Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

A ten-year-old zebra who dreams of grasslands beyond his zoo enclosure sets off a chain reaction that sends four best friends from Manhattan to an island halfway around the world. Madagascar – A Musical Adventure brings Alex the celebrity lion, Marty the restless zebra, anxious giraffe Melman and confident hippo Gloria to the Coterie Theatre in a roughly one-hour stage musical designed for audiences of all ages.

Alex loves the predictable comforts of Central Park Zoo—adoring crowds, scheduled meals, and safety. Marty wants something wilder. When the zebra slips away on his birthday to chase that dream, his friends follow, and a botched rescue lands the whole group on an unfamiliar shore. The penguins, meanwhile, have their own Antarctica scheme brewing.

Enter King Julien, who sees Alex as potential protection and welcomes the newcomers with his own agenda. That complicates an already chaotic situation for four friends trying to figure out survival far from everything they know. Songs including Wild and Free and Best Friends carry the story forward as Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman navigate this strange new world together.

The Coterie presents this all-ages adaptation with music and lyrics by George Noriega and Joel Someillan and book by Kevin Del Aguila, based on the DreamWorks film. Get Madagascar tickets in Kansas City and see where the adventure takes them.