Mainstage Summary
2008-2009
Our 43rd Season!
With the completion of our Theater Barn expansion project, we are very excited about our NEW SEASON in our IMPROVED BARN!All Mainstage shows are cabaret style. Doors open one hour prior to curtain and audiences are invited to bring their own food and beverages to enjoy before the show and during intermission. No time for dinner? Order BARN PICNICS from participating local restaurants. Tickets are available on-line. Seating is reserved with tables assigned upon arrival at the theater. If you have handicapped seating requirements or wish to be seated with another party, use our "SEATING REQUEST" option. If you prefer, you may email us at theaterbarn@snet.net or call us at 203-431-9850.
The House of Blue Leaves
THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES Written by John Guare Directed by Will Jeffries
September 5th - 27th, 2008
Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm
Sunday matinees on September 14th & 21st at 5 pm
Cabaret Seating
Doors open one hour prior to curtainTickets: Adults $24; Seniors(62) & Students $20
Gala Opening, Friday, Sept. 5th: $150
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A wacky and wild comedy about a middle aged zoo attendant with lingering visions of being a song writer.
Winner of the four 1986 Tony Awards and three Drama Critics Awards.
PLEASE NOTE that the Sunday matinees for this production are at 5 pm and there will be no performance on Saturday, September 20th to enable our Barn family and our patrons to participate in the Musical Revue planned for the Ridgefield 300th celebration.
GALA OPENINGFor a truly special event, join us for the Gala opening night performance of The House of Blue Leaves on Friday, September 5th and help us celebrate the grand opening of the new addition to the Theater Barn. Catered by Bernard's of Ridgefield and Cellar XV Wine Market, in addition to the performance, the ticket price of $150 includes a cocktail hour, fabulous meal with wine accompaniment, and a 'meet and greet' with the actors after the show. We will also sponsor a silent auction with exciting prizes donated by local merchants and "Friends of the Barn". Proceeds go to our building fund to help pay for the addition and future upgrades to the theater.....$120 of the ticket price is tax deductible.
THE SECRET GARDEN Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman
Music by Lucy Simon
Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Directed by Missy Slaymaker-Hanlon
November 14th - December 13th, 2008
Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm
Sunday matinees on November 23rd, 30th & December 7th at 2 pm
Tickets: Adults $26; Seniors(62) & Students $22The musical, set in 1906, tells of a young English girl, Mary, who is forced to move to England from colonial India when her parents die in a cholera outbreak. There she lives with her emotionally stunted Uncle Archibald and her invalid cousin. Discovering a hidden and neglected garden, and bravely overcoming dark forces, she and a young gardener bring it back to life at the same time as she brings new life to her cousin and uncle.
March 13th - April 4th, 2009
Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm
Sunday matinees on March 22nd & 29th at 2 pm
RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY
Tickets: Adults $24; Seniors(62) & Students $20 A beautiful, troubling, and sometimes funny play about a love story that should never have been, and a woman coming to terms with a complex relationship. Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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CAMELOT Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederic Loewe
Directed on Broadway by Moss Hart
May 29th - June 27th, 2008
Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm
Sunday matinees on June 7th, 14th, & 21st at 2 pm
Tickets: Adults $26; Seniors(62) & Students $22Taken from the legend of King Arthur and based on “Once and Future King” by T.H. White, this lush romantic and beloved musical that ran for 873 performances is the story of a royal love triangle among the immortal characters King Arthur, his Queen Guenevere and the dashing Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table. Winner of 4 Tony Awards in 1961.
