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Review: ‘It Runs in the Family’ at MCT

'It Runs in the Family' at Melbourne Civic Theatre

By PAM HARBAUGH A London hospital turns into a place for madcap antics in Ray Cooney’s farce “It Runs in the Family,” currently reaping laughs at Melbourne Civic Theatre. The ever-accelerating action in this farce revolves around Dr. David Mortimore (Gordon Ringer) as he is about to deliver an important speech...

MCT holds auditions for ‘Our Leading Lady’

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, photo by Pam Harbaugh

A stage needs its actors. At the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., photo by Pam Harbaugh By PAM HARBAUGH They’re here — auditions for Melbourne Civic Theatre’s production of “Our Leading Lady” 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Dec. 7 and 8. The play is written by Charles Busch, known...

Review: MCT’s ‘The Game’s Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays’

By PAM HARBAUGH High-style repartee, theater, murder and wit blend into Ken Ludwig’s glorious concoction called “The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays.” And in the hands of Melbourne Civic Theatre talent, this farcical souffle rises to the comic sublime. Like he did in previous theatrical comedies, (“Lend Me a...