INTO THE WOODS, TARZAN, CARRIE & More Set for Woodlawn Theatre's 2014 Season

Mainstage subscription packages are now available for purchase for the 2014 season at the historic Woodlawn Theatre in conjunction with the announcement of its 2014 season. Coming up on the main stage are three Texas premieres, two shows currently playing on and off Broadway, three popular movie adaptations and a fairytale.

Subscription packages that include all seven mainstage shows start at $133 for adults with discounts for seniors, members of the San Antonio Theatre Coalition, active duty military and children.

The 2013-2014 season opens February 14 with Tony-award winning musical Into the Woods, which follows the fairy-tale plot of several Brothers Grimm stories. The Disney film adaptation featuring Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and Tracy Ullman, among others, opens in movie theatres December 2014.

Spring kicks off with Catch Me if You Can, the story of con artist Frank Abagnale, Jr.

Tarzan: The Musical is next, opening June 20, followed by Smokey Joe's Café, which holds the record for the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history, opening August 15.

Texas comedy-drama Unbroken Circle opens September 25 and starts off the Fall season, followed by Carrie, opening October 17. White Christmas, based on the 1954 film of the same name, opens November 28 and closes out the 2014 season.

In addition, the Woodlawn has partnered with Yellow Cab Company, naming the transportation service as its preferred cab service for patrons.

The Woodlawn plans to continue its commitment to a variety of artistic and educational programs throughout the season, including its late night cabaret and award-winning youth program.

Into the Woods
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
February 14 - March 16
Into the Woods is musical sophistication, childhood bedtime stories and magical worlds colliding. Premiering on Broadway in 1987, it has been revived many times since 1991. Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep are currently filming Disney's movie adaptation, opening in theaters December 2014. This fabulous intertwining of The Brothers Grimm fairy tales won several Tony Awards, including Best Score and Best Book.

Catch Me If You Can
Libretto by Terrence McNally
Theatrical score by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
Film by Steven Spielberg 2002
April 11 - May 11
Catch Me If You Can is based on the silkly-woven 2002 film by Steven Spielberg. Before he was 21, Frank Abagnale Jr. successfully posed as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer - living the high life with millions of dollars in forgEd Checks. The musical opened at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatrein April 2011 and received four Tony Awards nominations, including one for Best Musical.

Tarzan: The Musical
Music Phil Collins
Book by David Henry Hwang
June 20 - July 20
Tarzan: The Musical travels by vine from shipwreck to jungle and back in its adaptation of the delightful Disney film and its namesake book by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It received international recognitions with awards and reproductions in Hamburg, the Philipphines, the Netherlands and other countries.

Smokey Joe's Café
Songs by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
August 15 - September 14
Smokey Joe's Café premiered in 1995 and ran for 2,036 performances, making it the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history. Featuring pop tune familiars like Fools Fall In Love, Yakety Yak, Hound Dog and Love Potion #9, nearly 40 Leiber and Stoller songs are presented in various combinations with no dialogue in a snazzy combination of dance and song. A celebration of rock and roll, Smokey Joe's Café won a Grammy Award in 1996 and received several Tony Award Nominations.

Unbroken Circle
James Wesley
September 25 - October 5
Unbroken Circle is a brand new Texas comedy-drama set in the 1970s in Galveston, Texas. A family is brought together for the first time in years on the day of a funeral where generational family secrets are unraveled. This riveting Southern play explores how family secrets affect every person in each generation differently.

Carrie
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
Lyrics Dean Pitchford
Music Michael Gore
October 17 - November 9
Referred to as Stephen King's variation of Cinderella, by the New York Times, Carrie the musical, premiered on Broadway in 1988 where it received an award for Best Broadway Debut. Based on King's novel, this musical illustrates what happens when school bullying and the strict rules of a religious mother at home push a girl (who just happens to possess telekinetic powers) to her limits.

White Christmas
Film Paramount Pictures 1954
Book David Ives & Paul Blake
Music and Lyrics Irving Berlin
November 28 - December 28
Based on the feel-good classic movie by the same name, Irving Berlin's White Christmas tells the story of a song-and-dance team as they follow two beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge.

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