Over the summer Jersey Boys Tickets were no stranger to our Top 5 Events list, and now the Grammy, Olivier, and Tony Award-winning Best Musical will celebrate it’s 5th anniversary on Broadway next month. On Friday, November 5 through Monday, November 8 Jersey Boys will host different events in honor of this exciting milestone, beginning with the Empire State Building Lighting.

Since the Empire State Building is the “World’s Most Famous Office Building, it celebrates numerous causes and cultures with symbolic lighting relating to the cause, and Jersey Boys is no exception. On Friday November 5 and Saturday, November 6 the Empire State building will shine in yellow, red, and white in order to celebrate the musical’s 5th anniversary.

On Saturday, November 6 the anniversary performance will take place at the Virginia/August Wilson Theatre in New York City. The August Wilson Theatre opened more than 85 years ago, and Jersey Boys will become the longest running show in the theatre’s history.

Another way the city will celebrate the anniversary is by renaming 52nd Street. On Sunday, November 7th at 1 pm, 52nd Street between 8th Avenue and Broadway will be renamed “Jersey Boys Walk.” Not only will the musical’s current cast and creative team participate in this exciting event, but Franki Valli and Bob Gaudio of the original Four Seasons will participate as well.

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On Wednesday, September 29 the audience of American Idiot got an exciting surprise. Green Day front man, Billie Joe Armstrong, played the role of St. Jimmy in this big-budget musical based on his 2005 album. The audience was not sure if he would be appearing on stage that night as he was not listed in the playbook, and it was not announced that he would be filling in for the show until the house lights were dimmed.

Armstrong’s character did not come on stage until the second part of the musical, which gave the audience time to get hyped up for his arrival. Filling in for actor Tony Vincent, Armstrong jumped into the role as if he was on Broadway all his life.

He played the role of Jimmy, an evil apparition whose goal is to corrupt Johnny, the protagonist of the play. As he entered the stage he belted out Jimmy’s title track, “St. Jimmy” with spiked hair and a black jacket and the audience went wild. The applause went on for so long at the end of the song that the musical was forced to be paused for an extra minute.

Armstrong took a bow with the rest of the cast when the show ended, and the curtain fell. The curtain rose again, as he played “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” on his guitar. Armstrong and the rest of the cast took one final bow beofre blowing kisses and shaking hands as he stepped off stage.

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Yesterday we saw that tickets to see The Addams Family on Broadway were the highest selling tickets on our Top 5 Events list. It’s no surprise that tickets to this weirdly wonderful show are a hot item, especially because each of the iconic members of the family are played by an amazing cast member. The producers of the show are hoping that losing such popular stars will not affect the success of the musical.

As advertising for this new musical began, the producers focused more on the famous branding of the Addams family. They paid close attention to highlighting the characters, such as Morticia and Gomez, who we learned to love from pages of The New Yorker, rather than the star actors portraying those parts. The producers were hoping to make the transition easier for new actors to take over the lead roles in March when the current stars are expected to leave.

The show’s producers are already looking for new stars to take over for the leading couple. Unfortunately the show has not found their new lead couple yet, as John Leguizamo and Minnie Driver have both turned down the opportunity to portray Gomez and Morticia.

Despite the search for a new leads, two time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth currently star as the wonderfully weird couple at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City.

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Earlier this year a new musical opened on Broadway. Just five months after opening, Broadway’s Million Dollar Quartet is attracting visitors who are very high-profile. On September 10 at the Nederlander Theatre the show was host to former President of the United States, Bill Clinton and family.

This Broadway musical is based on a recording session which brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Carl Perkins together. December 4, 1956 was the date that Sam Phillips brought this incredible foursome together at the Sun Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee.  This impromptu recording session and the uniting of these four legends made this recording session one of the greatest rock jams of all time.

The Clinton family witnessed a very special show, as it was the same night the musical brought in rock legend Jerry lee Lewis to join the cast for one performance only. Jerry Lee Lewis is the only original member of the real Million Dollar Quartet who is still alive today, and his performance on Friday was certainly a special one.

The Million Dollar Quartet features some of the greatest country, rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, and R&B songs from each of these legendary performers. These songs include “I Walk the Line,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Whole Lotta’ Shakin’ Goin’ On,” and more. The Million Dollar Quartet on Broadway captures the moment these 4 musical genius’ came together in their prime for music.

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Elf, a new Broadway show based on the 2003 New Line Cinema major motion picture will be coming to Broadway for the holiday season.

This beloved film tells the story of an orphan named Buddy who accidentally gets taken to the North Pole as a child by crawling into Santa’s bag of gifts. Although Buddy grows to be the size of a normal human, he is still totally unaware that he is not really an elf.

However, when Buddy is unable to meet the toy making quota that all of the other elves are able to make, he is finally told the truth about being a human. After this revelation Buddy sets forth on a journey to find his real birth father that takes him to magical New York City where he is forced to remind the inhabitants of New York what Christmas spirit really is.

Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw will be directing and choreographing the Broadway version of this hilarious tale, and it will feature a book by Tony Award Winners Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, with songs by Tony Award Nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin.

Elf will begin previews on Tuesday, Novermber 2, and the show will open at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City on Sunday, November 14. The production is a limited engagement just for the holiday season, so don’t miss your chance to see Elf on Broadway!

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For a limited time only William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice will hit the Broadway stage, along with some major star power. Al Pacino will be starring in director Daniel Sullivan’s production after the show completes its run at Shakespeare in the Park.

The announcement that made the public aware about the transfer from Central Park to the Broadway stage was made last month by the Public Theater. The executive director of the theater, Andrew D. Hamingson, said that response from the audience, critics, “and the desire of Al Pacino and the cast to bring it to a larger audience” encouraged the transfer.

The Merchant’s Broadway run will be produced by The Public with Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel. Richards and Frankel often collaborate with the Public, and The Merchant of Venice will prove to be no different.

The Merchant of Venice will feature Al Pacino playing the role of Shylock. The Broadway run is scheduled to being on Tuesday, October 19th, and will run through January 9th at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City. This limited engagement will only have 78 performances due to prior commitments made by Pacino.

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It has been one week since Jordin Sparks made her Broadway debut in the Grammy and Tony Award winning Best Musical In the Heights, and she couldn’t be more excited. “”It has always been one of my dreams, and it’s finally happening!” said Sparks.

The 20 year old was the youngest contestant to ever win “American Idol” when she was just 16 years old. Now four years later, Sparks can be seen on Broadway playing Nina Rosario in In the Heights. Her strong and beautiful voice blew the judges of American Idol away, and now she’s bringing that talent to the Broadway stage.

In The Heights is a Latin inspired musical set in Washington Heights, New York. The show manages to stay light even when telling the story of the problems that the characters come across. This musical is very energetic and has been compared to an uptown version of Rent.

Jordin Sparks’ engagement as Nina Rosario on Broadway will run through Sunday, November 14, 2010 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City. You don’t want to miss your chance to see this pop star take on Broadway!

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Currently starring Tony Award Winners James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy has added another member to the very talented cast. Boyd Gaines is a new addition to the cast who will be playing the role of Miss Daisy’s son.

Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy follows Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old Jewish widow living in Atlanta. Once Miss Daisy is considered too old to drive, her son hires her a chauffeur. The chauffeur is Hoke Colburn, an African American man, and that creates a bit of trouble for Miss Daisy in the beginning. However, the mismatch turns out to be for the best, as the two form a life-changing bond between each other.

Gaines is not new to the Broadway stage by any means. His other credits include Gypsy, Cabaret, Twelve Angry Men, Contact, and many more. He has also been in multiple Off-Broadway plays including The Extra Man, Major Barbara, and Center Stage. Gaines can be seen in films and on television in Funny Games, Heartbreak Ridge, “Fraiser,” and “Law and Order.”

The Broadway production of Driving Miss Daisy is set to open on Monday, October 25, 2010, with previews beginning on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at the John Golden Theatre in New York City. The show will run through Saturday, January 29, 2011 for a 16-week limited engagement.

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Finally “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark” will be coming to the stages of Broadway in a few months, despite the plethora of delays it has experienced. Since February the opening date of the musical version of the comic book, Spider-Man, has been affected by problems including the loss of its starring actress and actor.

Originally Evan Rachel Wood was set to play Mary Jane, the love interest of Spider-Man. However, she dropped out of the musical back in March due to a scheduling conflict. Along with Wood, the musical also lost Alan Cumming who was set to play the villain of the show also known as the Green Goblin. He too backed out due to a scheduling conflict.

The casting has been reworked, and the play will now star Reeve Carney as Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Patrick Page, and Tony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano as Mary Jane.

Finally, after being in the works for six years, the Broadway production of “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark” is set to celebrate its opening night on Tuesday, December 21 in New York City with previews beginning on Sunday, November 19, 2010.

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This month fans of Broadway and Mary Poppins should prepare themselves for a special reunion. For the first time in the show’s three and a half year run on Broadway, the original stars of the production will be back on the stage! New York audiences will be able to see the first Mary Poppins’ stars performing the roles they originally played nearly four years ago.

Beginning on Tuesday, August 24 Gavin Lee will rejoin the cast as Bert, while Laura Michelle Kelly will be opposite him as Mary. Both of these amazing actors were the first to play these characters on Broadway. When they reunite at the end of August, it will be the first time they have performed together since 2005 at the beginning of Mary Poppins’ run in London.

Producer and president of Disney Theatrical Productions Thomas Schumacher said “We are enormously excited that, at long last, Broadway will get to see the sublime on-stage pairing of Laura Michelle Kelly and Gavin Lee, our original Mary and Bert.” He made it evident that the audiences of New York are in for something special, and that their chemistry will delight you.

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Watch out New York, a new show with an excellent cast is hitting the Broadway stage! Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy is a new Broadway production that will star Tony Award Winners James Earl Jones, and Vanessa Redgrave.

Before becoming a Broadway production, Driving Miss Daisy had a successful run Off-Broadway. Then in 1989 it was adapted into a film starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. Now the Broadway production is set to open on Monday, October 25, 2010, with previews beginning on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at the John Golden Theatre in New York City.

Driving Miss Daisy is a Pulitzer Prize winning play, and is most certainly one of the most anticipated shows of this year.

The play follows Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old Jewish widow living in Atlanta. Once Miss Daisy is considered too old to drive, her son hires her a chauffeur. The chauffeur is Hoke Colburn, an African American man, and that creates a bit of trouble for Miss Daisy in the beginning. However, the mismatch turns out to be for the best, as the two form a life-changing bond between each other.

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A Broadway favorite will be welcoming Jordin Sparks to the stage for her Broadway debut. The 2008 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical, In The Heights will be graced with Sparks’ presence for a limited 12 week engagement.

Beginning Thursday, August 19, 2010 you can see the 2007 American Idol winner making her debut as Nina Rosario in In The Heights. The Jive Records platinum artist will play Nina through Sunday, November 14, 2010.

Sparks was just 16 years old when she auditioned for Idol, and to this day she remains the youngest contestant ever to win the singing competition. Her voice blew the judges and America away, and you can bet she will be bringing that talent with her to the Broadway stage in In The Heights.

In The Heights is a Latin inspired musical set in Washington Heights, New York. The show manages to remain light even when telling the story of the problems that the characters come across. This musical is very energetic and has been compared to an uptown version of Rent.

Tickets for Jordin Sparks’ Broadway engagement are on sale now, do not miss your chance to see this effervescent pop star take on Broadway. In The Heights runs Thursdays through Tuesdays at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.

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After originally premiering on Broadway in 1949, South Pacific was arguably one of the greatest musicals of the twentieth century. The original production won ten Tony Awards, and had audiences raving.

In 2008 the musical was revived, and audiences loved it just as much. The revival was a hit, which is proved by the amazing night it had at the Tony Awards two years ago. South Pacific was nominated for eleven Tony awards and took home the awards for seven including Best Direction of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical, and Best Revival of a Musical. Two years later the musical is still a hit.

The musical is set during World War Two on a little island in the South Pacific. U.S. sailors who are preparing to make an attack against the Japanese Empire are occupying the island. The story follows a couple whose romance is threatened by the dangers of  war and their own prejudices.  South Pacific will take to you back in time where you will see if Nellie and Emile can overcome their prejudices, and not let the war tear them apart.

This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical revival is a one of a kind show. The musical runs every Tuesday-Sunday at the Beaumont Theatre in New York City.

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The 64th annual Tony Awards were live on Sunday, June 13 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The Tony Awards are to recognize and honor the greatest theatre achievements. The winners at this year’s Tony Awards, also known as The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, included many famous actors and actresses including Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington won his first Tony Award ever on Sunday for his work in Fences where he was recognized for having the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. Washington was not the only A-list celebrity on the winners list as Catherine Zeta Jones and Scarlett Johansson picked up awards for their work on Broadway as well.

Zeta-Jones took home her Tony for the Leading Actress in a Musical for A Little Night Music, while Johansson was deemed to have the Best Performance Featured Actress in a Play in A View from the Bridge.

Memphis won several major awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, and Best Orchestrations. Red was another big winner at the Tony’s, taking home six awards including Best Play, Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Direction of a play, and more.

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Last week on Select A Ticket, tickets to see The Lion King on Broadway were the hottest tickets of the week. The stage play of The Lion King brings the animated Disney film to life. The show has been transformed from the animated movie to a high energy stage production for quality entertainment for audiences of all ages.

The Lion King on Broadway has been nominated for many Tony’s, and has won its fair share of them too. When the show debuted in 1998 the musical was the winner of Best Musical, Best Choreography, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Costume Design, and two other awards. To this day The Lion King continues to perform to sold out audiences, and break records at the Minskoff Theater.

This amazing story will feature the same beloved characters we know from the animated film. Simba and Nala reenact the story of The Lion King, along with undeniable favorites Timon and Pumbaa. The amazing costumes and masks the characters wear enhance the story, and will keep you captivated throughout the entire show.

The Lion King is one of the most successful and well received shows on Broadway. The Lion King has scheduled performances every Tuesday-Sunday at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City.

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