Pioneer Theatre Company Announces 2018-2019 Concert Production

Pioneer Theatre Company announces its 2018-2019 staged concert production, La Cage aux Folles, winner of the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Original Score. Running for one weekend only, March 15 & 16, 2019.
Based on the play by the same name, the musical tells the story of partners Georges and Albin, who run the Saint-Tropex drag night club, where Albin is the star. When Georges' son announces his engagement to the daughter of a bigoted politician, comical chaos ensues.

The New York Daily News said of La Cage aux Folles: "Carry your maiden aunt off to La Cage aux Folles...It's a family show, a glittering, fast stepping extravaganza."

"One of the goals of our concert programming is to offer musicals that are not often produced in this community," said PTC Artistic Director Karen Azenberg. "It is exciting to introduce our audience to this work. In the case of La Cage, this Tony Award-winning musical written by Tony Award winners Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly! and Mame) and Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy and Hairspray), even though the show is now more than 30 years old, it still speaks to every one of us. It is at once entertaining and a salute to family, albeit a nontraditional one. I think Jerry Herman put it best with the lyric to one of the classic tunes from La Cage - 'The Best of Times is Now.'"

PTC also announces the dates for the Play-by-Play new play reading series, Oct. 5 & 6, 2018, Jan. 25 & 26, 2019, and Apr. 19 & 20, 2019. The concert production and the Play-by-Play dates complete the add-ons for the 2018-2019 season.

The previously announced season includes the Regional Premiere of Oslo by J. T. Rogers; the Stephen Sondheim musical thriller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley ;written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon; The Lion in Winter, a fascinating look at the battle of wits between two legendary figures, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine; the charming musical love story Once; Sweat, the powerful and emotional 2017 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, written by Lynn Nottage; and everyone's favorite nostalgic throwback to the 1950s, the musical Grease.

For season tickets, contact Pioneer Theatre Company's Box Office at 801-581-6961 or visit online at www.pioneertheatre.org.

Season Ticket Packages The Seven-Play Package Get tickets for all seven shows in our season, and receive a discount of up to 30%, the ability to purchase the best seats before they go on sale to the general public, and a voucher good for free admission to Oslo, Sweat, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley or The Lion in Winter.

The Pick-5 Package This option allows patrons to select any five shows in the season and receive both a season ticket discount and preferred seating. Pick-5 patrons may choose from any of the seven productions on PTC's 2018-2019 season. The Flex Pass This season package provides patrons with $250 worth of credit redeemable at the discounted season ticket rate for any shows the patron wishes to see. The $150 Rush Pass This is a season pass that allows patrons to come to the theatre an hour before any show and get the best available single ticket for that night, based on availability. The pass is good for all shows in the season, including musicals. The pass does not include concert or Play-By-Play tickets. All packages include a discount on tickets, flexible exchange privileges, priority seating, the ability to purchase additional tickets to individual shows at a discount and prior to the general public, and an electronic subscription to eBackstage, PTC's newsletter.

In addition to the concert production of La Cage aux Folles on March 15 & 16, 2019, the Play-by-Play new play reading series will continue on Oct. 5 & 6, 2018, Jan. 25 & 26, 2019, and Apr. 19 & 20, 2019. Play titles will be announced at a later date.

Pioneer Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah's premier professional theatre, performs at the Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, located on the University of Utah campus at 300 South and 1400 East, Salt Lake City UT 84112-0660. The theatre is equipped with an elevator, hearing assistance devices, and handicapped parking.

Free parking within a block of the theatre is available for all performances.

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