‘Madagascar Live’ Show In Montclair Canceled: UPDATE

MONTCLAIR, NJ — UPDATE: The Madagascar Live! show scheduled for Aug. 4 at the Wellmont Theater has been canceled. Our original article follows below.

Plaza Theatrical will present “Madagascar Live! A Musical Adventure” at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair on Sunday, Aug. 4 at 6:30 p.m.

The 2005 film – rendered onscreen by directors Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath – thrilled family audiences around the world and grossed more than half a billion dollars at the box office. The same fun is now coming to the Wellmont Theater stage, set to scores of new songs. The show features kid-favorite characters such as Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra and Melman, the hypochondriac giraffe.

Plaza Theatrical has taken the movie, set it to music and adapted it to the stage.

“The Wellmont Theater is proud to host this stage performance of ‘Madagascar,” said Lara Gladstone, marketing director, Wellmont Theater. “We pride ourselves on offering a diverse lineup of performances and this is a show that everyone is sure to enjoy, continuing ‘Madagascar’s’ film-to-stage success.”

Darnell and McGrath’s film revolves around the aforementioned animals, living at the Central Park Zoo, who find themselves stranded on the African island of Madagascar. They must shed their city ways and fend for themselves in the wild.

The movie spawned two sequels (2008 and 2012) and a spinoff about the series’ penguins (2014).

Plaza Theatrical productions have been featured at the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Live Nation’s NYCB Theatre (formerly Westbury Music Fair), the Long Island Children’s Museum, The Cradle of Aviation Museum and the St. George Theatre, Staten Island.

Plaza Theatrical is led by Kevin Harrington, who has been producing and directing musicals for over 35 years. An associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Harrington has directed over 250 musicals.

The “Madagascar Live!” performance will come to the Wellmont stage on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. EST. The venue is located at 5 Seymour St., Montclair, N.J., 07042. For more information visit https://wellmonttheater.com/shows/plaza-theatrical-presents-madagascar-live/.

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