Goodspeed Musicals Tickets Go On Sale 2/19: MAME, CAROUSEL and SOMETHING'S AFOOT!

The Box Office will open at 10 a.m. this Sunday for three musicals: Mame; Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel; and Something's Afoot, a musical whodunit. Be among the first to purchase tickets for all three shows at Goodspeed Musicals, the first regional theatre in the nation to receive two Tony Awards.

From the director that brought you My One And Only, Singin' in the Rain and 42^nd Street, this year's season opener, Mame, features music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and is based on the novel Auntie Mame by PatRick Dennis and the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.  Mame will be directed by Ray Roderick and choreographed by Vince Pesce (Associate Choreographer of Broadway's Anything Goes, The Pajama Game,Wonderful Town and Little Shop of Horrors). Mame will be sponsored by Liberty Bank, Mohegan Sun and The Shops at Mohegan Sun.

Carousel has captivated audiences around the world with the powerful love story of an innocent young millworker and swaggering carousel barker. He meets a tragic end but is given one chance for redemption by delivering hope to the daughter he never knew and whispering words left unspoken to his wife. Featuring "If I Loved You," "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Juneis Busting Out All Over." Experience one of the most celebrated musicals of all time!

Carousel features music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on Ferenc Molnar's play Lilliom and adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer. Original Dances by Agnes De Mille. It will be directed by Rob Ruggiero (Goodspeed's Show Boat, Camelot, Annie Get Your Gun and 1776) and choreographed by Parker Esse (Associate Choreographer of Broadway's Finian's Rainbow and A Tale of Two Cities). Carousel will be sponsored by Amica Insurance, Comcast and Robinson & Cole LLC.

An old English mansion. A raging thunderstorm. Ten strangers. Murder, mystery, music and comedy abound when the guests disappear one by one – knocked off by cleverly fiendish devices.

Join the fun as Miss Tweed the amateur sleuth sets out to solve the crimes…but the butler didn't do it! With songs like "I Owe It All To Agatha Christie," it's a zany whodunit for all to enjoy.

Something's Afoot features book, music and lyrics by James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach with additional music by Ed Linderman. Casey Hushion (Associate Director of Broadway's Elf, In the Heights and The Drowsy Chaperone) will direct. A choreographer will be announced soon. Something's Afoot will be sponsored by Connecticut Light & Power.

Beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 19, 2012, single tickets may be purchased by visiting our Box Office open seven days a week at 6 Main Street, East Haddam, Conn.; by calling 860.873.8668; or on-line at goodspeed.org.  Special ticket packages starting at only $93 for all three shows are still available. Contact the Box Office for details. Ticket cost may vary by performance; please call for current pricing. All prices are subject to change.

Mame will run April 20 – July 1; Carousel will run from July 13 – September 23; and Something's Afoot, will run from October 5 – December 9.  Curtain times are Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (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. (select performances at 6:30 p.m.). 

Goodspeed Musicals' 2012 season is produced by Michael P. Price.

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 gratefully acknowledges the support of its Official Audio Sponsor, Sennheiser Electronic Corporation; its Official Airline Sponsor, United Airlines; and its Official Auto Sponsor, Hoffman Audi.  Goodspeed Musicals is supported in part by the Department of Economic and Community Development with support from the Connecticut Office of the Arts.