© 2006 Musical Theatre Southwest
Musical
Theatre
Southwest
6320B Domingo NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mailing Address
P. O. Box 81052
Albuquerque 87198-
Phone 505-
FAX 505-
Email: MTS Information
Updated 2/3/2009
Through it's many changes, Musical Theatre Southwest has kept to its original purpose
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1966
Chartered as a New Mexico 501-
1968
Productions begin to be pre-
Funny Girl
Once Upon a Mattress
The King and I
The Music Man
1970
Carousel
Desert Song
Guys and Dolls
Oliver!
The Sound of Music
1972
Annie Get Your Gun
Brigadoon
Fiddler on the Roof
Once Upon a Mattress
The King and I
1974
110 In The Shade
Damn Yankees
Gigi
Hello, Dolly!
1976
Management staff developed. Gross income reaches $100,000.
1776
Camelot
Promises, Promises
The Music Man
1978
Fiddler on the Roof
Funny Girl
How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying
I Do! I Do!
Oklahoma!
1980
Flower Drum Song
HMS Pinafore
Pippin
The King and I
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1982
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Carousel
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
The Sound of Music
West Side Story
1984
First Executive Director hired.
Gigi
Hans Christian Andersen
Paint Your Wagon
South Pacific
The Pirates of Penzance
1986
First full-
Director hired.
1776
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Camelot
Damn Yankees
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1988
December production of Peter Pan breaks sales records. First Director of Development hired.
A Little Night Music
My Fair Lady
Oklahoma!
Peter Pan
Sweet Charity
1990
Permission granted to perform the Royal Shakespeare version of The Wizard of Oz (based on motion picture).
Annie Get Your Gun
Singin' in the Rain
Something's Afoot
The Mikado
The Wizard of Oz
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
1992
Grease
Into the Woods
Nunsense
Once Upon a Mattress
Peter Pan
The King and I
1994
The debut of the original children's musical Revenge of the Garbage Monsters. Budget approaches $900,000.
Big River (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
Chicago
Revenge of the Garbage Monsters
South Pacific
The Fantasticks
The Music Man
1996
Season subscriptions top 6,100. The purchase of the Hiland Theater complex.
42nd Street
Baby
Brigadoon
Guys and Dolls
Oliver!
Revenge of the Garbage Monsters
1998
Bells Are Ringing
Man of La Mancha
My Fair Lady
Nunsense
Oklahoma!
2000
Bye Bye Birdie
Funny Girl
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Mame
Swingtime Canteen
The Roar of the Greasepaint,
The Smell of the
2002
All Night Strut
Fiddler on the Roof
Forever Plaid
Jekyll and Hyde
Peter Pan
Tapestry
The Sound of Music
2004
Always...Patsy Cline
Bat Boy
Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill
Cabaret
Cinderella
Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly
Ragtime
Seussical the Musical
South Pacific
The Rocky Horror Show
Ana Chavira Theater opens
1967
Initial season held at Highland High School.
Once Upon a Mattress opens the first season
1969
Kismet
Peter Pan
The Boyfriend
The Unsinkable Molly . Brown
West Side Story
1971
Camelot
Destry Rides Again
Gypsy
My Fair Lady
The Wizard of Oz
1973
Carnival
Man of La Mancha
South Pacific
Sweet Charity
1975
Applause
Kiss Me Kate
The Most Happy Fella
The Sound of Music
1977
Construction completed on the new rehearsal-
Shop & office facility.
Cabaret
Jesus Christ Superstar
Mame
Oliver!
1979
Company
Li'l Abner
Man of La Mancha
My Fair Lady
Sugar
1981
Budget approaches $400K
Finian's Rainbow
Godspell
Guys and Dolls
Kismet
Show Boat
1983
Anything Goes
Brigadoon
Grease
Hello, Dolly!
The Student Prince
1985
Annie shatters all-
Annie
Bye Bye, Birdie
Gypsy
The Music Man
They're Playing Our Song
1987
First Marketing Director hired. Season attendance tops 51,000.
Fiddler on the Roof
I Do! I Do!
Kiss Me Kate
Oliver!
Shenandoah
Two By Two
1989
Cinderella
Dames at Sea
Little Shop of Horrors
Mame
Man of La Mancha
1991
Attendance nears 60,000. Income exceeds $750,000. Volunteer auxiliary (Amigos) grows to over 250 members.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Carousel
Evita
Here's Love
Nunsense
1993
Presentation of the regional premiere of Kopit & Yeston's Phantom.
Godspell
Nunsense
Phantom
Seven Brides for 7 Brothers
Sweeney Todd
The Sound of Music
1995
Popejoy Hall closes for renovations. Attendance records smashed!
Fiddler on the Roof
Forever Plaid
Revenge of the Garbage Monsters
Romance/Romance
The Pirates of Penzance
The Taffetas
West Side Story
1999
Anything Goes
Follies
Hello, Dolly!
Jesus Christ Superstar
Kismet
2001
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gypsy
HMS Pinafore
The King and I
The Who's Tommy
The Wizard of Oz
2003
Annie
Evita
Kiss Me, Kate
The 1940's Radio Hour
The Rocky Horror Show
She Loves Me
New warehouse occupied bringing the company closer together.
2005
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Grease
Candide
The Pirates of Penzance
A Man of No Importance
The Wiz
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
1997
Ain't Misbehavin'
And Now Miguel
Camelot
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Revenge of the Garbage
Monsters
Show Boat
La Cage Aux Folles
42 Years & Counting
2007
West Side Story
2008
Little Shop of Horrors
2006
HMS Pinafore
Nunsense
Scrooge, the Musical
2009
The Civil War* 1
The Producers* 2
The Secret Garden* 3
* Coming for your enjoyment!
1. 2/26 -
2. 7/10 -
3. 12/11-
I Love You , You’re Perfect, Now Change
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