Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

A ten-year-old zebra wants to know what lies beyond the fence, and a lion who's never missed a meal is about to find out the hard way. Madagascar - A Musical Adventure brings the clash between Marty's hunger for freedom and Alex's devotion to zoo routine to Kansas City in an hour-long musical that fits busy families without skimping on story.

When Marty bolts from the Central Park Zoo on his birthday, he's chasing the wild he's only imagined. Alex the lion—celebrity resident, carnivore with a feeding schedule—follows his friend into a misadventure that sweeps up Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo. Nobody planned on Madagascar, but that's where they land, far from the comforts of captivity and facing King Julien, who has his own ideas about what a lion should do.

The Coterie presents this all-ages stage adaptation with songs including Wild and Free and Best Friends, letting the recognizable quartet navigate a world where steak dinners don't arrive on time and survival asks more than star power. Marty gets his wish. Alex loses his certainty. The friction between what they wanted and what they need drives every scene, and at roughly sixty minutes the show keeps things moving without rushing past the comedy or the friendship at its center.

Get tickets for Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at the Coterie Theatre and watch four friends figure out what home really means.