Next Step Concert Series
Join us as we look toward the future of musical theatre and the future of 11th hour. With this exciting new series, we will introduce you to challenging contemporary pieces and shed new light on some of our favorite musicals.
Past Next Step Concert Series Productions
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
book by Alex Timbers
music & lyrics by Michael Friedman
directed by Kate Galvin
November 3-5, 2012
Playing at Christ Church Neighborhood House
20 N. American Street Philadelphia, PA
Between 2nd & 3rd and Market & Arch Streets
Gear up for the 2012 Presidential smack-down with this raucous, rockin’ new musical about America’s sexiest, badass president– Andrew Jackson! Sharp satire and a healthy dose of emo-rock reinterpret a wild time in U.S. history and hold a mirror up to today’s society.
Passing Strange
book, music & lyrics by Stew
directed by Michael Philip O’Brien
January 19-21, 2013
Playing at Off-Broad Street Theatre
1636 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
This heartfelt and hilarious story takes musical theater on a whole new trip, as a young bohemian charts his course for “the real.” Through sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Passing Strange takes you on a rockin’ journey across the boundaries of time, place, and identity. Starring 11th Hour favorite Carl Clemons-Hopkins and 2010 Tony nominee Forrest McClendon.
Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party
book, music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa
based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March
directed by Megan Nicole O’Brien
March 9-11, 2013
Playing at Christ Church Neighborhood House
20 N. American Street Philadelphia, PA
Between 2nd & 3rd and Market & Arch Sts.
You’re invited to the party to end all parties. Queenie, an aging chorus girl, and her lover Burrs, a washed up vaudeville clown, are at eachother’s throats – feeling restless and reckless. They invite their friends from downtown, uptown and underground for a night of gin and sin. Award-winning music by Andrew Lippa provides a decadent and exhilarating backdrop for this tale of passion gone awry.
Into the Woods
book by James Lapine
music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
directed by Steve Pacek
April 13-14, 2013
Playing at the Skybox at the Adrienne (3rd Floor)
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
11th Hour takes on the father of modern musical theatre for the first time with a new look at this beloved favorite. Join Jack, the Baker and his Wife, Little Red, Cinderella and more as their fairy tale lives are turned upside down upon journeying into the woods.
Season Sponsor
Harmelin Media
Media Sponsor
Next Step Concert Series Sponsor
Berne Siergiej, Esq.