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| | The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Book, Music and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes
Based on the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens
Directed by Steve Bell
BCP kicks off its 86th season with a brilliantly delightful musical whodunit incorporating a most unusual plot device: a "19th century Music Hall murder-mystery-set-within-a musical" in which you participate by identifying various mysterious characters and then actually vote on the murderer! You could come back and see eight performances and experience a different ending each time! Winner of 14 total Tony and Drama Desk Awards in 1986, including Best Musical, Drood is "one of the most inventive, inspired and rousing musicals ever devised." AM NEW YORK
September 8 – October 6, 2018
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2pm
All performances $24
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| | You Can't Take It with You
Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Lynne Lupfer
It's time to roar with laughter at this 1937 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy which features a daffy family whose passions include such mysterious oddities as pyrotechnics, snakes, ballet and dodging government authorities. Their 'conventional' daughter brings her boyfriend and his straight-laced parents home to meet her oddball family for the first time, but both she and her beau realize that the endearing eccentricities of her family and friends and their unquestioning love and support is their true happiness. "The only downside to this unconditional upper is that it may strain previously underused muscles around your mouth. That can happen when you spend twoand- a-half hours grinning like an idiot. A lot of shows can make you laugh. What's rare is a play that makes you beam from curtain to curtain." NY TIMES
October 20 – November 10, 2018
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
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| | Broadway Sings America
Directed by Jacqueline Poquette
Musical Direction by Steve Bell
An amazing special event for the mid-term election season! Join five of BCP's top vocalists for an inspiring performance of Broadway songs touching upon various elements of the world of politics, showcasing categories such as History, War and Patriotism. Step back from the divisive real world and enjoy this non-partisan 90 minute concert presentation which includes selections from 1776, Fiorello, Les Miserables, South Pacific, Ragtime, Miss Saigon and more. This one is not to be missed!
Saturday, November 3 at 2pm
Sunday, Nov 4 at 7:30pm
All performances $15
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| | Jack & the Beanstalk
Book and Lyrics by Jim Eiler
Music by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy
Directed by Bill Kaufman
Fee. Fi. Fo. Fum. We smell another wonderful Prince Street Players' musical fairytale brought to life by BCP! Jack and his adventures in the sky are given a splendid spin in this family-friendly musical adaptation of the classic story, featuring one very scientifically-minded Giant who has invented a plucky Golden Harp and a tap dancing Golden Goose.Will your child (or grandchild) ages three through ten be able to figure out the mystery of this story? Whatever you do, don't spill the BEANS!
November 24 – December 16, 2018
Fridays at 7:30pm
Saturdays/Sundays at 1:00 and 3:30pm
All performances $14
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| | Church & State
Written by Jason Odell Williams
Directed by Carol Fisher
A fast-paced, seriously funny take on faith, politics, and "The Twitter". It's three days before Charlie Whitmore's Senate reelection, and he's decided to tell the public exactly what's on his mind, with no filter. What is he going to say, and what could possibly go wrong? Playwright Williams "avoids demonizing his conservative Southerners, who are winning, strikingly intelligent, and above all, sincere in their beliefs .... The moral struggle that follows fuels a sophisticated dialectic that presents both sides of the gun debate.... It's surprisingly subtle and gripping entertainment. Simply superb!" LA TIMES
January 12 – February 2, 2019
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
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| | Mission: Improv-able 3
Directed by Terri Caust
Perhaps our season's greatest mystery of all: what exactly will come out of the mouths of our quickwitted, fast-talking improvisation artists when they are provided scenarios and have zero time to prepare? There's only way to find out...buy your ticket now to our third iteration of an evening of improvisational comedy as there are only two scheduled performances.
Saturday, January 26 at 2pm
Sunday, January 27 at 7pm
All performances $11
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| | Veronica's Room
Written by Ira Levin
Directed by Ellyn Essig
In typical Ira Levin fashion (Rosemary's Baby, Deathtrap, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil), the plot features numerous twists and turns encircled by a sensation of supernatural mystery. False identities, time periods crossed, murder, incest, a woman driven toward insanity by others... if you're looking for creepy, you've found the right place! "Bring a seatbelt - the theatre doesn't provide them, and given the whirlwind you're sitting in, you might feel safer strapped in." BROADWAY WORLD
February 16 – March 9, 2019
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
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| | A Streetcar Named Desire
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Jacqueline Poquette
In Tennessee Williams' most famous (and successful) play, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois makes her way to New Orleans to stay with her sister and crass brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Why did she leave her mansion home back in Mississippi? Did she break the law? Cause a scandal? And which sister really causes Stanley to bellow the most famous single name ever heard on stage: "STELL-A!"? "The play is written with a triumphantly heightened naturalism, in which the rhythms and images of ordinary life are subtly combined and contrasted with a verselike elegance of phrase." THE NEW REPUBLIC
March 23 – April 13, 2019
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
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| | Rumors
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Peter Colletto
Neil Simon returned to laugh-out-loud comedy in this 1988 farce which finds us at a dinner party in which the first guests discover the hostess is missing and the host upstairs with a superficial gunshot wound. To prevent a scandal, the first couple hides this situation from the second, and they hide it from the third, all the way down the line. Filled with half-prepared meals, car accidents, marital affairs, slapstick pratfalls, back spasms, mistaken identities and illogical alibis...and that's just Act One! These hilarious rumor-based circumstances provide an evening that is "...loud, raucous, fast-paced, witty and pretty much over the top from curtain to curtain." NEWS TRIBUNE
May 4 – June 2, 2019
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
** No performances May 12 and May 24-26
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| | The Typists
Written by Murray Schisgal
Directed by Jerry Pettinati
Exploring the cycle of life, complete with the humor, sadness, self-delusion and reconciliation which underlie and infuse the human condition, this Off-Broadway 1963 hit was awarded the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award, Vernon Rice Award, Saturday Review Critics Poll Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Playwright. And speaking of the author, did you know that besides being a prolific writer and producer, Murray Schisgal is perhaps best known as the co-author of the film Tootsie?
Saturday,June 8 at 8pm
Sunday, June 9 at 2pm
All performances $11
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