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Tickets on Sale June 1 for 2010–2011 Presentations at Eisenhower and Schwab
UNIVERSITY PARK (Thursday, May 27)—Individual-performance and discounted Choice series tickets for 29 professional touring presentations at Eisenhower and Schwab auditoriums and Pasquerilla Spiritual Center go on sale to the public at 8 a.m. Monday, June 1.
The September 2010 through April 2011 Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State season features a variety of music, theater and dance presentations, including classical violin superstar Joshua Bell in a solo recital and the Centre County debuts of the touring Broadway musicals Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Color Purple and Spring Awakening. The musical theater line-up also includes the classics A Chorus Line and Fiddler on the Roof. The upcoming season at the University Park campus also includes jazz piano legends Dave Brubeck and Ramsey Lewis, the iconic Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s final tour, Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster’s Christmas in Cape Breton, Montreal’s Cirque Eloize in ID, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra with violin soloist Jennifer Koh and Argentina’s Tango Buenos Aires in Fire and Passion of Tango.
Purchase tickets online at www.cpa.psu.edu; by phone at 814-863-0255 or 1-800-ARTS-TIX; or in person at Eisenhower (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Tickets Downtown (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and the Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). For a season schedule and more details, visit www.cpa.psu.edu and click on EVENTS.
Patrons who purchase tickets to four or more events, excluding the Joshua Bell concert, earn a 10 percent discount and other benefits.
A complete list of Center for the Performing Arts 2010–2011 presentations follows.
Performances are in Eisenhower Auditorium unless indicated as being in Schwab Auditorium (SA) or Pasquerilla Spiritual Center (PSC). Artists, programs, dates and times are subject to change.
Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard Conversations® Chopin for Lovers! 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 15 (SA)
Monty Python’s Spamalot 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, September 28 and 29
The Laramie Project Tectonic Theater Project 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 6
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later–An Epilogue Tectonic Theater Project 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 7 Taylor Eigsti Trio with special guest Becca Stevens 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 12 (SA)
Apollo’s Fire Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 15 (SA)
Rioult 2 p.m. Sunday, October 17
A Chorus Line 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 21
Buika 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 28
Eroica Trio 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 3 (SA)
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra Pavel Kogan, conductor Jennifer Koh, violinist 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 9
New Orleans Nights Allen Toussaint, Nicholas Payton and The Joe Krown Trio 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 16
Natalie MacMaster Christmas in Cape Breton 7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 2
Jonathan Biss 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 19 (SA)
Click, Clack, Moo TheatreworksUSA 2 p.m. Sunday, January 23
Fiddler on the Roof 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 25
John Scofield and Joe Lovano Quartet 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 27 (SA)
An Evening with Joshua Bell 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 3
Merce Cunningham Dance Company 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 12
Cirque Éloize ID 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 15
Takács Quartet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 22 (SA)
Tango Buenos Aires Fire and Passion of Tango 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 24
Ballet Grand Prix 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2
The Color Purple 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, March 22 and 23
Trio Mediaeval 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 (PSC)
Dave Brubeck Quintet and Ramsey Lewis Trio Two Legends, One Stage 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8
Room on the Broom Tall Stories Theatre Company 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10
Spring Awakening 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12 and 13
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Russian Spirit 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14 (SA)
The September 2010 through April 2011 Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State season features a variety of music, theater and dance presentations, including classical violin superstar Joshua Bell in a solo recital and the Centre County debuts of the touring Broadway musicals Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Color Purple and Spring Awakening. The musical theater line-up also includes the classics A Chorus Line and Fiddler on the Roof. The upcoming season at the University Park campus also includes jazz piano legends Dave Brubeck and Ramsey Lewis, the iconic Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s final tour, Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster’s Christmas in Cape Breton, Montreal’s Cirque Eloize in ID, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra with violin soloist Jennifer Koh and Argentina’s Tango Buenos Aires in Fire and Passion of Tango.
Purchase tickets online at www.cpa.psu.edu; by phone at 814-863-0255 or 1-800-ARTS-TIX; or in person at Eisenhower (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Tickets Downtown (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and the Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). For a season schedule and more details, visit www.cpa.psu.edu and click on EVENTS.
Patrons who purchase tickets to four or more events, excluding the Joshua Bell concert, earn a 10 percent discount and other benefits.
A complete list of Center for the Performing Arts 2010–2011 presentations follows.
Performances are in Eisenhower Auditorium unless indicated as being in Schwab Auditorium (SA) or Pasquerilla Spiritual Center (PSC). Artists, programs, dates and times are subject to change.
Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard Conversations® Chopin for Lovers! 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 15 (SA)
Monty Python’s Spamalot 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, September 28 and 29
The Laramie Project Tectonic Theater Project 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 6
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later–An Epilogue Tectonic Theater Project 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 7 Taylor Eigsti Trio with special guest Becca Stevens 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 12 (SA)
Apollo’s Fire Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 15 (SA)
Rioult 2 p.m. Sunday, October 17
A Chorus Line 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 21
Buika 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 28
Eroica Trio 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 3 (SA)
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra Pavel Kogan, conductor Jennifer Koh, violinist 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 9
New Orleans Nights Allen Toussaint, Nicholas Payton and The Joe Krown Trio 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 16
Natalie MacMaster Christmas in Cape Breton 7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 2
Jonathan Biss 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 19 (SA)
Click, Clack, Moo TheatreworksUSA 2 p.m. Sunday, January 23
Fiddler on the Roof 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 25
John Scofield and Joe Lovano Quartet 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 27 (SA)
An Evening with Joshua Bell 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 3
Merce Cunningham Dance Company 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 12
Cirque Éloize ID 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 15
Takács Quartet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 22 (SA)
Tango Buenos Aires Fire and Passion of Tango 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 24
Ballet Grand Prix 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2
The Color Purple 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, March 22 and 23
Trio Mediaeval 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 (PSC)
Dave Brubeck Quintet and Ramsey Lewis Trio Two Legends, One Stage 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8
Room on the Broom Tall Stories Theatre Company 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10
Spring Awakening 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12 and 13
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Russian Spirit 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14 (SA)
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