Tickets to canceled play valid for tonight's show

Tonight's audience for "The Ideal Husband" at Glenbard West High School will include those people who held tickets for Friday's show.

That performance at the Glen Ellyn school was canceled due to the weather. The district said it would honor all tickets for Friday at the show tonight, district spokeswoman Peg Mannion said.

The Oscar Wilde high-brow comedy centers on political manipulation, personal integrity and dirty laundry. It starts at 7:30 p.m. at the 670 Crescent Blvd. school. Tickets are $6.

The play is based in Victorian England. During a dinner party at the home of an up-and-coming politician and his appearance-focused wife, a woman from his past dredges up his dirty laundry. Documents prove that, based on an inside tip, he invested in the Suez Canal days before it was purchased. In exchange for keeping the secret, the woman wants him to persuade Parliament to back a scam, explained Glenbard West teacher Mike Fox.

The politician's wife, determined he should make "An Ideal Husband," pushes him into decisions that she believes will enhance his image, without knowing the full back story.

In the end, it all comes down to a key decision: Will he let his secret become exposed and stand up for what is right?

Fox said they chose the play knowing the presidential election season would be in full swing. Even though the time period and country are different, potential wheelings and dealings in political life remain the same, he said.