Broadway Across America 2005 Season

October 23 - November 4, 2007
Sarofim Hall (Hobby Center)

LENGTH: 2 Hours and 15 minutes. Intermission

DESCRIPTION: AVENUE Q is Broadway's smash-hit 2004 Tony Award winner for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, AVENUE Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called "one of the funniest shows you're ever likely to see" by Entertainment Weekly, AVENUE Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risque and downright entertaining way. THE NEW YORKER calls it "SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!"

“TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!”raves the New York Post for JERSEY BOYS, the new musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio,Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were thirty! JERSEY BOYS features their hit songs Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Rag Doll, Oh What a Night and Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.“ IT WILL RUN FORCENTURIES! ”proclaims Time Magazine.

The JERSEY BOYS creative team comprises two-time Tony Award®-winning director Des McAnuff, book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, composer Bob Gaudio and lyricist Bob Crewe.

THE RAT PACK - LIVE AT THE SANDS
March 11 - 23, 2008
Sarofim Hall (Hobby Center)

LENGTH: 2 hours, 30 minutes

DESCRIPTION: Direct from a record-breaking run in London's West End, THE RAT PACK brilliantly recreates the ultimate meeting of three legendary performers.

In 1960, while filming the casino robbery caper Ocean's Eleven in Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra got together a group of his closest buddies for impromptu concerts at the Sands Hotel. The Sands is no longer, and Frank, Sammy and Dean have left us, but THE RAT PACK transports you back to that moment in popular music history that has never been equaled.

DESCRIPTION: It’s 1985 and you’re invited to THE WEDDING SINGER, where every night is a totally rad reception for Robbie Hart and friends, until he’s left at the altar. Based on the hit film, the Tony Award nominated, THE WEDDING SINGER has been called “AWESOME! Audiences haven’t had this much fun since ‘Mamma Mia’” – (Jess Cagle, WCBS TV/People Magazine). THE WEDDING SINGER takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer sporting a mullet might be the coolest guy in the room. DON’T MISS THE PARTY!

SWEENEY TODD
June 3 - 15, 2008
Sarofim Hall (Hobby Center)

LENGTH: 2 Hours 55 minutes

DESCRIPTION: Innovative, intimate and ingenious, this revolutionary new production of SWEENEY TODD "is an event theatergoers will be talking about for years." (The Wall Street Journal).

The legendary demon barber, hell-bent on revenge, takes up with his enterprising neighbor in a delicious plot to slice their way through London’s upper crust. Justice will be served—along with lush melody, audacious humor and bloody good thrills.

Directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, this dazzling reinvention of a magnificent musical thriller is set to stun theatergoers as never before.

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MAMMA MIA INTERNATIONAL TOUR. Photo Courtesy of the Mamma Mia Official Website www.mamma-mia.com

September 25 - 30, 2007

DESCRIPTION: A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!

MAMMA MIA INTERNATIONAL TOUR. Photo Courtesy of the Mamma Mia Official Website www.mamma-mia.com

Over 20 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show! Writer Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.

MAMMA MIA INTERNATIONAL TOUR. Photo Courtesy of the Mamma Mia Official Website www.mamma-mia.com

The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone’s having the time of their lives! With more productions playing internationally than any other musical, MAMMA MIA! is the World’s No.1 Show!

MAMMA MIA INTERNATIONAL TOUR. Photo Courtesy of the Mamma Mia Official Website www.mamma-mia.com

The Theatrical experience that changed Broadway forever. Whether it's your 1st time or your 100th time, it's time you checked out RENT - The winner of the Tony Award® for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize, RENT is about being young, learning to survive, falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. RENT has made a lasting mark on Broadway with songs that rock and a story that really resonates and now the smash-hit sensation of RENT is coming to you.

Sweeping all major theatre awards, including the Tony Award® for Best Musical as well as the Pulitzer Prize, RENT captures the heart and spirit of a generation. Inspired by Puccini’s La Bohème, RENT is a joyous, breathtaking and often heartbreaking musical that celebrates a community of young artists as they struggle with the soaring hopes and tough realities of today’s world.

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