Broadway Across America News

Nickelodeon's Storytime Live!, the new live stage production featuring Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan, visits Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre for four performances Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29, 2010.

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America bring Storytime Live! to the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont Street, this spring, playing 6 performances on Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23. Showtimes are 11am, 2pm and 5pm. Tickets are $15-$56 and are availlable online at www.citicenter.org or by calling 866-348-9738.

Pittsburgh International Children's Theater, a division of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, presents the 24th annual Pittsburgh International Children's Festival from May 12-16, 2010, in the green spaces surrounding Schenley Plaza and the University of Pittsburgh, and at various indoor theaters in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh. Giant Eagle is the lead sponsor of the 2010 Pittsburgh International Children's Festival.

Nickelodeon's Storytime Live!, the new live stage production featuring Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan, visits Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre for four performances Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29, 2010.

Boston announced today its upcoming 2010-2011 Broadway Season which will include six productions at Boston's Colonial Theatre and the Boston Opera House. 'The upcoming season brings us back to a time and place that helped shape identities, generations and events that speak to the collective spirit and consciousness,' said Drew Murphy, President of Broadway Across America - Boston. 'This Season will be about reminiscing, recreating, and redefining your generation.'

The first national tour of Legally Blonde the Musical is coming to Omaha's Orpheum Theater Tuesday, April 27 through Sunday, May 2.

Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season

The world's most famous nanny is coming to Atlanta! And in honor of the occasion, Broadway Across America - Atlanta is throwing a fun-filled family event at The Fox Theatre on Sunday, May 2. Hosted by Radio Disney AM 590 Atlanta, the Kids Night on Broadway celebration will take place in the Egyptian Ballroom from 5-6 p.m. There will be cookie decorating, face painting, arts and crafts, a prize wheel and ice cream sundaes during the FREE event. Plus, the four actors who alternate the roles of Jane and Michael Banks in Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's 'Mary Poppins' will stop by to sign autographs. To sweeten the deal, there will also be a special BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE ticket deal for the 6:30 p.m. performance of 'Mary Poppins' that evening.

Douglas Hodge, the Olivier Award-winning star of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES on Broadway, will be a guest on 'CW 11 Morning News' on Tuesday, April 27. 'CW11 Morning News' airs on WPIX-TV Channel 11. Hodge's interview will run at approximately 7:45 AM.

The greatest family musical of all time, The Wizard of Oz, is touching down at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center as NETworks Presentations brings this national treasure to the Fox Cities June 25 through June 27, 2010.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Bass Concert Hall in Austin from April 20-25, 2010. Tickets are on sale now.

During a recent interview with the LA Times, Kristen Chenoweth, star of the Broadway musical PROMISES, PROMISES, that she was initially tepid to take on the role, since the majority of the roles in her past were strictly comedy.

The visual arts as a form of adolescent expression will be on display April 20-25, 2010 at the the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, WI. As part of a program that promotes self-esteem in young women, the organization, Project Girl, is using LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL as a vehicle for self-discovery. Together, Project Girl and The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center are recognizing LEGALLY BLONDE'S leading lady, Elle Woods, as a potential case study for girls. The two organization have formed a collaborative effort to raise awareness about the negative effects of media messaging on the self-esteem and body image of young women. Materials for the program were used from Project Girl, and were facilitated by women leaders from the Fox Cities. The participants include 20 adolescent girls who range in age from 10-15, along with their mentors from Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fox Valley Region.

The first national tour of Legally Blonde The Musical will take the stage April 20-25, 2010 at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more 'serious,' Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE comes to Clowes Memorial Hall, April 20-25, 2010 as a Broadway Across America 09/10 Season presentation. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased from an authorized ticket agent online at BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com, by phone at 1-800-982-2787, or in person at Clowes Memorial Hall, The Murat Theatre and the Broadway Across America Box Office downtown at 342 Massachusetts Avenue.

The first national tour of Legally Blonde The Musical will take the stage April 20-25, 2010 at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more 'serious,' Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

Broadway Across America (John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams), Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Candy Spelling and The Weinstein Company will present the first-ever Broadway revival of PROMISES, PROMISES this spring at the Broadway Theater (1681 Broadway). Previews will begin on Sunday, March 28th, 2010 with an opening night slated for Sunday, April 25th, 2010. The musical is written by legends Neil Simon (book), Burt Bacharach (music), and Hal David (lyrics). Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes will make his Broadway debut starring in the role of Chuck Baxter opposite Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, returning to Broadway as Fran Kubelik. Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford will also make his Broadway directorial debut and choreograph. More casting and creative team members will be announced in the near future.

2008 Tony-winning best musical In The Heights has set up shop at University of Texas' Bass Concert Hall through April 25.

Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America - Milwaukee invites you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2010-2011. This season we are thrilled to be bringing you the Mel Brooks classic movie to stage, Young Frankenstein, HAIR, the American tribal love-rock musical, Les Misérables, the classic Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Tony Award® winning musical and the much anticipated Milwaukee premiere of Jersey Boys. Mamma Mia! will run as a special addition to this season.

Adding considerable heat to an already solid season of theatrical hits earlier announced, 'Wicked,' 'Cats,' and 'Mamma Mia!,' a trio of certifiable Broadway blockbusters, will join an impressive line-up of such fun shows as 'Young Frankenstein,' and 'Rock of Ages,' a major production of the legendary 'Hair,' the emotion-packed 'Les Misérables' and 'West Side Story,' plus the passion of the current Broadway record-breaking dance musical, 'Burn The Floor,' presented by Broadway Across America as season 'specials' of the 2010-2011 subscription series presented by Florida Theatrical Association at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.