(October 9 - November 1) Threepenny Opera is a biting satire which chronicles the crimes of the notorious bandit and womanizer, Macheath. This modern operetta echos the stark, spine-chilling ambiance of last season’s ever popular Sweeney Todd. In a brief prologue following the mock-Baroque overture that parodies Handel’s operas, a shabby figure enters with a barrel organ and launches “Mac the Knife,” one of the most enduring songs of the 20^th century, to introduce our antihero, the elusive Macheath. Inspired by The Beggar's Opera, Weill's jazzy score and harmonies and Brecht's sharp script make this the first of five must-see productions.

(November 28 - December 21) Scrooge the musical will complete your family’s holiday festivities! We present this gift, the musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' timeless A Christmas Carol, at the persistent demand of our valued patrons. Scrooge holds the record as our most popular holiday offering in Capital Playhouse history. With Jeff Kingsbury reprising his legendary performance as the curmudgeonly Scrooge and Troy Arnold Fisher's inspired direction, Scrooge will undoubtedly live up to its own standard of sell outs night after night – these tickets will be devoured as fast as figgy pudding!

Please note the opening night performance of Scrooge falls on Friday, November 28, instead of a Thursday evening.

The first Sunday matinee performance of Scrooge on November 30 will begin at 1 pm.

(January 29 - February 20) A Grand Night for Singing is a marvelous showcasing of the music and lyrics of Rodgers and Hammerstein. This American songwriting duo is most famous for creating a string of immensely popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, during what is considered the golden age of the art. Taste and imagination, the two key ingredients for a first class revue, abound in this fresh take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon. Innovative musical arrangements include a sultry Andrews Sisters-esque "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out-a My Hair," a swingin' "Honeybun" worthy of the Modernaires, and a jazzy "Kansas City" which leaves no question about how terrifically current the remarkable songs of Rogers & Hammerstein remain.

(March 19 - April 11) Celebrating over 10 years of Season in a Box, we reprise Jesus Christ Superstar, the epic rock opera that put Capital Playhouse on the map in our first Season in a Box! JCS follows the canonical gospels' accounts of Jesus Christ as his radical teachings are evermore embraced through his final days of life. The story is told mainly from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, the disciple alarmed by Jesus' claims of divinity whose ultimate betrayal led to the crucifixion. Christ's final days are dramatized with emotional intensity, thought-provoking edge and explosive theatricality. Jesus' meteor-like rise in renown provides, as the title suggests, a parallel to contemporary celebrity worship. Propelled by a stirring score from the celebrated team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, JCS is driving and majestic, satirical and tender.

(May 7 - 30) 2008 marks the passing of one of film’s most iconic directors, Ingmar Bergman, who’s Smiles of a Summer Night inspired the Sondheim favorite, A Little Night Music. We conclude our season by offering A Little Night Music, our most requested show yet, as a tribute to Mr. Bergman. The story of middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman's search for sex and love is told in turn-of-the-century Sweden. One of Broadway’s most neglected masterpieces, the romantic and achingly beautiful A Little Night Music deals with the universal subject of love in all its wondrous, humorous and ironic permutations. The music is set almost entirely in waltz time and consists of Sondheim’s most popular song to date, the haunting “Send in the Clowns.” Sophisticated, literate and stylish, A Little Night Music is also disarmingly warm, funny, charming and very human.