| OUR 2007-08 MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Our Mainstage production are full-length plays and musicals that are produced with the general audience in mind. In addition to our mainstage productions, we also produce a series of quality plays and musical for family audiences with children.
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Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Rydell High’s spirited class of ’59 comes to the Civic stage, with gum-chewing, hot rod loving boys and their wise-crackin’ girls in bobby sox and poodle skirts. Nostalgic songs recall the Buddy Holly hiccups, Little Richard yodels and Elvis Presley wiggles that made the music of the 50s a gas. This lively musical is filled with great dancing and sheer energy that might have you rockin’ in the aisles! Performances: Wednesday through Satuday at 8:00pm, Sunday Matinee at 3:00pm Tickets on sale to Season Members January 14 via mail or Fax, and January 21 by phone or in person. General Public tickets are available on January 28 at any StarTicketsPLUS outlet, or at our Theatre Ticket Office Mon. through Fri., 10am to 5pm.
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A Drama by August Wilson August Wilson won his second Pulitzer Prize for this haunting drama about a sister and brother’s feud over a piano that has been in their family for generations. More than just a piano, this incredible hand-carved piece of art details the family’s remarkable rise from slavery. This magnificent and inspiring story that embodies the painful past and expectant future of black Americans is brought to life on the Civic stage. Performances: Wednesday through Satuday at 8:00pm, Sunday Matinee at 3:00pm Tickets on sale to Season Members March 10 via mail or Fax, and March 17 by phone or in person. General Public tickets are available on March 24 at any StarTicketsPLUS outlet, or at our Theatre Ticket Office Mon. through Fri., 10am to 5pm.
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A Comedy by Noel Coward Coward’s tribute to theatre is set in The Wings, a dilapidated charity home for aged actresses. Jealousy abounds among the former stars, and sets the stage for a wealth of sophisticated wit and a collection of tangled subplots. While some of the home’s inhabitants idle away with needlepoint and chatter, a feud between two rival Grande’ Dames fills the home with classic banter and one-liners that are a signature of Coward’s style. Performances: Wednesday through Satuday at 8:00pm, Sunday Matinee at 3:00pm Tickets on sale to Season Members April 26 via mail or Fax, and May 5 by phone or in person. General Public tickets are available on May 12 at any StarTicketsPLUS outlet, or at our Theatre Ticket Office Mon. through Fri., 10am to 5pm.
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Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen, Music by Henry Krieger; Original Broadway production directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett; produced on Broadway by Michael Bennett, Robert Avian, Geffen Records & The Schubert Organization This year’s most popular movie, DREAMGIRLS first premiered on Broadway in 1981 taking audiences by storm. Now this award-winning fabulous musical comes to the Civic stage to kick off our 2007-08 season in style. Enjoy music inspired by some of Motown’s greatest hits from the sixties and seventies, combined with great dancing and the behind-the-scenes drama of Motown’s phenomenal impact on America’s music culture.
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Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, Suggested by “The Story of The Trapp Family Singers” This final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical, and arrives on the Civic stage in time for the holidays. The favorite love story is filled with memorable musical numbers we’ve come to love and adore, including “The Sound of Music,” “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Climb Every Mountain,” and “Do-Re-Mi.”
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A Drama by William Gibson This stirring dramatization of the story of Helen Keller is one of the most successful and warmly admired plays of the modern stage. The amazing story of Annie Sullivan’s significant tutelage that rescues the young woman from a dark, tortured silence after some of the most turbulent, violent, and emotion packed scenes will leave you inspired. Performances: Wednesday through Satuday at 8:00pm, Sunday Matinee at 3:00pm Tickets on sale to Season Members December 3 via mail or Fax, and December 10 by phone or in person. General Public tickets are available on December 17 at any StarTicketsPLUS outlet, or at our Theatre Ticket Office Mon. through Fri., 10am to 5pm.
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