Broadway Across America News

The national tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, based on the 2015 Tony Award - winning Lincoln Center Theater Production, will make its Milwaukee premiere at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts for eight shows as part of the Associated Bank Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee series. Tickets go on sale at 10:00 am on Friday, November 16.

Disney's THE LION KING grossed over $3.7 million at the box office and entertained more than 44,500 theatergoers during its three-week premiere engagement in Boise. The production, which played The Morrison Center for 24 performances from October 17 - November 4, broke the box office record for the highest gross and number of tickets sold for any single show in the theatre's history.

Lexus Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing Arts announces that the individual tickets for the tour of the critically acclaimed Broadway production of ANASTASIA will go on sale Friday, Nov. 9 at 10:00 a.m.

On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world's best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS - LIVE FROM BROADWAY (www.theillusionistslive.com), will play the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton on January 1- 6, 2019 as part of its North American tour in 2019. Tickets for THE ILLUSIONISTS will go on sale on Monday, November 12 and are available BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca, ticketmaster.ca, or by calling 1-855-985-5000. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 1-800-889-8457. Broadway Across Canada Subscribers can visit BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca or call by calling 1.866.542.7469. Ticket prices start at $30.00.

Mischer Neurosciences at the Hobby Center is pleased to announce that individual tickets for The Play That Goes Wrong go on sale to the public on Friday, November 2 at 10 am. The Play That Goes Wrong, the hilarious Tony Award-winning hit Broadway comedy, will make its Houston debut at the Hobby Center, March 26-31, 2019.

Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber's high-octane Broadway and West End hit SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL coming to Madison's Overture Center for the Arts Tuesday, Nov. 20 - Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018.

Breath & Imagination chronicles Roland Hayes's inspirational journey from a Georgia plantation to a singing career that included command performances for kings and queens. Despite his international acclaim, Roland never left behind his complex and loving relationship with his mother, his Angel Mo'. With spirituals and classical music, Breath & Imagination is a compelling musical about one man's determination to become an artist despite seemingly insurmountable odds.   

Broadway World sits down with Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) President Kenneth T. Novice to discuss the importance of arts education, making musical theatre accessible to all and the upcoming 2018 DSM Gala, An Evening with the Best of Broadway.

Broadway made its way to South Florida on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 as the current touring cast of 'Phantom of the Opera' treated invited guests at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood to an inspiring selection of Phantom favorites. The performance celebrated Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood being honored with the coveted 'Star of Touring Broadway Award,' given to organizations, board members, government officials, donors and volunteers who support The Broadway Series in their hometowns, thereby enriching the lives of individuals within their communities. On hand to present the award was Susie Krajsa, president of Broadway Across America.

Mischer Neurosciences at the Hobby Center announces that the individual tickets for the tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway production of ANASTASIA will go on sale Friday, October 19 at 10:00 a.m.

Tickets will go on sale Friday, October 19, 2018 at 10 a.m. for the Orlando premiere engagement of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning hit musical Fiddler on the Roof.

Opening Night is set for Wednesday, October 17th for Keen Company's fourth musical, the first NY revival of Adam Gwon's acclaimed Ordinary Days, directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein. Whitney Bashor (The Bridges of Madison County), Marc delaCruz (If/Then), Sarah Lynn Marion (2013 Jimmy awards winner), and Kyle Sherman (Pete the Cat) star.  This limited Off-Broadway engagement will continue through November 17th only.

WAITRESS, the Tony nominated musical will be premiering at the Hobby Center on January 29 - February 3, 2019 for a limited engagement and is looking for two young girls to perform the role of "Lulu" for the duration of the engagement.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of seats will be held for WICKED, which is returning to Popejoy Hall with performances from October 17 through 28. Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at UNM box office will have their names placed in a lottery drum; thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person. Lottery participants must have a valid photo ID when submitting their entry form and, if chosen, when purchasing tickets.

There's nothing rotten about Something Rotten! When the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel (Matthew Michael Janisse and Richard Spitaletta) find out that their newest play about Richard II is in direct competition with another play about the same exact thing written and directed by rock star-status-achieving Shakespeare (Matthew Baker), they scrap the entire script and seek out a new idea.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played record-breaking runs in Fort Worth and Dallas, returns to North Texas for limited engagements January 22-27, 2019, at Bass Performance Hall, presented by Performing Arts Fort Worth; and January 29-February 3 at the Music Hall at Fair Park, presented by Dallas Summer Musicals and Broadway Across America.

Janisse describes SOMETHING ROTTEN! as a wacky comedy--sort of a Spamalot meets Shakespeare in the Park.

NETworks Presentations, LLC, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Unique Features, bring the Broadway musical ELF to the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. Tickets will go on sale Friday, Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. for the Dec. 18-23, 2018 engagement. Presented by the New Orleans Theatre Association, ELF, is part of the Hancock Whitney Broadway in New Orleans 2018-2019 season.

Performances begin today for Keen Company's fourth musical, the first NY revival of Adam Gwon's acclaimed Ordinary Days, directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein. Whitney Bashor (The Bridges of Madison County), Marc delaCruz (If/Then), Sarah Lynn Marion (2013 Jimmy awards winner), and Kyle Sherman (Pete the Cat) star.

Finding Neverland, School of Rock and RENT are going on sale October 5, 2018 at 10am. Tickets available at Broadway-at-the-Eccles.com or 801-355-ARTS (2787).