SHOWTUNES Production History

NINE

  • Book by Arthur Kopit
  • Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston
  • Adapted from the Italian by Mario Fratti
  • Based on Fellini’s 8½
  • Directed by David Hunter Koch
  • Music Direction by Mark Rabe
Poor Guido Contini is dreading his 40th birthday and facing a midlife crisis – his creative impulses are blocked and he’s caught in a web of romantic difficulties.  At least … [Read more...]

The Fantasticks

  • Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
  • Music by Harvey Schmidt
  • Directed by David Bennett
  • Music Direction by Linda Dowdell
The Fantasticks  is the longest-running musical in the world – but have YOU ever seen a professional production?  Come enjoy this funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl, two fathers and a wall.  In this moving show, the boy and girl fall in love, grow … [Read more...]

High Society

  • Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
  • Book by Arthur Kopit; Additional Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
  • Based on the play “The Philadelphia Story” by Phillip Barry
  • Directed by David Hunter Koch
  • Music Direction by Mark Rabe

Wealthy socialite Tracy Lord is planning a … [Read more...]

Miracle On 34th Street – The Musical

  • Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson
  • Based on the 20th Century Fox Picture with
  • Story by Valentine Davies and Screenplay by George Seaton
  • Directed by Allison Narver
  • Music Direction by Scott Warrender

Kris Kringle takes on the cynics among us in this musical adaptation of the popular holiday favorite. In his inimitable style, Meredith Willson (THE … [Read more...]

Singin’ In The Rain

Saturday, May 11 at 8 pm Sunday, May 12 at 2 pm

  • Book by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
  • Songs by Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed
  • Directed by David Hunter Koch
  • Music Direction by Mark Rabe
Adapted by the screenwriters from the 1952 movie of the same name, the stage version debuted on Broadway in 1985, and the plot closely adheres to the original. Set in Hollywood in the … [Read more...]

Falsettos

Saturday, February 2, at 8 pm Sunday, February 3 at 2 pm

  • Book by James Lapine and William Finn
  • Music & Lyrics by William Finn
  • Directed by Victor Pappas
  • Music Direction by Mark Rabe
This landmark, Tony-award-winning musical (Best Book and Best Score, 1992) tells the story of Marvin, who leaves his wife and child for a male lover, and the extended family's attempts to endure … [Read more...]

The Broadway Revues

May 5 and 6, 2012

  • Conceived & Written by Martin Charnin
  • The Moore Theatre
  • Directed by Martin Charnin
  • Music Direction by Suzanne Grant
… [Read more...]

Real To Reel – From the Stage to the Silver Screen

January 28 and 29, 2012

  • Conceived & Written by Martin Charnin
  • The Moore Theatre
  • Directed by Martin Charnin
  • Music Direction by Dwight Beckmeyer
… [Read more...]

George M! The Life and Songs of George M. Cohan

June 4 and 5, 2011

  • Music & Lyrics by George M. Cohan
  • Book by Michael Stewart and John & Francine Pascal
  • Lyrics and Musical Revisions by Mary Cohan
  • The Moore Theatre
  • Directed by David Hunter Koch
  • Music Direction by Mark Rabe
… [Read more...]

The Melody Lingers On: The Songs of Irving Berlin

February 5 and 6, 2011

  • Dialogue taken from the book “Irving Berlin, A Daughter’s Memoir” by Mary Ellin Barrett
  • Script Continuity by Tom Briggs
  • Orchestrations & Vocal Arrangements by Donald Johnston
  • Conceived by Karen Baker
  • The Moore Theatre
  • Directed by Martin Charnin
  • Music Direction by Mark Rabe
… [Read more...]