{"id":2588,"date":"2015-02-06T04:31:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T04:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2025-01-14T07:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:55:47","slug":"thats-the-way-the-fortune-cookie-crumbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2588","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s The Way The Fortune Cookie Crumbles &#8212; Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ChameleonsMMMusicalLOGO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2589 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ChameleonsMMMusicalLOGO-300x31.jpg\" alt=\"ChameleonsMMMusicalLOGO\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=4463\"><strong>Jim Christian<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSynopsis: Set during WWII in the American Embassy on Chinese New Year, this tale weaves international espionage with a cock-eyed USO show. The hijinks escalate and soon it becomes obvious that no one is safe!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PLAY DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ORDER #3096<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Characters: 5m 3w<br \/>\n<strong>Lloyd Pennington<\/strong> &#8211; American ambassador to China during WWI<br \/>\n<strong>Nella Pennington<\/strong> &#8211; Lloyd&#8217;s gregarious and overpowering wife<br \/>\n<strong>Allen Massey<\/strong> &#8211; international playboy and parasite<br \/>\n<strong>Rev. Ezekiel Bob Jackson<\/strong> &#8211; Southern preacher &amp; missionary<br \/>\n<strong>Sweet Pea Jackson<\/strong> &#8211; the reverend&#8217;s precocious daughter<br \/>\n<strong>Tony &#8220;Digger&#8221; Tod<\/strong> &#8211; Chicago-based foreign news correspondent<br \/>\n<strong>Benny Kraplodowski<\/strong> &#8211; dull-witted shore patrolman<br \/>\n<strong>Dotty Crandall<\/strong> &#8211; bubbly, self-assured USO girl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL COPIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>PERUSAL PAGES<\/strong> file for <em>That&#8217;s The Way The Fortune Cookie Crumbles <\/em>will be available by clicking the ICON below. 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