Broadway in Detroit Announces Their 2010-2011 Season Subscription

Prepare to be swept away by the magic and music of Broadway! Nederlander Detroit announced today that the Tony® Award-winning Mary Poppins will headline the 2010-2011 Broadway In Detroit Subscription Season. Subscription tickets can now be purchased online at www.BroadwayInDetroit.com or by calling the Fisher Theatre at (313) 872-1000, ext. 0.

Joining the world's most famous nanny are five other spectacular hit musicals: the national tour premiere of West Side Story, Sept. 30 - Oct. 17, 2010 at the Fisher Theatre; Rock of Ages at the Fisher Theatre, Nov. 9 - 21, 2010; Mary Poppins at the Detroit Opera House, Dec. 16, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011; 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights at the Fisher Theatre, Feb. 1 - 13, 2011; international dance sensation Burn the Floor at the Fisher Theatre, Feb. 22 - Mar. 6, 2011; and, the triumphant return of Les Misérables in a brand new 25th anniversary production at the Fisher Theatre, Mar. 22 - Apr. 3, 2011.

"The 2010-2011 Broadway In Detroit Subscription is filled with fantastic new productions making their Detroit debuts," said Broadway In Detroit Executive Director Alan Lichtenstein. "With our line-up of musical hits, you really don't have to go to New York to see a hot Broadway show."

Broadway In Detroit 2010-2011 Subscription Shows

More than 50 years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it's back on Broadway mesmerizing audiences once again and launching a new national tour at Detroit's Fisher Theatre. From the first note to the final breath, West Side Story soars as the greatest love story of all time. Directed by its two-time Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurentis, West Side Story remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The new Broadway cast album of West Side Story recently won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway's finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as "Something's Coming," "Tonight," "America," " I Feel Pretty," and ‘"Somewhere." This new production was proclaimed by The New Yorker to be "so exciting it makes you ache with pleasure."

Five-time 2009 Tony Award nominee Rock of Ages is set in 1987 on the Sunset Strip and it's all about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on! A small town girl meets a big city rocker in Los Angeles' most famous rock club and they fall in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80s. Making its Detroit debut, Rock of Ages is an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more. The New York Times calls the show "Impossible to resist! As guilty as pleasures get."

Broadway's magical hit musical Mary Poppins combines the best of the original stories by P.L. Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film. Making its Detroit debut, this Tony Award winner produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh will be a great holiday show for the family. The lavish production includes a wonderful score featuring such familiar songs as "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Let's Go Fly a Kite," and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." The New York Daily News hails Mary Poppins as "a roof-raising, toe-tapping, high-flying extravaganza!"

Also appearing in Detroit for the first time ever is In the Heights, the winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The show tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood - a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. Ben Brantley of The New York Times enthused In the Heights is " an exuberant, animated shrine to the importance of family ties and being faithful to where you come from."

The international dance sensation Burn the Floor will visit the Fisher Theatre direct from its record-breaking run on Broadway! All the passion, drama and sizzling excitement of popular TV dance shows comes alive on stage with 20 gorgeous champion dancers in a true theatrical experience. The New York Times calls Burn the Floor "Dazzling!" with its grace and athleticism. From Harlem's hot nights at The Savoy, where dances such as the Lindy, Foxtrot and Charleston were born, to the Latin Quarter where the Cha-Cha, Rumba and Salsa steamed up the stage, Burn the Floor takes audiences on a journey through the exuberance and intensity of dance. Burn the Floor is Ballroom - reinvented.

Cameron Mackintosh will also present a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg's legendary musical Les Misérables, at the Fisher Theatre. With glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo, this new production has already been acclaimed by critics and is breaking box office records. The London Times calls the new show "a five star hit, astonishingly powerful and as good as the original," and the Western Mail says "an outstanding success - the best version yet."

Benefits for Subscribers

As always, Broadway In Detroit subscribers can save up to 15% off the individual show ticket price, have full exchange privileges and the first opportunity to purchase tickets to special attractions before public notification. An added benefit for subscribers is the ability to post tickets for sale or forward to friends or clients up to two hours before show time via the Broadway In Detroit Ticket Exchange Program. Subscribers also receive reserved parking in adjacent lots and garages.

Purchasing Subscription Tickets

2010-2011 Broadway In Detroit Subscription tickets are priced as low as $307 for all six shows and are now on sale. For additional information or to order subscription tickets, call the Fisher Theatre at (313) 872-1000, ext. 0, Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Subscription tickets may also be ordered online at www.BroadwayInDetroit.com.

Group Sales
Reservations are being accepted now for groups of 12+ to 20+ (minimum varies depending on show) by emailing groupsales@nederlanderdetroit.com and using the name of the show as your subject line, or phone (313) 871-1132, Monday - Friday from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Individual tickets for all shows will go on sale at a later date.

Show dates may be subject to minor changes due to tour scheduling and travel logistics.

For more information, please visit www.BroadwayInDetroit.com.

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