CHICAGO, Coca Cola and Duane Reade Team Up For Holiday Discounts

The Coca Cola Company, in conjunction with the smash hit musical, CHICAGO, will bring a bit of Broadway to consumers this holiday season as the company announced a promotion of unprecedented value to drive theater goers to the Tony Award-winning smash hit.

Cast members of Broadway's CHICAGO will appear at Manhattan Duane Reade locations this month to highlight a buy-three, get-one-free ticket discount promotion when customers purchase a 12-pack, 1.5 liter, or 20 oz. Coca Cola product during the month of December. Tickets may be purchased now for performances through February 20, 2009, and would make great gifts for the holidays.

CHICAGO's Nicole Bridgewater and Dylis Croman, who play the parts of Liz and Annie respectively, will be signing autographs on Thursday, December 18th at the Duane Reade location in Times Square (Broadway & 7th Avenue) from 3:00 to 4:00 pm.

In addition to the cast members, street teams from WPLJ radio will be on site to hand out promotional materials and a CHICAGO CD to participating consumers.

The buy-three, get-one-free promotion, is an exclusive partnership between Coca-Cola and Duane Reade. Participating consumers also will receive a free CHICAGO original cast recording CD ($19.99 value) with each four-ticket purchase. More details may be found at www.theCoca-Colacompany.com, or chicagothemusical.com.

Additional CHICAGO cast appearances at select Duane Reade stores are scheduled for the following:

-- 1627 Broadway At 50th Street, Thursday, Dec. 18th from 4:00 pm; Nili
Bassman (aka Hunyak) & Melinda Rae Mahon (aka Go-To-Hell Kitty)

-- 325 Columbus Ave & W.75th Street, Saturday, Dec. 20th from 12:00 pm;
Donna Marie Asbury (aka June) & Nili Bassman

Now celebrating twelve glorious years of girls, glitz and glamour on the Great White Way, the record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO is currently the eighth longest-running production in Broadway history, as well as Broadway's longest-running musical revival...and it shows no sign of ever slowing down!

Currently playing at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.), CHICAGO stars two-time Tony Award nominee Charlotte d'Amboise as Roxie Hart, Tony Award nominee Brenda Braxton as Velma Kelly, Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart and Lavon Fisher-Wilson as Matron "Mama" Morton. Scott Davidson assumes the role of Amos Hart beginning Monday, December 8.

With a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, CHICAGO is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording.

Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, CHICAGO is directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Ann Reinking, and features set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington and sound design by Scott Lehrer. The production also features orchestrations by Ralph Burns, supervising music direction by Rob Fisher and music direction by Leslie Stifelman.

Visit www.ChicagoTheMusical.com for more information.