Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

One friend dreams of wild horizons while another can't imagine leaving the free meals and adoring crowds behind. That tension fuels Madagascar - A Musical Adventure, The Coterie's all-ages musical arriving in Kansas City this summer.

Alex the lion has built a comfortable life at Central Park Zoo, basking in celebrity and never worrying where his next steak comes from. But Marty the zebra turns ten and realizes he's spent every birthday behind bars. His wish to explore the wild isn't just restlessness—it's a longing that sends him over the wall, pulling Alex, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo into a chase that lands them all on a very different island than they imagined.

Meanwhile, a quartet of penguins execute their own breakout with Antarctica in their sights, adding a separate layer of scheming ambition to the adventure. Once everyone reaches Madagascar, King Julien enters the picture with his own agenda: he wants Alex's protection, whether Alex understands what he's signing up for or not.

Songs like Wild and Free and Best Friends carry the sixty-minute story, blending the pull between safety and discovery with the chaos that erupts when plans go sideways. The Coterie presents this musical adaptation of the DreamWorks film with book by Kevin Del Aguila and music by George Noriega and Joel Someillan.

Get Madagascar tickets and let Marty’s birthday wish complicate your family’s theater date.