FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Today's date: June 25, 2012
Contact:
Diana Roth
412-471-8717
roth@trustarts.org
PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh announces
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh present
MARY POPPINS
the hit Broadway Musical
Tickets go on sale Friday, June 29, 2012
Performances begin Tuesday, October 16 through October 21
at the Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets for the limited return engagement of MARY POPPINS will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. EST. Performances of MARY POPPINS begin at the Benedum Center on Tuesday, October 16, for a limited return engagement, through Sunday, October 21, 2012.
It was such a success and favorite the last time, PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh is happy to welcome MARY POPPINS back to Pittsburgh for this limited return engagement!
MARY POPPINS will play at the Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Tuesday through Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.; Friday at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday at 1:00 & 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday at 1:00 and 6:30 p.m.
Tickets start as low as $20 and will be on sale to the public beginning on Friday, June 29 at the Box Office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue, by phone at (412) 456-4800 or online at www.TrustArts.org. For group ticket sales (10 or more), please call 412-471-6930. Special VIP ($125) Ticket Packages are available at select performances, and include premium seating and a complimentary souvenir program.
PNC Broadway Across America –Pittsburgh is a presentation of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Broadway Across America.
With four productions currently running on three continents, MARY POPPINS is one of the biggest stage musical successes to emerge from London or New York in recent years. Worldwide to date, the show has grossed over $644 million and welcomed 9.3 million guests. The musical is the winner of 44 major theatre awards around the globe, including Tony®, Olivier, Helpmann and Evening Standard awards.
The entire original creative team has reunited to bring this magical story of the world’s most famous nanny to audiences around North America. The MARY POPPINS North American Tour began performances on March 25, 2009 and has played to two million delighted theatergoers in 34 cities to date.
MARY POPPINS, a co-production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened on Broadway on November 16, 2006. Based on P.L. Travers' cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS the stage play features the Academy Award®-winning music and lyrics of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who has written the book, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.
Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre leads the award-winning creative team, with co-direction and choreography by Tony® and Olivier Award winner Matthew Bourne. MARY POPPINS features set and costume design by TonyÒAward winner Bob Crowley, co-choreography by Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear, lighting design by Howard Harrison, orchestrations by William David Brohn, and music supervision by David Caddick. The tour’s creative team includes Tour Director Anthony Lyn, Associate Choreographer Geoffrey Garrett, and Music Director Daniel Bowling.
ABOUT MARY POPPINS WORLDWIDE
MARY POPPINSreceived its worldwide premiere at the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End in December 2004. Following its successful three-year London run, the production launched an acclaimed U.K. tour.
The Broadway production of MARY POPPINS officially opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006, recouping its initial Broadway investment within 52 weeks of its premiere. MARY POPPINS is the only show from the 2006-2007 theatrical season still in performance.
The MARY POPPINS North American tour has garnered continuous critical praise and achieved box office success since its launch in Chicago in March 2009.
MARY POPPINScan also be seen Sydney, Australia (at the Capitol Theatre). Productions of MARY POPPINS have also been mounted in Finland, Denmark and the Czech Republic. For more information, please visit MaryPoppins.com
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Photo Credit: Deen Van Meer, courtesy of TrustArts.org
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