2025 Season Announced!

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MAC-HAYDN THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2025 SEASON OF MUSICALS

CHATHAM, NY (February 10, 2025)—The Mac-Haydn Theatre is thrilled to announce its highly anticipated 2025 lineup. The 56th summer season will include six main stage musicals as well as two limited performance shows. This season promises to deliver unforgettable theatrical experiences, from Broadway classics to bold new works, ensuring that the Mac-Haydn remains a beloved destination for theatergoers in the Capital Region and beyond. Tickets are now on sale at www.machaydntheatre.org.

“This season we are offering four new titles, many of them regional premieres. It is an honor to be able to present such an array of hits on the Mac-Haydn stage and to bring these titles to life,” says Producing Artistic Director, John Saunders. “Variety is what this summer season is all about. We are celebrating musical theatre in all its forms, from the big classics to the compelling dramas. And what better way to finish off the lineup than with a cheeseburger in paradise!”

Main Stage Performance Details:

June 5–15
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night For Singing (MHT debut)
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music Arrangements by Fred Wells, Conceived by Walter Bobbie
This first-rate revue offers a fresh and innovative take on the songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein.

June 19–July 6
Guys and Dolls
Book by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling, Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Based on The Idyll of Sarah Brown and characters by Damon Runyon
Hailed as the perfect musical comedy, this award-winning classic gambles with luck and love under the bright lights of Broadway.

July 10–20
A Bronx Tale (MHT debut)
Music by Alan Menken, Book by Chazz Palminteri, Lyrics by Glenn Slater
This streetwise musical will take you to the stoops of the Bronx in the 1960s—where a young man is caught between the father he loves and the mob boss he’d love to be.

July 24–August 3
Jesus Christ Superstar
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
A thrilling rock opera based on the last week of Jesus’ life, Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for more than 50 years.

August 7–17
Annie
Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Based on Little Orphan Annie by permission of The Media Tribune Services, Inc.
Leapin’ Lizards! The irrepressible comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world’s best-loved musicals.

August 21–31
Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville (MHT debut)
Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Buffett
Book by Greg Garcia & Mike O’Malley
Kick off your flip flops and set your clock to island time in this tropical paradise where love and laughter are the keys to growing older but not up.

Limited Performances:

The Last Five Years (MHT debut)
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Wednesday, July 30, 7:30pm
Friday, August 1, 3:00pm
From Jason Robert Brown, this modern musical ingeniously chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up and from break-up to meeting.

Showstoppers
Wednesday, August 27, 7:30pm
Friday, August 29, 3:00pm
An experience you won’t want to miss—a celebration of the magic, the passion, and the sheer joy of musical theater.

Single ticket sales and 7 and 4-show subscriptions are now open. For more information on the 2025 season, showtimes, and tickets, visit our website.

About the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Founded in 1969, the Mac-Haydn Theatre strives to present innovative, diverse and professional musical theatre productions to the residents of Columbia County and beyond. We aim to cultivate young talent for careers in theatre and seek to provide a supportive environment for the creation of new musical theatre works.

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2024 Season Announcement

MAC-HAYDN SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT EXCLUSIVELY ON INSTAGRAM

Surprise! It’s time for our 2024 Season Announcement. Our announcement of the first 5 shows of the 2024 Season will be posted EXCLUSIVELY to Instagram Monday, January 1st starting at 10am.

SINGLE TICKETS GO ON SALE AS SOON AS THE SHOW IS ANNOUNCED

Please note that 7-SHOW will go on sale when MAINSTAGE SHOW 6 and the LIMITED PERFORMANCE schedule is finalized. 4-SHOW SUBSCRIPTIONS are now available. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES


We wanted to have a little fun with the annoucnement this year, so we hope you will join us throughout the day for a guessing game! Here’s how it works.

Each show will be announced in a series of three tiles on Instagram. We will post one tile every 20 minutes beginning at 10am.

The first person to guess the full title of each show correctly in the comments will win a pair of tickets to that show! We will tag you in an IG story post if you’ve won. (Please note, the game is limited to one win per account!)

Got it? Head to our Instagram profile (@machaydntheatre), follow us, and turn post notifications on so you don’t miss a beat! Good Luck!

If you’re not already following us on Instagram (@machaydntheatre), now is the time. Set alerts for our posts by clicking the 🔔 (bell icon) in the top right corner of our Instagram profile – to be sure you don’t miss a single part of the announcement!

Stay tuned throughout the day on Instagram for a first look at our hit lineup for 2024!

Don’t have Instagram? No worries. We’ll fill you in with the full season announcement Tuesday morning on Facebook, via Email, and here on our website!


Shows Will Appear Below As They Are Announced!

Click Here For The 2024 Season Page

West Side Story – June 13 – June 23

Sister Act – June 27 – July 14

RENT – July 18 – 28

All Shook Up – August 1 – 11

Something Rotten – August 15 – September 1


2023 Limited Performances Announcement

2023 LIMITED PERFORMANCES ANNOUNCED!

Something Wonderful (August 5 at 8pm, August 11 at 3pm)

Sondheim Tribute Revue (August 23 at 8pm, August 25 at 3pm)

Showstoppers (September 2 at 12pm)

Still Within the Sound of My Voice (September 13 at 7pm)


Please note that single tickets for Limited Performances, as well as 7 Show Subscriptions for the 2023 Season will go on sale May 15, 2023.

Tickets for the previously announced mainstage season are available here.


The Mac-Haydn Theatre has announced its 2023 Limited Performance Series, adding to the previously-announced lineup of musicals in the theatre’s 54th summer season. The series features stars of both the Mac-Haydn and Broadway, including George Dvorsky (“The Scarlet Pimpernel,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “Passion”) and Elizabeth Ward Land (“Amazing Grace,” “Memphis,” “The Scarlet Pimpernel”).

Kicking off the Limited Performances is George Dvorsky’s “Something Wonderful,” featuring Mac-Haydn Music Supervisor Eric Shorey on piano with hits from the Great American Songbook. Chatham audiences have been captivated by Dvorsky’s performances in “Urinetown” (2023), “Little Shop of Horrors” (2019), and for his Berkshire Theatre Award-winning performance as Daddy Warbucks in “Annie” (2018). Dvorsky is joined by Shorey, who has performed nationally as an actor including performances at Paper Mill Playhouse and Goodspeed Opera House.

A nod to the late composer, the Mac-Haydn will present a two-performance tribute revue featuring the works of the great Stephen Sondheim. The performances will feature a yet-to-be-announced all-star cast of Mac-Haydn favorites to celebrate the award-winning, influential work of the legendary composer and lyricist through a selection of his iconic tunes.

The Mac-Haydn’s annual fundraising event returns with “Showstoppers,” a single performance featuring the 2023 Mac-Haydn company members as they deliver show-stopping performances of musical theater’s greatest hits – covering styles from classic to contemporary, with tunes by the most noteworthy composers in show business and from Broadway’s biggest shows.

Back by popular demand following its debut in 2021, Elizabeth Ward Land returns her Bistro Award-winning cabaret, “Still Within the Sound of My Voice: The Songs of Linda Ronstadt” to the Mac-Haydn stage. Land, who previously starred as Norma Desmond in the Mac-Haydn’s “Sunset Boulevard” (2019), traces her life and career to songs from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s vast catalogue, including “You’re No Good,” “Blue Bayou,” “Frenesi,” and “Long, Long Time.”


2023 Season Announcement

MAC-HAYDN SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT EXCLUSIVELY ON INSTAGRAM

Surprise! It’s time for our 2023 Season Announcement. We’re doing things a bit differently this year – our announcement will be posted EXCLUSIVELY to Instagram Tuesday, 1/24 starting at 10am.

SINGLE TICKETS GO ON SALE AS SOON AS THE SHOW IS ANNOUNCED

Click on the show below to purchase single tickets.

42nd Street, June 22 – July 2, 2023

Footloose, July 6 – July 16, 2023

The Sound of Music: July 20 – July 30, 2023

Godspell: August 3 – August 13, 2023

Jersey Boys: August 17 – September 3, 2023 *Three Weeks!

The Marvelous Wonderettes: September 7 – 17, 2023


4 SHOW SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE ON SALE


Please note that 7 SHOW SUBSCRIPTIONS will go on sale when the LIMITED PERFORMANCE schedule is finalized. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES


We wanted to have a little fun with it this year so we hope you will join us throughout the day for a guessing game! Here’s how it works.

Each show will be announced in a series of three tiles on Instagram. We will post one tile every 20 minutes beginning at 10am.

The first person to guess the full title of each show correctly in the comments will win a pair of tickets to that show! We will tag you in an IG story post if you’ve won. (Please note, the game is limited to one win per account!)

Got it? Head to our Instagram profile (@machaydntheatre), follow us, and turn post notifications on so you don’t miss a beat! Good Luck!

If you’re not already following us on Instagram (@machaydntheatre), now is the time. Set alerts for our posts by clicking the 🔔 (bell icon) in the top right corner of our Instagram profile – to be sure you don’t miss a single part of the announcement!

Stay tuned throughout the day on Instagram for a first look at our hit lineup for 2023!

Don’t have Instagram? No worries. We’ll fill you in with the full season announcement Wednesday morning here on Facebook!