Welcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS! Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 12/9/2018.
Pretty Woman the Musical is continuing to break box office records at the Nederlander Theatre. It was just announced that Atlantic Records will release PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) as a special 2-LP red vinyl edition on Friday, January 18, 2019.
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON-which played a record-breaking, sold-out two-week engagement in 2015-returns to San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 S. Almaden Blvd.) for a limited engagement July 16-21, 2019. Tickets are available now for Broadway San Jose season subscribers and holiday three-pack purchasers. For more information on how to become a subscriber or to purchase a holiday three-pack, visit www.broadwaysanjose.com or call 866-395-2929. Single tickets for the San Jose engagement of THE BOOK OF MORMON will be announced at a later date.
Casting has been announced for the Washington, D.C. premiere of Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber's high-octane Broadway and West End hit School of Rock - The Musical, coming to the National Theatre for a limited engagement from January 16 - 27, 2019.
A new block of tickets for PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL for performances through Sunday, September 1, 2019, goes on sale exclusively through Broadway Direct (www.broadwaydirect.com) beginning Thursday, December 6, 2018, at 10am (EST). The new block of tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com (877.250.2929) beginning Thursday, December 13, 2018, at 10am (EST).
Omaha Performing Arts is pleased to announce the Omaha engagement of the hit Broadway musical ON YOUR FEET! - based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, 19-time GRAMMY winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan - will go on sale Friday, December 6, 2018 at 10 AM.
Producer Mark Cortale will present historic six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald with Sirius XM Radio star Seth Rudetsky as music director and host, on Sunday, Jan. 20th for Broadway @ The Herbst, direct from their critically acclaimed performance at Town Hall in New York City. The unique format of this show that differentiates it from any other is a seamless mix of intimate behind-the-scenes stories prompted by Rudetsky's insightful, funny and revealing questions - and the music from McDonald's legendary career. The Broadway @ The Herbst series will be raising funds this season for San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Project Open Hand and Sandy Hook Promise.
The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is pleased to announce that the Sarasota engagement of the hit Broadway musical ON YOUR FEET! - based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY-winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, 19-time GRAMMY-winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan - is on sale now! Performances run from December 26-30. Show times are Wednesday through Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation, is pleased to announce that the completely original new musical Something Rotten!, originally directed and choreographed on Broadway by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winner and Tony Award nominee Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award and Tony Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Tony Award nominees Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell, will perform at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 S. Almaden Blvd.) for a limited engagement from Tuesday, January 29 through Sunday, February 3, 2019.
One of the biggest hits in theatrical history, CATS will come to Albuquerque from May 16-19 as part of a multi-season North American tour. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 30, 2018.To purchase tickets, visit unmtickets.com, popejoypresents.com, call 505-925-5858, or visit the UNM Ticket Offices at the UNM Bookstore and Dreamstyle Arena (The Pit). For groups ten or more inquire at groups@popejoypresents.com.
KINKY BOOTS will be touring North America beginning December 29, 2018 after returning from an overseas tour in China and Singapore.
The Band's Visit is offering a holiday sale through December 5 to all performances January 8 - March 10, 2019. Details are available at TheBandsVisitMusical.com/HolidaySale.
Complete with lights and haze machine, Andrew Lloyd Weber's School of Rock, opens with the fictitious Band, No Vacancy, singing "I'm Too Hot for You". As the super cool rockers do their thing, rock-god-wanna-be Dewey Finn (Merrit David James), super un-cool by comparison, does his. This results in him being forced out of the band.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit School of Rock - The Musical announces it is celebrating its third year on Broadway by kicking off its anniversary week with a special "Fan Appreciation Day" dinner party inside the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) on Sunday, December 2, 2018.
Producer Carmen Pavlovic (Global Creatures) just announced that Moulin Rouge!, based on the 2001 Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture by Baz Luhrmann, will open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Previews will begin June 28, 2019 prior to a July 25 opening night.
Pretty Woman the Musical's original Broadway cast recording is available in stores nationwide today! To mark the CD release, Barnes & Noble hosted an exclusive 'Live at Barnes & Noble' event featuring members of the Pretty Woman: THE MUSICAL cast yesterday, November 15th, at Barnes & Noble's Upper East Side location. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out the photos below!
KINKY BOOTS will be touring North America beginning December 29, 2018 after returning from an overseas tour in China and Singapore. The tour will launch in Paducah, KY and continue across North America making stops in over 80 cities including Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Albuquerque, NM; Winnipeg, MB; Atlantic City, NJ; Boston, MA; Tampa, FL; and New Orleans, LA. For a complete list of tour stops, visit KinkyBootsTheTour.com.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents How to Write a Musical That Works, part 1: The World and The Want, the first workshop in a 3-part series. One of the programs in TRU Beginnings: Opportunities for Early Development of New Work, it will take placeon Sunday, December 9, 2018.
A hit with audiences since it opened in September 2015, Kinky Boots, the winner of every major Best Musical award, today announces that the London production will be filmed later this month for future worldwide screening. Original West End cast members Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will return to play the roles of Charlie and Lola respectively.
Pretty Woman celebrated its 100th performance on Broadway last night, November 13. BroadwayWorld was there at the cast's celebration and you can check out the photos below!
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