Atlanta Lyric Theatre presented Smokey Joe’s Café to fabulous fanfare at The Strand in January of 2009Atlanta Lyric Theatre 2010-2011 Season!
Hairspray
July 23 – August 8, 2010
Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction and Best Male and Female Lead to name a few, it’s “Hairspray!” The year is 1962 and Baltimore’s Tracy Turnblad is going to do whatever it takes to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a big girl with big dreams–and even bigger hair–turn the whole town around and still have time to win the boy she loves? Don’t miss this dancing, romancing musical-comedy treat based on John Waters’ 1988 film classic, with a book by Mark O’Donnell and two-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan and a brand-new score by five-time Oscar-nominee Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
*”Hairspray” is not part of the season subscription package.
The Music Man
September 17 – October 3, 2010
An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall. This Tony Award-winning, critically acclaimed Broadway classic is an all-American institution, thanks to its one-of-a-kind, nostalgic score of rousing marches (“Seventy-Six Trombones”), barbershop become popular standards.
Glenn Rainey Blue-Eyed Soul
September 26, 2010 @ 7pm
Blue-Eyed Soul is the creation of Broadway’s Glenn Rainey, featuring music that shaped the Georgia native’s career. Direct from New York’s Triad Theatre, Blue-Eyed Soul features some of the greatest soul, rhythm and blues, and pop songs ever written and performed by such artists as Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Elton John and many others to include favorites like “Georgia On My Mind”, “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay”, and “Signed, Sealed Delivered,” as well as some classic gospel songs. Backed up by the “Rainettes” and members of the Atlanta Lyric Orchestra, this is a tuneful, soulful songfest you won’t want to miss!
*”Glenn Rainey Blue-Eyed Soul” is not part of the season subscription package.
42nd Street
December 3 – 19, 2010
The Tony Award-winning 42nd Street is an all singing, all dancing extravaganza inspired by the 1933 Busby Berkeley film of the same name. Fresh off the bus from Allentown and ready to take Broadway by storm at the height of the Great Depression, Peggy Sawyer catches the eye of veteran producer Julian Marsh. When the leading lady of his new production falls ill, Peggy gets her big break and becomes a big star. Featuring a score of standards such as “We’re in the Money,“ “Shuffle Off to Buffalo,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” and “42nd Street,” this splashy Broadway musical will have you tapping in the aisles and humming right along!
Leader of the Pack
February 18 – March 6, 2011
This hit Broadway musical revue celebrates the life and times of Ellie Greenwich, whose doo wop sounds skyrocketed to the top of the sixties charts. The story of Ellie’s rise to fame and fortune is punctuated with the virtual Hit Parade of her music: “Chapel of Love,” “Da Do Ron Ron,” “Be My Baby,” “Hanky Panky,” Do Wah Diddy,” “And Then He Kissed Me,” “River Deep. Mountain High” and, of course, the title song. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest songs of all time included six by Ellie and her husband and writing partner, Jeff Barry – more than by any other songwriting team. A member of the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Ellie Greenwich’s songs have earned more than 25 gold and platinum records, sales in the tens of millions, and 33 BMI Awards.
The Mikado
April 15 – May 1, 2011
Gilbert and Sullivan are the undisputed masters of comic operetta and the proud parents of the modern musical. That their works are more in demand today than when they were created over a century ago is ample proof of their lasting brilliance. The hapless lovers in The Mikado are mercilessly buffeted by social restrictions, legal inconsistencies, judicial inequities, government stupidities, and that’s just the first act! Poor dears – it would be absolutely tragic if it weren’t so hysterically funny.
Rent
June 10 – 26, 2011
Rent is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini’s opera “La Bohème.” The musical follows a year in the lives of seven friends living in the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York’s Alphabet City located in the East Village. As the impoverished artists deal with their daily struggles, tragedy hits, and the love they share embodies their lives. The music, characters and story of Rent celebrate love, diversity and the power of friendship, as shown through the musical’s signature song, “Seasons of Love.” This blockbuster show will truly inspire and move any audience.
*Season titles and dates subject to change.
Tickets range from $35 to $38 and season ticket packages are available through The Lyric box office at (404) 377-9948 or www.atlantalyrictheatre.com along with a detailed schedule.
*Season titles and dates subject to change.
