At a luncheon today at the Chase Bank Rotunda downtown, celebs and local talent turned out to pay tribute to Jac Alder, the longest-serving theater artistic director in America — a stunning achievement. Alder co-founded Theatre Three in 1961 and has been with it ever since. And today, they announced the company’s historic 50th season. The line-up (one mainstage show is still TBA):
• Wild Oats, a Wild West adaptation of John O’Keefe’s 18th century comedy, adapted by Texas playwright James McLure (Aug. 11-Sept. 10)
• A Catered Affair, a recent Broadway musical adapted from the Paddy Chayefsky teleplay and the Bette Davis film written by Gore Vidal. Harvey Fierstein wrote the books, John Bucchino the score. (Oct. 13-Nov. 12)
• La Bete, about the life of Moliere. (Dec. 8-Jan. 14)
• The Farnsworth Invention, Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network) wrote this acclaimed Broadway play about the invention of television. (Feb. 14-March 17)
• Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which Tommy Tune recently declared one of his favorite musicals of the last Broadway season about the young soldier and politician. (June 7-July 7)
