Great Lakes Theater kicks off 2023-24 season this fall with ‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812′

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Nice Lakes Theater’s 2023-23 season consists of the Northeast Ohio premiere of a 12-time Tony-nominated musical, the return of a beloved vacation custom and, in fact, a play by William Shakespeare.

“Natasha, Pierre & The Nice Comet of 1812,” the critically acclaimed musical based mostly on a piece of Leo Tolstoy’s “Warfare and Peace,” opens the basic theater firm’s 62nd season on September 22, working by way of Oct. 8. Will probably be adopted by the enjoyable and campy play “Dracula: The Bloody Fact,” Oct. 20-Nov. 5. Each reveals will play on the Hanna Theatre in Playhouse Sq..

The vacation season alerts a transfer to the Mimi Ohio Theater throughout the road for Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” again for its thirty fifth 12 months on Nov. 24-Dec. 23. It’s then again to the Hanna in early 2024 for the basic Agatha Christie whodunit, “Homicide on the Orient Specific,” Feb. 9-Mar. 3.

GLT returns to its Shakespearean roots with the rollicking battle of the sexes, “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” working Mar. 22-Apr. 7. The season involves a detailed with a musical celebration of a rustic legend in “At all times…Patsy Cline,” Apr. 26-Might 19.

Season tickets ranging in worth from $42 to $207 are on sale now at greatlakestheater.org. Single-show tickets beginning at $15 can be out there in July.

Nice Lakes Theater has three productions left in its present season: “Sense and Sensibility,” “As You Like It” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” Discover out extra in regards to the six-show 2023-24 season with synopses supplied by GLT, under.

“Natasha, Pierre & The Nice Comet of 1812″ (Sept. 22 – Oct. 8, 2023)

A sensational slice of Leo Tolstoy’s Warfare and Peace lends inspiration to this daring, imaginative electropop opera from award-winning composer (and Lakewood, OH native!) Dave Malloy. Younger, impulsive Natasha, bewitched by good-looking and crafty Anatole, falls to scandal. Household buddy Pierre, a middle-aged man struggling together with his personal demons, should choose up the items to revive her fame.

“Dracula: The Bloody Fact” (Oct. 20 – Nov. 5)

Professor Van Helsing is on a mission to inform the “fact” in regards to the terrifying story of the legendary vampire Dracula. With the assistance of three spirited actors taking part in forty characters, this breakneck adaptation takes you from spooky Transylvania to the charming English coast.

“A Christmas Carol” (Nov. 24 – Dec. 23)

Open your coronary heart to Charles Dickens’ basic story of 1 man’s final redemption.

Agatha Christie’s “Homicide on the Orient Specific” (Feb. 9 – March 3, 2024)

Detective Hercule Poirot is on the case as passengers using the opulent Orient Specific are stranded on a snowy monitor with a killer of their midst. Poirot should remedy the curious conundrum of who stabbed one American tycoon eight occasions in his locked compartment earlier than the assassin strikes once more!

“The Merry Wives of Windsor” (Mar. 22 – Apr. 7, 2024)

Meet the rotund rascal Sir John Falstaff and the smart wives of Windsor in one in all Shakespeare’s most raucous comedies. With an ego as large as his voracious urge for food, Falstaff conspires to woo the 2 wealthiest married women on the town and pocket their riches. Nevertheless, Mistress Ford and Mistress Web page devise a scheme of their very own to show him a well-deserved lesson in Wooing 101.

“At all times…Patsy Cline” (Apr. 26 – Might 19, 2024)

Benefit from the touching true story of Patsy Cline’s friendship with a fan, Louise Seger, which began in 1961 and continued till the untimely dying of the famend nation star. Instructed by way of Cline’s music, this humorous and heartfelt tribute options 27 songs and plenty of of her unforgettable hits.