March 25 – April 9, 2016
Concieved by Mary Murfitt
Book by Betsy Howie
Music and Lyrics by Mary Murfitt
“A joyous slapstick hoe-down! Cowgirls wrings every drop of moonshine humor from its crossbreeding of classical and country.” —The New York Times
Jo has twenty-four hours to save Hiram Hall, her father’s once famous country western saloon. She thinks she has booked a country music trio that is sure to save the day, but there’s been a little misunderstanding: can the classical Coghill Trio turn themselves into the country Cowgirl Trio in time to put on a rip-roaring show that will save Hiram Hall from foreclosure?
Important Dates
Monday–Thursday 7:00 PM
Friday & Saturday 7:30 PM
Saturday 2:00 PM
ASL-interpreted performance: Saturday, October 7th @ 2 PM
Sponsors
Emma Eccles Jones Foundation
Pioneer Theatre Guild
Overview
Cast
Creative Team
PHIL RENO (Musical Director) has been Music Director/Conductor for numerous Broadway shows: Something Rotten!; Elf !; Promises, Promises; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Producers; Thou Shalt Not; Dame Edna: The Royal Tour and Back With a Vengeance; Cats. Phil also conducted the Rockettes for six seasons at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National Tours: Joseph… (with Donny Osmond), original company Music of the Night, Starlight Express, Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. Off-Broadway : A New Brain, Nightmare Alley, Enter Laughing, Chess. Phil has conducted seven original cast albums, and is a two-time Grammy nominee as producer of the Something Rotten! and The Drowsy Chaperone cast recordings. Previously at PTC : Sweet Charity, Chess, The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Sweeney Todd.
PHIL RENO (Musical Director) has been Music Director/Conductor for numerous Broadway shows: Something Rotten!; Elf !; Promises, Promises; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Producers; Thou Shalt Not; Dame Edna: The Royal Tour and Back With a Vengeance; Cats. Phil also conducted the Rockettes for six seasons at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National Tours: Joseph… (with Donny Osmond), original company Music of the Night, Starlight Express, Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. Off-Broadway : A New Brain, Nightmare Alley, Enter Laughing, Chess. Phil has conducted seven original cast albums, and is a two-time Grammy nominee as producer of the Something Rotten! and The Drowsy Chaperone cast recordings. Previously at PTC : Sweet Charity, Chess, The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Sweeney Todd.
PHIL RENO (Musical Director) has been Music Director/Conductor for numerous Broadway shows: Something Rotten!; Elf !; Promises, Promises; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Producers; Thou Shalt Not; Dame Edna: The Royal Tour and Back With a Vengeance; Cats. Phil also conducted the Rockettes for six seasons at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National Tours: Joseph… (with Donny Osmond), original company Music of the Night, Starlight Express, Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. Off-Broadway : A New Brain, Nightmare Alley, Enter Laughing, Chess. Phil has conducted seven original cast albums, and is a two-time Grammy nominee as producer of the Something Rotten! and The Drowsy Chaperone cast recordings. Previously at PTC : Sweet Charity, Chess, The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Sweeney Todd.
Media
Publicity
Preview Coverage
BroadwayWorld
A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL to be Presented at Pioneer Theatre Company in December
Gephardt Daily
A Christmas Story, The Musical’ to bring festive cheer to Pioneer
Salt Lake City Weekly
The Essential A&E Picks for Dec 8-14
ABC-4
Family-friendly Christmas events in Utah
Reviews
BroadwayWorld
A CHRISTMAS STORY at Pioneer Theatre Company is Warm-Hearted”
Front Row Reviewers
Oh Fudge! Pioneer Theatre Company Brings A Christmas Story, the Musical to Utah and If You Miss it–Well, You Know What You’ll Say
Gephardt Daily
PTC’s ‘A Christmas Story, The Musical’ adds comedy, depth to nostalgic film story
Good Things Utah
A Christmas Story, The Musical hits the Pioneer Theatre stage
Utah Arts Review
PTC’s high-energy cast serves up enjoyable, family-friendly ‘Christmas Story
The Utah Review
Pioneer Theatre Company’s A Christmas Story: The Musical is spiffy, enjoyable homage to holiday film classic
Utah Theatre Bloggers
PIONEER’S A CHRISTMAS STORY IS A BULLSEYE
Study Guide
Content Advisory
Hello Dolly!
SYNOPSIS: Jerry Herman’s energetic Hello, Dolly! is a musical filled with charisma and heart. Matchmaker Dolly Levi is a widow, a matchmaker, and also a professional meddler –but everything changes when she decides that the next match she needs to make is to find someone for herself. Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Hello Dolly! is boisterous and charming from start to finish. Dolly Levi is one of the strongest and richest starring roles for a woman ever written for musical theatre.
LANGUAGE: A few mild uses of “damn.”
SMOKING AND DRINKING: The characters sing of smoking although none is depicted, and wine and champagne are consumed during dinners.
SEX: None.
VIOLENCE: None.
FOR WHICH AUDIENCES? Hello, Dolly! is suitable for all ages.
