Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

Marty’s birthday wish is Alex’s idea of a terrible plan: leave the zoo, skip the dependable meals and find out what wild really means. Alex has built his whole identity around being the star attraction at Central Park Zoo, where admiration and ribeyes arrive on schedule. Marty, turning ten, wants something wilder—a life beyond the familiar fence. When Marty slips away to chase that dream, Alex follows, dragging their nervous giraffe and hippo friends straight into chaos.

The Coterie brings Madagascar - A Musical Adventure to Kansas City this summer, delivering the tropical mayhem that sent four city animals tumbling into a jungle they weren't remotely prepared for. The sixty-minute musical adaptation captures the friends' crash landing on an island where survival rules replace zookeeper routines. Songs including Wild and Free and Best Friends underscore the tension between Marty's hunger for adventure and Alex's comfort-loving instincts.

Madagascar's self-proclaimed king, Julien, adds his own agenda to the mix. He wants Alex's protection, complicating an already messy reunion between friends who left New York with completely different expectations. Meanwhile, the penguins pursue their own Antarctica scheme, proving that everyone's got a plan—most of them terrible.

The story balances the recognizable personalities of Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman with the question of whether friendship survives when nobody agrees on what home should look like. Choose Madagascar tickets and follow a friendship beyond the zoo fence.