Ann Roth News

The National Tour of The Book of Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, announces a lottery ticket policy. Back by popular demand, The Book of Mormon which played a record-breaking three-week run in the fall of 2012 returns for a limited engagement today, October 22-November 24 at The Buell Theatre.

THE BOOK OF MORMON's tour stars Nic Rouleau and Ben Platt just announced via Twitter that they will soon join the Broadway company, replacing Matt Doyle (Elder Price) and Cody Jamison Strand (Elser Cunningham) respectively. Rouleau wrote: 'Thrilled to announce that Heavenly Father is sending me back to Broadway to serve another mission at @BookofMormon in January!!' Platt wrote: 'Bursting with excitement to finally announce that I will be joining the Broadway company of @BookofMormon this January!! #DreamComeTrue #NYC'

Big West End showstoppers Once, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Book of Mormon are leading the way, with the competition just as tight for the fringe categories - Chichester's The Pajama Game and Southwark Playhouse's Titanic are also garnering the votes at the moment.

For the second time, THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awardsincluding Best Musical, has broken the house record in Austin, TX for the week ending October 13 at Bass Hall grossing $1,643,268.00. THE BOOK OF MORMON first broke the record the week ending October 6.

The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON,winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announced today that single tickets will go on sale Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 10 AM. An exclusive pre-sale for American Express Cardmembers will begin at 6 PM on October 30 through 6 PM on November 1. Tickets will be available at the PPAC Box Office (220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence), by visiting www.ppacri.org or by calling (401) 421-ARTS (2787). Group orders of 20 or more may be placed by calling (401) 574-3162.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has announced a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins tonight, October 15 at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans and plays a limited two week engagement through Sunday, October 27. In New Orleans, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office before each performance, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 each, cash only.

Team StarKid veteran A.J. Homes is set to join the cast of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, when it hits Omaha's Orpheum Theatre tomorrow, October 12. Holmes' credits include Frederick in Young Frankenstein (National Tour), and Henry in Next To Normal (Arizona Theatre Co. & SJ Rep.). A.J. composes for the Chicago-based theatre group StarKid Productions (A Very Potter Musical, Me And My Dick, Twisted). He is a graduate of University of Michigan.

Voting opened this week for the 2013 BWW:UK Awards - and we've already had a record number of votes in!

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins October 29 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre and plays a limited two week engagement through November 10. In Orlando, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.

The producers of the national tour of the new musical THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical DPAC announced today that single tickets will go on sale October 26 at 8 AM at the DPAC Box Office only and at 10 AM online and on phones. An exclusive pre-sale for American Express Cardmembers will begin at 10 AM on October 23 through October 24 at 11:59pm. Tickets will be available at the DPAC Ticket Center at 123 Vivian Street/Durham, N.C., all Ticketmaster outlets, by visiting DPACnc.com, or by calling 1.800.982.2787. Group orders of 15 or more must be placed by October 22 by calling 919.281.0587.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins Saturday, October 12, at Omaha's Orpheum Theater and plays a limited nine-day, 11-performance engagement through Sunday, October 20, 2013. In Omaha, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery on each performance day at the Orpheum Theater box office, 409 S. 16th St. A limited number of tickets will be available at $25 each, cash only.

The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, announces a lottery ticket policy today. Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON which played a record-breaking three-week run in the fall of 2012 returns for a limited engagement October 22-November 24 at The Buell Theatre.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record in San Antonio, TX for the week ending September 29 at the Majestic Theatre grossing $1,510,630.50.

Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and Rafe Spall star on Broadway in Harold Pinter's Betrayal, directed by ten-time Tony Award-winner Mike Nichols. Betrayal begins performances tonight, October 1 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). Opening night is Sunday, November 3. Betrayal is a strictly limited engagement, running 14 weeks only, through January 5, 2014.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins Tuesday, Oct 1 at Bass Concert Hall and plays a limited two-week engagement through Sunday, October 13. In Austin, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the Bass Concert Hall box office located at 2350 Robert Dedman Drive, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.

General tickets go on sale today, September 21, for Tony Award-winner and two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington as Walter Lee Younger in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, opposite film, television and Tony Award-winning stage star Diahann Carroll as Lena Younger, in her first Broadway appearance in over 30 years. The production will be directed by Tony Award-nominee Kenny Leon. Previews begin March 8, 2014, with opening night on April 3, 2014 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street), where the original production of A Raisin in the Sun opened 55 years ago. A Raisin in the Sun is a limited engagement, running 14 weeks only through June 15, 2014. Tickets will be available at www.telecharge.com or by calling Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins Tuesday, September 17, at the Majestic Theatre and plays a limited engagement through Sunday, September 29. In San Antonio, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.

The producers of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and The Care First Blue Cross Blue Shield Hippodrome Broadway Series announced today that single tickets will go on sale Sunday, September 29th at 10:00 am. An exclusive pre-sale for American Express Cardmembers will begin at 10 AM on Wednesday, September 25 until September 27. Tickets will be available at the Hippodrome Theatre box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by visiting Broadwayacrossamerica.com/Baltimore, or by calling 410-547- SEAT.

The producers of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati at the Aronoff Center announced today that single tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m., Monday, September 16. An exclusive online pre-sale for American Express Card-members will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 10. Tickets will be available at the Aronoff Center box office downtown at 650 Walnut Street, online at CincinnatiArts.org or by phone at 513.621.ARTS.

Four theater artists will be honored by the Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee during the presentation of its 2013 Awards in a luncheon ceremony scheduled for October 21. Mimi Lien(Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), Ann Roth (The Nance), Jane Cox (The Flick) andPeter Nigrini (Here Lies Love) will be honored with 2013 Henry Hewes Design Awards. Each of the four is receiving his or her first Henry Hewes Design Award. For the 2013 honors, 84 theater artists were nominated for outstanding artistry in 55 productions presented during the 2012-2013 New York theater season. (A complete list of 2013 nominees follows this awards announcement.)