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BrightSide Theatre presents "Moonlight and Magnolias"

Performances: August 30- September 15 - Friday/Saturdays at 8 pm -

Sundays at 3 pm At the Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville

For Tickets: 630-637-7469 or www.brightsidetheatre.com

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$24 for adults-$20 for seniors/students $18 for groups of 10+

For the movie lover in us all, the uproariously hilarious comedy Moonlight and Magnolias gives us a true-to-life, laughter-filled behind-the-scenes glimpse of how Gone With The Wind made its way to the silver screen.  Legendary film producer David O. Selznick, who is five weeks into shooting Gone With The Wind, realizes the script is awful and the director doesn’t have a clue. With just five days to replace them, rewrite the screenplay and restart the shoot or the production shuts down, Selznick calls Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard to Oz to direct, and taps legendary playwright, screenwriter and “script doctor” Ben Hecht to rewrite the script. There’s only one problem – Hecht hasn’t read the book. Over the course of five madcap days locked in an office with only peanuts and bananas for food, the three men frantically craft one of the most beloved screenplays of all time.  Chicago Theatre veteran director Greg Kolack says, “As a lifelong film admirer, I look forward to relaying the story of how the men behind this American movie classic salvaged the production and set the stage for one of the most famous films ever made, told with a lot of humor – and with some not so subtle jabs at the film industry itself.”

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