Little Women the Broadway Musical

February 8-10

Little Women, the Broadway musical, follows the saga of the March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy - as they grow up in Civil War America.  This beloved story is timeless and deals with issues as relevant today as when they were written.  Now, this wonderful narrative has been brought to life as an exhilarating new musical filled with glorious music, dancing, and heart.  Little Women embodies the complete theatrical experience, guarantteeing a night filled with laughter, tears, and a lifting of the spirit.  The powerful score soars with the sounds of personal discoveries, heartache and hope --- the sounds of a young America finding its voice.  This show is sure to charm young and old alike.

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***Not included on the season ticket***

Little Shop of Horrors

March 7-9 & 12-16

A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant witha mysterious craving for fresh blood.  Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poisded for global domination!

One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, this affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies has become a house-hold name, thanks to a highly successful film version and a score by the songwriting team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who redefined the animated musical film with Disney's "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast", and "Aladdin."  Charming, tuneful and hilarious, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, "Little Shop of Horrors" nevers fails to entertain. 

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***2008 People's Choice Production*** 

MASH

May 8-10. & 15-18

M*A*S*H stands for Mobile Army Surgial Hospital, and joining it are two unpredictable madcaps, Hawkeye and Duke.  They can't be dealt with casually, however, because they are also two of the best chest surgeons in South Korea.  They decide to wage a campaign to get a young Korean to the United States and entered in a good school.  The thread of this effort helps tie together the pileup of comic adventures that pyramid right before the eyes of your astonished and hysterical audience!  Hawkeye has a scene with a woman psychiatrist who believes he's been trying to lobster-trap mermaids in rice paddys!  There's a jolly encounter with the baby-talking Bonwit sisters, the worst tap-dancing act the U.S.O. ever sent overseas.  A sergeant is selling dumb GIs fising rights in the Bay of Phum.  Radar O'Reilly, a soldier with incredible hearing, anticipates things before they happen.  The proprietor of a painless dental clicic is cured of dark moods by the recreation of an old monster movie -- and a monster!  It's all here, including a little romance mixed in with dramatic moments and a genuine love of life.  Oh, yes -- the Korean boy does get his education in the United States!

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Little Prince the musical

June 19-22

Filled with enchanting music and heartfelt lyrics, this critically-acclaimed musical tells the story of a world-weary aviator whose malfunctioning plane strands him on the Sahara Desert.  When a mysterious, regal little boy appears and asks him to draw a sheep, the aviator is annoyed and distracted from his crisis -- unaware that he is about to have a transforming experience.  By learning that "what is essential is invisible to the eye," the aviator comes to a new understanding of how to laugh, cry, and love again.

***Not included on the season ticket***

Urinetown

July 18-20, 24-27, & August 1-2

One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, URINETOWN is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.  In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets.  The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs.  Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, URINETOWN is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny.  Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, URINETOWN catapults the "comedic romp" into a new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and substained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.

director's choice for best show of 2008

The Second City

August 23

Chicago's famed Second City returns to Quincy!

Chicago's legendary comedy theatre The Second City will appear at QCT! The performance will feature some of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from Second City's forty-five plus year history. Founded in Chicago in 1959, The Second City has become the premier traning ground for the comedy world's best and brightest.  Their alumni list reads like a who's who of American comedy, as it includes: Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, Peter Boyle, Harold Ramis, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, George Wendt, Martin SHort, John Candy, Bonnie Hunt, Tim Meadows, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, Stephen Colbert, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Horatio Sanz, Ryan Stiles and countless others.  

Not only will an evening with The Second City provide audiences with the chance to see comedy stars in the making, but they will also have the opportunity to see absolutely hilarious satire and cutting edge improvisation.  No topic or subject matter is off limits for The Second City.  If your parents asked you not to speak about it at the dinner table, chances are it will be made fun of in an evening with The Second City.

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***Not included on the season ticket***

Death Takes a Holiday

September 26-28, October 2-5

Produced with great success on Broadway, this striking show has established itself among the important plays of our times.  It is based on the poetic conception of death suspending all activities for three days during which he falls in love with a beautiful girl and through her realizes why mortals fear him.  The mood fo the play is established with remarkable skill and while it is charged with exciting moments, itis a perfect background for a love story that is as simple as it is appealing.  The character who symbolizes Death is a very human person, with no conventional claptrap dragged in for mere effect.  Here is a play that stimulates discussion and presents a novel and optimistic philosophy of the problems of love and death.  "Death Takes a Holiday" was adapted for the screen twice, most recently it was remade under the title "Meet Joe Black" starting Brad Pitt.

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Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures

October 23-26

By Kent R. Brown; Based on the book by Lois Lowry

The classroom door bursts open and there, wearing pajamas and cowboy boots, stands Gooney Bird Greene, and the class is never the same again.  Gooney Bird speaks with confidence and dresses in outrageous outfits.  Most wondrous of all, she casts herself as the hero in the most improbable, outlandish stories.  In blending funny and memorable characters with colorful details and her distinctive flair for suspense, Gooney Bird awakens the students' dormant imaginations.  They come to realize their lives are as unique as Gooney Bird's, and that they, too, can cast themselves as the heroes in their own true tales of discovery and adventure. 

The Sound of Music

December 4, 6-7, 10-14, and 18-20

The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the Captain's immediate service in their navy. The family's narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre. The motion picture version remains the most popular movie musical of all time.

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