Through The Signature Ticket Initiative, "which seeks to make great theatre accessible to the broadest possible audience," all regularly-priced single tickets ($65) are available for $20 during the regular runs of each production for the entire season and continues through Signature's 20th Anniversary Season (2010-11).
The current Signature season boasts the work of 2007-08 playwright-in-residence Charles Mee, and began in August with the New York premiere of Iphigenia 2.0.
Queens Boulevard (the musical) begins Nov. 6 and opens Dec. 3 at Signature Theatre Company's Off-Broadway's Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, in Manhattan.
Davis McCallum directs and Peter Pucci choreographs.
According to Signature, "On his wedding day, a new husband is determined to find the perfect gift for his bride. While she waits at home, he searches for the mythical Flower of Heaven and is thrown into a series of colorful adventures on the streets of his neighborhood in Queens, New York. Inspired by a classical Indian dance drama, Queens Boulevard (the musical) celebrates love, community and life." Queens Boulevard is a real street that begins in Long Island City, Queens (across the East River from Manhattan), and winds for several miles through diverse neighborhoods. In recent years, it's been dubbed "the boulevard of death" due to the number of pedestrians killed by cars that speed along its route.
The cast includes Amir Arison, Satya Bhabha, Michi Barall, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Bill Buell, Demosthenes Chrysan, Geeta Citygirl, Emily Donahoe, William Jackson Harper, Jodi Lin, Arian Moayed, Debargo Sanyal, Jon Norman Schneider and Ruth Zhang.
The production will feature musical supervision and arrangements by Michael Friedman, music direction by Matt Castle, scenic design by Mimi Lien, costume design by Christal Weatherly, lighting design by Marcus Doshi, sound design by Ken Travis and video design by Joseph Spirito.
The performance schedule for Queens Boulevard (the musical) is Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM, matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM, and Wednesday Nov. 21 at 2 PM.
There are additional performances on Dec. 9 and Dec. 30 at 7 PM. There are no performances on Nov. 22, Dec. 5 or Dec. 25. The Open Captioned performance is Dec. 15 at 2 PM.
Tickets are available by phone at (212) 244-PLAY (7529), online at www.signaturetheatre.org, and in person at the box office (555 West 42nd Street).
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The Signature Ticket Initiative is made possible by the lead sponsorship of Time Warner, Inc., and support from Margot Adams, in memory of Mason Adams.
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