Broadway Across America News

Producers Andrew Asnes and Timothy Schmidt have announced the New York Premiere of the new musical comedy Rated P for Parenthood.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets for the long-awaited production of Mary Poppins are on sale.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Austin as part of the Wells Fargo Broadway Across America series. Produced by NETworks Presentations, the elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Texas Performing Arts' Bass Concert Hall playing December 14-18

Lysistrata Jones began preview performances Saturday, November 12th at the Walter Kerr Theatre and will officially open on December 14, 2011. Written by Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn, Lysistrata Jones is directed and choreographed by Tony nominee Dan Knechtges. Production shots have just been released and below, BroadwayWorld brings you a very first look!

In Austin, MARY POPPINS will play April 10-15, 2012, Tuesday-Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.. Ticket prices start as low as $30. Beginning Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., tickets will be available at the at the Bass Concert Hall box office, all Texas Box Office Outlets, by phone at (512) 477-6060 or online at BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Austin.

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.

11th Hour Theatre Company added another Industry Night performance for Ordinary Days. Get your tickets for Monday, December 12th now.

11th Hour Theatre Company continues its season with the Philadelphia Premiere of Adam Gwon's chamber musical, Ordinary Days.

Together with DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Broadway Across America announced that SHREK THE MUSICAL, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will play the Adrienne Arsht Center, for one week only, December 6-11, 2011 as part of the Broadway in Miami 2011-2012 season presented by Bank of America.

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 Majestic Theatre for a limited engagement December 6-11, as part of the Cadillac Broadway in San Antonio 2011-12 season.

Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of the world's longest running musical, runs at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis December 6-18, 2011.

NETworks Presentations presents a new production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, playing at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre December 6-11 as part of the Orlando Broadway series.

Something WICKED this way comes as part of the exciting Zions BankBroadway Across America Utah 2011-2012 season of performing arts events and Broadway shows.

Grammy and Emmy Award winner, Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Harry Connick, Jr. will star as Dr. Mark Bruckner in the newly imagined production of ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER opening December 11, 2011 on Broadway at The St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th Street. Previews began on November 12, 2011. The roles of David Gamble and Melinda Wells will be played, respectively, by David Turner and Jessie Mueller, in her Broadway debut. The delightful Tony-nominated score by Burton Lane (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) is enhanced by classics from their film scores for On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) and Royal Wedding (1951). With a new book by Peter Parnell based on the original book by Alan Jay Lerner, the musical is reconceived and directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Mayer, with choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. In the video below, Harry Connick Jr. chats about what to expect from the show on the Today Show. Click below to check it out!

After a run in Spring 2010 as a co-production between Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and Vineyard Theatre (Artistic Director, Douglas Aibel; Executive Director, Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell), the critically-acclaimed score of THE BURNT PART BOYS has been recorded by Yellow Sound Label, produced by Michael Croiter in conjunction with Playwrights Horizons, to be released in digital and CD formats on December 6, 2011.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets for the long-awaited production of Mary Poppins will go on sale to the public on Friday, December 9 at 10:00 a.m.

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

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center announces tickets for the national tour of the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet, inspired by the electrifying true story, will go on sale Friday, December 2 at 10:00 a.m.

Broadway Across America-Milwaukee, the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets for the long-awaited production of MARY POPPINS will go on sale to the public on Sunday, December 4 at 12:00 p.m. Milwaukee's most eagerly awaited stage production will begin performances at the Marcus Center on Tuesday, February 28 for a limited engagement of one week through Sunday, March 4.

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 Majestic Theatre for a limited engagement December 6-11, as part of the Cadillac Broadway in San Antonio 2011-12 season.