot in the Dark) cast his wife Julie Andrews as an unsuccessful nightclub singer who only finds fame when she hooks up in 1934 Paris with a flamboyantly gay actor (played by the inimitable Robert Preston). His great idea? Andrews is to play a man impersonating a woman—and, thus, “Victor/Victoria,” a cabaret sensation is born. James Garner shows up as a Chicago nightclub owner who finds himself drawn to “Victor” against his better judgment. Lesley Anne Warren is a floozy stalking Garner’s character, and Alex Karras (Mongo in Blazing Saddles) is very funny as a tough guy having sexual identity issues. There are many great numbers by Henry Mancini, including the especially sizzling “Le Jazz Hot.”

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COST: Free
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