78th Season 2011 - 2012 | "Paying It Forward" A Season of Appreciation

Paying It Forward-- A Season of Appreciation

MLT celebrates its 78th season debt-free due to the support of our loyal patrons. In appreciation, we offer you a season filled with music, excitement, comedy, emotion and all of the quality you expect from MLT--- with no increase in price!

*Honky Tonk Angels
– Back by popular demand.
June 17 – 26, 2011
Box Office opens June 13

You loved it…You asked for it…You got it! Angie, Kim and Jenny return as those hilarious, lovable, gutsy Southern songbirds who woo your heart, touch your soul and tickle your funny bone. Make your plans to claim your seats for this potential sell-out.

*Not a regular season production-Membership does not apply
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
July 22 – 31 2011
Box Office opens July 18

The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock 'n' roll, this Old Testament tale emerges both timely and timeless.
Harvey
September 2 – 11, 2011
Box Office opens August 29

Everyone wants to meet Elwood Dowd and his friend Harvey. When they enter a room, strangers soon become friends and people want to share a drink with them. But Harvey is a six-foot invisible rabbit and Elwood’s sister wants him gone. The question is – does the world need another "normal" chap, or more Harveys? A new look at this Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Mary Chase. A celebrated success: This play has become one of the most successful and popular plays ever offered to nonprofessionals.
The Shadow Behind the Flame: The Anjette Lyles Story
October 14 – 23, 2011
Box Office opens October 10

This definitive version of the Anjette Lyles murder case takes you back to her childhood, gets inside her head and listens in on those who observed her behavior. “The Shadow Behind the Flame” answers more that just the “who, what, when and where” of the famous case. Denver Pickard presents a horrifying yet charismatic and gracious lead character whose charm will make you smile while chilling your heart.
The 1940’s Radio Hour
December 2 – 11, 2011
Box Office Opens November 29

Take a musical sentimental journey to a bygone era as you experience this "live" radio broadcast from the Hotel Astor's Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of that era is wonderfully captured. A time when the world was at war and pop music meant "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, “I'll Be Seeing You” and "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" (all of which are in the show). Full of 1940s big-band music, swing dancing, patriotism, and old-fashioned sound effects, The 1940s Radio Hour is a holiday treat for the whole family you won't want to miss.
*The Littlest Angel
Youth Production
December 16 – 18, 2011

This classic Christmas story of a little angel who is transformed from a celestial pest to the toast of the Heavenly Host is brought magically to life in this humorous, touching, and, above all, inspirational youth production. With its timeless, uplifting message, “The Littlest Angel” will provide a holiday treat for the whole family.

*Not a regular season production-Membership does not apply. General seating tickets sold days of performance.
The Foreigner
February 3 – 12, 2012
Box Office opens January 30

Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production. An inspired comic romp, equal in inventive hilarity to the author's classic comedy, The Nerd, the present play enjoyed a sold-out premiere in Milwaukee before moving on to a long run Off-Broadway. Based on what the NY Post describes as a "devilishly clever idea," the play demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English.
Oklahoma!
April 6 – 15, 2012
Box Office opens April 2

Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Featuring such classics as Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’, People will Say We’re in Love and the title song, Oklahoma.
The Dixie Swim Club
May 18 – 27
Box Office opens May 14

Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August at a beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to recharge those relationships. The Dixie Swim Club focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges that life flings at them. And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives they rally ‘round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction. The Dixie Swim Club is the story of these five unforgettable women—a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever.