Mainstage
Four Tony Award Winning Shows
detailed show descriptions below...
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June 3 - June 19
(Previews June 1 & 2)
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June 24 - July 16
(Previews June 22 & 23)
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July 22 - August 13
(Previews July 20 & 21)
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August 14 - September 4
(Previews August 12 & 13)
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June 3 - June 19 (Preview Performances June 1 & 2)
Let the spelling begin! This funny, touching and interactive Tony Award-winner focuses on six quirky adolescent overachievers who are vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. Not only do they compete against each other, they also compete against members of the audience. Overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escaped childhood themselves, this quirky, yet charming cast of outsiders, for whom a spelling bee might be the only place they can fit in, learns that winning isn’t everything and losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee contains adult language and mature content.
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June 24 - July 16 (Preview Performances June 22 & 23)
This musical masterpiece, which brought us the enormously popular hit “The Impossible Dream,” is a musical within a play in which Miguel de Cervantes has been imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition. Seeking to save his uncompleted novel from confiscation, he dramatically pleads his case by reenacting the story of Don Quixote of La Mancha: the passionate and poignant tale of a noble knight who lives in a world of madness and cannot see that chivalry has died. To fulfill his mission, he must convince his loving niece, her doctor fiancé, the local priest, and the lovely Dulcinea, that his holy quest is a mission of salvation to find compassion - not for himself, but for everyone.
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July 22 - August 13 (Preview Performances July 20 & 21)
Welcome to 1960s Baltimore, where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has a big desire to dance on the popular local TV dance program, “The Corny Collins Show.” When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star, but she must use her newfound power to vanquish the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin and integrate a TV network - all without dentin’ her 'do! Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this big fat Broadway sensation is filled with show-stopping tunes including "You Can't Stop the Beat," "Without Love" and "Good Morning Baltimore."
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August 19 – September 4 (Preview Performances August 17 & 18)
Get ready to be transported to a magical, wonderful world! The hilarious show-within-a-show begins when a die-hard musical fan decides to play his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called The Drowsy Chaperone and the show magically bursts to life right in his apartment! Audiences are instantly immersed in the uproarious wedding day with a Broadway bride, a celebrity groom - and of course a "drowsy" chaperone. Complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast and the audience soaring into the rafters, this five time Tony Award-winner is a toe-tapping trip back to the golden age of musicals.
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September 9 - 11 & 14 - 18 (Preview Performance September 8)
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, Broadway's longest running comedy. This two-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winner is a fast-paced, hilarious whodunit, which features over 150 zany characters portrayed by four actors in a plot packed with intrigue, international danger, old-fashioned romance, high-spirited comedy, and a death-defying finale.
All shows produced by Ocean State Theatre Company, Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization
* All titles subject to change