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The producers of the First National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta announced today that single tickets will go on sale September 22 at 10 a.m. An exclusive pre-sale for American Express Card-members will begin at 10 a.m. on September 18 thru September 22. Tickets will be available at the Fox Theatre box office (660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308), by visiting www.FoxAtlTix.com or by calling 1-855-ATL-TIXX. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 404-881-2000.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken its own house record in Dallas, TX for the week ending September 1 at the Winspear Opera House grossing $1,511,294.00. THE BOOK OF MORMON first broke the record the week ending August 25.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON which played a record-breaking twelve-week run in the fall of 2012 returns for a limited engagement January 21, 2014 - March 16, 2014. Individual tickets will go on sale exclusively to American Express Cardmembers beginning Wednesday, September 11 at 10:00AM by calling 800-745-3000 or visiting Ticketmaster.com and will remain on sale through 11:59PM on Wednesday, September 18.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, previously announced the lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins today, September 3 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston and plays a limited two week engagement through Sunday, September 15. In Houston, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office before each performance, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece, cash only.

Tickets will be on sale exclusively to American Express cardholders from Wednesday, September 4 through Friday, September 20 only 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. General on-sale will begin on Saturday, September 21. 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 producers of the national tour of the new musical THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Blumenthal Performing Arts announced today that single tickets will go on sale Friday, Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. in the Belk Theater box office (130 N. Tryon Street) and at NOON online (BlumenthalArts.org) or by calling 704.372.1000. An exclusive pre-sale for American Express Cardmembers will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4 thru Friday, Sept. 6. There is a maximum limit of 6 tickets total per household.

The producers of the national tour of the new musical THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical announced today that single tickets will go on sale Monday, September 9th at 10am. An exclusive Pre-sale for American Express Cardmembers will begin at 10 AM on Wednesday, September 4th thru Saturday, September 6th.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has announced a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins Tuesday, September 3 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston and plays a limited two week engagement through Sunday, September 15. In Houston, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office before each performance, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece, cash only.

The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play in Jacksonville as part of the 2014-2015 Artist Series Broadway Season.

This show will change your life. Yesterday, August 17, The Book of Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, celebrated its 1,000th performance on Broadway. The production opened to rave reviews on March 24, 2011 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street). BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the celebration below!

Today, August 17, THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will celebrate 1,000 performances on Broadway. The production opened to rave reviews on March 24, 2011 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street).

On Saturday, August 17, THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will celebrate 1,000 performances on Broadway. The production opened to rave reviews on March 24, 2011 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street).

As BroadwayWorld previously reported last night, The Nance will soon hold three encore performances, at which PBS will film the show. BroadwayWorld has confirmed that it will be featured as a part of the 'Live from Lincoln Center' series, to be broadcast in 2014.

The producers of the national tour of the musical THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando announced today that single tickets will go on sale Friday, August 23rd at 10 a.m. An exclusive pre-sale for American Express Card-members will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21 at www.Ticketmaster.com. Tickets will be available at the FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando box office located at 100 South Eola Drive, Suite 101 in downtown Orlando, the Amway Center Box Office (400 West Church Street), all Ticketmaster outlets, by visiting OrlandoBroadway.com, or by calling 1-800-982-2787. Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling 407-704-6116.

Tony Award-winner and two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington will star 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, on Broadway next spring. Washington's character, Walter Lee Younger, is described in Hansberry's script as 'a lean, intense young man in his middle thirties'. But Washington is 60. Producer Scott Rudin addressed this age difference in an interview published today on Newsday.

As BroadwayWorld reported last night, THE NANCE will soon hold three encore performances, at which PBS will film the show. BroadwayWorld has confirmed that it will be featured as a part of the 'Live from Lincoln Center' series, to be broadcast on a later date.

The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and East Jefferson General Hospital Broadway in New Orleans announced today that single tickets will go on sale Friday, August 16 at 10 a.m. An exclusive online pre-sale for American Express Cardmembers will begin at Tuesday, August 13 at 10 a.m. Tickets will be available at BroadwayInNewOrleans.com, www.BookofMormonTheMusical.com, the Mahalia Jackson Theater Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 1.800.982.ARTS (2787). Group discounts for 15 or more are available by calling 504.287.0372.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken its own Opera House theater record in Washington, D.C. for the week ending August 4 at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts grossing $2,120,002.00. THE BOOK OF MORMON first broke the record the week ending July 14.

Produced by Scott Rudin, Tony Award-winner and two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington will star 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.

Earlier today, BroadwayWorld confirmed that 2013 Tony nominee Nathan Lane was injured during a performance of THE NANCE last night and had to be replaced by his understudy, Stephen DeRosa. BWW has now confirmed that Lane will indeed go on in tonight's performance at the Lyceum Theatre despite his injury.