The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presents Broadway Songbook: The First 100 Years of Broadwa
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Presents Broadway Songbook: The First 100 years of Broadway
Show appears on Ordway stage before embarking on first Braodway Songbook tour
ST. PAUL, Minn. (July 9, 2014) The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce its popular Broadway Songbook series will return to the Ordway stage Aug. 7-10 with Broadway Songbook: The First 100 Years of Broadway. Tickets are $37 and can be purchased online at www.ordway.org, by phone at 651-224-4222 or in person at the Ordway ticket office.
This limited-run, cabaret-style show celebrates the history of American musical theater by taking a journey through the first 100 years of Broadway. Broadway Songbook: The First 100 Years of Broadway includes classics from the early years to the Golden Age, including songs from such popular shows as Annie Get Your Gun, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy and more.
The Broadway Songbook series was created as a way to share the joy and importance of American musical theater with the community, said James A. Rocco, Ordways vice president of programming and producing artistic director. Over the past three seasons weve focused on the works of many different writers and composers. I thought it was time we take a step back and give an overview of how those musicals got started.
In addition to appearing on the Ordway stage, Broadway Songbook: The First 100 Years of Broadway will also go on a five-city tour throughout greater Minn. The tour will make stops in Austin, Red Wing, Dawson, Detroit Lakes and St. Cloud throughout the fall. This is the first time that a Broadway Songbook series has gone on tour.
The Ordway has produced shows in the past that have gone on to tour nationally and internationally, but never within the state. We saw this tour as a way to broaden our community outreach efforts and continue the Ordways mission of sharing the arts with everyone, added Rocco.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Broadway Songbook: The First 100 Years of Broadway Tour Dates
Thursday, Oct. 9
Paramount Theatre Austin, Minn.
Saturday, Oct. 11
The Sheldon Theatre Red Wing, Minn.
Tickets available now at www.sheldontheatre.org or 800-899-5759
Thursday, Oct. 23
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association Dawson, Minn.
320-769-2955 Ext. 246
Saturday, Oct. 25
Historic Holmes Theatre Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Tickets on sale Sept. 1 at www.dlccc.org or 218-844-7469
Sunday, Nov. 2
Paramount Theatre St. Cloud, Minn.
Tickets available now at www.paramountarts.org or 320-259-5463
For tickets and more information about Broadway Songbook: The First 100 Years of Broadway at the Ordway, visit www.ordway.org.
ABOUT THE ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
The Ordway is widely recognized as one of the nations leading nonprofit performing arts centers and Saint Pauls most elegant and inviting performance space. The Ordways Music Theater and soon-to-be completed Concert Hall attract diverse audiences with an array of productions showcasing the finest in American musical theater, world music, dance and vocal performance. Education and community engagement are integral to the Ordways mission, with major initiatives including the annual Flint Hills International Childrens Festival and Ordway Education programs that serve more than 50,000 students annually. The Ordway also sponsors the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, a professionally guided academic and artistic environment that trains aspiring pre-professional performing artists. Together with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera and The Schubert Club, the Ordway is a member of the Arts Partnership and serves as the principal venue for their performances. For more information, visit www.ordway.org.
QUICK REFERENCE
Production: Broadway Songbook: The First 100 Years of Broadway
Dates: Aug. 7-10, 2014
Time: Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 2:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 2:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Theater Venue & Location Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington Street Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
Tickets: www.ordway.org, Ticket Office: 651-224-4222, Groups: 651-282-3111
Price: $37, subject to change
Media Contact: Jessica Petrie
651-282-3113
Artwork for download: ordway.org/media
Jessica Petrie | 651.282.3113 | Fax 651.215.2113
PR Manager | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
345 Washington Street | Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 | ordway.org
