Madison Lyric Stages Angels in America: Part I, Millennium Approaches

MADISON, CT —Madison Lyric Stage announced that its 2023 mainstage season will feature Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America: Part I, Millennium Approaches.

Kushner's groundbreaking play will be staged in June.

Also slated for 2023 are Duncan Sheik and Stephen Sater’s electrifying rock musical Spring Awakening in July and Climb Every Mountain: An Evening of Rodgers & Hammerstein in September.

The Madison Lyric Stage, a professional theater company serving the Connecticut shoreline, has also set a "season opener." First up is a cabaret evening called I Was Born in Love with You, the Music of Burt Bacharach and Michel Legrand in May.

Also set to be staged are three Studio Series productions: Marc Deaton in Postcards from Pierrot in June; Elegy for a Fallen Angel, a new play with music in August; and Maidens, Witches and Femme Fatales … The Women of Opera in October.

Productions will be held inside MLS’s brand-new tent on the grounds of Madison’s historic Deacon John Grave House.

“We are thrilled to announce our 11elevent season of professional performances, now in our brand-new theater space,” artistic director of Madison Lyric Stage artistic director Marc Deaton said. “This season is a perfect example of our mission — presenting re-imaginings of challenging dramas, musical theater and operatic pieces, blended with premieres of provocative new works.”

Madison Lyric Stage's 2023 mainstage season

Angels in America: Part I, Millennium Approaches – June 9-18
In Part 1 of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner tells the story of a handful of people trying to make sense of the world. The epic ranges from earth to heaven; focuses on politics, sex and religion; travels to Washington, the Kremlin, the South Bronx, Salt Lake City and Antarctica; switches between realism and fantasy; and explores the tragedy of AIDS to the camp comedy of drag queens. A Tony Award-winner, HBO adapted Angels in America into an Emmy Award-winning film.

Spring Awakening – July 21-30
Spring Awakening is a Tony Award-winning coming-of-age rock musical by Duncan Sheik, with a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 play of the same name, Spring Awakening depicts a dozen young people making their way through the thrilling, complicated and mysterious time of sexual awakening.

Climb Every Mountain: An Evening of Rodgers & Hammerstein – Sept. 15-17
In this salute to perhaps the greatest musical theater team of all time, MLS presents Climb Every Mountain, An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein, featuring selections from Carousel, Cinderella, Oklahoma, State Fair, South Pacific, The King & I, The Sound of Music and more.

2023 Season Opener

I Was Born in Love with You, the Music of Burt Bacharach and Michel Legrand –
May 5-6
Marc Deaton and guests pay tribute to Burt Bacharach and Michel Legrand, presenting their over five decades of song. This cabaret-style concert will be presented at Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society.

2023 Studio Series

Postcards from Pierrot – June 24-25
Marc Deaton performs Arnold Schoenberg’s masterpieces Pierrot Lunaire and The Book of the Hanging Gardens, along with the Altenberg lieder by Alban Berg.

Elegy for a Fallen Angel – August 12-13

Elegy explores the world of child neglect and abandonment as it intersects with a fantasy world of zealous beliefs, as invoked by angels and demons. This new play by Marc Deaton features original music by Nathaniel Baker, based on themes by Purcell and Handel.

Maidens, Witches and Femme Fatales … The Women of Opera – October 14-15

This all-female evening will feature some of the greatest areas and scenes from the world of opera, featuring works by Bizet, Barber, Britten, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi Strauss and Wagner.

The Madison Lyric Stage's mission is to expand participation in the arts by presenting accessible, inclusive and affordable professional-quality opera, musical theater and drama.

For more information about Madison Lyric Stage, visit madisonlyricstage.org.