Gateway Playhouse


Gateway Playhouse is a theatre located on the eastern edge of Bellport, New York. The street address is 215 South Country Road. It's the oldest of three professional theatres on the island and nationally recognized as one of the top ten summer theatres in the nation. Gateway Playhouse has been running for over sixty years. The theatre grounds encompass the Mainstage Theatre, Barn Theatre, scene shop, two rehearsal studios, three dorm-style housing units, a newly remodeled kitchen, costume shop, design office/studio, paint shop, box office, business office, various storage spaces, a recreation room and a large hedge-lined lawn with outdoor swimming pool. The Gateway Playhouse theatre seats 500 and its proscenium height is 34' holding 25 line sets for scenery and lights.

Acting School

The Gateway Playhouse enrolls students from all over Long Island; coming from as far away as Mattituck, Hampton Bays, Huntington and Syosset. They all have varying interests and levels of training, some with none and some with plenty. Many students have landed parts in the summer Children's Theater shows, as well as young roles in the Main Stage productions. Others have even had success in commercials and National Tours. Recently, several students have landed jobs in the industry, on network television series, Broadway shows, feature films, commercials and soaps.

Past Seasons

1950-1959

1950

Taming of the Shrew

The Importance of Being Earnest

John Ferguson

Physician in Spite of Himself/
A Marriage Proposal

The Skin of Our Teeth -- Starring Sally Lawrence. Director David Pomeran Director debut.
1951

Pygmalion

Thunder Rock

A Phoenix Too Frequent

Boy With A Cart

Our Town

Red Peppers/
Commedia dell'arte
1952

Major Barbara

Madwoman of Chaillot

Laughter in the Stars

Dark of the Moon
1953

Years Ago

The Glass Menagerie

The Beautiful People

All My Sons,
Imaginary Invalid
1954

Twelfth Night

Blythe Spirit

Johnny Belinda

Gigi

Green Pastures

The Male Animal

The Corn is Green

It Takes A Miracle
1955

Picnic

Mrs. McThing

Time Out for Ginger

Picnic

Lady's Not for Burning

Three Men on a Horse

The Cat and the Canary

The Crucible

Kickback

Dark of the Moon
1956

Tender Trap

Tea and Sympathy

Dial M for Murder

Solid Gold Cadillac

Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

The Rainmaker

Sabrina Fair

I Am a Camera

Bus Stop

Tobacco Road
1957

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter

Janus

Witness for the Prosecution

View From the Bridge

Chalk Garden

Champagne Complex

Anniversary Waltz

All Summer Long

Thieves Carnival

Parade
1958
The Reluctant Debutante

Mousetrap

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Matchmaker

Visit to a Small Planet

Girls of Summer

Wedding Breakfast

Diary of Anne Frank

Holiday for Lovers

Middle of the Night

The Boyfriend
1959

Bells are Ringing

Girls in 509

Say Darling

Streetcar Named Desire

Once More with Feeling

Happiest Millionaire

Romanoff and Juliet

Summer and Smoke

Lil' Abner

1960-1969

1960

Leave It to Jane

Two for the Seesaw

Dark at the Top of the Stairs

The Golden Fleecing

Look Homeward Angel

Sunrise at Campobello

Redhead

Sweet Bird of Youth
1961

Flower Drum Song

The World of Susie Wong

Majority of One

Under the Yum Yum Tree

Marriage Go Round

The Pleasure of His Company
1962

Gypsy

Bye Bye Birdie

The Music Man

Fiorello

Once Upon a Mattress

Barn Theatre

Period of Adjustment

Thereepenny Opera
1963

Sunday in New York

A Shot in the Dark

Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole

Toys in the Attic

Irma La Duce

Carnival

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Take Her She's Mine

Hamlet

Come Blow Your Horn

The Moon is Blue

Life with Father
1964

Oh, Dad, Poor, Dad...

Tchin-Tchin

My Fair Lady

Camelot

A Thousand Clowns

The Sound of Music

Stop the World,
I Want to Get O
1965

Mary, Mary

Desert Song

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

110 in the Shade

The King & I

High Button Shoes

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Never Too Late
1966

Enter Laughing

The Seven Year Itch

Oklahoma

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

South Pacific

Oliver

Lil' Abner
1967

Any Wednesday

Marat Sade

Show Boat

Carousel

West Side Story

Barefoot in the Park

Barn Theatre

The Fantasticks

The Subject was Roses

Luv

Brigadoon

Owl and the Pussycat
1968

Wait Until Dark

White Liars/Black Comedy

The Midnight Ride of Alvin Blum

Harvey

The Little Foxes

The Star Spangled Girl

Don't Drink the Water

Gems of Burlesque

Generation

The Odd Couple

Barn Theatre

On a Clear Day

Funny Girl

Apple Tree

Sweet Charity

Alley Oop
1969

There's a Girl in My Soup

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Gypsy

The Sound of Music

The Most Happy Fella

Can Can

Now It Makes Sense

Barn Theatre

You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running

Tobacco Road

Cactus Flower

The Fantasticks

Scuba Duba

1970-1979

1970

You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running

The Price

I Do, I Do

Cabaret

George M

Mame

The Boyfriend

Your Own Thing

Barn Theatre

Viet Rock

Lovers and Other Strangers

Jimmy Shine
1971

Hello, Dolly!

Fiddler on the Roof

Man of La Mancha

Play It Again, Sam

Plaza Suite
1972

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Fiddler on the Roof

Promises, Promises

Company

Last of the Red Hot Lovers

1776
1973

Butterflies are Free

Applause

Never Too Late

Mame

Anything Goes

Zorba
1974

Prisoner of Second Avenue

No, No Nanette

George M

Hair
1975

Hair

Sugar

Irene

Jesus Christ Superstar

Showboat
1976

West Side Story

Annie Get Your Gun

Candide

The Ritz
1977

The Ritz

See Saw

The Music Man

Robber Bridegroom

Shenandoah
1978

Shenandoah

Pippin

Oklahoma

The Rocky Horror Show
1979

Same Time Next Year

Chicago

Mack and Mabel

Hair

1980-1989

1980

Godspell

Dracula

Cabaret

Grease
1981

Grease

I Love My Wife

Peter Pan

Pirates of Penzance
1982

Gemini

Ain't Misbehavin'

Carousel

Beatlemania
1983

They're Playing Our Song

Barnum

Annie

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1984

Pump Boys and Dinettes

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Woman of the Year

Joseph...
1985

Ain't Misbehavin'

Baby

Evita

Nine

West Side Story

They're Playing Our Song
1986

Dames at Sea

Brighton Beach Memoirs

The King & I

Sophisticated Ladies

Leader of the Pack
1987

One Mo' Time

Biloxi Blues

Sugar Babies

My One and Only

Singin' in the Rain
1988

Man of La Mancha

Some Enchanted Evening

Dreamgirls

La Cage aux Folles

Little Shop of Horrors
1989

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

42nd Street

Big River

Broadway Bound

Beehive

1990-1999

1990

Rumors

Anything Goes

Me and My Girl

Into the Woods

Hair

A Chorus Line
1991

Camelot

Ain't Misbehavin'

South Pacific

Lend Me a Tenor
On Your Toes

Song and Dance
1992

Groucho

Gypsy

Oklahoma

Nunsense

Peter Pan

Once on this Island

South Pacific
1993

Fiddler on the Roof

Nunsense II

Phantom

Grand Hotel

City of Angels

Buddy

Phantom
1994

West Side Story

Secret Garden

The King & I

Will Rogers Follies

Sugar Babies

Five Guys Named Moe

Beehive
1995

Guys & Dolls

Carousel

My Fair Lady

Shenandoah

La Cage aux Folles

Forever Plaid

Twist & Shout

La Cage aux Folles
1996

Evita

The Sound of Music

Crazy for You

42nd Street

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

Cabaret

Tommy

Holiday Season

Sleeping Beauty on Ice

It's a Wonderful Life: The Musical
1997

Man of La Mancha

The Music Man

Brigadoon

Me and My Girl

Swan Lake on Ice

Sleeping Beauty on Ice

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Holiday Season

Holiday Spectacular On Ice

Nunsense
1998

Grease

Phantom

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

State Fair

Hello, Dolly!

Singin' in the Rain

The Odd Couple

Phantom

Holiday Season

Nutcracker on Ice

Holiday Spectacular On Ice
1999

Gateway Playhouse

Meet Me in St. Louis

Hot N' Cole

Showboat

A Chorus Line

1776

Patchogue Theatre

Titanic



Vidbel's Olde Tyme Circus

Edgar Allan Poe

Lost Highway

Last of the Red Hot Lovers

The Wizard of Oz

Here's Love

Holiday Hop

Twist & Shout

2000-2009

2000

Gateway Playhouse

Pippin

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Yankee Doodle Dandy

South Pacific

The Will Rogers Follies

Patchogue Theatre

Big

Godspell

Camelot

Victor/Victoria

Pump Boys and Dinettes

Steel Pier

Bernadette Peters

Foreigner

Marshall Tucker Band

Little Feat

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

Art Garfunkel

Air Supply

Tom Rush Blues Show

The Irish Rovers

Kingston Trio

Martha Reeves

Ronnie Milsap

The Bacon Brothers

Chuck Mangione

Glen Campbell
2001

Gateway Playhouse

Smokey Joe's Café

West Side Story

Funny Girl

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Patchogue Theatre

Jekyll and Hyde

Footloose

Holiday Spectacular On Ice
2002

Gateway Playhouse

Fiddler on the Roof

Forbidden Broadway

Annie Get Your Gun

Swing!

Patchogue Theatre

Ragtime

Jesus Christ Superstar

Spirit of the Dance

Millennium Nutcracker On Ice
2003

Gateway Playhouse

Oklahoma!

Kiss Me, Kate

On The Town

Phantom

Patchogue Theatre

King & I

Miss Saigon

Holiday Spectacular
2004

Gateway Playhouse

Carousel

Swingtime Canteen

Gypsy

Cabaret

Patchogue Theatre

Cats

Fosse

Holiday Spectacular On Ice

Twist and Shout
2005

Gateway Playhouse

Evita

Ain't Misbehavin'

42nd Street

Sugar

Patchogue Theatre

Aida

42nd Street

The Full Monty

Holiday Spectacular 2005
2006

Gateway Playhouse

Oliver!

The Fantasticks

Sweet Charity

Urinetown

Patchogue Theatre

Thoroughly Modern Millie

La Cage aux Folles

Rhythm of the Dance

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

Holiday Hop
2007

Gateway Playhouse

Cold As Ice

My Way

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Urban Cowboy

Patchogue Theatre

Dreamgirls

Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy
Holiday Season

Mooseltoe

Nutcracker on Ice

Holiday on Broadway

Spirit of Christmas

Christmas from Dublin

Meet Me in St. Louis

Cirque Le Masque Carnivale
2008

Gateway Playhouse

Will Rogers Follies

Forbidden Broadway

Show Boat

The Wedding Singer

Patchogue Theatre

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

The Producers

Holiday Season

Mooseltoe

Holiday Spectacular 2008
2009

Gateway Playhouse

Sophisticated Ladies

Meshuggah Nuns

The Drowsy Chaperone

A Chorus Line

Patchogue Theatre

Miss Saigon

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Holiday Season

Halloween Haunted Playhouse

A Holiday Spectacular On Ice

2010

2010

Gateway Playhouse

Happy Days

I Love A Piano

Altar Boyz

Avenue Q

Patchogue Theatre

Hairspray

Hello Dolly!

Moosletoe

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

Twist and Shout

Since becoming Not for Profit

2011

Gateway Playhouse

West Side Story

'S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical

Legally Blonde

Sunset Boulevard



Patchogue Theatre

Monty Python's Spamalot
2012

Gateway Playhouse

Cats

My Fair Lady

The Rat Pack is Back

Phantom

Patchogue Theatre



Irving Berlin's White Christmas

The Rat Pack is Back: New Year's Eve
2015

Gateway Playhouse

Rock of Ages

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Sister Act

Saturday Night Fever

Legends In Concert

Patchogue Theatre

Billy Elliot

Cinderella

2016

Gateway Playhouse

Anything Goes

Million Dollar Quartet

Ain't Misbehavin'

The Rocky Horror Show

Legends In Concert

Patchogue Theatre

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Holiday Show on Ice

2017

Gateway Playhouse

Rent

Swing!

On the Town

Little Shop of Horrors

Legends In Concert

Patchogue Theatre

Mamma Mia!



The Rat Pack is Back

2018

Gateway Playhouse

A Chorus Line

Nunsense

Memphis

Cabaret

Mooseltoe

Les Misérables School Edition

Patchogue Theatre

Live and Let Die

Flashdance

Beauty and the Beast

Shades of Bublé

2019

Gateway Playhouse

On Your Feet!

Forbidden Broadway

The Bodyguard

The Sound of Music

Patchogue Theatre

Kinky Boots

Elf

Alumni