Broadway By the Bay Presents The Musical THE FULL MONTY 9/17-10/4

BROADWAY BY THE BAY (BBBay), the Peninsula's premiere musical theatre company, continues its 44th season with a hilarious production of The Full Monty - Thursday, September 17 through Sunday, October 4 at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N. Delaware Ave., San Mateo). Press Night will be held Friday, September 18. Tickets for The Full Monty 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 www.broadwaybythebay.org. Special youth, senior and group pricings are available.

The Full Monty, adapted from the 1997 Academy Award nominated film of the same name, is the story of six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York, low on both cash and prospects, who come up with a bold way to make some quick money - presenting a strip act at a local club. In the process, working through their fears, self-consciousness and anxieties, they overcome their inner demons and find strength in their camaraderie. With book by Terrence McNally (Ragtime, Love! Valour! Compassion!) and music & lyrics by David Yazbek (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), this spunky and heartwarming musical ran for 770 performances on Broadway and was nominated for ten 2001 Tony Awards.

The Full Monty is playing at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N. Delaware Ave., San Mateo) from Thursday, September 17 through Sunday, October 4, 2009. Tickets for The Full Monty 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 www.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 performance of every production for the 2009 season.

Broadway By the Baywill close its season with BROADWAY UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: A TRIBUTE TO Cy Coleman (November 5 - November 8). Led by City of Angels collaborator and Tony-Award winner David Zippel, this tribute will feature music from Mr. Coleman's award winning shows, including Sweet Charity, The Will Rogers Follies, Barnum, On the Twentieth Century, Little Me, and Seesaw, as well as his hit singles including "Witchcraft," "When in Rome," and "The Best is Yet to Come." With performances by Lillias White, who won a Tony Award for her portrayal of Sonja in Coleman's The Life and Ovation Award winner Jason Graae (Forbidden Broadway, Forever Plaid), this intimate look at a musical legend will include inside stories as well as show-stopping numbers from some of Broadway's greatest shows.

Broadway By the Bay, the largest theatre company on the Peninsula, 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. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Brooke Knight and Executive Director Jim Gardia, Broadway By the Bay produces three full-scale musicals and one intimate composer/lyricist series each season, presented to over 40,000 audience members at the 1,600 seat San Mateo Performing Arts Center.

Lauded for its efforts in education, The Youth Theatre Conservatory - for ages 4-17 - 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. Musical Theatre Conservatory's intensive summer program is offered in conjunction with Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont.

 

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