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You won’t find a show with more award winning songsDisney’s ON THE RECORDNorth Texas Premiere
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Single tickets are on sale now at The Box Office, 542 Preston Royal Shopping Center, ranging in price from only $11 to $69. The Box Office hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. Tickets may be ordered in person at The Box Office without a service fee, or by phone at 214-631-ARTS (2787), or online at www.ticketmaster.com with a service fee. Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster outlets. For groups of 20 or more, call 214-426-GROUP. Heading up the production will be Kaitlin Hopkins, who starred in the Broadway revival of Noises Off, and was seen Off-Broadway in Bare, Beautiful Child and Bat Boy (Drama Desk nomination). Also featured in the production will be Brian Sutherland, who has starred in numerous Broadway productions, including The Sound of Music, 1776, Victor/Victoria and Steel Pier. Ashley Brown and Andrew Samonsky, the two youngest stars of the production, are recent graduates of conservatory programs, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and University of California, Irvine, respectively. Rounding out the cast will be Leo Ash Evans, Meredith Inglesby, Keewa Nurullah, Ian Rhodes, Josh Franklin, Leigh Ann Larkin, Koh Mochizuki and Lyn Philistine. ON THE RECORD is the show-stopping, new musical revue from Disney set in a contemporary recording studio that sparkles with 64 of the most beloved songs ever written, from some of the most popular films ever made over the past 75 years. “Boasting an incredibly diverse and gorgeous score, intimate staging and some fanciful Disney magic, we are sure that ON THE RECORD will delight audiences all over North America,” said Thomas Schumacher, producer, Disney Theatrical Productions, a division of The Walt Disney Company. “With ON THE RECORD, we hope to introduce an entire new generation to the music that has captured people’s hearts for the past 70 years, all performed live on stage with a talented group of singers, dancers and musicians.” The songs in ON THE RECORD span 75 years of Disney music, and include nine Academy Award® winners for Best Song (with 20 nominations), seven Billboard® Top 20 songs, including three #1 songs, six Golden Globe® awards for Best Song (13 nominations), six Grammy® Awards, including one Song of the Year. In June 2004, six of the songs in the production were named by the American Film Institute as among the 100 top movie songs of all time, including “When You Wish Upon A Star” (#7), “Someday My Prince Will Come” (#19), “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (#36), “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” (#47), “Beauty and the Beast” (#62) and “Hakuna Matata”(#99). (Complete list of awards is attached, as well as the production song list.) Disney’s ON THE RECORD is directed, choreographed and co-conceived by Tony® Award nominee Robert Longbottom, director/choreographer of Broadway’s recent Flower Drum Song revival and Side Show. The music is adapted, supervised and arranged by David Chase, with orchestrations by Danny Troob. The production is designed by Tony® Award nominee Robert Brill (scenery), Tony® Award nominee Gregg Barnes (costumes), Tony® Award winner Natasha Katz (lighting) and ACME Sound Partners (sound design). Chad Beguelin is the scenarist. ON THE RECORD will play Tuesday, June 21, through Sunday, July 3. All performances will be at the Music Hall at Fair Park. Music Hall Performance Schedule: Tues.
June 21 8 p.m. Opening night Single tickets for all Dallas Summer Musicals shows are on sale now. The shows include MOVIN' OUT, the Tony Award-winning new musical by Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel, July 13-24. The final show of the season will be the Broadway blockbuster and 2004 multiple award-winner, Wicked, coming to the Music Hall at Fair Park October 6-23. Wicked will be the State Fair of Texas musical for 2005. Season sponsors for Dallas Summer Musicals are Crest Infinity, The Dallas Morning News, WFAA TV, KLUV Radio, and American Airlines. For more information about Dallas Summer Musicals, please call 214-421-5678, or visit their website at www.dallassummermusicals.org. Awards and Nominations for Disney Songs in ON THE RECORD1937: “Someday My Prince Will Come” – Music by Frank
Churchill, Lyrics by Larry Morey (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) 1967: “The Bare Necessities” – Music and Lyrics by Terry
Gilkyson (The Jungle Book) 1992: “A Whole New World” – Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by
Tim Rice (Aladdin) 1999: “When She Loved Me” – Music and Lyrics by Randy
Newman (Toy Story 2) Academy Award® nomination for Song Edited by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady |
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The
touring production will open at the Music Hall at Fair Park Tuesday, June 21 at
8 p.m. This brand new production is the fourth show in North America from
Disney Theatrical Productions, following BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE LION KING and
Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA.