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If you put your ear to the street, you can hear the rumble of the world in motion; people going to and from work, to school, to the grocery store. You may even hear the whisper of their living rooms, their conversation, their complaints, and if you’re lucky, their laughter. If you’re almost anywhere in America , you’ll hear something different, something special, something you recognize but haven’t heard in a long time. It is the sound of a real celebration.
It is not New Year’s, and it is not a political convention. It is neither a prime time game-show, nor a music video countdown, bloated with fame and sponsorship. What you are hearing is the love for a music. It is the unbridled outcry of support for a song that sings to the heart, that dances with the soul. The jubilation is in the theaters, the bars, the music clubs, the festivals. The love is for a band.
The songs are honest: just chords with real voices singing real melodies. But, the heart and the energy with which they are sung, is really why people are talking, and why so many sing along.
They are a reality in a world of entertainment built with smoke and mirrors, and when they play, the common man can break the mirrors and blow the smoke away, so that all that’s left behind is the unwavering beauty of the songs. That’s the commotion, that’s the celebration, and wherever The Avett Brothers are tonight, that’s what you’ll find.
BROADWAY’S NEW HIT COMEDY Something Rotten! is “an explosion of musical joy!” (NPR). Set in 1595, this hilarious smash tells the story of two brothers who set out to write the world’s very first MUSICAL! It’s “The Producers + Spamalot + The Book of Mormon. Squared!” (New York Magazine). Ages 8+.
• First opened on Broadway on April 22, 2015, running for 742 performances • Nominated for 10 Tony Awards® including a win in the Best Featured Actor category • Nominated for 22 major awards including the 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album
Stephen Lang, award-winning playwright, star of stage and screen, brings the stories of eight different veterans from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Rendering firsthand accounts of valor that resulted in the nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor, Lang presents a one-man show that will reach into your very soul and keep you thoroughly spellbound. Beyond Glory, adapted from Larry Smith’s stirring book. Contains mature content.
Guest conductor Thiago Tiberio leads the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra in the scores from some of your favorite Disney•Pixar films! This visually stunning, high-definition, multi-media show for all ages features montages of memorable clips from Pixar’s films—including the Toy Story trilogy, Cars, WALL•E, Ratatouille, A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., Brave and more. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. © All rights reserved.
CELEBRATE THE TRADITION Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher brings his fresh take on a beloved masterpiece to life. Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” this new production is “entirely fresh, funny, and gorgeous. A reason for celebration” (New York Magazine).
• This new revival features direction by Bartlett Sher (South Pacific, The King and I) and stunningmovement and dance from acclaimed Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter, based on the original staging by Jerome Robbins
• Originally opened in 1964 and was the first musical to surpass 3,000 performances on Broadway
A JOURNEY FOR THE FAMILY Inspired by the beloved films, this romantic and adventure-filled new musical is at home in the Fox Cities! This dazzling show will transport you from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out on a journey to discover the mystery of her past.
• Features hit songs from the movie such as “Once Upon a December” and “Journey to the Past” along with new additions
• Originally opened on Broadway March 23, 2017
• A Wisconsin Broadway Premiere
Georgia’s gospel sensation Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar have made a name for themselves performing with gospel greats and through their sensational viral videos of musical theater and pop hits on YouTube. With the ability to transcend cultural boundaries with their fresh adaptations of contemporary gospel, the group’s music is sung all over the world.
AWARD WINNING BEST MUSICAL More than 90 million people around the world have experienced the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King, and now you can too when the Fox Cities’ best-loved musical returns to the Fox Cities P.A.C. Season Ticket Holders attend Thurs. - Sun. evening in Week 1 and Tues.- Wed. in Week 2.
• Made its Wisconsin Premiere in May 2007 at the Fox Cities P.A.C. and last visited in 2013
• Has won 70 major theater awards internationally and has had 24 global productions around the world
• The third longest running Broadway show in history
Sacred Earth explores the interconnectedness between human emotions and the environments that shape them. Performed with live music, dancers create a sacred space to honor the divinity in the natural world and the sustenance we derive from it. Inspired by the philosophies behind the ephemeral arts of kolam and Warli painting and the Tamil Sangam literature of India, Sacred Earth is a vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man.
Nominated for five Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Rock of Ages captures the iconic era that was the big bad 1980s Hollywood. Featuring the music of hit bands such as Styx, Poison, Twisted Sister, and Whitesnake among many others. This Tenth Anniversary production features a dynamic new cast revisiting the larger than life characters and exhilarating story that turned Rock of Ages into a global phenomenon. Contains mature content. Ages 13+
A Fiesta Cubana featuring musicians and dancers of the Havana Cuba All-Stars! Back by popular demand, this high-energy group is a joyous celebration of Cuban music and dance styles. The Havana Cuba All-Stars are some of Cuba’s greatest musicians and dancers. With rhythms and melodies from the cha cha to the rumba, from “Son Cubano” style to the salsa, they will showcase a variety of Cuban beats.
A NEW MUSICAL The New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.
• Nominated for 7 Tony Awards®, including a win for Christopher Ashley in the Best Direction of a Musical category
• Won the 2017 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] is an irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays. Join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild and memorable ride that leaves audiences breathless and helpless with laughter. In the spirit of Shakespeare himself, RSC shows contain some occasional bawdy language and mild innuendo. All children (and adults) are different, so we’ve chosen to rate our shows PG-13: Pretty Good If You’re Thirteen.
Join the inhabitants of Bubblelandia on an adventure in a beautiful underwater world where fantasy becomes reality. In this beautiful production, told without dialogue, you will be surrounded by colorful creatures and references from classic stories. This modern fairytale helps us to sit back to listen, watch, dream and find ourselves without age limits.
FALL-DOWN FUNNY What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? You’d get THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Broadway and London’s award-winning smash comedy! Called “a gut-busting hit” (The New York Times) and “the funniest play Broadway has ever seen” (HuffPost), this classic murder mystery is chock-full of mishaps and madcap mania delivering “a riotous explosion of comedy” (Daily Beast) that is “tons of fun for all ages” (HuffPost)! Ages 8+.
• Won the 2017 Tony Award®, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
• Marks the theatrical producing debut of film director J.J. Abrams, who joined the producer of Rent,Avenue Q, and Something Rotten! to bring the show to Broadway from the West End
Featuring three of the most popular teen idols of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, The Golden Boys bring some of your favorite hits to the stage including “Bobby Sox to Stockings,” “Wild One,” “Turn Me Loose” and so many more. The three stars also combine their talents to perform tributes to the likes of Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Rick Nelson and Bill Haley.