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| Broadway's Amazing Grace announces 27 State National Tour beginning in Washington DC - this November | |
| Last Edit: Official_Press_Release 04:52 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
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| AMAZING GRACE: The Musical The Inspirational Broadway Musical Launches National Tour Beginning in Washington DC’s Museum of the Bible Followed by a 27 State National Tour “Inspirational. Beautiful. Emotional. Exhilarating.” - Associated Press, The Broadway musical, AMAZING GRACE will take its inspirational message on the road as it launches a 23-week national tour kicking-off with an eight-week run at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, as it inaugurates the new museum’s state-of-the-art, 472 seat theatre. The DC run will begin on November 17 through January 8, 2018, opening on November 20. For more information on the cast and tour dates please visit www.amazinggracemusical.com (http://www.amazinggracemusical.com/) AMAZING GRACE is an “unforgettable musical saga” depicting the conversion of John Newton, the composer of “hymn of hymns” Amazing Grace, from a brutal slave trader to a committed Reformer and Christian who would ultimately pen the “hymn of hymns.” John Newton, a willful and musically talented young Englishman, faces a future as uncertain as the turning tide. Coming of age as Britain sits atop an international empire of slavery, he finds himself torn between following in the footsteps of his father – a slave trader – or embracing the more compassionate views of his childhood sweetheart. Accompanied by his slave, Thomas, John embarks on a perilous voyage on the high seas. When that journey finds John in his darkest hour, a transformative moment of self-reckoning inspires a blazing anthem of hope that will finally guide him home. Brimming with emotion and adventure, AMAZING GRACE is an unforgettable musical saga that captures the spirit of history’s sweetest and most powerful sound: freedom Directed by Gabriel Barre, Amazing Grace is written by Christopher Smith (with book, music and lyrics and book) and Arthur Giron (book) and will feature the choreography of Christopher Gattelli, and music direction of Keith Levenson. It is produced by Alex Rankin/ Continental Productions with artistic consultant Carolyn Rossi Copeland/ CRC Productions. The upcoming national tour will be the first production of the musical in North America since its pre-Broadway opening in Chicago and subsequent engagement on Broadway at The Nederlander Theater in 2015. AMAZING GRACE has been called “Sincere, stirring, and romantic. it brought tears to my eyes.”- Chicago Tribune; “The staging is superb, with moments of genuine astonishment. As spectacular as anything on Broadway, AMAZING GRACE tells the story of how the song came to be, and elicits widespread gasps & cheering from audience!” -The Washington Post; “A stirring musical. An epic romance. Artfully produced on the lavish scale of Les Mis.” -Chicago Sun-Times; “A musical of raw power with superb, intense performances.” – Variety; “Inspirational. Beautiful. Emotional. Exhilarating.” -AP; “Nothing Short of Amazing!” - ABC TV Cast includes: Michael Burrell as John Newton (Oklahoma!, Legally Blonde, Evita), Russell Rinker as Captain Newton (Blue Man Group – Las Vegas, NYC, Boston, Chicago, North American Tour, South Pacific) along with Isaiah Bailey as Thomas/Pakuteh (Moses, Dreamgirls, Big Fish) and Newton’s childhood sweetheart, Mary Catlett, played by Eleanor Todd (NYMF: Beyond Words, Parade, Big Fish), they will join Monique Elinor Barnes (Regional: TreeMonisha), Kelli Blackwell (National Tour: Chicago), Wyn Delano (Regional: Oklahoma), Shannan E. Johnson (National Tour: Ghost the Musical), Jennifer Lyons Pagnard (Regional: Parade, Floyd Collins), David Sanborn (Regional: The Miracle), Joshua Simon (Regional: James and the Giant Peach), David Socolar, James Tarrant (Regional: Grease, Annie Get Your Gun), Kanysha Williams (Regional: The WIZ), Jordan Campbell, Colleen Clancy (Regional: Sweet Charity), Nicki Elledge (Regional: A Little Night Music), Dion Montéz Jarrett (Regional: Ragtime, Showboat), Da’Von Moody (Regional: Avenue Q, BatBoy), Briana Gibson Reeves (Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Morgan Scott, Andrew Tarquinio (Regional: The Circle of Life: The Songs of Tim Rice). Cast photos available for download here (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6v2ew8tyuncyhvj/AABnbTgboFm4G9SyPguLl43Ra?dl=0) . Creative team includes: Kenny Seymour (Orchestrations), Edward Pierce & Eugene Lee (Set Design), Toni-Leslie James (Costume Design) Shannon Slaton (Sound Design), Ken Billington (Lighting Designer), Robert- Charles Vallance (Wig Designer), and David Leong (Fight and Movement). Tour schedule: Nov 15 - Jan 7 The Museum of the Bible, Washington D.C. (http://www.museumofthebible.org/amazinggrace) January 19 – 21 January 23 Emens Auditorium, Muncie, IN (http://cms.bsu.edu/web/emens/events) January 24 The Ohio Theater, Columbus, OH January 25 Civic Theater, Akron, OH January 26 The Carolina Theater, Greensboro, NC January 27 Humanities & Fine Arts Center, Wilmington, NC January 28 Crown Theatre, Fayetteville, NC January 30 RP Funding Center, Lakeland, FL January 31 Mathis Auditorium, Valdosta, GA February 1 The Miller Theater, Augusta, GA February 2 Alabama Theatre, Myrtle Beach, SC February 3 The Civic Center, Savannah, GA February 4 Sunrise Theatre, Ft. Pierce, FL February 5 TBD February 6 Flagler Auditorium, Bunnell, FL February 7 Mahafey Theater, St. Petersburg, FL February 8 SFCC Theatre for the Performing Arts, Avon February 9 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, FL February 10-11 Grand Opera House, Macon, GA February 13-14 Heritage Center, Dubuque, IA February 15 TBD February 16 Conexus Arts Center, Regina, SK February 17 TCU Place, Saskatoon, SK February 19 TBD February 20 Keith Albee, Huntington, WV February 21 Tivoli Theater, Chattanooga, TN February 22 Classic Center, Athens, GA February 23 Marina Civic Center, Panama City, FL February 24 Oxford Performing Arts Center, Oxford, AL February 25 Moran Theater, Jacksonville, FL February 26 TBD February 27 TBD February 28 Honeywell Theatre, Wabash, IN March 1 Connor Place, Cleveland, OH March 2 Kentucky Center, Louisville, KY March 3 The Civic Center, Peoria, IL March 4 Blue Gate Theater, Shipshewna, IN March 5 TBD March 6 The Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH March 7 Rialto Square Theater, Joliet, IL March 8 North Iowa Community College Auditorium, Mason City, IA March 9 The Sonheim Center, Fairfield, IA March 10 The Peabody, St. Louis, MO March 11 The Carson Center, Paducah, KY March 12 The Sondheim Center…. March 13 Givens PAC, Pembroke, NC March 14 Lyric Opera House, Baltimore, MD March 15 The Kirby Center, Wilkes-Bare, PA March 16 Tillis Center, Greenvale, NY March 17 Proctors Theater, Schenectady, NY March 18 The Kirby Center March 19 LIU March 20 The Paramount, Aurora, IL March 21 Civic Center, Des Moines, IA March 22 Topeka Performing Arts Center, Topeka, KS March 23-24 The Lied Center, Lincoln, NE March 25 Husby PAC, Sioux Falls, SD March 26 TBD - University Of Nebraska March 27 March 28 Convention Center, Redding, CA March 29 – April 1 The Harris Center, Folsom, CA April 2 TBD April 3 California Performing Arts Center, San Bernardino, CA April 4 Spencer Theater, Alto, NM April 5 Civic Center, Abilene, TX April 6 Bass Hall, Austin, TX April 7 Rudder Auditorium, College Station, TX April 8 The Majestic Theater, San Antonio, TX April 9 The Long Center/ TBD April 10 Texas A&M/ TBD April 11 Lutcher Theatre for the Performing Arts, Orange, TX April 12 Bass Hall, Ft. Worth, TX April 13 Selena Auditorium, Corpus Christi, TX April 14 Grand Opera House, Galveston, TX April 15 The Saenger, New Orleans, LA April 16 TBD April 17 Juanitas Hammons Hall, Springfield, MO April 18 Perot Theater, Texarkana, TX April 19-20 Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX April 21 Wagner Hall, Midland, TX April 22 Plaza Theater, El Paso, TX More information is available at www.amazinggracemusical.com (http://www.amazinggracemusical.com/) (Director) is an internationally acclaimed director. Broadway: Amazing Grace. Off Broadway: MTC’s The Wild Party, Son of a Gun, Summer of ’42, Stars in Your Eyes, Honky-Tonk Highway, john & jen and Almost, Maine. National Tours: Amazing Grace, Pippin, Cinderella. Regional: Memphis, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatreworks; Sweeney Todd, Finian’s Rainbow and many other new musicals at Goodspeed Opera House; and Kander & Ebb’s, All About Us at Westport Playhouse. International credits include the recent Mexican premiere of Billy Elliot, and the Japanese premiere of The Scarlet Pimpernel, along with numerous shows in Korea, China and the Czech Republic. As an actor, he has been nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical and appeared Off-Broadway last season in Cyrano de Bergerac, which he also directed. CHRISTOPHER SMITH (Book, Music, and Lyrics) Amazing Grace is Chris’ first work of professional writing. He is the concept creator, composer, lyricist, and co-author of the book. Chris is entirely self-taught. The show was born while Chris was working as a police officer and Youth Outreach and Education Director in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Chris thanks his best friend and wife Alana; his children Joshua, Alana, and Alexandra; his parents; investors; and, above all, God, who made this whole impossible dream a reality. ARTHUR GIRON (Book) His 15 plays are performed in the U.S. and abroad. Among them, Emilie’s Voltaire played recently in America, Portugal and Australia. Alfred Molina and Jessica Chastain starred in L.A. Theatre Works’ Moving Bodies. The New York Times said A Dream of Wealth is “filled with passion and ample compassion”. The Metropolitan Opera Guild commissioned him to write a libretto. Arthur headed Graduate Playwriting at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a founder of Ensemble Studio Theater in New York, where he lives with his wife Mariluz. CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI (Choreographer) was awarded the 2012 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his choreography in Newsies. (As choreographer) Broadway: South Pacific (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Casa Valentina, Sunday in the Park With George, Women on the Verge.., Godspell, The Ritz, Martin Short :Fame Becomes Me, 13, High Fidelity. Off Broadway: Dogfight (Lortel Award), Altar Boyz (Lortel Award, Callaway Award, Drama Desk Nom.), Bat Boy: The Musical (Lortel Award), tick,tick…BOOM! Chicago: Jungle Book – The Goodman. CRC Productions - is a full-service producing and general management company. Founded by Carolyn Rossi Copeland, she brings 30 years of experience producing plays and musicals. She was the Founding Producer of the award-winning Lambs Theatre Company in the heart of Times Square, and served as vice president of Creative Affairs for Radio City Entertainment and Madison Square Garden Productions. She has been a Creative Consultant to Gaylord Entertainment-Ryman Auditorium and has produced special events for New York State. She currently serves as Executive Producer for Strouse IP, the company that manages the business and career of the great American composer, Charles Strouse. http://crcproductions.org/about.php |
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| re: Broadway's Amazing Grace announces 27 State National Tour beginning in Washington DC - this November | |
| Posted by: bowtie7 06:53 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
| In reply to: Broadway's Amazing Grace announces 27 State National Tour beginning in Washington DC - this November - Official_Press_Release 02:22 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
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| Are the producers of this self-presenting the show at some/many/nearly all of the theatres listed on the tour? (By self-presenting I mean renting the theatre outright rather than working with a local theatre or presenter.) In St Louis, (where most national tours play 2 weeks at the Fox Theatre) it is playing one night at the Peabody Opera House but isn't listed with the Peabody's own, limited Broadway season (1 or 2 nights of Elf, Kinky Boots, Buddy Holly Story, & Gentleman's Guide). It is actually scheduled the night after Gentleman's Guide is playing. All of this seems very strange. | |
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| after dc, it should be billed as "one night only" | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:29 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
| In reply to: Broadway's Amazing Grace announces 27 State National Tour beginning in Washington DC - this November - Official_Press_Release 02:22 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
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| I didn't see the show on Broadway. Is there much of a set? It alsmotalmost seems like the tour could only be a staged reading with such numerous one night performances. | |
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| re: after dc, it should be billed as "one night only" | |
| Posted by: Thom915 02:08 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
| In reply to: after dc, it should be billed as "one night only" - dramedy 02:29 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
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| It seems to be what used to be referred to as a bus and truck tour - perfectly doable. It also seems to be an Equity tour at least. good for them if it is. | |
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| re: after dc, it should be billed as "one night only" | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 02:39 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
| In reply to: after dc, it should be billed as "one night only" - dramedy 02:29 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
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| As I recall, it's not a lot of big pieces, but a lot of moving parts. There are a lot of locations. And some hysterical aerial effects. | |
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| I assume the arial effects were not intended to be funny | |
| Last Edit: dramedy 02:46 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:45 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
| In reply to: re: after dc, it should be billed as "one night only" - sirpupnyc 02:39 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
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| This is probably one of the biggest flops on Broadway to actual tour. When it closed and announced it would tour I didn't believe the producers. | |
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| For sure (spoilers) | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 04:44 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
| In reply to: I assume the arial effects were not intended to be funny - dramedy 02:45 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
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| It's the end of the first act...shipwreck! hero about to drown! So he's on a wire thrashing around in front of a dark blue flat when lo, swimming down from the proscenium comes the slave who rescues him, turning him away from slave trading! It's one of those moments when a show that's already ludicrously bad goes above and beyond, and you're glad the music is so loud, so not too many people will hear your giggling. |
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