For the First Time Ever at Radio City Music Hall, MSG Entertainment and Weinstein Live Entertainment Jointly Produce a Brand-New Spectacular Starring the Legendary Rockettes Led by Tony and Drama Desk Award-Winner Warren Carlyle as Director and Choreographer; Tony Award-Winning Director Diane Paulus and American Playwright and Drama Desk Award-Winner Randy Weiner as The Show's Co-Creative Directors; and Playwright Joshua Harmon
LIMITED 7 WEEK ENGAGEMENT BEGINS PREVIEWS MARCH 12, 2015 OPENS ON MARCH 26 AND RUNS THROUGH MAY 3, 2015
NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --MSG Entertainment (MSGE) announces today that tickets will be on-sale for the New York Spring Spectacular, starring the Rockettes, presented by Chase, at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, November 17, 2014. Debuting in March 2015, the New York Spring Spectacular, created by an unprecedented Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning team for Radio City Music Hall, is inspired by the magic of spring – a time when people fall in love – set against a dazzling musical celebration about the energy, places, people, passion and promise that make this city spectacular. The production is being produced jointly by MSG Entertainment and Weinstein Live Entertainment. This extraordinary show, which has been boldly re-imagined from the originally conceived Heart and Lights, features one of a kind puppetry, state-of-the-art technology and dynamic dance numbers performed by the legendary Rockettes. This all-new show at Radio City Music Hall takes audiences on a whirlwind adventure across New York City while telling an inspiring and hopeful narrative about three New Yorkers who change each other's lives in unexpectedly wonderful ways. The limited seven-week engagement begins previews Thursday, March 12, 2015, opens on Thursday, March 26 and runs through Sunday, May 3, 2015. For more information visit www.rockettes.com/spring.
The brand-new live theatrical production is led by an award-winning creative team that includes Tony and Drama Desk Award winner Warren Carlyle as director and choreographer, Tony Award winning director and Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) Diane Paulus and American playwright and Drama Desk Award winner Randy Weiner as the show's co-creative directors and up-and-coming playwright Joshua Harmon.
Writer Joshua Harmon has fashioned a heartwarming and wondrous journey through New York City. Bernie has been giving old fashioned tours of New York for decades, but his company was just bought by Jenna, a whipsmart techie with plans to fire Bernie and turn his tours into a virtual reality wonderland. Bernie's in trouble. Enter Jack, a spirited young man with a secret agenda of his own: If he can help Bernie keep his job, Jack will get an eternal reward. With the assistance of the legendary Rockettes, and guest appearances by some of your favorite New Yorkers, Bernie takes Jenna-- and the audience-- on the tour of a lifetime, from the Statue of Liberty to Central Park to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. By the last stop of this whirlwind adventure, these three people will be forever changed, and they will never look at the city the same way again.
Bursting with invigorating new Rockettes dance numbers, incredible 3D special effects, sophisticated large-scale puppetry and an exciting soundtrack of original songs, classics and pop hits, the New York Spring Spectacular is as rejuvenating, energetic and uplifting as spring itself – and a reminder that while things may change, nothing can take away the timeless magic and romance of the one and only New York City!
Ticket Information
Preview performances of the New York Spring Spectacular begin March 12, 2015 at Radio City Music Hall®. Opens March 26, 2015 and runs for a limited engagement ending May 3, 2015. Tickets go on-sale Monday, November 17, 2014 at 10am. Prices range from $46 - $100 for previews and regular box office pricing from $50 - $150, depending on show date and time. Exclusive access to advance tickets for Chase Visa credit and debit card members began November 3, 2014. Tickets go on sale to the general public on November 17, 2014. Tickets will be available online at www.rockettes.com/spring , by phone via Ticketmaster at 866-858-0007, or at Radio City's Box Office (50th St. & Avenue of the Americas). Group tickets for 9+ are now on sale. For more information contact Group Sales at 212-465-6080 or group.sales@msg.com. Box Office hours are daily, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00pm. Tickets purchased via Ticketmaster are subject to service charges.
About MSG Entertainment
MSG Entertainment (MSGE), the live entertainment arm of The Madison Square Garden Company (Nasdaq: MSG), is a worldwide entertainment company recognized for its signature combination of event production and entertainment marketing. In addition to the nearly 900 entertainment concerts and events that take place each year at Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theatre, The Chicago Theatre, and the Forum in Inglewood, California, MSGE has an exclusive co-booking agreement with Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center/Wang Theatre. MSG Entertainment's live events include the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which has played to more than 75 million people in 77 different cities across North America. More than five million people attend MSG Entertainment branded events annually including concerts, special events, and family attractions.
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