Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Not Rated, 99 minutes
Starring: Jack Benny, Carole Lombard, Robert Stack
Created at the height of Germany's power during the Second World War, To Be or Not to Be is an anti-Nazi satire set in occupied Warsaw, centering on the resistance of a Polish theater company and the ham antics of its narcissistic husband and wife stars (Benny and Lombard). Ernst Lubitsch managed to pull off the impossible in this witty, sophisticated comedy, successfully satirizing Hitler and the Nazi party without wallowing in bad taste. Benny provides a memorable turn as a would be Hamlet.
Co-sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, Shakespeare at Notre Dame and the DeBartolo Perfomring Arts Center.
Friday, December 4, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Saturday, December 5, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
London, 1818, a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. [ more ]
Saturday, December 5, 2009, at 3:00 pm
Glorious classic film musical. 1927: Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver screen. Offscreen, Don, aided by his happy-go-lucky friend and piano accompanist, Cosmo Brown, has to dodge Lina's romantic overtures, especially when he falls for chorus girl Kathy Selden... [ more ]
Thursday, December 10, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Friday, December 11, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Saturday, December 12, 2009, at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm
It's 1961 in the London suburb of Twickenham, and bright sixteen-year-old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is on the cusp of womanhood, fantasizing about a more sophisticated, refined life while smoking Gauloises cigarettes. Though she feels smothered by her own adolescence, Jenny is an assiduous, cello-playing schoolgirl with a real chance of landing a spot at Oxford University. Her path takes a turn, however, when she meets David (Peter Sarsgaard), a man who seems to embody her every fantasy. [ more ]
The Ticket Office will be closed Thanksgiving week, Monday, November 23 through Sunday, November 29. It will reopen on Monday, November 30 at 12 pm. Ticket purchases are still available at any time online. [ more ]
Trio's and the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center have created a fantastic package that includes dinner at Trio's and tickets to the Stefon Harris & Blackout or Dianne Reeves performances. [ more ]
