THEATRE + COMEDY

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) will present Urban Cowboy: The Musical from July 14 - 19, 2011. This Houston-inspired, Tony-nominated story will mark TUTS’ 44th summer of free musicals at Miller Outdoor Theatre (6000 Hermann Park Drive).

Based on the smash hit Paramount film starring John Travolta and Debra Winger, Urban Cowboy: The Musical tells the story of Bud, a new breed of cowboy who's lookin' for love in the biggest honky-tonk in the world, and his rollercoaster romance with local cowgirl Sissy. Their courtship plays out among a Texas-sized setting including oil fields, trailer parks and the infamous Pasadena bar and dance hall Gilley’s.

Urban Cowboy: The Musical features romance, big country dance breaks, a trademark mechanical bull and a song list people have been humming for decades in their pick-up trucks. The hootenanny score rocks a jukebox of country music tunesmiths including Clint Black and Charles Daniels. Dashed throughout the production are some of the most iconic country songs made popular by Garth Brooks, Lee Ann Womack, the Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson and Sara Evans.

Urban Cowboy: The Musical features a book by Aaron Latham - the journalist whose article about Western nightlife inspired the original movie - and Phillip Oesterman. Latham’s other article-turned-film, forming yet another John Travolta hit movie, was the fitness craze romance Perfect.

All photos by Jeff Bellante, Copyright 2007 Gateway Playhouse.