The musical is a Brechtian allegory of corruption and corporate greed. Set in "Steeltown, USA", it follows the efforts of Larry Foreman to unionize and otherwise combat wicked businessman Mr. Mister. Blitzstein portrays a whole panoply of societal figures: Mr. Mister's vicious, outwardly genteel philanthropic wife and spoiled children, sell-out artists, poor shopkeepers, immigrant families, a faithless priest, and an endearing prostitute named Moll. The piece is almost entirely sung-through, giving it many operatic qualities, although Blitzstein (as he often did, even in his full-blown operas) included popular song styles of the time.

The Orlando Philharmonic, in collaboration with Mad Cow Theatre, presents a concert staging of Lerner & Loewe’s smash Broadway musical, My Fair Lady., on Saturday, May 8 , with performances at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, 401 W. Livingston Street, downtown Orlando.

Hailed as one of the greatest musicals of all time, My Fair Lady is the timeless story of Professor Henry Higgins, the crotchety, middle-aged bachelor and phoneticist and Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl, who becomes part of his experiment in order to transform herself into a “lady.” The story is based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.

Maestro Christopher Wilkins leads the orchestra in this classic musical featuring stage direction by Alan Bruun, Artistic Director of Mad Cow Theatre. This is the fifth collaboration between the Orlando Philharmonic and Mad Cow Theatre.

Featured performers include: Michelle Knight (Eliza Doolittle), Philip Nolen (Henry Higgins), Karel Wright (Mrs. Higgins), Jacob Haines (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Mark Lanier (Colonel Pickering) and Michael Edwards (Alfred P. Doolittle).

Audiences will enjoy favorite hits including: I Could Have Danced All Night, Get Me to the Church on Time, Wouldn’t it Be Loverly, The Rain in Spain and I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face

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Gone Missing is a wry and whimsical documentary musical about things that go missing -- keys, personal identification, a Gucci pump...or one's mind. The show is a collection of very personal accounts of things lost and found, creating a unique tapestry of the ways in which we deal with and relate to loss in our lives.

The Civilians’ Gone Missing is a wildly funny and marvelously inventive meditation on things “gone missing”, combining elements of performance art, documentary theater, and musicals. A flexible company of six performs more than thirty characters, intertwining their stories of lost objects with tales from some unusual "finders," ranging from a retired NYPD cop to a pet psychic.

It features music and lyrics by up-and-coming composer Michael Friedman incorporating salsa, ballads, operetta and pop. One of the biggest hits of the 2007-2008 Off-Broadway season, Mad Cow Theatre is pleased to present the regional debut of this unique piece in signature storytelling cabaret style about the little things in life seen largely.

Here's a good chance to get a deal on tickets for a show I loved: Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue, at Mad Cow Theatre.

Tickets are two for the price of one -- in other words, $10 apiece if there are two of you -- tonight and Saturday night. But you have to get your tickets through the Red Chair Project. Here's how it works: Click here and then enter RCPGET1 when you're prompted to do so.

Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 7:00pm

Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue and Major Barbara both ask their audiences to observe how families behave. Each family in these powerful stories are forced to make decisions... about life, about love, and about their own survival. 

Come join us at Mad Cow Theatre on Sunday, August 10th at 7:00pm as Artistic Director Alan Bruun opens the salon doors for a final visit this season as he hosts an evening that is part performance, part debate, and part party as we open the floor to discuss one of the most pivotal topics that impacts everyone... Family.

Single tickets for the Salons are just $5, or it is $3 for Subscribers. Tickets are available on line.

If you already have tickets to see one of the matinee's on Sunday then plan to have dinner downtown at one of the many downtown dining options and then join us back at the theatre where special treats will be sponsored by the Friends of Mad Cow volunteer organization.

at Mad Cow Theatre for a limited time.

Pulitzer Prize nominee Quiara Alegria Hudes' play Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue is winning raves at Mad Cow Theatre in it's Central Florida premiere.

“The images of music and metaphors may paint a pretty picture in your mind. But the marriage of music and metaphor to the gritty subject of war creates a more provocative flavor in Elliot, a Soldier’s Fugue” … The Orlando Sentinel 

“Every motion is razor sharp....” … Ink 19

“Hudes tells the stories of three men and a woman who go to war, and she weaves those stories in and out of one another until they become one… In the hands of (Patrick) Braillard and his actors, they’re each right for their particular era, and you remember each for his singularities: (Dave) Heuvel’s youthful innocence; (Benjamin) Rush’s dark, haunted eyes; (Michael) Kutner’s bravado and his grin. (Jenny) Weaver, too, makes an impression with a no-nonsense daytime manner that morphs into sensuality at night.” ... The Orlando Sentinel