- February 2006
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society is proud to present a sprightly adaptation of the all-time classic musical Singin’ in the Rain. Set in 1927, it satirizes the momentous and painful period in Hollywood movie history when ‘talkies’ took over from silent pictures.
Lina Lamont – the temperamental Queen of the Silver Screen – has but one problem during such a transition: a shrill and squeaky New York accent. As her career faces troubled waters, Kathy Selden steps in to help save this fading star, only to fall in love with Lina’s co-actor Don Lockwood. Professional and personal tensions rise as Don faces difficult decisions both on and off screen. Guaranteed to set your feet tapping, join CUMTS as they return to the Cambridge Arts' Theatre Stage with this musical extravaganza.
- February 2006
For one night only, the ADC Bar will be filled with the voices of the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society.
Fast becoming one of the most important student musical theatre societies in the country, CUMTS has consistently wowed audiences with productions at the ADC Theatre, at the Cambridge Arts Theatre and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Recent successes include Merrily We Roll Along (2004), Me and My Girl (2005) and The Threepenny Opera (2005).
Accompanied by a live band, members will be performing numbers from hit West End and Broadway shows right across the musical theatre spectrum: from Sondheim to Cole Porter, and from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Jason Robert Brown. Join Cambridge's finest performers in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the ADC Bar for a perfect evening's entertainment.
- November 2005
It is the Age of Aquarius, a time of freedom, love and equality. But the dark cloud of the Vietnam War hangs over the tribe. As one of its members, Claude, receives his draft notice, he contemplates life without his two most precious possessions: his freedom and his HAIR. At its premiere in 1968, Hair sparked a theatrical revolution. Comprising of late 1960s rock music, spectacular staging and a serious political message, 'Hair' will give Cambridge performers and audience the chance to experience an utterly original piece of musical theatre.
- October 2005
For one night only, the ADC Bar will be filled with the voices of the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society.
Fast becoming one of the most important student musical theatre societies in the country, CUMTS has consistently wowed audiences with productions at the ADC Theatre, at the Cambridge Arts Theatre and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Recent successes include Merrily We Roll Along (2004), Me and My Girl (2005) and The Threepenny Opera (2005).
Accompanied by a live band, members will be performing numbers from hit West End and Broadway shows right across the musical theatre spectrum: from Sondheim to Cole Porter, and from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Jason Robert Brown. Join Cambridge’s finest performers in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the ADC Bar for a perfect evening’s entertainment.
- February 2005
CUMTS proudly presents the UK premiere of the off-Broadway smash hit musical revue SECRETS EVERY SMART TRAVELLER SHOULD KNOW
"This is your captain speaking. We'd like to apologise for the delay in take off. The flight attendants will be serving a complimentary cocktail. And we'll be taking off just as soon as I drink it."
SECRETS EVERY SMART TRAVELLER SHOULD KNOW is a fast-paced, furiously funny musical comedy revue for anyone who's ever travelled anywhere - and survived to tell the tale! The entire journey is planned: from booking the tickets to losing the luggage to an unexpected stop in customs, 'Secrets...' is a smart, witty cautionary tale for any holidaymaker. A smash hit Off-Broadway featuring the songs 'Ageing Planes', 'Buffet' and 'Naked in Pittsburgh', you'll be laughing and singing along all the way to the departure lounge. If you ever get there...
Miracle Airlines - if it's a good flight, it's a Miracle!
http://www.MiracleAirlines.co.uk
- February 2005
This award winning musical about the power of love over class divide brings together hilarious but insightful lyrics with fantastic melodies. Showstopping numbers and warm humour keep this show at the heart of British musical theatre.
- November 2004
CU Musical Theatre Society brings the stunning music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim back to the ADC stage.
Following from the whirlwind success of Little Shop of Horrors (2004) at the Cambridge Arts Theatre and the sell out Hot Mikado (2003) and Songs for a New World (2004) at the ADC Theatre, the society presents Merrily We Roll Along, a deeply intense, moving portrayal of friendship and passion.
Frank, Charley and Mary are young, idealistic and ambitious. They begin their lives together gazing into the night sky, dreaming of Broadway success and changing the world. What has become of their hopes and desires twenty years later? As the years roll back from 1976 to 1957, the friends struggle to maintain their friendship in the face of shattered dreams and broken hearts.
A rarely performed masterpiece, Merrily We Roll Along combines a heart aching score and storyline with the finest actors and singers in Cambridge.
www.merrilywerollalong.com
- October 2004
- February 2004
Down-trodden orphan Seymour Krelbourn discovers a strange and interesting new breed of plant, which catapults him to fame and fortune. But success comes at a price - the plant has a man-sized appetite! Man and plant enter into a Faustian pact that endangers the life Seymour's love, Audrey, and threatens to destroy the world as we know it.
The show includes such well-loved numbers as 'Somewhere That's Green', 'Suddenly Seymour' and 'Feed Me'. This darkly comic musical promises to be a feast of horticultural hilarity and fun!!
'Feed me, feed me now!'
- February 2004
Facing moments of crisis and finding the courage to go on – hitting a wall and having to make a choice: Jason Robert Brown delivers in ‘Songs for a New World’ a freewheeling exploration of the human soul, addressing the fundamental issues of faith, love, regret and devotion.
In sixteen songs ranging from broad comedy and full-voiced anthem to touching love song, and from a single mother's hymn of praise for the gift of her child-to-be, to a bored and sexually frustrated Mrs Santa Claus, Brown has created a piece of musical drama that above all deals with the struggle for personal fulfilment.
- November 2003
CUMTS returns to the ADC stage, after the sell-out successes of West Side Story (Cambridge Arts Theatre) Into the Woods and Company (ADC Theatre) with Broadway's outrageously entertaining jazz, rock and swing version of the G&S favourite.
The Japanese town of Titi-pu is transported to a smoky jazz club, where the establishment comes up against the wrath of torch-song diva Katisha, executioner Koko, and the powerful zoot-suited Mikado. As the Three Little Maids pay close-harmony homage to the Andrews Sisters, heads are about to roll when the club's delectable doo-wah singer Yum-Yum decides she wants to marry Nanki-Poo, a trumpet player in a travelling swing band - or so he seems...
Rocking the rafters with joyful harmony, flashy kimonos and a song about a depressed bluetit, Hot Mikado is a glamorous and jazzy Japanese feel-good feast of all that is swinging, sequined and sizzling hot.
- February–March 2003
