Spring Awakening
Directed by Skyler Gray, Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater, Music by Duncan Sheik, Based on the play by Frank Wedekind.
Winner of 8 TONY Awards, including BEST MUSICAL, Spring Awakening celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and passion that you will never forget. Adapted from Frank Wedekind's 1891 expressionist play about the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, it has bee hailed as the "Best Musical of the Year" by the New York Times, New York Post, Star Ledger, Journal News, New York Observer, and USA Today. The Underground is elated to bring you this Fresno Premiere!
For mature audiences only. Rated PG-13
Disney's Sleeping Beauty: Kids
Music and Lyrics by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, George Bruns, Tom Adair, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Sammy Fain& Jack Lawrence It’s princess Aurora’s sixteenth birthday, and Flora, Fauna and Merryweather must use their fairy magic to save her from the spell of evil sorceress Maleficent! This 40-minute stage adaptation is based on the Disney film and is accompanied by fun new songs to bring a fresh telling of the story to a new generation of kids and families. Fresno Premiere! Rated G
Jekyll & Hyde
Book and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse ; Music by Frank Wildhorn; Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson
A true musical theatre phenomenon, Jekyll & Hyde has become a cult classic after its smash-hit Broadway run. An evocative tale of the epic battle between good and evil, Jekyll & Hyde is based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart. Convinced the cure for his father’s mental illness lies in the separation of Man’s evil nature from his good, Dr. Henry Jekyll unwittingly unleashes his own dark side, wreaking havoc in the streets of late 19th century London as the savage, maniacal Edward Hyde. Fresno Premiere! Rated PG
2012 Season Subscriptions
The best way to see all of CMT's great productions in 2012 is to buy a Season Subscription. Available in show packs of 5 or 3 - you can choose the package that works best for you!
You can choose from any of the CMT productions: Yo, Vikings!, Disney's Sleeping Beauty: Kids, Jekyll & Hyde, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Or switch one of those out and choose The Underground's production of Spring Awakening instead.
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You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner; Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown tells the story of an average day in the life of the famous comic strip hero, Charlie Brown. Audiences are introduced to the whole Peanuts gang: Shroeder, Linus, Sally, Lucy and Snoopy. As the play progresses, the relationships of the Peanuts characters are further expanded and new discoveries about these iconic characters are made. Lucy is infatuated with Schroeder and takes great pleasure in tormenting Charlie Brown. Linus loves his blanket. Snoopy lives in his rich imagination. Charlie Brown is in love with a mysterious little, redheaded girl. This blockhead musical is sure to warm your heart and help you find the “Happiness” in an ordinary day! Rated G
White Christmas
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by David Ives and Paul Blake
The beloved classic holiday movie comes to life onstage in this new musical sensation! Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, two iconic song-and-dance men, follow a sister act to Vermont, only to discover that the nearly-bankrupt lodge they were to perform at is owned by their former commanding general. White Christmas boasts such hits as “Blue Skies,” “I Love a Piano,” and “White Christmas” and is sure to be a Holiday treat for the whole family! Fresno Premiere! Rated G
