Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Adds RAIN and STOMP to Lineup

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce the addition of two popular Broadway shows to the 2011/12 Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Series, the Broadway sensation Rain - A Tribute To The Beatles and the percussion phenomenon STOMP. STOMP returns to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center for five shows March 23-25, 2012, and Rain will play three performances at the Center May 18-19, 2012.

Direct from their phenomenally successful Broadway engagement, the internationally acclaimed Beatles concert, Rain - A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its debut at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. Hailed as "the next best thing to seeing The Beatles" by the Associated Press, Rain performs the full range of The Beatles' discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. Together longer than The Beatles, Rain has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance that's as infectious as it is transporting. From the early hits to later classics including "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "Hard Day's Night," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Let It Be," "Come Together," "Hey Jude" and more, this adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love and a little help from your friends.

STOMP, the international sensation, is making its triumphant return to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. The return of the percussive hit also brings some new surprises, with some sections of the show now updated and restructured and the addition of two new full-scale routines, utilizing props like tractor tire inner tubes and paint cans.

"After creating new routines for Stomp Out Loud in Vegas, [co-creator] Luke Cresswell and I decided it was time to rework elements of our main production, STOMP," said co-creator Steve McNicholas. "STOMP has evolved a great deal ever since its first incarnation at the Edinburgh Festival. Every reworking has involved losing some pieces and gaining new ones, but has always stayed true to the original premise of the show: to create rhythmic music with instantly recognizable objects, and do it with an eccentric sense of character and humor."

The changes that can now be seen in the tour of STOMP are the biggest since the late 1990s. A new piece "Paint Cans" evolved out of the "Boxes" routine in the Las Vegas show, and "Donuts" is a piece that implements huge tractor tire inner tubes, worn around the waist on a bungee cord. For many years, the creators had looked for a STOMP equivalent of the Latin percussion instrument the guiro, a gourd-shaped open-ended instrument with ridges along the side that are rubbed by a wooden stick to create its sound. The climactic trashcan sequence "Bins" has been restructured to include a guiro-like new found instrument: strip-lighting recycling containers.

Tickets for Rain and STOMP are available now to the Center's 2011/12 Season Ticket Holders. Season Ticket Holders will receive their seat confirmation letters this week, with additional information on how to purchase tickets to Rain and STOMP before the general public. Group tickets are also available now for groups of 10 or more. For more information on group tickets, contact the group sales department at (920) 730-3786 or visit foxcitiespac.com. Individual ticket on sale dates will be announced this summer.

SEASON TICKETS
Season Ticket Packages for the 2011/12 Season are available now at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. The Center offers two options for Season Ticket Packages: the five-show Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Season Ticket Package or the custom-designed Boldt Arts Alive! Series Package. Boldt Arts Alive! Season Ticket Holders must select a minimum of four titles but can save more by selecting six or more series performances.

In addition to securing seats well in advance of the general public on sale dates, Season Ticket Holders also enjoy:
Special package pricing and savings
Access to priority seating or guaranteed seat locations
Ticket exchange and replacement services
Early access to many performances added to the Fox Cities P.A.C. calendar
Individuals interested in becoming a Season Ticket Holder can pick-up a 2011/12 Season brochure at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Season Ticket Packages may be purchased online at BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com or by phone at (800) 216-SHOW (7469). Boldt Arts Alive! Season Ticket Packages can be purchased in person at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, online at foxcitiespac.com or by mailing a Boldt Arts Alive! order form to the Fox Cities P.A.C., 400 W. College Avenue, Appleton, WI 54911.

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ABOUT THE FOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in downtown Appleton, provides a premier venue for live performing arts. The Center proudly serves as a gathering place for the community to engage in educational opportunities while enhancing a greater understanding and appreciation of the live performing arts. For more information on upcoming events, education programs and community involvement go to foxcitiespac.com. The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center - Where the Arts Come Alive!

 

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