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Upcoming Main Stage Productions
Ring of Fire
June 21, 2013 - July 21, 2013
A captivating compilation of the signature songs of iconic singer Johnny Cash, who is portrayed in various stages of his life by several cast members. You’ll reminisce to those country/top-forty “standards,” enhanced by a live onstage country-western band: Daddy Sang Bass, Egg Suckin’ Dog, If I Were A Carpenter, Going to Memphis, Folsom Prison Blues, Man in Black, Why Me, Lord?, A Boy Named Sue, I Walk the Line, and Ragged Old Flag (together with 20 others). Guaranteed to both move and exhilarate! NOTE: Limited five-week engagement.
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Les Miserables
July 31, 2013 - November 24, 2013
Widely acclaimed as the world’s favorite epic musical, this internationally beloved work, which tells the story of a journey into despair and triumph, is one of Riverside's most-requested musicals. Riverside Center is one of a select group of professional venues to which a 2013 production license has been granted. We can assure that you will be touched and emotionally uplifted by its glorious music, grand staging, and tragic tale of love and conflict.
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White Christmas
November 29, 2013 - January 4, 2014
This fresh, award-winning Broadway rendition of the familiar film story follows two WWII Army buddies, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, who team up to form a successful night club act and move to the Broadway stage, where they become producers with the hit musical Playing Around. While in Florida, they receive a request to audition two sisters, Betty and Judy, who persuade them to travel to Vermont for the holidays and discover that the Columbia Inn in Pine Tree, Vermont, run by their former commanding officer, is about to go bankrupt because of lack of snow. Of course they intercede, and through a number of clever tactics draw large crowds and a reunion of their old division comrades to Pine Tree on Christmas Eve, when snow miraculously begins to fall and everyone raises a glass toasting “May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white.” Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye starred in the 1954 film, making famous the Irving Berlin standards Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep, Blue Skies, How Deep Is the Ocean, I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, and the memorable title song. [NOTE: Back by popular demand, this show is not included in the Season XVI subscription package.]
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Gypsy
January 10, 2014 - March 9, 2014
Determined stage mother Rose has sacrificed her own career in an attempt to gain stardom for daughters June and Louise. Louise, the quiet type, remains in her sister’s shadow as Rose promotes the act “Baby June and the Newsboys” in major cities across the nation. Along the way, Rose meets theatrical agent Herbie, hires him as the act’s manager, and scrimps and schemes to make ends meet while Herbie becomes like a father to the girls. But the girls begin to grow up, the act remains mediocre, and June elopes with one of the “Newsboys.” Things go from bad to worse, Herbie’s proposal of marriage is rejected, and Rose thrusts the shy Louise into the limelight of burlesque as the elegant and ladylike showgirl Gypsy Rose Lee. Hilarious humor and Broadway-standard songs which include Everything’s Coming Up Roses, You Gotta Get a Gimmick, Let Me Entertain You, and Rose’s Turn highlight this entertaining and heartwarming show.
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Forever Plaid
March 14, 2014 - May 4, 2014
One of the most popular musicals in recent years, this “deliciously goofy” revue spotlights four talented young male singers posthumously revived to fulfill their dreams of 1950’s entertainment-career success after being killed in a car accident on the way to their first big concert. They have somehow been miraculously granted the opportunity to perform the show that never came to be. Close harmony, precision choreography, and outlandish banter keep audiences “rolling in the aisles” while humming along to some of the greatest nostalgic pop hits of all time, among these Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing, Moments to Remember, Three Coins in the Fountain, Shangri-La, Crazy ‘Bout Ya Baby, No Not Much, Sixteen Tons, Catch A Falling Star, Cry, Lady of Spain, and even a few audience sing-alongs. Perfect chords accompanied by memorable musical moments – these epitomize the songs of America’s most innocent years. Experience their warmth once again or for the first time – in full, colorful “plaid”!
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