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Let’s put on a show!

Insalaco, Tenenbaum, friends celebrate first-ever stage production of Mrs. Miniver

For years the state’s Democratic Party chairman has been working on a big “get.” Oh, Hillary Clinton, the former first lady and now presidential candidate, for the party’s big Jefferson-Jackson Dinner fundraiser? No. Sure, that’s a big deal, too, but harder to get were the stage rights to Mrs. Miniver, the World War II-era novel- cum-winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay and Best Picture for 1942.

On July 22, Vince Insalaco and fellow Argenta Community Theater producer Judy Tenenbaum welcomed an enthusiastic crowd of associates, theater lovers and fans of the classic film to the first-ever stage production of Mrs. Miniver.

The Argenta Community Theater lobby was decked out with posters and memorabilia from the story, the era, and the beloved MGM production. Before the show, ticketholders were treated to a spread of food including a succulent smoked salmon, and roast beef crostinis from Ben E. Keith. Afterward, there was a champagne toast for all.

Script author Judy Baker Goss was in the audience that first night, as were several local stage luminaries, including the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s artistic director Bob Hupp and his wife, Clea, costume designer Yslan Hicks and her husband, Bill Jones, and Rep development director Fran Carter.

There were about a dozen performances in the run.

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