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STATE
FAIR -
Sponsored in part by Commerce
Bank, N.A.
Music by Richard Rodgers,
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Tom Briggs and Louis
Mattioli
Starring
John Davidson
TV,
Stage & Screen star John Davidson re-creates his Broadway leading
role as Abel Frake in Surflight's first production ever to play for 3
weeks. Set against the colorful backdrop of an American heartland
tradition, STATE
FAIR travels with the Frake family as they leave behind the routine of
the farm for three days of adventure at the annual Iowa State Fair. Mom
and Pop have their hearts set on blue ribbons while their daughter and
son find romance and heartbreak on the midway. Set to the magical
strains of an Academy Award-winning score and augmented by other Rodgers
and Hammerstein songs, STATE FAIR is the kind of warm-hearted family
entertainment only Rodgers & Hammerstein could deliver! This amazing
score includes It Might As Well Be Spring, It’s a Grand Night For
Singing, All I Owe Ioway. We’ll
see you at the Fair!
Plays June 16
(Wednesday)- July 3 (Saturday) at 8:00 PM; June 17 (Thursday), June 20
(Sunday), June 22 (Tuesday), June 27 (Sunday), June 29 (Tuesday) &
July 1(Thursday) at 2:00 PM; Friday, June 18 special open-captioned
performance at at 2:00PM; No 8:00
PM Performance on Sunday, June 20 or 27; No Performance Monday, June 21
& 28. The open captioned performance
is made possible by The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey in
cooperation with the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
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CATS
- Sponsored in part by Paws
for Thought,
Smithville
,
NJ
and by Rover Dog Grooming,
Straford, NJ
and by Just Bead It, Beach
Haven, Surf City, Stone Harbor
Words and
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based on
"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot
This is the Surflight Premiere!
The
longest running production in Broadway history comes to Surflight!
This lyrical setting of T. S. Eliot’s whimsical collection of
poetry first took
London
’s
West End
and Broadway by storm in the
early 1980’s. The
eponymous characters are larger-than-life felines inhabiting a
metaphorical junkyard where one of them will be chosen for rebirth.
Among the candidates are the aging theatre cat, Gus; the criminal
Macavity; rocker Rum Tum Tugger; and the once glamorous Grizabella, now
but a faded Memory of her former self.
CATS transports its audience into a fantastical world that could
only exist in the theatre, and is one of the most dazzlingly theatrical
musicals ever created. This
compelling fable of hope and redemption is propelled by a score of
extraordinary range and emotion. Many
performances are will sell out, so get your tickets early.
Plays
July
6 (Tuesday)- July 25(Sunday) at 8:00 PM; July 8 (Thursday), July 11
(Sunday), July 13 (Tuesday) & July 20 (Tuesday) & July 25
(Sunday) at 2:00 PM; No 8:00 PM
Performance on Sunday, July 11 & 25;
No Performances on Monday, July 12 & July 19 |
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ANYTHING
GOES -
Sponsored in part by East
Bay PC,
Barnegat
,
NJ
and by Memberworks.
Music
and Lyrics by COLE PORTER
Original Book by P.G. WODEHOUSE
, GUY
BOLTON, HOWARD LINDSAY, & RUSSEL CROUSE
New Book by TIMOTHY
CROUSE & JOHN WEIDMAN
This is
the age-old tale of Boy-Meets-Girl and the complications which ensue,
and no musical puts it on stage better than ANYTHING GOES. This
hilarious story is wrapped around one of Cole Porter's magical scores.
Terrific songs include It's De-Lovely, Friendship, I Get A
Kick Out Of You, All Through The Night, Anything Goes, You're The Top
and Blow, Gabriel, Blow, Let's Misbehave, Buddie Beware
and Easy To Love. It's a wonder that all the romances are sorted
out and disaster is averted aboard the magical ship where ANYTHING GOES!
Plays
July
27 (Tuesday)- August 8 (Sunday) at
8:00 PM
; July 29
(Thursday) & August 3 (Tuesday) at
2:00 PM
; No
Performance on Monday, August 2 |
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BYE
BYE BIRDIE - Sponsored in part by Migration
Station - Backyard Wildlife Accessories & Gifts, Barnegat, NJ
Book by Michael Stewart, Music by Charles Strouse,
Lyrics by Lee Adams
BYE BYE
BIRDIE is one of the most captivating musical shows of all time.
A satire done with the fondest affection, BYE BYE BIRDIE tells
the story of rock and roll singer Conrad Birdie (an Elvis type) who is
about to be inducted into the army. Put on a Happy Face, One Boy, A
Lot of Livin' to Do, Kids, Rosie and Spanish Rose are musical
theatre classics. BYE BYE
BIRDIE was last seen on the Surflight Stage in 1982.
Don’t miss it this time around.
Plays
August
10 (Tuesday)- August 22 (Sunday) at
8:00 PM
; August 12
(Thursday) & August 17 (Tuesday) at
2:00 PM
; No
Performance on Monday, August 16 |
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SHOWBOAT
- Sponsored in part by The
Magnolia House, Beach Haven
Music by Jerome Kern, Book and
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the novel by Edna
Ferber
Since its premiere in 1927, SHOW BOAT has never stopped
moving. For over seven decades this seminal musical has continued to
evolve on a journey that has reflected the ongoing development of the
lyric theater, confirming its status as the pivotal work bridging
operetta and contemporary musical theater.
This epic musical spans 40 years in the lives of three
generations of show folk, following theirs loves and heartbreaks, their
ambitions and disappointments along the
Mississippi River
and in
Chicago
. This fabulous
score includes Make
Believe, Ol'
Man
River
, Can't Help
Lovin' Dat Man,
Bill, Goodbye, My Lady Love, After the Ball and You
Are Love. Showboat docks
at Surflight for the first time in 16 years.
Don’t miss it!
Plays
August
24 (Tuesday)- September 5 (Sunday) at
8:00 PM
; August 26
(Thursday) & August 31 (Tuesday) at
2:00 PM
; No
Performance of Monday, August 30 |
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MESHUGGAH-NUNS - This is the New
Jersey Professional Premiere
By Dan
Goggin
Sponsored
in part by Travel Travel of Forked River
Phone 609-693-1210 email margitstravel@yahoo.com
The NUNSENSE nuns are back, this time on the ocean.
While taking an all-expense-paid trip on the “Faith of All
Nations” Cruise, many passengers, including the entertainers (the cast
of Fiddler on the Roof) become seasick.
All except the actor playing Tevye, who gets together with our
nuns and puts together some replacement entertainment.
The result: MESHUGGAH-NUNS! Nunsense
sold out many performances in 2003, so get your tickets early for what
promises to be one of the funniest shows of the season.
Plays
September
8 ( Wednesday)- September 18 (Saturday) at
8:00 PM
; September 12,
15, 16 & 19 (Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday) at
2:00 PM
; Friday,
September 10 at
10:00 AM
; No
Performance on Monday & Tuesday, September 13 & 14 |
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FOREVER
PLAID
Book by Stuart Ross, Lyrics by Various, Music by
Various
Musical Continuity Supervision and Arrangements by James Raitt
One of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory,
this deliciously goofy show centers on four young, eager male singers
killed in a car crash in the 1950’s on the way to their first big
concert, and now miraculously revived for the posthumous chance to
fulfill their dreams and perform the show that never was. Over 30 pop
hits of the 50’s including Catch a Falling Star, Chain Gang, Cry,
Day-O, Heart & Soul, Hot Diggity, Jamaica Farewell, Lady of Spain,
Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Moments to Remember, No, Not Much,
Perfidia, Shangri-La, She Loves You, Temptation, and 3 Coins in The
Fountain. Great harmony singing and hysterically funny comedy
combine for you on the Surflight Stage.
Plays
September
22 (Wednesday)- October 2 (Saturday) at
8:00
PM
;
September 23 & 26, 30 & October 3 (Thursday & Sunday) at
2:00
PM
;
October 1 at
10:00 AM;
No Performance on Monday & Tuesday, September 27 & 28 |
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YOU
CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
- Sponsored in part by
Lackland
Self Storage
By
George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
At first
the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if
they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these
delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony,
attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore
and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong
evening. In the end Mr.
Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores, particularly
since he happens in during a visit by an ex-Grand Duchess, earning her
living as a waitress. No mention has as yet been made of the strange
activities of certain members of the household engaged in the
manufacture of fireworks; nor of the printing press set up in the
parlor; nor of Grandpa's interview with the tax collector when he tells
him he doesn't believe in the income tax. Don't miss one of the
funniest plays of the 20th
century.
Plays
October
6-9 at
8:00 PM
;
October 7 & 10 at
2:00
;
October 8 at
10:00
AM
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BILOXI
BLUES -
Sponsored in
part by East Bay PC,
Barnegat
,
NJ
By Neil
Simon
This
is Chapter Two in the continuing saga of Eugene Morris Jerome, alter ego
of the youthful Neil Simon. When we last met Eugene (Brighton Beach
Memoirs at Surflight in 2003), he was coping with adolescence in the
1930’s in
Brighton
Beach
,
Brooklyn
. Here, he is 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 still jotting down his memoirs. Eugene and five other assorted
enlisted men suffer under a hard-nosed Drill Instructor., 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. Then, his training over, it’s goodbye
Biloxi.
Plays
October
13-16 at
8:00 PM
; October 14 & 17 at
2:00 PM
; October 15 at
10:00 AM
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MAGIC
IN THE MUSIC-
Sponsored
in part by Commerce
Bank, N.A.
Music
and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book and Magic by Dennis Bush
World Premiere!
Surflight
Theatre is proud to present its 2nd annual World Premiere
Production. Follow the redemption of a homeless woman as she
learns life is worth living from
the spirits who inhabit the abandoned building she has wandered into.
The score of over 20 Stephen Schwartz songs is sung and danced by
the spirits as they also perform classic feats of magic including
Levitation, Zig-Zag, Saw the Lady in Half, disappearance and
reappearance of doves ,“lions”, and other things inanimate and alive.
Songs include Corner of the Sky, Lion Tamer, All For The Best,
Meadowlark, Magic to Do, It’s an Art, & Spark of Creation.
Plays
October 22 (Friday)-
October 30 (Saturday) at
8:00 PM
; October 24, 28 & 31
at
2:00 PM
; Friday, October 22 at
10:00 AM
; No Performance on
Monday & Tuesday, October 25 & 26 |
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MIRACLE
ON 34th STREET
A
Play from a novel by Valentine Davies adapted by Patricia Di
Benedetto Snyder, Will Severin and John Vreeke. Original underscoring and music by Will Severin
When
Kris Kringle is ousted from a retirement home for believing that
he is Santa Claus, he gets a job as a Santa at Macy’s.
Customers immediately respond to him as he personifies the
spirit of good will that transcends commercialism.
More and more people believe he is the real thing.
This new play with music is the definitive live-on stage
adaptation of the movie that has become a holiday tradition for
more that 55 years. Some
performances will sell out, so order early.
Plays
December
3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18 at
7:30 PM
; December
4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18 & 19 at
2:00 PM
; December
3, 9, 10, & 16 at
10:00 AM
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