“Spirits are definitely high in High Society!” – The New York Times High Society September 8 – October 25

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter • Book by Arthur Kopit • Additional Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead • Based on the play The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry Also based on the Turner Entertainment Co. motion picture High Society

You’re invited to the wedding of the year! Cole Porter’s HIGH SOCIETY is inspired by The Philadelphia Story and the movie musical starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Tracy Lord is planning a lavish summer wedding when her ex-husband appears to try and win her back. When tabloid reporter Mike Connor arrives, he too falls in love. Who will the bride choose? Cole Porter’s dazzling songs include “Let’s Misbehave,” “True Love” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Marriage is a hit when you’re dancing with Broadway’s musical comedy, HIGH SOCIETY.

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“Joyous! … A musical that manages not only to do the film justice, but top it!” — Associated Press A Christmas Story The Musical November 10 – January 10

Book by Joseph Robinette • Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story and on the book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash written by Jean Shepherd

A CHRISTMAS STORY, The Musical is Broadway’s musical comedy gift for the entire family! In 1940’s Indiana, a bespectacled boy named Ralphie has a big imagination and one wish for Christmas—a Red Ryder BB Gun. A kooky leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the adventures in store. Based on the classic 1983 movie, A CHRISTMAS STORY, The Musical captures holiday wonder with funny and heartfelt songs, show- stopping dancing and a heart of gold.

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“A show for the entire family. By the end, you too may want to see that rabbit!” — New York Post Harvey January 19 – March 6

By Mary Chase

HARVEY is the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway and Hollywood comedy. Elwood P. Dowd is charming and kind with just one character flaw: an unwavering friendship with a 6-foot-tall, invisible white rabbit named Harvey. When his sister Veta can’t take it anymore, she brings Elwood to the local sanatorium. But when the doctor mistakenly commits his anxiety-ridden sister, it sets off a hilarious whirlwind of confusion and chaos as everyone in town tries to catch a man and his invisible rabbit. Everyone needs a best friend, and ours is HARVEY!

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“The most exhilarating Broadway storytelling in decades!” — The New York Times Peter and the Starcatcher March 15 – May 1

A Play by Rick Elice • Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Music by Wayne Barker

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is a grownup’s theatrical prequel to Peter Pan. When starcatcher-in-training Molly meets an orphan boy longing for a home, they embark on the adventure of a lifetime. In this Tony Award-winning play with music, you’ll be whisked away on a breathtaking quest to answer the question: how did a boy named Peter become the boy who never grew up? PETER AND THE STARCATCHER takes a hilarious romp through the Neverland you never knew. This swashbuckling production will have you hooked from the moment you let your imagination take flight!

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“All’s right in the kingdom of musical comedy.” — The New York Times Sister Act May 17 – July 17

Music by Alan Menken • Lyrics by Glenn Slater • Book by Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner • Additional Book Material by Douglas Carter Beane • Based on the

Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture Sister Act by Joseph Howard All photos by Mark Garvin, unless otherwise stated. Inside: Cameron Flurry, David Elder, Lindsey Bliven, Jacob Wilner and Ensemble in Mary Poppins; Ensemble in Agatha Christie’s And Then There SISTER ACT is Broadway’s habit-forming musical comedy smash Were None; Brian Shepard and Ensemble in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying; that will make you jump for joy! When wannabe disco diva Deloris Christopher Sutton and Kimber Sprawl in Memphis (photo by Holly Porch); Christopher Sutton and Fran Prisco in Elf; Mark Jacoby and Amy Bodnar in How Van Cartier witnesses a crime, the cops hide her in the last place To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying; Dee Hoty, Owen Pelesh and Ensemble in 9 to 5: The anyone would think to look—a convent! Under the suspicious Musical; Becky Gulsvig and Jeremy Morse in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying; watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find Jane Ridley and Mary Martello in Arsenic and Old Lace (photo by J. Urdaneta Photography); Kathleen Wallace and Greg Wood in Noël Coward’s Private their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. With Lives; Company of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying; Lindsey Bliven and David original music by 8-time Oscar winner Alan Menken (Beauty And Elder in Mary Poppins (Photo by Squid Ink Creative, courtesy of Music Theatre Wichita); Amy Bodnar, The Beast, Newsies), SISTER ACT, with toe-tapping songs and Dee Hoty and Amanda Rose in 9 to 5: The Musical. Outside: Jeremy Morse, Cary Michele Miller and outrageous show-stopping dancing, is reason to rejoice! Becky Gulsvig in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying; Ensemble in In the Heights; Lauren Sowa and Greg Wood in Noël Coward’s Private Lives; Kimber Sprawl in Memphis (photo by Holly Porch); Michael Warrell, David Elder and Tyler Foy in Mary Poppins; Jessica Bedford in Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.

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