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July 9-25, 2010
A revue by Phillip George and David Lowenstein, directed by Julie Diamond
and choreographed by Emily Brinkman.
SHOUT! flips through the years like a musical magazine and takes you back to the music, the fashion and the freedom of the 60's!
Join this non-stop journey through the infectious and soulful pop anthems and ballads that made household names of stars like Petula Clark, Dusty
Springfield and Lulu. Terrific new arrangements include such chart-topping hits as “To Sir With Love,” “Downtown,” “Son of A Preacher Man,” “Diamonds
Are Forever,” “Those Were The Days”, and “These Boots Were Made for Walkin’." With its irresistible blend of foot-stomping songs, eye-popping fashions
and psychedelic dances, this delightful musical will make you want to throw your head back and SHOUT!
"SHOUT! rivals JERSEY BOYS for sheer fun." -David Cote, Time Out NY
September 10-26, 2010
A comedy by Harry Kurnitz and directed by Charles Sampson.
We look in on an obsessive symphony orchestra conductor, an unpleasant perfectionist, possessed of a temper that causes him to
bang instruments on the heads of his musicians, break batons by the score, and tear the shirts off his fiddlers as a form of constructive criticism. His
wife, the only one who could charm orchestra boards and musicians alike (and keep them from running him out of town), has had enough, and has left him.
She wants a divorce, but complications place her on the French horns of a dilemma. She must now play the spouse, to tame the conductor long enough for
the sponsors of an orchestra to sign him. Will harmony be brought forth from this marital cacophony? The answers emerge among some of the funniest lines
ever uttered on the American stage.
November 5-21, 2010
A classic by Charles Dickens, adapted for stage by Neil Bartlett and directed by
Jef Brown.
Using only Charles Dickens' extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of eight actors, this adaptation takes its audience
on a journey to the heart of Dickens' great exploration of childhood terrors and hopes - and of adult dreams and regrets. In the marshy mists of a village
churchyard, a tiny orphan boy named Pip is terrified by a convict on the run. Years later, a supremely arrogant young Pip boards a coach to London where,
by the grace of a mysterious benefactor, he will "become a gentleman" and join the ranks of the idle rich. Still later, in the luminous mists of the
village at evening, Pip meets his beautiful tormentor Estella in a ruined garden, and lays to rest all the heartaches and illusions that his "great
expectations" have brought upon him.
January 14-30, 2011
By Samuel Langhorne Clemens and directed by Ellie Shepherd.
Join us for a trip through Americana with the wit, wisdom and humor of America's favorite son, Mark Twain: author, humorist,
riverboat pilot, lecturer, and our first and foremost standup comedian. You will certainly laugh at his tales as we take a journey through Twain's
remarkable life starting as a young boy on the Mississippi river in 1835. Along the way, there are stops as a riverboat pilot, gold miner, newspaper
reporter, editor, world traveler, lecturer, social critic, world-renowned author, humorist, and storyteller. As 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of his
passing, MPI is thrilled to have audience favorite Bill Hartnett bring Mark Twain back to life for us in the same spirit his Harry Truman graced our
stage in 2008.
March 18-April 3, 2011
Music by Harvey Schmidt, book and lyrics by Tom Jones and directed by
Rosco Mlinek.
“Try to remember…” a musical as funny, warm, touching, and magical as The Fantasticks. This fable of “a boy, a girl, two
fathers, and a wall” has warmed the hearts of generations. With an original off-Broadway run of 42 years and 17,162 performances, The Fantasticks has
earned the title of “the world's longest-running musical.” It's lessons of love and life endure, and it has moved audiences around the world for over
fifty years. Musical highlights include “Soon It's Gonna Rain,” “Plant a Radish,” “They Were You,” and the classic, “Try to Remember.” The Fantasticks
glows with a timeless charm that promises an evening of music, wonder and moonlight.
May 13-29, 2011
A comedy by Ken Ludwig and directed
by Ginny Weil.
In this hilarious comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, two English Shakespearean actors find
themselves so down on their luck that they are performing “Scenes from Shakespeare” on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania.
When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves
off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. Trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic
entanglements abound, especially when one falls head-over-heels in love with the old lady's vivacious niece, who's engaged to the local
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