RiverPark Center and Jam Theatricals are pleased to announce the 2008-2009 BB&T Broadway at RiverPark season! We have the extreme pleasure of bringing to you another brand new production BUILT IN OWENSBORO play and five award-winning MUSICALS!
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FROST NIXON - September 26, 2008
Starring STACY KEACH
Direct from Broadway - RiverPark will produce and launch the national tour of this Broadway and London smash hit
THE FACE-OFF OF THE CENTURY, LIVE ON STAGE!
Frost/Nixon tackles the question: How did David Frost, a famous British talk-show host with a playboy reputation, elicit the apology that the rest of the world was waiting to hear from former President Richard Nixon? Award winning stage and screen actor Stacy Keach stars as Richard Nixon. He leads a cast of 10 in this fast-paced Tony Award® nominated new play which shows the determination, conviction and cunning of two men as they square off in one of the most monumental television interviews of all time.
OLIVER! - October 16, 2008
“Oliver is a stunningly beautiful musical.” NY Post
“Consider Yourself” enchanted by Oliver! Hailed the world over as one of the best-loved family musicals of all time, Oliver brings to the stage some of Charles Dicken’s most unforgettable characters along with one of Broadway’s most memorable scores. Hits such as “Consider Yourself At Home”, “Food, Glorious Food” and “Where Is Love” surround this heartwarming tale of the young orphan Oliver Twist in this all new production of Lional Bart’s magical musical.
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - February 18, 2009
Based on the popular 1988 MGM film, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS centers on two con men living on the French Riviera: the suave Lawrence Jameson, who makes his living by charming rich ladies out of their money; and a small-time crook named Freddy Benson, who swindles women with fabricated stories about his grandmother’s failing health. After meeting on a train they unsuccessfully attempt to work together, only to find that this small French town isn’t big enough for the two of them.
THE PAJAMA GAME - March 31, 2009
The must-see American classic musical of the season!
Bright and riotously funny, this fast-paced, frisky tale is theatre at its very best with this sparkling, all-new production of the Tony Award-winning, Broadway smash hit – The Pajama Game. The feisty employee representative has found her match in the pajama shop superintendent and when the two get together, they wind up discussing a whole lot more than job actions! The high-energy score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross brims with popular hits and musical theatre standards such as “Hey There,” “Steam Heat” and the hilarious “Hernando’s Hideaway” that will keep you humming all the way home.
BYE BYE BIRDIE - April 14, 2009
Winner of eight Tony Awards® including Best Musical!
When rock star and teenage heartthrob Conrad Birdie gets drafted, the nation’s teenagers go haywire and Conrad’s songwriter, Albert, faces unemployment. So Albert and his girlfriend organize a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss from Conrad on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Kim McAfee turns out to be the lucky teenager and Conrad’s whole entourage moves into her quiet Midwestern home – much to the chagrin of her ever-irritable father and her jealous boyfriend. The result is chaos and a series of romantic complications. The momentous hit tunes include "Put On A Happy Face", "A Lot of Livin' To Do", "One Last Kiss" and "What's The Matter With Kids Today?"
THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - April 26, 2009
Direct from Broadway – Funniest musical of the season!
In the Tony-Award winning new musical comedy THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. SPELLING BEE has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “perfect in every possible way – that rarity of rarities, a super-smart musical that is also a bona fide crowd pleaser.”
