SEPTEMBER 6 - SEPTMBER 24, 2017Book & Lyrics by Robert Lorick - Music by Dan Goggin

JOHNNY MANHATTAN is an exciting new musical set in a New York City nightclub when places like the Copacabana, The Latin Quarter and El Morroco were filled with socialites and glamorous showgirls. It’s the early 1960s and Johnny, the owner of Johnny Manhat-tan’s has invited his closest friends to a private party for a surprise announcement. Unexpected surprises

abound as relationships clash and secrets are revealed. Book and lyrics by ROBERT LORICK (The Tap Dance

Kid) and music by DAN GOGGIN (The Nunsense Musicals.) Featuring a wonderful original score, you

will find it hard to resist the lure of spending a night at Johnny Manhattan’s.

broadway previewPeriod Musical

JANUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 4, 2018By Katherine DiSavino

Bridget and her grandmother are about to be-come roommates. However, what Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite Nana in New York for the summer quickly turns into an experience she’ll never forget. It seems her sweet grandma is running an illegal boutique from her

apartment, selling hand-made naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five borough area! From

the author of the 2014-15 season hit Things My Mother Taught Me!

Michigan Professional PremiereComedy

MARCH 21 - APRIL 15, 2018By Sharr White

With World War I raging abroad, newly widowed Elizabeth Gaesling gathers her family for their

annual shooting party in rural upstate New York. Elizabeth is forced to confront a new reality as

her eldest son comes to terms with his impending deployment overseas and her younger son discov-

ers that the father they all revered left them deeply in debt. Together, the family must let go of the life

they’ve always known.

The SNOW GEESE

Period Drama

FEBRUARY 14 - MARCH 11, 2018By Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman

Rosemary’s journey starts with her simple Maysville, Kentucky childhood and follows her rise

to Hollywood stardom. With her signature songs woven in and out, we learn both the story of her successes on film, radio, and TV, as well as the

struggles in her personal life - with a career fading during the advent of rock-and-roll and her battles with addiction and depression. Tenderly includes classic standards by Irving Berlin, Jerry Ross and

others - with songs such as Tenderly, Mambo Italiano, Sisters and more.

TenderlyThe Rosemary Clooney Musical

Bio-Musical

APRIL 25 - MAY 20, 2018Conceived, Originally Directed and Choreographed by

FRAN CHARNAS

A classy, sassy musical celebration of the 1930s and ‘40s, THE ALL NIGHT STRUT! struts its stuff in a two act bonanza of the way things were during the Depression, World War II and the post-war boom. From the funky jive of Harlem to the sophisticated

elegance of El Morocco and the romance of the Stage Door Canteen, this is an evening filled with

jazz, blues, bebop and classic songs, such as Chattanooga Choo Choo, Minnie The Moocher,

Ain’t Misbehavin’ and more.1930’s Musical

OCTOBER 4 - OCTOBER 29, 2017By Paul Pörtner

This unique comedy-whodunit takes place today in the “Shear Madness” hair salon and is chock-full of up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor. During the course of the action, a murder is committed and the audience gets to spot the clues, question

the suspects, and solve the funniest mystery in the annals of crime. The outcome is never the same,

which is why many audience members return again and again!

MAY 30 - JUNE 24, 2018Book by Larry McKenna,

Lyrics by Hal David - Music by Burt Bacharach

In this romantic musical comedy, Joe and Lacey were high school sweethearts who drifted apart

when they attended different colleges after gradu-ation. Years later, their paths cross again and Joe devises a clever plan to win Lacey back...with the help of one Burt Bacharach. With songs from the Bacharach and David songbook such as Wishin’ &

Hopin’, I Say a Little Prayer, Do You Know the Way to San Jose and many more.

Burt & Me

NOVEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 24, 2017By Charles Dickens

Adaptation and Original Staging by Charles Nolte

Everyone’s favorite holiday classic captivates audiences for the 36th year with the tale of a

mean-spirited miser and the ghosts that haunt him.

Celebrating 36 years of holiday magic!

Holiday Classic

A Christmas Carol

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