2007 Mainstage Schedule
Godspell
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by John-Michael Tebelak

March 30 thru April 8, 2007
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
*an additional matinee is scheduled for Friday, April 6 at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
The last seven days of Christ's life are told through parables that have been contemporarized.
Seussical the Musical
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Based on the works of Dr. Seuss

April 13 thru 22, 2007
Friday at 11 am and 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
The Cat in the Hat introduces you to such memorable Dr. Seuss characters as Horton the Elephant, Lazy Mayzie and all of the Whos of Whoville!
Bye Bye Birdie
Book by Michael Stewart
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams

May 2 thru 20, 2007
Wednesday at 11 am and 8 pm
Thursday and Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
Conrad Birdie, the biggest rock and roll star of the 1960s has been drafted. Song writer Albert Peterson is convinced he can make his fortune and marry his girlfriend Rose if he can get Conrad on "The Ed Sullivan Show" to kiss a high school girl goodbye.
West Side Story
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Arthur Laurents

May 23 thru June 10, 2007
Wednesday at 11 am and 8 pm
Thursday and Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
*Wednesday, June 6 at 2 pm and 8 pm
*an additional performance is scheduled for
Thursday, June 7 at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
Tony and Maria, two young idealistic lovers find themselves caught between two warring street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. The two struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice. The brilliant musical score includes Tonight, America and Somewhere.
Crazy for You
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig

June 13 thru July 1, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
Bobby Child's dream is to be in show business. Instead, he is a banker forced to forclose a mortgage on a theatre in Deadrock, Arkansas. Bobby meets and falls in love with Polly, the daughter of the theatre's owner, and sets out to save the theatre and win Polly's heart!
42nd Street
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble

July 4 thru 22, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
Peggy Sawyer, a stage struck chorus girl hets her big break when the star of Pretty Lady breaks her ankle. Sawyer is persuaded to take her place and becomes the "Lullaby of Broadway". Includes such musical theatre hits as We're In The Money, Shuffle Off To Buffalo and the title song, 42nd Street.
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Book by Richard Henry Morris
Music by Jeanine Tesori
New Lyrics by Dick Scanlan

July 25 thru August 12, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
Revisit the 1920s - an era filled with frisky flappers and dashing leading men! Based on the popular movie, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of Millie Dillmount, a young girl destined to find a new life for herself in New York City.
Pippin
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

August 15 thru September 2, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
A surprise waits around every corner as Pippin wanders through the worlds of politics, love and war before finding his true calling. Dazzling and imaginative with songs you'll remember such as Magic To Do, Corner of the Sky and the audience sing-along, No Time at All.
Forever Plaid

Book by Stuart Ross

Musical Continuity Supervision and Arrangements by James Raitt

September 5 thru 16, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
The story of a harmony group killed in an automobile crash while on their way to pick up their custom made plaid tuxedoes. Through the power of harmony and an expanding hole in the ozone layer, they are allowed to come back to earth and perform the show that they never got to do in life.
The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
By William Shakespeare, Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Borgeson

September 19 thru 30, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
London's longest running comedy presents all of Shakespeare's 37 plays in 97 hilarious minutes and includes Othello in rap; Titus Andronicus as a cooking show; all the historical plays as football commentary; and Hamlet performed front, back as well as sideways!
Little Shop of Horrors
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken

October 3 thru 14, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
A down and out skid row floral assistant Seymour, becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterous craving for fresh blood. Soon the plant, grows inito an ill-tempered R&B singing carnivore. Now named Audrey II, the plan offers Seymour fame and fortune in exchnage for feeding its growning appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination!!
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
A Musical by Rupert Holmes

October 17 thru 28, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
An interactive musical in which the audience finishes off the play by voting the ending. The last great novel by Charles Dickens who died before the world would learn who he intended as the Killer. A Tony Award Winner for Best Musical.
Sugar Babies
Music by Jimmy McHugh and others
Written by Ralph G. Allen and others
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Al Dubin and others

October 31 thru November 11, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
starring
EDDIE MEKKA
A musical with something for everyone! A tribute to classic vaudeville and burlesque comedy, Sugar Babies is packed with comedy skits that promise to have you rolling in the aisles.
Fiddler on the Roof
Music by Jerry Bock
Written by Sheldon Harnick
Book by Joseph Stein

November 14 thru December 2, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 11 am and 8 pm
Friday at 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
* no performances on November 22, 2007 - Thanksgiving
* an additional matinee is scheduled for the Day after Thanksgiving, November 23, 2007
Tickets: $23 / $25
Eddie Mekka returns to the Playhouse stage and the role he is best known to our audiences for - Tevye. Set in Anatevka, Russia in 1905, Tevye and his family try to hold onto faith and tradition while preparng to move to America.
It's A Wonderful Life
Music and Lyrics by Keith Ferguson
Music by Bruce Greer

December 5 thru 23, 2007
Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm
Thursday at 11 am and 8 pm
Friday at 11 am and 8 pm
Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday at 2 pm
Thursday, December 20 showtimes are 2 pm and 8 pm
Friday, December 21 showtime is only 8 pm
Tickets: $23 / $25
George Bailey, whose dreams were sacrificed for his famly and town, has found himself at the end of his rope. In his darkest moment on Christmas Eve, his guardian angel shows him what the world would have been like had he never been born