If you go
› What: “A Room with a View”› Where: Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St.› When: 8 pm. April 27-28, May 4-5 and May 11-12; 7 p.m. May 3 and 10; 2:30 p.m. matinees on April 29, May 6 and 13› Admission: $11-$30› For more information: 423-267-8534Special Events› Thursday, May 3: Live captioning for the hearing-impaired, 7 p.m.› Friday, May 4: Talk back after the 8 p.m. show
Whether they loved the comic romantic novel of 1908, were enchanted by the lavish, Oscar-winning film of 1986, or think Edwardian romance is sorely missing since the conclusion of “Downton Abbey,” audiences will be charmed by the Chattanooga Theatre Centre’s production of “A Room with a View,” which opens Friday, April 27.
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster, “A Room with a View” has been adapted for the stage by Christina Calvit, who faithfully captures the charm and humor of the classic novel while throwing in plenty of her own creative stagecraft.
Lucy Honeychurch, a proper but willful young Englishwoman, is on a trip to Italy with her older cousin and chaperone, Charlotte, when she meets the free-spirited, brooding and socially unacceptable George Emerson. As their stay progresses, George feels that Italian life is opening his eyes to what is important in life, and he feels the same is happening to Lucy. They share a passionate kiss, but meddlesome Charlotte crushes the affair.
Back in England, Lucy becomes engaged to the more acceptable, priggish Cecil Vyse, which seems to seal her fate. Yet, a series of coincidences brings George into Lucy’s social circle once again. Will she choose courage, truth and love over convention? The play is a captivating story about the consequences and rewards of being true to one’s real nature.