MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS To Close Out 2016-17 Family Season

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents the final event in the 2016-2017 Family Series Season: John Steptoe's Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, on Saturday, May 13 at 1:30PM. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters is part ofBMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center's 2016-2017 Family Theater Season, featuring plays, musicals, puppetry, concerts and dance for all ages.

When a great African king desires a wife, only the most perfect maidens in the land are invited to meet him. Mufaro's pride and joy, his two daughters of very different dispositions, travel a half day's journey through a mystical jungle and across a deep river to be presented to the king. Along the way the two girls encounter a number of mysterious situations that test their courage, kindness, and strength of spirit.

Combining authentic African drumming, powerful and majestic choreography and thrilling original music, the splendor of Zimbabwe and energy of the African land will burst onto stage in this Caldecott Award-winning Cinderella tale! Adapted for the stage By Karen Abbott, Music & lyrics by S-Ankh Rasa. Dallas Children's Theater. Ages 5 to Adult.

Tickets are $30, and/or 10Club Members see the show for just $12. To purchase tickets or a 10Club Membership, call Ticketing Services at (212) 220-1460. Single tickets can also be purchased by visiting our website athttp://tribecapac.org/family/ or by visiting the Box Office at 199 Chambers Street, Tues-Sat from 12PM - 6PM.

BMCC Tribeca PAC is Downtown Manhattan's premier presenter of the arts, reaching audiences from the college community, downtown residential and business communities, local schools, families, and audiences of all ages. BMCC Tribeca PAC strives to present a broad global perspective through the presentation of high-quality artistic work in music, theatre, dance, film and visual arts. BMCC Tribeca PAC is located on the Borough of Manhattan Community College campus, 199 Chambers Street (between Greenwich Avenue & West Street) and is convenient to the 2/3, A/C/E and R subway lines and the New Jersey Path Train. For more information please visit our website, www.tribecapac.org.