2015-2016 Season

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South Pacific

The classic musical set against the dramatic background of an idyllic South Pacific island during WWII. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific intertwines the themes of romance, duty, and prejudice to create a story that is all at once hilarious, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking. Based on the anecdotes of a real-life U.S. Navy commander who was stationed on an island, the musical follows two intercultural love stories: Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with Emile, a French plantation owner on the island who has two children from his late Polynesian wife; at the same time, U.S. Lieutenant Cable falls for a beautiful island native named Liat. Both Americans find themselves struggling to reconcile their own cultural prejudices with their amorous feelings, all the while under the dark cloud of a war that is coming ever closer to their island paradise. Featuring such Broadway musical classics including “Younger Than Springtime,” “Some Enchanted Evening” and “There is Nothin’ Like a Dame.”
November 7 – 22, 2015 (Click for Cast Info and Performance Photos)

Disney’s The Little Mermaid

Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. With music by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, and a compelling book by Doug Wright, this fishy fable will capture your heart with its irresistible songs including “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl,” and “Part of Your World.”
January 30 – February 14, 2016 (Click for Cast Info and Performance Photos)

The World Premiere of “Enchanted April”

Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre presented the pre-Broadway, WORLD PREMIERE, of a new musical by award winning Lyricist Charles Leipart and Composer Richard Evans. The story is based on the 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim , which has also been produced as a Tony Award nominee for Best Play on Broadway and made into an Oscar nominated film. Enchanted April is a lively romp about four English women who vacation in Italy. The story and lively musical score reflect its setting in post-Victorian London and in Portofino, Italy – the Jazz Age and the 1920s – romantic, lyrical, jazzy. Life and love are about to bloom for four London women. These four ladies find each other, and the castle of their dreams, for one magical month on the Mediterranean. They seek a much needed antidote from their London cares and what they find on the Italian shore awakens them to a world of beauty, ardor and the joys of living. Love and comedy ensue when their husbands and lovers descend on the ladies’ heavenly retreat – where passions bloom in the Italian spring!
April 23 – May 8, 2016 (Click for Cast Info and Performance Photos)