CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY 2017 1967 • THE SEASON | CONTRACOSTA MUSICALTHEATRE 2017 -2018 THE SEASON Welcome 2017-2018 Million Dollar Quartet Book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux In 1956 Elvis Presley, Jonny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins came together for an epic jam session.
Michael Butler Billy Elliot Center REP Music by Elton John Artistic Director Book & Lyrics by Lee Hall An inspiring celebration of the journey of one boy A 50th anniversary calls for who hangs up his boxing gloves for ballet shoes.
a BIG celebration! The Liar So we’re throwing a year-long party on By David Ives stage this season. We’re opening with The charming and charismatic Dorante has but the boys who pioneered rock and roll – a single flaw: He cannot tell the truth. Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Cliton, his manservant cannot tell a lie. Johnny Cash - and closing with those irrepressible Dancing Queens from A Christmas Carol ….(well, our agreement won’t let us By Charles Dickens announce the title just yet, but I think Still “THE Christmas Carol to see in the Bay Area.” you know who I mean!). In between we’ve got the most lovable Liar on Red Speedo the planet, a searing new drama, Red By Lucas Hnath Speedo, about the pressures of Olympic Red Speedo is a captivating exploration of swimming trials, and a legacy revival of America’s obsession with winning at all costs. the one and only Shirley Valentine with Kerri Shawn reprising her signature role! Whether you’ve been with Center REP Shirley Valentine By Willy Russell for one year or 50 – we want to thank Kerri Shawn stars as a housewife from Liverpool, you for your support and patronage, England who is feeling trapped in a world of your enthusiasm for live theatre, your domesticity and needs a change in her life. open hearts and your open minds. Art is JOY! Cue the Champagne! West Side Story Music by Leonard Bernstein Book by Arthur Laurents Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim One of American musical theatre’s most revolutionary and most loved treasures. Surprise Broadway Hit! Music and Lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and some songs with Stig Anderson CCMT: left to right Book by Catherine Johnson Shannon Strain Demers, President Mmmm’s the word on this hit Broadway Wendy Wilcox, Vice President Danny Boyle, General Manager musical set on a colorful Greek island and Artistic Advisor with a wealth of ABBA songs. “A new gem and a time-honored treasure. Two Great Theatre Dreams fulfilled and dreams defeated. Companies... Musical storytelling at its finest. Please join us!” 1967 • One Great Season! 2017 Lynda DiVito, Jamie Jones from REP’s Women in Jeopardy Photo by KevinBerne.com Center REP Season Sponsor
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CCMT Center REP September 1 – October 13 – October 6, 2017 November 11, 2017 MUSIC BY BOOK BY Elton John Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux BOOK AND LYRICS BY DIRECTED BY Lee Hall Hunter Foster Set in a northern-England Memphis. 1956. mining town during the strike of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1984/’85, Billy Elliot The Musical Carl Perkins and Johnny is the inspirational story of a Cash got together at Sun young boy’s fight to make his records for the greatest jam dream come true. Follow Billy’s session. Ever. journey from boxing ring to Here is the hit Broadway ballet class where he discovers Musical of that incredible night. a passion for dance that unites his family, inspires his community and changes his life forever.
Center REP May 25 – Surprise Broadway Hit! June 30, 2018 MUSIC & LYRICS BY Benny Andersson and Björn CCMT Ulvaeus and some songs March 30 – with Stig Anderson April 29, 2018 BOOK BY MUSIC BY Catherine Johnson Leonard Bernstein DIRECTED BY BOOK BY Jeff Collister Arthur Laurents CHOREOGRAPHY BY LYRICS BY Jennifer Perry Stephen Sondheim We’re not allowed to announce Inspired by the timeless story this title until fall, so for now... “Mmm’s” of Romeo and Juliet, the word on this Shakespeare’s star-crossed hit Broadway Musical. Set on lovers are transplanted to the a colorful Greek island, the vibrant battleground of New York story serves as a background City’s West Side in the 1950s. for a wealth of ABBA songs. In the midst of deep-seated gang A young woman about to be rivalry, Maria and Tony discover married discovers that any one that ancient grudges are no of three men could be her match for true love. father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother. Center REP Season Sponsor
1967 • PLays 2017 All four of the 2017-2018 October 20 – Season plays are produced by November 18, 2017 Center REPertory Company BY David Ives DIRECTED BY January 26 – Michael Butler February 24, 2018 Adapted from the comedy BY by Pierre Corneille Lucas Hnath The charming and DIRECTED BY charismatic Dorante has Markus Potter but a single flaw: He cannot Ray’s swum his way to the tell the truth. Cliton, his eve of the Olympic trials. manservant cannot tell a lie. Pressure builds as he Together they bring us confronts the lure of a deal one of the Western world’s with Speedo, the perils of greatest comedies. family and the unforgiving A sparkling and hilarious weight of success. romance set in 17th A sharp and compelling Century Paris (think the play about swimming, Three Musketeers!) in a survival of the fittest and new and very modern the American dream of a adaptation by the author level playing field―or of of All In The Timing! leveling the field yourself.
December 7 – March 30 – December 17, 2017 April 29, 2018 BY BY Charles Dickens Willy Russell ADAPTED BY DIRECTED BY Cynthia Caywood & George Maguire Richard L. James Kerri Shawn stars as Shirley DIRECTED BY Valentine, a housewife from Scott Denison Liverpool, England who is Still “THE Christmas Carol to feeling trapped in a world of see in the Bay Area.” domesticity and needs a Join the thousands who change in her life before she make this theatrical event a has another conversation with part of their annual holiday the walls. When her friend traditions. invites her on a trip to a Greek island, Shirley must make an important decision. Lesher Center for the Arts Getting to the Lesher Center for the Arts When attending a production at the Lesher Center for the Arts, you will find convenient parking in the Lesher Center Garage, adjacent to the LCA.
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