ROMAN HOLIDAY Musical to Receive Pre-Broadway Premiere in San Francisco; 'NEVERLAND' & More Set for SHN's 2016-17 Season

SHN Chief Executive Officer Greg Holland announced today four additional musicals that will complete the 2016-2017 SHN Season, including a journey through a Princess' secret vacation in the pre-Broadway premiere of ROMAN HOLIDAY - THE COLE PORTER MUSICAL.

Other productions include Lincoln Center's staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 2015 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, THE KING AND I, the story of how Peter became Pan in Broadway's FINDING NEVERLAND, Stephen Sondheim's interwoven fairy tales twisted together in Fiasco Theater's INTO THE WOODS.

These four productions join the previously announced THE CURIOIUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and HAMILTON.

The SHN 2016-2017 season is available for new and renewing Members at shnsf.com or by calling SHN Audience Services at 888-746-1799 (Press 2). Renewal invoices are currently being mailed.

Winner of Four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical
Lincoln Center Theatre's Production of
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S
THE KING AND I
SHN Golden Gate Theatre
November 15-December 11, 2016

One of Rodgers & Hammerstein's finest works, THE KING AND I boasts a score which features such beloved classics as Getting To Know You, Hello Young Lovers, Shall We Dance, I Have Dreamed, and Something Wonderful. Set in 1860's Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher, whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.

Bartlett Sher is reunited with the award-winning creative team from South Pacific and The Light in the Piazza. The current Broadway production of THE KING AND I has sets by Michael Yeargan; costumes by Catherine Zuber; lights by Donald Holder (all three nominated for 2015 Tony Awards); sound by Scott Lehrer (2015 Drama Desk Award nomination); and casting by Telsey + Company/Abbie Brady-Dalton, CSA. THE KING AND I features choreography by Christopher Gattelli based on the original choreography by Jerome Robbins.

For more information, please visit: KingandIBroadway.com or shnsf.com/online/article/kingandi.

FINDING NEVERLAND
SHN Orpheum Theatre
January 18-February 12, 2017

Directed by visionary Tony-winner Diane Paulus and based on the critically-acclaimed Academy Award winning film starring Johnny Depp, FINDING NEVERLAND tells the incredible story behind one of the world's most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys' enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers. With a little bit of pixie dust and a lot of faith, Barrie takes this monumental leap, leaving his old world behind for Neverland, where nothing is impossible and the wonder of childhood lasts forever. The magic of Barrie's classic tale springs spectacularly to life in this heartwarming theatrical event.

FINDING NEVERLAND "captures the kid-at-heart," says TIME Magazine. Vogue cheers, "It's a must-see you'll remember for years to come!"

Learn more at shnsf.com/online/article/findingneverland.

Tony Award-winning and Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated
INTO THE WOODS
SHN Golden Gate Theatre
March 7-April 2, 2017

Including dazzling songs like "Children Will Listen" and "No One Is Alone," this thrillingly clever new version of INTO THE WOODS made Ben Brantley of The New York Times fall "head over heels. Mind the wolf, heed the witch and honor the giant in the sky at this extraordinary musical about the power of wishes and what really happens after they come true."

The production brings together the Dodgers, current producers of Jersey Boys and Matilda, and the original Tony Award-wining producers of INTO THE WOODS with Bernadette Peters, and of its revival with Vanessa Williams, with NETworks Presentations, the wizards of the road who recently brought you South Pacific, Phantom and War Horse, to present the acclaimed Fiasco Theater production of INTO THE WOODS.

Learn more at fiascotheater.com/into-the-woods-3 or shnsf.com/online/article/intothewoods.

Pre-Broadway Premiere based on the classic Academy Award-winning film
Prior to Broadway Engagement of
ROMAN HOLIDAY - THE COLE PORTER MUSICAL
SHN Golden Gate Theatre
May 24-June 18, 2017

Featuring such unforgettable Cole Porter songs as Night and Day, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye and Easy to Love, ROMAN HOLIDAY comes to San Francisco in the pre-Broadway premiere of the musical sure to steal your heart.

In the midst of a whirlwind tour of European capitals, a young princess yearns to experience life - to explore the world beyond diplomatic dinners and Royal balls. Enter an American reporter, who, almost overnight, goes from covering the royal family to covering up her great escape. And in the span of 24 unforgettable hours, they discover the magic of Rome, the promise of love, and a secret they will share forever.

Based on the Paramount Pictures Corporation Motion Picture, ROMAN HOLIDAY - THE COLE PORTER MUSICAL has a book by Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman; and Paul Blake. Learn more at shnsf.com/online/article/romanholiday.