On The 20th Century

Part operetta, part farce and part screwball comedy, based on the 1930s film and play.

Based partly on the 1930s film and play of the same name, On The Twentieth Century is part operetta, part farce and part screwball comedy. The story involves the behind-the-scenes relationship between Lily Garland (played by Laurie Finnegan), a temperamental actress and Oscar Jaffee (played by Michael Finnegan), a bankrupt theatre producer. On a luxury train traveling from Chicago to New York in the 1930s, Oscar tries to cajole the glamorous Hollywood star into playing the lead in his new, but not-yet-written drama, and perhaps to rekindle their romance.