Now Playing Individual Tickets for 2009-10 Broadway Series Shows on Sale August 24 Individual tickets for all performances of the five touring productions that make up the 2009-10 Best of Broadway Series presented by Graphic Visual Solutions will go sale Monday, August 24 at 10:00 am. Tickets may be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, chargeby-phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Greensboro Coliseum box office. The 2009-10 series features five of the hottest national touring productions at War Memorial Auditorium and Odeon Theatre, including “The Wedding Singer,” “Rain,” “The Rat Pack is Back,” ”Dixie’s Tupperware Party” and “Avenue Q”. Each of the five productions will be making its Triad area premiere. In addition, as a special attraction to Greensboro, War Memorial Auditorium will host the Broadway touring production of “The Color Purple”* starring Fantasia Barrino for eight performances, September 8-13. 2009-10 BEST OF BROADWAY SERIES PRESENTED BY GRAPHIC VISUAL SOLUTIONS THE WEDDING SINGER (October 16-17, 2009) – War Memorial Auditorium Nominated for five Tony Awards® including Best Musical, The Wedding Singer brings the sweet and funny Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore movie to heartwarming life as a wonderful new Broadway musical. When the guy who brightens
up every wedding can’t find true love himself, fate steps in and lends its musical hand. Three weddings, a bar mitzvah and a wild trip to a Vegas “Chapel of Love” keep things hopping in this affectionate look back at the 80s-big hair and all! RAIN (November 20-21, 2009) – War Memorial Auditorium. “The next best thing to seeing the Beatles” praised The Denver Post for this multi-media, multidimensional theatrical concert experience featuring all of the Fab Four’s biggest hits. The ultimate Beatles concert, from their very first Ed Sullivan appearance through Abbey Road, with the psychedelic 60s on the way. All the greatest Beatles hits, including “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “Hard Day’s Night,” “Yesterday,” “Twist and Shout,” and “Hey Jude.” THE RAT PACK IS BACK (February 19-20, 2010) – War Memorial Auditorium This spirited tribute recreates the Las Vegas of the 50s when the swingin’ ring-a-ding group known as the “Rat Pack” knocked ‘em dead with their free-wheeling, no-holds barred nightclub act starring Vegas’ four favorite sons: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Joey Bishop. Hits from “That’s Amore” and “Fly Me to the Moon” to “Mr. Bojangles” inspired the Los Angeles Times to praise THE RAT PACK IS BACK: “Hilarious, bawdy bantering, merciless razzing and a swingin’ big band playing hit after hit,” and the Chicago Tribune to rave, “Excellent!”
DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY (March 18-21, 2010) – Odeon Theatre (Contains Adult Content. Suitable for ages 16 and up) Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, packed up her catalogues, left her children in an Alabama trailer park and took Off-Broadway by storm! Now join Dixie as she travels the country throwing good ol’fashioned Tupperware Parties filled with outrageous tales, FREE giveaways, audience participation and the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a theater stage. See for yourself how Ms. Longate became the #1 Tupperware seller in the world--- don’t forget your wallet!--- as she educates her guests on the many alternative uses she has discovered for her plastic products! “Not your grandmother’s Tupperware Party!” - NBC Today Show AVENUE Q (May 14-15, 2010) – War Memorial Auditorium (for mature audiences) Full of heart and a terrific new Broadway score, this Tony Award® winning Best Musical is “one of the funniest shows you’re ever likely to see,” praised Entertainment Weekly. When the denizens of Lower East Side’s Avenue Q get together-puppets and peopleyou’re in for a happy send-up of Sesame Street story telling that’s hilarious and right to the point. “Subversive” and “uproarious” praised The New Yorker.
Season tickets for the 2008-2009 Triad Best of Broadway Series are also still available. To renew or purchase Triad Best of Broadway Series season tickets, please call (336) 373-7575. Season ticket order forms may also be downloaded at www.bobnc. com. Special Attraction! THE COLOR PURPLE (September 8-13) – War Memorial Auditorium Nominated for eleven Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, The Color Purple opened on December 1, 2005 at the Broadway Theatre where it ran for over two record breaking years. Starring American Idol Season 3 winner and High Point, NC native Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple is based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the moving film by Steven Spielberg. It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who finds the strength to triumph over adversity, and discover her unique voice in the world. With a joyous GRAMMY®-nominated score featuring gospel, jazz, pop and the blues, The Color Purple is about hope and the healing power of love.
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