Music by Melissa Manchester
Lyrics by Sharon Vaughn
Book by Rupert Holmes
based on the bestselling books of
Jill Conner Browne
Feb. 29-March 23, 2024
Sweet Potato Queens®
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"It’s not going to reshape your concept of the Founding Fathers through inventive use of choreography and hip hop music. It’s not going to give you insight into how a fictional visitor from Kansas to a strange and distant land might be reset from her antagonist’s view. Neither will it make you fall in love with 19th century French students fighting for social change or how a young female singer resists a mysterious masked figure at the Paris Opera.
No. The musical Sweet Potato Queens will do none of that and, yet, it might bring pure joy and understanding for many of those who live lives of quiet desperation and hopelessness."
Alan Smason, WYES-TV
What's the best medicine for feeling beat up by the world?
Get ready for the outrageous, high-powered, Southern rock musical that tells the true story of “Boss Queen” Jill and her closest friends in Mississippi, and how they learn to grab life by the sequins, feathers and tiaras to live their lives out loud, on their own terms.
This new musical is based on the wildly successful Sweet Potato Queens books by New York Times bestselling author Jill Conner Browne, with music by pop icon Melissa Manchester, lyrics by hit country songwriter Sharon Vaughn, and a book by Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood).
There are currently six thousand registered Sweet Potato Queens chapters in over twenty countries around the world.
The New Line cast includes Talichia Noah (as Jill), Mara Bollini (Floozie Tammy), Ann Hier Brown (Too Much Tammy), Victoria Pines (Flower Tammy), Bethany Barr (Mama), Aarin Kamphoefner (George), Jeffrey M. Wright (Tyler), and Kent Coffel (Daddy). The New Line production will be directed by Scott Miller, with choreography by Tony L. Marr Jr., music direction by Phil Woodmore, scenic design by Rob Lippert, lighting design by Matt Stuckel, and sound design by Ryan Day.
Produced by arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide, New York.
Want to explore more?
We recommend:
The offifical Sweet Potato Queens website
The bestselling book The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love: A Fallen Southern Belle's Look at Love, Life, Men, Marriage, and Being Prepared.
An article from OurSouthernSouls.com about SPQ's Origin Story
Director Scott Miller's blog, "The Bad Boy of Musical Theatre" about New Line's creative process.
TICKET INFO
SWEET POTATO QUEENS runs Feb. 29-March 23, 2024, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, all at 8:00 p.m., at the Marcelle Theater, 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive, three blocks east of Grand, in the Grand Center Arts District. Feb. 29 is a preview.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students/seniors for the preview; and $30 for adults and $25 for students/seniors for all other performances. To charge tickets by phone, call MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or visit the Fox Theatre box office or the MetroTix website.
DISCOUNTS: HIGH SCHOOL DISCOUNT: Any high school student with a valid school ID can get a $10 ticket for any performance, with the code word, posted only on New Line's Facebook page. COLLEGE FREE SEATS: Ten free seats for every performance, open to any college student with a valid student ID. EDUCATORS DISCOUNT: New Line offers all currently employed educators half price tickets on any Thursday night, with work ID or other proof of employment. MILITARY DISCOUNT: New Line offers all active duty military personnel half price tickets on any Thursday night, with ID or other proof of active duty status.
All offers not valid in connection with other discounts or offers, available only at the door, and subject to availability. All programs subject to change. New Line Theatre receives funding from the Regional Arts Commission and the Missouri Arts Council.
