Bede Music Box

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT David Elzer 818/508-1754 MEDIA ALERT FOR THEATRE EDITORS AND REVIEWERS AND CALENDAR LISTINGS Performances Had to be Added to Every Show! LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT are thrilled to announce thei r 2011- 2012 season of shows! For the first time ever, the co mpany will offer its subscribers and audiences four weeks of performances this season (an additional week ha s been added to each run!) - with six must-see theatrical events: From hilariou s Broadway comedies such as (more) - 2011/2012 Season Page Two THE PERFORMING ARTS season: The Tony Award-winning Broadway Hit Comedy! September 23 – October 16, 2011 (Press Opening September 24) Michael Richard One of the most inspired farces ever written presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors ss and passionate affairs turn every performance # # # October 28– November 20, 2011 (Press Opening October 29) d by Roger Bean Directed by Roger Bean oger Bean, comes another trip to Springfield (more) - 2011/2012 Season January 20 - February 12, 2012 (Press Opening January 21) om the novel by John Buchan From the movie of Alfred Hitchcock Directed by Jessica Kubzansky Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy nove , a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters tage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, - The New York Times April 13 – May 6, 2012 (Press Opening April 14) (By arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh) , Jr. and Alain Boublil ch lyrics by Alain Boublil Dana Solimando Directed by Brian Kite (more) , Alain Boublil and Claude- Michel Schönberg (the creators of Misérables ), along with Richard Maltby, Jr., bring Puccini’s Madame Butterfly to the modern world in a moving testament to the human spirit a the tragedies of war. Emmy Award-Winning and Tony Nominated! The National Tour comes home! Play by Sir James Barrie Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh * Music by Moose Charlap Additional Music by Jule Styne Directed by Glenn Casale The new national tour comes home # # # (more) e to Legend Rosemary Clooney! became an overnight hit. The song went on to wi n an Academy Award® for Best Song in a Motion Picture, and Debby received the Grammy® Award for Best New Artist of the Year. Since then, she has won two additional Grammy Awards and has received seven Grammy nominations. Debby Boone’s elt tribute to her late mother- in-law, the legendary singer Rosemary Clooney. The show is a touching mu with a collection of standards chosen for their significance in Boone’s life with Clooney, led by her and Clooney’s Musical Director, John Oddo. “I wanted to select songs that would give an insight pective, and from the more than thirty years that I spent with her,” says Boone. In addition to her incred ible recording career, Debby’s starring roles on Broadway include Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , Rizzo in and Maria in Lincoln the United States, Debby Boone comes to La Mirada Theatre for only two memorable Subscriptions to this extraordinary season are now available by calling the Box Office at 562-944- www.lamiradatheatre.com R THE PERFORMING ARTS is lo of Rosecrans Avenue where the 91 and 5 freeways (more) To schedule press interviews, photos, press comps David Elzer/DEMAND PR at davidelzer@me.com www.demandpr.com lamiradatheatre.com LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORM Los Angeles Times as "one of the best Broadway-style ho uses in Southern California." This beautiful state-of- the-art theatre has been producing quality productions for its Southern California audiences since 1977. The theatre has produced several national tours and is the recipient of ma and Emmy Awards and Tony Award nominations. Brian K ite is the theatre’s Producing Artistic Director. The theatre is located at 14900 La Mirada Boulevard in La Mirada, near the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue. rther information 562-944-9801or visit www.lamiradatheatre.com McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT combines the talents of musical theatre sta McCoy's extensive production and theatrical experience an d has become one of the nation's premier theatrical production companies. Credits include Tony-nominat ed Broadway shows, long-running national tours, multiple-award-winning Los Angeles stage productions, and hit TV specials. The number of major theatrical awards garnered by McCoy Rigby Entertainment includes 3 Ovation Awards, 25 Drama-Logue Awards, 3 Backstage Garland Awa rds and 3 Tony Award nominations, 20 Ovation nominations and 8 NAACP award nominations for the touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar. In addition, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded McCoy Rigby Entertainment an Emmy for Best