POWER BALLADZ to Close Off-Broadway Saturday, 10/23

The Off-Broadway rock show POWER BALLADZ will end its run at the Midtown Theatre (163 West 46th Street) in New York following its performance on Saturday, October 23, it has been announced by the show's producers.

POWER BALLADZ is a new rock show that features some of the greatest rock anthems of the 70's, 80's and 90's: not your typical theatre experience, POWER BALLADZ is a 90-minute rock tribute that gives audiences the chance to unleash their inner rock star: part comedy, part interactive game show, and a genuine joy ride through the music and legend of rock songs by powerhouse bands. POWER BALLADZ is created by Mike Todaro, Dan Nycklemoe with Peter Rothstein, and written by Mr. Todaro and Mr. Nycklemoe.

POWER BALLADZ will have played 13 preview and 40 performances when it closes on October 23.

POWER BALLADZ premiered at The LABTheatre (formerly the Guthrie Lab Theatre) in Minneapolis, and is presented Off-Broadway by Bruce Johnson, Mike Todaro, and Dan Nycklemoe.

POWER BALLADZ is directed by Mike Todaro, and features a cast which includes Dieter Bierbrauer, Scott Richard Foster and Mary Mossberg.

The press heaped praise on POWER BALLADZ when it opened at the Midtown Theatre on August 19. The New York Times wrote, "POWER BALLADZ is a loving tribute to the heyday of the hair band, when Aqua Net ruled and MTV played videos." Talk Entertainment said, "POWER BALLADZ is rocking the rafters with three amazing performers with incredible voices and enough energy to power the East and West Coast." Theatermania wrote, "POWER BALLADZ is genuine fun...an enjoyable evening," and Back Stage said "POWER BALLADZ is the champion."

At POWER BALLADZ you can celebrate the best music of the 70's 80's and 90'sand liberate the rock star inside of you. The formula is simple: start with some blood-pumping arena rock songs and other kick-ass arena bands, add some talented rock singers, give them a full band, lots of lights, a fog machine, a video projection screen, plenty of leather and long hair, and you've got a concert, indeed an extravaganza. And while the POWER BALLADZ band knows how to rock, the show takes an unexpected turn when the high school sweetheart of one of the musicians stumbles into the show after ten years apart, raising the question -- will he be man enough to finally score the girl of his dreams?

An evening at POWER BALLADZ begins 30 minutes prior to curtain with interactive trivia games, rock trivia contests and an opportunity for the audience to socialize and meet their fellow concert-goers. Following the performance, ticket holders have access to a live-band rock anthem karaoke show during which they are welcome to perform on stage and realize their own POWER BALLADZ fantasies.

Performances of POWER BALLADZ are on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Tickets are $49.99 & $79.99. To catch the final performances of POWER BALLADZ, visit www.powerballadz.com.

 

 

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