Pittsburgh CLO's 2010 Summer Season will feature the CLO premieres of three Tony® Award-winning musicals - Curtains, The Producers and Hairspray. This spectacular season will also include the highly anticipated return of Miss Saigon and dynamic new productions Oliver! and The Student Prince. Highlighted by some of Broadway's biggest blockbusters, Tony® Award-winning scores, heart touching dramas and a splash of old-fashioned romance, Pittsburgh CLO's 2010 Summer Season will treat audiences to Broadway's best right in their own backyards.
"The 2010 Pittsburgh CLO Summer Season will feature several Broadway blockbusters, including the Pittsburgh premiere of the award-winning musical comedy Curtains," explains Executive Producer Van Kaplan. "But it will also include the treasured musical theater classics that are the hallmark of the Pittsburgh CLO mission. Throughout the summer, Pittsburgh CLO audiences are guaranteed Broadway-quality entertainment at a prIce That makes this important art form accessible to all of our Pittsburgh neighbors."
2010 Summer Season
The 2010 Summer Season opens June 1 at the Benedum Center and will include the following:
Oliver!
June 1-6
Music, Lyrics and Book by Lionel Bart
Licensed by Arrangement with Oliver Productions, Ltd.
and Oliver Promotions, Ltd.
This beloved musical brings Charles Dickens' touching tale of young orphan Oliver Twist to life! Hungry, homeless, and befriended by pickpockets, Oliver searches the crowded streets for the road to true happiness. Can he escape from the clutches of the crime ring and find a loving home? Oliver!'s Tony® Award-winning score boasts the musical theater classics "Food, Glorious Food," "I'd Do Anything," Where is Love?," "Consider Yourself," "As Long As He Needs Me," "Who Will Buy" and "Reviewing the Situation."
Miss Saigon
June 8-20
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boublil
This pop opera sensation is one of the most stunning Broadway productions of all time! An epic love story that will touch your heart and haunt your memory, this raw and uncompromising tale shares the powerful story of an American GI and his love affair with a Vietnamese girl in a world torn apart by war. She was his savior from the hell of Saigon. Can the son he never knew be part of the life that her love helped him build? This emotionally powerful score features the show stopping "The Movie in My Mind," "I Still Believe," "Why God Why" and "The American Dream."
Curtains
June 22-27
Book by Rupert Holmes
Music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Original book and concept by Peter Stone
From the creators of Cabaret and Chicago comes this Tony® Award-winning whodunit. When the hapless star of Boston's newest musical dies during her opening night curtain call, the real show begins! Can a stage-struck police detective solve the murder without getting himself killed, or will the lure of the theater prove too irresistible? After an unexpected backstage romance blooms, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi finds himself just as intent on making the show a hit as he is on solving the case! Nominated for eight Tony® Awards, this hilarious Kander and Ebb musical is a tribute to Broadway's Golden Age, featuring such hits as "Thinking of Him" and "Show People."
The Producers
July 6-18
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music by Mel Brooks
Lyrics by Mel Brooks
The movie "The Producers" by Mel Brooks
It's outrageous and hilarious, not to mention the winner of 12 Tony® Awards! Based on Mel Brooks' Academy® Award-winning film, The Producers is the story of down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock, his hysterically awkward accountant Leo Bloom and their "sure-fire" scheme to get rich quick. The plan? To raise more money than they need to mount a guaranteed Broadway flop - Springtime for Hitler - and head to Rio with the cash when the curtain comes crashing down. Audiences will be doubled over with laughter as they sing and dance their way through the greatest show biz scam that there ever was! This Tony® Award-wining score is a guilty pleasure: "I Wanna Be a Producer," "Where Did We Go Right" and "'Til Him."
Contains adult language and situations
Hairspray
July 20-August 1
