Two time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals, under the leadership of Michael P. Price, is thrilled to announce the 2011 musical season at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. The 48th season includes three fantastic musicals that are sure to delight theatregoers: the tap dance filled Gershwin tuner My One And Only will run from April 15 - June 25; the monumental American classic Show Boat featuring such memorable songs as "Ol' Man River", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" will run from July 1 - September 11; and the film noir style musical comedy City of Angels will run from September 23 - November 27.
S'Wonderful! S'Marvelous! The glamorous ‘20s come roaring back to life when a barnstorming aviator falls for a bathing beauty. Their romantic pursuit is sidetracked by a series of zany escapades but together they navigate their way to a happy ending. This tap dance spectacular with an incomparable Gershwin score - "S'Wonderful"," Funny Face", "Kickin' The Clouds Away" and more - will have you floating on air!
My One And Only features music and lyrics by
George Gershwin and
Ira Gershwin with book by
Peter Stone and
Timothy S. Mayer. It will be directed by
Ray Roderick (Goodspeed:Double Trouble, Singin' in the Rain, and 42nd Street.) and choreographed by
Kelli Barclay (Goodspeed: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Associate Choreographer on Lucky in the Rain and George M!).
Come aboard for an epic American musical! A sweeping tale spanning four decades, Show Boat is a journey into the lives, loves, and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk on the mighty Mississippi River.
Jerome Kern's masterpiece is a treasure trove of unforgettable music including "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Loving That Man", and "You Are Love". Don't miss this timeless triumph of the Broadway stage!
Show Boat features music by
Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II and is based on the novel Show Boat by
Edna Ferber . It will be directed by
Rob Ruggiero (Broadway: Looped. Goodspeed: 1776 , Camelot, and Annie Get Your Gun.) The choreographer is to be announced. Show Boat will be sponsored by Webster Bank.
Swinging, sexy , smart, and funny! - An ingenious spoof of 1940s Hollywood and whodunit films with side-by-side stories about the "real" world of a detective fiction writer and the "reel" world of his fictional gumshoe hero. One balances romance and rewrites, while the other slinks through a film noir netherworld of thugs and femmes fatales. Winner of tons of Tony Awards, it's a witty detective thriller with a jazzy score that really kills.
City of Angels has music by
Cy Coleman, lyrics by
David Zippel, and book by
Larry Gelbart. This boppin' musical comedy will be directed by
Darko Tresnjak (Goodspeed: Amour , A Little Night Music, and Carnival! ) and choreographed by
Peggy Hickey (Goodspeed: Brigadoon, On the Twentieth Century, and Carnival!). City of Angels will be sponsored by Liberty Bank and Connecticut Light & Power.
Advance season subscriptions are now on sale through the Box Office (860.873.8668), open seven days a week, or on-line at
www.goodspeed.org. Subscription prices range from $82.50 - $210 at the
Goodspeed Opera House for one person, all three shows. Single tickets go on public sale beginning February 20, 2010.
Curtain times are Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (with select performances at 2:00 p.m.), Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and
Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (with select performances at 6:30 p.m.).
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Dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theatre,
Goodspeed Musicals produces three musicals each season at the
Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., and additional productions at The
Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn., which was opened in 1984 for the development of new musicals. The first regional theatre to receive two Tony Awards (for outstanding achievement), Goodspeed also maintains The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre and The
Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre.
Goodspeed Musicals is supported in part by the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
