After Midnight

From music, art, dance, poetry, and beyond, the influence of black artists on the 1920s goes without question. The 2014 Tony Award-winning musical After Midnight combines the work of these artists. We celebrate the lives of these trailblazers and the contributions to society they have made.

Arsenic And Old Lace

Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.

is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry about the unlikely friendship that develops between an elderly Jewish widow, Daisy Werthan, and her African American chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn, over a 25-year period in Atlanta, during the civil rights era. It was later adapted by Uhry into a 1989 film starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
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This drama by Alfred Uhry explores the Jewish community in Atlanta in December 1939 as they prepare for their annual cotillion ball ("Ballyhoo") while facing the looming threat of World War II and anti-semitism. The play was commissioned for the Cultural Olympiad in Atlanta which coincided with the 1996 Summer Olympics and received the Tony Award for Best Play.

Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Frank Loesser's brassy, immortal score makes Guys and Dolls a crowd pleaser. The large cast features both a variety of ensemble and star roles. With a great collection of production resources from MTI, this highly producible show is a treat for audiences and performers of any age.

Based on the bestselling crime novel by James M. Cain and adapted by Jon Jory, this drama is about a drifter, Frank, who falls for a married woman, Cora, and they plot to kill her husband to escape their lives.

From the Newberry Award-winning novel by Ellen Raskin and adapted by Darian Lindle. The unsuspecting residents of Sunset Towers are summoned to the reading of a mysterious will, only to find themselves locked in a thrilling game, as they must discover who is responsible for killing an eccentric millionaire. Through blizzards, bombings and unlikely alliances, the game is on, and the only people who hold all the clues are one Westing heir and you.