Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! - the groundbreaking musical that set the stage for all that followed! Rodgers & Hammerstein's exuberant classic is a lively, tuneful musical full of cowboys, farmers, romance and fearless optimism.
With its seamless integration of story, song, and dance, this landmark work redefined what a musical could be, setting the stage for generations of innovation. Its sweeping score, heartfelt characters, and timeless exploration of love, hope, and the search for belonging continue to captivate audiences more than 80 years after its debut.
Fences
August Wilsons' Fences a searing portrait of a man shaped by racism and limitation — and a family wrestling with inheritance, legacy, and the hope of something more.
Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues, now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded from the major leagues in his prime, Troy has grown increasingly bitter, and his anger and frustration take a toll on his relationships with his wife and son.
In the Heights
In the vibrant New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, bodega owner Usnavi and his friends dream, hope and work for a bright future.
In the Heights bursts onto the stage next with music, movement, and joy — a vibrant celebration of Latinx identity, neighborhood resilience, and the power of collective dreaming in the face of displacement and gentrification.
Angels in America, Part One: Millenium Appoahces
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches becomes the emotional and political heart of the season — an unflinching cry of grief, rage, queerness, and reckoning in the midst of crisis. Here, the very fabric of America is stretched and tested, and still, hope emerges.
In the first part of Tony Kushner's epic, set in 1980's New York City, a gay man is abandoned by his lover when he contracts the AIDS virus, and a closeted Mormon lawyer's marriage to his pill-popping wife stalls. Other characters include the infamous McCarthy-ite lawyer Roy Cohn, Ethel Rosenberg, a former drag queen who works as a nurse, and an angel.
Assassins
Assassins sharpens the focus with a darkly satirical carnival of history — exploring the fractured dreams and deep disillusionment of those who took aim at America’s leaders, daring us to confront the dangerous edges of the American myth.
A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim's signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America's four successful and five would-be presidential assassins.
Black Nativity
Returning for the fourth time, Langston Hughes' Black Nativity has become an Actors Theatre of Little Rock Holiday staple! The Gospel story told through song, story vignettes, and original dialogue, this ATLR tradition has become a beloved classic we are so excited to bring back.