Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

A celebrity lion who loves his routine collides with a best friend who can't stop dreaming of something bigger—and Madagascar - A Musical Adventure knows exactly what happens when those two impulses meet head-on.

Alex enjoys his life at the Central Park Zoo, where regular meals and adoring crowds suit him perfectly. But when Marty the zebra turns ten, he can't shake the wish to explore the wild. That birthday impulse sends Marty running, pulling Alex, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo into a chase that lands them all far from home. The penguins have their own Antarctica scheme, but the friends wind up in a very different destination: Madagascar, where King Julien has his own agenda and wants Alex's protection.

The Coterie stages this all-ages musical adaptation of the DreamWorks film with songs including Wild and Free and Best Friends. Sixty minutes gives Kevin Del Aguila's book and the score by George Noriega and Joel Someillan room to explore what happens when Julien's interest complicates the friends' arrival and Alex has to navigate a world that doesn't work like the zoo. Marty wanted adventure, but no one planned on needing a lemur king's favor or figuring out what friendship means when the comfortable routines disappear.

Get Madagascar tickets at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City and watch four friends discover what they're really made of.