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Gateway Playhouse
Non-Profit Professional Regional Theater in Bellport, Long Island From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gateway, also known as The Gateway Playhouse, or the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County is a professional regional theatre located on the eastern edge of Bellport, New York. The street address is 215 South Country Road. It is the oldest professional theatre on Long Island and nationally recognized as one of the top ten summer theatres in the nation.[citation needed]
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In 1941, Harry C. Pomeran bought a 70-acre farm in Bellport, NY with intentions of creating a hotel. Harry and his wife, Libby, converted the property into a resort hotel for visitors spending the summer on Long Island. Their three children Sally, David, and Ruth planted vegetables, washed dishes, waited tables, and milked the family cow, Daisy. The barn housed Daisy alongside 200 chickens, hay, corn, and other essentials. The windmill pumped the family's water from a deep artesian well. When the Pomeran children began entertaining guests with shows and skits, the family knew that this was the true destiny of the humble barn.
The Gateway's theatrical tradition began in 1950 with a production of Taming of the Shrew in the old barn--converted into a theater by popular demand.[1] By the 1960s, it transitioned from a summer stock to a professional company, complete with a new theater that seats 500.[1] It also began teaching acting classes for children and adults in the area, and staging Children's Theater productions in the summer. In 2011, The Gateway Playhouse and its Acting School combined to form the non-profit organization, the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County, or The Gateway.[2]
Among its notable productions are a 1992 production of Once on This Island with Norm Lewis, as well as a 2011 production of Sunset Boulevard and a 2016 production of Anything Goes with Andrea McArdle.[3][4]
Each fall, the theater transforms into the Haunted Playhouse.[5]
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| All Productions 1950-Present | |
| Productions 2004-2012 | |
| Year | Productions 2013-Present |
| 2013 | Grease |
| Young Frankenstein | |
| Legends In Concert | |
| Buddy: The Buddy Holly Musical | |
| Singin' In The Rain | |
| Jack And The Beanstalk | |
| Disney's Winnie The Pooh | |
| Seussical Jr. | |
| Jim West's Dinosaurs | |
| Mooseltoe | |
| Disney's Beauty And The Beast | |
| Live And Let Die | |
| 2014 | 42nd Street |
| Smokey Joe's Cafe | |
| The Addams Family | |
| Disney's Mary Poppins | |
| South Pacific | |
| Legends In Concert | |
| Disney's Cinderella Kids | |
| Disney's The Jungle Book | |
| The Amazing Max | |
| Mooseltoe | |
| Cirque Le Masque: Noel | |
| Elvis Lives | |
| 2015 | Rock Of Ages |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| Sister Act | |
| Betty Buckley In Concert | |
| Saturday Night Fever | |
| Legends In Concert | |
| Two On Tap | |
| Mooseltoe | |
| Billy Elliot | |
| Ballroom With A Twist | |
| Cinderella | |
| The Rat Pack Is Back | |
| The Amazing Max | |
| Curious George | |
| Shrek Jr. | |
| Disney's Peter Pan | |
| 2016 | Anything Goes |
| Million Dollar Quartet | |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | |
| The Rocky Horror Show | |
| Legends In Concert | |
| Mooseltoe | |
| Priscilla | |
| Dance To The Movies | |
| Holiday Spectacular On Ice | |
| My Son Pinocchio: Geppeto's Musical Tale | |
| The Wizard Of Oz | |
| The Amazing Max | |
| 2017 | Rent |
| Swing! | |
| On The Town | |
| Little Shop of Horrors | |
| Legends in Concert | |
| Mooseltoe | |
| Mamma Mia! | |
| Cirque Éloize iD | |
| A Christmas Story The Musical | |
| Menopause The Musical | |
| The Buddy Holly Story | |
| Bubble Trouble | |
| Madagascar Jr. | |
| Pinkalicious | |
| The Lion King Jr. | |
| The Amazing Max | |
| 2018 | Stomp! |
| With Love, Marilyn | |
| A Chorus Line | |
| Nunsense | |
| Memphis | |
| Cabaret | |
| Mooseltoe | |
| Les Misérables School Edition | |
| Live & Let Die | |
| Flashdance | |
| Beauty & The Beast | |
| Shades of Bublé | |
| 2019 | Menopause The Musical |
| One Man Star Wars Trilogy | |
| Link Link Circus | |
| Legends Of Country | |
| My Life On A Diet | |
| Billy Mira and the Hitmen | |
| All Hands On Deck | |
| On Your Feet | |
| Beginnings | |
| Forbidden Broadway | |
| The Bodyguard | |
| The Sound Of Music | |
| Isabella Rossellini & Friends | |
| Kinky Boots | |
| Elf | |
| Stomp | |
| Big Bubble Bonanza | |
| Aladdin Jr. | |
| The Amazing Max | |
| Frozen Jr. | |
| 2020 | An Evening With Groucho |
| In The Light of Led Zeppelin | |
| Billy Mira and the Hitmen | |
| Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story | |
| Frontiers | |
| As You Like It | |
| My Life On A Diet | |
| Murder On The Orient Express | |
| 2021 | A Chorus Line - Student Edition |
| Songs For A New World | |
| Million Dollar Quartet | |
| Best Of The Eagles | |
| Yellow Brick Road | |
| A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder | |
| Newsies | |
| Holiday Spectacular On Ice | |
| Big Bubble Bonanza | |
| The Wizard Of Oz | |
| 2022 | Head Over Heels |
| The Little Mermaid | |
| The Cher Show | |
| A Christmas Carol | |
| Beauty And The Beast Jr. | |
| Big Bubble Bonanza | |
| Grimmz Fairy Tales | |
| 2023 | The Wedding Singer |
| Clue | |
| Evita | |
| Summer - The Donna Summer Musical | |
| Jersey Boys | |
| Holiday Spectacular On Ice | |
| Matilda Jr. | |
| Finding Nemo Jr. | |
| 2024 | Fiddler On The Roof |
| In The Heights | |
| Rock Of Ages | |
| Escape To Margaritaville | |
| Beautiful - The Carole King Musical | |
| Irving Berlin's White Christmas | |
| The Little Mermaid Jr. | |
| Big Bubble Bonanza | |
| Willy Wonka Jr. | |
| 2025 | The Addams Family |
| Frozen | |
| 42nd Street |
*Links to individual productions incoming
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