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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our 2008/2009 Season
CAROUSEL
September 26-October 26, 2008 One of the first musicals to contain a tragic plot, Carousel is considered by many to be among the finest stage musicals ever written. In 1870s New England carnival barker Billy Bigelow wins the heart of demure Julie Jordan. Down on their luck, the newly married couple discovers they are expecting their first child. Determined to provide for his family, Billy turns to crime. During a botched robbery attempt, the ill-fated lovers are parted by death. Now, 15 years later, Billy is sent down “from above to atone for the mistakes of his life and help his only child as she struggles with her father’s legacy.
BABES IN TOYLAND November 21-December 21, 2008 An operetta composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Glen MacDonough that weaves together various characters from Mother Goose into a musical extravaganza. Join Alan and Jane, Little Miss Muffet, Contrary Mary, and Tom-Tom the Piper's Son as they successfully battle their evil uncle Barnaby, for the future of Mother Goose Land. Included are popular songs such as "Toyland," "I Can't Do the Sum," and "The March of the Wooden Soldiers." BABES IN TOYLAND charms adults as well as children.
Chicago January 9-February 8, 2009
BILOXI BLUES March 13-April 12, 2009 Eugene Morris Jerome, alter ego of the youthful Neil Simon, is a young army recruit during the Second World War, going through his basic training, learning more about Life, and generally developing his Writer's Sensibility at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943. Jotting down his memoirs. Eugene and five other assorted enlisted men suffer under a hard nosed D.I., confront the daily "mess" served up in the mess hall, join together in a visit to a local prostitute and, generally, become Adults. For the first time, Eugene confronts the degradation of anti Semitism; and, for the first time, he falls in love.
LI’L ABNER May 8-June 7, 2009 Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies but is also a pointed satire taking on any number of topics, ranging from an incompetent government to standards of masculinity. The plot centers on the town of Dogpatch, declared the "most unnecessary town" in the U.S. and is set to be turned into a nuclear testing site until they find the interesting side effects of the baby tonic that Abner has been fed all his life by his mother, Mammy Yokum.
THE MIKADO July 3-August 2, 2009 Nanki-Poo, in love with Yum-Yum, returns home to Titipu from exile to find her betrothed to Koko, the town executioner, who has been condemned to death for flirting and must execute himself. This classic comic opera set in Japan is by Gilbert and Sullivan.
SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION August 28-September 13, 2009 Title To Be Announced If you are in need of Directions to the Theatre click here |
