2007 Season
Altarena Playhouse 2007 Season
A Grand Night For Singing
January 19 – February 17, 2007
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Derek and Jennifer Robinson
With shows like Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The Sound of Music and many many more, Rodgers & Hammerstein practically owned the Broadway box office for two decades. This musical revue features their best-loved songs in a freshly re-imagined setting that garnered two Tony nominations in 1994, including Best Musical! Rated G.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
March 9 – April 1, 2007
Written by Edward Albee
Directed by Richard Robert Bunker
This intense 1962 dramatic play about two darkly symbiotic relationships was made into a movie that received five Oscars. Rated PG-13 for adult themes, situations and language.
The Last Five Years
May 18 – June 10, 2007
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Corrie Lenn Borris
With music reminiscent of Billy Joel and incisive, heartfelt lyrics, this 2002 Drama Desk Award-winning musical chronicles a 5-year relationship, from meeting to marriage to break-up—and you get to hear both sides of the story. By turns funny, wrenching and poignant, just like real relationships. Rated PG-13.
Oh My Godmother!
July 13 – August 11, 2007
Book, music lyrics and direction by Ron Lytle
Back by popular demand! Six Dean Goodman Awards! This new musical comedy’s hilarious dialogue and tuneful Irving Berlin-esque songs remind us of how true love and acceptance can overcome stereotypes and prejudices. The 2005 world premiere at Altarena sold out nearly every performance! Rated PG.
Urinetown, The Musical
September 7 – October 6, 2007
Book, music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
Directed by Frederick L. Chacon
Don’t let the name throw you! 50% social satire, 50% Broadway spoof, 100% laughs, this modern musical comedy swept the 2002 Tonys and Outer Critics Circle Awards, the 2001 Drama Desk Awards and more. “To pee or not to pee, that is the question!” Rated PG.
Morning’s at Seven
October 19 – November 11, 2007
Written by Paul Osborn
Directed by Sue Trigg
This emotionally gratifying and funny Tony Award winner, set between the Depression and World War II, is Paul Osborn’s love letter to just plain folks (specifically four sisters in a small Midwestern town) whose lives are set into a spin when a confirmed bachelor brings home his long-term fiancee to meet his parents for the first time. [Suitable for all ages.]
