The 2024 Main Stage Shows

Get ready to laugh until your face hurts—Forbidden Broadway is coming to the Forestburgh Playhouse!  In this legendary, iconic, and comic Off-Broadway hit musical revue, Broadway’s greatest musical legends meet Broadway’s greatest satirist in this hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre’s greatest stars and songwriters.  An incredible show to kick off our 78th Anniversary Season!

A wildly funny, surprising, and impactful tale of survival.  How I Learned to Drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and life from behind the wheel.  Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, How I Learned to Drive is “a lovely, harrowing guide to the crippling persistence of one woman’s memories.” —The New York Times

Don’t miss the beach party of the summer!  Jimmy Buffet’s Escape to Margaritaville is a musical comedy featuring the most-loved Jimmy Buffet classics, including “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” “Margaritaville,” “It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere” and many more.  Kick off the summer season at the Playhouse.  You’ll be singing along to these iconic tunes and slinging back a few margaritas—what could be better than that!

Following a hit Broadway run and feature film, this hysterical and joyous new musical follows four Brassy Broadway Stars on a mission to change the world and the love they discover that unites them all.  They join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens to build a Prom for everyone! Starring our wildly talented NYC professional actors and Resident Company, The Prom will also feature The Promsemble—a group of our best rising teen stars from the Sullivan Catskills and surrounding counties. With side splitting comedy, big-time-dancing, and a whole lot of heart, you’ll have to get your ticket to come to The Prom!

Before she was a hit-maker Carole King—she was Carole Klein, a spunky young songwriter from Brooklyn with a unique voice.  From the chart topping hits she wrote for the biggest acts in music, to her own life-changing, trailblazing success with Tapestry, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical takes you back to where it all began—and takes you on the ride of a lifetime.  Featuring such classics as “You’ve Got a Friend,” “One Fine Day,” “Up on the Roof,” Natural Woman”, and more, this Tony and Grammy Award-Winning musical is filled with the songs you remember and a story, you’ll never forget.

Get ready to Rock!  Rock of Ages takes you back to the eighties, the time of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair! Set in 1987 on LA’s famous Sunset Strip, this Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical features the hits of bands including Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and more! Rock of Ages will get you out of your seats, dancing in the aisles and ready to party!

Get prepared for the wildest comedy of the season! Hand to God takes place in a church basement in a small Texas town where the teens of the Christian Puppetry Ministry gather to bring the Word to the Flock.  But one puppet takes on a foul-mouthed, demonic life of its own—unleashing the community’s barely repressed lust and a darkest secrets.  Like nothing you’ve seen before, this hilarious & blasphemous Broadway hit is a ruthless comedy about sinners, sex…and sock puppets!