Susan Hilferty News

The 8-time Tony Award winning Broadway musical will open at the Community Center Theater in downtown Sacramento and will play for 2 weeks beginning Wednesday, November 4 and running through Sunday, November 15.

COSTA MESA, CA-One of Broadway's most talked about newer musicals and the biggest Tony® Award-winner in years is coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Spring Awakening, the eight-time Tony-Award winning Broadway show, will visit Segerstrom Hall for a two-week engagement November 17 - 29. Spring Awakening swept the 2007 Tony Awards winning eight out of its 11 nominations, including Best Musical, Best Director (Michael Mayer), Best Book (Steven Sater), Best Choreography (Bill T. Jones), Best Orchestrations (Duncan Sheik), Best Lighting Design (Kevin Adams) and Best Featured Actor (John Gallagher, Jr.).

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to San Jose. SPRING AWAKENING, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will be presented by Broadway San Jose, the Bay Area's newest showcase for Broadway shows October 28 - November 1 at the San Jose Center for Performing Arts.

WICKED, the most anticipated musical production of the 2009 - 2010 season will go on sale to the public on Friday, October 30 at 8:00 a.m.; tickets will be exclusively available at the Schuster Center Box Office at Second and Main Streets, Dayton, OH 45402. Local radio stations Lite 99.9 FM and Mix 107.7 will be broadcasting live from the event and hosting trivia contests.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will welcome back Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine to Studio 54 with Sondheim on Sondheim, a new original Broadway musical starring Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Michael Arden & Leslie Kritzer. Music & lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim, conceived & directed by James Lapine.

La Jolla Playhouse presents the world premiere of Creditors, adapted and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife) from the play by August Strindberg. A La Jolla Playhouse commission, Creditors runs September 29 ? October 25 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held before each performance of WICKED, performing through Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines.

Tickets to WICKED, a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ('My So Called Life,' 'Once And Again' and 'thirtysomething') based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, will go on sale Saturday, June 20, 2009. WICKED will play in Des Moines Wednesday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to The Buell Theatre, presented by Denver Center Attractions.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2007, WICKED, the smash-hit musical will return to Providence, RI, December 16, 2009 through January 10, 2010. Tickets for WICKED's return engagement go on sale Saturday, October 17; the PPAC Box Office, located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, will open at 8A for in-person sales only. Beginning at 10A, tickets can also be purchased online at www.ppacri.org or by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787). Additional details regarding WICKED's on-sale event will be announced soon.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2007, WICKED, the smash-hit musical will return to Providence, RI, December 16, 2009 through January 10, 2010. Tickets for WICKED's return engagement go on sale Saturday, October 17; the PPAC Box Office, located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, will open at 8A for in-person sales only. Beginning at 10A, tickets can also be purchased online at www.ppacri.org or by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787). Additional details regarding WICKED's on-sale event will be announced soon.

SPRING AWAKENING, the eight-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, is now on a National Tour. In this video cast members speak about National Equality and Gay Rights.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to The Buell Theatre, presented by Denver Center Attractions.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2007, WICKED, the smash-hit musical will return to Providence, RI, December 16, 2009 through January 10, 2010. Tickets for WICKED's return engagement go on sale Saturday, October 17; the PPAC Box Office, located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, will open at 8A for in-person sales only. Beginning at 10A, tickets can also be purchased online at www.ppacri.org or by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787). Additional details regarding WICKED's on-sale event will be announced soon.

The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center will present the World Premiere of Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure. The production will debut in Tampa on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in TBPAC's Ferguson Hall, the music for Wonderland is by Frank Wildhorn, the composer of The Civil War and Jekyll & Hyde, with book and lyrics by Jack Murphy. Gregory Boyd, artistic director of Houston's Alley Theatre, will direct. Rehearsals have begun and you can see the first pictures direct from the studio hall right here on BWW!

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to Milwaukee. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will open at the Marcus Center and play from October 6-11 and is presented by Broadway Across America Milwaukee and the Marcus Center of the Performing as part of Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to Milwaukee. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will open at the Marcus Center and play from October 6-11 and is presented by Broadway Across America Milwaukee and the Marcus Center of the Performing as part of Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to Milwaukee. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will open at the Marcus Center and play from October 6-11. This show is presented by Broadway Across America Milwaukee and the Marcus Center of the Performing as part of Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to Milwaukee. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will open at the Marcus Center and play from October 6-11. This show is presented by Broadway Across America Milwaukee and the Marcus Center of the Performing as part of Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held before each performance of WICKED, which will be performing October 7 - November 15 at The Buell Theatre, presented by Denver Center Attractions.