Musical Theatre Southwest announces the
2013 MTSeason of Love & Romance
Romance
Romance
A Valentine's Cabaret Script by: Lee RameyArtistic Director: Vicki Marie Singer
Music Director: Lina Ramos
Choreographer: Stephanie Burch
Costume Design: Elizabeth Rathburn & Gayle Smart
Musical Theatre Southwest is pleased to give you Romance—A Valentine’s Cabaret, featuring some of the best musical theatre talent in Albuquerque. With the lights dimmed and the stars on stage, you will be presented with song after memorable song which may bring a smile to your face, a tear to your eye, a tug on your heartstrings or leave you laughing out loud.
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February 14 - 17, 2013
Thursday – Saturday 8pm, Sunday 2pm
at the Center for Theatre Black Box
Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity
Book by Neil Simon
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Plaiano
Produced for the Broadway Stage by Fryer, Carr and Harris
Conceived, Staged and Choreographed by Bob Fosse
Directed by Robb A. Sisneros
Have you ever known a girl who wanted something so badly, that she tried too hard to get it? Meet Charity, the girl who wants to be loved so much, that she has lost sight of who she is. Charity sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances with the "animal magnetism" hero, the "ultra-chic continental" hero, and the "impossible-to believe-but-he's-better than nothing" type hero. Her world is the all too real world of Times Square, and the people who pass through her world are as deceptively charming a group as ever swept across any stage. From her cynical, hard-core trio of girlfriends at the dance hall, to the phony evangelist, the Coney Island "fun people", the Central Park "strollers" and the YMHA "self- improvers," every character is interesting. This is a bright and sophisticated show in every sense. Cy Coleman has captured the rhythms and sounds, and Dorothy Fields the vernacular and fun of New York. It's a comedy in every sense of the word. Neil Simon has a particular talent for looking at the truly amusing side of life. It's a dancing show too, with great opportunity for use of dramatic movement. Wonderful musical numbers include Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Too Many Tomorrows, There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This, I'm a Brass Band and Baby, Dream Your Dream.
April 12 - 28, 2013
at the African-American Performing Arts Center
The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game
Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell
Music and Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Based on the novel 7 1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell
Directed by Terry Davis
The dangers of a workplace romance are explored to hysterical effect in this romantic comedy (from the creators of DAMN YANKEES). Conditions at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything but peaceful, as sparks fly between new superintendent Sid Sorokin and Babe Williams, leader of the union grievance committee. Their stormy relationship comes to a head when the workers strike for a 7 and a half cent pay increase, setting off not only a conflict between management and labor, but a battle of the sexes as well.
Bright and brassy, this unconventional, fast-paced Broadway favorite is every bit the embodiment of legendary director George Abbott at his very best. The energetic score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross is brimming with songs and dances, which have become popular and musical theatre standards (among them Hey There, Steam Heat and Hernando's Hideaway) and features plenty of splashy and fun production numbers. For solid, classic musical comedy, it's hard to beat THE PAJAMA GAME!
July 26 - August 18, 2013
at the Center for Theatre Black Box
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond
Directed by Hal Simons
The rare instance of a musical thriller, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!
Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, SWEENEY TODD nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next.
At the show's core is a challenging score of epic proportion with two tasty tour de force roles in Sweeney and his comic female accomplice Mrs. Lovett. Although it has been extremely popular with opera companies and in concert presentation, SWEENEY TODD is equally effective as an intimate chamber musical.
October 18 - November 10, 2013
at the Center for Theatre Black Box
Barnum
Barnum
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by Michael Stewart
Book by Mark Bramble
Directed by Dan Yurgaitis
BARNUM is based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum, covering the period from 1835 through 1880 in America and major cities of the world where Barnum took his performing companies. The production combines elements of traditional musical theater with the spectacle of the circus. The characters include jugglers, trapeze artists, sideshow wonders and clowns, as well as such real-life personalities as Jenny Lind and Tom Thumb. The show earned 10 Tony Award nominations in 1980.
December 13 - 29, 2013
at the African American Performing Arts Center
