Madagascar's wildlife is almost wholly unique to the island. You've probably heard of lemurs, but how about tenrecs? Vangas? Mesites? Have you ever seen a giraffe-necked weevil? An octopus tree?

The show is based on the DreamWorks animated motion picture, “Madagascar,” and brings to life all its characters – Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hip hip ...

and David Schwimmer as Melman the hypochondriac giraffe, who all escape with Marty and end up stranded on the titular island. Madagascar was a big hit with audiences and ended up launching a ...