PERFORMANCES: September 6-7-8, 28-29, 2001 Professor Henry Higgins, the brilliant, crotchety, middle-aged bachelor and England's leading phoneticist finds Eliza Doolittle, the little cockney gutter sparrow as she sells violets on a cold night near the Royal Opera House. Higgins bets his associate, Colonel Pickering, that he could make Eliza into a lady simply by improving her diction. Pickering agrees to pay expenses IF Higgins can "metamorphose the guttersnipe into a paragon of verbal correctitude." Eliza's squalid father, Alfred Doolittle, outlines some of his unorthodox philosophies and goes to Higgins' flat in what turns out to be a touch for money. Book & lyrics by Alan J. Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe. Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's & Gabrial Pascal's motion picture Pygmalion. Original production directed by Moss Hart. MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS: Wouldn't It Be Loverly * With A Little Bit Of Luck * I Could Have Danced All Night * On The Street Where You Live * I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face REVIEWS and CAST

PERFORMANCES: November 15-16-17-23-24-30 and December 1, 2001 A best selling novel, a hit motion picture and now a lavish musical in the grand tradition of South Pacific and Miss Saigon. A Hawaii Premiere. This classic tale recounts the haunting love story of U.S. jet pilot hero Major Ace Gruver and exotic Japanese actress Hana-ogi, star of Japan's all-female Takarazuka Theatre. Their forbidden passion unfolds in Japan during the Korean War. Ace is the pride of West Point, engaged to a general's daughter, but loses his heart to Hana-ori. Their courtship is a story of cultures in conflict against the lush backdrop of Oriental tradition, with a score full of soaring melodies. Book by William Luce, adapted from the Novel by James A. Michener. Lyrics by Hy Gilbert and Music by George Fischoff. MUSCIAL HIGHLIGHTS: Born to Fly * Song of the Seasons * Here, Really Here * So Near, Yet so Far * Where You Go REVIEWS and CAST

ARMY'S THEATRE OF THE IMAGINATION presents an ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS SHOW (not part of season subscription) PERFORMANCES: December 14-15-16-21-22-23, 2001 This family oriented musical story has several elements which revolve around a very sympathetic 9-year-old named Kimo, whose family is impoverished. His father has gone to the mainland to find work and neither he nor Santa have visited in two years. Kimo desperately wants his father home, but more immediately, he wants to get a Christmas present for his mother. To get the gift, he must believe in Santa Claus or join with Moki and Loki, two villainous teens, who try to entice him into a life of crime. Book and Lyrics by Art Freedman, Music composed by Roslyn Catracchia. REVIEWS and STORIES * CAST

PERFORMANCES: February 28 and March 1-2-8-9-15-16, 2002 The generation gap is given the R&H treatment in this colorful approach to the age-old conflict. In San Francisco's Chinatown of the late '50s, nightclub owner Sammy Fong's traditional family has ordered him a picture-bride from China, hoping to end his pursuit of an enticing dancer. Mei Li arrives, shy and at sea in world she doesn't understand, and it's clear that she's the wrong gal for the totally assimilated Sammy. However, she may be just the ticket for Sammy's buddy, whose father is fighting a losing battle with his kids over rock 'n' roll, baseball, sports cars and the modern American life-style. By turns raucous and heartfelt, the solution to this delightful Chinese puzzle of properly matching the young people while reconciling the old is a celebration of American ingenuity. Music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS: Love, Look Away * I Enjoy Being A Girl * Don't Marry Me * A Hundred Million Miracles * Sunday

PERFORMANCES: May 9-10-11-17-18-24-25, 2002 Orphan Oliver Twist is considered a pest and ingrate at the boys' workhouse run by Widow Corney, so she offers the boy for sale. Oliver is purchased by the local undertaker who grossly mistreats him and he runs away. Later he is befriended by the Artful Dodger, ringleader of a group of young pickpockets. The boys have been organized by petty crook Fagin, who provides instruction and food in return for the wallets, watches and other loot the boys manage to lift. Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS: Food, Glorious Food * Boy for Sale * Where Is Love * Consider Yourself * You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two * As Long as He Needs Me REVIEWS and CAST

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