Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

When a zebra with wanderlust and a lion perfectly content with room service collide, the zoo gates swing open in Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at the Coterie Theatre. Marty celebrates his tenth birthday by ditching the familiar comforts of the Central Park Zoo, and his best friend Alex—a celebrity lion who never misses a meal—goes charging after him. Add Melman the anxious giraffe and Gloria the hippo to the rescue party, and you've got four zoo animals tumbling into the unpredictable wilds of Madagascar.

The Coterie shapes this DreamWorks story into a roughly one-hour stage musical that balances laughs with real questions about what freedom costs. Songs like Wild and Free capture Marty's hunger for open horizons, while Best Friends threads the tension between loyalty and opposing dreams. King Julien wants Alex’s protection, the penguins scheme their way toward Antarctica, and suddenly nobody's sure where home really is.

Kevin Del Aguila's book and the music by George Noriega and Joel Someillan keep the pace brisk and the stakes clear: can friendships survive when comfort and adventure pull in opposite directions? The all-ages format welcomes younger theatergoers without sacrificing wit, and sixty minutes means the story stays lean and focused.

Grab your tickets now for a Kansas City production that trades the predictable for the possible.