Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

A zebra dreaming of horizons beyond his zoo enclosure sets off a chain reaction that strands four Manhattan friends on an island they've only imagined. Madagascar – A Musical Adventure delivers the Central Park escapees you know—Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman—through songs including Wild and Free and Best Friends at the Coterie Theatre.

Alex the lion has settled comfortably into zoo celebrity with regular meals and adoring crowds. When Marty marks his tenth birthday wishing to explore the wild, that restlessness pulls the whole group into an adventure none of them planned. The getaway attempt draws Alex, anxious giraffe Melman and hippo Gloria into the chaos Marty started, but they're not the only ones with an escape plan brewing.

The penguins have their own Antarctica scheme running parallel to Marty's dream, adding a separate comic thread to the friends' misadventure. Once the whole crew lands in Madagascar, King Julien enters the picture wanting Alex's protection—a complication that tests the group just as they're trying to figure out survival far from home.

Based on the DreamWorks animated film, this sixty-minute musical with book by Kevin Del Aguila and songs by George Noriega and Joel Someillan brings the story to Kansas City stages for all ages. The Coterie presents the show into early August. Grab your tickets and follow the friends into territory none of them expected.