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Lyle the Crocodile

2025-26 Series

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September 20, 2025
Missoula Children's Theatre Production
Location
Missoula Children's Theatre
Run Time
Performance Run Time is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes without Intermission.
Rating / Age Recommendation
G-General Audiences

Adapted for the stage by Kevin Kling • Music by Richard Gray
Based on the book Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber

2010 revision and music composition commissioned by Seattle Children’s Theatre.


Performances on Saturday, September 20 at 10AM and 12PM.

Who is the bravest, kindest, most wonderful crocodile in the whole, wide world? Why, Lyle, of course! Meet that cosmopolitan reptile with a fondness for Turkish caviar in this charming musical about what it means to be a good neighbor. Lyle lives on East 88th Street with the Primm family and does what most well-to-do New York City crocodiles do: help around the house, play with the neighborhood children, go ice skating, and feed the pigeons. But when Mr. Grumps disapproves of our favorite crocodile, Lyle is sent to the zoo! Will Lyle be reunited with his family? Will Mr. Grumps change his mind about his scaly neighbor? Can Lyle win over Loretta the cat? Watch Lyle save the day in this beloved classic, Lyle the Crocodile, at MCT!

Produced by special arrangement with Plays for New Audiences

“Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” by Bernard Waber
Used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Copyright © 1965

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