2016 - 2017 SEASON
"Next to Normal"
August 19 - 21, 2016Music by Tom Kitt
Lyrics & Book by Brian Yorkey Next to Normal concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness and the attempts to alleviate it have on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and the underbelly of suburban life. Next to Normal received several workshop performances before it debuted Off-Broadway in 2008, winning the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Score and receiving nominations for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actress (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Score. The musical opened on Broadway in April 2009. It was nominated for eleven 2009 Tony Awards and won three, Best Original Score, Best Orchestration and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Alice Ripley. It also won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, becoming just the eighth musical in history to receive the honor. The previous musical to win the Pulitzer was Rent, in 1996, which was also directed by Michael Greif. In awarding the prize to Kitt and Yorkey, the Pulitzer Board called the show "a powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals."
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"The Wizard of Oz"
DECEMBER 09 - 11, 2016by L. Frank Baum
Music & Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg This classic tale, in which a Kansas farm girl travels over the rainbow to discover the magical power of home, has been entertaining audiences for generations. Including the unforgettable songs "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead," "We're Off to See The Wizard," and many more, The Wizard of Oz is sure to delight audience members of all ages!
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"Steel Magnolias"
March 10 - 12, 2017
by Robert Harling
Steel Magnolias is a comedy–drama play about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana. Written by Robert Harling, based on his experience with his sister's death. The title suggests the "female characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel". The magnolia specifically references a magnolia tree they are arguing about at the beginning.
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"Jesus Christ Superstar"
May 5 - 7, 2017
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started as a rock opera concept album before its first staging on Broadway in 1971. The musical is sung-through, with no spoken dialogue. The Story is loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the last week of Jesus's life, beginning with the preparation for the arrival of Jesus and his disciples in Jerusalem and ending with the crucifixion. It highlights political and interpersonal struggles between Judas Iscariot and Jesus that are not in the Bible narratives. The work's depiction offers a free interpretation of the psychology of Jesus and the other characters. A large part of the plot focuses on the character of Judas, who is depicted as a tragic figure dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus steers his disciples. Contemporary attitudes and sensibilities, as well as slang, pervade the lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the depiction of political events.
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*programming subject to change, without notice
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OFFICE: (607) 432-1800 BOX OFFICE: (607) 432-9392 FAX: (607) 436-9682
E-MAIL: orpheus@orpheustheatre.org
