Broadway Palm Announces 21st Season

Broadway Palm has announced its 21st Season. Individual tickets go on sale June 1, 2013. Main stage show prices range from *$35 to $58 with group and children's prices available.

Performances are Tuesday through Sunday evenings (no Tuesday evening performances May through October) with selected matinees. Broadway Palm's 2013-2014 Season includes eight main stage productions, five productions in The Off Broadway Palm, four Children's Theatre productions and seven concerts.

Burt & Me (August 22 - October 5, 2013)
The romantic musical comedy about high school sweethearts, Joe and Lacey, who met over their love of basketball and the music of Burt Bacharach. After separating in college, they crossed paths years later and Joe plotted an elaborate scheme to try and win her back...the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David plays a big part! You'll hear such classics as Do You Know the Way to San Jose, This Guy's in Love with You, The Look of Love, Always Something There to Remind Me, A House is Not a Home, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, I'll Never Fall in Love Again and Close to You.

*Season Opener Special: $45 for dinner & show.

CATS (October 10 - November 23, 2013)
Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS is a unique, spectacular musical with fantastic costumes and electrifying dancing that has young and old cheering! You'll be surrounded by theatre cats, rock and roll cats, mischievous cats, romantic cats, magical cats and more! See why cats are unique in every way...just like us! Whether you're reliving a memory or creating a new one, CATS lets the memory live again!

Swingin' Christmas (November 28 - December 25, 2013)
Swing into the holidays as Broadway Palm brings you a musical sure to get you into the spirit of the season. You'll be entertained with beautiful singing, breathtaking dancing, gorgeous costumes and rib-tickling fun that's perfect entertainment for the entire family! You'll hear classics such as Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Baby It's Cold Outside, Jingle Bell Rock, O Holy Night and more!

South Pacific (December 28 - February 15, 2014)
South Pacific spins a romantic tale of love and loss on a tropical naval base during World War II. Two couples fall in love and their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and by their own prejudices. The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein score includes Some Enchanted Evening, Younger than Springtime, Bali Ha'I, There is Nothin' Like a Dame, Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair and A Wonderful Guy. *New Year's Eve tickets are $100 per person for dinner and the show.

Les Miserables (February 20 - April 12, 2014)
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, this musical phenomenon tells the story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption - a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. The 2012 motion picture of the same name won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture.

*Ticket prices range from *$40 - $63

The Music Man (April 17 - May 24, 2014)
MerEdith Wilson's The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a band he vows to organize; this is despite the fact that he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian. You'll hear Seventy-six Trombones, Goodnight Ladies, Shipoopi and more!

Mid-Life The Crisis Musical (May 29 - June 21, 2014)
This amusing, yet sometimes moving, musical comedy pokes fun at the curiosities and inevitability of middle age. Regardless of age or gender, everyone will enjoy a comic look at the trials and tribulations of the middle years. The hilarious songs cover reading glasses, going bald, acid reflux, mood swings, double chins and hot flashes!

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (June 26 - August 9, 2014)
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice team up for one of the most spectacular and entertaining musicals to ever hit the stage. Jacob gives his son, Joseph, a magnificent coat of many colors. His brothers become so jealous that they sell him into slavery in Egypt. Upon arrival in Egypt, Joseph is sold once again. Because of his great gift for interpreting dreams, he rises from the status of lowly house slave to become the Pharaoh's advisor. With a crash of drums and a flash of light we bring you a fun-filled story all ages will enjoy!

*Summer Special: Kids 18 and under just $18

The Off Broadway Palm Theatre is Broadway Palm's second performance venue. The Off Broadway Palm's 18th Season begins September 19, 2013 and runs through August 9, 2014. Ticket prices range from $29 to $49. Performances are Tuesday through Sunday evenings (no Tuesday evening performances May through October) with selected matinees.

You Say Tomato, I say Shut Up! (September 19 - November 2, 2013)
From the hilarious and touching memoir, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, by writers-actors-and real-life-married-couple Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn comes the stage play you won't want to miss! This new comedy about love and marriage, takes a look back at their years together as a couple from their differing personalities to the normal conflicts that come with marriage. This play is sure to bring both laughter and terror into the hearts of any couple, not to mention any singles who are contemplating taking the plunge!

Church Basement Ladies: Away in the Basement (November 7 - December 25, 2013)
And out of the basement shall come a program of good tidings, great humor and joy! The always popular Church Basement Ladies are serving it up again with an all-new holiday show. This time the ladies are in the midst of holiday preparations and planning the Sunday School's Christmas Program. As they are finishing up the goodie bags and putting final touches on the Nativity pieces, little do they know that, once again, they will be called upon to step in and save the day!

Nana's Naughty Knickers (January 16 - March 15, 2014)
Nana's Naughty Knickers is a contemporary comedy about law student, Bridget, and her sweet grandmother, Sylvia. While visiting for the summer, Bridget discovers her grandmother's secret business...illegally selling handmade lingerie to the mature - and frisky. Add a nosy landlord, an overly-friendly cop and a delivery mix-up and now Sylvia's facing eviction and maybe even conviction.

The Dixie Swim Club (March 20 - May 11, 2014)
By popular demand the fabulous ladies of the Dixie Swim Club are back! Five Southern women, all on the same college swim team, meet each year at a beach cottage in North Carolina to catch up, laugh and rekindle their friendship. This hilarious and touching comedy focuses on four of those weekends over 33 year period and the enduring loyalty among these five unforgettable women and their friendship that will last forever.

Boeing-Boeing (July 10 - August 9, 2013)
Fasten your seatbelts for the Tony Award-winning comedy about French bachelor Bernard and his three flight attendant fiancées. Bernard keeps "one up, one down and one pending" until an unexpected schedule change brings all three beautiful women to Paris, and to Bernard's apartment, at the same time!

Broadway Palm Children's Theatre shows are fun for everyone! The chef's buffet includes children's favorites like pizza, chicken nuggets, pasta, french fries and more. Tickets are just $18 for all ages. Performance dates and times TBA.

How I Became A Pirate (Fall 2013)
A story of adventure and finding one's own heart - a path that can't be found on any treasure map!

Babes In Toyland (Winter 2013)
See your favorite storybook characters such as Tom-Tom the Piper's Son, Little Bo Peep and the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, as they adventure to Toyland.

Freckleface Strawberry (Spring 2014)

Freckleface Strawberry was just like every other girl except she had bright red hair and something worse...FRECKLES! Based on the beloved New York Times best-selling book by Julianne Moore.

The Little Mermaid (Summer 2014)
This is the classic story of a young mermaid who dreams of living above the sea. She strikes a deal with a wicked sea witch and exchanges her voice for the chance to live as a human.

Broadway Palm 10th Annual Concert Series will feature seven concerts. All evening concerts begin with dinner at 5:30pm and concert at 7:30pm, all Sunday twilight concerts begin with dinner at 5:30pm and concert at 7pm and the matinee concert begins with lunch at 11:45am and concert at 1:15pm. All concert tickets are $58 for dinner and the show or $35 for the show only.

The Great American Songbook Featuring Paul Todd Jr.

(Twilight on January 26, 2014 and Evening on January 27, 2014)

A musical journey from the 1940's to the present.

The Duprees

(Matinee and Evening on February 10, 2014)

The Duprees are known around the world for their romantic interpretations of the most beautiful love songs ever written. You'll hear You Belong To Me, Take Me As I am, Love Eyes and more!

Dwight Icenhower's Tribute to the King
(Twilight on March 2, 2014 and Matinee and Evening March 3, 2014)
One of the best Elvis tributes in the country is back for three performances!

The Drifters (featuring Charlie Thomas)
(Twilight on March 16, 2013 and Matinee and Evening March 17, 2014)
The long-lived American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group brings you back in time with songs such as Under the Boardwalk, Yakety Yak, On Broadway and more.

Back Home Again - A Tribute to John Denver
(Matinee and Evening on March 24, 2014)

A musical journey into John Denver's songwriting from the foot-stomping fun of Thank God I'm A Country Boy to the tenderness of Annie's Song, to the sweeping grandeur of Rocky Mountain High.

Abba Fab: Tribute to ABBA
(Twilight on March 30, 2014 and Matinee and Evening March 31, 2014)
Mamma Mia! You can dance, you can jive, you can have the time of your life with Abba Fab: The Ultimate Tribute to Abba!

The Magic of Manilow
(Matinee and Evening on April 7, 2014)

The music of one of the biggest selling artists of our time, Barry Manilow, hits the stage. Barry is best known for Mandy, Ready to Take a Chance Again, Could It Be Magic, Copacabana (At the Copa), I Write the Songs, Can't Smile Without You and many more.

Advance photos are available by request. Individual tickets for Broadway Palm's 21st Thrilling Season, The Off Broadway Palm's 18th Season, Broadway Palm Children's Theatre and Broadway Palm's Concert Series will be on sale to the public June 1, 2013. For more information visit www.BroadwayPalm.com, call (239) 278-4422 or stop by the box office at 1380 Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers.