Broadway Across America News

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh announce that NETworks Presentations, LLC will bring the multi-award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical to Pittsburgh's Benedum Center from January 31 through February 12, 2012.

In partnership with the Cincinnati Arts Association's Overture Awards and Local 12 WKRC, and in celebration of the upcoming local engagement of Billy Elliot the Musical, Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati is proud to announce the Billy Elliot Dream Award. This award and scholarship will be presented to a Tri-State student in grades 6 through 12 who is pursuing an artistic dream. The prize will consist of a $500 scholarship provided by Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati's Education Fund.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, in association with The Andy Warhol Museum's 2012 performance series, Off the Wall, presents Mike Daisey's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at the Byham Theater on January 21, 2012, at 8 p.m., as part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series.

JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia).

LYSISTRATA JONES, which caught on with many critics but not with audiences, will give its final performance on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 3:00pm at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th street). Upon closing, the musical will have played 34 previews and 30 performances. Written by Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane (book) and Lewis Flinn (music/lyrics), LYSISTRATA JONES is directed and choreographed by Tony nominee Dan Knechtges.

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Miserables will go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, October 21 for the premiere San Antonio engagement at the Majestic Theatre. The all new production of Les Miserables features glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo.

Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning star of screen, television and stage, Beau Bridges, returns to Broadway for the first time in 38 years in his first musical as J. B. Biggley, beginning today for 6 months through Sunday, July 1, 2012. Mr. Bridges will co-star with GLEE star Darren Criss through January 22 and then Nick Jonas (January 24, 2012 - July 1, 2012). The new marquee featuring the famous newbies is going up today and BroadwayWorld has just captured the in-progress shots. Have a look below for a glimpse of the new exterior art and check back later for shots of the finished product!

Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning star of screen, television and stage, Beau Bridges, returns to Broadway for the first time in 38 years in his first musical as J. B. Biggley, beginning today for 6 months through Sunday, July 1, 2012. Mr. Bridges will co-star with GLEE star Darren Criss through January 22 and then Nick Jonas (January 24, 2012 - July 1, 2012).

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Calgary as part of the Broadway Across Canada season, in partnership with MagicSpace Entertainment.

The international smash hit musical, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is set on December 4, 1956, when an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together. Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" who was responsible for launching the careers of each icon, brought the four legendary musicians together at the Sun Records storefront studio in Memphis for the first and only time. The resulting evening became known as one of the greatest rock 'n' roll jam sessions in history.

The international smash hit musical, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is set on December 4, 1956, when an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together. Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" who was responsible for launching the careers of each icon, brought the four legendary musicians together at the Sun Records storefront studio in Memphis for the first and only time. The resulting evening became known as one of the greatest rock 'n' roll jam sessions in history.

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE lights up the 2011 holiday season when it transforms the stage at the BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS into a wonderland of fantasy and disbelief, December 27 - January 1, 2012. Cirque Dreams, an American theatrical production company, brings its critically acclaimed entertainment brand to Fort Lauderdale for 8 holiday performances presented by Broadway Across America.

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE lights up the 2011 holiday season when it transforms the stage at the BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS into a wonderland of fantasy and disbelief, December 27 - January 1, 2012. Cirque Dreams, an American theatrical production company, brings its critically acclaimed entertainment brand to Fort Lauderdale for 8 holiday performances presented by Broadway Across America.

MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, opens at The Bushnell on January 10, 2012 for a limited engagement.

MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opened to rave reviews and is coming to Heinz Hall from December 27, 2011 to January 1, 2012.

'CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE' A DELICIOUS CONFECTION OF CHARM, SPARKLE AND TALENT BY THE SLEIGHLOAD LIGHTS UP THE BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS DECEMBER 27 - JANUARY 1, 2012 CREATED AND DIRECTED BY CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR NEIL GOLDBERG TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Calgary as part of the Broadway Across Canada season, in partnership with MagicSpace Entertainment.

Networks Presentations, LLC and Blue Man Productions are bringing BLUE MAN GROUP's new theatrical touring production to Omaha's Orpheum Theater Tuesday, January 17 through Sunday, January 22, 2012. BLUE MAN GROUP is being presented locally by Omaha Performing Arts and Broadway Across America as part of the Broadway Series.

The international smash hit musical, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is set on December 4, 1956, when an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together. Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" who was responsible for launching the careers of each icon, brought the four legendary musicians together at the Sun Records storefront studio in Memphis for the first and only time. The resulting evening became known as one of the greatest rock 'n' roll jam sessions in history.

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE lights up the 2011 holiday season when it transforms the stage at the BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS into a wonderland of fantasy and disbelief, December 27 - January 1, 2012. Cirque Dreams, an American theatrical production company, brings its critically acclaimed entertainment brand to Fort Lauderdale for 8 holiday performances presented by Broadway Across America.