THE BOOK OF MORMON Sells Out Three-Week Denver Engagement in Hours
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 23 12:52 PM) - The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Denver Center Attractions have confirmed today that show show sold out its three-week engagement within 5 hours after tickets went on sale yesterday, January 24 at 10am. THE BOOK OF MORMON will play the Ellie Caulkins Opera House from August 14 –September 2, 2012. Following the Denver engagement, THE BOOK OF MORMON tour will play the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles for a twelve week run from September 18 through November 25, 2012. Tickets for the Los Angeles engagement will go on sale soon.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN National Tour to Launch in Fall 2012!
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 18 3:37 PM) - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, which played its final performance on Broadway in September will launch a non-equity national tour in the Fall of 2012, presented by Troika Entertainment. A full schedule has yet to be announced.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Launch BARNUM BASH National Tour
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 17 6:30 PM) - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Circus is excited to announce the launch of BARNUM BASH(SM), an all-new 45-city US tour. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents BARNUM BASH introduces the Ringling Bros.® Ringlettes, who are the stylish hosts of the swankiest circus party in town. The Ringlettes are ready to inviteChildren of All Ages® in on the hippest circus spectacular that The Greatest Show On Earth® has ever produced!

Zach Manske Joins Cast of BILLY ELLIOT Tour
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 17 3:39 PM) - NETworks Presentations, LLC announced today that Zach Manske made his debut in the national touring cast of the 10-time Tony Award-winning BILLY ELLIOT: the Musical, in the role of 'Billy.' Manske is the ninth 'Billy' to perform in the national tour.

BLUE MAN GROUP Theatrical Tour Hits Omaha
by Sally Henry

(Jan. 17 5:00 AM) - Networks Presentations, LLC and Blue Man Productions are bringing BLUE MAN GROUP’s new theatrical touring production to Omaha’s Orpheum Theater Tuesday, January 17 through Sunday, January 22

STAGE TUBE: MEMPHIS Tour's Bryan Fenkart Sings 'Memphis Lives in Me'
by Stage Tube

(Jan. 12 3:09 PM) - MEMPHIS is performing in Hartford, Connecticut at the Bushnell Theatre until January 15, and on January 10, Fenkart performed the rousing crowd favorite, "Memphis Lives in Me" on the show Better Connecticut.

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by BWW

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STAGE TUBE: Highlights from MEMPHIS National Tour!
by Stage Tube

(Jan. 10 3:23 PM) - Critically acclaimed MEMPHIS won four 2010 Tony® Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score (David Bryan and Joe DiPietro), Best Book (Joe DiPietro), and Best Orchestrations (David Bryan and Daryl Waters) and is currently touring the country. Click below to check out highlights from the tour!

Sara Gettelfinger On Bringing Morticia To Life On Tour With THE ADDAMS FAMILY
by Jeffrey Ellis

(Jan. 2 12:31 PM) - Sara Gettelfinger may have a resume that other actresses covet—now starring as the mysterious, intriguing, maybe even a little bit frightening Morticia Addams in the national tour of The Addams Family, she’s been on Broadway in A Free Man of Color, Seussical the Musical, The Boys from Syracuse, Nine and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and she’s toured in Fosse and 101 Dalmatians—but, truth be told, the highlight of her resume for me, at least, is a stint on the storied, now lamented and defunct, CBS soap opera Guiding Light.

BWW Interviews: Michael Mayer and Tom Kitt Talk AMERICAN IDIOT Tour
by Kelly Cameron

(Jan. 1 3:42 PM) - The 1st National Tour of American Idiot launched last week in Toronto, with much of the producing and creative team from NYC journeying North for the event. BWW was on hand to bring its readers coverage of all the opening night fun, and also had the chance to speak with Director Michael Mayer and Music Supervisor Tom Kitt. The dynamic duo talk Toronto, changes to the production, and their love of Canadians:

Photo Flash: AMERICAN IDIOT National Tour Kicks Off In Toronto
by BWW News Desk

(Dec. 29 3:08 PM) - Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT premieres in Toronto through January 15 before continuing on to 14 other markets across the United States.

Review Roundup: THE ADDAMS FAMILY National Tour
by BWW News Desk

(Dec. 28 3:19 PM) - Currently playing Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre is the national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, which features an original story and it's every father's nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren't upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday's "normal" boyfriend and his parents.

Photo Flash: AMERICAN IDIOT Hosts Public Preview Performances Upstate, Dec. 21 & 22
by BWW News Desk

(Dec. 21 10:27 AM) - The North American tour of Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT kicks off in Toronto on December 28 and run through January 15 before continuing on to 14 other markets across the United States. As a warm up the company will play two public preview performances tonight, December 21, and tomorrow, December 22 at the Stanley Theatre in Utica, New York before heading north to prep for the December 28 premiere. Check out the company in rehearsal below!

STAGE TUBE: National Tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Creates Christmas Greeting!
by BroadwayWorld TV

(Dec. 19 7:56 PM) - See the touring cast's holiday greeting by clicking below!

BWW Reviews: Sweet WHITE CHRISTMAS Tour is a Wonderful Winter Treat
by Michael L. Quintos

(Dec. 16 3:51 PM) - Now performing at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, California through January 1, the current touring stage production of IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS--a beguiling, surprisingly-winsome re-imagining of the classic 1954 Paramount Pictures musical motion picture of the same name--is saved from being just another run-of-the-mill musical adaptation thanks to its incredible Irving Berlin melodies and its enjoyable dance performances that harken back to a simpler time. More than anything, this satisfying production is able to hold its own mostly because it doesn't seem to have any pretense in its core.

Review Roundup: A CHRISTMAS STORY
by BWW News Desk

(Dec. 16 11:34 AM) - On Wednesday, December 14, A Christmas Story, The Musical! celebrated its opening night at Chicago's legendary Chicago Theatre.America's #1 Christmas movie comes to life on stage as hilarious holiday musical featuring a bright holiday score by composer/lyricist team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Joseph Robinette based on the writings of radio humorist Jean Shepherd and the 1983 holiday film favorite. Tony Award winner John Rando (Urinetown, The Wedding Singer) will direct the production with Warren Carlyle (Finian's Rainbow, Follies, An Evening With Hugh Jackman) choreographing.

Photo Flash: A CHRISTMAS STORY Celebrates Opening Night!
by BWW News Desk

(Dec. 16 11:20 AM) - On Wednesday, December 14, A Christmas Story, The Musical! celebrated its opening night at Chicago's legendary Chicago Theatre with producer Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, there to cheer the company on. Check out photos from opening night below!

Photo Flash: AMERICAN IDIOT Tour In Rehearsal, Van Hughes, Gabrielle McClinton & More!
by BWW

(Dec. 15 2:00 PM) - The North American tour of Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT will premiere in Toronto on December 28 and run through January 15 before continuing on to 14 other markets across the United States. Rehearsal shots have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look below!