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Nov. / Dec. 2011
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Changing Minds
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Music by
Bret Simmons
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Book and Lyrics by
David Howard
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Germantown High School, in association with Theatrical Rights Worldwide, presents the world premiere of a new musical, Changing Minds. The show features a pop-musical score that revolves around the always-complicated lives of high school seniors. A mysterious spell causes the school’s most popular boy and studious girl to swap bodies and minds. Now they are both forced to navigate prom season and graduation from a whole new realm.
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Feb. / Mar. 2011
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The Secret Garden
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Music by
Lucy Simon
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Book and Lyrics by
Marsha Norman
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A timeless tale turned Broadway hit, The Secret Garden is set to make its highly anticipated return to the Poplar Pike Playhouse. This award winning musical, first seen on the Playhouse stage in 1995, recounts the sentimental tale of Mary Lennox, a young orphan girl sent to live on a mysterious English estate.
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Nov. / Dec. 2010
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The Farnsworth Invention
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Corporate espionage, patents-pending and a testament of love take the stage this fall when the award-winning Poplar Pike Playhouse presents the Memphis-area premier of The Farnsworth Invention. Fresh off its Broadway run, this captivating tale is penned by Aaron Sorkin, Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning writer of The West Wing, A Few Good Men and the new hit film The Social Network.
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Feb. / March 2010
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Parade
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Music and Lyrics by
Jason Robert Brown
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Book by
Alfred Uhry
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Parade recounts the true life story of Leo Frank and his wife Lucille, whose love for her husband leads her to fight to save his life. This inspiring and riveting musical, conceived by Hal Prince (Phantom of the Opera) and written by Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy), won multiple Tony and Drama Desk awards in 1999 including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Orchestration, Best Actor and Best Actress.
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