Season Eight
A play within a play
SEPTEMBER 6-22
Michael Frayn's Noises Off takes a fond look at the follies of theatre folk, whose susceptibility to out-of-control egos, memory loss, and passionate affairs turn every performance into a high-risk adventure. This play-within-a-play captures a touring theatre troupe’s production of Nothing On in three stages: dress rehearsal, the opening performance, and a performance towards the end of a debilitating run. Frayne gives us a window into the inner workings of theatre behind the scenes, progressing from flubbed lines and missed cues in the dress rehearsal to mounting friction between cast members in the final performance. Brimming with slapstick comedy, Noises Off is a delightful backstage farce, complete with slamming doors, falling trousers, and -- of course -- flying sardines!
NOISES OFF is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE SPECS
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This production contains mild adult themes and may not be suitable for younger children.
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Comedy
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2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.
Don’t dream it be it
OCTOBER 4-31
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named "Rocky."
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE SPECS
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This production is for mature audiences only. It contains depictions of violence, both consensual and non-consensual sexual acts, and flashing lights.
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Musical
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2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.
Love in Disguise!
NOVEMBER 8-23
In the enchanting Forest of Arden, join Rosalind as she navigates love, disguise, and mistaken identity. Shakespeare's classic comedy follows a cast of colorful characters on a journey of self-discovery, romance, and reconciliation. With wit, music, and laughter, 'As You Like It' celebrates the joys and follies of human nature, inviting audiences to revel in the beauty of the natural world and the complexities of the heart.
THE SPECS
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This production contains mild depictions of violence and mild sexual inuendo.
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Romantic Comedy
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2 hours with a 12 minute intermission.
The True Meaning of Christmas!
Black Friday Weekend
The classic animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas comes to life in this faithful stage adaptation in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang discover the true meaning of Christmas.
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE SPECS
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This show is suitable for all ages.
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Musical
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This show runs 30 minutes with no intermission.
Bah Humbug!
December 6-22
Broadway heavy hitters, Alan Menken (Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors) and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical, Once on This Island), breathe fantastic new life into the classic tale of A Christmas Carol.
Ebenezer Scrooge is a prosperous curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than the happiness and comfort of others. With an infuriated "Bah! Humbug!" Scrooge summates his feelings of Christmas tidings and charitable giving, but he's forced to face his selfish ways when three ghosts on Christmas Eve lead him through his Past, Present and Future. Thanks to their guidance, Scrooge recognizes his faults and greets Christmas morning with a cheerful "Happy Christmas" before spending the day reconnecting and sharing love with those that mean the most to him.
Originally Presented by Radio City Entertainment At the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
THE SPECS
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This production contains the use of stage fog and flashing lights. Some scenes may be scary for younger children.
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Musical
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This show runs 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.
Everyone needs a good sidekick.
January 10-26
Nothing will prepare you for the dirty little secret Cass discovers in her husband’s sweater drawer. It is so shocking that our heroine has no choice but to flee to the honeymoon capital of the world in a frantic search for the life she thinks she missed out on. It’s a wild ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel of laughs as Cass embarks on a journey of self-discovery that has her crossing paths with a blithely suicidal alcoholic, a lonely tour-boat captain, a pair of bickering private detectives, and a strange caper involving a gargantuan jar of peanut butter, all of which pushes her perilously close to the water’s edge.
THE SPECS
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Satire
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2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.
Shut up!
February 7-23
Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy that retells the classic fairy tale The Princess and the Pea in a medieval setting. The story follows Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, an unconventional and charming swamp princess, as she enters a kingdom-wide search to become the bride of Prince Dauntless. However, the queen, who has impossibly high standards for her son's potential wife, tries to prevent the match, even going so far as to devise a sensitivity test to prove Winnifred's royal birth. The test involves placing a pea under a stack of mattresses and decreeing that Winnifred must be able to sleep on top of it to pass.
ONCE UPON A MATRESS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE SPECS
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This production is appropriate for all ages.
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Musical
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2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.
Elementary, My dear Watson!
March 7-22
Sherlock Holmes and the Study in Scarlet is a five actor, theatrical adventure that takes us back to the origin of the famous duo. It’s 1881, Doctor John Watson has returned to London after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and is looking for a place to live. An old friend tells him that a consulting detective - Sherlock Holmes - is looking for someone to split the rent at a flat at 221B Baker Street. The resulting arrangement plunges the new duo headlong into one of Sherlock Holmes’ most devilish mysteries.
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Mystery
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2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.
THE SPECS
The perfect murder?
April 4-20
Tony and Margot Wendice have had a fractious marriage for many years, resulting in Margo’s affair with Max Halliday, an American crime writer. However, when the affair ended and Tony retired from his professional tennis career, the couple reunited and rekindled their love...or have they? In this well-known suspense thriller, Tony pursues the perfect crime. He married Margot for her money and now, after finding out about her affair, he plans to murder her for exactly the same reason. Although he initially thinks about killing her himself, Tony decides to hire an old university acquaintance and cunning criminal, Captain Lesgate, to do the dirty work for him. Despite Tony’s meticulous planning, the attempted murder goes awry and Lesgate is killed, while Margot survives. With a little quick-thinking and a lot of deceit, Tony manipulates Scotland Yard into believing that his wife was being blackmailed by Lesgate and killed him to protect her reputation. However, thanks to the determination of Max Halliday to prove his ex-lover’s innocence and the experience of Inspector Hubbard, Tony soon becomes wrapped up in his own web of lies and his guilt is exposed.
“Dial M for Murder (Hatcher)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE SPECS
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This production contains mild violence, and suspense.
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Thriller
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2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.
We are, what we are.
May 2-25
Georges is the owner of the La Cage Aux Folles nightclub, which features a drag show starring his partner and the love of his life, Albin. After twenty years of un-wedded bliss, Georges and his partner Albin face the hardest challenge of their relationship, yet: meeting their son, Jean-Michel’s fiance’s parents. Albin has always raised Jean-Michel, Georges’ biological son, as his own. But when Jean-Michel falls in love and becomes engaged to the daughter of an ultra-conservative, anti-gay politician, Georges feels compelled to try to present a more “traditional” family to Jean-Michel’s potential in-laws. When Albin tries and fails to take on a masculine persona in the role of Uncle Al, he gets more creative in order to find a way to be part of the “meet the parents” experience. Based on Jean Poiret’s 1973 French play of the same name, the multi-Tony award-winning La Cage Aux Folles is a musical filled with delightful spectacle and great heart.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE SPECS
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This production contains course language, sexual innuendo and discusses sexuality and gender.
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Musical
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2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.