'Happy Days' Extends at Goodspeed for Seven Performances

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award-winning theatre in the country, announced today that Happy Days: A New Musical will continue to play to enthusiastic audiences for 7 additional performances. This tuneful smash-hit comedy which is delighting Goodspeed audiences with it's full scale musical celebration of 50's nostalgia has been extended through July 4, 2008.  Happy Days is based on the hit Paramount Pictures television series created by Garry Marshall who also wrote the book, with music and lyrics by Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe-winning Hall of Fame songwriter Paul Williams.  This musical comedy promises to be a treat for young and old alike. Happy Days is sponsored by Robinson & Cole L.L.C. and Webster Bank.

Sunday, Monday Happy Days…..Tuesday, Wednesday Happy Days…..the whole gang is back!  Richie, Fonzie, Ralph, Potsie, and all your favorites from the smash-hit TV series are rockin' and rollin' all week long. The laughs never end in a celebration of poodle skirts, jukeboxes, motorcycles and malt shops.  1959 is cool again as the gang tries to save Arnold's in a sock hoppin', engines revvin' new musical for the entire family.  These days are yours and mine…

Happy Days is directed by Gordon Greenberg and choreographed by Michele Lynch. Emmy and Grammy award-winner John McDaniel returns as Music Supervisor. The Music Director for Happy Days is Michael O'Flaherty. Music and Lyrics are by Grammy and Academy award-winner Paul Williams. The book for Happy Days is by Garry Marshall, who is a veteran producer, director and writer of film, television and theatre.  Happy Days is produced for Goodspeed Musicals by Michael P. Price. This production is made possible in part by assistance from Bob Boyett.

Tickets are $26 - $63. Performances are Wednesdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 3 and 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m.. Added performances are: Tuesday July 1 at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday July 2 at 2 p.m.; Thursday July 3 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and Friday July 4 at 2 and 6 p.m. For a complete schedule and tickets call the Box Office at 860.873.8668, open seven days a week or visit us online at www.goodspeed.org.

Dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theatre, Goodspeed Musicals produces three musicals each season at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., and additional musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn., which was opened in 1984 for the development of new musicals. The only regional theatre to receive two Tony Awards (for outstanding achievement), Goodspeed also maintains The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre and The Max Showalter Center for Education in the Musical Theater. Goodspeed gratefully acknowledges the support of American Airlines, official airline of Goodspeed Musicals; production sponsors Robinson & Cole, L.L.C. and Webster Bank; and support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.