Mannheim Steamroller Christmas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    

Media Contacts:
Show Publicist: Diana Roth, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-8717/Roth@TrustArts.org
Other Contact: Shaunda Miles, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-1578/Miles@TrustArts.org
Images available:  TrustArts.org/Press
Search Name: 2014 Mannheim Steamroller

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS BY CHIP DAVIS

CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN JULY!
 TICKETS ON SALE NOW
THE NATIONAL TOUR BEGINS ON
NOVEMBER 12 AND CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBER 28, 2014

Pittsburgh, PA:  Grammy Award® winner Chip Davis and co-producer MagicSpace Entertainment are celebrating Christmas in July!  Tickets went on sale on Friday, July 25, 2014 in cities across America for Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, the longest running tour in the music industry.  Join us for this holiday tradition as we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Christmas Tour and release of the group's very first holiday CD, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that revolutionized the Holiday Season music category.   It’s also the 40th Anniversary of Davis’ first album in his Fresh Aire series which pioneered a brand new category in the music industry.  For more information about the national tour, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, visitwww3.mannheimsteamroller.com/events/.

In Pittsburgh, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis will perform on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at 8:00 p.m., at the Benedum Center.  This event is part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series.

Single tickets are on sale!  Tickets ($37.25 - $82.25) are available at TrustArts.org, by calling 412-456-6666, or in person at Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue.

About Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller

From his longtime home in Omaha, Neb., Mannheim Steamroller creator Chip Davis makes innovative music inspired by the sounds of another age.  This former teacher and jingle writer founded the music industry’s largest independent recording label, American Gramaphone, in 1974 when industry executives said Davis’ innovative 18th century instrumental rock sound would never sell.  Davis revolutionized the making and marketing of holiday music with the release of his first Christmas album in 1984. The album’s success made Christmas records a “must do” for all music artists.  With more than 40 million total records sold including 28 million Christmas albums, Mannheim Steamroller founder Chip Davis is the #1-selling Christmas artist of all time.

Davis, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the music industry, offers a rich array of lifestyle products onwww.mannheimsteamroller.com including hot chocolate, food, apparel and novelty items.  His latest achievement is creating a cutting edge psychoacoustic technology that is being used in major medical institutions such as Mayo Clinic and is also being studied by NASA for potential use in space.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis is produced by MagicSpace Entertainment. The company is headed by Lee D. Marshall, Joe Marsh, John Ballard, Steve Boulay and Bruce Granath and has been producing and presenting national tours, Broadway shows, concerts and museum exhibits worldwide for over 30 years. Consistently one of the top promoters in North America, MagicSpace Entertainment typically produces and presents more than 250 events in 75 cities per year.  They have offices in Park City and Salt Lake City, UT.  www.magicspace.net

AS OF FRIDAY, JULY 25 TICKETS ARE ON SALE IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES:
Performance Date    City                                         Theatre
11/12/2014                  Pensacola, FL                         Saenger Theatre
11/13/2014                  Loveland, CO                          Budweiser Event Center
11/14/2014                  Colorado Springs, CO           Pikes Peak Center
11/15/2014                  Jacksonville, FL                     Moran Theatre
11/15/2014                  Salina, KS                               Bicentennial Center
11/19/2014                  Sarasota, FL                           Van Wezel
11/20/2014                  Bemidji, MN                           Sanford Center
11/22/2014                  Atlanta, GA                            Fox Theatre
11/22/2014                  Sioux City, IA                        Orpheum Theatre
11/23/2014                  Charlotte, NC                         Blumenthal
11/23/2014                  Kansas City, MO                  Kauffman Center
11/24/2014                  North Charleston, SC            N Charleston PAC
11/26/2014                  Davenport, IA                        Adler Theatre
11/28/2014                  Providence, RI                       Providence PAC
11/28/2014                  Saginaw, MI                           Dow Events Center
11/29/2014                  Atlantic City, NJ                    Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
11/30/2014                  Hershey, PA                           Hershey Theatre
  12/3/2014                   Bethlehem, PA                      Sands Bethlehem
  12/4/2014                   South Bend, IN                     Morris PAC
  12/5/2014                   Fort Wayne, IN                     Embassy Theatre
  12/6/2014                   Cedar Rapids, IA                  US Cellular Center
  12/7/2014                   Detroit, MI                             Fox Theatre
  12/7/2014                   Minneapolis, MN                 Orpheum
  12/9/2014                   Orono, ME                             Collins Center for the Arts
12/9–10/2014              St. Louis, MO                         Fox Theatre
12/11/2014                  Paducah, KY                           Carson Center
12/11/2014                  Stamford, CT                           Palace Theatre
12/12/2014                  Waterbury, CT                        Palace Theatre
12/14/2014                  Milwaukee, WI                       Riverside Theatre
12/14/2014                  Richmond, VA                        Landmark Theatre
12/16/2014                  Bowling Green, KY                Southern Kentucky PAC
12/16/2014                  Pittsburgh, PA                        Benedum Center
12/17/2014                  Muncie, IN                              Emens Auditorium
12/18/2014                  Dubuque, IA                           Five Flags Center
12/19/2014                  Cleveland, OH                        State Theatre
12/19-20/2014             Des Moines, IA                     Civic Center
12/21/2014                  Columbus, OH                        Palace Theatre
12/21/2014                  Wichita, KS                            Century II Concert Hall
12/22-23/2014             Omaha, NE                             Orpheum Theater
12/23/2014                  Birmingham, AL                     BJCC Concert Hall
12/26/2014                  Austin, TX                             Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
12/26/2014                  Tempe, AZ                              Palace Theatre
12/27/2014                  Houston, TX                          Jones Hall
12/28/2014                  Dallas, TX                               Music Hall at Fair Park
12/28/2014                  San Diego, CA                       Civic Theatre
 IN ADDITION, TICKETS ARE CURRENTLY ON SALE IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES:
 Performance Date   City                                         Theatre
11/14/2014                  Lakeland, FL                          The Lakeland Center
11/16/2014                  Gainesville, FL                       Phillips Center
11/18/2014                  Sioux Falls, SD                       Washington Pavilion
11/25/2014                  Newport News, VA               Ferguson Center
11/30/2014                  Wisconsin Dells, WI            Crystal Grand Music Hall
  12/1/2014                  Winston-Salem, VA              LJVM
  12/2/2014                   Durham, NC                           DPAC
12/12/2014                   Joliet, IL                                  Rialto Square Theatre
12/13/2014                  Bethesda, MD                        Strathmore
12/13/2014                  Normal, IL                               Braden Auditorium
12/20/2014                  Rosemont, IL                          Rosemont Theatre
12/27/2014                  Tucson, AZ                            Centennial Hall

For more information about the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis tour, visit www3.mannheimsteamroller.com/events/.

About The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity.  Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.

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Mannheim Steamroller by Chip Davis.  Photos courtesy of the Artist
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Peter and the Starcatcher Coming to Pgh

For Immediate Release
Media Contacts:

PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh:
Shaunda Miles, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-1578 / Miles@TrustArts.org
     
Diana Roth, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-8717 / Roth@TrustArts.org

Images available: http://TrustArts.org/press
Search: Star Catcher

Winner of 5 Tony Awards®
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

ANNOUNCES NATIONAL TOUR CAST
TOUR TO LAUNCH IN DENVER ON AUGUST 15

Pittsburgh, PA:  (July 18, 2013) The producers of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, the five-time Tony Award®-winning musical play written by Tony Award® nominee Rick Eliceand directed by Tony® Award winner Roger Rees and Tony® Award nominee Alex Timbers, are pleased to announce casting for the National Tour, which kicks off in Denver, CO on August 15, 2013 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

The PETER AND THE STARCATCHER National Tour cast features Joey deBettencourt (Boy), Megan Stern (Molly), John Sanders (Black Stache) Harter Clingman (Alf), Jimonn Cole (Slank), Nathan Hosner (Lord Aster), Carl Howell (Prentiss), Ian Michael Stuart (Captain Scott), Benjamin Schrader (Mrs. Bumbrake) Luke Smith (Smee), Edward Tournier (Ted), Lee Zarrett (Fighting Prawn), Ben Beckley, Robert Franklin Neill, Rachel Prather and Nick Vidal.

In Pittsburgh PETER AND THE STARCATCHER  will play May 20-25, 2014 at Heinz Hall.  Performances are Tuesday through Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Friday evening at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.  Single tickets will go on sale in January 2014 and available for purchase by calling (412) 392-4900, visiting the Box Office at Theater Square (655 Penn Avenue) or online at www.TrustArts.org.

For more information about the PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh subscription series, please call (412) 456-1390 or email: subscriptions@TrustArts.org. Groups of 10 or more may call (412) 471-6930 or email:groupsales@TrustArts.org or www.TrustArts.org/groupsales.  PNC Broadway Across America - Pittsburgh series is a presentation of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Broadway Across America.

The tour route includes the following markets:

2013:

Denver, CO (Denver Center for the Performing Arts)                Aug. 15 – Sept. 1,

Dallas, TX (AT&T Performing Arts Center)                                Sept. 17 – 29

Houston, TX (The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts)       Oct. 15 – 20

San Antonio, TX (Majestic Theatre)                                             Oct. 22 – 27

Seattle, WA (The Moore Theatre)                                                 Oct. 30 – Nov. 3

San Francisco, CA (Curran Theatre)                                              Nov. 5 – Dec. 1

Los Angeles, CA (The Ahmanson Theatre)                                 Dec. 3 – Jan. 12, 2014

2014:

Tempe, AZ (Gammage Auditorium)                                                    Jan. 14 – 19

East Lansing, MI (Wharton Center for the Performing Arts)         Jan. 22 – 26

Washington, DC (Kennedy Center)                                                   Jan. 28 – Feb. 16

Hartford, CT (The Bushnell)                                                                Feb 18 – 23

Providence, RI (Providence Performing Arts Center)                      Feb. 25 – March 3

Utica, NY (Broadway Theatre League of Utica)                                March 4 – 5

St. Louis, MO (Peabody Opera House)                                              March 7 – 9

Minneapolis, MN (Orpheum Theatre)                                                 March 11 – 16

Folsom, CA (Harris Center)                                                                   March 25 – 26

Palm Desert, CA (McCallum Theatre)                                                  March 28 – 30

Chicago, IL (Bank of America Theatre)                                               April 2 – 13

Charlotte, NC (Knight Theater)                                                             April 29 – May 4

Baltimore, MD (Hippodrome Theatre)                                                  May 6 – 18

Pittsburgh, PA (Heinz Hall)                                                                    May 20 – 25

In the spirit of the PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Tony Award®-winning sustainable set design, the producers invited the venues on the tour route to contribute reusable items to help build the tour proscenium. Denver sent in Coors bottle caps, Seattle collected wine corks from the bars at their theater and Dallas arranged a special collection drive at Klyde Warren Park to collect items. Additional items donated by the PETER AND THE STARCATCHER tour markets include small children’s toy figures, old silverware, used rope, buttons and whopper poppers, cords, aluminum can lids, old cooking tools, tin can tops, balls and paper tubes.

Set Designer Donyale Werle, who won the 2012 Tony Award® for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, is a leader at the Broadway Green Alliance and has gained much acclaim for her use of salvaged materials in her sets. The Broadway set for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER was made almost entirely of recycled materials.

The rest of the design team for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER includes Paloma Young (Costume Design), Jeff Croiter (Lighting Design), Darron L West (Sound Design), who all won Tony Awards® for their work on the show, along with Steven Hoggett (Movement), Wayne Barker (Music), Jacob Grigolia‐Rosenbaum (Fight Direction) and Marco Paguia (Music Supervision).

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, a grown up’s prequel to Peter Pan, is the innovative and imaginative musical play based on the best‐selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. A company of a dozen actors play more than a hundred unforgettable characters, all on a journey to answer the century‐old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? This epic origin story of popular culture’s most enduring and beloved character proves that your imagination is the most captivating place in the world.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER won five 2012 Tony Awards® (the most of any play of the 2011-2012 season) and was named one of The New York Times, New York Magazine andThe New Yorker’s Top 10 Shows of the Year.

The New York Times hails PETER AND THE STARCATCHER as “the most exhilarating storytelling on Broadway in decades,” New York Post exclaims it is “the gold standard of Peter Pan shows” and Entertainment Weekly calls the show “an absurdly funny fantastical journey.”

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is produced by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smedes and Disney Theatrical Productions.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is suitable for younger audiences but most enjoyable for those 10 and up.

Additional show information can be found at www.peterandthestarcatcher.com.

ABOUT THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity. Using the arts as an economic catalyst, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.  www.TrustArts.org

Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates.  Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping.  Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work 'on' their business rather than 'in' their business.  www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh