“Life’s a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!” This fabulously successful hit hardly needs introduction. Besides being the source for one of America’s most popular musicals, AUNTIE MAME set a standard for Broadway comedy that’s been sought after ever since. Auntie Mame was a handsome, sparkling, scatterbrained and warm-hearted lady who brightened the American landscape from 1928 to the immediate past by her whimsical gaiety, her slightly madcap adventures and her devotion to her young nephew, who grew up to be Patrick Dennis. Through fortunes that rose and fell and a pleasant but brief marriage to a likable Southerner, who had the bad luck to tumble down from the Matterhorn, Auntie Mame’s chief concern was that nephew, whom she raised…[the play's] central figure is a woman of spirit, innate kindness and undefeatable courage. Directed by Hollie Baranick, the production explores the hysterical portrayal of a woman with a huge heart and an undauntable spirit. Performances for Aunti Mame will be at The Colonnade Performing Arts Center, 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, GA; just off Battlefield Parkway and minutes from downtown Chattanooga. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays, February 15-16 and 22-23, 2013. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. with a 1:00 p.m. matinee on Saturday, August 25, 2012. Tickets at $11, $9 for Seniors/Students and $8 for groups of 15 or more are available by calling (706) 935-9000 or by visiting www.colonnadecenter.org.