Music and Lyrics by Jeffrey Stock Book by Marc Acito Based on the Novel by E.M Forster Directed by David Armstrong
A New Romantic Musical Comedy! A rich contemporary score reflects the lushness of this E.M. Forster work (set in the same era as Downton Abbey) a beguiling tale of love and living life to the fullest.
SPECIAL EFFECTS To be determined. Water based solution may be used to create smoke and haze effects.
Parental Guidelines Rated PG-13
A Room with a View is adapted from E. M. Forster's classic 1908 novel (included in the Modern Library List of the 100 greatest books of the 20th Century). It tells the story of a sheltered young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, and her awakening to love, art, desire, and human nature during a visit to Florence, Italy.
Adult Language: There is very little adult language and none of it is in English. A young Italian girls cries, "Bastardo!" when her boyfriend pays too much attention to Lucy and a vendor and a thief curse at one another in Italian (sample line: "Vacagore!", meaning "Piss off!").
Drugs/Alcohol: Albert, an English gardener, is seen drunk on the job and drinking from a flask; a maid, Minnie, takes the flask from him and drains it.
Violence/Scariness: A minor character is killed onstage by a thief with a knife.
Sexual References: A young Italian couple are seen several times, playing various roles (maid and bellboy, carriage driver and girlfriend) and always flirting, embracing, kissing, becoming more and more amorous; the English characters are variously shocked, fascinated, or charmed. An English clergyman, the Reverend Mr. Beeber, has several lines that are unintentional double entendres (sample line: "We are passing the villa of Lady Amberley-Sherman. She possesses the most exquisite Etruscan bust.")
Nudity: Two young Englishman remove their clothes onstage to bathe in a lake and persuade the clergyman to join them; in high spirits, they sing, wrestle, splash, and dunk each other, and then emerge to chase each other around the lake. The scene has no sexual connotations, but it does contain full frontal male nudity. When Lucy, her mother, her chaperone, and her fiancé arrive unexpectedly, the embarrassed bathers hide behind the shrubbery and the women screen the men from view with their parasols.
Note: Children under 4 years of age, including babies in arms, will not be admitted.
Location
5th Ave Theater
1308 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
United States
