Shows

CPCC Summer Theatre
2008 SEASON

June 6 & 7 @ 8 PM
June 8 @ 2:30 PM
June 10 @ 7 PM

June 11-14 @ 8 PM

Annie Get Your Gun

Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by Herbert & Dorothy Fields
Adapted by Peter Stone

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN scored a bulls eye when it returned to Broadway in 1999, in a new adaptation by Tony Award winner Peter Stone - author of 1776, Will Rogers Follies and the current Broadway hit Curtains. And now CP Summer Theatre brings this exciting new version of the Irving Berlin classic musical about sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler to the Halton stage. As Newsday reported, Stone's revisions "are sweetly ingenious, and the show is a dream.” "Irving Berlin's greatest achievement in the theater," wrote the New York Post, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN "will always be a musical for the ages, one of the Broadway theater's enduring triumphs." See it now as only CP Summer Theatre can present it in the beautiful Dale F. Halton Theater!

Smokey Joe’s Café

June 20 & 21 @ 8 PM
June 22 @ 2:30 PM
June 24 @ 7 PM

June 25-28 @ 8 PM

Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Join CP Summer Theatre at Smokey Joe’s Café and listen to the music that defined the Rock n’ Roll generation. Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock 'n' roll and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying evening of entertainment that illuminates a golden age of American culture. Smokey Joe’s brings back the 50’s through songs filled with the classic themes of love won, lost and imagined. Featuring nearly 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded, SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE isn't just great pop music - it's compelling musical theatre. With hits like Fools Fall in Love, On Broadway, Yakety, Yak, Hound Dog, and Jailhouse Rock, you will find yourself dancing in the aisles at Smokey Joe’s Café.

July 2 – 12 (No performance on July 4^th)

July 1 -3 and July 5 @ 10 AM
July 7-12 @ 10 AM

Aladdin*

Book by: Jim Eiler
Lyrics by: Jim Eiler
Music by: Jeanne Bargy and Jim Eiler

What do you get when you mix in a poor boy, a beautiful princess and a very large genie in a very tiny lamp? Aladdin, the most famous of the tales of the Arabian Nights, comes to life on the Halton stage in a delightful new adaptation by the Prince Street Players. Follow the fortunes of the cleverest of boys as he outwits the Evil Vizier, wins the girl and sings too! Aladdin promises to be a feel good time for the whole family.

July 3 – 12 (No performance on July 4^th)

July 3 & 5 @ 8 PM
July 6 @ 2:30pm
July 8 @ 7 pm
July 9-12 @ 8 PM

Dial “M” for Murder

By Fredrick Knott

When the perfect murder is arranged but goes awry who knows what’s going to happen next. The play that inspired a Hitchcock thriller starring Grace Kelly comes to the CP Summer Theatre stage this season. An unhappy young wife. A scoundrel for a husband. A devoted young man. A triangle for murder? Can even Scotland Yard untangle it all? See the play the NY Times called “…original and remarkable good theatre-quiet in style but tingling with excitement underneath.” A whodunit for the whole family. Don’t make any plans until you’ve seen Dial “M” for Murder in the intimate Pease Auditorium.

July 18 – 26

July 18 & 19 @ 8 PM
July 20 @ 2:30 PM
July 22 @ 7 PM
July 23-26 @ 8 PM

CRAZY FOR YOU^™

The New Gershwin Musical

Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig
Co-Conception by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent
Inspired by Material by Guy Bolton and John McGowan
Originally produced on Broadway by Roger Horchow and Elizabeth William

What is CRAZY FOR YOU^{™ ?} Think five words - Gershwin – tap dancing – show girls. CRAZY FOR YOU^™ is the Tony Award winning musical that tells the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930's playboy, whose dream in life is to dance. And despite the serious efforts of his mother and soon-to-be-ex-fiancée, Bobby achieves his dream! Memorable Gershwin tunes include I Can't Be Bothered Now, Bidin' My Time, I Got Rhythm, Naughty Baby, They Can't Take That Away from Me, But Not for Me, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Embraceable You and Someone to Watch Over Me. CRAZY FOR YOU^™ is a high energy comedy of mistaken identity, surprise plot twists, fabulous dance numbers and classic Gershwin music. Don’t miss what is bound to be the tap dancing highlight of the summer.

* Not part of the season ticket package.

All titles subject to change due to availability.