Broadway returns to the Niswonger this Sunday with the classic smash hit musical, Anything Goes<\/i>.\u00a0 With its introduction on Broadway in 1934, it has become one of those \u201cclassics\u201d which are so good, they just keep reappearing.\u00a0 The most recent revival came in 2011, when it garnered several Tony Awards, including \u201cBest Musical Revival\u201d, while playing at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York.<\/p>\n
Cole Porter\u2019s music helped make it the smash hit with songs like, \u201cI Get a Kick out of You,\u201d made popular by Frank Sinatra as well as others, \u201cYou\u2019re the Top,\u201d and of course \u201cAnything Goes.\u201d\u00a0 And if you like tap dancing, you will love this musical.\u00a0 A big cast of dancers and singers will appear on stage with a live orchestra in the pit.<\/p>\n
I just came from my dentist appointment this morning and one of the hygienists came running over to my chair and said she just took her entire family to Columbus this past weekend to see the show because they were going to be gone when it\u2019s here in town.\u00a0 She said it was wonderful!\u00a0 The perfect classic Broadway show with beautiful costumes, lots of color, dancing and singing.\u00a0 She said everyone needs to see this one.\u00a0 She did admit that she probably paid more in Columbus than she would have here.\u00a0 Man! We are running a special (if there are any seats left) for balcony seats at just $10.\u00a0Incredible!\u00a0 I believe I saw about a hundred seats remaining for this Sunday afternoon show at 3 p.m.\u00a0 Anything goes!<\/p>\n
The second of our two Broadway shows is on Saturday night, March 28.\u00a0 Memphis<\/i> is a show I hope everyone will check out.\u00a0My wife and I saw it in New York a couple years ago and knew we needed to get it to Van Wert for you to enjoy too.<\/p>\n
I think it is the story line that makes this musical so appealing to me, but the music is also outstanding.\u00a0The story of Memphis<\/i> tells of a late night radio DJ who took a big risk of playing a new kind of music just starting to come around in the early 1950s.\u00a0 It was called Rock \u2018n Roll.\u00a0You can imagine the chaos he created by playing this kind of music for the first time for many of the Memphis area listeners.\u00a0The music is created on stage with the live band and the singing and tunes are outstanding.<\/p>\n
The story continues when this Rock \u201cn Roll radio DJ meets the Memphis Blues and a female African-American Blues singer and (of course) they fall in love. Remember, it\u2019s Broadway!\u00a0 This was not a good thing in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s in particular.\u00a0 I\u2019ll let you research the rest of the story, but let me just say that we so enjoyed the show that we wanted to share it with our Niswonger audience.\u00a0 Give it a chance, I think you\u2019ll love it too.<\/p>\n
Tickets are on sale for both these Broadway shows which will soon fall in line with past Broadway Shows the Niswonger has bought to town including, Annie<\/i>, Oklahoma!<\/i>, Fiddler on the Roof<\/i>, Shrek — the Musical<\/i>, The Addams Family<\/i>, Westside Story<\/i>, and Porgy & Bess<\/i>.\u00a0 The Booking Group out of New York has worked with us to bring some of the greatest shows touring today to the Niswonger for our audiences to enjoy.\u00a0 We are truly bringing New York, Chicago, and London right here in your own back yard.\u00a0 All you need to do is buy your ticket and enjoy!<\/p>\n
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