Tucson: UA's Arizona Repertory Theatre performs Neil Simon's comedy "Broadway Bound"

 

 

From: Anne Gardner [mailto:anneg@email.arizona.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 1:26 PM
Subject: Press Release for ART's Broadway Bound

UA’s Arizona Repertory Theatre performs Neil Simon’s comedy “Broadway Bound”

Dates & Times:
Previews: June 10 at 1:30 p.m., June 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Evenings: June 13-16, 21-23 at 7:30 p.m.
Matinees: June 17, 23, 24 at 1:30 p.m.

Place: Tornabene Theatre on the UA campus located near the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

Cost/Admission: General $26, Senior Citizen/UA Employee/Military $24, Student $19, Preview $17. Tickets may be charged to MasterCard, Visa or American Express. A convenience fee of $3 per order will be charged for phone orders. If you would like your tickets mailed to you, there is an additional $1.50 fee per order.

Production Information: Broadway Bound by Neil Simon. Presented by the UA School of Theatre Arts Arizona Repertory Theatre (ART) and directed by Brent Gibbs.

Season Producer Sponsor: The Harris
Season Media Sponsors: KUAT-FM & KUAZ-AM/FM
Production Sponsors: Jane and Lee Kivel

Building upon the success of ART's first two productions in Neil Simon's acclaimed autobiographical trilogy, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, we present the much-anticipated final installment. In Broadway Bound, winner of the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play, Eugene Jerome and his brother Stanley pair up to write a comedy sketch for CBS. Inspiration is hard to come by, and they use their dysfunctional family as a model. But when feelings get hurt and family secrets come out, they discover harsh truths about who they are and learn lessons about love, forgiveness, and hope while pursuing their dream to reach New York.

Broadway Bound reunites the same cast members from Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, notably School of Theatre Arts graduate J. Michael Trautmann as Neil Simon’s alter ego Eugene Morris Jerome and local actors Carlisle Ellis and Dwayne Palmer as his parents. “It is extremely unusual to be able to keep an entire acting company together in order to do this trilogy over the course of three years,” says director Brent Gibbs. “This represents a unique opportunity for our patrons to watch this entire family go through the trial, tribulations and triumphs that are a part of growing up and finally apart. It is funny, poignant and bittersweet – rather like the relationships within our own families.”

This production has been made possible by donors to the College of Fine Arts Dean's Fund for Excellence, and is offered through the generous support of the 2007 Summer Arts Festival, a program of the Office of Summer and Winter Session.

Contains adult language and mature themes.

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162. Single tickets go on sale for summer Broadway Bound on May 29. Summer Box Office Hours:
May 29 – June 29: Open M-F 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. and one hour prior to evening and weekend show times.

Parking: Theatregoers may park in the Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Ave. just north of Speedway Blvd. For weekday evening performances, you can now pre-pay for parking. Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight, take your parking ticket immediately to the garage cashier after parking. Cashier is located on the east side of the main level. Parking fee will be $3 (cash only). After the performance, insert the parking ticket at the gate to exit. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park.

Media Contact: Paula Newsome, (520) 626-2686, pnewsome@email.arizona.edu

 

 

---------------------------------
Tucson Theatre Announcements List
Archive and subscription information on http://tucsonstage.com