ARCHIVES
A small selection of past productions at KELLEY THEATRE

LES MISÉRABLES
LES MISÉRABLES turned out to be a huge success: we were sold out for all the entire run. Each night again, the audiences gave standing ovations to the cast, orchestra and crew of LES MISÉRABLES and praised the -quote- "amazing quality of this production". Read more...

RESIDENT ALIEN
X-Files meets Fargo: an intergalactical visitor observes the strange workings of human relationships. There may be intelligent life in the universe, there may even be some on our planet! Read more...

THE GRADUATE
A Cult novel, a classic "coming of age" film, and a quintessential hit of the sixties, Finally, Benjamin's disastrous sexual odyssey has "graduated" to the stage. Here's to you,. Mrs. Robinson! Read more...

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Set on the French Riviera, this musical is a hilarious battle between two con men, that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end! "A knockout punch to Broadway's funnybone! One of the liveliest, funniest, best-performed musicals in years. Super-smart and superior in every way." (Clive Barnes, New York Post) Read more...

URINETOWN - THE MUSICAL
URINETOWN - THE MUSICAL has broken a record in our history: it received 31 nominations and won 12 Topper Awards at the 2006 Tournament of Plays, including Best Musical, Best Ensemble and Best Director. Read more...

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
Again, KELLEY THEATER presented an European Stage Premiere: based on the bestselling book, this critically acclaimed drama tells the story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Read more...

MASTER CLASS
This critically acclaimed and multiple award winning play dramatizes a series of master classes given at Julliard School of Music by the legendary Maria Callas. Stunning theatricality, emotional fireworks, flashing wit and sublime music combine in the fiery cauldron that was Maria Callas, the sensational opera diva who hosts this musical master class before our adoring eyes. Read more...

AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN
This sophisticated comedy satirizes one of the most relentless industries in our celebrity-obsessed society, the creation of "hot" young things, which the media have learned to mass-produce with efficiency and zeal. Read more...

THE MIRACLE WORKER
This stirring dramatization of the story of Helen Keller is one of the most successful and warmly admired plays of the modern stage. This drama comes to a climax in one of the most turbulent, violent, and emotion packed scenes ever presented on the stage. Read more...

NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY
Mass murder might seem an unlikely topic for a musical comedy, but the singing serial killer in "No Way to Treat a Lady" does have illustrious ancestors, from Mack the Knife to Sweeney Todd. The cad who inspires the title's rebuke is Christopher Gill, a failed actor who sulks in the shadow of his recently deceased mother, a great Broadway star. Read more...

THE SECRET GARDEN
The Secret Garden is about the healing power of love and the miracle of rebirth. Through the lyrical shimmer of Lucy Simon's music, the score creates a world where lost loves are found, lost lives are saved, spring comes again and beauty reigns. A wonderful production, which earned Kelley Theatre 5 Topper Awards. Read more...

THE GLASS MENAGERIE
What our visitors said:
"The Glass Menagerie was simply stunning"
"I walked away inspired, sad, happy and longing for more theatre" Read more...

BILOXI BLUES
Eugene Morris Jerome returned to Stuttgart after stumbling through adolescence in the 2007 hit comedy BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. BILOXI BLUES, the second hilarious installment of Neil Simon's acclaimed autobiographical trilogy, follows a naïve Eugene Jerome through boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi. Read more...

CABARET AT THE BROADWAY CAFÉ
In the tradition of "Don't Tell Mama", "Joe's Pub" and "The Rainbow Room", our very own Broadway Café will be transformed (after our regular opening hours, naturally) into an authentic New York Style Cabaret. Kicking off our CABARET series was longtime Kelley Theater leading lady, Jeanne Ragonese, with her scintillatingly witty one-woman-show WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? Read more...

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
We were proud to present the European Premiere of Lori Allen Ohm's stage version of the classic horror film by George Romero and John Russo: a blend of cheesy "horror" effects laced with a generous helping of black humor - Skakespeare it never was intended to be! Read more...

THE GUYS
Two survivors of Sept. 11th spend a long afternoon together, recalling the fallen men through recounting their virtues and their foibles, and fashioning the stories into memorials of words. Read more...

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Rich in historical and ethnic detail, "Fiddler On The Roof" has touched audiences around the world with its humor, warmth and honesty. Its universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, joy and sadness. Read more...

THE LAST FIVE YEARS
There are two sides to every love story. This exhilarating contemporary musical is about a nice Jewish boy and a small-town girl in New York City who traverse the course of a five-year relationship, told in a parallel montage from both the end to the beginning and from the beginning to the end of the relationship. Read more...

THE ODD COUPLE
We were proud, that we opened our 25th anniversary season with one of the best comedies ever written and performed it to an amazed audience. Read more...

HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD
A musical celebration of kids being kids, addressing not only the peculiar ways they eat, but the strategies they employ to fight back against much. Read more...

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
An American classic by an American classic. Neil Simons nostalgic stage hit is a precocious family portrait. Read more...

A CHRISTMAS STORY
Who would have thought that the phrase "You'll shoot your eye out" would become synonymous with Christmas? A Christmas Story recalls a young boy's longing for a prized Christmas gift: a Daisy Red Ryder 200 Shot Carbine Action BB Air Rifle. Read more...

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET is an irresistible fable that has, for many, become synonymous with celebrating Christmas. It centers around the age-old question: Do you believe in Santa Claus? Read more...

POLISH JOKE
POLISH JOKE is a sweet, zany, and unexpected story about a young man in search of himself and his ethnic "roots". KELLEY THEATRE was proud to present the European Premiere of David Ives' contemporary adult comedy. Read more...

AND THEN THEY CAME FOR ME
This play is a multimedia event that combines videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss with live actors recreating scenes from their lives during World War II. Ed was Anne Frank's first boyfriend, and she wrote about him in the beginning of her now-famous diary. Eva Schloss was the same age as Anne Frank and lived in the same apartment building in Amsterdam. Read more...

DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 ON STAGE
What time is it? Summer time! School's out - and the Wildcats are back for an all new adventure. Join Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan and the rest of the East High gang as they dive into the enchanted world of Lava Springs Country Club and put their talent to the ultimate test! Read more...
