Omaha Performing Arts Features JERSEY BOYS, FIDDLER, et al. in 2011-12 Season

From pop to classic to rock to wildly outrageous, the 2011-2012 Omaha Performing Arts-Broadway Across America season announced today has something for every theater taste. Season ticket packages for four memorable musicals at Omaha?s Orpheum Theater will go on sale Monday, March 7 at 10:00 a .m. online at: www.OmahaPerformingArts.org/SeasonTickets or by calling 402-345-0606. The balance of the Omaha Performing Arts? season with its numerous jazz, dance and popular entertainers will be announced later this spring.

The Broadway season kicks-off with the international award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. Winner of the 2006 Tony® Award for Best Musical, the 2006 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, JERSEY BOYS is the story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty. "Oh What a Season Opener" when JERSEY BOYS* comes to the Orpheum, Wednesday, September 7 through Sunday, September 25, 2011.

Omaha Performing Arts-Broadway Across America season ticket holders will be first in line to purchase JERSEY BOYS seats. The public will be able to purchase tickets later this spring.
Blue Man Group* is best known for its wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music, and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. The New York Times heralds the show as "One of the most delightful performance pieces ever staged." E! Entertainment News exclaims, "Blue Man Group is what every live performance aspires to be." The Baltimore Sun raves, "Blue Man Group packs a wallop. It?s a big, loud, funny, silly, visually arresting production!"

Although it is impossible to describe, people of all ages agree that this is an intensely exciting and wildly outrageous show that leaves the entire audience in a blissful, euphoric state. With no spoken language, this show is perfect for people of all ages, languages and cultures.

Now on the road for its first U.S. theatrical tour, this show is a unique experience; a form of entertainment like nothing else and guaranteed to be an outing the audience won?t forget. Blue Man Group comes to the Orpheum Theater Tuesday, January 17 through Sunday, January 22, 2012.

In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA?s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the „80s. It?s five time 2009 Tony Award® nominee ROCK OF AGES,* 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. This awesomely good time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on comes to the Orpheum Theater Tuesday, March 6 through Sunday, March 11, 2012. "Impossible to resist! As guilty as pleasures get," says Charles Isherwood, New York Times. "Rock and comedy in perfect proportion!" according to David Cote, Time Out.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,* the Tony® Award-winning musical that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal, comes to the Orpheum Tuesday, April 24 through Sunday, April 29, 2012. Based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, this show has been lauded by critics again and again, and won the hearts of people all around the world. Filled with a rousing, heartwarming score, which includes "Tradition," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "If I Were A Rich Man" and "Sunrise, Sunset," FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic. No other musical has so magically woven music, dance, poignancy and laughter into such an electrifying and unforgettable experience.

Season tickets to all four Omaha Performing Arts-Broadway Across America shows range from $85 to $357.* In addition, season ticket holders receive these benefits: First in line to purchase tickets for JERSEY BOYS Priority purchasing period - buy before the general public Reduced rate season ticket packages for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings Same great seats for each performance within the Broadway season Savings of up to 50% on ticket fees when adding other shows or performances Savings of up to 15% on single tickets on many Omaha Performing Arts performances at the Holland Performing Arts Center and the Orpheum Theater Easy, no-fee ticket exchanges within productions Travel benefits which include ticket exchange and purchasing privileges throughout the Broadway Across America network of 40+ cities in the U.S. and Canada
For more information on the Omaha Performing Arts-Broadway Across America 2011-2012 season go to: www.OmahaPerformingArts.org/SeasonTickets or call 402-345-0606. 

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