BRING IT ON, AMERICAN IDIOT & More Set for MPAC's 2013-14 Season

Mayo Performing Arts Center's 2013-2014 season goes on sale Monday, June 24 at 9 am. The annual season opening celebration will be held on Friday, October 11, with a performance by Natalie Cole.

Over 120 performances will be held on stage between July 2013 and June 2014. Highlights include a diverse theatre series featuring Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Tony-nominated BRING IT ON, Tony-Winning MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, ROCK OF AGES and Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT; contemporary performers such as Michael Bolton, Kenny Loggins, Michael W. Smith and Clint Black; classical artists including Sarah Chang and Itzhak Perlman, comedians including Drew Carey, Joan Rivers, Jason Alexander and Jim Belushi, and many more (see schedule below).

Other season highlights include The Brian Setzer Orchestra's Christmas Rocks 10th Anniversary Tour!, the final Morristown performance by watermelon-smashing Gallagher as part of his farewell tour and PUPPET UP!, an adult-only improv comedy show done by puppets created by the Henson company.

Front of house construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of summer. MPAC will feature a renovated lobby with a new box office, new and larger restroom facilities, and an elevator to the balcony level.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.mayoarts.org or 973-539-8008 beginning Monday, June 24.

The 2013-2014 lineup: (subject to change; additional events will be added)

Shows marked by * are currently on sale

7/10 *Boz Scaggs / Michael McDonald
7/12 *Emmylou Harris / Rodney Crowell
7/17 *Bob Saget
7/18 *John Kay & Steppenwolf
7/24 *The Fixx & Wang Chung
7/25 *Yes
7/26 *Mary Chapin Carpenter and Marc Cohn
7/30 *Anthony Salazar Magic (10:30 am)
7/31 *Happy Together Tour 2013
8/7 *Todd Rundgren
8/8 *Robert Randolph
8/13 *Sail Rock 2013
8/16 *The Mavericks
8/23 *Cheap Trick

9/11 *Queen Extravaganza
9/13 *Don Felder
9/14 Kenny Loggins
9/21 *Jay Black
9/26 Potted Potter
9/27 *Tower of Power / War
9/28 *The Waterboys
10/3 *Celtic Thunder: Mythology (7:30 pm)
10/4 *Michael W. Smith
10/5 An Evening with Jason Alexander and His Hair
10/6: Rufus Wainwright
10/10 Spank! The 50 Shades Parody
10/11 Natalie Cole
10/13 Angelina Ballerina (1:30 pm/4 pm)
10/16 *Diana Krall
10/17 *Patrizio Buanne
10/18 *Kathleen Madigan
10/26 Madeleine Peyroux
10/29 Starlight on Stage (7:30 pm)
11/1 *Ralphie May
11/8 Air Supply
11/9 Hello Dolly!
11/10 Dan Zanes & ELIZABETH MITCHELL (1:30 pm/4 pm)
11/14 Clint Black
11/15 Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
11/16 Itzhak Perlman
11/21: Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby
11/22 *Linda Eder
11/23 Manhattan Comedy Night
11/24 Swingin' The Benny Goodman Songbook (3 pm)
11/29 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
12/1 Mooseltoe (1:30 pm/4 pm)
12/3 The Brian Setzer Orchestra
12/6 The Irish Tenors
12/7 Darlene Love
12/13-24 NJ Ballet's Nutcracker (times vary)
1/4 Gallagher's Last Smash
1/5 Sing-A-Long Grease (3 pm)
1/10 Sylvia Browne
1/11 Dave Mason's Traffic Jam
1/12 Fancy Nancy (11 am/1:30 pm/4 pm)
1/17 Million Dollar Quartet
1/18 Million Dollar Quartet (3 pm/8 pm)
1/21 Starlight on Stage (7:30 pm)
1/24 Manhattan Comedy Night
1/25 Don McLean/Judy Collins
1/26 Dinosaur Train Live! (1:30 pm/4:30 pm)
1/31 Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
2/1 Guitar Passions
2/7 Bobby Collins
2/8 Masters of Illusion (7:30 pm)
2/9 Pinkalicious (11 am/1:30 pm/4 pm)
2/13 Green Day's American Idiot
2/14 Forbidden Broadway
2/15 Jim Brickman: The Love Tour
2/21 Michael Bolton
2/22 Sarah Chang
2/27 Deepak Chopra (7:30 pm)
2/28 Disney's Beauty and the Beast (7 pm)
3/1 Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1 pm/7 pm)
3/3 Charlotte's Web (4 pm)
3/7 Tangos: Stars of Forever Tango
3/8 Golden Dragon Acrobats (3 pm/7:30 pm)
3/9 Hanover Wind Symphony (3 pm)
3/13 The Irish Rovers
3/14 Cesar Millan Live
3/18 Starlight on Stage (7:30 pm)
3/19 Rock of Ages
3/20 Spyro Gyra
3/21 Puppet Up!
3/22 Natalie Merchant
3/25 The Very Hungry Caterpillar (4 pm)
3/27 Keb' Mo'
3/28 Tao: Phoenix Rising
3/29 Jim Belushi and the Chicago Board of Comedy
4/2 Are You My Mother? (4 pm)
4/8 ErthTM: Dinosaur Zoo (4 pm)
4/11 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
4/12 Broadway Showstoppers
4/13 The Ugly Duckling (1:30 pm/4 pm)
4/17 Rich Little: Jimmy Stewart & Friends
4/25 The Ten Tenors "On Broadway"
4/26 Drew Carey
4/27 Sid the Science Kid (1:30 pm/4:30 pm)
5/1 MOMIX: Botanica
5/2 Bring It On
5/4 Joan Rivers (7 pm)
5/9 Tap Factory
5/10 Tito Puente, Jr.
5/15 Neil Sedaka
5/16 Manhattan Comedy Night
5/17 NJ Ballet: Ballet on Broadway
5/18 NJ Ballet: Cinderella (1:30 pm/4 pm)
6/6 Richard Nader's Doo Wop Show

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2013-2014 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Mayo Performing Arts Center
100 South St., Morristown, NJ 07960
box office (973) 539-8008
online: www.mayoarts.org
fax (973) 455-1607 / admin (973) 539-0345 ext.6505

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