East Providence Actor Robert Grady Featured in Lucky Stiff

Nebbishy British shoe store clerk Harry Witherspoon’s life is going nowhere until he learns that an American uncle he’s never met has left him $6,000,000 worth of diamonds. There’s only one catch – the terms of Tony Hendon’s will require Harry to take his uncle’s corpse to Monte Carlo for a weekend and show him the town before collecting the inheritance. If Harry doesn’t get the job done, the diamonds will go to Uncle Tony’s favorite charity, the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. As if maneuvering a corpse through Monte Carlo and passing it off as his living uncle isn’t hard enough, Harry’s weekend is made more complicated by Annabel Glick of the Universal Dog Home. She’s dogging Harry’s every step to claim the diamonds if he messes up. And of course, Uncle Tony’s mistress Rita La Porta is also hounding Harry, claiming Uncle Tony promised her the diamonds, and she’s got a gun to back up her claim. Add in mistaken identities, snooty French waiters, drunken hotel maids, some singing and dancing, and you’ve got the musical farce Lucky Stiff, the Walpole Footlighters final production of their 2017-2018 season.

East Providence actor Robert Grady plays the role of Luigi Guidi, a Monte Carlo local who befriends Harry and tries to help him out. This is the Auburn, MA native’s first time working with the Walpole Footlighters, but he’s been a star in community theaters all over eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Robert’s previous roles include the title role in Sweeney Todd, Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Aside from getting to hear Robert’s operatic singing voice, he promises patrons will laugh their heads off at the craziness in Lucky Stiff.

Performances of Lucky Stiff will be given at the Footlighters Playhouse, 2 Scout Road, Walpole on May 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 8:00 PM. There will also be matinee performances on May 6 and 20 at 2:00 PM. There is free parking at the theater. To order tickets or to get more information and directions, visit the Walpole Footlighters web site at www.footlighters.com.

Lucky Stiff is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com. The Walpole Footlighters 2017-2018 season is supported in part by a grant from the Walpole Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.