Beck Center Announces 2017- 2018 Theater Season

Beck Center Theater Season includes 50th Anniversary Production of Hair, a Broadway Triumph, and an Existential Masterpiece

 

Beck Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its 2017-2018 professional theater season filled with their signature eclectic titles that include classics, a regional premiere, and the seventh collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University Musical Theater program.

 

“This is an especially exciting slate of plays and musicals as they collectively have such an amazing pedigree. Artists and audiences will be exhilarated and challenged all season long with these terrific pieces.” says Scott Spence, Beck Center Artistic Director (now heading into his 28th season at Beck).

 

Subscriptions and Flex Passes for the 2017-2018 season are on sale now and range from $100 to $267. For more information, call Beck Center Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10. Individual tickets may be purchased beginning Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays; however, performance times vary for The Little Mermaid, and Hair. Preview performances are the Thursdays before opening night. For more information visit beckcenter.org.

 

 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Written by Dale Wasserman, Book by Ken Kesey

Directed by William Roudebush

September 15 – October 8, 2017; Mackey Theater

“Scarifying and powerful" - The New York Times

 

Waiting for Godot

Written by Samuel Beckett

Directed by Eric Schmeidl

October 6 – November 5, 2017; Studio Theater

"...a witty and poetic conundrum" - The Guardian 

 

Disney’sThe Little Mermaid, ENCORE PRODUCTION

Music by Academy Award winner Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman

Directed by Scott Spence; Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster; Choreography by Martín Céspedes;

Featuring Kathleen Rooney as Ariel and Natalie Blalock (Broadway’s The Scarlet Pimpernel) at Ursula

December 1 – 31, 2017; Mackey Theater; Special Sensory-Friendly Performance Thursday, December 14

2016 Cleveland Critics Circle Awards Winner for Best Musical Direction and Best Projection Design

 

HAIR

Music by Galt MacDermot; Book and Lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni

Directed by Victoria Bussert

In collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program

February 9 – February 25, 2018; Mackey Theater

“Hair has a history of defying expectations” – The New York Times

 

My First Time, REGIONAL PREMIERE

Written by Ken Davenport

Directed by Scott Spence

March 30 – April 29, 2018; Studio Theater

"Funny and touching to sweet, sexy and silly!" - The Village Voice

 

Bent

Written by Martin Sherman

Directed by Matthew Wright

June 1 – July 1, 2018; Studio Theater

“Powerful and provocative." - The New York Times

 

Gypsy           

Book by Arthur Laurents; Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Scott Spence; Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster; Choreography by Martín Céspedes

July 6 – August 12, 2018; Mackey Theater

“Broadway’s own brassy, unlikely answer to King Lear.” – Variety