HANDEL'S MESSIAH ROCKS Plays Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium

The 2010 - 2011 National Tour of Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise is coming to Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium for one performance only, during this limited holiday engagement. Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise, the groundbreaking musical event that blends classical music with classic rock and breathes new life into George Fredrick Handel's most performed oratorio, will play Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, November 20 at 7 p.m.

Tickets for Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise are on sale now and start at $27. Tickets can be purchased at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts Box Office. Online purchases can be made at www.broadwayseriessouth.com or www.ticketmaster.com. To charge-by-phone call 1-800-745-3000.

Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise features stunning visual effects, thrilling songs, an orchestra, rock band, adult and children's choirs and soloists with some of the most powerful voices on stage. You'll even hear some voices from the Triangle! The Raleigh presentation of Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise will feature members from Raleigh's Sanderson High School choir, http://sanderson.ryark.com/enter.htm

Performing on stage with the cast of Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise will provide the Sanderson High School choir with the opportunity to gain professional theatre experience and discover what it's like to be part of a nationally touring company. They will also have the opportunity to perform one of the newest interpretations of the most celebrated oratorio in the world, in front of their own family and friends.

The New York Times describes Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise and the reinterpretation of the most famous selection from the Oratorio "Hallelujah", by saying it, "...combines Handel and Sunset Strip-metal in one slick, efficient mash." For more information on Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise please visit; www.handelsmessiahrocks.com.

Having been performed annually for 240 years throughout the world the traditional composition has compelled its admirers to listen to and attend live performances many times throughout the year and now Handel's Messiah Rocks can be enjoyed at home both on CD and DVD available on Sony Integrity Records. Some of the selections included are Overture, Comfort Ye, He'll Come in Glory, He is Fire, Hallelujah and more.

Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise was adapted by Jason Howland and libretto adapted by Dani Davis is based on the original oratorio by George Frederick Handel with libretto by Charles Jennens. It is produced by NETworks Presentations, LLC and directed by Dani Davis.

For additional dates and local ticket information for Handel's Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise visit: www.handelsmessiahrocks.com.

NETworks Presentations, LLC (Producer). Founded in 1995 by Kenneth Gentry, Seth Wenig and Scott Jackson, NETworks has produced and managed over 70 national and international touring productions. Previous productions: Oliver!; Little Women starring Maureen McGovern; Jekyll & Hyde; Kiss of the Spiderwoman; Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson; Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall; The Light in the Piazza; My Fair Lady co-produced with Cameron Mackintosh; Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!; Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake; Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Annie; Hairspray; The Wizard of Oz and many others. Joining returning hits Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, and the Lincoln Center's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific this season are Joyful Noise's production of Handel's Messiah Rocks, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Blue Man Group National Tour and The New 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables.