Coastline Ballet Center and Marblehead Little Theatre
Proudly Present
The LAND of SWEETS
Act II of
the Nutcracker
Music by
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographed by Jessica Kreyer and Paval Gurevich
The second act of “The Nutcracker Suite,” Clara and Prince, arrive at the Land of Sweets where they are welcomed by the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Friday, December 13 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, December 14 at 4:00 and 6:00 pm
Sunday, December 15 at 4:00 and 6:00 pm
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Book by Allan Knee
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Produced by Andrew Barnett, Anthony Lombardi, Elaine Leahy
Directed by Alexandra Dietrich
Music Directed by Lianne Bunting
Based on Louisa May Alcott’s life, Little Women follows the adventures of sisters, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March. Jo is trying to sell her stories for publication, but the publishers are not interested – her friend, Professor Bhaer, tells her that she has to do better and write more from herself. Begrudgingly taking this advice, Jo weaves the story of herself and her sisters and their experience growing up in Civil War America.
Little Women
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
A View from the Bridge , by Arthur Miller
Produced by Julie Menard
Directed by Kolton Bradley
A View From The Bridge is the story about longshoreman Eddie Carbone, his wife Beatrice, and his seventeen-year-old niece, Catherine.
Beatrice invites her two illegal immigrant cousins to live with them until better accommodations can be arranged. Their impact on the household is felt immediately.
The play asks, how do we find commonality between different people? What is the experience of immigrating to the United States? How do you cope with being part of a larger society, but still hold on to your roots? In our current political climate, A View From The Bridge is as topical and relevant as it was when it first opened in 1956.
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by George Tabori
Revised by Alistair Beaton
Directed by Greg Mancusi Ungaro
Written in the ‘30s, set in the ’20s, Bertolt Brecht’s epic gangster play was conceived to warn America about the preciousness of democracy. Through powerful, transparent allegory, Brecht shows us the path of an ordinary grifter, as he rises from obscurity to the pinnacle of power. This satire is a dark commentary of the perils of unchecked power.
Group Tickets!
Marblehead Little Theatre encourages students (college theater majors and other majors) to see this thought-provoking play. Matinee shows on Saturdays and Sundays are always discounted for students.
For groups of 10 or more, we are offering an additional $5 off per ticket. Please contact the Box Office at info@mltlive.org to coordinate the group purchase.
Born in Bavaria, 1898. At 24, his cutting-edge Drums in the Night won him Expressionist recognition. His quickly written Threepenny Opera was Germany’s greatest hit of the 1920s. Revolutionary in form for 1928 Berlin – non-operatic, anti- highbrow musical theater – and cynically satirical, it irritated the Nazis; Brecht let Germany with his family in 1933. He continued to write in Scandinavia (e.g. Mother Courage) until the Nazi invasion. In California, along with some work for Hollywood he wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Galileo, produced in L.A. in 1947. The House Un-American Activities Committee interrogated him that same year; he left the U.S. the following day. He established the Berliner Ensemble in 1949 in East Berlin, opening Mother Courage with his wife Helene Weigel; its 1954 tour to Paris brought him recognition as Europe’s most important director, a year before his untimely illness and death.
Presented with the cooperation of the Heirs of Bertolt Brecht
“Something Rotten! is a hysterical, joyous celebration of everything you love about Broadway.”
Stageagent.com
Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Something Rotten was lauded by audience members and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years”.
Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
Produced by Ariel Sargent
Directed by Katie Meuse
Music Direction by David Flowers
Choreography by Erin Pelikhov
SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
