Subscription Tickets for these Shows at New Century Theatre Are Available Now.  

MINNEAPOLIS—Hennepin Theatre Trust and Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT), as part of 

their new partnership,announced today that MMT’s 2013 season will feature Reefer Madness 

and Sunset Boulevard and be held for the first time at the Trust’s New Century Theatre. 

Reefer Madness, which runs February 1-24, 2013,is a raucous, musical comedy taking a 

tongue-in-cheek look at the perils of marijuana. Sunset Boulevard from May 31-June 23, is a 

Broadway hit based on the 1950 Oscar-winning movie about faded glory and unfulfilled ambition. 

Both productions will be directed by Steven Meerdink, MMT’s  artistic director. Two-show 

subscription packages are available now by calling 612-455-9501, online at 

HennepinTheatreTrust.org/MMTor in person at the New Century Theatre, 615 Hennepin Avenue 

in Minneapolis.Individual tickets will go on sale at a later date.  

February 1-24, 2012  

Reefer Madness, called “A delirious romp, which at its best reaches highs of intoxicating 

goofiness,” by USA Today, was inspired by the original 1936 film. This satirical morality tale is a 

depiction of clean-cut kids lured into a hysterical downward spiral by the evil weed, jazz, sex and 

violence. The alluring musical numbers range from big Vegas-style show stoppers like “Listen to 

Jesus, Jimmy,” complete with an angel chorus of showgirls, to swing tunes like “Down at the Ol’ Five and 

Dime.” Directed by Andy Flickman, with book and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and music by Dan Studney, the 

musical premiered in Los Angeles in 1999, ran off-Broadway in 2001 and re-emerged as a 2005 movie starring 

Alan Cumming, Kristen Bell, Neve Campbell and Ana Gasteyer. 

May 31-June 23, 2013 

Sunset Boulevard opens with Norma Desmond, the fading silent movie star abandoned by the “talkies,” who 

longs for a return to big screen glory. Enter struggling Hollywood screenwriter Joe Gillis, and their ensuing 

passionate and warped affair leads to a volatile conclusion. The 1950 film, directed by Billy Wilder and starring 

William Holden and Gloria Swanson, was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won three, including 

one for Best Music. In 1997, it ranked as #12 on the American Film Institute’s Best American Films of the 20 

Century. The original Broadway production, directed by Trevor Nunn with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, won 

seven 1995 Tony Awards including Best Musical. As Time Magazine described it, “The show’s a hit. Lloyd 

Webber’s most shamefully and artfully constructed score. Radiant.”