| “ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE” WILL PLAY ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY SUNDAY, JULY 1 | |
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| “ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE” WILL PLAY ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2018 JIMMY BUFFETT AND THE CAST TO PERFORM ON PBS’ “A CAPITOL FOURTH” EMBARKING ON NATIONAL TOUR OCTOBER 2019 IN PROVIDENCE, RI Producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman, and Beth Williams announced today that Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of iconic singer-songwriter-author Jimmy Buffett, will play its final Broadway performance at the Marquis Theatre (210 West 46th Street) on Sunday, July 1, 2018, after 29 preview and 124 regular performances. The first stop after Broadway will be Washington, D.C., where Jimmy Buffett and the cast of Escape to Margaritaville will perform on PBS’ “A Capitol Fourth,” celebrating America’s 242nd birthday, on Wednesday, July 4th from 8:00-9:30pm ET. Broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, “A Capitol Fourth” is the time-honored 38 year-tradition which puts viewers front and center for America’s biggest birthday party with the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation lighting up the iconic D.C. skyline. The Escape to Margaritaville National Tour will officially set sail in October 2019 at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, before traveling to additional cities throughout the country. The full tour schedule and other information will be announced shortly. Escape to Margaritaville had its world premiere steps from the ocean at La Jolla Playhouse in Spring 2017 where it broke all records, and embarked on a pre-Broadway tour playing New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre, Houston’s Hobby Center, and Chicago’s Oriental Theatre. Previews for the Broadway engagement began Friday, February 16, 2018, ahead of a Thursday, March 15 Opening Night. With a book by Emmy Award® winner Greg Garcia and Emmy Award nominee Mike O’Malley, Escape to Margaritaville is choreographed by Tony Award® nominee Kelly Devine and directed by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley. Paul Alexander Nolan (Bright Star) leads the Broadway company of Escape to Margaritaville as Tully, and is joined by Alison Luff (Les Misérables) as Rachel, Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You) as Tammy, Eric Petersen (School of Rock) as Brick, Rema Webb (The Color Purple) as Marley, Don Sparks (Take Me Out) as J.D., Andre Ward (Something Rotten!) as Jamal, along with Matt Allen, Tessa Alves, Sara Andreas, Tiffany Adeline Cole, Marjorie Failoni, Samantha Farrow, Steven Good, Angela Grovey, Albert Guerzon, Keely Hutton, Justin Keats, Mike Millan, Justin Mortelliti, Ryann Redmond, Jennifer Rias, Julius Anthony Rubio, Nick Sanchez, Ian Michael Stuart, and Brett Thiele. The creative team includes Walt Spangler (Scenic Designer), Tony Award winner Paul Tazewell (Costume Designer), two-time Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Lighting Designer), two-time Tony Award winner Brian Ronan (Sound Designer), Leah J. Loukas (Wigs, Hair, and Makeup Design), Flying By Foy (Flying Effects), Michael Utley (Orchestrations), Tony Award nominee Christopher Jahnke (Music Supervisor), Foresight Theatrical (General Management), and Telsey + Company / Rachel Hoffman, CSA (Casting). The Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical Escape to Margaritaville, featuring both original songs along with many of Mr. Buffett’s classic, is now available both digitally and on CD, released on Mailboat Records. The Escape to Margaritaville Cast Recording is produced by Mailboat Records, Mike Utley, Mac McAnally, and Christopher Jahnke. Escape to Margaritaville is produced on Broadway by Frank Marshall, Rich Entertainment Group, Anita Waxman, Grove Entertainment, James L. Nederlander, Jeremiah J. Harris & Darren P. DeVerna, Linda G. Scott, John H. Tyson, The Shubert Organization, Latitude Link, John Morgan, Roy Furman, Jeffrey A. Sine, AC Orange Entertainment, Arlene Scanlan & Witzend Productions, Terry Allen Kramer, Universal Music Group & Scott Landis, Kevin J. Kinsella, Independent Presenters Network & Al Nocciolino, SeaHenry Productions & Skolnick•Dagen, Jam Theatricals and La Jolla Playhouse. Tickets for Escape to Margaritaville are available at the Marquis Theatre box office, via Ticketmaster.com, or by calling 877-250-2929; for groups of 12 or more, call Group Sales Box Office / Broadway.com at 1-800-BROADWAY x2. A limited number of same-day $40 lottery tickets are available via a digital lottery, powered by Broadway Direct, that opens at 7AM each day. Winners will be notified by email after the drawing and will have 60 minutes to pay for their tickets with a credit card online. They will need to present a photo ID at the Marquis Theatre box office 30 minutes before the start of the performance to pick up their tickets. For more information, please visit https://lottery.broadwaydirect.com/show/escape/ In addition, Escape to Margaritaville offers a general, in-person rush for same-day tickets ($40) when the box office opens at 10AM. Two tickets are allowed per person and are subject to availability. All methods of payment are accepted. |
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