ARVADA CENTER ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 THEATER SEASON
By: Greg Rice May. 01, 2010
The Tony Award winning musical Sunset Boulevard opens the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities' 2010-11 theater season on September 14. In addition to Sunset Boulevard, the theater season's line-up includes three critically acclaimed Broadway musicals in the Main Stage Theater: Cabaret, Hairspray and the regional premiere of A Christmas Carol: The Musical. Two Arvada Center produced plays will be performed in the Center's Black Box Theater: the classic A Lion in Winter and the regional premiere of the comedy, The Lady with All the Answers.
"Musicals are a mainstay of the Arvada Center," states Arvada Center Artistic Director Lansberry. "Opening with Les Misérables and Miss Saigon in recent years set high expectations for our theater goers, as well as the cast and crew. Sunset Boulevard continues in that tradition."
The Arvada Center's traditional six-play subscription series expands to seven with The Ladies Man by Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT), the 2009 Denver Post Reader's Choice Award for Best Year by a Theater Company. "We have never included another company in our subscription series, but Creede's reputation precedes them; their work is exemplary," states Lansberry. "Having a Creede performance at the Arvada Center will be a real treat for theater goers in the Denver area."
"Collaboration has been at the core of the Arvada Center's success in other areas of operations, including education, live concerts and gallery exhibitions," states Executive Director Gene Sobczak "Although The Ladies Man will premiere this summer as part of Creede's 2010 theater season, our hope is that an even greater appreciation and audience for the production will be created by presenting it in our Black Box Theater."
"The Creede Repertory Theatre could not be more delighted at the opportunity to bring The Ladies Man to the Front Range," states CRT Executive and Artistic Director Maurice LaMee. "It's a privilege to partner with the Arvada Center - an arts organization highly regarded for its loyal and discerning patrons, as well as its emphatic dedication to artistic excellence."
The Arvada Center's theater season also will feature The Diviners by Ovation Award winning PHAMALY. PHAMALY: The Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League will produce a limited engagement of performances at the Arvada Center in February 2011 following their regular run of the production at the Aurora Fox Theater in January.
"Our winter production has been staged in the eastern metropolitan area for several years, and we look forward to introducing it to new audiences at the Arvada Center," states PHAMALY Executive Director Melanie Mayner. "Working with PHAMALY also offers Arvada Center staff and crew new learning opportunities, which is part of our company's mission."
"Our subscribers have demonstrated amazing support for our productions," continues Sobczak. "Our presenting partnerships with Creede and PHAMALY enable us to increase the amount of theater we can offer, while maintaining the standard of excellence we uphold as one of the region's foremost producers of live theater."
Arvada Center Theater 2010-11 subscription packages range in price from $165 to $369 and go on sale to Arvada Center subscribers and the general public on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Single tickets for the 2010 -11 theater season go on sale August 9, 2010. Tickets for The Diviners will be limited and made available first to Arvada Center 2010-11 subscribers.
Arvada Center Theater 2010-2011 Season
Sunset Boulevard
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Book & Lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton
Based on the Billy Wilder Film
Winner of 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Musical Score
This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is based on the 1950 film of the same title. The story is about Norma Desmond, a relic of the early years of filmmaking. When talkies pushed silent films and their stars out of the limelight, Norma locked herself into her mansion with her memories, an ex-husband and a chimp as her only companions. Twenty years later, when disillusioned screenwriter Joe Gillis stumbles within her reach, Nora sees in him an opportunity to make her "return" to the big screen.
September 14 - October 10, Main Stage Theater
The Ladies Man
By Charles Morey
Freely translated and adapted from Tailleur Pour Dames
The tiniest little lie can lead to all sorts of trouble in this hilarious and lightning-paced French farce. The Ladies Man is about a Parisian doctor wrongly suspected of infidelity by his much younger wife resulting in bizarre misunderstandings, over-the-top reactions and an implausible number of slamming doors.
October 5 - November 7, Black Box TheaterA Christmas Carol, The Musical * Regional Premiere
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Book by Mike Ockrent & Lynn Ahrens
Based on the story by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment by the Broadway team of Alan Menken of Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid fame, Lynn Ahrens known for her lyrics for Ragtime and Seussical and Mike Okrent director and co-creator of Crazy For You and Me and My Girl. A Christmas Carol retains its emotional power and pure joy when set to a musical score filled with beautiful melodies and emotional lyrics.
November 23 - December 23, Main Stage Theater The Lion in Winter
By James Goldman
The Lion in Winter, a caustic comedy, concerns the interpersonal dynamics and political wrangling of King Henry and the royal family during the Christmas holiday of 1183. This play has all the essential ingredients for a royal British saga... a mistress for the King, sibling rivalry and familial treachery.
January 25 - February 27, Black Box TheaterCabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten & stories by Christopher Isherwood
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Music by John Kander
Winner of 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical
From the creators of the hit musical Chicago, Cabaret features show-stopping choreography, dazzling costumes and some of the most iconic songs in musical theater including "Mein Herr," "Maybe This Time" and of course "Cabaret."
March 22 - April 17, Main Stage TheaterThe Lady With All the Answers * Regional Premiere
By David Rambo
For nearly half a century, millions of Americans secretly or openly read Ann Landers' column, as Eppie Lederer, pen name Ann Landers, dispensed friendly wisdom about love, marriage, sex and other vital issues. In The Lady With All the Answers - drawn from the life and letters of Ann Landers with the cooperation of Margo Howard - this no-nonsense woman comes back to life, with her piercing wit intact, and shares some of her funny and profoundly serious readers' letters.
April 26 - May 29, Black Box Theater Hairspray
The Broadway Musical
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
Book by Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan
Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Music and Lyrics
It was 1962... JFK was in the White House... John Glenn was in orbit... Cadillacs had fins... Beehives were in... And girls really knew how to tease! Broadway's big fat musical comedy is high energy: full of songs that make you rock in your seat and a story that makes you cheer for the underdogs.
June 21 - July 17, Main Stage TheaterExclusive Theater Engagement for Arvada Center Theater Seven-Play Subscribers
PHAMALY Presents
The Diviners
By Jim Leonard Jr.
In a small farm community during the depression, water and faith are in short supply. A charismatic but back-sliding preacher drifts into town and meets a gentle but misunderstood boy with the gift of divining or water-witching. The two outcasts find a common bond and help each other divine for truth, faith and hope.
February 24-27, Main Stage Theater For subscriptions contact www.arvadacenter.org, 720-898-7200, or visit the box office at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO 80003
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