Broadway By the Bay Presents ANNIE 7/15-8/1

BROADWAY BY THE BAY (BBBay), the Peninsula's premiere musical theatre company, continues its 45th season with a production of the classic Broadway musical ANNIE, running Thursday, July 15 through Sunday, August 1 at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N. Delaware Ave., San Mateo). Press night is scheduled for Friday, July 16, 2010. Tickets for ANNIE range in price from $20 - $48 and are on sale now at the Broadway By the Bay Box Office (851 Burlway Road, Suite 300 Burlingame), by phone at 650-579-5565 and on the Web at broadwaybythebay.org. Special youth, student, senior and group pricings are available.

Based upon the popular Tribune Media Service comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, ANNIE, the much loved family classic,is the timeless tale of an orphan who goes from the squalor of an orphanage - run by the nasty Miss Hannigan - to the polished mansion of multibillionaire Oliver Warbucks in search of her birth parents. With music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin and the book by Thomas Meehan, ANNIE boasts one of Broadway's most memorable scores, including "It's the Hard-Knock Life," "Easy Street," "N.Y.C." and the ever optimistic "Tomorrow," the original Broadway production of ANNIE won seven 1977 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score, and is one of the top 20 longest running shows in Broadway history.

ANNIE is playing at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N. Delaware Ave., San Mateo) Thursday, July 15, 2010 through Sunday, August 1, 2010. Tickets for ANNIE range in price from $20 - $48 and are on sale now at the Broadway By the Bay Box Office (851 Burlway Road, Suite 300 Burlingame), by phone at 650-579-5565 and on the Web at broadwaybythebay.org. Target® is proud to, once again, underwrite Broadway By the Bay's Family Matinee series which provides specially priced tickets for the Saturday matinee performances of every production for the 2010 season.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Brooke Knight and Executive Director Jim Gardia, Broadway By the Baywill next present the funny and delightfully touching classic LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (September 16 - October 3). The 45th season closes with the West Coast premiere of BROADWAY BY THE YEAR (November 18 - 21), a musical and historical snapshot of the Great White Way highlighting songs from Broadway shows of 1930 (Girl Crazy, Strike Up the Band and The New Yorkers) and 1964 (Funny Girl, Hello Dolly and Fiddler on the Roof).

ABOUT BROADWAY BY THE BAY
Broadway By the Bay, now celebrating its 45th Anniversary, is the largest theatre company on the Peninsula. Producing three full-scale musicals and one intimate snapshot of the best of Broadway each season, the Company has won numerous awards, including over 40 Theatre Critics Circle Awards, and has garnered acclaim throughout the San Francisco Bay Area as a destination for professional-quality musical theatre.

Lauded for its efforts in education and outreach, the Youth Theatre Conservatory - for ages 4-18 - gives younger students solid foundations in acting, singing, and dancing for the musical theatre. For those 18 and over, the Musical Theatre Conservatory offers professional classes to adults of all ages. Students aspiring to achieve a professional level of performance skills are taught by instructors who have excelled in their specialties.

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