Now Playing Onstage in Madison - Week of 1/27/2013
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CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Bartell Theatre
1/11-2/3/2013
Unaware that he is dying of cancer, disturbed by the childless marriage of his favored alcoholic son, Brick, Big Daddy Pollitt, brings his family together to celebrate his 65th birthday.
Brick's beautiful wife, Maggie unable to lure her husband away from the bottle, swings wildly between seduction and taunts about his obsession with his deceased best friend Skipper. Let Stroller's Theatre heat up your cold winter nights with this classic, steamy drama - by one of the greatest playwrights of all time.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams's third significant play was a huge commercial success, running for 694 performances on Broadway. It won Williams his third New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and his second Pulitzer Prize (his first being for Streetcar).
Running on the Evjue stage, the tension between Brick, Maggie, Big Daddy and the whole clan, including the "endless line of no-neck monsters," will be palpable.
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THE SECRET GARDEN
Eau Claire Children's Theatre
1/31-2/3/2013
Orphaned in India, 11 year old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate's many wonders include a magical garden, which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the "Dreamers," spirits from Mary's past who guide her through her new life.
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ON THE CORNER OF CLARK AND VINE
Broom Street Theater
1/13-2/4/2013
There's water running in the bathroom... I have forgotten why I turned it on."
Sometimes the memories of our lives are told in the faces of strangers we meet. Two of these strangers, both needing connection, find each other... and in finding each other, they find themselves. Is it an excuse to live or a reason to die?
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CLASS
Broom Street Theater
1/11-2/4/2013
Class is a spoof, inspired by a true story.
The Monday after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, Riceville, Iowa third-grade teacher, Jane Elliott, set out to teach her students a lesson about prejudice.
In this fictional re-telling, the teacher is confronted by a parent angry over the unusual lesson, but the parent – and the principal - quickly become students themselves, and learn the lesson with hilarious and tragic consequences.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Sturgeon Bay High School
2/1-2/4/2013
The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the Captain's immediate service in their navy. The family's narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre. The motion picture version remains the most popular movie musical of all time.Music by Rodgers, Richard; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse; Suggested by
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CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
Mercury Players Theatre
2/1-2/16/2013
Four New Englanders enroll in Marty's six-week-long community-center drama class and begin to experiment with seemingly harmless theatre games. Hearts are quietly torn apart, and tiny wars of epic proportions are waged and won. A beautifully crafted diorama, a Petri dish in which we see, with hilarious detail and clarity, the antic sadness of a motley quintet.
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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Southminster Presbyterian Church
2/3-3/24/2013
The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph, his father's favorite son, is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, Joseph endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are continually challenged. He is purchased by Potiphar where thwarting advances from Potiphar's wife lands him in jail. When news of Joseph's gift to interpret dreams reaches the Pharaoh (wryly and riotously depicted as Elvis), Joseph is well on his way to becoming second in command. Eventually his brothers, having suffered greatly, unknowingly find themselves groveling at the feet of the brother they betrayed but no longer recognize. After testing their integrity, Joseph reveals himself leading to a heartfelt reconciliation of the sons of Israel. Set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock 'n' roll, this Old Testament tale emerges both timely and timeless.Lyrics by Tim Rice; Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
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