[NEohioPAL] Berko preview: 2009-2010 BROADWAY SERIES/PLAYHOUSE SQUARE CENTER

[Roy Berko]

2009-2010 Broadway Series
announced!
 
Roy Berko
 
(Member, American Theatre
Critics Association)
 
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At a gala preview, Gina
Vernaci, Vice President of Theatricals at Playhouse Square Center, announced
the Key Bank’s Broadway series for 2009-2100.   The lineup is:
 
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
October 13-25, 2009
www.YoungFrankensteinTheMusical.com
            Based
on the classic Mel Brooks movie, the winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle
Award, the musical includes show-stopping numbers including "Transylvania
Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and “Puttin' on the Ritz."   Directed and choreographed by
Susan Stroman.
 
 CHICAGO
January 12-24, 2010
www.ChicagoTheMusical.com
            This
hit musical is the recipient of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy
and thousands of standing ovations. A tale of sin, corruption and all that
jazz.
 
IN THE HEIGHTS
February 9-21, 2010
www.InTheHeightsTheMusical.com
            ‘In
The Heights,’ winner of four 2008 Tony Awards including best musical, is a new
rock musical about chasing your dreams and finding your true home.  
 
XANADU
March 2-14, 2010
www.XanaduOnBroadway.com
Taking audiences back to
1980 California, this new musical follows the beautiful Kira, who travels to
earth to inspire a struggling young artist named Sonny, as she helps the
aspiring painter to find his voice.
 
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
April 13-25,
2010   
www.AugustOnBroadway.com
             Winner
of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for best play, ‘August:
Osage County’ is a new play which tells the story of the Westons, a large
extended clan that comes together at their rural Oklahoma homestead when the
alcoholic patriarch disappears. Forced to confront unspoken truths, the family
must also contend with matriarch Violet (played by Academy Award-winner Estelle
Parsons), a pill-popping, deeply unsettled woman at the center of this storm. 
 
GREASE
May 11-23, 2010
www.GreaseOnTour.com
            Take
a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds.  “Bad
boy” Danny and “the girl next door” Sandy D fall in love all over again to the
tune of such favorite songs as: “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’” and “We Go
Together,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “You’re the One That I Want.”
Nominated for 2008 Tony
Award for Best Revival of a Musical, is rockin’ across the country in this new
production direct from Broadway starring American Idol winner Taylor Hicks as
Teen Angel.
  
DIRTY DANCING
June 15 – July 3, 2010
www.DirtyDancingAmerica.com
            The
movie is a legendary entertainment phenomenon.Now it showcases on stage.  Step inside the story of Baby and Johnny,
two fiercely independent young spirits from different backgrounds, who come
together in what will be the most challenging summer of their lives.  It is told by a cast of 39 and features
35 hit songs, including “Hungry Eyes,” “Hey Baby,” “Do You Love Me?” and “(I’ve
Had) The Time of My Life.”
 
TICKET INFORMATION:
Subscriptions to the
KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare are now available by calling
216-830-7221 or online at www.PlayhouseSquare.org.  The seven-show
KeyBank Broadway Series subscription package ranges from $85 to $480 per
seat. 
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