2019-20 Broadway Series at Ferguson Center for the Arts

ANNOUNCING THE ALL-NEW 2019-20 BROADWAY SEASON

“ IT’S SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL! ”

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The Broadway at the Ferguson Series is proud to present its BEST and BIGGEST season to date! This year we’re bringing the hottest new titles on Broadway, along with classic stories, family favorites and much more!

As always, our season subscribers get the BEST seats at the BEST prices to every show! You won’t want to miss a second of all the action, so come join us this season and experience the magic LIVE and in person!

ORDER YOUR SEASON TICKETS TODAY!

THE ALL-NEW 2019-20 SEASON

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ADD THIS SEASON SPECIAL!

The Tony Award winning Best Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, begins its search for the Holy Grail in the Fall of 2018. This outrageous musical is lovingly ripped off fromhit the filmIllusionists” classic “Monty and the Thecomedy producers of Broadway’s smash “The havePython brought together Holy Grail” with a book by Eric Idle and music and lyrics by the Grammy the world’s greatest entertainers for a spellbinding and incredible new holiday Award winning team of Mr. and John Du Prez, Spamalot tells the tale production – AIdle MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS! of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their Experience thethe magic Christmas dazzling illusions and breathtaking cirque quest for HolyofGrail.

Flyingwith cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen, artists,and performing to all your favorite holiday music.

Get into the spirit of show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons the season with this merry treat that’s perfect the entire family. audiences worldwide are eating upfor SPAMALOT!

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Rediscover CATS - the beloved musical with breaktaking music -- including one of the most treasured songs in musical theater, “Memory.� Featuring new sound design, direction and choreography for a new generation -experience CATS for the first time as it begins a new life, or let it thrill you all over again!

JANUARY 27, 2020

WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE!

APRIL 27, 2019

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is the Tony Award®-winning musical about an American soldier, a mysterious French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war. Inspired by the Academy Award-winning 1951 film, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS features music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Lucas.

MARCH 22, 2020

THE COLOR PURPLE is the 2016 Tony Award®winner for Best Musical Revival!

Hailed as “a direct hit to the heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), this joyous American classic about a young woman’s journey to love and triumph in the American South has conquered Broadway in an all-new “ravishingly reconceived production that is a glory to behold” (The New York Times).

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The Carole King Musical tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationships with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.

Featuring a stunning array of beloved songs written by Gerry Goffin/ Carole King and Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil, including “I Feel The Earth Move,�“One Fine Day,�“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,�“You’ve Got A Friend� and the title song, BEAUTIFUL has a book

by TonyÂŽ Award-nominee and Academy Award-nominated writer Douglas McGrath.

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The Ferguson Center for the Arts at Christopher Newport University is committed to bringing world-class performers to Hampton Roads and providing access to everyone. The Arts for All program is a key component to The Ferguson Center for the Arts is committed to bringing world-class performers to Hampton Roads andeveryone providing easy to everyone. The for All program make that happen. A community where hasaccess the opportunity toArts experience the arts creates a society is a key component to make that happen. A community where everyone has the that is richer in understanding and broader in its appeal. opportunity to experience the arts creates a society that is richer in understanding and broader in its appeal.

Funded by the generous donations of businesses and individuals, the program enables every citizen to experience Funded the generous of businesses and individuals, the program the best the arts have to offer,byproviding thedonations opportunity to inspire, educate and entertain. Our venue was built enables every citizen to experience the best the arts have to offer, providing the under the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards and meets the standards set forth in the Americans with opportunity to inspire, educate and entertain.

Disabilities Act. It is our intent to exceed standard requirements and provide exceptional service for our patrons Arts for All accomplishes this on several levels: with disabilities.

Underwriting. Contributions help to underwrite the Center’s programming as HEARING IMPAIRED VISUALLY IMPAIRED ticket sales account for less than 60 percent of performance costs.

Through the generous support of sponsors and donors, this year the Center can offer Dance, Bravo and Family concert series, with subscriptions starting as low as $25.

Access. The program makes available free and discounted tickets to a wide range of community groups, military organizations and students. During the coming season, the Center hopes to provide an estimated 5,000 subsidized tickets to thesesystem, groups. The program also helps pay for services for suchthe as open captioning • Seating visually impaired is available.

• An FM assisted listening including and assisted listening that make the arts accessible to all. Benefiting organizations • Large print and Braille playbills are available headsets and inductioninclude loop Wounded devices, is available Warriors, Newport News Public Schools, Achievable Dream, and the Boys first-served & Girls Clubs of America, among many others. by making a request at least 21 days prior to the at performances on a first-come, basis.

performance.

Speak to a member of Education. our staff upon your arrival.

Funds provided through Arts for All underwrite performances and masterclasses for schoolchildren • An American Sign Language interpreter can throughout Hampton Roads, both in the classroom MOBILITY and at the Center. be provided at many performances with at least • Wheelchair accessible, limited mobility two weeks’ notice. If we are unable to provide an helps to fund lecture-demonstrations, Community Outreach.

The program artist residencies and masterclasses, and volunteer and companion seating is available interpreter, a complimentary companion seat willas bewell as provide internships opportunities. Additionally, the Center provides ticket vouchers used by community in various locations and price zones given to a patron-provided interpreter. organizations toward their fundraising initiatives. throughout our venue. One companion seat • Open Captioning is available during most Broadway Arts for All was established in 2006 to provide discounted tickets to not-for-profit is available per patron. Accessible seats are performances. organizations serving children and families who would otherwise be unable to sold on a first-come, basis.

Through the support of Ferguson Enterprises, the Newport first-served News Arts • Patrons may contactattend. the Ferguson Center by using Commission, our sponsors and private donors, the program has greatly expanded the Virginia Relay at (800) 828-1120. to become an integral part of the Center’s mission. To support Arts for All, • for Asthe a courtesy, a limited of complimentary contact Kim Hinson, Director of Advancement Arts, at (757) 594-7179.number For information about participating as an organization, call (757) 594-7961.

SENSORY INCLUSIVE wheelchairs are available at all performances. Speak to a member of our staff upon arrival.

• The Ferguson Center has partnered with • Handicap Parking is available in the Center’s parking KultureCity to improve our ability to assist garage. and accommodate guests with sensory • Shuttle service, via electric carts, is available at all needs. Our objective is to provide an performances to and from the parking garage. inclusive and seamless experience for all •Paid valet parking is available at most performances guests for all events including those with sensitivities, for all patrons. If valet parking is not available, patrons by offering: with limited mobility may park in the drop-off circle.

• Sensory Bags: Sensory bags containing special KultureCity VIP badges, fidget tools, noise canceling We ask that notice of special needs be addressed at headphones and other resources are available for time of purchase so that we may best accommodate checkout at our Arts for All table located in the lobby.

• Quiet Space: A room adjacent to our lobby is available you. For more information regarding our services or to make suggestions on how we may better serve you, as a designated quiet space. please contact Patron Services at (757) 594-8752 or • Weighted Lap Pads: Lap pads are also available upon tickets@cnu.edu. request at our Arts for All table located in the lobby.

To support Arts for All, contact Kim Hinson, Director of Advancement for the Arts, at (757) 594-7179.