The
Rochester Broadway Theatre League unveiled its 2014-15 season Wednesday night.
The new season definitely highlights the “Broadway” part of the RBTL’s title,
as all six shows are major musical-theater hits of Broadway’s past and present.
The
six-show season subscription includes:
–“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (November 11-16), Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s biblical musical. The tour will feature the stars of the recent
Broadway revival, “American Idol” veterans Diana DeGarmo
and Ace Young.
–“Cinderella” (December 9-14), a lush
new production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein fairy-tale classic.
–“Pippin” (January 13-18, 2015), the 2013
Tony winner for Best Musical Revival that recasts the story of a lost prince in
a circus atmosphere, with eye-catching acrobatics inspired by Cirque du Soleil.
–“Annie” (March 10-15, 2015), the
perennial family favorite that will feature the classic version of the show, as
opposed to the modernized movie hitting theaters later this year.
–“Anything Goes” (April 14-19, 2015),
the first-ever Auditorium Theatre production of the Cole Porter musical about
sailors and shippers.
–“Kinky Boots” (May 12-17, 2015), the
recent Tony-winning Broadway smash will come to Rochester on its first American
tour.
Special
shows announced tonight include:
–“The Book of Mormon” (October 7-19), a
two-week engagement of the hilarious Tony-winning musical by the creators of “South
Park” which sold out all of its Rochester performances when it came a few
seasons back.
–“Million Dollar Quartet” (Dates TBD),
the musical imagining a musical collaboration between Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins,
Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash.
–Mannheim Steamroller (TBD) the
orchestral-electronic holiday musical spectacle.
Six-show
season-ticket packages are now on sale and start at $210. Individual ticket
sales are not yet available. All shows will take place at the Auditorium
Theatre (885 E. Main St.) For more information on visit
rbtl.org or call 585-222-5000.
This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2014.
