A Little Night Music

Book by Hugh Wheeler
Based on Ingmar Bergman’s film
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Oct. 3–12, 2008
Directed by Paul K. Looney

A Little Night Music delighted audiences 10 years ago in the inaugural season at the Bean-Brown Theatre.  With its’ first word, “Remember?” we are invited to a past era of elegance and enchantment. Sondheim’s music is romantic and achingly beautiful in its exploration of love, in all its wondrous, humorous, and ironic permutations.

“A jeweled music box of a show; lovely to look at, delightful to listen to.” - Time Magazine


The Foreigner
By Larry Shue
Dec. 5–14, 2008

A fishing lodge in rural Georgia becomes the playground for nonstop hilarity when Englishman, Froggy LeSueur, leaves behind his pathologically shy friend, Charlie, under the guise that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Charlie overhears more than he should, leading to a wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the “bad guys,” and the “good guys” emerge triumphant.


Miscast: A Musical Mishap Cabaret!
Compiled by Tina Fitch and Leslie Poss
January 9, 10, and 11, 2009 (rescheduled from Sept. 5, 6, and 7, 2008)

Miscast kicks off the ten year anniversary of our home, the Bean-Brown Theatre, on the campus of Shelton State Community College. Sure to be crazy fun, Theatre Tuscaloosa's best actors perform roles in which they would NEVER be cast! It’s like Broadway meets American Idol meets America’s Funniest Home Videos!  This is a limited run, so don't miss out!

Doubt, A Parable
By John Patrick Shanley
Feb. 20–Mar. 1, 2009
Directed by Tina Fitch

2005 Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner and a brilliant powerful drama, sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students.  DOUBT is sure to raise questions and discussion long after the performance is done.


The Sound of Music
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Suggested by “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers”
June 19–28, 2009
Directed by Tina Fitch

This final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical. The hills are indeed alive with the sound of music and the scent of edelweiss as we climb every mountain and follow every rainbow, until we find our dream. Come enjoy the musical that melts every heart!