Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

When your best friend breaks out of the zoo chasing a dream you don't share, do you follow him into disaster or let him face the jungle alone? Alex the lion has built a perfect life at the Central Park Zoo—adoring crowds, scheduled meals, guaranteed applause. Marty the zebra wants the exact opposite: open savanna, uncharted horizons, a taste of real freedom. When Marty's tenth-birthday wish sends him over the wall, Alex and their friends Gloria and Melman race after him, only to end up shipwrecked in Madagascar with penguins plotting their own escape and King Julien demanding protection from predators.

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure brings these four mismatched personalities to the Coterie Theatre stage in a compact hour that doesn't waste a minute. Songs like Wild and Free and Best Friends drive the conflict between Marty's hunger for adventure and Alex's attachment to comfort, while Gloria and Melman try to hold the group together thousands of miles from home.

The recognizable foursome faces real consequences: no zookeepers to deliver dinner, no walls to keep danger out, and no easy path back to the life Alex loved. Kevin Del Aguila's book and the score by George Noriega and Joel Someillan adapt the DreamWorks film for all-ages theater, keeping the comedy moving and the friendships tested.

Grab tickets for this Kansas City production and watch what happens when safety and freedom collide.