Based on the 1973 French play, this glitzy musical is set in a Saint-Tropez drag nightclub run by Georges and his partner Albin (AKA Zaza), the star performer. When George's son (fathered during a one-night fling) brings home his bride-to-be and her bigoted politician father, farcical adventures ensue as they dance around the “family business.”
This musical invites us to London, England in 1910 where the magical Mary Poppins flies in on the wind, bringing with her a combination of whimsy and disciplined common sense to the Banks children’s lives. Together, they go on many fantastical and memorable adventures. Mary Poppins teaches all ages that “anything can happen if you let it.”
It's 2015, seventeen years after Sordid Lives and Peggy's unfortunate death, after tripping over G.W.'s wooden legs, and life has now moved on for the residents of Winters, Texas. A Very Sordid Wedding explores the questions, bigotry and the fallout of what happens when gay marriage comes to communities and families that are not quite ready to accept it.
Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is that rare musical by which all others are measured, featuring one of musical theatre’s greatest scores. This classic tale shows us Eliza Doolittle, a low-class, Cockney, flower girl, transformed into an elegant lady when Professor Henry Higgins decides to teach her how to speak like a proper, upper-class woman. During their lessons, an unlikely friendship begins to flourish.
On the brink of starvation, Victoria Grant achieves stardom by masquerading as a man, "Count Victor Grazinski," who performs as a female impersonator. When macho businessman King Marchan develops feelings for “Victor," and Victoria reciprocates, the whirlwind of complications begin, ultimately revealing a moving story about self-discovery, tolerance, and second chances.
This stage adaptation of Ken Kesey's celebrated novel explores the brutality of life in a mental institution with humor, candor, and unforgettable characters. After being convicted of a petty crime, a charming, rebellious rogue named McMurphy contrives to serve his short sentence in an airy institution rather than in a prison. This, he soon learns, was a mistake.
On the way to their first big gig, the "Plaids" are broadsided by a school bus and killed instantly. It is at the moment when their lives end that the story of Forever Plaid begins with the “Plaids” returning from the afterlife for one final chance at musical glory. Audiences delight in the ”Plaid’s” playful patter and their famous harmonizing of great nostalgic songs of the 1950s.
Central to the musical are the themes of Jewish identity, gender roles, and gay life in the 70s/80s. The story centers on Marvin, who has left his wife to be with a male lover and struggles to keep his family together. The first act explores the impact his relationship has had on his family. The second act explores family dynamics that evolve as the extra-marital relationship continues.
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