Ain't Too ProudFIVE GUYS. ONE DREAM.AND A SOUND THAT WOULD MAKE MUSIC HISTORY.AIN'T TOO PROUD is the electrifying new musical that follows The Temptations' extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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With their signature dance moves and unmistakable harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one. The rest is history - how they met, the groundbreaking heights they hit and how personal and political conflicts threatened to tear the group apart as the United States fell into civil unrest. This thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty and betrayal is set to the beat of the group's treasured hits, including 'My Girl,' 'Just My Imagination,' 'Get Ready,' 'Papa Was a Rolling Stone' and so many more.After breaking house records at both Berkeley Rep and The Kennedy Center, AIN'T TOO PROUD, w. BeetlejuiceIt's showtime, folks!
The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in this edgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film. BEETLEJUICE tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager obsessed with the whole 'being dead thing.' Lucky for Lydia, her new house is haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium, and the biggest sandworm Broadway has ever seen. For more information visit https://beetlejuicebroadway.com/. Book of Mormon, TheWinner of 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical! From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, comes a new Broadway musical called 'the best musical of this century' (Ben Brantley, The New York Times) and 'the monster hit Broadway's been desperate for' (Michael Riedel, New York Post).
The Book of Mormon follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get. Described by Jon Stewart of The Daily Show as 'a crowning achievement, so good it makes me angry' and by Entertainment Weekly as 'the funniest musical of all time,' see it now or find yourself asking, 'Dear God, how do I get tickets?' (Village Voice).
Contains explicit language.Check out www.bookofmormonbroadway.com for more details. ChicagoA true New York City institution, CHICAGO has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen. No wonder CHICAGO has been honored with 6 Tony Awards, 2 Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations.
It's also no surprise that CHICAGO has wowed audiences all around the world, from Mexico City to Moscow, from Sao Paulo to South Africa. Whether you're looking for your first Broadway musical, whether you've seen the Academy Award-winning film and want to experience the show live on stage or whether you've seen it before and want to recapture the magic, CHICAGO always delivers. Check out chicagothemusical.com for more details.
Come From AwayCOME FROM AWAY is the breathtaking new musical that played record-breaking engagements in La Jolla, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Toronto. Written by Canadians Irene Sankoff and David Hein, this is the stunning production from Tony-nominated director Christopher Ashley (Memphis) that the Los Angeles Times calls 'an affecting and stirring new musical.' In a heartbeat, 38 planes with 6,579 passengers were stranded in a remote town in Newfoundland.
The locals opened their hearts and homes, hosting this international community of strangers-spurring unexpected camaraderie in extraordinary circumstances.On September 11, 2001 the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.This show is 100 minutes with no intermission. Recommended for ages 10 and older.
For more information visit http://comefromaway.com/. Dear Evan HansenAll his life, Evan Hansen has felt invisible. But when a tragic event shocks the community and thrusts him into the center of a rapidly evolving controversy, Evan is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to be somebody else. A new American musical, Dear Evan Hansen is a deeply personal and profoundly contemporary story about a little lie that changes everything.Once you've seen it, you will be moved. You will be changed. You will be found. For more information visit http://dearevanhansen.com/.
Derren Brown: SecretFrom stage to screen, two-time Olivier Award winner Derren Brown has mesmerized millions worldwide with his unique brand of mind reading, persuasion, and psychological illusion. Now, for the first time ever, this U.K. Phenomenon and Netflix star brings his talents to Broadway.After a sold-out, critically acclaimed run off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company, Derren Brown: Secret returns with a spellbinding experience that dares us - in the most jaw-dropping way - to take a closer look at the stories and beliefs that guide our lives. Behold a theatrical event of the mind in this 'thrilling spectacle of psychological magic' (Entertainment Weekly). Performances begin September 6 at the Cort Theatre.
For more information visit https://derrenbrownsecret.com/. Freestyle love supremeBefore Hamilton, before In the Heights, there was freestyle love supreme. Now, more than 15 years after its inception, the original hip-hop musical phenomenon from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale arrives on Broadway.Every performance, the crew takes the crowd on a freestyle, hip-hop, improvisational, never-before-seen comedy ride. See it for the first time every time as the performers take suggestions from the audience and spin them into instantaneous riffs and full-length musical numbers.With special - and spontaneous - guest appearances from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Chris Jackson, James Monroe Iglehart, and more, every night brings the unexpected.freestyle love supreme is 'fast, furious, funny, and wildly entertaining' (The Hollywood Reporter). 'It's a delightfully wit-laced evening of comedy rap for a wide range of ages' (The Washin. FrozenARRIVING ON BROADWAY FEBRUARY 2018A FAMILY.
AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY.This is the timeless tale of two sisters, pulled apart by a mysterious secret.Both are searching for love. They just don't know where to find it.Created for the stage by an award-winning team, this stunning new production comes alive on Broadway through exquisite stagecraft and deepens the beloved story with twice as many songs as the original film.Discover that love is a force of nature.at Disney's new musical, Frozen. For more information visit http://frozenthemusical.com/. Great Society, TheFrom the producer, writer, and director of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production All The Way comes a thrilling new play about the LBJ legacy: The Great Society. Presented at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, this striking production features a brilliant cast portraying over 50 characters, including Emmy and Olivier Award winner Brian Cox ('Succession,' King Lear with the Royal Shakespeare Company) as LBJ, introducing Grantham Coleman (Much Ado About Nothing at The Public) as Martin Luther King Jr., Emmy winner and Tony nominee Gordon Clapp (Glengarry Glen Ross) as J. Edgar Hoover, Tony nominee Marc Kudisch ('Billions,' A Minister's Wife at LCT) as Richard J. Daley, Tony nominee Bryce Pinkham (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder) as Robert F.
Kennedy, Tony winner Frank Wood (Side Man) as Everett Dirksen, and Tony nominee Richard Thomas (The Little Foxes) as Hubert Hum. HadestownHADESTOWN is the acclaimed new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) that reimagines a sweeping ancient tale as a timeless allegory for our world.HADESTOWN follows two intertwining love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone - as it invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell's beguiling melodies and Chavkin's poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers and singers, HADESTOWN delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.Welcome to the intriguing and beautiful world of 'your next musical theater obsession' (Vogue). For more information visit https://www. HAMILTON is brewing up a revolution. This is a show that aims impossibly high and hits its target.
It's probably not possible to top the adrenaline rush.Ben Brantley, The New York TimesFrom bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, 'Hamilton' is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become. For more information visit http://www.hamiltonbroadway.com/. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts 1 and 2Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opens on Broadway this Spring at the fully renovated Lyric Theatre in New York. The official opening will be on Sunday, April 22, 2018.As previously announced, the Lyric Theatre is currently undergoing a complete redesign and transformation in preparation for the North American premiere of the production.Based on an original new story by J.K.
Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a new play by Jack Thorne, received its world premiere in June 2016 at the Palace Theatre in London, where it plays to sold-out houses.Seven members of the award-winning Original West End Company will reunite on stage for the Broadway premiere: Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger) and Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley) with Poppy Miller (Ginny Potter), Sam Clemmett (Albus Potter), Alex Price (Draco Malfoy) a. Inheritance, TheIt begins with a gathering of young, gay New Yorkers.Each has a story aching to come out.Profoundly touching and wickedly hilarious, Matthew Lopez' highly anticipated two-part play, THE INHERITANCE, asks how much we owe to those who lived and loved before us, and questions the role we must play for future generations.Brilliantly re-envisioning E. Forster's masterpiece Howards End to 21st-century New York, it follows the interlinking lives of three generations of gay men.
In their search for belonging, they discover that when we connect, we thrive.This epic new play by Matthew Lopez marks the Broadway debut of one of America's boldest theatrical voices and is directed by visionary two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, Netflix's 'The Crown'). THE INHERITANCE is a life-affirming journey of tears and laughter, through conflicts and connections, hea. Linda VistaPulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) returns to Second Stage (Mary Page Marlowe, Man from Nebraska) with a brutally comedic look at Wheeler, a 50-year-old divorcee in the throes of a mid-life spiral. Just out of his ex-wife's garage and into a place of his own, Wheeler starts on a path toward self-discovery - navigating blind dates, old friends, and new love. Full of opinions, yet short on self-examination, Wheeler must reconcile the man he has become with the man he wants to be. For more information visit https://2st.com.
Lion King, TheMore than 50 million people around the world have come to discover the thrill, the majesty, the truly one-of-a-kind musical that is THE LION KING. The critically acclaimed production has won audiences over with its powerful musical score, extraordinary costumes, and heartfelt story - and there's no better place to experience this landmark entertainment event than in the city where it all began.
THE LION KING continues to amaze, with astounding visuals that will make this a show you'll remember forever. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by an enormous company of international performers, whose detailed costumes, carved masks, and intricate makeup will transport you to the gorgeous vistas of the African savanna.
Based on the 1994 Disney animated film, THE LION KING continues to reign as one of the most popular shows on Broadway and around the world. Moulin Rouge! The MusicalEnter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular.Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical!Baz Luhrmann's revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza.
A theatrical celebration of truth, beauty, freedom and - above all - love, Moulin Rouge! Is more than a musical; it is a state of mind. For more information visit https://moulinrougemusical.com/. Phantom Of The Opera, TheAndrew Lloyd Webber's smash musicalization of the Gaston Leroux novel won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical and is now the longest-running show in Broadway history. A disfigured musical genius haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera and exerts strange control over a lovely young soprano.
Based on 'Le Fantome de L'Opera' by Gaston Leroux. Score includes: 'Music of the Night,' 'Angel of Music,' 'Think of Me' and the title song.Check out www.thephantomoftheopera.com/ for more details. Rose Tattoo, TheThis is one Tennessee Williams woman you won't soon forget.Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei unleashes a tour de force as Serafina, a widow who rekindles her desire for love, lust and life in the arms of a fiery suitor. Sharply directed by Trip Cullman (Significant Other), Williams's lesser-known gem sizzles with humor and heart one sultry summer off the coast of Louisiana.Don't miss Tomei's quintessential performance-erupting from the depths of despair to the heights of passion in this Tony Award-winning Best Play. For more information visit https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/. Sea Wall/A LifeWritten by Tony Award winner Simon Stephens and Olivier Award nominee Nick Payne and directed by Carrie Cracknell, the acclaimed production comes to Broadway following its sold-out engagement at The Public Theater this past spring where it had audiences roaring to their feet.Meet Alex, a photographer on a holiday with his family in the south of France.
Meet Abe, a music producer with a baby on the way. Two men - both fathers, husbands, and sons - take us on a journey you will never forget.Sea Wall / A Life is a heart-filled exploration of the beauty of life and meaning of love.
Sturridge, in his third collaboration with Tony and Olivier Award winner Simon Stephens, performs Sea Wall, an astonishing monologue about love and the human need to know the unknowable. Gyllenhaal continues his artistic collaboration with Olivier Award nominated playwright Nick Payne in A Life, an. Slave PlayIt stunned audiences with a sold-out run at New York Theatre Workshop. Now, Slave Play is coming to Broadway.The Old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation - in the breeze, in the cotton fields.and in the crack of the whip. Nothing is as it seems, and yet everything is as it seems.
Slave Play rips apart history to shed new light on the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality in 21st-century America.Written by Jeremy O. Harris, 'one of the most promising playwrights of his generation' (Vogue), this 'dazzling mix of satire and psychodrama' (The New York Times) is directed by two-time NAACP and OBIE Award winner Robert O'Hara.' The single most daring thing I've seen in a theater in a long time.' - Wesley Morris, The New York Times'Subversive. Dangerously delicious. This play is lit.'
- Soraya Nadia McDonald, The Undefeated'It demands to be seen.' To Kill A MockingbirdHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-Winning American classic To Kill a Mockingbird comes to Broadway in a new adaptation by Aaron Sorkin, Directed by Bartlett Sher.Inspired by Lee's own childhood in Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird features one of literature's towering symbols of integrity and righteousness in the character of Atticus Finch, based on Lee's own father. The character of Scout, based on herself, has come to define youthful innocence - and its inevitable loss - for generation after generation of readers around the world.Published in 1960, Harper Lee's debut novel To Kill a Mockingbird was an immediate and astonishing success. It won the Pulitzer Prize and quickly became a global phenomenon, with more than 50 million copies in print to date. Considered one of the great classics of modern American literature, the novel has never been out of print since its original publica.
TootsieDorothy Michaels is the biggest sensation to hit Broadway in years. She's talented, outspoken, and an inspiration to everyone around her. In fact, she's too good to be true. Because squeezed into Dorothy's sensible pumps is actually Michael Dorsey, an out-of-work actor willing to do anything for a job - even if it means playing way against type.
Now, as audiences fall for Dorothy and Michael starts to fall for the woman of his dreams, he's learning that the hardest part of show business isn't getting to the top.it's keeping up the act.Starring Tony nominee Santino Fontana, TOOTSIE is 'the must-see musical comedy of the season!' Don't miss this 'outrageously funny' (Time Out) new production featuring a score by Tony winner David Yazbek (The Band's Visit, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), a book by Robert Horn, choreography by Tony nominee Denis Jones, and direct.
WaitressBrought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by 6-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles ('Brave,' 'Love Song'), a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) and direction by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Finding Neverland). 'It's an empowering musical of the highest order!' Raves the Chicago Tribune.Inspired by Adrienne Shelly's beloved film, WAITRESS tells the story of Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker who dreams of a way out of her small town and loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town's new doctor may offer her a chance at a fresh start, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes for happiness. But Jenna must summon the strength and courage to rebuild her own life.'
WAITRESS is a little slice of heaven!' Says Entertainment Weekly.
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