Center REPertory Company's 2011 - 2012 Season
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Smokey Joe's Cafe
September 2 - October 9, 2011
Words & Music by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller / Directed & Choreographed by Robert Barry Fleming
Smokey Joe's Cafe is the hottest joint in town. This Tony Award-winning tribute to legendary songwriters Leiber and Stoller is a fast-paced nostaglic trip through 39 of rock-and-roll's greatest hits from "Stand by Me" and "Fools Fall in Love" to "Spanish Harlem" and "Yakety Yak". Award-winning Director Robert Barry Fleming returns to Center REP where he previously helmed such REP hits as Ain't Misbehavin, All Shook Up and She Loves Me.
A Weekend with Pablo Picasso
October 21 - November 19, 2011
Written and Performed by Herbert Siguenza / Directed by Todd Salovey
BAY AREA PREMIERE "Six paintings in one weekend! - who does he think I am, Dali?" No, he's Pablo Picasso, the most astonishingly prolific and influential artist of the 20th century. Now comes a new portrait of Picasso from famed writer, actor and painter Herbert Siguenza, of the nationally renowned comedy troupe Culture Clash. Acting the irrepressible Picasso with "boundless energy, exuberance and humor," Siguenza takes us inside the mind - and paint brush - of the man who changed how we look at the world. "Colorful, enjoyable... brisk and ingenious." - Houston Chronicle
A Christmas Carol
December 8 - 18, 2011
By Charles Dickens / Adapted by Cynthia Caywood & Richard L. James / Directed by Scott Denison
Brimming with music and dance, love and laughter, spectacular special effects and scary ghosts, it's no wonder the critics have call it "THE Christmas Carol to see in the Bay Area." Join the thousands who make this theatrical event part of their annual holiday traditions.
Arms and the Man
January 27 - February 25, 2012
By George Bernard Shaw / Directed by Nancy Carlin
The master of wit and social comedy at his most entertaining and romantic. What makes a hero? What makes a good husband? Raina must choose between Captain Bluntschli, the practical man who prefers chocolates to cartridges and Sergius, the dashing hero of the mistaken cavalry charge that sent Bluntschli climbing into her bedroom window at night. Shaw's most popular play is a charming tale of romance going awry with unexpected turns, mistaken identities and of course, the author's always surprising opinions - on war and marriage, and everything else!
Rumors
March 30 - April 28, 2012
By Neil Simon
The host has injured himself, his wife is missing and four couples are about to experience a severe attack of farce. As the rumors escalate, so do the laughs. Add in a cook who's gone AWOL, a damaged car, a recurring back spasm, and you've got a preposterous story no one can keep straight. Rumors, widely considered Neil Simon's funniest play, follows one hilarious evening of cover-ups, confusions and miscommunications.
Xanadu
May 18 - June 23, 2012
Book by Douglas Carter Beane / Music & Lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar / Based on the Film by Universal Pictures / Screenplay by Richard Danus & Marc Rubel
A young artist is trying to paint his enduring masterpiece (in chalk) on the boardwalk of Venice Beach and before you can say "roller disco!", his Muse appears in the form of Olivia Newton-John to guide him to full artistic satisfaction. Hey, it's the 80s, they did stuff like this then. Based on the legendary cult film with Newton-John and Gene Kelly, and packed with her chart-topping hits ("Magic", "I'm Alive", "Have You Never Been Mellow"), this is inspired lunacy at its most buoyant and hilarious.
Off Center is our chance (and yours!) to take on works that are new...that are provocative...that are seriously wacky...or that are better suited to the intimate Knight Stage 3. The same professional excellence you've come to expect from REP.
The Storytelling Ability Of A Boy
October 27 - November 20, 2011
By Carter W. Lewis
Turbulent, touching and wickedly funny West Coast Premiere.
TBA Musical
April 19 - May 13, 2012
(It's so big, we aren't allowed to announce it until this fall.) A Tony Award-winning musical sensation.
