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AFD Theatre 97th Season: 2019-2020
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Our 97th season features three musicals and one play: the ghoulishly delightful musical “The Addams Family,” the fearsomely funny dark comedy “Hand to God,” the madcap musical “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” and our season closer, one of the greatest musicals ever created, “Gypsy.”
Performances Friday & Saturday at 8pm / Sunday at 3pm
Opening night champagne reception
September 20-October 6, 2019
The Addams Family
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Book by MARSHALL BRICKMAN and RICK ELICE
Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA
Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams
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Directed & Choreographed by Timothy Andrew
Music Directed by Danielle Clougher
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The creepy, kooky, and altogether ooky Addams Family opens a new chapter in musical comedy in this ghoulishly funny production. Based on cartoon characters created by Charles Addams, the show centers on a crisis of grave proportions—the grown-up Wednesday Addams has fallen in love with a “normal” boy! Join Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Grandma, and Pugsley as they dig into Wednesday’s dilemma.
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Originally produced on Broadway by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions, Stephen Schuler, Decca Theatricals, Scott M. Delman, Stuart Ditsky, Terry Allen Kramer, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Eva Price, Jam Theatricals/Mary LuRoffe, Pittsburgh CLO/Gutterman-Swinsky, Vivek Tiwary/Gary Kaplan, The Weinstein Company/Clarence, LLC, Adam Zotovich/Tribe Theatricals By Special Arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical
November 15-24, 2019
Hand to God
By Robert Askins
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Directed by Patrick Cleary
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Nominated for five Tony Awards, this wicked and wild dark comedy combines teenage angst with
puppetry that knocks your socks off. Jason makes a sock puppet that unleashes chaos at his small-town church. Called “flat-out hilarious” by The New York Times, this thought-provoking satire explores the nature of grief, regret, truth, and the ties that bind us.
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Parental Advisory: "Hand to God" is intended for adults only.
The play contains profanity, violence, and sexually explicit content.
HAND TO GOD is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York
March 6-22, 2020
Love’s Labour’s Lost
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A New Musical
Based on the Play by William Shakespeare
Songs by Michael Friedman
Book Adapted by Alex Timbers
Additional Title Page Credits:
Originally directed by Alex Timbers
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Directed by Katie Pickett
Music Directed by Bethany Aiken
Choreographed by Michael Hogman
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Romance, revelry, and enchanting music ignite in this contemporary, yet faithful musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy. The king and his best buds decide at their college reunion to swear off the joys of women. When four clever women from their past show up, love and devotion are put to the test with hilarious results. Clever and charming, this show will delight everyone with its fresh appeal.
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New York premiere produced by the Public Theater Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director
Patrick Willingham, Executive Director
Love's Labour's Lost was developed in collaboration with Les Freres Corbusier
Love's Labour's Lost was developed in part at the Abrons Art Center,
the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
“Love’s Labour’s Lost” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
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May 1-17, 2020
Gypsy
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A Musical Fable
Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Suggested by memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
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Directed by Ryan Began
Music Directed by James Haupt
Choreographed by Kathleen Tringale
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One of the greatest American musicals of all time. With a celebrated score of glorious hit songs, this landmark show explores the world of two-bit show business with brass, humor, heart, and sophistication. The ultimate stage-mother tale of success, ambition, and dreams deferred.
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Original Production by David Merrick & Leland Hayward
Entire production originally directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins
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GYPSY is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK www.tamswitmark.com
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