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Last of the Red Hot Lovers

It's 1969, and the sexual revolution has come - for everyone except Barney Cashman. He yearns for a passionate extramarital affair to take him out of his dreary, routine existence. When he finds out his mother's apartment will be empty one afternoon a week, he embarks on a series of encounters with three very different women, each more neurotic than the next. Elaine is a hard-talking New Yorker looking for physical satisfaction; Bobbi is a wanna-be actress with a passion for pot; and Jeannette is a pill-popping housewife - and Barney's wife's best friend. Hilarious and touching, this is classic Neil Simon.

Written by Neil Simon
Wednesday, February 20 - Sunday, February 24
Friday, February 29 - Sunday, March 2

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South Pacific

South Pacific concerns the lives of the US military men, nurses, and aboriginal natives occupying a Polynesian island during World War II. It is also two parallel love stories, both threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush has fallen for French planter Emile de Becque, but when she learns that the mother of his children was an island native she is unable to overcome the prejudices she was raised with and refuses to marry him. Meanwhile, Lt. Joe Cable has fallen for Bloody Mary's daughter Liat, but denies himself a future with her out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Joe and Emile are sent on a life-threatening mission, Nellie must decide what is most important to her. This passionate musical includes some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most beloved songs, including "Some Enchanted Evening", "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right out of My Hair", "Bali Ha'i", "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", and "This Nearly Was Mine".

Directed and Choreographed by Ron Chisolm


Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein and Joshua Logan
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel
Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener

Wednesday, June 4 - Sunday, June 8
Friday, June 13 - Sunday, June 15
Friday, June 20 - Sunday, June 22

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Company

On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor Robert contemplates his unmarried state. Frightened by commitment, Robert is searching for answers to the big questions of love. He looks for answers in the lives of his married, once married, or soon to be married friends who we meet in vignette after hilarious vignette. An honest, witty, and sophisticated look at relationships, this landmark musical is as contemporary and relevant as the day it was first produced. The brilliant Sondheim score includes "Being Alive", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Side by Side", and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy".

Directed and Choreographed by Ray Kennedy

Book by George Furth
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Wednesday, July 2 - Sunday, July 6
Friday, July 11 - Sunday, July 13
Friday, July 18 - Sunday, July 20

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Cabaret

Cabaret, the musical masterpiece that revolutionized the genre, is a multi-layered look at the debauched fantasy world that was Berlin preceding the devastating reality of World War II. It brings 1931 Berlin to madcap and menacing life inside and outside the Kit Kat Klub. Inside, starry-eyed chanteuse Sally Bowles and the club's omnisexual emcee master the art of illusion, bringing happiness and decadence to the lives of Berliners; outside, the spectre of Nazism grows around them and threatens to destroy their lives. Cabaret is a beautiful, disturbing evocation of life and love, and features an uber-catchy Kander and Ebb score.
Come to the cabaret!

Directed and Choreographed by Ray Kennedy

Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Wednesday, July 30 - Sunday, August 3
Friday, August 8 - Sunday, August 10
Friday, August 15 - Sunday, August 17

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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

A day in the life of the Peanuts gang - a day made up of little moments picked from all the days of Charlie Brown, all strung together on the string of a single day, from bright uncertain morning to hopeful starlit evening. Who can forget Charlie Brown's desire to hit that home run, or his determination to fly a kite? Combine that with Lucy's unrelenting love for pianist and Beethoven fanatic, Schroeder; Linus's affection for his beloved blue blanket; Snoopy's epic adventures fighting the Red Baron, and much more. The result is a wild ride appropriate for all ages and a delightful show to be shared and enjoyed by the entire family.

Directed by Richard Bunting

Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa

Wednesday, August 27 - Sunday, August 31
Friday, September 5 - Sunday, September 7
Friday, September 12 - Sunday, September 14

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ALL PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT 8:00PM WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF SUNDAY PERFORMANCES
WHICH ARE MATINEES AND
BEGIN AT 3:00PM

Shows subject to change without notice