Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

When a zebra daydreams about the wild while his best friend counts on fresh steak at feeding time, somebody's comfort zone is about to shatter. Madagascar - A Musical Adventure brings DreamWorks' mismatched quartet to the Coterie Theatre in a roughly one-hour stage adaptation designed to keep families entertained from opening number to final bow. Alex the lion loves his Central Park Zoo celebrity status and never misses a meal. Marty the zebra hits his tenth birthday wishing for something his pampered life can't offer: real freedom beyond the fence.

That birthday wish sends Marty bolting, and Alex, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo chase after him into chaos they never imagined. The penguins, meanwhile, have their sights set on Antarctica. Everyone ends up on an island where King Julien sees Alex as potential muscle for his own schemes. Songs including Wild and Free and Best Friends push the story through jungles, panic and the clash between zoo comfort and untamed discovery.

Kevin Del Aguila's book teams with music and lyrics by George Noriega and Joel Someillan to deliver recognizable characters—Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman—in a format built for younger theater-goers and the adults who bring them. The Coterie stages this all-ages musical into early August, giving Kansas City plenty of chances to catch a lion who's never hunted and a zebra who's never run free. Get tickets for a zoo breakout with four very different personalities.