5-STAR THEATRICALS Announces THE MUSIC MAN, NEWSIES and More

Extra! Extra! 5-Star Theatricals announces its 2019-2020 season of shows! All of 5-Star's productions are locally produced, auditioned and rehearsed in Southern California, and performed exclusively at the Kavli Theater at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. This promises to be the most spectacular season ever!

The 5-STAR THEATRICALS 2019-2020 Season

THE MUSIC MAN

October 18 -27, 2019

Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson

This beloved Meredith Willson musical about fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill is very special to 5-Star. It is the first show they produced in the Kavli in 1994 and heading into the 25thAnniversary they are bringing back this audience favorite. In 1957, the show became a hit on Broadway, winning five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and running for 1,375 performances. 5-Star's production is going to be a bang-beat, bell-ringin' smash packed with brassy favorites like "76 Trombones," "Well Fargo Wagon," "Ya Got Trouble," "Shipoopi" and the beautiful ballads "Till There Was You" and "Goodnight My Someone."

MAMMA MIA

March27- April 5, 2020

Music and Lyrics by Abba

Book by Catherine Johnson

You can dance, you can jive and you'll have the time of your life when 5-Star stages this massively popular musical for the first time. The impossible-to-resist hits of the Swedish pop group ABBA power this sunny, funny show about a young woman's search for her birth father. The musical opened on Broadway in 2001, playing nearly 5,800 performances during its 14-year New York run, and since then has spawned two massively popular movies: "Mamma Mia!," starring Meryl Streep, earned nearly $610 million worldwide and the sequel, 2018's "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again," featuring Cher, took in nearly $400 around the globe. Whether you grew up bopping to the beat of hits like "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance On Me," "Chiquita" and "Money, Money, Money," or you discovered ABBA on the big screen, 5-Star's production will lift you higher than a pair of bedazzled platform boots.

Disney's NEWSIES

July 17 - 26, 2020

Music By Alan Menken

Lyrics by Jack Feldman

Book by Harvey Fierstein

Stop the presses! 5-Star is proud to present the regional premiere of this rousing musical about standing your ground and fighting for what's right. Based on the 1992 Walt Disney film and inspired by the true story of the 1899 New York City newsboy strike, the show follows a scrappy band of ink-stained street kids as they push back against the corporate greed of Big Apple media barons Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. "Newsies" features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken ("Little Shop of Horrors," "Sister Act") and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein ("Kinky Boots"). Songs like "Carrying the Banner," "Seize the Day," and "Santa Fe" deliver a powerful, timeless message: "Wrongs will be righted, if we're united."

Priority Order Memberships for new members for the 5-STAR THEATRICALS 2019-2020 season are being taken now by calling 5-STAR THEATRICALS at (805) 497-8613 ext, 1.

Season Ticket (3-Show) membership prices range from $99 -$225. For single ticket and theatre information, call (805) 449-ARTS (2787). 5-STAR THEATRICALS shows perform exclusively at the Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks.

Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Box Office located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks, or through www.5startheatricals.com, or by phone at (800) 745-3000. For groups of 10 or more, please call Group Sales, 5-STAR THEATRICALS at (805) 497-8613 x 1.

5-STAR THEATRICALS' 2018-2019 Season will continue with WEST SIDE STORY (Summer 2018) in the 1,800 seat Kavli Theatre.

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