ONCE National Tour Coming to Fox Cities P.A.C.

ONCE , winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will play the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement from Jan. 27 through Feb. 1.

Tickets for ONCE start at $43 and go on sale Friday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m.. Tickets can be purchased at the Fox Cities P.A.C. ticket office in person or by calling (920) 730-3760 or through Ticketmaster online and phone at (800) 982-2787. Groups of 10 or more can order tickets and save by calling (920) 730-3786. Additional fees may apply.

ONCE , which was also named Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics' Circle, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards, is currently running on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater where it started performances on Feb. 28, 2012 and opened March 18, 2012.

ONCE features the Academy Award -winning music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, a book by award-winning Irish playwrite and screenwriter, Enda Walsh (Penelope, Hunger, The New Electric Ballroom ), direction by the acclaimed Scottish director of Black Watch, John Tiffany, movement by Steven Hoggett (Black Watch, American Idiot) and music supervision and orchestrations by Martin Lowe (Mamma Mia! ) The set and costume design are by five-time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins), lighting design is by Tony winner Natasha Katz (Aida, The Coast of Utopia), and sound design is by Clive Goodwin.

ONCE is the celebrated new musical based on the Academy Award -winning film. It tells the story of an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful but complicated romance heightened by the raw emotion of the songs they create together. Brought to the stage by an award-winning team of visionary artists and featuring an ensemble cast of gifted actor/musicians, ONCE is a musical celebration of life and love: thrilling in its originality, daring in its honesty and unforgettable in every way.

The 2007 Academy Award-winning film, ONCE, was written and directed by John Carney and starred Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, with original music and lyrics by Mr. Hansard and Ms. Irglová.

The Oscar winning independent Irish film, ONCE , was made for $150,000. Shot in 17 days, it went on to gross $20M worldwide becoming a critically acclaimed international smash. It stars Glen Hansard, from the popular Irish Rock band, The Frames, and Markéta Irgloveá. Glen and Markéta won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original song for "Falling Slowly," the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Music and the soundtrack was nominated for two Grammy Awards .

ONCE was originally developed at the American Reparatory Theater (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in April 2011; Diane Paulus, Artistic Director, Diane Borger, Producer.

A developmental run of ONCE at New York Theatre Workshop (James C. Nicola and William Russo) began performances on Nov. 15, 2011 and opened Dec. 6. The production broke box office records and concluded a sold out engagement including a two week extension through Jan. 15, 2012.

ONCE is produced by Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollor, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf and Executive Producer Robert Cole, in association with the New York Theatre Workshop.

For more information visit oncemusical.com.

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