| 2025 Encores! Series Update | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:39 pm EST 11/13/24 | |
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| New York City Center announces Encores! Wonderful Town April 30 – May 11, 2025 Closing out the 2025 Encores! Series, Wonderful Town replaces The Wild Party due to scheduling conflicts Tickets from $45 (fees included) on sale November 18 (November 13 for members) November 13, 2024 (NEW YORK, NY) – NEW YORK CITY CENTER today announced that the final production of the 2025 Encores! Series will be Wonderful Town (Apr 30 – May 11). Directed by Zhailon Levingston (Cats: "The Jellicle Ball") with Encores! Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell leading The Encores! Orchestra, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical features music by the great Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by legendary musical-comedy duo Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Due to scheduling conflicts, The Wild Party will now be presented during the 2026 Encores! Series. In 1935, sisters Ruth, an aspiring writer, and Eileen, an aspiring actress, move from Ohio to Greenwich Village to pursue their artistic ambitions, overcome heartbreak, encounter an assortment of colorful characters, and ultimately find love. Featuring memorable tunes like "Ohio" and "One Hundred Easy Ways," Wonderful Town is a celebration of what makes New York the greatest city in the world—welcoming people from all over who come to fulfill their dreams. The show shares a unique history with New York City Center with previous productions in 1958, 1963, 1966, and the 2000 Encores! production starring Donna Murphy and Laura Benanti which transferred to Broadway in 2003 with Murphy and Jennifer Westfeldt. The 2025 Encores! Series also includes Urinetown (Feb 5 – 16, 2025) directed by Teddy Bergman and Love Life (Mar 26 – 30, 2025) directed by Victoria Clark. Expanding City Center's mission to make the arts accessible to everyone, the series includes post-show Community Nights for Urinetown (Fri, Feb 14) and Wonderful Town(Thu, May 8); performances offering ASL Interpretation (Urinetown Thu, Feb 13; Love Life Sun, Mar 30; Wonderful Town Fri, May 9), and a Lynne & Richard Pasculano Student Matinee for Grades 6 – 12 for Urinetown (Feb 13). For additional information visit NYCityCenter.org . City Center Access Club is available to those 40 years of age and under and offers a limited number of $28 tickets (fees included) to City Center productions. For more information and to sign up, visit NYCityCenter.org/Access . Tickets and General Information Tickets from $45 (fees included) go on sale November 18 (November 14 for Members). Existing ticket buyers will automatically be moved to the same date and time for Wonderful Town. Tickets can be purchased online at NYCityCenter.org, by calling 212.581.1212, or in person at the City Center Box Office. New York City Center is located at 131 W 55th St between Sixth and Seventh avenues. ENCORES! Wonderful Town Apr 30 – May 11 Subscription week: Apr 30 – May 4 Week 2: May 7 – 11 Wed – Fri | 7:30pm Sat 2 & 7:30pm* | Sun 2 & 7pm (May 11 2pm only) *note new time Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov (based upon the play My Sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov and the stories by Ruth McKenney) Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Sketches for "What a Waste" by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Featuring The Encores! Orchestra Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell Director Zhailon Levingston Show art by Ben Wiseman. Leadership Support for Encores! provided by the Stacey and Eric Mindich Fund for Musical Theater. Major Support for Wonderful Town is provided by Thomas and Maren Hood, Margot and John Ernst, and Stacy Polley. Support for the Ann Reinking Encores! Choreography Fellowship is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies and Peter Talbert in honor of Ann Reinking. Major support for New York City Center provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation. Encores! Season Sponsors The Shubert Foundation and the Stephanie and Fred Shuman Fund for Encores!. Support for Encores! score restoration is provided by Bruce C. Horten Additional Support for Encores! is provided by Allen & Co, , The Kaplen Brothers Fund, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Frederick Loewe Foundation, Daryl and Steven Roth, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., Joanna and Steven Sanders, The SHS Foundation, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, and the Marta Heflin Foundation. Encores! Urinetown is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com. Encores! Love Life is presented under license from European American Music Distributors Company, on behalf of the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., and the Alan Jay Lerner Testamentary Trust. Encores! Wonderful Town is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com NEW YORK CITY CENTER (Michael S. Rosenberg, President & CEO) has played a defining role in the cultural life of the city for more than 80 years. The distinctive Neo-Moorish building was founded by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1943 as Manhattan's first performing arts center with the mission of making the best in theater, dance, and music accessible to all audiences. This commitment continues today through celebrated dance and musical theater series like the Fall for Dance Festival, Artists at the Center, the Tony-honored Encores! series, and the annual season by Principal Dance Company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. City Center welcomes audiences to experience internationally acclaimed artists including Kyle Abraham, Matthew Bourne, Ayodele Casel, Manhattan Theatre Club, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Twyla Tharp, on the same stage where legends made their mark. Dedicated to a culture built on the values of curiosity, collaboration, accessibility, and inclusivity, City Center's dynamic programming, art exhibitions, and studio events are complemented by a full slate of education and community engagement programs that bring the performing arts to thousands of New York City students, teachers, and families every year. NYCityCenter.org |
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