Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27

By: Sep. 11, 2014
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Moonlight Stage Productions' 34th summer season comes to a triumphant close with the Southern California Regional Premiere of the Tony Award-nominated musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, based on the hit film of the same name that starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Performances are September 10 to 27.

Single tickets are priced $15 to $52 and include price levels for student rush, military, senior, and family discounts. To purchase tickets or for more information, call (760) 724-2110 or visit moonlightstage.com.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN's libretto is by Terrence McNally with a theatrical score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. After a tryout in Seattle in 2009, it opened at Broadway'sNeil Simon Theatre in April 2011. The production received four Tony Awards nominations, including one for Best Musical, winning Best Actor in a Musical for Norbert Leo Butz as FBI Agent Carl Hanratty.

The musical follows the story of con artist Frank Abagnale, Jr. A majority of the plot is borrowed from the 2002 film of the same name, which in turn was based on Abagnale's 1980 autobiography. Before his 19th birthday, Frank Abagnale Jr. successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. His primary crime was check fraud; he became so skillful that the FBI eventually turned to him for help in catching other check forgers. The film was directed by Steven Spielbergand stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.

Photos by Ken Jacques

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Jacob Haren as Frank Abaganle, Jr.

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Jacob Haren as Frank Abagnale, Jr. and Robert Neary as Frank Abagnale, Sr.

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Jacob Haren as Frank Abaganle, Jr.

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Robert Neary as Frank Abagnale, Sr.

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Josh Adamson as Carl Hanratty

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Tracy Lore as Paula Abagnale

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Josh Adamson as Carl Hanratty

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Heather Lundstedt as Brenda Strong

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Jacob Haren as Frank Abaganle, Jr. and Josh Adamson as Carl Hanratty

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Josh Adamson as Carl Hanratty and Jacob Haren as Frank Abaganle, Jr.

Photo Flash: First Look at Moonlight Stage's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Now Playing Through 9/27
Jacob Haren as Frank Abaganle, Jr. & The Company



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