Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

A celebrity lion and a restless zebra measure freedom in completely opposite ways—and Madagascar - A Musical Adventure throws both definitions into beautiful chaos when Marty's birthday wish pulls four zoo friends into an African jungle they never planned to see.

The Coterie stages this all-ages musical built on a friendship tested by geography and appetite. Alex has made peace with Central Park Zoo life: regular meals, adoring crowds, predictable comfort. Marty turns ten dreaming of open horizons, and his escape doesn't just endanger himself—it drags Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo into a rescue mission that lands the entire group on Madagascar, far from the only home Alex has ever wanted. Their arrival isn't a simple castaway story. King Julien sees opportunity in Alex's presence, complicating any plan to stick together and find their way back.

Songs like Wild and Free give voice to Marty's hunger for something beyond the zoo gates, while the penguins chart their own Antarctica-bound scheme. The adventure runs approximately sixty minutes, long enough to follow these friends through conflicting desires and the complications waiting on an unfamiliar island. Kevin Del Aguila's book partners with music and lyrics by George Noriega and Joel Someillan to adapt the DreamWorks film for the stage.

Get tickets for this musical at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City and watch what happens when loyalty collides with wildly different dreams.