Tickets For Hennepin Theatre Trust's IN THE HEIGHTS And GREASE Go On Sale 10/2

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that single tickets for In the Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, and Grease, the returning crowd favorite, will go on sale Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Both musicals play the Orpheum Theatre, with Grease running Nov. 18-22, 2009 and In the Heights, in its Minnesota debut, Dec. 1-6, 2009.

In the Heights is about the importance of home, family and finding where you belong. In the Heights 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 to take with you, and which ones you leave behind. In the Heights opened on Broadway to wide critical acclaim March 9, 2008. The Washington Post said In the Heights is "Pure Broadway. An evening of old-style, innocent pleasure;" and 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." In the Heights continues to play on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

Back by popular demand, Grease highlights songs from the 1978 motion picture including "Sandy," the Academy Award nominated "Hopelessly Devoted To You," "Grease" and "You're the One That I Want," both of which were #1 hits on the Billboard Top 100 list. These songs are heard in addition to the Jacobs/Casey songs made famous by the original stage production including "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'" and "We Go Together." Platinum-selling recording artist and "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks will appear as "Teen Angel" at select performances.

TICKET INFORMATION

Individual tickets for In the Heights and Grease go on sale Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 at 9 a.m. at the State Theatre box office (805 Hennepin Ave., Mpls., 55402) only. Prices are $28-$78. Beginning at 10 a.m., tickets will be available online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org or through Ticketmaster by calling 1-800-982-2787 or visiting a Ticketmaster Ticket Center. Groups of 15 or more should call 612-373-5665 for information and reservations.