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Announcing our spectacular 2011-2012 Season!
Call the Mesa Arts Center Box Office (480-644-6500) for tickets and season subscriptions!
~ Click here for Official Season Brochure ~
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph, his father's favorite son, is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, Joseph endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are continually challenged. Finally it all leads to a heartfelt reconciliation of the sons of Israel. Set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop, a riotious Elvis impersonation, and rock 'n' roll, |
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this Old Testament tale emerges both timely and timeless. The current season marks 30 years since the show’s Broadway debut. MET is happy to include a wonderful children’s chorus and our fantastic band in this, our opening show of our 75th Season! Produced in cooperation with Rodgers & Hammerstein.
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as 'the relationship.' Act I explores the journey from dating and waiting for love and marriage, while Act II reveals the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car and pick-up techniques of the geriatric set. This hilarious revue pays tribute to those who have loved and lost, to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance, to those who have dared to ask, 'Say, what are you doing Saturday night?' I LOVE YOU is intended for older teens and adults. Mesa ENCORE Theatre is proud to present an “ENCORE” performance of its most popular show ever. Produced in cooperation with Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Proof Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, PROOF is a compelling drama about love, reconciliation, and a mathematical proof. Catherine, an enigmatic young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father. On the eve of her 25th birthday, she is trying to juggle the return of her estranged sister, a new romance, and the discovery of a mysterious notebook. Over the following weekend, Catherine must solve the most difficult problem of all: Has she inherited her father's madness, his genius, or both? Produced in cooperation with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
A CHRISTMAS STORY is an affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American Family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana. The play, made into one of the most-watched Christmas films of our time, is based on the autobiographical stories of Jean Shepherd growing up in Indiana. It's Christmas time and there's only one thing on Ralphie Parker's Christmas list this year- a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle- but many obstacles stand in the way of his dream, because every adult that he confronts keeps telling him he'll shoot his eye out. Meanwhile, the Old Man just got a major award (a lamp shaped like a woman's leg), and Mom is making sure the Old Man doesn't come near her turkey. Christmas is drawing nearer and Ralphie visits Santa at the department store in hopes of asking him for his dream gift. Will he receive it? Let's hope so! Produced in cooperation with Dramatic Publishing, Inc.
Often referred to as the greatest musical of all time, WEST SIDE STORY is the immortal story of two star-crossed lovers caught in a turf war of rival ethnic gangs. This ground breaking, dynamic, and unforgettable musical features the classic Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim songs Tonight, America, Maria, and Somewhere. Celebrating it's 50th anniversary, West Side Story hauntingly paints a picture as relevant today as it was when it originally opened on Broadway.
Called by Time Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimed musical won 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and won both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score. RAGTIME is not only a powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America, but a relevant tale for today. Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens ("Once On This Island," "Seussical," "Lucky Stiff"), noted playwright Terrence McNally, ("Kiss of the Spider Woman", "Master Class"), and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, the musical intertwines the stories of three extraordinary families, as they confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America. The Tony-winning score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty is just as diverse as the melting pot of America itself. It draws upon many musical styles from the ragtime rhythms of Harlem and Tin Pan Alley to the klezmer of the Lower East Side, from bold brass band marches to delicate waltzes, from up-tempo banjo tunes to period parlor songs and expansive anthems. Featured are such show stopping songs as "Getting Ready Rag," "Your Daddy’s Son," "Wheels of a Dream," "Till We Reach That Day," "Back To Before," and "Make Them Hear You." This thrilling musical is sure to inspire actors and audiences alike! Book by Terrence McNally. Music by Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Ragtime is produced in cooperation with Music Theatre International.
Hairspray
HAIRSPRAY delights
audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are
out-- and change is in the air. Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy
Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV
dance program, "The Corny Collins Show." Overnight she finds
herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. Can a
larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program's reigning
princess, integrate the television show, and find true love (singing and
dancing all the while, of course!) without mussing her hair?
Produced in cooperation with Music Theatre International, Inc.
You ask, and we respond! At various times throughout the season, MET will continue our popular cabaret series by presenting favorite performers in a relaxed cabaret-type setting. Our next cabaret music night will feature Songs & Scenes from our upcoming Season singing your favorite songs from popular Broadway shows, performing (Dates to be Announced) exclusively! Watch our website for future Cabaret Nights... |
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