This Friday June 23rd, is opening night of the comedy "Moonlight and Magnolias," at Old Castle Theatre, 331 Main Street, Bennington .

“Moonlight and Magnolias,” which the Chicago Sun Times called a ” hyperventilating slapstick comedy, an impassioned love song and a blazing critique of Hollywood,” tells the story of producer David O. Selznick shutting down production of his new epic “Gone with the Wind”, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchells’ novel. The screenplay, sadly, just doesn’t work. So the all-powerful movie mogul, while fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law sends a car for screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set of “The Wizard of Oz.” And the rest is history.

Please join us and after the show stay and enjoy the food, while chating with the actors and director. Tap House at Catamount Glass will be providing light fare in the lobby .