Theatre Charlotte’s 2010-2011 Season Announced!

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Leapin’ Lizards! One of the world’s best-loved musicals is back! Annie is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her at a NYC orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. In one adventure after another, Annie foils Miss Hannigan’s evil plans, becomes friends with President Franklin Roosevelt and finds a new family and home with billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy. With its upbeat ending and bright, tuneful score, it’s no wonder this heartwarming show has become an international sensation.

Recommended for the entire family. See above calendar for show times.

Auditions

All the ladies who are “anybody” in Chinquapin, Louisiana have their hair done at Truvy’s beauty salon. Helped by her new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoo and advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser; Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” This popular play, with its eccentric characters and gossipy dialogue, is hilarious and touching— and in the end, deeply moving.

Recommended for ages 13 and older. See above calendar for show times.

THE GRADUATE brings one of the most popular films of all time vividly to life on the stage. Benjamin Braddock has recently graduated college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his “Homecoming” party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father’s business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. Complications ensue when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson’s daughter. A bittersweet comedy that is rich, textured and funny.

Recommended for ages 16 and up (mature themes and language). See above calendar for show times.

Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura. Tom is driven to distraction by his mother’s nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the make-believe world of movies. Laura is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother’s anxiety to see her married, has driven her more and more into herself. Tom invites an acquaintance for dinner with the family. Amanda pounces on the gentleman caller as a possible husband for Laura. One of the American theatre’s best plays, The Glass Menagerie is a drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty.

Recommended for ages 13 and up. See above calendar for show times.

The 1996 Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical is based loosely on Puccini’s opera La Bohème. It follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the Bohemian lifestyle in New York’s East Village. AIDS and both its physical and emotional complications pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, Angel, Maureen, Benjamin and Mark. Winner of the 1996 Tony Award, Rent is credited with bringing a new generation to musical theatre. The reality of the story and the quality of the show’s rock tunes are as powerful a combination now as they were when the show first appeared on Broadway.

Recommended for ages 16 and up (mature themes and language). See above calendar for show times. 

Theatre Charlotte’s Holiday Tradition
Not included in the Main Stage Season Ticket Plans

A Christmas Carol
Adapted by John Jakes from the novel by Charles Dickens
Adults $20; Seniors $15; Students (age 12 through college) $10; Children (11 and under) $7 

This version captures the magic and mystique of the Dickens’ original. At the opening, Charles Dickens is introduced to the audience, ready to present a reading of his popular “A Christmas Carol.” As he begins, the story unfolds on stage around him: the classic tale of the hard-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas and is visited by the ghost of his late partner, Jacob Marley. Marley urges scrooge to change his ways. This visit is followed by the appearances of three other ghosts—the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future. These spirits gradually warm old Scrooge’s heart, as well as ours.

Recommended for the entire family. See above calendar for show times.