Once on This Island

author: Lynn Ahrens
music: Stephen Flaherty
director: Jesse Bush

Set in the Caribbean, this lovely, lyrical talewill captivate and charm the entire family. Young love sought and lost, fanciful story-telling, and inspired song and dance make this a theatre experience not to be missed. The exuberant musical score by the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime and Anastasia) will have you dancing in your seats!

8 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Musical Score 1991

"a sparkling, vital production, not to be missed" Barbara Adams, Ithaca Journal

"Guiltless optimism in the face of misfortune, amplified in the Hangar's production, is precisely what makes Once on This Island so enjoyable," Mark Tedeschi, Ithaca Times

"Joyous and heartbreaking, folksy yet haunting, this family musical is a different kind of love story," Ross Haarstad, Tompkins Weekly

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