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Broadway Grand Rapids continues to bring New York to West Michigan for its 2009-2010 series at DeVos Performance Hall. The series will include Broadway hits The Color Purple, High School Musical, Cirque Dreams Illumination, and Boeing-Boeing. Current subscribers who renew their series package by December 31, 2008 will get $15 off each subscription!
The 2009-2010 season kicks off with the Broadway sensation The Color Purple for eight performances, running September 29-October 4, 2009.Oprah Winfrey Presents The Color Purple, is a soul-stirring musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker as well as the Oscar-nominated film by Steven Spielberg. It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who triumphs over tremendous odds to find joy in life, and her true inner beauty. Nominated for eleven Tony® Awards, The Color Purple is a landmark theatrical event. With a joyous GRAMMY®-nominated score featuring jazz, gospel and blues, The Color Purple is capturing the hearts of young and old, and uniting audiences in a celebration of love. Visit www.colorpurple.com for more information.
High School Musical, playing for 8 performances on November 24-29, 2009, follows the much loved story based on the hit Disney movie. This musical features all your favorite characters and songs, together with two brand new numbers performed by a new cast of talented theatrical performers and an electrifying live band. So "get'cha head in the game" and go totally wild for what the Daily Herald calls "great family entertainment" just in time for the holidays! Watch the twists and turns of the lovable schoolmates - Troy, the super-popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella, the super-smart transfer student and a genius in science class - as they surf the tricky tides of peer pressure and school cliques to follow their dreams and score the leads in the big school show, and a place in each others hearts.
Cirque Dreams Illumination will come to Grand Rapids for 8 performances running January 26-31, 2010.In the spirit of the enormously successful Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, comes the newest stage spectacle from Cirque Dreams, created and directed by Neil Goldberg. Cirque Dreams Illumination is a bustling city of incredible dreamers set in a landscape of towering buildings and infinite possibilities. Ablaze with lights and activities, objects and shapes transform into windows and stairways that lead beyond imagination. City dwellers collect objects that are balanced beyond belief, linemen delicately walk wires, daredevils leap tall buildings and flyers redefine the risks of flight. Everyday occurrences are transformed into astounding feats performed by an international cast of acrobatic urbanites, flexible fanatics, world-class athletes, musicians and more. This action packed Cirque Dream is enhanced with over 100 inventive costumes and set in a fantastical cityscape of dimension and special effects. Cirque Dreams Illumination will surpass its "jaw dropping, family friendly spectacle" proclamation by the Los Angeles Times and exhilarate audiences of all ages. For more information visit www.cirqueproductions.com.
See the high-flying 2008 Tony Award Winner for Best Play Revival, Boeing-Boeing, March 31- April 4, 2010. In Boeing-Boeing, Bernard, an architect living in Paris, has been successfully juggling three fiancées who are all flight attendants. Bernard's housekeeper reluctantly plays romantic air-traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swanky bachelor pad. But when an old college pal visits, things get rather turbulent! Schedules change, flights are delayed and chaos ensues in this hysterical, high-flying fiancée fiasco! For more information visit www.boeingonbroadway.com. There will be no Tuesday 7:30pm performance for Boeing-Boeing. Tuesday evening subscribers will be moved to the Wednesday 7:30pm performance.
Broadway Grand Rapids offers a 4-Show VIP Series package that gives subscribers price discounts from single-show tickets, as well as personalized service, privileges, and the same reserved seats for each show. The 4-Show VIP Series package price ranges from $117.50 to $275.50, depending on the performance day and time, the seating section, and mode of payment. Current subscribers who renew by the early bird deadline on February 1, 2009 and receive $10 off each season ticket! The final subscription renewal deadline is April 17, 2009.
A customized 3-Show Flex Series package is also available, giving patrons the option to choose three out of the four shows, with different days and seating sections. These customers will receive a 5% discount off of individual tickets and best available seats per performance after 4-Show VIP Series subscribers are assigned.
The 4-Show VIP Series and 3-Show Flex Series packages may be renewed or purchased from Broadway Grand Rapids by calling 616-235-6285, or at the office at 122 Lyon St. NW in downtown Grand Rapids. Office hours are 9 to 5 Monday through Thursday, and 9 to 4 on Fridays. Subscription renewal forms will also be available for download at www.BroadwayGrandRapids.org.
Due to the complexity of national touring productions, Broadway Grand Rapids has no control if a national tour is delayed or cancels prior to arriving in Grand Rapids. While a tour or performance cancellation is rare, BGR retains the right to replace or reschedule the cancelled show or performance. No refunds will be given unless BGR is unable to offer an alternative. Subscribers with conflicts for the date or time on their tickets may exchange their tickets for another performance of the same show anytime before the show opens.
For over two decades, Broadway Grand Rapids has brought the finest Broadway performances from New York to West Michigan. Over 4,000 season-ticket holders and thousands more performance ticket purchasers support the four Broadway productions each year. In the 21-year history of the organization, tens of thousands of West Michigan theatergoers, hundreds of highly skilled actors and countless volunteers have all experienced the real Broadway opening-night excitement and standing ovation drama that only Broadway Grand Rapids can bring to West Michigan. Broadway Grand Rapids is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. The 2009-2010 Broadway Grand Rapids season is sponsored by Fifth Third Bank.
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