![]() In honor of his Birthday, with over 1000 events internationally celebrating his life and work, here is your chance to be a part of that world wide celebration. ![]() In particular, his works for the American Musical Theatre such as ON THE TOWN, CANDIDE, and WEST SIDE STORY, have become timeless examples of the best of the genre. Beyond a doubt, one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American History. Based on Green Day’s Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album, this energy-fueled rock opera features little dialogue and instead relies on the lyrics of Green Day’s albums to execute the story line of three disgruntled men as they flee the constraints of their hometown for the thrills of city life.Ī Simple Song : A Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration Conceived by Michael Bush and N.David WilliamsĢ018 marks the 100th Birthday of one of America’s cultural icons, American composer, conductor, author, and pianist Leonard Bernstein. We end our season with a high-octane electric-rock musical with a strong social message. GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT Book & Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer, Music by Green Day April 16 th – 25 th, 2020 Ellen McLaughlin’s contemporary adaptation of Euripides’ centuries-old drama is a lucid and humbling perspective on the refugees of war. As they await their fate, Queen Hecuba, her daughter Cassandra and the other women confront the travesties and devastation of war. Its women have been forced to the beach where the Greeks will soon enslave them as the spoils of war. The city has been laid to waste its men slaughtered. THE TROJAN WOMEN By Euripides, Adapted by Ellen McLaughlin February 20 th – 29 th, 2020Ī war to retrieve the beautiful Helen of Troy has ended. Presented as a “first night” performance during the Christmas season by the The Music Hall Royale, a troupe of decidedly hammy Victorian actors, this witty, tuneful, and affectionate recreation of a bygone theatrical age is a perfect beginning to your holiday season. Loosely based on Charles Dickens’ famous unfinished novel, it takes audience participation to new heights by letting you directly affect the play’s outcome by voting for whomever you think murdered the unfortunate young Edwin Drood. THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Book, Music & Lyrics by Rupert Holmes November 14 th – 23 rd, 2019Ī hilarious musical whodunit by Rupert Holmes which won the Tony Award in 1986 for Best Musical. Inspired by the 1960 dark comedy horror film of the same name, it tells the story of a down-on-his-luck resident of Skid Row (or in our production could it be somewhere in Miami?) who is offered the girl of his dreams, fame, and success from an all-powerful carnivorous plant. Together they went on to write the equally successful The Little Mermaid and the wildly successful Beauty and the Beast. “…a skillfully crafted, lovingly evoked picture of eccentricity in the small-town South…Robert Harling is a new voice in the theatre and the qualities of STEEL MAGNOLIAS suggest he may be an important one.” -Drama-Logue.LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Mencken September 26 th – October 5 th, 2019Īrriving at the beginning of our 2019-20 season and just in time to inspire you for Halloween, this gem of an American musical comedy marked one of the first collaborations between composer Alan Menken and lyricist/book writer Howard Ashman. “Harling has given his women sharp, funny dialogue…The play builds to a conclusion that is deeply moving.” -NY Daily News ![]() The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength-and love-which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Truvy is helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”) an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.”įilled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. “…suffused with humor and tinged with tragedy.” -NY Post. Set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Miami Little Theatre presents, “Steel Magnolias,” written by Robert Harling. February 20-22 at 7:30pm and February 23 at 2:30pm ![]()
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