Our 2009 Season
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Nunsensations What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. When the sisters hit Sin City to create the most feather-filled, sequin-studded, fan dancing Nunsense show ever, they experience show biz like never before. This hilarious musical comedy is "a whole lot funny and a little bit naughty, but there ain't nothin' dirty goin' on.” 2:00pm Show: April 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, May 3 |
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Opening Gala 8:00pm Show: May 23, 24 |
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Lady Be Good A classic Gershwin musical, the show's loose-jointed plot revolves around the exploits of a brother-and-sister vaudeville team, who, through a series of madcap adventures hinging on missing wills and haughty heiresses, find themselves rocketing from the state of the dispossessed to wealth and popularity among the Long Island haut monde. Toe tapping musical numbers include Fascinating Rhythm, The Half of it Deary Blue and Oh, Lady Be Good. This light-hearted musical comedy is still entertaining more than 80 years after its conception. 2:00pm Show: May 28, 29, 31, June 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14 |
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Ragtime Strikingly ambitious and beautifully wrought, Ragtime ignites the stage and paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn of the century America. Three remarkable families intertwine to poignantly illustrate history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate. The first truly American music, beautiful songs include Wheels of a Dream, Daddy’s Son and Our Children. 2:00pm Show: June 18, 21, 23, 28, 30, July 2 |
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Hairspray A splashy musical piled bouffant-high with laughter and romance. It's 1962 and pleasantly plump Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad has only one dream--to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star, but she must use her newfound power to vanquish the reigning teen queen, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin and integrate a TV network, all without denting her 'do! Winner of eight Tony awards including best musical, catchy songs include Good Morning Baltimore and You Can’t Stop the Beat. 2:00pm Show: July 9, 14, 21, 26 |
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Little Shop Of Horrors A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for “rare” food. Soon “Audrey II” grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite. Not your average-sounding musical, but where else can you find a singing plant, a darling hero, a sweet girl and a demented dentist? A comedy classic, the score blends rock n' roll, doo-wop, and Motown with lyrics so memorable, you'll find yourself singing along. 2:00pm Show: July 30, August 4, 11, 16 |
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Buddy…The Buddy Holly Story This smash hit musical brings to life those magical early days of rock n’ roll. America was getting its thrills on Blueberry Hill and rockin’ ‘round the clock when a skinny kid from Texas burst on the scene with a new sound and songs destined to become classics. With over 20 sensational hits including Peggy Sue, That'll Be The Day, and Maybe Baby, Buddy proves the music never died. 2:00pm Show: August 20, 23, 25, 30, September 1, 3 |
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1940’s Radio Hour This quick-paced, poignant and entertaining piece of musical comedy is filled with the character of a bygone era. The world was at war and popular music meant Boogie-Boogie Bugle-Boy, That Old Black Magic, Blue Moon, and I’ll be seeing you. 1940's Radio Hour invites you to meet the cast of the Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade on December 21, 1942, as the harassed producer copes with a drunken lead singer, the delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the microphone, the second banana who dreams of singing a ballad, and the general chaos of behind the scenes radio. 2:00pm Show: September 11, 13, 16, 17, 20 |
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Tell Me on a Sunday Andrew Lloyd Webber’s riveting one-woman musical tells the story of neon temptations and lost innocence through the romantic entanglements of a young English woman newly arrived in New York. At turns heartbreaking and inspirational—and featuring some of Webbers's most graceful and haunting melodies, the show is a unique delight. 2:00pm Show: September 24, 25, 27, 30, October 1, 4 |
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The Man Who Came To Dinner Sheridan Whiteside, New York critic, lecturer, wit, radio orator, and intimate friend of the great and near great, slips and falls on the icy doorstep of the prominent Stanley family during publicity stop over. For the next six weeks the convalescing curmudgeon interferes, blackmails, lies and monopolizes everyone and everything from the confinement of the Stanley living room. The outrageous antics of this irascible invalid will have you laughing in the aisles. 2:00pm Show: October 8, 11 |
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Wait Until Dark A mystery thriller, Susy Hendrix, a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three thugs searching for the heroin hidden in a doll. Her husband transported the doll from Canada as a favor to a woman who since has been murdered. The trio tries to convince Susy her spouse has been implicated in the crime and to protect him she must surrender the doll. More murder and mayhem ensue when she refuses and levels the playing field by plunging her apartment into total darkness. 2:00pm Show: October 15, 18 |
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The Odd Couple One apartment, two roommates, one adventure, one thousand laughs! In Neil Simon’s classic 1965 comedy, neurotic neat freak, Felix Ungar is thrown out by his wife and wanders the streets of New York toying with the idea of suicide, before gravitating to the apartment of his friend, incurably sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison. With nowhere else to go Oscar invites his friend to move in with him. Within a few days, this unforgettable mismatched pair is on the verge of mutual murder. A foolproof comedy with some of the funniest dialogue ever written. 2:00pm Show: October 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, November 1 |
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Ebenezer This musical retelling of the Dickens classic will rekindle your Christmas spirit. Ebenezer Scrooge, a most unrepentant, miserly fellow, is made to see the light as he survives a merciless battery of revelations by the ghosts of his own Christmases. 2:00pm Show: December 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20 |
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