TOMMY

Peter Townshend’s tale of a young boy’s journey from pain to triumph is the most electrifying evening of rock and roll ever to play in a theatre!
After witnessing the accidental murder of his mother's lover by his father, Tommy is traumatized into catatonia, and as the boy grows, he suffers abuse at the hands of his sadistic relatives and neighbors. As an adolescent, he’s discovered to have an uncanny knack for playing pinball, and when his mother finally breaks through his catatonia, he becomes an international pinball superstar.
The classic '60s rock opera by The Who was translated to the stage with an exhilarating timeless score, giving the show a cross-generational appeal that has made it a smash-hit around the world.

Performances
June 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 & 20 2009 8pm
June 13, 14, & 21, 2009 2pm

TheatreZone’s 2009-2010 Season

MAN OF LA MANCHA

This remarkable show is one of the great theatre successes of our time.  This play-within-a-play, based on Cervantes' "Don Quixote", is a poignant story of a dying old man whose impossible dream takes over his mind.  His dream is Everyman's dream. His tilting at windmills is Everyman's great adventure.  Somehow, the footlights disappear, time is telescoped and the "Man of La Mancha" speaks for humankind.  It played for 2,328 performances in New York and won 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical. 

Performances
December 3-5 at 8:00, December 5 & 6 at 2:00,
December 9 – 12 at 8:00 & December 13 at 2:00

HIGH SPIRITS starring Georgia Engel

Noel Coward’s smash musical comedy was nominated for 8 Tony Awards.  It is based on Coward’s play Blithe Spirit and includes a charming score by Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray. The musical features a fussy, cantankerous novelist named Charles Condomine, who is re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira.  Elvira is summoned by a visiting "happy medium", Madame Arcati, played by Georgia Engel of the Mary Tyler Moore Show.  As the worldly and un-worldly personalities clash, unlikely twists and turns continue throughout this very entertaining musical.   Georgia recently completed co-starring as Mrs. Tottendale in the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE.  She is most remembered for playing Georgette Franklin in the MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW for which she would receive two Emmy Award nominations and begin a career of active work in television.

Performances

January 7 - 9 at 8:00, January 9 & 10 at 2:00,
January 13 - 16 at 8:00 & January 17 at 2:00

THE ABOMINABLE SHOWMAN
starring Hal Linden - ** WORLD PREMIERE**

Tony Award winner, Hal Linden, takes on one of the strongest and most complex characters of his long and illustrious career.  David Merrick was Broadway’s most famous and successful producer.  THE ABOMINABLE SHOWMAN gives the audience a behind the scenes look as we explore the workings of the very intense and inventive mind of David Merrick.  The list of the shows he produced stands as the theater’s most spectacular resume: GYPSY; HELLO, DOLLY; TAKE ME ALONG; SUGAR; MACK & MABEL; FANNY; CARNIVAL; DO RE MI; OLIVER; 110 IN THE SHAFDE; I DO! I DO; STOP THE WORLD-I WANT TO GET OFF; PROMISES, PROMISES; and of course, 42ND STREET.  Unfortunately, he was also the most hated, reviled and feared man in show business.  He was capable of great achievement, often accompanied by staggering acts of cruelty.  Was he misunderstood? Was he the monster his enemies and those he hurt said he was, or is the truth somewhere in the middle?  Enjoy this World Premiere event at TheatreZone before it embarks on a national tour headed for Broadway!

Performances

March 4 - 6 at 8:00, March 6 & March 7 at 2:00,
March 10 - 13 at 8:00 & March 14 at 2:00

LEE ROY REAMS “Gotta Sing Gotta Dance”

Song & Dance man Lee Roy Reams brings his fabulous one man show to Naples.  Lee Roy won critical acclaim as Roger DeBris in Mel Brooks' hit musical The Producers on Broadway.  The New York Times hails him as "Broadway's song and dance man nonpareil" for his leading roles in David Merrick's legendary 42 Street (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Albin/ZaZa in La Cage Aux Folies, Cornelius Hackl in Hello Dolly! and Henry Spofford in Lorelei (both starring Carol Channing), Duane Fox in Applause starring Lauren Bacall, Will Parker in Richard Rodgers' revival of Oklahoma! and in Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity starring Gwen Verdon.  His Cabaret show has taken him to the White House and around the world, and he considers it an honor to have performed for four U.S. Presidents: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Performances

April 22 – 24 at 8:00 & April 25 at 2:00

I LOVE MY WIFE

This delightfully funny Cy Coleman musical is about a would be ménage-a-quatre -- two couples who want to plunge into liberated mutual sexuality but only manage to get their toes wet.  It happens to take place in, of all places, Trenton, N.J.  What is truly innovative about the show is that the musicians are on the stage and are actually welded into the play.  They sing, dress up in fancy clothes and comment on the action.  The band actually won a Drama Desk Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.  The show won 2 Tony Awards and ran for over 2 years on Broadway. 

Performances

June 10 - 12 at 8:00, June 12 & 13 at 2:00,
June 16 - 19 at 8:00 & June 20 at 2:00