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jamesrodgers Mac-Haydn Announces 2024
James is excited to report that The Mac-Haydn Theatre has announced its 2024 season schedule. The lineup includes West Side Story, Sister Act, Rent, All Shook Up and Something Rotten. There is one more title yet to be announced.
Mac-Haydn Announces 2023
As Managing Director, James is excited to report that The Mac-Haydn Theatre has announced its 2023 season schedule, composing the theatre’s 54th summer season. The lineup of hit musicals includes 42nd Street, Footloose, The Sound of Music, Godspell, Jersey Boys and The Marvelous Wonderettes.
James Benjamin Rodgers delves into Sondheim, performing two performances with Meredith Lustig and Jillian Zack at the Mac-Haydn Theatre in To Sondheim, With Love
James brings his highly successful Exiled: The Evolution of Kurt Weill to the stage of The Mac-Haydn Theatre with pianist Jillian Zack. The story of one of the most fascinating musical figures of the 20th century. Exiled from Germany in 1933 at the height of his popularity, Weill’s remarkable music was banned there for the … Read more
Reviewer Shows Admiration
“The very talented James Benjamin Rodgers and pianist Jillian Zack take the audience on a journey charting Weill’s musical evolution…a perfect collection of songs not well known and avoids the easy trap of big hits and overly familiar pieces. I would venture to guess that Rodgers, like me, favors Weill and wants to share his adoration of the composer who changed the American musical forever.”
James takes on the hillarious Harry Wormwood Inspired by the twisted genius of Roald Dahl with a book by Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, this Tony Award-winning musical is the captivating masterpiece from the Royal Shakespeare Company that revels in the anarchy of childhood, the power of imagination and the inspiring … Read more
J. Peter Bergmam Oklahoma! Review
“Go prepared to be stunned into applause by this stellar production. James Benjamin Rodgers is a superb Curly, dynamic in the dramatic scenes, chilling in the fight scenes, romantic in the love scenes and the not-quite love scenes and sweet in the charming scenes with Aunt Eller.”
James takes on the iconic role of Curly in Oklahoma! James Benjamin Rodgers returns to the Mac-Haydn stage as Curly, following his performance last season as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Roles include the title roles in Candide, Young Frankenstein, and Jekyll and Hyde, Jean Valjean: Les Misérables, Anthony Hope: Sweeney Todd, Kudrjash: … Read more
James returns to the Mac-Haydn Theatre to directs this Lerner and Loewe masterpiece This soaring work tells the tale of the legendary love triangle between King Arthur, Guenevere, and Sir Lancelot. The fate of the kingdom hangs in the balance as a young idealistic Arthur, with his roundtable, tries to maintain honor and dignity. Classic … Read more
