Kennedy Center to present SIDE SHOW! (abridge version)

[jaystarr]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 2:37pm

per playbill
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119536.html

Broadway: Three Generations, a three-act evening featuring condensed versions of Girl Crazy, Bye Bye Birdie and Side Show, will be presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in October.

Broadway's current generation of songwriters will be represented by Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's Side Show, which tells "the story of conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton." Jenn Colella will play Daisy Hilton with Brescia as Violet Hilton, McElroy as Jake and von Essen as Terry Connor.

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Updated On: 9/30/08 at 02:37 PM

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 2:41pm

This looks more like "Side Show lite".

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:14pm

Oh, I love Side Show. I wish I could be there, but that's not an option for me.

[commasplice]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 3:34pm

JENN COLELLA AND LISA BRESCIA IN SIDE SHOW?

Oh, how I wish I could go to this. It makes my fangirl heart gleeful.

ETA: Will they be performing the original Broadway version of the revised one that was recently workshopped?
Updated On: 7/16/08 at 03:34 PM

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 4:02pm

I might just go see this...

[LeaGirl]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 4:08pm

""Will they be performing the original Broadway version of the revised one they recently workshopped?""

Well neither really since its a seriously abbreviated concert version, but that being said I would imagine (and hope) that it'd be songs from the original version as some of the new songs from the recent workshop are maybe not my cup of tea.

That being said, those two girls are going to sing the heck out of that score.

[lovesclassics]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 5:07pm

After the disaster that was Camelot at the NY Phil, why would anyone want Lonnie Price anywhere near a concert version of anything ever again?

[SweetSoprano]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 5:23pm

Lisa will be brilliant as Violet! I'd kill to see this!

[KChenowethfan]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 5:34pm

I will definitely be there as this is one of the few times I am grateful my job keeps me here in DC. I echo LeaGirl's sentiment that I hope its a mini-concert version of the original Side Show.

[PhantomTango1]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:32pm

I think I'll have to check this out. :)

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:46pm

Pretty sure I'll be going to this. I wonder when tickets go on sale (if they aren't already).

[KChenowethfan]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:55pm

Dottie,
They go on sale August 11 for the public and August 1 for members.

Updated On: 7/16/08 at 07:55 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 7:56pm

Thanks. I just went to the Kennedy Center website and was just about to post that.

[fanpires]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 8:54pm

jenn c.'s voice kills puppies. trufax.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:07pm

FIELD TRIP!!!!

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 10:23pm

Hey, let me know about the field trip!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:53pm

This news is very exciting!

[logan0215]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 1:06pm

On the performance site it lists:

Eisenhower Theater
$25.00 - $90.00

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=TJTSJ

Does anyone know where to find the $25 tickets as I'm searching the ticket section and having no luck...

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 1:12pm

Logan, I went to the box office the day the tickets went on sale and got the $25 tickets. I'm in the front row of the rear mezzanine.

[logan0215]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 1:20pm

found some, thanks!

[philcrosby]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 1:29pm

We'll be going to the Saturday matinee ... and that evening seeing Betty Buckley!

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 9/30/08 at 12:01pm

Just wanted to bump this thread. Who's excited for this weekend? Can't wait!!

[morosco]

Posted: 9/30/08 at 12:09pm

Use discount code 34047 and pay $49 for a $78 ticket, or $35 for a $69 ticket.

[kec]

Posted: 9/30/08 at 12:44pm

I've got a ticket for the matinee performance on Sunday October 5.

[KChenowethfan]

Posted: 9/30/08 at 1:56pm

I have got a ticket for Saturday night.