2013-2014 Season -
Celebrating 38
Years Old Courthouse
Theatresm
presents
Bus Stop
By
William Inge
PG
Performances:
August 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 2013 @ 8pm
August 4,
11, 18 @ 2:30pm
Sunday Matinee
It is March and
five bus passengers are
stranded in the middle of
the night at a diner, 25
miles west of Kansas City,
Missouri. Among the
passengers is Cherie, a
young night club singer
trying to avoid the advances
of Bo, a brash young cowboy
that has decided he is going
to marry Cherie and take her
home to his ranch in
Montana.
Bus Stop received 4 Tony
nominations including one
for Best Play.
"Mr. Inge has put together
an uproarious comedy that
never strays from the truth.
—NY Times.
It is the turn of the
20th century and Dolly Levi is a
matchmaker, among many other
jobs, and Dolly has been hired
by Horace Vandergelder, the
well-known half-a-millionaire,
to find him a wife. Dolly soon
decides she should be his wife
and sets about a plan to get
Vandergelder to reach the same
conclusion.
"Hello, Dolly!" was the winner
of 10 Tony awards during its
initial 1964 Broadway run,
including Best Musical! In 1996
it won the Tony for Best Revival
of a Musical.
Twas the Night
Before Christmas
by Ken Ludwig
G
Performances:
December 5, 6, 7, 13, 14,
20, 21, 2013
@ 8pm
December 7, 14, 21 @
2:30pm - Saturday
Matinee December
8 & 15
@ 2:30pm -
Sunday
Matinee
Brand
new from Ken Ludwig!
"'Twas the night
before Christmas, when all
through the house, not a
creature was stirring, not even
a mouse." But wait! A mouse is
stirring - because Santa missed
his house last year. Before you
can say "Merry Christmas!",
we're off on the wild adventures
of a mouse, an elf, and a spunky
little girl who just won't take
no for an answer. Don't miss
this joyful tribute to the
holiday season!
“Such a playful spirit romps
through Twas the Night Before
Christmas, you might think the
show itself was a product of
Santa’s workshop." - The
Washington Post
“A grand Christmas adventure,
filled with schemes,
confrontations, mistaken
identities, bravery, and all
things naughty and nice!... this
journey is an exciting one that
I
guarantee your children will
love!.” - Maryland Theatre Guide
One of Tennessee
William's most highly regarded
works!
A play that is profoundly
affecting, set in Glorious Hill,
Mississippi at the turn of the
century, SUMMER AND SMOKE is a
simple love story of a somewhat
puritanical Southern girl and an
unpuritanical young doctor. Each
is basically attracted to the
other but can they over come
their divergent attitudes toward
life to find love and happiness
together?
“… a rarefied example of the
playwright's incomparable
style…”-
New York Times
Tintypes
Book by Gary
Pearle and Mary Kyte and Mel
Marvin
Music by Various;
Lyrics by Various
The growing pains
of a nation are chronicled in
this grand pageant of
pre-World War I America--told
in the exuberant words and
music of the day.
Like RAGTIME, this nostalgic
revue takes us back to turn of
the century America.
The story of immigrants, new
rights, the expansion of
America and the changing times
of 1890 to 1917 blaze to life
in a tuneful, high-spirited
brew of popular songs of the
day.
The score, featuring works by
George M. Cohan, John Philip
Sousa, Joseph E. Howard, Scott
Joplin, and Victor Herbert,
among others, is a blend of
the patriotic songs, romantic
tunes, and ragtime popular
during the era.
'’...'Tintypes'' is a top
example of the small-scale
musical …" - New York Times
