THE SEARCH IS OVER!
THE CAST IS READY TO ROCK
IN THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF
IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN....
The First National Tour launches in Chicago, Illinois in September 21
CHICAGO (August 16, 2010) Broadway In Chicago and the producers of the five-time Tony Award® nominated smash-hit
musical ROCK OF AGES
have announced the cast that will rock the nation in the 60-city, first
national tour kicking off at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago on
September 21, 2010. Tickets for this exclusive two week engagement are
currently on sale.
Coming to you direct from Broadway is previously announced Tony Award® Nominee and "American Idol" finalist,
Constantine Maroulis, who will reprise his acclaimed performance as Drew.
Maroulis made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award® Nominated 2007 production of
The Wedding Singer and co-starred in Off Broadway's critically acclaimed production of
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
Other principals joining the party include
MiG Ayesa as Stacee Jaxx (Broadway:
Burn The Floor;
International:
We Will Rock You;
PBS's Handel's Messiah Rocks;
CBS-TV's Rockstar INXS),
Nick Cordero as Dennis (Off-Broadway:
Toxic Avenger), Rebecca Faulkenberry
as Sherrie (High School Musical 1 (original cast); High School Musical 2 (original London cast),
Patrick Lewallen as Lonny (National Tour:
Jesus Christ Superstar), Teresa Stanley as Justice (Broadway:
Purlie, Dreamgirls),
Casey Tuma
as Regina (Broadway/National Tour: Annie -
20th Anniversary), Bret Tuomi as Hertz (Regional:
A Christmas Carol) and Travis Walker as Franz (Jeff Award-Winning production of
Chess with Theo Ubique Cabaret). Rounding out the cast is
Angela Brydon (Broadway: Wicked),
Joey Calveri (Tours: Saturday Night
Fever,
Grease,)
Daniel Luis Domenech (National Tour:
Rent), Lindsay Janisse
(Broadway: Wicked), Sean Jenness
(Tour: 25th Anniversary of HAIR), Holly Laurent
(National tours: The Wedding Singer and
Hairspray), Lauralynn McClelland
(Broadway: West Side Story), Rashad Naylor
(Broadway: Hairspray), Josh Sassanella
(Las Vegas: Mamma Mia!) and
Erika Shannon (National
Tour: West Side Story).
The music that ignited a generation is heating up Broadway in the smash hit,
ROCK OF AGES.
The classic rock love story of the decade erupts into Broadway's best
party, all to the sounds of such feel-good, sing-out-loud songs as
Every Rose Has Its Thorn, I Wanna Know What Love Is, Here I Go Again, Don't Stop Believin'
and more. This hilarious five-time Tony Award® nominated musical is nothin' but a good time.
As on Broadway, the touring production will be directed by Tony Award® Nominee
Kristin Hanggi (Bare,
Pussycat Dolls on the Sunset Strip) and choreographed by
Kelly Devine (Jersey Boys -
Associate Choreographer). The book is by Chris D'Arienzo (writer and director of the film
Barry Munday), the Music Supervision, Arrangements & Orchestrations are by
Ethan Popp (Tarzan; Europe:
We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia) and the original arrangements are by
David Gibbs (Counting Crows, Film:
That Thing You Do).
Scenic design is by
Beowulf Boritt (Spelling Bee, LoveMusik), costume design is by Tony Award® Nominee
Gregory Gale (Cyrano, The Wedding Singer), lighting design is by
Jason Lyons (The Threepenny Opera), sound design is by Tony Award® Nominee
Peter Hylenski (Shrek The Musical), and projection design is by
Zachary Borovay (A Catered Affair).
A New Line Cinema film of
ROCK OF AGES will be directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray), distributed by Warner Bros. is scheduled to be released in 2011.
Individual tickets to
ROCK OF AGES
are $18 - $85 and are currently on sale. Tickets are
available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St.,
151 W. Randolph St. and 18 W. Monroe St.); the Broadway In Chicago
Ticket Line at (800) 775-2000; all Ticketmaster retail locations
(including Hot Tix and select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye
stores); and online at
www.BroadwayInChicago.com. Groups of 15 or more should call (312) 977-1710.
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