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| Our 2007-2008 Season |
Our 2007-2008 Season
 September 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2007 The world’s greatest love story takes to the streets in this landmark Broadway musical that is one of the theatre’s finest accomplishments. Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” is transported to modern-day New York City, as two young idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the “American” Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of our time.
Based on Conception of: Jerome Robbins
 March 29, 30, April 4, 5, 6, 2008 Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes centerstage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. "Annie" is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
Book by: Thomas Meehan |
 November 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 2007 The Diary of Anne Frank was a dramatization of the book Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, the personal account of a teenage Jewish girl in hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. The diary, first published in the U.S. in 1952 and considered one of the most single important documents of World War II, has been translated into 55 languages and has captured the hearts of readers all over the world. It was first made into a play in 1955 by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Winner of the 1956 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Critics Circle Award, and virtually every other coveted prize of the theatre.
Dramatized By: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
 May 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 2008 “Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl…” Barry Manilow’s Grammy Award-winning song you never forgot is now brought to life onstage! A love letter to the Technicolor® musicals of the 1940s, “Barry Manilow’s Copacabana” presents the story of Lola as told through the eyes of Stephen, a present day aspiring songwriter whose imagination takes him back to a time when “music and passion were always in fashion.” He dreams up Lola, fresh off the plane from Tulsa, who arrives in New York with show-biz aspirations. Tony (who looks amazingly like Stephen!) is a bartender/composer who falls in love with Lola and helps her become a Copa girl. While performing, Lola attracts the amorous attentions of Rico (who wears a diamond). Rico abducts Lola and takes her to his rival nightclub in Havana. Tony, with the help of his Copacabana friends, must now rescue Lola before… well, even if you know the song, there are still a few surprises!
Book by: Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman |
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Little Theater of Wilkes-Barre |