Fulton Theatre 2009 - 2010 Premier Season

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Hello, Dolly!
Book by Michael Stewart
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Based on the play "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder
September 3 - 27, 2009

Fulton Theatre opens its 2009-10 Season with one of America's most beloved musicals. When the irrepressible matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi is hired to arrange a marriage for the miserly half-a-millionaire Horace Vandergelder, she finds him the perfect mate-herself! But first she must rejoin the race of life she stopped running when she was widowed and win the heart of her unsuspecting "husband to be" before he gets hitched to somebody else. Filled with elaborate turn-of-the-20th century costumes, charged with high-energy choreography and positively brimming with joyful tunes including "Put On Your Sunday Clothes," "It Only Takes a Moment" and the irresistible title song, Hello, Dolly! is a delectable treat for audiences of all ages.

Dial 'M' for Murder
By Frederick Knott
October 22 - November 8, 2009

Tony Wendice married Margot for her money, and now he's planning to kill her for the same reason. So, he arranges the perfect murder and arranges a brilliant alibi for himself. But, as is so often the case when plotting a murder, things go awry. Can Margot's young lover and a police inspector from Scotland Yard uncover the truth? This suspenseful, mind-twisting mystery has thrilled audiences for decades. Alfred Hitchcock's original film adaptation has been named one of the American Film Institute's Top 10 Mysteries and inspired two remakes - a 1981 television movie with Angie Dickinson and Christopher Plummer and A Perfect Murder (1998) starring Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Annie
Book by Thomas Meehan
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Based on "Little Orphan Annie"
By permission of The Tribune Media Services, Inc.
December 3, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Leapin' Lizards! The ultimate musical about never giving up hope, is back at the Fulton for the holidays!. You can bet your bottom dollar that Annie will bring a smile to your face and joy to your heart with songs including "It's the Hard-Knock Life," "Easy Street," "N.Y.C." and the ever optimistic "Tomorrow". Annie is a delightful theatrical experience for the entire family.

Driving Miss Daisy
By Alfred Uhry
January 28 - February 14, 2010

Alfred Uhry's funny, touching and poignant Pulitzer Prize winning play spans some of the most tumultuous years in American Civil Rights history. The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, and the rich, crusty and sharp-tongued 72-year-old Jewish widow Daisy Wertham has demolished another car. Her businessman son, Boolie, hires Hoke, a thoughtful, unemployed black man to serve as his mother's chauffeur. The next 25 years show a story of stubbornness, independence, and the gentle evolution of a most unlikely friendship.

Noises Off
By Michael Frayn
March 11 - 28, 2010

With breakneck pace and a rich gallery of characters, Michael Frayn's brilliantly witty farce follows the on- and off-stage antics of a touring company as they stumble from dress rehearsal to disastrous last night of the comedy, Nothing On. Everything that can go wrong does, as the cast members desperately try to maintain composure sabotaging their fellow actors... resulting in a terrifying descent into chaos. Missed cues, broken backstage romances, and a very slippery plate of sardines all form part of this riotous, madcap comedy that will get everyone caught in the act! The New York Times critic Frank Rich called it "the funniest play written in my lifetime."

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
By Tennessee Williams
April 22 - May 9, 2010

Big Daddy is dying, and the vultures are circling in Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. A powerful Southern family gathers at a birthday celebration for patriarch Big Daddy, who is unaware that he is dying of cancer. In a scramble to secure their part of his estate, family members hide the truth about his diagnosis from him and Big Mama. Front and center as tensions mount are Big Daddy and Big Mama's alcoholic former football hero son Brick and his beautiful but sexually frustrated wife Maggie "the Cat". Sizzling with verbal fireworks, savage humour and sexual friction, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is an American treasure. "There are few playwrights who plumb the human heart so deeply" The Daily Telegraph.

Phantom
Book by Arthur Kopit
Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston
Based on the novel "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux
June 3 - July 4, 2010

The Phantom of the Opera--Gaston Leroux's epic, sweeping tale of murder, intrigue and romance--has inspired hundreds of adaptations in literature, film, theatre, and even children's books. Written by Arthur Kopit (Nine, Road to Nirvana) with stunning lyrics and music by two-time Tony® Award winner Maury Yeston (Nine, Titanic, Grand Hotel), Phantom faithfully tells the heartbreaking story of a disfigured musical genius who falls in love with the voice and beauty of a street singer who becomes his protégé. But, can love finally embrace someone so rejected by the world for his appearance? This exhilarating story, glorious music, elaborate sets and exquisite costumes will enrapture and captivate Fulton audiences.

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