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Show Licensing Claude McNeal Productions - Show Licensing Award-winning, original cabaret productions About Claude McNeal Productions Claude McNeal, founder and former Artistic Director of American Cabaret Theatre, envisioned a new form of “cabaret theatre.” McNeal’s productions have been highly praised for their original ideas and portrayals of historic icons, as well as excellence in musical scores. McNeal successfully captures the spirit of America’s historical timeline and breathes life onto the stage. McNeal’s wittingly charming and unparalleled approach to cabaret has been successfully implemented in arts programs and theatres throughout New York, Connecticut, Indiana, Florida, and Montana. His works have been produced in several large cities including New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Denver, and London. A History of Success Claude McNeal Productions owns the exclusive “One of the most licensing rights for more than 90 original Claude McNeal cabaret shows. Whether it’s a particular time period, important success style of music, or an in-depth exploration into America’s most honored composers, Claude McNeal Productions stories in American offers a professionally unique approach to cabaret theatre for audiences of all ages. McNeal is considered a pioneer in the entertainment industry, laying the Theatre.” groundwork for advancements in the world of theatre. In fact, today’s trend in American theatre emulates the THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR style and presentation that Claude McNeal has been producing for more than 40 years. See the reverse side of a complete list of Claude McNeal Productions available for licensing. For more information on show licensing, contact Claude McNeal at 317.916.0568. www.claudemcnealproductions.com www.claudemcnealproductions.com Claude McNeal Productions, 1974-2019 Shows of a Particular Decade or Just One of Those Things: Country Roads, City Streets Decade(s) A Musical Celebration of the Dreaming A City Life and Genius of Cole Porter Best Songs of the 20th Century French Cabaret Masters Luck Be a Lady: The Enchanting Charles A. Lindbergh Versus the Give Me That New Time Religion Roaring Twenties Music of Frank Loesser I Am of Ireland Decades: 150 Years of American Kurt Weill: From “Mack the Knife” Music to “September Song” Indy in Revue: The Story of Indianapolis Decades II Broadway/Hollywood Related Late Great Billion Dollar Movie The Turn of the Century Musicals Lead Ins… The Roaring Twenties The Best of Broadway, Part I, May Madness: A Musical Salute to 1898-1956 The Thirties the Indy 500 The Best of Broadway, Part II, The Forties Painting the Universe: How the 1956-2005 Happy Days Are Here Again: Humanities Shape Our World Broadway Now Music of the 1930s and ‘40s Reflections on 9/11 Hollywood Musical Cabaret The Fabulous Fifties Rock Legends Hollywood Nights Old Time Rock ‘n Roll, Part 1: Rockspell: The Gospel According Music of the 1950s and ‘60s On Broadway to Rock Old Time Rock ‘n Roll, Part 2: Sensual Excuses Classic Rock Music, 1963-1974 Anniversary Shows Songs of Brecht The Sixties The Best of Cabaret Theatre Summer Lovin’ 1968 The Best of Cabaret Theatre, Part 1 Take this Job...Songs of the American The Seventies: The Way We Are The Best of Cabaret Theatre, Part 2 Workplace The Eighties: We Fell in Love for Talk Show Investment Purposes Songs of a Musical Style or Genre The Rise and Fall of the Andrew A 90s Cabaret: The Last Decade Sisters of Innocence A Country Western Cabaret Vaudeville Troupe Millennium Jazz and Dixieland Voices of a Generation Streetcorner Harmony: Composer Shows From Doo Wop to Motown Holiday Shows America’s Best Composers Streetcorner Harmony, Part II A Cabaret Christmas (Various) A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim Swing! Swing! Swing! A Christmas Cabaret: A Salute to Andrew Lloyd Webber Home for the Holidays Specialty and Novelty Shows The World of Jacques Brel A Christmas Carol: The New Musical A Few Good Politicians Bernstein’s Broadway A Country Western Christmas Amazing Gospel The Charm of Irving Berlin A Tale of Scrooge American Heartland Cole and Noel: The Music of Cole Holiday Cabaret (Various) Porter and Noel Coward Cabaret Bandstand Scrooge’s Cabaret Gershwin Time and the Livin’ is Easy Cabaret Street Song The Immortal Hoagy Carmichael Cabaret’s Top 40 Jerome Kern: The Original Broadway Come a Little Closer: Genius An Evening with Divas This Joint is Jumpin’: Comedie Cabaret Fats Waller and Eubie Blake Condo Man www.claudemcnealproductions.com.
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