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Into The Woods, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Sponsored by: Harvey and Susan Hendler

James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone's favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece ... and a rare modern classic. The Tony Award-winning book and score are both enchanting and touching.

The story follows a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch's curse, the two set off on a journey to …

Lend Me A Soprano, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Sponsored by: Al Zucaro

It's 1934, and the clever and combustible Lucille Wiley, manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is ready to welcome world-class soprano Elena Firenzi for her one-night-only starring role in Carmen. Alas, Elena arrives late, her impassioned husband Pasquale has a fit of jealousy, and it remains to be seen whether Mrs. Wiley's mousy but determined assistant Jo can save the day. Based on Ken Ludwig's Tony Award-winning Lend Me A Tenor, this madcap screwball comedy features ladies in the leading roles and is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter.

By: Ken Ludwig …

Anything Goes, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Music and lyrics: Cole Porter
Original book: P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
New book: Timothy Crouse, John Weidman

The 2022 revision of Anything Goes is a refreshed version of Cole Porter's classic musical comedy. This update preserves the show's beloved songs—like "I Get a Kick Out of You," "You're the Top" and the title number "Anything Goes"—while modernizing the book with sharper pacing and streamlined dialogue. Set aboard an ocean liner bound for London, the story follows nightclub singer Reno Sweeney, stowaway Billy Crocker, and a colorful cast of characters as they get tangled in romantic and …

Nickel And Dimed, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Based on Barbara Ehrenreich's best-seller about her exploration of low-wage life, Joan Holden's stage adaptation is a focused comic epic shadowed by tragedy. Barbara is prepared for hard work but not, at 55, for the incredible difficulties she faces while working minimum wage jobs as she struggles to make ends meet. The bright glimpses of Barbara's co-workers that enliven the book become indelible portraits of working-class Americans. These characters wage their life struggles with a gallantry that humbles Barbara and the audience. The play shows us the life a third of working Americans now lead and makes us angry that …

A Chorus Line, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical. A Chorus Line is a stunning concept musical capturing the spirit and tension of a Broadway ensemble audition. Exploring the inner lives and bittersweet ambitions of professional Broadway performers, the show features one powerhouse number after another. Memorable musical numbers include "What I Did for Love, "One," "I Can Do That," "At the Ballet," "The Music and the Mirror," and "I Hope I Get It." A brilliantly complex fusion of song, dance, and compellingly authentic drama, A Chorus Line was instantly recognized as a classic. …

Our Town, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written," Our Town presents the small town of Grover's Corners in three acts: "Daily Life," "Love and Marriage," and "Death and Eternity." Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, the play depicts the simple daily lives of the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually—in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre—die.

Directed by Alan Saban

By Thornton Wilder

Funny Girl, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Elaine’s Annual Musical Treat

Directed by Lynn University Associate Professor and Chair of Drama Adam Simpson, starring Lynn's B.F.A. in drama program students.

Conducted by Music Director Phil Hinton, featuring an orchestra of conservatory students.

Nominated for eight Tony Awards in 1964, including Best Musical, in the Ziegfeld Follies, in Hollywood films and on the radio, Fanny Brice was one of the most celebrated entertainers of her time. With humor, talent and chutzpah, young Fanny, an awkward Jewish girl who "isn't pretty," defies the odds and becomes one of the greatest stars of her generation. Fanny's rise to super-stardom and …

Moon Over Buffalo, Lynn University

Drama Programs

In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend Me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with five actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if he likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of …

Crazy For You, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Elaine’s Annual Musical Treat

Exclusive production sponsor Elaine J. Wold invites you to the zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy Crazy for You® directed by Lynn University Associate Professor and Chair of Drama Adam Simpson. The production also features Lynn’s B.F.A. in drama program students.

Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre. In Deadrock, Bobby falls for spunky Polly Baker, the theater owner’s daughter. But Polly takes an instant dislike to the city slicker, so Bobby vows—through cunning, razzmatazz and a hilarious …

42nd Street, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Elaine's Annual Musical Treat

Exclusive production sponsor Elaine J. Wold invites you to 42nd Street, a performance directed by Lynn University Assistant Professor Danielle Jolie Dale-Hancock and featuring Lynn’s B.F.A. in drama program students.

Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the motion picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed by Warner Bros., 42nd Street follows the rehearsal process for a Broadway show during the height of the Great Depression. The musical, written by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, follows small-town Peggy Sawyer as she lands her first chorus job in the ensemble of a glitzy new …

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Directed by Lynn University Associate Professor and Chair of Lynn Drama Adam Simpson, “A Midsummer Night's Dream” is one of Shakespeare's most performed and beloved plays. The five-act masterpiece begins four days before the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazonian queen, Hippolyta. It includes intertwining stories of four Athenian lovers and the misadventures of six actors rehearsing for the wedding reception within a magical forest filled with meddling fairies.

Gigi, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Elaine's Annual Musical Treat

Exclusive production sponsor Elaine J. Wold invites you to Lerner and Loewe’s beloved Gigi. Lerner and Loewe's musical comedy is about a free-spirited young girl living in Paris at the turn of the 20th century and the wealthy young playboy who falls in love with her as she is transformed in to a poised courtesan. Includes songs "Thank Heaven For Little Girls", "I Remember It Well" and "The Night They Invented Champagne".

Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Based on a novel by Colette

As produced by Edwin Lester for the …

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Don't miss this winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play. Based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens.

Christopher is a 15-year old with an extraordinary brain; he is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road. He detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. Now it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher stands beside his neighbor's dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered …

Crimes Of The Heart, Lynn University

Drama Programs

by Beth Henley

The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters gather to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at 30 and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband.

Anatomy Of Gray, Lynn University

Drama Programs

By: Jim Leonard Jr.

When June’s father dies in Indiana during the late 1800s, she prays for a healer to come to the small town of Gray so that no one will ever suffer again. Next thing she knows, there’s a tornado and a man in a balloon blows into town claiming to be a doctor. At first, the new doctor cures anything and everything, but soon the town’s preacher takes ill with a mysterious plague.

Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Winner of six Tony Awards, Thoroughly Modern Millie nabbed the honor of 2002's most awarded new show on Broadway. Based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film, Thoroughly Modern Millie takes you back to the height of the Jazz Age in New York City, when "moderns," including a flapper named Millie Dillmount, were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines and rewriting the rules of love.

The Real Inspector Hound, Lynn University

Drama Programs

By: Tom Stoppard

Feuding theater critics, Moon and Birdboot—the first a fusty philanderer and the second a pompous and vindictive second-stringer—are swept into the whodunit they’re reviewing. In this hilarious spoof, an Agatha Christie-like melodrama unfolds in a fast-paced romp to find the real culprit.

In The Real Inspector Hound, Tony and Academy award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard has crafted a witty, surreal, and compelling tale in which identity is as changeable as a moustache, or a pair of boots, and a hack production of a tired whodunnit can be the cover for a masterful revenge plot, trained on the …

Clybourne Park, Lynn University

Drama Programs

By: Bruce Norris

Clybourne Park explodes in two outrageous acts set 50 years apart. Act one takes place in 1959, as white community leaders try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act two is set in the same house in the present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.

The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lynn University

Drama Programs

It's a big year for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lynn University. The Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award-winning composer turns 70, while the Lynn Drama program launches the inaugural season of its brand new BFA in Musical Theatre.

So we’re throwing a musical party to celebrate! Come enjoy the best and most beloved songs from some of Broadway’s biggest hits—performed by the talented BFA Musical Theatre and Conservatory of Music students—including The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Sunset Boulevard, and Cats.

Music by: Andrew Lloyd …