45 Minutes From Broadway

Here’s a glistening story with the celebrated show tunes of George M.  Cohan, including “Give My Regards to Broadway” and “You’re a Grand Old Flag.”  Rick Foster’s Broadway show is opening, but he’s having serious problems.  Stubborn leading ladies and minimal working capital are just a few of his headaches.  An aspiring young actress, Mary Collins, walks on the stage and could be the one to save the show, if only they had the money to put it on.  To complicate matters, ’Legs’ Ruby enters the scene.  He’s on the run from the mob and brings with him a side-splitting array of characters.  Just as all appears lost for Rick and his dream show, an ’angel’ arises with the financial backing.  Mary gets her big chance at stardom, and the show goes on!  This play is filled with appealing character roles including delightful chorus girls and goofy gangsters.