Tickets on Sale Sunday for Goodspeed's 2017 Season, Featuring RAGS, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE and More

Don't miss your chance to get the best seats at the greatest values for each of the six superb musicals during Goodspeed's upcoming 2017 season. Unprecedented demand is expected when tickets go on sale for the new season, so audience members are encouraged to call right away. The Box Office will open at 10 a.m. this Sunday, offering great deals on these six highly anticipated musicals.

There's something for everyone at Goodspeed this season: kick up your heels for the tap-fueled hit Thoroughly Modern MIllie; enjoy the beloved Broadway classic Oklahoma!; experience the inspiring saga of America's immigrant past in a new adaptation of the Stein/Strouse/Schwartz musical Rags; be charmed by the funny, bittersweet and breathtaking new musical Deathless; delight in the magical and moving new Darling Grenadine; and get into the spirit of the holiday season with A Connecticut Christmas Carol - a Nutmeg State take on a classic tale which celebrates some of the most beloved storytellers in Connecticut history.

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This year at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn. you can enjoy three memorable musicals beginning with Thoroughly Modern Millie. In 1922 New York, all the modern girls are sporting bobbed hair and heightened hemlines! Newcomer Millie is no exception, jumping headlong into a makeover and a dizzy plan to marry rich - until she falls for a penniless charmer. Her jazz-kissed adventures are crowded with a flurry of flappers, a runaway heiress, a nefarious landlady and more. A mix of madcap mistaken identity, high-spirited show tunes and tap-happy dance has more kick than bootleg gin in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical. Thoroughly Modern Mille features Book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan, New Music by Jeanine Tesori, and New Lyrics by Dick Scanlan. Based on the original story and screenplay by Richard Morris for Universal Pictures Film. Thoroughly Modern Millie will be sponsored by Chester Village West, The Shops at Mohegan Sun and Webster Bank.

This summer Oklahoma!, the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic that changed American musicals forever, dawns at Goodspeed for the very first time. Cowboy Curly and farm girl Laurey are taking their sweet time falling in love. Can these stubborn romantics admit their feelings before it's too late? Passion, laughter and high-kicking choreography blossom in a land where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain. A legendary score - including "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top" and the rousing title tune - will put you in a brand new state! Oklahoma! features music by Richard Rodgers and Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Original Dances by Agnes deMille. Oklahoma! will be sponsored by Liberty Bank; Eversource; and Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.

This fall don't miss the captivating musical Rags. Welcome to the new world! Fresh from Ellis Island, a young mother and her son search for lost family and a sense of home as the 20th century beckons. The streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side may not be paved with gold, but they echo with the music of opportunity, optimism and hope. A ravishing score by the songwriters of Wicked and Annie colors a sweeping saga of America's immigrant past. Celebrate our rich roots in Goodspeed's new adaptation of a neglected masterpiece of the musical theatre. Rags features Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and New Adaptation by David Thompson. Rags will be sponsored by Amica Insurance.

Experience three unique new musicals at The Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn., this season. In Deathless the Serling family is taking its annual road trip to Niagara Falls, but this time they're saying goodbye to mom. Along the way, memories of past trips, old wounds and family secrets are navigated in a not-too-distant future where no one dies of disease. For daughter Hayley, the journey means facing the big questions of life and death. Travel with unforgettable characters on the brink of discovering that living forever may not be as wonderful as it sounds. A funny, bittersweet, breathtaking new musical you simply must see. Deathless features Book, Music and Lyrics by Zack Zadek .

This summer sparks fly in Darling Grenadine. Meet fun-loving jingle composer Harry. In modern Manhattan, his charmed life with girlfriend Louise, brother Paul and beloved Labrador Retriever (also Paul!) sparkles with the fizz of romantic comedies and the whimsy of MGM musicals. But will it all go flat when reality interrupts Harry's tenderly orchestrated fantasia? A rich contemporary score explores the friction between romance and reality, bitter and sweet, high and low. Raise a glass to a musical serving something magical, moving and boldly new. Darling Grenadine features Book, Music & Lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik.

Just in time for the holidays it's A Connecticut Christmas Carol. Some of the most beloved storytellers in Connecticut history come alive for a yuletide gathering you won't forget. Famed actor and local legend William Gillette leaves his castle on the Connecticut River to adapt Dickens' holiday classic in the 1920s. Local heroes Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and P.T. Barnum make spirited appearances opposite Gillette's Scrooge in a highly theatrical twist on a family favorite. Custom-made for Goodspeed with all original music, here's a tuneful, heartfelt confection spiced with enough Nutmeg State flavor to sweeten your season. A Connecticut Christmas Carol features Book by L J Fecho and Music and Lyrics by Michael O'Flaherty, Goodspeed's Resident Music Director for over 25 years.

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Beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 19, 2017, single tickets may be purchased by visiting our Box Office, open seven days a week at 6 Main Street, East Haddam, Conn.; by calling 860.873.8668; or on-line at goodspeed.org. Special ticket packages are still available: The new SIX SHOW package includes a season ticket for all three shows at The Goodspeed AND three shows at The Terris Theatre - starting at $216. Other options include a season ticket for all three shows at The Goodspeed - starting at $108, or a season ticket for three shows at The Terris Theatre - starting at $108.

Contact the Box Office for details. Ticket cost may vary by performance; please call for current pricing. All prices are subject to change.

AT THE GOODSPEED: Thoroughly Modern Millie, a Tony-winning musical comedy set in Jazz Age New York City which will run from April 21 - July 2; the first-ever Goodspeed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic Oklahoma!, which will run from July 14 - September 28; and Rags, a sweeping story of America's immigrant past from the songwriters of Annie and Wicked, which will run from October 6 - December 10 , 2017.

At THE TERRIS THEATRE: Deathless a breathtaking, funny, bittersweet musical will run June 2 - July 2; followed by Darling Grenadine, a new tuner that mixes the whimsy of MGM musicals and the bittersweet surprise of romantic comedies, which will run August 18 - September 17; and then A Connecticut Christmas Carol, a new adaptation of the Dickens holiday classic spiced with the flavor of the Nutmeg State, which will run November 17 - December 24, 2017.

Curtain times are Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (select performances at 2:00 p.m.), Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (select performances at 6:30 p.m.).

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Under the leadership of Executive Director Michael Gennaro, Goodspeed Musicals is dedicated to the preservation, development and advancement of musical theatre and is the first theatre in the nation to receive two Tony Awards (for outstanding achievement). Goodspeed produces three musicals each season at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn., and additional productions at The Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn., which was opened in 1984 for the development of new musicals. Goodspeed also maintains The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre and The Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre.

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