Category Archives: Plays & Musicals

Current, Plays & Musicals, Productions

Something Rotten!

Something Rotten June 21-30, 2024 at MLTlive.org
Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell
Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick

“Something Rotten! is a hysterical, joyous celebration of everything you love about Broadway.”
Stageagent.com

Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten.  Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Something Rotten was lauded by audience members and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years”.

Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.

Produced by Ariel Sargent
Directed by Katie Meuse
Music Direction by David Flowers
Choreography by Erin Pelikhov

June 21-30, 2024

SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com

Past, Plays & Musicals

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

A play by
Joseph Kesselring

A black comedy revolving around the Brewster family, descended from the Mayflower settlers but now composed of maniacs, most of them homicidal.  Great fun, perfect for October.

Produced by David Foye
Directed by Honorah Tinti

October 6, 7 & 8 performances are sold out.

Arsenic-Program-Web-versionDownload

The Cast

Dr. HarperAimeeOliver
Martha BrewsterTrudiOlivetti
Mortimer BrewsterAndrewHankinson
Officer O’HaraMarkRolli
Abby BrewsterBettyLautner
ElaineAlixBigley
Officer KleinJPGiuliotti
Teddy BrewsterVictorBrandalise
Dr. EinsteinStephenTurner
Lt. RooneyDavidScannell
Officer BrophyTimothyKenslea
JonathanDomPappagallo

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Past, Plays & Musicals, Productions

The Great Gatsby: An American Musical

The World Premiere Production

Book and Lyrics by Fred Anthony Marco
Music by Frank Schiro

Produced by Andrew Barnett, Steve Black, and Doug Hill
Directed by Alexandra Dietrich
Music Directed by David Flowers
Choreography by Will Fafard

Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved classic.  Come relive the story of the great American novel told through the lens of the great American art form – the musical. Come visit the dazzling coastal reaches, the ‘Eggs’ of Long Island, during the days of excess and glamor of 1922. For more information on the work, please click here.

Nine performances – ALL Performances are SOLD OUT

June 23, 24, 29, 30, July 1 at 7:30 pm
June 24, 25, July 1, 2 at 2:00 pm
Marblehead Little Theatre, 12 School Street, Marblehead

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The cast of the
The Great Gatsby, An American Musical

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Nick Carraway –Keith Robinson
James Gatz/Jay Gatsby –James White
Daisy Buchanan –Michelle Moran
Jordan Baker –Erin Anderson
Tom Buchanan –Howie Reith
George Wilson –AJ Macrina
Myrtle WIlson –Ariel Sargeant
Ensemble & Dan Cody/William –Aaron Swiniuch
Ensemble & Meyer Wolfsheim/Gangster –Mark Shasha
Ensemble & Michaelis/Henry Gatz/Geezer –David Foye
Ensemble & Owl Eyes/Young Man/Man from Crowd –TBD
Ensemble & Rodney/Bandleader/Police Officer –Allan MacTaylor
Ensemble & Flapper & His Date/Woman from Crowd –Erin Pelikhov
Ensemble & Flapper & Evie –Lizzie Schwarze
Ensemble & Flapper & Penny –Abbie Burchard
Ensemble & Molls & Flapper –Ashley Royer
Ensemble & Molls & Flapper –Bridget Saunders
Ensemble & Doris –Julia Nelson
Ensemble & Sharleen –Stephanie Mann
Ensemble & Lucille –Lauren Schultes
Ensemble & Pearl –Meghan Lynch

Past, Plays & Musicals

Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite by Neil Simon

PLAZA SUITE
by Neil Simon

Directed by Steve Black
Assoc Director Katie Meuse

Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza.

A suburban couple takes the suite while their house is being painted and it turns out to be the one in which they honeymooned 23 (or was it 24?) years before and was yesterday the anniversary, or is it today?

This wry tale of marriage in tatters is followed by the exploits of a Hollywood producer who, after three marriages, is looking for fresh fields. He calls a childhood sweetheart, now a suburban housewife, for a little sexual diversion. Over the years she has idolized him from afar and is now more than the match he bargained for.

The last couple is a mother and father fighting about the best way to get their daughter out of the bathroom and down to the ballroom where guests await her or as Mother yells, “I want you to come out of that bathroom and get married!” 

Performances at Marblehead Little Theatre,
12 School Street, Marblehead

March 24, 25, 30, 31 & April 1 at 7:30 pm
March 26 & April 1, 2 at 2:00 pm

The Cast
Sam Nash, Jesse Kiplinger, and Roy Hubley Gary Ames
Karen Nash, Muriel Tate and Norma Hubley Stanis Ames
Waiter Mark Rolli
Jean McCormack/Mimsey Hubley Julia Arey
Bellhop/Borden Eisler Jacob DeFillipo

“Plaza Suite” is presented be arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French , Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Past, Plays & Musicals, Productions

Tuck Everlasting

What would you do if you had all eternity? 

Produced by Erin Pelikhov and Ted Merritt
Directed by Trudi Olivetti
Music Direction by Thom Smoker
Choreographed by Will Fafard

Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence, but not until she becomes unexpectedly entwined with the Tuck Family does she get more than she could have imagined. When Winnie learns of the magic behind the Tuck’s unending youth, she must fight to protect their secret from those who would do anything for a chance at eternal life. As her adventure unfolds, Winnie faces an extraordinary choice: return to her life or continue with the Tucks on their infinite journey.

Tuck Everlasting On-line Program

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The Cast
Winnie Foster Emilia Tagliani
Betsy Foster Molly Brierley
Nana Linda Jones
Mae Tuck Allison Russell
Angus Tuck Andrew Hankinson
Jesse Tuck Braden Foley
Miles Tuck AJ Macrina
Constable Joe David Foye
Hugo Brendan Johnson
The Man in the Yellow Suit Dom Pappagallo
Ensemble:
Ts Burnham (dancer) Catherine Bisi (dancer)
June Gambale (dancer) Hannah Gearan
Holly Inman (dancer) Allan MacTaylor
Rebecca Millman Jack Newton (dancer)
Gene Pelikhov (dancer) Brooke Shelley (dancer)
Amelia Smith Carol Weekley
Sarah Wolman (dancer)

TUCK EVERLASTING is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals www.concordtheatricals.com