Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

A zoo lion who loves room service is about to discover what happens when your best friend ditches Manhattan for the jungle. Madagascar – A Musical Adventure brings Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria to the Coterie Theatre, where the zebra's tenth-birthday wish sets off a chain reaction that leaves four pampered animals stranded on an island they've only imagined.

The roughly one-hour stage musical follows Alex the lion as he pursues his escape-artist zebra friend into unfamiliar territory, dragging along an anxious giraffe and a hip hippo who never signed up for wilderness survival. Their arrival in Madagascar catches the attention of King Julien, who sees Alex as potential protection and complicates the friends' efforts to figure out where they stand. Meanwhile, the penguins are working their own scheme to reach Antarctica, and nobody's asking permission.

With songs including Wild and Free and Best Friends, the show builds on the recognizable personalities that made these characters household names—Alex's celebrity confidence, Marty's restless curiosity, Gloria's no-nonsense warmth and Melman's nervous energy. The all-ages production keeps the focus on what happens when friendship collides with survival instincts, turning a birthday adventure into something none of them anticipated.

The Coterie presents this musical adaptation in Kansas City, created from the DreamWorks film by Kevin Del Aguila with music and lyrics by George Noriega and Joel Someillan. Get Madagascar tickets and root for four friends far outside their comforts.