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RAIN:
The Beatles Experience
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 • 8:00 PM
Aronoff Center • Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets: $45 • $40 • $30
EXPERIENCE WHAT BEATLEMANIA WAS ALL ABOUT! FROM ED SULLIVAN TO ABBEY ROAD! -- They look like them and they sound just like them! "The next best thing to seeing The Beatles," raves the Denver Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live! RAIN covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience...a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups. "Uncanny! RAIN are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right...as The Beatles, they triumph!" cheers the Boston Herald. "An adoring Valentine to The Beatles," declares the Washington Post. Sing along with your family and friends to such Beatlemaniac favorites as "Let It Be", "Hey Jude", "My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Come Together" and "Can't Buy Me Love". www.rainthebeatlesexperience.com
ARTHUR LIVE!
Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy
Saturday, March 15, 2008 • 3:00 PM
Aronoff Center • Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets: $28 • $24 • $20
This all-new musical adventure is a storybook come to life onstage! D.W. is jealous when her big brother Arthur loses a tooth and gets a visit, and a dollar, from the Tooth Fairy. Arthur explains that the Tooth Fairy comes only when you lose a tooth and put it under your pillow at night, so D.W. dreams up some hilarious (but unsuccessful) plans to trick the Tooth Fairy into coming. Finally, Arthur decides to reward D.W.'s efforts by assisting the Tooth Fairy, himself! Singing, dancing and audience participation will thrill audience members of all ages. www.bsoinc.com/family
The Acting Company presents
MOBY DICK REHEARSED
Orson Welles' stage adaptation of the
classic novel by Herman Melville
Thursday, March 20, 2008 • 8:00 PM
Aronoff Center • Jarson-Kaplan Theater
Tickets: $30
Kevin Kline talks about The Acting Company
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Orson Welles understood the importance of treating the audience as a partner in creating illusion, which comes through vividly in this simple but riveting production of Herman Melville's classic
Moby Dick. Set in an empty theater, a tyrannical actor-manager leads his crew and transports audiences to Captain Ahab's fateful voyage across the open seas aboard the Pequod in search of the great white whale, Moby Dick. The Acting Company (winner of the 2007 Acclaim Award for Best Touring Production -
Jane Eyre) transforms Welles' play into deeply affecting theater - a mesmerizing theatrical tour-de-force that should be seen by young audiences and avid theater goers alike.
www.theactingcompany.org
ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN
Performed by GARY MULLEN & THE WORKS
Saturday, March 22, 2008 • 8:00 PM
Aronoff Center • Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets: $40 • $35 • $30
When Scotland's Gary Mullen won the British television show Stars In Their Eyes Grand Final in 2000 as Freddie Mercury, he began a fantastic journey which has so far taken him to virtually every theatre and concert hall in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Holland and New Zealand. His sold-out shows, together with his band "The Works," are receiving rave reviews from audiences of all ages. Now Gary and the boys continue their amazing adventure with his first U.S. tour, including rebel-rousing renditions of Queen's greatest hits, including "Bohemian Rhapsody," "We Are the Champions," "Somebody to Love," and "Another One Bites the Dust." THIS SHOW WILL ROCK YOU ….GUARANTEED! www.onenightofqueen.com
THE GOLDEN
DRAGON ACROBATS
Thursday, April 3, 2008 • 7:30 PM
Aronoff Center • Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets: $30 • $25 • $20
For more than twenty-seven centuries, Chinese acrobats have been thrilling audiences, making it the longest-running folk art form in history. In China, acrobats are revered much the same way prima ballerinas and opera singers are in the West. The performers of The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of this honored tradition, mixing award-winning acrobatics, awesome strength, and traditional dance to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty. Their feats of physical daring and grace, enhanced by elaborate traditional costumes in brilliant colors and a combination of ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques, continue to enthrall audiences of all ages. www.goldendragonacrobats.com
GORDON LIGHTFOOT
THE LEGEND IN CONCERT
Tickets On Sale Friday, February 1, 2008 at 10:00am!
Friday, April 4, 2008 • 8:00 PM
Aronoff Center • Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets: $55 • $45 • $35
Combined with his rich, warm voice and nimble guitar technique, Gordon Lightfoot's songwriting talent has led him from the 1960's coffeehouse scene in his native Canada to pop chart hits with his ground-breaking multi-platinum albums and accolades that range from five Grammy nominations to 17 Canadian Juno Awards. The legendary balladeer weaves tales of love and longing in eloquent musical masterpieces that have become enduring standards. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to share an evening with Gordon Lightfoot with such timeless, thought-provoking songs as 'If You Could Read My Mind', 'Sundown', 'Early Morning Rain', 'Carefree Highway', 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald', 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy' and many more. www.gordonlightfoot.com
RING OF FIRE:
The Music of Johnny Cash
Saturday, April 5, 2008 • 8:00 PM
Aronoff Center • Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets: $50 • $45 • $35
The music of the Man in Black ignites the stage in the new Broadway musical Ring of Fire, featuring 38 signature songs from the legendary Johnny Cash. Stories of passion, redemption, humor and salvation set the stage ablaze in this musical celebration of the world's most favorite rebel. Hits include "Walk the Line," "Hurt," "Jackson," "I've Been Everywhere," "Folsom Prison Blues," "A Boy Named Sue," and the title track "Ring of Fire." With smashing medleys and a hearty bounce in its guitar-driven step, this musical celebration will have you stompin' your feet and shoutin' for more!
www.phoenix-ent.com
ALVIN AILEY
AMERICAN DANCE
THEATER
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 • 8:00 PM
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 • 8:00 PM
Aronoff Center • Procter & Gamble Hall
Tickets: $50 • $40 • $30
Founded in 1958 by the legendary dancer and choreographer, Alvin Ailey, this internationally-acclaimed African-American modern dance company has dazzled audiences from New York City to South Africa to China with its unparalleled artistry. The company's spectacular repertoire ranges freely across a wide spectrum of dance and music - from cutting edge modern choreography to spirituals, hip-hop, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Experience AAADT's extraordinary technique, passion and inimitable style in an exhilarating program of thrilling new works and beloved Ailey classics! www.alvinailey.org
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