Season 2012 - 2013
The Drowsy Chaperone
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre
If you’ve ever sat in a dark theatre and thought, “Dear Lord in Heaven, please let it be good,” then The Drowsy Chaperone is for you! Pat Sajak, host of TV’s Wheel of Fortune, returns to Connecticut Repertory Theatre as the fervent musical theatre fan who plays his favorite cast album from the roaring twenties on his record player, which causes the frothy jazz age musical to burst to life around him in his living room. It tells the charming, bubbly, and slightly wacky tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. This five-time Tony Award-winning musical will also star, as “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Tony Award nominee Liz Larsen, who CRT audiences loved last year as a Pigeon sister in The Odd Couple. With one show stopping song and dazzling dance after another, it is no wonder New York Magazine called The Drowsy Chaperone “The Perfect Broadway Musical.”
Thursday June 6, 7:30 pm - Preview
Friday June 7, 8:00 pm - Opening Night
Saturday June 8, 2:00 pm
Saturday June 8, 8:00 pm
Sunday June 9, 2:00 pm
Tuesday June 11, 7:30 pm
Wednesday June 12, 7:30 pm
Thursday June 13, 7:30 pm
Friday June 14, 8:00 pm
Saturday June 15, 2:00 pm
Saturday June 15, 8:00 pm
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre
Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone: a comedy tonight! is the promise of Broadway’s most loved musical farce. Steve Hayes, last season’s hilarious Modern Major General in The Pirates of Penzance, will lead the company as the Roman slave who attempts to win his freedom by helping his master woo the pretty girl next door. But the road to romance is never smooth, as our crafty hero dodges a riotous succession of stunning surprises, mistaken identities, wild chases, bawdy humor, and zany characters—all in the pursuit of love and freedom! This fast-paced, witty and irreverent romp features infectious tunes and laugh out loud lyrics by musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum may be a 50 year-old musical based on 2000 year-old plays, but it remains a breath of fresh comic air, perfect for a summer evening!
Thursday June 20, 7:30 pm - Preview
Friday June 21, 8:00 pm - Opening Night
Saturday June 22, 2:00 pm
Saturday June 22, 8:00 pm
Sunday June 23, 2:00 pm
Tuesday June 25, 7:30 pm
Wednesday June 26, 7:30 pm
Thursday June 27, 7:30 pm
Friday June 28, 8:00 pm
Saturday June 29, 2:00 pm
Saturday June 29, 8:00 pm
Sunday June 30 2013, 2:00 pm
The Music Man
Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre
We end our summer season with Meredith Willson’s timeless Broadway musical classic The Music Man. Starring Barrett Foa, who stars as Eric Beale in the hit TV series NCIS: Los Angeles, as Harold Hill. Full of heart, wit, and oceans of beautiful music, the story opens on the 4th of July, 1912, in River City, Iowa. Oh, there is trouble my friends, right here in River City, and Professor Harold Hill has the antidote—an all-boys marching band. But Marian the Librarian sees through his schemes, at least until she falls in love with the irrepressible con artist and he becomes the one thing he fears the most: a respectable citizen! Overflowing with a parade of tunes including “Goodnight, My Someone,” “Gary, Indiana,” “Till There Was You” and, of course, “Seventy-Six Trombones,” The Music Man is thrillingly and tunefully nostalgic.
Thursday July 11, 7:30 pm - Preview
Friday July 12, 8:00 pm - Opening Night
Saturday July 13, 2:00 pm
Saturday July 13, 8:00 pm
Sunday July 14, 2:00 pm
Tuesday July 16, 7:30 pm
Wednesday July 17, 7:30 pm
Thursday July 18, 7:30 pm
Friday July 19, 8:00 pm
Saturday July 20, 2:00 pm
Saturday July 20, 8:00 pm
Sunday July 21 2013, 2:00 pm
