Albuquerque Little Theatre

CABARET

• October 14 – November 6, 2011
• Friday & Saturday @ 8 pm; Sunday @ 2 pm; Thursday, October 27 @ 8 pm
• Rating: R
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Book by Joe Masteroff;  Music by John Kander;  Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Directed by Henry Avery.

“Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!”  This award-winning musical is set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power.  It focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub, and revolves around the young English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with the American writer Cliff Bradshaw.  Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies, who serves as a constant metaphor for the tenuous and threatening state of late Weimar Germany.  “Life is a cabaret, old chum…come to the cabaret!”

A CHRISTMAS STORY

• December 2 – 24, 2011
• Friday & Saturday @ 8 pm; Sunday @ 2 pm; Thursday, December 15 & 22 @ 8 pm; Christmas Eve @ 1 pm only
• Rating: PG
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By Philip Grecian. Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story, written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark.

“You’ll shoot your eye out!” All your favorite elements from the beloved 1983 film are included in this stage version of the story about a nine-year-old boy growing up in Holoman, Indiana in the mid 1930s. Already a holiday classic, Jean Shepherd’s memoirs follow Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a “Genuine Red Ryder 200 Shot, Carbine Action Range Model Air Rifle” under the Christmas tree.

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

• January 20 – February 5, 2012
• Friday & Saturday @ 8 pm; Sunday @ 2 pm; Thursday, February 2 @ 8 pm
• Rating: PG
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By Agatha Christie.

Only Agatha Christie could have conceived such a suspenseful thriller and then capped it with an uncanny triple flip ending!  A young married man spends many evenings with a rich old woman. When she is found murdered, the naive young man becomes the chief suspect.  His only hope for acquittal is the testimony of his wife, but his airtight alibi shatters when she reveals some shocking secrets of her own…

XANADU, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

• April 6 – 29, 2012
• Friday & Saturday @ 8 pm; Sunday @ 2 pm; Thursday, April 19 @ 8 pm
• Rating: PG
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Book by Douglas Carter Beane; Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar;
Based on the Universal Pictures film

Taking audiences back to 1980 California, this hilarious new musical follows the beautiful Kira, who travels to earth to inspire a struggling young artist named Sonny.  A vision in leg warmers and wind-swept hair, she helps this hunky painter find his voice, discover true love and build the world’s first roller disco.  Based on the cult classic film starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, the show’s legendary score includes such hits as “Xanadu,” “Magic (You Have to Believe)” and “Have You Never Been Mellow?”  The New York Times raves, “Heaven on wheels!”

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

• May 25 – June 17, 2012
• Friday & Saturday @ 8 pm; Sunday @ 2 pm; Thursday, June 7 @ 8 pm
• Rating: G
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Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; Music by Nacio Herb Brown; Lyrics by Arthur Freed;  Based on the MGM film.

The dazzling stage adaptation of one of the most celebrated and beloved films of all time!  1920’s Hollywood is the setting for this zany, light-hearted romantic comedy about the early days of sound film, when many a movie studio found itself scrambling to salvage the career of its chipmunk-voiced silent picture star.  Incredible music, incredible dancing, incredible fun!