Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

The best birthday present Marty can imagine is the one thing his best friend cannot understand: freedom beyond the zoo fence. When Marty celebrates his tenth birthday at the Central Park Zoo, his wish isn't for cake—it's for a glimpse of the wild. Alex the lion can't understand it. Regular meals, adoring crowds, the comfort of routine: what more could anyone want? But Marty bolts, and Alex, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo follow him into a chase that lands them all on an island they never imagined.

That's where King Julien enters the picture. He doesn't want the friends to settle in peacefully—he wants Alex as his personal bodyguard. The complication strains an already fragile reunion, and the jungle suddenly feels a lot less like paradise when your best friend's loyalties are being pulled in opposite directions.

Meanwhile, the penguins have been plotting their own getaway to Antarctica, adding a separate thread of comic mischief to the adventure. Songs like Wild and Free and Best Friends carry the story through sixty minutes of decisions that change everything for four animals who thought they knew what home meant.

Madagascar – A Musical Adventure plays at the Coterie in Kansas City into early August. Get Madagascar tickets and find out what freedom means to these friends.