'Passing Strange' Tickets On-sale to Public Jan.20

The box office at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) - home of the new Broadway musical Passing Strange - will open for ticket sales to the show starting on Monday, January 21st at 10am. Additionally, one day earlier on Sunday, January 20th, tickets will go on-sale to the general public on-line at Telecharge.com, or by calling 212-239-6200.

Passing Strange kicked off 2008 having earned a number of honors in 2007, including a designation as one of the Top 10 in The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Star Ledger, along with the "10 Best Plays, Theater Yearbook 2006-2007," and four Audelco Awards, including Musical Production of the Year. The musical began rehearsals on January 7 in preparation for its Broadway bow.

Passing Strange will move uptown from The Public Theater -- where it enjoyed great critical and popular success last summer, and extended its engagement -- with its original cast intact: de'Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Chad Goodridge, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Stew, himself. A band of consummate musicians joins the cast on stage, including co-creator Heidi Rodewald, along with Jon Spurney, Christian Cassan, Christian Gibbs and Stew.

With book and lyrics by the popular singer/songwriter Stew, and with music by Stew and his longtime musical partner Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange is directed by and created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen. Passing Strange is the first musical by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, best-known for the Afro-baroque sound they have patented since 2000 when they formed the band Stew, promptly winning two Album of the Year Awards from Entertainment Weekly for their acclaimed works "Guest Host" and "The Naked Dutch Painter."

In addition to its Audelco Award for Musical Production of the Year, Passing Strange earned Audelcos for Outstanding Director/Musical Production, Annie Dorsen; Outstanding Musical Director, Heidi Rodewald; and Outstanding Performance in a Musical/Male Actor, Daniel Breaker. Now in their 35th year, the Audelco Awards honor excellence in black theatre. Also, in November 2007, Out Magazine selected Stew as one of its Out 100 for 2007, and Vibe Magazine singled out Stew in its September, New Power Generation issue, as "the Rogue Librettist" for Passing Strange.

Passing Strange will perform Tuesdays at 7pm; Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8pm; Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2pm; and Sundays at 3pm at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) on Broadway. Tickets are priced $111.50 - $66.50 - $36.50 - $26.50, and are available through Tele-charge at www.TeleCharge.com, or by calling 212-239-6200. For additional information on Passing Strange, visit www.passingstrangeonbroadway.com