Meadow Brook Theatre

Presents

The 2009-2010 Season

 

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving  Adapted by Jefferson Garrett    Oct 7 – Nov 1, 2009

 This American Classic tells the tale of the hapless school master Ichabod Crane, Katrina Von Tassel, the woman he loves, and Brom Bones, her would be suitor.  As we find love in this quaint town of Sleepy Hollow, danger also lurks around every corner.  Ghosts, mischief and the Headless Horseman lay in wait to start the season off with a bang.  World Premiere of this Adaptation.

 

Boeing-Boeing

by Marc Camoletti Adapted by Beverley Cross    Jan 6 – Jan 31, 2010

Meet Bernard, a Parisian Lothario that has three fiancees who are all stewardesses on different airlines. He keeps "one up, one down and one pending" and has the seventh day to rest until schedule changes bring all three to Paris at the same time.  Winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play! Michigan Premiere.

 

Mindgame

by Anthony Horowitz  Feb 10 – Mar 7, 2010

When Mark Styler, a writer of glossy ‘true crime’ paperbacks, tries to get an interview with Easterman, a notorious serial killer, he has no idea what he’s walking into.  First he has to get past Dr. Farquhar, the quixotic head of Fairfields – the asylum where Easterman is kept.  But soon he discovers that nothing is what it seems.  Who is the mysterious Borson?  Where did he get the meat in the fridge? And why isn’t the skeleton in the closet?  Mindgame is a dazzling thriller that twists its way towards a shocking conclusion.  Michigan Premiere.

 

Enchanted April

by Matthew Barber    Mar 17 – Apr 11, 2010

Based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim

When two frustrated housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different English women to share the cost and the experience.  There, among the wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine, they explore the differences in their personalities, reassess their goals, and reexamine their relationships in a sisterly fashion.  Michigan Professional Premiere.

 

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Music by Neil Sedaka, Book by Jackson and Winters    Apr 21 – May 16, 2010

This new musical takes us into the world of the 1960’s.  Set at Esther’s Paradise Resort in the Catskills, laughter and romance can be found as we set the mood with many of Neil Sedaka’s famous hits.  Calendar Girl, Stupid Cupid, Where the Boys Are, Love Will Keep Us Together, Laughter in the Rain and the title song will have you dancing in the aisles.  Michigan Premiere.