Broadway Across America News

Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of LES MISERABLES remains scheduled to open tomorrow, Tuesday, June 25 at 8 p.m. SHARP at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. Despite TransCanada highway closures, the company has planned alternative routing from Vancouver, in order to ensure the trucks and cast arrive to Calgary safely, and on time to make the originally scheduled Tuesdayopening.

What's YOUR D*Word? If you've ever been ditched, dumped, divorced or experienced the ups and downs of dating, you'll get Jeanie Linders' hilarious new show, The D*Word - A Musical (*Ditched, Dumped, Divorced and Dating), as it celebrates life's more challenging experiences with relationships.

The Marcus Center is honored to present the Starry Nights Orchestra along with the Florentine Opera Company and Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra for a one night only, free program on Tuesday, July 2 at 7:00 pm at Marcus Center's Peck Pavilion.

Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion Radio Romance Tour 2013 kicks off a coast-to-coast tour that will bring the popular radio host and his pals to Louisville's Iroquois Amphitheater on Saturday, July 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 29 at 10:00 a.m. atiroquoisamphitheater.com or by calling (502) 368-5865. Presale tickets will be available to members of Louisville Public Media and the Kentucky Center.

Tickets for the new Broadway musical Big Fish will go on sale to the general public today, June 16 at Ticketmaster.com (866-870-2717). Scroll down for the show's artwork!

The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Omaha Performing Arts announced today that single tickets will go on sale to the public today, June 14, at 10:00 a.m. An exclusive pre-sale for American Express Card members will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12.

PIPPIN - the New Broadway Cast Recording from Ghostlight Records - debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart the week after its June 4 digital release. It also hit #34 on the Digital Albums Chart and #92 on the Billboard Top 200.

The National Theatre of Great Britain's epic War Horse , winner of five 2011 Tony Awards, will make its Wisconsin premiere at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center June 25-30.

The producers of the recently crowned 2013 Tony Award winning Best Revival of a Musical PIPPIN are pleased to announce that a new block of tickets have gone on sale and seats are now available for purchase through January 5, 2014. PIPPIN, now playing at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street), also took Tony Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Patina Miller), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Andrea Martin) and Best Direction of a Musical (Diane Paulus).

SHN's Founder and President Carole Shorenstein Hays announced that PIPPIN, last night's Tony Award- Winner for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, plus 3 more Tony Awards, will be the 5th and final production of SHN's 2013-2014 Season. PIPPIN will play a four-week engagement at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre September 24-October 19, 2014. Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy PIPPIN is directed by Tony Award-Winner Diane Paulus, featuring choreography by Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse, and circus creation by Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main(also known as 7 Fingers).

PIPPIN has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The production has received 4 Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Diane Paulus),Outstanding Choreography (Chet Walker & Gypsy Snider) and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Andrea Martin).

The acclaimed Billy Crystal will perform 700 Sundays, his Tony Award-winning, record breaking, autobiographical play in Minneapolis this October 22-26, 2013 at the historic State Theatre. Scheduled for six performances only, this exclusive pre-Broadway engagement is the only one before the final Broadway run in the fall. 700 Sundays is a special addition to Hennepin Theatre Trust's 2013/14 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis Season. Single tickets will go on sale to the public at noon on Saturday, June 22. To purchase and for more information visitHennepinTheatreTrust.org, call 800.982.2787 or stop by the State Theatre Box Office at 805 Hennepin Ave., Mpls.

The acclaimed Billy Crystal will perform 700 Sundays, his Tony Award-winning, record breaking, autobiographical play in Minneapolis this October 22-26, 2013 at the historic State Theatre. Scheduled for six performances only, this exclusive pre-Broadway engagement is the only one before the final Broadway run in the fall.

The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and Lexus Broadway in Austin at Texas Performing Arts announced today that single tickets will go on sale today, June 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM.

Cortland Repertory Theatre kicks off their 42nd season at the Little York Pavilion in Preble with the theatre's premiere production of Agatha Christie's mystery, The Unexpected Guest. Performances will run from tonight, June 5th - 15th with evening performances at 7:30 PM. Matinees are available on June 7th, 9th and 12th at 2:00 PM. Tickets may be purchased by calling 800-427-6160 or at the CRT Box Office's new location at 24 Port Watson Street in Cortland. Tickets are also available for sale 24 hours a day through the CRT website at www.cortlandrep.org.

The Salt Lake City engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, plays the Capitol Theatre tonight, June 4-16. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Brandon Andrus (Nick Massi),Nick Cosgrove (Frankie Valli), Nicolas Dromard (Tommy DeVito) and Jason Kappus (Bob Gaudio) as The Four Seasons, with Barry Anderson and Thomas Fiscella.

A series as eclectic as it is refined; ASU Gammage's Beyond Series is like no other in the country. For 22 years, this carefully curated performing art series brings world-class artists into the community by presenting evocative and compelling work along with connecting to Valley residents through engaging Cultural Participation programs such as artist residency programs and master classes. Single tickets go on sale Monday, August 19 and are available by calling 480-965-3434 or at the ASU Gammage Box Office.

Tickets for the new Broadway musical BIG FISH will go on sale to the general public onSunday, June 16 at Ticketmaster.com (866-870-2717). An exclusive two-week pre-sale for Audience Rewards members and partners launches on Monday, June 3, during which members can earn 2,000 bonus points when they purchase a ticket to BIG FISH at AudienceRewards.com. Directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (Contact, The Producers, The Scottsboro Boys), with music and lyrics by Grammy and Tony Award nominee Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party, The Addams Family), and a book by Grammy and BAFTA Award nominee John August (Frankenweenie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), BIG FISH begins performances on Thursday, September 5, 2013 and will open Sunday, October 6, 2013 at the Neil Simon Theatre. Tickets for BIG FISH range from $49 - $142. The playing schedule for BIG FISH is as follows: Monday through Friday at 8pm with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays. There will be no 2pm matinee on Wednesday, September 11. Beginning October 7, 2013, the playing schedule for BIG FISH is as follows: Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm and Wednesday at 8pm with matinees on Wednesday at 2pm, Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm.

Tune-in to ABC's "The View" tomorrow, Tuesday, June 4th to watch a performance from the Tony-nominated new Broadway production of PIPPIN. "The View" airs 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST on ABC Channel 7 in New York City (check local listings). PIPPIN is now playing at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street).

On Friday, May 31st from 12:00-12:35PM Terrence Mann, Andrea Martin and Patina Miller will be interviewed live on WNYC's "The Leonard Lopate Show" on 93.9PM and AM820. PIPPIN is now playing at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street).