2010-2011 Season
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
September 1-26, 2010
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Al Muller and Dominée Muller-Kimball, Ed.D.
This hilarious tale of overachiever angst chronicles the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The creative team for this 2005 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.
Rated R (Adult Language and Situations)
Oklahoma!
November 17 - December 12, 2010
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs
Original Dances by Agnes de Mille
Directed by Melissa Esau
The first Rodgers & Hammerstein collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. The original Broadway production ran for 2,212 performances. It was revived in 1979, and again in 2002, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival and Best Choreography.
Rated G (All Audiences)
Run for Your Wife
January 12 - February 6, 2011
By Ray Cooney
Directed by Richard Garvin
This superb example of British farce had them rolling in the aisles in London and New York. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of London because of his irregular working schedule. Complication piles upon complication as the cabby tries to keep his double life from exploding.
Rated PG-13 (Double Entendres)
Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off
March 9 - April 3, 2011
Book, Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Produced for the Broadway Stage by David Merrick in association with Bernard Delfont
Directed by Judy Caruso Williamson
A thought-provoking tale about the fleeting nature of worldly success, Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off is set against the backdrop of a circus. It focuses on Littlechap, whose first major step towards improving his lot is to marry his boss' daughter. Saddled with the responsibilities of a family, he allows his growing dissatisfaction to lead him into the arms of various women as he searches for something better than he has, only to realize in the twilight of his life, that what he always had, the love of his wife, was more than enough to sustain him.
Rated PG-13 (Mature Situations)
The Odd Couple
May 4-29, 2011
By Neil Simon
Directed by Jaye Vocque
This classic comedy opens as a group of guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison, and if the mess in any indication, it's no wonder his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger who has just been separated from his wife. Since he is very fastidious and none too tense, they fear he might commit suicide and go about locking all the windows. As the action unfolds, the clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.
Rated PG (Parental Guidance Advised)
42nd Street
June 29 - July 24, 2011
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble
Original Direction and Dances by Gower Champion
Directed by Jim Coleman
This is the story of hard work, being in the right place at the right time with talent and love. 42nd Street is a celebration of Broadway, and the people involved in shows. It focuses on aspiring chorus girl Peggy Sawyer, and takes us along her journey. Musical hits include You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me, Dames, I Know Now, We're in the Money, Lullaby of Broadway, Shuffle Off to Buffalo and Forty Second Street. Every audience enjoys watching the underdog succeed.
Rated G (All Audiences)
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