Join us for Lionel Bart's Oliver Jr.!
(with a steampunk twist). Oliver! opened on Broadway in 1963 to critical acclaim, after a successful run on London's West End. The production garnered 10 Tony Award Nominations and won 3 for Best Scenic Design, Best Music Direction, and Best Original Score . Some of the songs in the original score by Lionel Bart included the popular, "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself" and "I'd Do Anything". The 1968 film adaptation went on to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It has been revived many times over the years and the stage musical has been performed around the world from Australia to Estonia, Singapore to Syria. Oliver! was the first musical adaptation of a famous Charles Dickens work to become a stage hit. This slightly shorter, more family friendly version, features all the characters and songs we know from the classic story, that brings the plight of the poor in 19th century London into focus. Part of Dickens' story may have been influenced by the fact that he himself spent two years in a Workhouse. May 2nd @ 7:30 PM May 4th @ 1:30 pm AND 4:30 pm Please follow directions 1 and 2 below exactly to assure you are able to secure reservations and pay with link. 1. Make seating reservations FIRST by calling the box office at 804-343-6364. You must do this to confirm we have availability. 2. THEN enter the total # of Reservations (and day and time) you made, and pay for your seats using the PayPal link on this page. Enter the total amount USD with no dollar sign. Adults/Seniors $24, Youth/Students/Military $20 * We will match your reservations to payments made before you will be allowed to take your seats. NO payments at the door. * Parking is in front of the building, back of the building, or across near the Food Lion parking lot. * Seating will begin 30 minutes prior to curtain. Doors close at show time and late comers may not be admitted. Reservations by phone are required and seating is limited. If you have additional questions, please email us at info@hattheatre.org * If you have any special seating needs or requests, please let the box office know when making reservations. This includes access limitations (wheelchairs/walkers/ need for being on the floor with no steps, or if you wish to be seated with someone who made a separate reservation). ** Consider grabbing some dinner next door and enjoying it before the show at JaDean's Barbecue. There are also several other restaurants in the area. |
"Rollicking, rumbustious, raucous one minute – plaintive, powerful with plenty of pathos the next." -Mark Aspen Reviews
"There are some musicals that really do earn the overstretched moniker of “timeless”. This is one of them, not only for Charles Dickens’s resonant story of child poverty but also because every last one of Lionel Bart’s songs is exquisite." - The Guardian |
Performing two Richmond premieres a year as part of our family series of shows, this resident company of youth actors ages 9-19, who take class at the theatre, have the opportunity to work on shows that are new and fresh, with scripts that challenge & explore many themes. We hold open auditions each year to fill available spaces. There are no additional fees attached to auditioning for, or performing with, The HATTBox Players.
Past productions include several U.S premieres, and two world premieres,
- Romeo & Juliet (Together & Alive) at Last. A fun farce blending classic Shakespeare with "The Play That Goes Wrong".
- Xanadu Jr., just pure fun, a musical based on the 1980's film starring Olivia Newton John
- Les Misérables, a play based on the Victor Hugo novel
- Footloose, youth edition, based on the acclaimed film, with all the songs we all know and love
- Angie! by Don Zolidis, a musical comedy parody of Annie and several other well known musicals
- We Will Rock You, music and lyrics by QUEEN, story and script by Ben Elton, ran in London for 12 years
- Ax of Murder, a suspenseful, fun, murder mystery, written by Pat Cook
- Wipeout! book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus, Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur, a 1960's surfing musical
- Whispers in the Night, by Paul B. Stevenson, a collection of urban legends, ghostly tales & fun gotcha's
- Murder at Aunt Agatha's, by Teresa & David Hockman, a comedy, a farce, a classic whodunit
- Alice in Wonderland, a musical by Greg Snape that is a bit darker than the usual version
- Girl of La Mancha by Patrick Rainville Dorn, an exciting, contemporary adventure very loosely based on Cervantes' Don Quixote
- A Winter's Gift by Michelle R. Davis and David Ward, a medieval romp with a heartwarming message of love and hope
- Final Vinyl by Kevin Frei, a futuristic Sci-Fi rock musical comedy, set on a distant planet
- 4 am and The Magic Hour, by Jonathan Dorf, exploring those who are awake in the wee hours, told in vignettes
- Masquerade, an award winning musical bringing focus to bullying and its effects and consequences
- Still Life with Iris (winner of the Kennedy Center Fund Award for New American Plays)
- The Atomic Brain by Kevin Frei (a Sci-Fi Fantasy)
- The Dream Makers by Barbara Hockley, a fantasy about dreams
- Home for Christmas, which touched on young people who are homeless and are taken in for Christmas dinner by a local family
- Absolutely! by Greg Snape (an Agatha Christie style mystery where cartoon characters are being erased one by one)
- Baker Street Irregulars by Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus (a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery)
- Rock Toyz by Greg Snape (a rags to riches story, a British rock musical)
- Thursday's Child by Greg Snape (a children's rights musical about a group of children in a war-torn country, searching for a home, and for someone to love them.
- Robyn Hood, outlaw princess by Gary Daverne & John Reynolds (a pop musical fantasy out of New Zealand, set in the 1920's
- Groovy! by Tim Kelly, music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur (a musical comedy tribute to the 1960's and to the military who served in Vietnam).
- A Blast to the Past, a fun time travel romp through the 50's to the 70's.
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