Musical comedy based on "What It Means to Be Honest" by Oscar Wilde
Translation: Alexandru Alcalay and Sima Zamfir

Stage adaptation and artistic direction: Alina Hiristea
Lyrics: Eugen Mirea
Original music: Florian Chelu and Mircea László Horváth
Scenography: Nada Camelia Panait
Choreography: Victoria Bucun
Premiere date: November 22, 2001

The musical comedy "Good Evening, Mr. Wilde!", adapted from the play "What It Means to Be Honest" by Oscar Wilde, develops the parallel stories of two young English gentlemen. Jack Worthing, a foundling and adopted child by a nobleman, leads a double life, being known as a respectable and responsible young man on his Hertfordshire estate; for years, he claims to have a brother named Ernest in London, who leads a scandalous life, dedicated exclusively to pleasure. In reality, Ernest is just an alibi that allows Jack to go to the capital whenever he wants, probably to lead the same kind of life that he criticizes in the case of his imaginary brother.

His best friend, Algernon Montcrieff, charming, witty, and intelligent, has invented a friend named Bunbury, whose fluctuating health allows him to evade unpleasant or boring social obligations.

Things get complicated when the two are involved in intersecting love stories: Jack is in love with Gwendolen, Algernon's cousin, who in turn is in love with Cecily, Jack's ward. The game of false identities risks becoming dangerous, as both girls dream of marrying a man named Ernest (Honest), who inspires them with absolute trust. The only hope of the two suitors is the priest Chasuble, to whom they turn on the same day to be baptized Ernest. The appearance of Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen's mother, and Miss Prism, Cecily's governess, triggers a whole chain of revelations, blackmails and revelations, as a result of which it turns out that the two gentlemen are brothers and that nothing stands in the way of the happiness of the two couples. In the frenzy of finding his identity, of resolving the situation full of secrets and miraculous discoveries, Jack confesses that he understood "what it means to be Honest.".

Distribution:

Jack Worthing:  Petre Ghimbasan
Algernon Montcrieff:  Richard Balint
Chasuble, priest:  Ion Abrudan
Mary, Jack's maid:  Corina Cernea
Lane, Algernon's valet:  Alexander Rusu
Lady Bracknell, Algernon's aunt:  Mariana Presecan
Gwendolen Fairfax, daughter of Lady Bracknell:  Mirela Nita Lupu
Cecily Cardew, Jack's ward:  Angela Tanko
Miss Prism, Cecily's governess:  Ileana Iurciuc

Technical director: Florin Popescu
Prompter: Florence Szabo
Lights: Iosif Balogh, Sorin Precup, László Attila Oláh
Sound: Ioan Mariţan