Pirate Queen Presents New Castcom Series, Starting 10/4

Beginning Wednesday, October 4th, The Pirate Queen castcom® will present a series of videos chronicling the day's activity at the world premiere performance on Tuesday, October 3rd.  Tune in to see the cast and crew prepare for and react to their first preview performance of Boublil & Schönberg's The Pirate Queen.

"A castcom® is an on-line web communication which gives our cast and creative team an opportunity to tell you their story and bring you, our viewer, behind the scenes on our journey to Broadway.  Castcom® is a first for a musical theatre production," state press notes.

"The castcom® provides the highs, the lows and all of the drama of bringing a major new musical theatre production to the stage.  Viewers get to know our cast and creative team on our daily video diary, with special live broadcasts on key dates.

Log on today to www.ThePirateQueen.com to meet the show's cast and creative team and catch up on recent castcom® episodes.

The spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, will begin previews on Broadway beginning March 2nd, 2007, opening April 5th, 2007 at the Hilton Theatre (214 West 43rd Street, NYC; A Live Nation venue) on Broadway, following a World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.                

The cast of 40 is led by Stephanie J. Block (Grace O'Malley), Hadley Fraser* (Tiernan), Linda Balgord (Queen Elizabeth I), Marcus Chait (Donal), Jeff McCarthy (Dubhdara) and William Youmans (Bingham).   

"The musical is an epic musical adventure celebrating the legendary Irish Chieftain Grace O'Malley.  Based on her real-life story, The Pirate Queen tells of a compelling, inspirational woman; a heroine who led an extraordinary life as a pirate, chieftain, lover and mother in 16th Century Ireland.   Commissioned and produced by Moya doherty and John McColgan, the producers of Riverdance, this new musical combines classic storytelling and a sweeping score, with the powerful, vibrant traditions of Irish dance and song, to create a modern musical event that is both an historic romance and a timeless epic."

The show features a new score from the Tony Award-winning team of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg. The new musical will be directed by Tony Award-winner Frank Galati.

The Pirate Queen is based upon the novel Grania-She King of the Irish Seas by Morgan Llywelyn.

Tickets for the World Premiere engagement of The Pirate Queen in Chicago are currently on sale at the Chicago Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 West Randolph Street), the Broadway In Chicago box office at 24 W. Randolph St., the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (312)902-1400, at all Ticketmaster ticket centers (including all Carson Pirie Scott stores, Tower Records, Hot Tix, select Coconuts and fye stores) or online at ticketmaster.com.  Single tickets range in price from $28 - $85.

Visit www.thepiratequeen.com and www.broadwayinchicago.com for more information.