SHE LOVES ME

November 25-December 30 (CLOSED)

Music by Jerry Bock

Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Book by Joe Masteroff

Starring Cory Wendling (Avenue Q), Lenore Giardina (Oliver), Tim Howard (Spamalot), Abbey Austin (Jungle Book), Carter Edward Smith (The 10th), Seth Maisel (The Hound of the Baskervilles)

Choreography by Stephanie Hesse

Directed by Christopher Willard

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Considered by many to be the most charming musical ever written, She Loves Me is a warm romantic comedy with an endearing innocence and a touch of old world elegance from the creative team behind Fiddler on the Roof.  Recently nominated for eight Tony Awards including Best Revival.   

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Set in a 1930s European parfumery, we meet shop clerks Amalia and Georg who, more often that not, don't see eye to eye.  After both respond to a "lonely hearts advertisement" in the newspaper, they now live for the love letters that they exchange, but the identity of their admirers remains unknown.  Join Amalia and Georg to discover the identity of their true loves...and of all the twists and turns along the way...with a final reveal on Christmas Eve!

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RED

January 6-28 (CLOSED)

By John Logan

Starring Paul Borrillo (The Roadhouse), John Hauser (Curious Theatre's Hand to God)

Directed by Kate Marie Folkins (Curious Theatre's The Whipping Man)

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"What is art?  And who gets to decide anyway?"  It's 1958, and famed abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko has just been offered the biggest commission in the history of modern art.  He and his assistant work feverishly in his New York studio - until the assistant begins to realize that his answers to those fundamental questions about art are very different than his mentor's.

 

Raw, funny, and provocative, this winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play is a searing portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.  

 

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THE TOXIC AVENGER

February 17-March 18 (CLOSED)

Previews February 14, 16

Music by David Bryan

Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro

Starring TJ Hogle (Shrek), Megan VanDeHey (Arvada Center's Ragtime), Colby Dunn (Chicago), Carter Edward Smith (Oliver), Randy Chalmers (Town Hall's Violet), John White (Vintage's Willy Wonka)

Music Direction by Heather Holt Hall

Choreographed by Terrell Davis

Directed by Christopher Willard

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Based on Lloyd Kaufman's cult film, and winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, The Toxic Avenger is a modern love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all: an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor, and three guys who play...well, everyone else! 

 

Melvin Ferd the Third wants to clean up Tromaville, the most polluted town in New Jersey (just off Exit 13B on the Turnpike).  Foiled by the mayor's bullies, Melvin is dumped into a vat of radioactiove toxic waste only to re-emerge as The Toxic Avenger, New Jersey's first superhero.  Affectionately known as Toxie, our new hero is a seven-foot mutant freak with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark.  He's out to save New Jersey, end global warming, and woo Sarah the blind librarian in town. 

 

With a book and music from the Tony winning team behind Memphis, The Toxic Avenger is a mutant love story with an environmental twist!

  

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SCHOOL OF ROCK

YOUTH PRODUCTION

March 24-April 9 (CLOSED)

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lyrics by Glenn Slater

Book by Julian Fellowes

Music Direction by Carter Edward Smith

Directed by Christopher Willard

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Based on the cult film and with a rocking new score from Andrew Lloyd Webber, School of Rock follows slacker Dewey Finn as he turns a class of straight-A students into an ear-popping, riff-scorching, all-conquering rock band!  As they prepare for the Battle of the Bands, can Dewey make them embrace the empowering message of rock?

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The Lion King Jr

April 28-30 (CLOSED)

Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice 

Book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi

Choreography by Abbey Austin

Music Direction by Lenore Giardina

Directed by Christopher Willard

 

The Lion King JR. tells the story of the epic adventures of a curious cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destiny as a king. Along the way, the young lion encounters a colorful cast of characters, including spunky lioness Nala, charismatic meerkat Timon, and loveable warthog Pumbaa. To claim his rightful place on the throne and save his beloved Prodelands, Simba must find his inner strength and confront his wicked Uncle Scar. The Lion King JR. features classic songs from the 1994 film, such "Hakuna Matata" and the Academy Award -winning "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," as well as additional songs penned for the Broadway production.

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THE PRODUCERS

June 9-August 6 (CLOSED)

Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks

Choreography by Jessica Hindsley

Music Direction by Trent Hines

Directed by Robert Michael Sanders

 

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Bialystock and Bloom are at it again!  A down-on his-luck producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in Broadway history, thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars.  Only one thing goes awry:  the show is a smash hit!  The antics of Max and Leo as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive Springtime for Hitler), hiring a director, raising the money, and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction.  At the core of this insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become fast friends.  

 

With a truly hysterical book by Mel Brooks (based on his Oscar-winning film), The Producers skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an "equal opportunity offender!"

 

Winner of a record 12 Tony Awards! 

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BBT's Children's Theatre Presents

THE WITCHES

June 22-August 5 (CLOSED)

Original Story by Roald Dahl

Adapted by David Wood

Starring Brody Lineaweaver (Jungle Book) & Sheila Swanson MacIntyre (Arvada Center's Narnia)

Directed by Christopher Willard

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Roald Dahl's scariest book is brought to life in a tremendously terrifying treat for the whole family!  

 

Witches absolutely detest children.  They find them revolting and are planning to wipe them out like weasels!  They want to squish them and squiggle them, and make them disappear.  But one brave boy and his grandmother have a plan to get rid of the witches for good...if only they can avoid being turned into mice first!  

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BUYER AND CELLAR

July 6-August 12 (CLOSED)

By Jonathan Tolins

Directed by Christopher Willard

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Alex More has a story to tell.  A struggling actor in L.A., Alex takes a job working the shops in a lavish Main Street built in the Malibu basement of a beloved megastar.  One day, the Lady Herself comes downstairs to play.  It feels like real bonding in the basement, but will their relationship ever make it upstairs?  

 

An outrageous comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things, and the oddest of odd jobs.

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BILLY ELLIOT

August 25-September 3 (CLOSED)

Book and Lyrics by Lee Hall

Music by Elton John

Starring Lucas Moir (Midtown's A Christmas Story) and Robert Michael Sanders (DCPA's Love/Perfect/Change)

Choreography by Gina Eslinger and Andrew Bates

Music Direction by Michael Bowerman

Directed by Christopher Willard

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Millions of fans...thousands of standing ovations...ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical...this is Billy Elliot, The Musical, the spectacular show with the heart, humor, and passion to be named TIME Magazine's "Best Musical of the Decade!"  Based on the international smash-hit film, and featuring a score by music legend Elton John, Billy Elliot is an astonishing theatrical experience that will stay with you forever.

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Set in a northern English mining town against the background of the 1984 miners' strike, Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of a young boy's struggle against the odds to make his dream come true.  Follow Billy's journey as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and community...and changes his life forever. 

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