ASU Gammage hosts season open house

July 19, 2010

ASU Gammage is hosting a 2010-2011 Broadway Season Open House to celebrate its new Broadway season.<separator></separator>This free event, which takes place from 6 to 8 p.m., Aug. 2, will include free food from Tempe’s La Bocca Pizzeria & Wine Bar and a special 20-minute behind-the-scenes video about the award-winning shows coming to ASU Gammage in the 2010-2011 season.<separator></separator>Guests will enjoy exclusive performances by cast members from "Shrek the Musical and "Billy Elliot the Musical."<separator></separator>Attendees to the event will have a chance to win season subscriptions, an overnight theater package in Las Vegas and other hotel and restaurant giveaways.<separator></separator>ASU Gammage’s line-up for the 2010-2011 PROGRESSIVE® Broadway Across America – Arizona series includes:<separator></separator>• "Young Frankenstein" – Sept. 27-Oct.<separator></separator>• "Hair" – Dec. 7-12<separator></separator>• "Shrek the Musical" – Jan. 4-9, 2011<separator></separator>• " 9 to 5: The Musical" – Feb. 22-27, 2011<separator></separator>• "Fiddler on the Roof" – March 29-April 3, 2011<separator></separator>• "Billy Elliot the Musical – April 27-May 8, 2011<separator></separator>• "Mamma Mia" – May 17–22, 2011<separator></separator>PROGRESSIVE® Broadway Across America – Arizona special engagements during the 2010-2011 Season include:<separator></separator>• NETworks presents Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" – Oct. 19-24<separator></separator>• "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"– Nov. 17-21<separator></separator>• "Les Misérables" – June 7–12, 2011<separator></separator>New subscriptions are on sale now. Season subscribers to the PROGRESSIVE® Broadway Across America – Arizona season are assured priority seating, the same great seats for every show, and priority ticket offers for special Broadway engagements. Additional benefits include ticket exchange privileges and lost ticket insurance. Season subscriptions start at $124.<separator></separator>In its 21st season, PROGRESSIVE® Broadway Across America – Arizona presented at ASU Gammage is the largest theatrical subscription series in the state of Arizona and one of the most successful Broadway series in the country. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public Aug. 9. ASU Gammage is located at 1200 S. Forest, Tempe, Ariz. For more information or to RSVP to the event, call (480) 965-5062.

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