Madagascar - A Musical Adventure

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure at Coterie Theatre

A lion who loves the spotlight doesn't always want the same thing as a zebra who's never seen a horizon.

Madagascar – A Musical Adventure comes to the Coterie Theatre with a friendship caught between two kinds of freedom. Alex the lion has everything he wants at the Central Park Zoo: regular meals, adoring fans, and a perfectly predictable routine. When Marty the zebra turns ten, though, he starts wishing for something different—the chance to explore the wild. That birthday wish sets off a chain reaction that pulls Alex, Melman the giraffe, and Gloria the hippo out of Manhattan and into a world where none of their zoo skills apply.

The journey gets more complicated once King Julien enters the picture in Madagascar. He sees Alex as potential protection, a scheme that twists the friends' plans just when they need to figure out how to survive together. Songs like Wild and Free and Best Friends carry the choices these characters face.

Meanwhile, the penguins are running their own escape to Antarctica, bringing a completely different comic energy to the chaos. Their separate mission adds another layer of personality to an adventure already packed with clashing desires.

This all-ages musical at the Coterie runs approximately sixty minutes, offering Kansas City audiences a story about what happens when comfort and curiosity collide. Grab your tickets and see where the wild takes them.