Georgia Repertory Theatre at the Springer 2017-18 Season

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Dreamgirls

by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen September 22 - October 8, 2017

Emily Woodruff Hall

The dazzling Broadway musical mega-hit based on the show business stories of Motown and soul legends such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown and Jackie Wilson. Winner of six Tony Awards, Dreamgirls follows the story of a young girl group that rises from amateur competitions to the glittering pinnacle of superstardom. An American musical odyssey with heart, passion and soul.

“The show comes roaring at you like a souped-up, chrome-plated luxury sedan!� - New York Times

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Newsies

by Alan Menken, Jack Feldman and Harvey Fierstein December 1 - 23, 2017

Emily Woodruff Hall

Fresh from Broadway, this exhilarating song and dance sensation from Disney tells the captivating story of the 1899 New York newspaper boy strike. Led by 17 year-old runaway Jack Kelly, an army of orphan street kids takes on the world’s most powerful publishing empire and shuts it down. This two-time Tony Awardwinning musical hit is the thrilling tale of a band of underdog children who fight for what’s right.

“If this irresistible concoction of jaunty tunes with high-kicking, backflipping, tap-dancing chorus doesn’t put a smile on your face, then nothing will!” - Hollywood Reporter

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The Great Gatsby based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald January 25 - February 4, 2018

Emily Woodruff Hall

A sweeping, lavish staging of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American masterpiece. Jay Gatsby, a handsome, self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan while Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession and danger. The breathtaking glamour of the Jazz Age explodes in this powerful and seductive tour de force.

“A beautifully crafted interpretation of the novel which defined the Jazz Age.” - London Free Press

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West Side Story

by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein March 2 - 17, 2018

Emily Woodruff Hall

From its first glorious notes to its final breath, West Side Story stakes its claim as the greatest Broadway musical of all time. Two young lovers are caught between warring New York street gangs in this breathtaking urban retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Featuring a thrilling score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, this love story is a living celebration of America’s music and dance heritage.

“...tender and affecting....West Side Story is an incandescent piece of art....The hostility and suspicion, the glory of the nuptials, the terror of the rumble, the devastating climax.” - New York Times

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Last of the Red Hot Lovers

by Neil Simon April 27 - May 12, 2018

Emily Woodruff Hall

A delirious comedy starring popular Hollywood and Broadway character actor Brian Reddy. Barney Cashman is an awkward, overweight, middle-aged married man who decides to have a fling before modern life passes him by. He arranges three seductions - Elaine, a frenetic bundle of nerves, Bobbi, a kooky actress and Jeanette, a depressed housewife. As a red hot lover, Barney is a complete bumbling failure. But in a tender, moving conclusion, Barney rediscovers the enduring fulfillment of true love - with his wife.

Brian Reddy is known for movies like O, Brother Where Art Thou?, Casino, Primal Fear and Dante’s Peak, television roles in Madam Secretary, House of Cards, The Good Wife and Seinfeld. He starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway in with Scarlett Johansson.

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Million Dollar Quartet

by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott November 2 - 19, 2017

McClure Theatre

The smash hit Broadway musical, inspired by the true story of the legendary recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. By pure chance, these four young musicians dropped in at Sun Records in Memphis on December 4, 1956. The result? The greatest impromptu recording sessions of all time. Don’t miss your chance to be a fly on the wall of fame as the Million Dollar Quartet performs their greatest rockabilly, gospel and country hits.

“A buoyant new jukebox musical about a hallowed day in the history of rock ‘n’ roll!” - New York Times

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A Tuna Christmas

by Ed Howard, Jatson Williams & Joe Sears December 14 - 23, 2017

McClure Theatre

Putting the fun in DisFUNction, a brilliant new cast of master comedians continues the legacy of Columbus’ legendary Holiday cult favorite. Springer favorites Jim Pharr and Ben Redding will play all 24 citizens of Tuna, the tiny Texas town that erupts in holiday mayhem every year with a disastrous production of A Christmas Carol, yard displays vandalized by the Christmas Phantom and a Humane Society overrun with iguanas, coyotes, sheep and myna birds. 60,000 patrons have made this a genuine Christmas tradition in Columbus.

“So funny it could make a racoon laugh at Davy Crocket!” - New York Post

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Perfect Arrangement

by Topher Payne April 12 - 22, 2018

McClure Theatre

This laugh-out-loud comedy by Georgia’s brilliant rising star playwright, Topher Payne, blows the cover off of the very serious government witch-hunt of the 1950s, led by the zealous Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Payne’s sit-com-style play spotlights the period in which McCarthy’s Red Scare spun off an even more sinister offspring - the Lavender Scare - the government search for sexual deviants. The comedy focuses on two gay State Department employees who struggle to keep their secrets in the closet - literally.

“A clever canape’ of comedy! Mr. Payne is a deft and witty writer!” The New York Times

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales based on the book by Jon Scieszka July 7 - 23, 2017

Children’s Series, McClure Theatre

Though the characters may be familiar, each of your favorite storybook fables is uproariously derailed in this adaptation of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s quintessential children’s book of fractured fairy tales. Everything from Chicken Little to The Gingerbread Man gets a complete makeover. Fun music and witty narration accompany the likes of ineloquent giants, sassy barnyard animals, colossal cow pies, and enough stinky cheese to go around. If you think that happy endings, moral lessons, and the power of goodness magically triumphing over the forces of evil are the stuff fairy tales are made of, these stories will make you think again.

RATED: G

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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka October 6 - 22, 2017

Children’s Series, McClure Theatre

There are two sides to every story, and when the Big, Bad Wolf takes the stand in Piggsylvania’s Trial of the Century, he finally gets his say.

But whether he’ll get a fair trial in a corrupt piggy court is anyone’s guess. Will the pigs’ splashy puppet show make a puppet out of justice, or is the wolf’s catchy song and dance about a sneeze gone wrong nothing but a bunch of hot air? Enter the jury box and decide the fate of Big’n’Bad in this musical adaptation of the hit children’s book.

“One of the best children’s shows of the year.” - The New York Times RATED: G

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Jackie & Me

by Steven Dietz March 9 - 18, 2017

Children’s Series, McClure Theatre

Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent. With the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decided to go back in time to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball’s color barrier. Joe plans on writing the best book report in the class so that he can win four tickets to an amusement park. What he didn’t expect was to take trips that will for a short time change the color of his skin, and forever change his view of history and his definition of courage.

“Jackie and Me is one of those shows that turns out to be far, far better, and far more emotional, than you’d ever expect.” - Chicago Tribune RATED: PG