"Brooklyn" Tix ....

[Testing1232]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 2:23pm

Just saw that "Brooklyn" will offer a $25 ticket when tix go on sale in August. (Telecharge) That is great to see, as so many of these shows do not have a ticket price of less than $65 regardless of the seat, and it prices so many people out of the theater !!!

I am not sure if that is strictly a "lottery" or "rush" price, but price range shows $25-$95

Box office opens September 7th. I can see us being at this show every week !!!

[wickedfan2]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 2:25pm

ooooooooh.. Can you give me the link to that story.. I am dying to go and yes those $100 seats are killing me...

[Testing1232]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 2:29pm

From an E-mail I received:

Featuring

Book, Music & Lyrics by

MARK SCHOENFELD & BARRI McPHERSON

Direction & Musical Staging by JEFF CALHOUN

Music Supervision, Arrangements & Orchestrations by JOHN McDANIEL

Previews begin September 23rd, 2004

Opening on Thursday, October 21st, 2004

at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway!


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BROOKLYN the Musical announces the full company for the new Broadway musical beginning performances on Thursday, September 23rd, 2004 at the Plymouth Theatre (236 West 45th Street). The official opening is Thursday, October 21st, 2004.

The cast features Kevin Anderson (Taylor Collins), Eden Espinosa (Brooklyn), David Jennings (Street Singer), Ramona Keller (Paradice) and Karen Olivo (Faith). The cast also includes Manoel Felciano, Caren Lyn Manuel, Julie Reiber, Horace V. Rogers, Haneefah Wood.

BROOKLYN is a new Broadway production by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson with Direction and Musical Staging by Jeff Calhoun &Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by John McDaniel.

The design team includes: Ray Klausen (sets), Tobin Ost (costumes), Michael Gilliam (lights), Jonathan Deans and Peter Hylenski (sound).

From the heart of Brooklyn comes a band of soulful street-corner singers and storytellers. With a mix of pop and soul, they set their stage and tell a wondrous sidewalk fairy tale about a young girl searching for fame and the father she never knew. With just one clue to lead her, she lands in the city that bears her name... BROOKLYN.


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Biographies:

JEFF CALHOUN (Director/Musical Staging) most recently received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Direction of a Musical for the critically acclaimed production of Big River at the Roundabout Theatre Company. He also received an L.A. Ovation Award for best direction and choreography for Big River at the Mark Taper Forum and a Tony Award nomination for Best Choreography for the revival of Grease.

JOHN McDANIEL (Music Supervisor/Arranger/Orchestrator). Grammy & Emmy Award winner John McDaniel has a notable list of Broadway credits including Grease, Annie Get Your Gun, Taboo and Chicago and is best known as the bandleader and sidekick on The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

MARK SCHOENFELD & BARRI McPHERSON (Book, Music & Lyrics). This production marks the Broadway debut for the writing collaboration of Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson. Mark first met Barri in 1982 upon hearing her sing at a cabaret and hired her to record some of his music. Shortly thereafter, Barri moved to Massachusetts to raise a family. Years later, in 1991, Barri returned to New York to perform at a private-party gig. She involuntarily stopped at a remote street corner in Brooklyn Heights after hearing the sound of a voice she vaguely recognized. She discovered that Mark had become a homeless street performer, getting by on $40 a day. Barri invited Mark back to Massachusetts to stay with her husband and two children. Mark repaid Barri by developing music with and for her and soon, the street poet and cabaret singer had the skeleton of a most unusual new musical.

KEVIN ANDERSON (Taylor Collins). Broadway: Death of a Salesman (Tony® nomination) , Orpheus Descending. NYC theatre: Speaking in Tongues, The Red Address, Brilliant Traces, Moonchildren, Orphans. London theatre: Dinner with Friends, Sunset Blvd, Orphans. Chicago theatre: Death of a Salesman, Earthly Possessions, Pal Joey, Orphans, Three Sisters, Twelfth Night, Our Town, One Shining Moment, The Fantasticks, Close Ties, Chanute. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Two Gentlemen of Verona, King Henry, Part I. Film: Carrie Moon Beams, When Strangers Appear, Doe Boy, Gregorys 2 Girls, A Thousand Acres, Eye of God, Firelight, The Night We Never Met, Rising Sun, Hoffa, Liebstraum, Sleeping with the Enemy, In Country, Miles From Home, Orphans, A Walk on the Moon, Risky Business. Television: Skin, Power and Beauty, Monday Night Mayhem, Rubys Bucket of Blood, Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, Nothing Sacred, The Wrong Man, Orpheus Descending.

EDEN ESPINOSA (Brooklyn) began singing at the age of 3, performing at 5 and recording at 10 years old. She played both the roles of Nessarose and her sister, Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West on Broadway in Wicked. She has played the title role in Brooklyn since its first performance in workshop and at the Denver Civic Theater. Brooklyn marks her debut creating a role for Broadway.

DAVID JENNINGS (Street Singer). Originated the role of Street Singer in Brooklyn at the Denver Civic Theatre. A Broadway show veteran, he received a 2002 L.A. Ovation Award nomination (Best Featured Actor in a Musical) for his work as Jake in the critically acclaimed west coast premiere of Side Show. His impressive list of credentials include Coalhouse Walker, Jr., in Ragtime, John in Miss Saigon, The Duke in Play On!, and Once Upon A Mattress starring Sarah Jessica Parker. He also starred as Clopin in the Las Vegas premiere of Notre Dame De Paris, and with Larry Gatlin in the national concert tour of The Civil War. Most recently, David starred as Curtis Taylor, Jr. opposite American Idols Frenchie Davis in the pre-Broadway remake of Dreamgirls, and is featured in the new television commercial campaign for 24-Hour Fitness.

RAMONA KELLER (Paradice). Originated the role of Paradice in Brooklyn at the Denver Civic Theatre. Broadway: Caroline, or Change; Smokey Joes Caf; Buddy Holly Story. NYC theatre: A Good Man is Hard to Find, Beehive, Little Shop of Horrors, Dreamgirls. Recordings include: Its A Good Life.

KAREN OLIVO (Faith). Originated the role of Faith in Brooklyn at the Denver Civic Theatre. Broadway: Rent. National Tour: Rent. Regional: A Chorus Line, Hello Dolly, Westside Story, Anything Goes, Oklahoma, Cabaret. Television: As The World Turns.

Leading the producing team that will bring BROOKLYN to Broadway are Producers Four (Benjamin Mordecai, Managing Producer), Jeff Calhoun and John McDaniel.


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BROOKLYN Ticket Information:

Beginning August 2004, tickets will be available online at Telecharge.com/Brooklyn or by phone at [phone]; outside metro New York [phone]. Beginning September 7th tickets are available in person at the Plymouth Theatre box office (236 West 45th Street). Ticket prices range from $25.00 to $95.00.

BROOKLYN originally premiered at the New Denver Civic Theatre, on May 7th, 2003 for a six-week limited engagement.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 3:47pm

ooo!!!! yay! i really want to see it the first day it goes into previews! i gotta be there to support eden and cast!

[wickedfan2]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 4:51pm

Thank you! I'll be waiting anxiously for the tkts to go on sale. Looks like the theatre is very small so all seats should be awesome. Orchestra seats only go to row S.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 5:12pm

you serious! whoa and i thought the little shop theater was small!

[perfectliar]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 6:44pm

The Plymouth is pretty small. I've seen two different shows there (The Graduate and Match), and I was surprised at the size.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 6:45pm

my parentals don't like small theaters, but heck i'm dragging them along anyway!

[BROADWAYFAN3]

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:00pm

Plymouth has 1078 seats, the $25 seats are front rows, left and right, ala rent

[BROADWAYFAN3]

Posted: 7/14/04 at 8:15am

Updated On: 7/31/04 at 08:15 AM