Little Radical Theatrics' 2016 Season Kicks Off With A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM and RENT

Little Radical Theatrics Proudly Announces The First Two Productions of Our 2016 Season

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the plays of Plautus

WINTER 2016

"Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone: a comedy tonight!" is the promise of one of Broadway's most loved musicals. Sure, producers and audiences may have missed the boat with the heavily anticipated, indefinitely postponed James Corden-led revival this past season, but that's where the Little Radicals come in to serve up the surplus of silliness! A FUNNY THING ... FORUM tells the story of Pseudolus, a slave in ancient Rome, who goes to great lengths to gain his freedom by helping his young master woo the pretty girl next door. Of course, as is the case with any great farce, the road is anything but smooth, and our crafty hero must corral a company comprised of lustful aristocrats, vain warriors, slinky courtesans, and terrified eunuchs, while dodging a riotous succession of stunning surprises, wild chases, mistaken identities, and a bunch of bawdy humor - all in the pursuit of love, freedom, and delivering an evening's worth of entertainment! This fast-paced, witty and irreverent romp may be a 50 year-old musical from a bygone era based on 2000 year-old plays, but this brand new staging hopes to provide a breath of fresh air to split your sides and warm your toga-clad body this winter. Proving that, ultimately, a good laugh can last a long time.

RENT

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson

SPRING 2016

Little Radical Theatrics is thrilled to have been granted the rights to be presenting Westchester with a fresh interpretation of Jonathan Larson's gift to musical theatre, which will celebrate its opening night 20 years to the day of the original Broadway production. Winner of the 1996 TONY Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, RENT has become a pop culture phenomenon with a score that soars and a story that truly resonates. Taking inspiration from Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème, it revamps the classic tale for a contemporary era. We begin on Christmas Eve 1989 in the East Village of New York City, and measure 525,600 minutes, a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create under the shadow of pennilessness, drug abuse, social tension, and political unrest, among other hardships. The physical and emotional complications of HIV/AIDS pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former roommates. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these eight friends negotiate their loves, hopes, struggles, and triumphs, facing their problems head on and making personal self-discoveries to find what really matters most in life, provides the narrative thread to this exhilarating, landmark rock opera.

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