PAFW Announces 2010-11 Season, Tickets On Sale 6/26

Performing Arts Fort Worth invites you to "Awake to a New Season" as it proudly announces its 2010-2011 season at Bass Performance Hall. With four unique series, the 2010-2011season will offer entertainment to all audiences, from Broadway lovers to concertgoers to families. New season subscriptions and individual tickets for some performances will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 26. Individual tickets to other performances will go on sale at a later date (see full schedule below).

In addition to the Broadway at the Bass series, announced earlier this year, Performing Arts Fort Worth is presenting three other new series: Family Series at the Bass, Special Attractions and Popular Entertainment. These new series will feature Broadway sensations such as Disney's Beauty and the Beast and 9 to 5: The Musical; concert favorites Robert Earl Keen and Michael Martin Murphey; family shows such as Golden Dragon Acrobats and Seussical; and cultural entertainment including Tango Buenos Aires and African Children's Choir.
The Broadway at the Bass Series is accompanied by a three-show Broadway Specials add-on series, made up of Spring Awakening, Mamma Mia! and The Aluminum Show. Those who purchase season subscriptions to either the Broadway at the Bass or Family Series at the Bass can purchase tickets to the Broadway Specials - and receive discounts on those tickets - before they go on sale to the general public.
"When we started putting together this season, we truly made an effort to offer something for everyone," says Performing Arts Fort Worth President and CEO Dione Kennedy. "We thought about those who love Broadway, those who want to bring their families and children to the Hall, those who like concerts and those who simply enjoy outstanding performance art entertainment. We think we have all our entertainment bases covered."
As in past seasons, more performances will be added as the season goes on.
Listed by series, the schedule for the 2010-2011 Performing Arts Fort Worth season:
BROADWAY AT THE BASS
*Season subscriptions to this series go on sale Saturday, June 26 at 10:00 a.m.
*Single tickets on sale TBA.

Cirque Dreams Illumination
Nov. 30-Dec. 5
One-of-a-kind artists populate the streets of this magical metropolis and breathe energy into its landscape with acrobatics and phenomenal thrills. Cirque Dreams' critically acclaimed, dazzling costumes come alive to the sounds of jazz, ballroom, pop and more.

The Ten Tenors
Feb. 22-27, 2011
Australia's most famous musical export, The Ten Tenors continue to enthrall audiences across North America with their unmistakable charm, camaraderie and vocal prowess in opera, pop and rock.

A Chorus Line
March 29-April 3, 2011
Winner of nine Tony® awards, including Best Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, this singular sensation is the longest-running American Broadway musical ever.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast
April 19-24, 2011
Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and dazzling costumes.

Jesus Christ Superstar
June 16-22, 2011
The groundbreaking theatrical masterpiece by the legendary writing team of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber tells the story of the final seven days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

9 to 5: The Musical
July 26-31, 2011
9 to 5: The Musical is a hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era. This new musical comedy, direct from Broadway, is based on the hit movie and features Dolly Parton's original hit title song, along with her new Tony and Grammy®-nominated score.

BROADWAY SPECIALS
*Currently only available to Broadway at the Bass and/or Family Series at the Bass season subscribers.
*Single tickets on sale TBA.

Spring Awakening
Nov. 9-10
Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with unforgettable poignancy and passion. Parental discretion advised.

Mamma Mia!
Feb. 1-5, 2011
Have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship.

The Aluminum Show
April 28, 2011
The Aluminum Show is a new performance art show combining movement, dance and visual theater. Through the use of special effects, creative mechanisms and dance, inanimate objects come to life with energy, emotion and even personality, as silver industrial materials create a luminous and reflective world.

FAMILY SERIES AT THE BASS
*Season subscriptions to this series go on sale Saturday, June 26 at 10:00 a.m.
*Single tickets on sale TBA.

Golden Dragon Acrobats
Nov. 8
World-renowned impresario Danny Chang and choreographer Angela Chang combine award-winning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular costumes, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty.

Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co.
Dec. 13
Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. stars pneumatic wizard Fred Garbo and Brazilian ballerina Daielma Santos. This duo has performed around the world, transcending barriers of age and language in a seamless program that includes physical comedy, dance, juggling, and most important, their own creative inventions that inflate!

Corbian The Dinosaur
Jan. 24, 2011
Corbian the Dinosaur is a truly unique and innovative theater experience in which electroluminescent crayon-like creatures light up the stage with a heart-rending tale of a dinosaur discovering the true meaning of love.

The Spencers Theatre of Illusion
March 7, 2011
One of the largest touring illusion productions on the road, The Spencers Theatre of Illusion presents a big, high-tech stage show that combines drama, comedy, romance and suspense with elaborate, how'd-they-do-that illusions.

Seussical
March 21, 2011
The Cat in the Hat is the host and emcee of this romp through the Seuss classics, adapted from Broadway's Seussical. Will the planet of Who survive? Will Horton pay attention to Gertrude? Will Maysie ever return for her egg? Dr. Seuss's beloved classic characters find themselves intertwined in an incredible crazy-quilt adventure, in which the power of imagination and the most miraculous "think" ever saves the day!

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS (all shows begin at 7:30pm)
*All tickets for this series go on sale Saturday, June 26, at 10:00 a.m.
*Season subscribers to Broadway at the Bass and/or Family Series at the Bass receive exclusive discounted ticket prices for this series.

Benise - The Spanish Guitar
Oct. 18
$22-$66
Benise and his Emmy Award-winning Nights of Fire cast debut at Bass Hall with a new world-music and dance production: The Spanish Guitar. As seen on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, The Spanish Guitar is an epic tale that integrates live performance with brilliantly choreographed dance numbers, orchestral pieces and breathtaking couture fashion.

Drumline LIVE
Nov. 2
$22-$49.50
Drumline LIVE, a show-stopping attraction created by the music team behind 20th Century Fox's hit movie Drumline, brings marching bands to the theatrical stage. This versatile group of musicians and dancers brings an explosive energy and athleticism to an eclectic mix of sounds, including contemporary hip-hop, R&B, classic Motown tunes and the rousing sounds of the great brass tradition.

African Children's Choir
Nov. 11
$27.50-$38.50
The African Children's Choir has been working with the most vulnerable children in Africa for 23 years, raising awareness of the plight of the orphaned and abandoned, but also showing the beauty, dignity and potential of the African child.

Tango Buenos Aires
Jan. 31, 2011
$25-$55
Tango Buenos Aires has become one of Argentina's great cultural exports, known throughout the Americas, Europe and the far East as the most authentic and uncompromising representative of the Tango.

Hal Halbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight"
March 17, 2011
$33-$55
It is, quite simply, one of the most acclaimed and enduring performances in the history of theater. Nearly 50 years ago, a young actor took the stage in a tiny off-Broadway theater and introduced the world to a man they'd never forget. The actor was HAl Holbrook. The man was Mark Twain.

POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT
*All tickets for this series go on sale Saturday, June 26, at 10:00 a.m.

1964: The Tribute (previously announced; on sale now)
Aug. 6-7
8pm
$30-$45
1964: The Tribute recreates an early 1960's live Beatles concert, with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles and onstage banter. Rolling Stone has called 1964, "the best Beatles tribute on Earth."

Michael Martin Murphey's "Cowboy Christmas"
Dec. 14
7pm
$34.65-$51.15
Cowboy poet Michael Martin Murphey returns to Bass Hall with his "Cowboy Christmas" spectacular, a Bass Hall holiday tradition. The singer/songwriter will share songs and poetry about the American frontier, Christmas cheer and the cowboy way of life, all set against a twinkling, holiday backdrop.

Robert Earl Keen
Dec. 30
8pm
$33-$66
Texas singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen pays Bass Hall his annual Eve-of-New-Year's-Eve visit. Through the years, Keen's shows here have remained fun and poignant looks at what makes Texans tick.

The Pink Floyd Experience
March 19, 2011
8pm
$38.50
The ultimate tribute to the ultimate British art-rock group. A six-piece live band plays Pink Floyd nuggets such as "Wish You Were Here" and "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2," while special effects and lights swirl, expertly echoing an actual Pink Floyd concert.

For more information, please visit www.basshall.com and click on the "Awake to a New Season" graphic.

Hi-res, color images available upon request.

Tickets for season performances range in price according to event and seating location. Patrons can order season subscriptions by phone, by calling (817) 212-4280 in Fort Worth; 1-877-212-4280 (toll-free) outside Fort Worth; or online at www.basshall.com. Season subscriptions and single tickets to select events are also available at the Bass Performance Hall ticket office at 525 Commerce Street. Ticket office hours: Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

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