
Center Theatre Group wants to help you make informed decisions about which plays to see with your children. Below you will find tips on the suitability of each production at our theatres.
This information is the most current available. However, theatre is a living medium, and the work evolves throughout the development and rehearsal process. We will do our best to update this guide when artistic choices substantively change the content. Running times are approximate.
2009
AGES 6+
Mary PoppinsDisney adapts everyone’s favorite nanny for the stage
2 hours 50 minutes; one intermission
AGES 11+ (PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED)
Ain't Misbeahvin'Musical revue celebrating Fats Waller and the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance; bawdy humor, mature themes
2 hours; one intermission
An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin
Two Broadway luminaries reunite for a dazzling evening of song
2 hours; one intermission
SpamalotMonty Python musical comedy; British silliness and naughtiness
2 hours 20 minutes; one intermission
ParadeMusical drama about a controversial murder trial in 1913 Georgia; offstage rape/murder, mature themes
Length TBD
AGES 16+
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad ZooSurreal comic drama about life, war and being stuck in the zoo; profanity, cruelty, violence, sexuality, mature themes; parents strongly cautioned
1 hour 50 minutes; one intermission
Dame Edna: My First Last TourMature and bawdy humor at the expense of your fellow audience members
90 minutes; no intermission
OleannaMamet explores power dynamics between teacher and student; profanity, mature themes
Length TBD
August: Osage County
Frank family melodrama laced with bitter comedy; sexuality, profanity, mature themes
3 hours 20 minutes; two intermissions
Palestine, NM
New offering from the subversive minds of Culture Clash; likely to contain profanity, mature themes
Length TBD
2010
AGES 11+ (PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED)
DreamgirlsTumultuous rise of a ’60s girl group; suggestive songs, mature themes
Length TBD
South PacificRodgers & Hammerstein’s musical about race, class and love during wartime; mature themes
2 hours 50 minutes; one intermission
Photo Credit
L to R: Matthew Yang King and Damian D. Lewis in "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings."
Photo by Craig Schwartz.
Inset: Jamey Hood in "The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip."
Photo by Craig Schwartz.