Runaway Stage Productions 2013 Season

BROADWAY STAGE 2013 SEASON

	9 TO 5 January 4-27, 2013 Performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm Revenge is Sweet! Based on the memorable film, 9 to 5 tells of office manager Violet Newstead, who joins her fellow co-workers—frazzled divorcée Judy Bernly and sexy secretary Doralee Rhodes—to turn the tables on their “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” of a boss. Sacramento Regional Theatre Premier! The musical premiered at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in September 2008 and opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009. It was nominated for 15 Drama Desk Awards, the most received by a production in a single year. It was also nominated for four Tony Awards. The Broadway production closed in September 2009, and a US National Tour began in September 2010.

	AVENUE Q March 8-31, 2013 Performances: Thursdays. Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm, Sundays at 7pm LOCATION CHANGE: Avenue Q will be performed at the West Sacramento Community Center's Black Box Theater. Visit them on Facebook Muppets Gone Wild! Tony-winning musical Avenue Q is the hilarious and heartfelt story of a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York with big dreams and little money. He can only afford to live on Avenue Q but—good news!—his neighbors turn out to be a remarkably funny bunch of characters. Originally conceived as a television series, the show was developed as a stage production at the 2002 National Music Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. It opened Off-Broadway in March 2003, co-produced by The New Group and the Vineyard Theatre, and transferred to Broadway in July 2003 where it won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and spawned Las Vegas and West End productions, two national tours, and a variety of international productions.

	42nd STREET April 12-May 5, 2013 Performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm The Ultimate Broadway Musical Comedy! Based on the classic 1933 movie musical of the same name, 42nd Street tells the story of a naive young actress named Peggy Sawyer who arrives to audition for the new Julian Marsh extravaganza set to open on Broadway starring aging leading lady Dorothy Brock. A classic backstage story, 42nd Street is a delightful throwback that the entire family will enjoy. The 1980 Broadway production won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit. The show was produced in London in 1984 (winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical), and its 2001 Broadway revival won the Tony for Best Revival.

	THE WIZARD OF OZ July 5-28, 2013 Performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm Fantasy Live on Stage! Click your heels together and join Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy and her little dog Toto, as they journey through the magical land of Oz to meet the Wizard and obtain their heart's desires. Watch out for the Wicked Witch of the West and her winged monkeys as you rediscover the real story of Oz in this fantastic musical treat for all the family.

	HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS... September 6-29, 2013 Performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm ...Without Really Trying! Following the advice of a book entitled "How to Succeed in Business" a young window-cleaner, J. Pierrepont Finch, begins a meteoric rise from the mail-room to Vice President of Advertising at the World-Wide Wicket Company. Finch’s unorthodox and morally-questionable business practices jeopardize not only his career but also his romance with secretary Rosemary Pilkington. With a beloved score by Frank Loesser, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is packed with hit standards such as “I Believe in You,” “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm,” “The Company Way,” “Been a Long Day,” “Rosemary,” and “Brotherhood of Man.”

	SPAMALOT November 8-December 1, 2013 Performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm Sacramento Regional Theatre Premier! Based on the classic movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this is lowbrow comedy of the highest order. Gags involve coconuts, a Trojan rabbit, French people and a song called “The Song That Goes Like This.” The original 2005 Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols, won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, and received 14 Tony Award nominations. During its initial run of over 1,500 performances it was seen by more than two million people and grossed over $175 million.