ROCK OF AGES Heads North: Tickets on Sale for Toronto Premiere 11/27

Broadway's rockin' goodtime musical ROCK OF AGES is heading north, beginning performances in Toronto on April 20, 2010 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Tickets for this eagerly anticipated Canadian Premiere will go on sale in person in a fun-filled 1980s-themed event on Friday, November 27, 2009 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre Box Office at 12:30 PM and by phone and web on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 9:00 AM.

In a special offer, producers are endorsing 1980s 'Fun on Friday,' November 27, for which the first 200 Tickets Only $19.87 (The story takes place in 1987 on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.) Audience members are invited to raid their closets for their very best 1980s' togs and proudly sport mullets, jelly shoes, acid-wash jeans, leg-warmers and knit shirts with little alligators on them at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. At 12:30 PM the Box Office will open and the first 200 tickets will be sold to the first performance of ROCK OF AGES, on April 20, 2010 for the low price of $19.87.

Regular ticket sales begin Saturday, November 28 at 9 AM. Tickets are priced from $28 to $99 and are available at 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333, or online at www.mirvish.com.

Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, ROCK OF AGES took Broadway by storm when it opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in April 2009. "Absurdly enjoyable" raved New York Times critic Charles Isherwood. "About as guilty as pleasure gets! The siren call of those creaming guitars and singalong choruses are impossible to resist." Spin Magazine declared the show "Pure Broadway Gold!" Entertainment Weekly gushed that ROCK OF AGES was "more fun than it has any right to be."

In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a big city rocker and in LA's most famous rock club, they fall in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80s. It's ROCK OF AGES, an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Foreigner, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more.

The songs include "Sister Christian," "We Built This City," "I Wanna Rock," "We're Not Gonna Take It," "Waiting For A Girl Like You," "Wanted Dead or Alive," "I Want To Know What Love Is," "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Renegade," and, "Don't Stop Believin.'"

The show is written by Chris D'Arienzo (writer and director of the upcoming film Barry Munday), directed by Kristin Hanggi (Bare, Pussycat Dolls on the Sunset Strip) and choreographed by Kelly Devine (Jersey Boys - Associate Choreographer). Scenic design is by Beowulf Boritt (Spelling Bee, LoveMusik), costume design is by Tony Nominee Gregory Gale (Cyrano, The Wedding Singer), lighting design is by Jason Lyons (The Threepenny Opera), sound design is by Peter Hylenski (Shrek), and projection design is by Zachary Borovay (A Catered Affair). The Music Supervision, Arrangements & Orchestrations are by Ethan Popp (Tarzan) with original arrangements by David Gibbs (Film: That Thing You Do).

The Canadian production of ROCK OF AGES will be produced by Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Jeff Davis, Barry Habib, Scott Prisand, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver and David Mirvish.

ROCK OF AGES had its world premiere in January 2006 at the Vanguard in Los Angeles for a limited four-week run that was extended to seven weeks by popular demand. The off-Broadway engagement began October 2008 at New World Stages and played for three months before work began on the Broadway debut. New Line Cinema recently bought the film rights to the musical. The Toronto engagement will be the show's first international production.

The weekly performance schedule at the Royal Alexandria will be: Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 PM; matinees Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM; and Sunday evenings at 7 PM. Tickets: $28 to $99

ROCK OF AGES in Toronto is sponsored by Air Canada.

The production's official hotels are the Sheraton Centre Toronto and the Westin Harbour Castle.

More information about ROCK OF AGES www.rockofagesmusical.com