Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

A lion who thrives on applause and a zebra who dreams of wide-open savannas make for complicated roommates at the Central Park Zoo. When Marty marks his tenth birthday with a wish to explore the wild, his friend Alex can't understand why anyone would trade regular meals and adoring crowds for uncertainty. But Marty's escape sets off a chain reaction that pulls Alex, anxious giraffe Melman and confident hippo Gloria into an adventure none of them planned.

The Coterie brings Madagascar - A Musical Adventure to Kansas City with all four beloved characters navigating friendship across wildly different worldviews. Alex the lion loves his celebrity status and the safety of zoo life. Marty wants something more—a taste of freedom that leads the group far from home and into the unpredictable world of Madagascar, where King Julien sees an opportunity in Alex's protective instincts.

This sixty-minute musical gives younger audiences a story about loyalty tested by competing dreams. Songs like Wild and Free and Best Friends underscore the tension between comfort and curiosity, between what we know and what we long for. The penguins add their own Antarctica scheme to the mix, proving that everyone's got an escape plan—even if the destination isn't what anyone expected.

Get tickets for this all-ages production at the Coterie Theatre and watch what happens when four very different friends discover just how far they'll go for each other.