Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious, hopeful farce follows young Frederic, an orphan who has mistakenly been apprenticed to an ineffectual but raucous band of pirates. He disavows the pirates’ way of life and falls for the beautiful Mabel. Frederic’s melodious tones win over the heart of Major-General Stanley’s songbird daughter, Mabel, but when the Pirate King...
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. The Emcee’s bawdy songs, along with the brash and glitzy performers of the Kit Kat Klub provide the backdrop as Cabaret explores the dark, heady,...
From the legendary writers, Bock and Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me) and George Abbott, comes the classic feel-good musical, Fiorello!. With crooked double-crossers and manipulators working the political puppets, “Tammany Hall” is in desperate need of an honest man to snip the strings. With guts and perseverance, Fiorello is just the man to...
The Rothschilds is an uplifting, true story of the Jewish family that grew from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto to become a dominant banking power throughout Europe. It’s a show in celebration not only of emancipation, but of the strength of family. Cast Prince William of Hesse: Larry Maranville Guard: Thomas D. Bambury Mayer...
Jerry’s Girls celebrates the music and lyrics of award-winning Broadway composer Jerry Herman. And there’s much to celebrate in this musical entertainment–glamour, optimism, love, melody, and women–women who affectionately celebrate Jerry’s special gift for writing songs that capture the true spirit of the American musical theatre. Sit back and enjoy this musical based on concepts...
Anne of Green Gables is the delightful story of Anne Shirley, a teenage orphan adopted by the Cuthbert family. It is set at the turn-of-the-century in Avonlea, a tiny village in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. The musical was adapted by Donald Harron from Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel originally published in...
The heroine (Ruby) is a naive young woman from Centerville, Utah, who arrives on Broadway with only a pair of dancing shoes in her lost-and-found suitcase, hoping to get a chance to dance. She immediately gets a chorus-line job as a hoofer. Of course she has some competition from Mona Kent, the long-established and most...
Set in the context of the Spanish Inquisition, Man of La Mancha is presented as a play-within-a-play. We encounter historical author Miguel de Cervantes in prison, awaiting trial by the Inquisition. When his fellow prisoners try to take Cervantes’ belongings from him, including his manuscript, Cervantes proposes a trial in which he proves the merit of...
The story of the play itself is told through a series of vignettes that mimic the four-panel format used by the original cartoon strip, “Peanuts.” This panel format is supplemented with longer passages that are vaguely reminiscent of Shakespearean soliloquies and by musical interludes. The play moves along quickly, introducing more of the “Peanuts” gang;...
This Pulitzer Prize winning musical for Best Drama invites us all to join “The Brotherhood of Man.” Ambitious window washer J. Pierrepont Finch happens upon a book entitled ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ and decides to take its advice – with some colorful results. Finch begins his climb up the corporate ladder...
