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Theatre in Park Announces ’21 Casts Theatre in park announces ’21 casts Posted by Bob Evans Ticket for summer season now on sale! SONGS FOR A NEW…NOW On Demand Beginning APRIL 23! This all-new song writer showcase features brand new songs written by Kansas City regional composers and lyricists. FULL DETAILS This production was filmed for streaming. Purchase tickets to stream this show anytime! RATED: PG13 Songs for a New…Now will run approximately 70 minutes. MAMMA MIA! – JUNE 4-12, 2021 Music and Lyrics by Benny Anderson and BJorn Ulvaeus and some songs with Stig Anderson Book by Catherine Johnson Originally Conceived by Judy Craymer Mamma Mia! Was originally produced in London by Judy Cramer, Richard East, and Bjorn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal Additional Material and Arrangements Martin Koch Music Published by Universal Music Publishing Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and EMI Waterford Music Inc. Directed by Mark Swezey Sophie’s getting married! Even though her mother, Donna, is Sophie’s world, she still feels like something is missing…and that’s the father she’s never known. In an attempt to find out who her father is so that he can walk her down the aisle, Sophie has gone snooping through her mother’s past and come up with three possible fathers. And what’s MAMMA MIA! is presented through special arrangement with a girl to do when faced with that dilemma? Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized Invite ALL THREE of them of course! performance materials are also supplied by MTI. Hilarity ensues as Sophie prepares for the www.mtishows.com wedding, tries to figure out who her real father is, and keep it all secret from her mother. And all of this happens to chart topping ABBA hits including “Super Trooper”, “Honey, Honey”, and “Dancing Queen”. Nominated for 5 Tony Awards® Mamma Mia! is a funny, feel good musical that will leave audiences disco dancing out of the theatre. FULL DETAILS RATED: PG Mamma Mia! runs approximately 2.5 hours with one 15 minute intermission. Cast age: teenage and above CURTAINS – JUNE 18-26, 2021 Book by RUPERT HOLMES Music by JOHN KANDER Lyrics by FRED EBB Original Book and Concept by PETER STONE Additional Lyrics by JOHN KANDER and RUPERT HOLMES Originally Produced on Broadway by Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley and Center Theatre Group. American Premiere Produced at The Ahmanson Theatre by Center Theatre Group, LA’s Theatre Company. Directed by Kacy Christensen It’s the brassy, bright, and promising year of 1959. Boston’s Colonial Theatre is host to the opening night performance of a new musical. When the leading lady mysteriously “Curtains” is presented through special arrangement with dies on stage the entire cast & crew are and all authorized performance materials are supplied by suspects. Enter a local detective, who just Theatrical Rights Worldwide happens to be a musical theatre fan! Packed 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY with glorious tunes and a witty, charming 10036. www.theatricalrights.com script filled with delightful characters, CURTAINS is a hilarious journey for both performers and the audience. FULL DETAILS RATED: PG-17 Curtains runs approximately 2.5 hours with one 15 minute intermission. Cast age: teenage and above Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA – JULY 2-10, 2021 Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II New Book by Douglas Carter Beane Original Book by Oscar Hammerstein II Orchestrations by Danny Troob Music Adaptation & Arrangements by David Chase Directed by Kevin Bogan Ella is the most overworked girl in fairytale history. She’s doomed to a life of waiting hand and foot on her atrocious stepmother, Madame, and stepsisters, Gabrielle and Charlotte, until one night her fairy godmother appears and changes her life forever. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a musical theatre legend. This enduring, magical tale of an unlikely princess was originally conceived as a 1957 CBS television special starring Julie Andrews, and over the ensuing decades it has been revamped twice for Broadway before becoming a smash hit movie starring Brandy and Whitney Houston. In 2013 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella was brought back to contemporary theatre to become, not just the CINDERELLA is presented by arrangement with Concord story of a girl who is magically transformed Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein into a princess, but the story of a young Organization. woman who fights for the downtrodden, always www.concordtheatricals.com sees the good in others, is willing to make friends in the most unlikely places, and uses her passion to help create a better world. Nominated for nine Tony Awards®, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a magical confection for the whole family that includes audience and performer favorites, “In My Own Little Corner”, “Stepsister’s Lament”, and “Ten Minutes Ago”. FULL DETAILS RATED: PG Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella runs approximately 2.5 hours with one 15 minute intermission. Cast age: teenage and above Half Time – Gotta Dance – A New Musical JULY 16-24, 2021 Book by CHAD BEGUELIN & BOB MARTIN Music by MATTHEW SKLAR Lyrics by NELL BENJAMIN Additional Music by MARVIN HAMLISCH Based on the motion picture GOTTA DANCE, directed, written and produced by DORI BERINSTEIN Directed by LB and James Levy HALF TIME is the incredible true story of ten determined dreamers who audition to dance at half time for a major basketball team. They have three things in common: they love to dance, they have something to prove, and they are all over 60 years-old. Only after making the cut do they learn they won’t be dancing tap, salsa or swing—instead, they will bring down the house with a style that is entirely new to them: hip-hop. Along the way through “Half Time – Gotta Dance” is presented through special mentorship and friendship they battle self- arrangement with and all authorized performance materials doubt, stereotypes and even each other for a are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide chance to bust a move at center court in 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY front of 20,000 screaming fans. Together 10036. www.theatricalrights.com they remind us that in life, when the odds are stacked against you and the challenges seem too great to overcome, it’s not the end of the game—it’s HALF TIME. FULL DETAILS RATED: PG-17 Half Time runs approximately 2.5 hours with one 15 minute intermission. Cast age: teenage and above The Theatre in the Park’s Production of Disney’s NEWSIES A Musical based on the Disney Film JULY 30 – AUGUST 7, 2021 Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Jack Feldman, Book by Harvey Fierstein Based on the Disney Film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White Originally Produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions Orchestrations by Danny Troob Incidental Music & Vocal Arrangements by Michael Kosarin Dance Arrangements by Mark Hummel Directed by Julie Ewing STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE! In 1899 the newsboys of New York City banded together to form their own union and held The World, The Sun, and New York captive until their demands for better pay were met. Newies is a Tony Award® winning, high energy, tour-de-force of song and dance that includes fan favorites “Seize The Day”, “I’m The King of New York”, and “The World Will Know” in addition to new songs “Watch What Happens” and “The Bottom Line”. The story focuses on Jack Kelly, ring leader of the Manhattan newises, his new friends Davey and NEWSIES is presented through special arrangement with Les, who are trying to support their family Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized while their father is out of work, and performance materials are also supplied by MTI. Katherine Plumber, a smart, no nonsense www.mtishows.com young reporter trying to break through in a world where women are supposed to be seen and not heard. Together with a vibrant group newsboys, and a little help from Medda Larkin, the brassy owner of New York City’s best burlesque club, they get carried away into a strike that becomes bigger than they ever could have imagined. Based on the 1992 Disney® movie Newsies has been thrilling audiences for almost three decades. FULL DETAILS RATED: PG Newsies runs approximately 2.5 hours with one 15 minute intermission. Cast age: teenage and above with the possibility of 1-2 younger actors THE FULL MONTY- The Broadway Musical OCTOBER 1-17, 2021 Book by Terrence McNally Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek Based on the Motion Picture released by Fox Searchlight Pictures and written by Simon Beaufoy, produced by Uberto Pasolini and directed by Peter Cattaneo Originally Produced for Broadway by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lindsay Law, and Thomas Hall World Premiere at The Glode Theatre, San Diego, CA Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements By Ted Sperling Dance Music Arrangements by Zane Mark Directed by Guy Gardner Based on the cult hit film of the same name, The Full Monty, a ten-time Tony Award nominee, is filled with honest affection, engaging melodies and the most highly anticipated closing number of any show. While spying on their wives at a “Girls’ Night Out,” a group of unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo sees how much they The Full Monty is presented through special arrangement enjoy watching male strippers. Jealous, out with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized of work and feeling emasculated, the men performance materials are also supplied by MTI. come up with a bold and unclothed way to www.mtishows.com make some quick cash. In preparing, they find themselves extremely exposed; not merely physically but emotionally.
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