Director & Choreographer
Andrew Sakaguchi
Musical Director
Alethea Train
Book
Larry L. King & Peter Masterson
Music & Lyrics
Carol Hall
Originally Produced On New York Stage
Stevie Philips
In Association With
Universal Pictures
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
September 21 to October 7, 2007
This happy go lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona’s cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.
Musical Highlights
“Twenty-four Hours of Lovin”, “Hard Candy Christmas”, and “The Aggie Song”.
Director & Choreographer
Greg Zane
Musical Director
Emmett Yoshioka
Music
Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane
Book
Hugh Wheeler
Based On
“The Kensington Stories’ By Sally Benson
And The MGM Motion Picture ‘Meet Me In St. Louis’
Meet Me in St. Louis
November 30 to December 16, 2007
Based on the heartwarming movie, Meet Me in St. Louis is a rare treasure in the musical theater world. Join the Smith family (Esther, Tootie, Grandpa et al) at the 1904 World’s Fair, and see how their love and respect for each other is tempered with the genuine humor that can only be generated by such a special family. Like the 1944 film, the stage version features a magical score of memorable musical numbers, including: “The Boy Next Door,” “The Trolley Song,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and several songs created especially for the stage version of this celebrated Family Classic!
Director
Rob Duval
A Comedy
Neil Simon
Barefoot in the Park
February 1 to February 17, 2008
After a six day honeymoon, a spanking new lawyer, who has just won his first case, and his young bride, who is as pretty and addled as they come, move into the new, high rent apartment that she has chosen for them. But the difficulty is, in order to enjoy the charming character of this apartment; one has to climb six wheezing flights. And the apartment is absolutely bare of furniture, the paint job came out all wrong, the skylight leaks snow, and there isn’t room for a double bed. The situation is enough to break the heart and burst the lungs of any stylish young lawyer; and indeed it does, on the night he flatly refuses to join his wife in a barefoot walk through the snow in the park.
Director & Choreographer
Greg Zane
Musical Director
Judy Yoshioka
Based On A Novel
C.Y. Lee
Music
Richard Rodgers
Lyrics
Oscar Hammerstein II
Original Book Text
Oscar Hammerstein II And Joseph Fields
Book
David Henry Hwang
Flower Drum Song
March 21 to April 6, 2008
Revived and rewritten for Broadway in 2002, the David Hwang version of Flower Drum Song maintains its beloved songs, but updates the storyline with delightful results. In San Francisco’s Chinatown, Chinese immigrants struggle to find their identity in their new country. Some are more successful than others. One recent arrival is Mei-Li who escaped Communist China for a new life in America. She arrives, hoping to sing at the Golden Pearl, a theatre specializing in Chinese opera. The owner’s son, Ta, however has a more Americanized theatre in mind. Mei-Li, disappointed and disenchanted, makes plans to move to Hong Kong but a last minute plea by Ta could change her mind.
Musical Highlights
“A Hundred Million Miracles”, “I Am Going to Like It Here”, and “I Enjoy Being a Girl”.
Director & Choreographer
John Rampage
Musical Director
Emmett Yoshioka
A Musical
Mel Brooks
Based On A Novel
Mel Brooks
Music & Lyrics
Mel Brooks
By Special Agreement With
StudioCanal
The Producers
May 16 – June 1, 2008
Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult comedy film. Now as a big Broadway musical, The Producers once again sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humor. It is a truly “boffo” hit, winning a record twelve Tony® Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night.
The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all “little old ladies”) out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive “Springtime For Hitler”), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends.
With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (Annie) and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks, The Producers skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an “equal opportunity offender!”
Director & Choreographer
John Rampage
Musical Director
Emmett Yoshioka
A Musical
Mel Brooks
Based On A Novel
Mel Brooks
Music & Lyrics
Mel Brooks
By Special Agreement With
StudioCanal
The Wizard of Oz
May 16 – June 1, 2008
Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult comedy film. Now as a big Broadway musical, The Producers once again sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humor. It is a truly “boffo” hit, winning a record twelve Tony® Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night.
The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all “little old ladies”) out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive “Springtime For Hitler”), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends.
With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (Annie) and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks, The Producers skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an “equal opportunity offender!”