Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

When a Central Park Zoo zebra dreams bigger than his leafy enclosure, four pampered animals trade fame and free meals for something none of them bargained for: survival on an island ruled by a lemur king with questionable motives.

Madagascar – A Musical Adventure brings Alex the celebrity lion, Marty the restless zebra, anxious Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo to the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City this summer. After Marty's birthday wish for the wild pulls him out of the zoo gates, his friends rush after him—alongside penguins plotting their own escape to Antarctica. The journey lands everyone on Madagascar, where King Julien sizes up Alex as potential protection and the friends discover just how ill-prepared they are for life beyond the bars.

Songs like Wild and Free capture Marty's longing to roam, while Best Friends threads through the loyalty holding this mismatched crew together even when hunger, heat and a manipulative monarch complicate their reunion. The all-ages musical runs sixty minutes, offering younger audiences recognizable characters wrestling with competing desires: Alex's comfort versus Marty's curiosity, individual plans against group survival.

King Julien's schemes and the penguins' Antarctica ambitions ensure the stakes stay high for animals who've never had to fend for themselves. Grab your tickets and watch what happens when zoo life collides with the wild.