A production of the Departments of Theatre and Music Miami University, Oxford OH April 5-7, 12-14 @ 8:00 pm April 15 @ 2 :00 pm Music by Leonard Bernstein Book by Hugh Wheeler adapted from Voltaire Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, and Stephen Sondheim Directed by Gion DeFrancesco Musical Direction by Ben Smolder Candide loves Cunegonde. Cunegonde loves Candide. Both live in the best of all possible times in the best of all possible worlds. Torn asunder by the best of all possible tragedies, Candide braves pestilence, war, natural disaster, religious fanatacism, political corruption, shipwreck...and crustacea...to find his love again. Is all really for the best in thebest of all possible worlds? This acclaimed musical based on Voltaire's scandalous satire will answer the question once and for all. Maybe... (www.muohio.edu/theatre)