BROADWAY’S BEST PARTY RETURNS TO PROCTORS!
“Impossible to resist!” – The New York Times
“Rock and comedy in perfect proportion!” – Time Out New York
“The real deal! A cranked-up crowd-pleaser.” – Daily News
BROADWAY’S BEST PARTY RETURNS TO PROCTORS!
APRIL 19–20
ROCK OF AGES
TENTH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
BOOK BY CHRIS D’ARIENZO
ARRANGEMENTS AND ORCEHSTRATIONS BY ETHAN POPP
Fifth Estate Entertainment is proud to announce the mind-blowing, face melting, nothin’ but a good time audience favorite ROCK OF AGES will return to the stage with a tenth anniversary tour. Nominated for five Tony Awards® including Best Musical, the all new production will play Proctors for three performances, April 19–20.
Tickets, $25–$75, for ROCK OF AGES, 8 p.m. Friday, April 19 and 2 & 8 p.m. Saturday April 20, are available at the Box Office at Proctors, 432 State Street, Schenectady; by phone at 518.346.6204; and online at proctors.org.
It’s 1987 on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip when a small-town girl meets a big city rocker. As they fall in love in L.A.’s most famous rock club, ROCK OF AGESallows fans to rock out once again to their favorite ‘80s hits. Featuring the music of iconic bands such as Styx, Poison, Twisted Sister and Whitesnake among many others, this Tenth Anniversary production features a dynamic new cast revisiting the larger than life characters and exhilarating story that turned ROCK OF AGESinto a global phenomenon.
ROCK OF AGES opened April 7, 2009 on Broadway and played more than 2,300 performances at the Brooks Atkinson and Helen Hayes Theatres earning five Tony Award® nominations including Best Musical. The show also enjoyed successful national and international tours and, in 2012, was turned into a major motion picture by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures. With a book by Chris D’Arienzo and arrangements and orchestrations by Ethan Popp, the tenth anniversary tour is being directed by Martha Banta and choreographed by Janet Rothermel.
For a sneak peek of this 10th Anniversary Tour, click HERE. For more information on casting and dates, visit the tour website at www.rockofagesmusicaltour.com
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