PSST! 2009!
Opening June 5 and presented in rotating repertory through July 19, 2009.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Music and Lyrics by ROGER MILLER
Book by WILLIAM HAUPTMAN
This musical adaptation of Twain's timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as the mischievous Huck Finn helps his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom. Their adventures along the way are hilarious, suspenseful and heartwarming, bringing to life your favorite characters from the novel. Propelled by score from country music legend Roger (“King of the Road”) Miller, this jaunty journey provides a brilliantly theatrical celebration of pure Americana. BIG RIVER received Tony Awards for Best Musical, Book and Score when it premiered on Broadway.
Adapted from R&H Theatricals
Book and Lyrics By
LYNN AHRENS
Music by
STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Based upon the novel My Love, My Love, by Rosa Guy
Originally Directed and Choreographed on Broadway by Graciella Daniele
Playwrights Horizons, Inc. produced ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Off-Broadway in 1990
Originially Produced on Broadway by The Shubert Organziation, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Suntory International Corporations and James Walsh,
In Association with Playwrights Horizons
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is a colorful musical tale of love, loss and redemption performed in song and dance by a group of Caribbean peasants as they wait out a violent storm. The story they tell is of a young peasant girl who leaves her village in search of her love, sent on a journey by the gods of her island to test the ultimate strength of her love.
Written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (who also wrote the music for Ragtime and Suessical), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND debuted Off-Broadway on April 6th, 1990, and the audience and critical response was rapturous. In The New York Times, Frank Rich raved that the lyrics were "simple, direct, and poignant," and that the audience was likely to "leave the theater ready to dance down the street." The show was quickly transferred to Broadway where it ran for over a year. The show garnered eight Tony nominations, including Best Musical, Score, and Book. In 1994, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND opened in London, where it captured the Olivier Award for Best Musical.
Adapted from Music Theatre International and an essay by Bill Rosenfield.
Book by
MEL BROOKS and THOMAS MEEHAN
Music and Lyrics by
MEL BROOKS
Original Direction and Choreography by SUSAN STROMAN
By special arrangement with StudioCanal
The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all “little old ladies”) out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive “Springtime For Hitler”), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends.
With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks, THE PRODUCERS skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an “equal opportunity offender!” THE PRODUCERS won a record twelve Tony Awards in 2001.
Please note THE PRODUCERS contains adult language and situations.
Adapted from Music Theatre International.
Peach State Summer Theatre
The Official Musical Theatre of the State of Georgia
