Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

When your best friend dreams of running wild and you're perfectly happy with three meals a day and an adoring crowd, somebody's about to make a very big mistake. Madagascar – A Musical Adventure at the Coterie Theatre follows Alex the lion and Marty the zebra as a tenth-birthday wish tears their friendship—and their comfortable zoo lives—wide open.

Marty wants what Alex can't understand: freedom beyond the gates, grass under his hooves, a world bigger than Central Park. Alex loves his celebrity, his predictable meals, his safe corner of the zoo. When Marty bolts, Alex chases after him along with Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo, launching all four into a journey nobody planned. The penguins have their own Antarctica scheme, but the whole crew ends up in Madagascar instead, where King Julien sees an opportunity in Alex's fangs.

This roughly one-hour musical adaptation brings Kevin Del Aguila's book and George Noriega and Joel Someillan's songs to Kansas City in a format built for all ages. Numbers like Wild and Free and Best Friends carry the push and pull between Marty's hunger for the unknown and Alex's attachment to everything familiar. It's a story about what happens when two friends want completely different things—and neither one is wrong.

The Coterie presents Madagascar – A Musical Adventure starting in June. Choose Madagascar tickets for friends, freedom and a very inconvenient island arrival.