Did you tune in on Monday for Overture Center’s 20/21 Season Announcement and see Emma and Olivia from the Jerry Ensemble Razzle Dazzle us all?? Get excited! You can live the life you love. Monday, April 13, 2020 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT. Overture Center for the Arts. Madison, Wis. — Overture announced its 2017/18 Broadway and Overture Presents season, which features over 100 performances which have collectively garnered more than 25 Tony Awards® and 15 Grammys® and include Madison …

We’ll also reveal the 2019/20 Overture Presents series of live music, dance, family entertainment, comedy and more. According to a news release, the testing site will be open from 10 a.m to 5:30 p.m.Police find OWI suspect hiding in wood line, arrest him for fifth offenseMaking a Difference: Magnet fishing helping to clean up Rock River ’It feels like I’m in a third world nation’: Pleas of help come from Cedar Rapids complexWisDOT seeks public input for Highway Improvement Project, BarabooNew COVID-19 cases drop below 900 again on Saturday Bites of Beloit Restaurant Week to be held in Sept.Wauwatosa police arrest 2 protesters, leading to standoffs As a result of the COVID -19 pandemic, many touring shows are not traveling around the country, which means Overture will not have a presenting season this fall. Broadcasting & Media Production CompanyI don't care when she takes me in her It's bright alright What's the difference if I say Look away We may not know I'm coming back On my Sunday For whatever my girl is I am S C All my life is just When she takes me in S Friends S Whatever my girl is I am Wow let's give it up for the 20 eighteen overturned rising star adult category winner mina Williams for that incredible performance congratulations vina It is great to kick off this event with a local performance good evening everyone I'm Mark from news three now and I'm excited to be a part of over two seasons announcement for the 20 19 20 20 season otherwise known as when is hamilton opening so I can plan my vacation announcement We'll get to that this evening as well and I don't wanna give too much away but I did get a sneak peek at some of the programming coming up and it's uh I think he really good going to enjoy this upcoming season including the show this is overturned fifteenth season if you can believe that and as we begin a new chapter of this place it's time to meet our go ahead yeah it gives us applause here It is time to meet your new President and C O if you haven't already she is the first woman President and ceo sandra guy who came aboard last fall I had the opportunity to interview sandra several times for news three we talked about coming on as President of overture her vision of the future and things that work and things that could well use a little tweaking here and there we also talked about her love of music and the arts and architecture which all started in their homeland the former Yugoslavia we also talked about her Lands for overture the Center needs to be a great community partner and offer all genres of art for all people and as this evening progresses and we unveiled the new season I think you'll see that she is reaching those goals or something for just about everyone all thanks to the generosity of pleasant roland and Jerry fraud who helped build this home for the arts for all So without further ado I present the President and ceo of overture Center for the arts sandra guy With evening Good evening welcome to the 19 twentieth season announcement and thank you Mark so much for the introduction um it's been a blood pleasure getting to know just not just Mark but many other of the journalist and uh wonderful other members of our community so we are so happy that you're here with us tonight uh to share as we unveil our fifteenth anniversary yes 15 years uh thank To the generosity of two extraordinary community leaders uh thanks to them we have this gem here where we gather tonight to um all of you um sponsors donors patrons uh whether your ticket buyer a single ticket fires season ticket buyers uh our board members staff volunteers we couldn't do what we do without all of you uh just like Do uh without partners like Broadway across America so thank you uh I think most of you know that uh overture brings about 600000 people annually uh to our spaces um when we bring 14 years and the sixth round didn't quite start at 600 thousands where we calculated on Friday that we are somewhere close to 12 million people that we have a roll to orchestra isn't that astounding So overture has over the years become the largest uh arts nonprofit Organization in wisconsin we have become a destination uh cultural entertainment arts destination uh for the state not just Madison and we couldn't do that without all of you here without many other people that are not here with us but in what we all share is that magical flight performances we are able To do so much more uh because of all of you we are able to Have close to 50 percent of those 600000 people annually coming here uh at no cost of or very very low cost and we keep that promise that feel will continue uh with our commitment to keeping our spaces our uh venues open to the community including the H word which I let somebody else talk more about that we are home to 10 arts organizations uh we are um so we offer uh about eighteen programs to our community through community engagement education programs Um we provide uh spaces to local arts we provide a space to them to grow to um make sure that they thrive in their careers and organizational goals too so we as we as we work on our seasons as but you gonna be a fear going to share with you in a moment is really that we want to bring to our communities experiences that will transport you that full challenge you that will give you something new that will really uh brought in all of our perspectives So overturn I know even though I've been only here not even seven months yet but has changed the landscape of downtown Madison it has really changed how our community works and sees us here too uh and we couldn't be uh this comprehensive art Center to our neighbors to our community without all of you so generosity of our uh donors our patrons is what keeps us going not just the not just but the initial phenomenal That built us but we continue and I we have a storage here to share with you too what um Be I'm excited um to announce uh the local legends for the season 19 20 local legends are the patrons uh the donors that support us at a really high level it's a hundred thousand dollars that we receive general support of these individuals uh so for this coming season we have three local legends please hold on your your applause until uh I've read all Names so join me in recognizing Norman bourbon and barbara Middle set bourbon vance and jodi tank and hotel gaming Madison who's represented tonight by Dan Brown Thank you norm brenda bands jodi Dan thank you so much uh all donations that are made now um uh before the end of our fiscal year which is end of June uh will be matched by these wonderful leaders in our community so your donations are doubled uh and so we are hoping that you will um join us in continuing your support and uh donate tonight uh as you see Uh how the evening progress we hope you'll be even more inspired so thank you once more to a local judge uh legends now um save we want to for you to save this uh the date for Monday June third when you're invited as our donors to take the stage for an incredible night we are thrilled to announce a special guest performance by Broadway star Morgan James and the celebration of the tenth anniversary of Jerry awards journey awards Uh this year in 98 schools um I think we are going to 90 - nine we were hoping for So on behalf of our board and staff for furniture thank you for your support thank you for being clear and thank you to all the 19 twentieth uh season sponsors I know that many of you are here in our audience um we as I said we couldn't do it without you now here to unveil the overturn 19 twentieth season is one and only Need I say more team sours our phenomenal v P of programming Well hello I trained her well didn't I as I must do how are we What a beautiful day right what a gorgeous day out there today Wednesday maybe not so good right coming down the road I live on Lake Minnesota like I moved here 11 years ago in may I'll be at overture for 11 years and I moved and I came the uh you're so kind I came I started working my first day was the Friday before memorial day weekend so I could get on the city benefits for July one and um Moved into this old House that sits on livingston in the Lake and I live right on Lake Minnesota and I thought I'll just live here temporarily and then you know go look for a place man it's 11 years later and it's me and my Ducks right I had this pair of Ducks seriously at this pair of Ducks Dude that's not funny right I have this parent Ducks that comeback every I think it's the same too wouldn't it be the same too and every year there they are and we get along so nicely and and one of the reasons I know it's the same too is they've never laid an egg there has never been any little duckies Or they're just not of that persuasion So they're my Ducks through and through The lovely car Beach ladies and gentlemen good evening everyone how are you alright I'm here my knees are cold but I'm doing alright I know I heard too right so um we got subscribers in the audience we got some donors in the audience and volunteers in the audience and group of people in the audience friends of cocktails with tim and cara in the audience like us on facebook listen um don't what that wasn't funny Car posted the other day on facebook uh what do you think this season is gonna be for Broadway somebody got all but one right mm Cuz they were listening at cocktails with tim when I teased that whole season for you no I'm just kidding it was I don't know that we really josh are you in the audience how did you pick so many right oh you don't know that yet I'm sorry just teasing alright so um you wanna see some season alright so we're gonna we're gonna start with over to presents and we're gonna start with uh the fall season away we go S Direct from Broadway don't miss the Dream smash hit that has taken the country by storm and hail colorful imaginative and expertly performed Experience the international sensation proclaimed the grandest circus spectacle East of vegas a death defying spectacular the whole family will love cirque dreams jungle fantasy we're all searching for what surprises us inspires us and pushes us further stair nature in the eye with filmmaker felipe day and draw they live on stage from curious raptors to massive snappers it's a Where wild things rain Supreme Untamed S You go on a kiss me S S S S Calls out from the waves S S S S S S S You're so sad S S S S What do you think I'm most excited about the golden girls puppet show I have high taste in my art so seriously who's gonna go to that Good cuz there's three shows of it uh they're still there they're like a phenomenon the golden girls and they continue to be a phenomena and did you know that now young kids are into the golden girls too uh own by the way we're being live streamed so I apologize if I offend anybody uh as we move forward uh straight no chaser you know the Uh and you know what marcel is jazz at lincoln Center I was doing a focus group earlier in the fall and I know we did we had them about two years ago both groups two years ago and I put out there by saying is it too soon for either one either one of them to come back and uh uh a gentleman said in the audience he said with winton marcel is he's the best there is you could bring him every year so hence he's here uh what else do I wanna Kaitlyn company they are an up and coming great fiddle group cirque dreams jungle fantasy property just bought by um circus soleil just bought the cirque dreams line and then we have the first of the National geographic live Thompson square I'm excited about that owned by Disney now Disney owns them yup and the rest of the world and um Would you say thompson's gloria Thompson square whose country fans and country fans yeah Thompson square and even if you're not they've got a really owned that they're great it's great they were off they haven't been out in a while because they had babies and stuff and so they're back on the road they're back making new music and I would think the agent pitch them and I'm like let's do it let's go to spring car or winter winter's next S We The naked magicians R rated magic at its stunning best the world's funniest and no obvious magic show find out why good magicians don't need sleeves and great magicians don't need pants definitely the hottest ticket in town book now best seats sell out box the naked magicians S S S S S S Listen I had to bring em I just had to they've been out for a couple of years now and uh I would pass on it would pass on it and I'm like I'm passing anymore uh they're great magicians and of course it's all really they are yeah really I'm actually going to vegas in a couple of weeks over um easter uh uh weekend and um I'm gonna see the show there I haven't seen the whole show Um and the agent the agent said would you like to meet him and I'm like Because I said they better get naked I'm gonna be standing backstage watching and if they're not naked they're not getting any money that's what I was say sweet honey in the rock right how exciting that they're back on the road back to do a show and we're actually tiny in the night of international festival so international festival will be happening all day here and then at night uh will be sweet honey in the rock Royal wood anybody know who Royal what is he is a big country R in from Canada and he has a gorgeous voice he's trying to get an audience here so he's actually gonna be the winter cabaret so it could be him and his guitar playing his love songs February thirteenth sweet right I'll be there too ha for that what else one night of queen Gary mullens back on the road he's exciting and fun the chieftains are saying goodbye I mean any chiefs fans out here yeah they're saying goodbye so did share but she's back in Milwaukee and may even it share you know uh and I go see her because she's doing that um the dancing queen tour and she's doing all the songs we know She love abba diablo they're great everybody is great huh cuz we have great taste here at overture Center And don't you ever forget it naked magicians alright let's go to spring cara The junior prom and met the only married man or the ones who are longing to can always count on I go for the rip S But you can bet their strings attached Kind of Classic albums live takes classic albums and recreates them live on stage note for note cut per Cup since two thousand and three classic albums live has been using the world's greatest musicians to faithfully recreate these albums exactly the way they recorded note for note cut for cut no bad impersonations no cheesy costumes just absolute brilliance with musical purity and the best musician ship around S S S S S S S S S S S S S Someone S Nothing says S Nothing too exciting there really just kidding I'm just kidding uh Now I'm the show airplay with all the beautiful stuff in the air I saw that show couple of years ago at a showcase and it was so beautiful and when you know we're putting offers in for shows we priced the labor we get a rider that comes with the show and we priced the labor so as pricing the labor for this show as I was creating my budget for it and Steve shredder who's our tech director said oh don't do this in Capitol theater I'll be so gorgeous and overture Hall so it'll be an overture So that's kinda cool cathy mateo the great cathy materia she sounds awesome she does sound awesome alonzo King lines ballet they're an amazing company if you've never seen them uh planet libra maybe anybody go to havana Cuba allstars this year when we had them and did you dance no yes kinda who danced back there your dance without fun right to have the dance floor it yeah with it was in this building yet and uh so clean a libra Do the same thing with them but they're gonna be in capital theater so we're gonna have the dance floor out for that group too cuz I think that was so much fun to have that happen um what's the next slide well we gonna second city's got a special thing that we're gonna be oh yeah we have uh another second we have two second cities we're gonna do on a regular time in the evening and then we have their late night edition right that one 's got a rating on it so that one that one has a rain so I have a kid it's like a 10 o'clock show or something and so cuz here's the deal we used to put second city in this big Hall and we would you know so well with them cuz a lot of people want to see the show and so this let this past year it didn't work in here so we have them in their holiday show it in capital theater in it sold out so quickly that a lot of people didn't get a chance to see them so then I like it better over in capital theater there cuz you're close to them and it's fun and so I said let's do too and I said you got anything dirty right I said it just like that To the agent I said I want something late night and they're like oh my gosh they're just putting that show together and so they're coming at late night so they're pretty they're pretty you know regular time so can't wait to see what that's about so you can buy two shows what else do we have kara and then because we know you like to purchase this in series we thought we'd give you a rundown when you're purchasing your subscriptions for Broadway or overture presents you can just buy your over to present and they know some of you like the by the All National geographic series and so these are the last of the four the four I'm telling you the one that's gonna be interesting is this anatomy of a deceit it's all about lying and why people lie and figuring out how people lie Are they gonna hook his lie detector after you and have you been on stage for a little while Oh my God you know I'd love just as long as they don't ask cuz I would love to be on one of those lie detector tests it's interesting you don't live very well though no I don't nobody would be fun to be on the test be fun what else do we have I have a race seriously I know some of you book the whole cabaret series and that's a lovely lovely series um I'm excited for this one I think cindy winters uh is currently on Broadway in the lion King and she was in hamilton she was also here and she was also here yeah for um hunchback of notre dame on capital city theater right so if you saw that she was in that Royal You heard me talk before so he's a country guy kinda new to the cabaret and then alicia empress has this beautiful salty boys she's has a Broadway caliber to uh to her so that is the cabaret she's a great picture too doesn't she yes just all of them have great pictures it's fun it's important for me to book pretty people you know and uh I do that's a good pictures and then we have this show that didn't have a video with it so we have another uh collaboration with the Madison symphony orchestra we have Harry potter earlier in the season and then in may we have star wars live in concert who's gonna go to that good cuz there's a couple of shows of it I think it's gonna be beautiful and cool and uh it just so happens uh An agent who I work with sent me uh email a couple of weeks ago and said hey you gonna be in town April eight I'm gonna I'm coming to wisconsin to make a site visit and I said oh yeah it's our season announcement like you should come to that and then earlier today I was like you wanna be in the season announcement cuz I thought it's kind of interesting in working with an agent and we get this never get to see them live so please welcome jake kinder man He has um alright thank you he has uh he's uh agent with Columbia artist management uh this year we had a vanna Cuba allstars with your um agent season star wars with your agency we are working on another very cool project that was gonna be on the season but didn't quite work with the routing and so that's gonna be in 20 21 season hopefully a very cool project um we go back a long time long history so um What do you do as an agent like how do you how do you help me I know the answer like how do you help me get a show to Madison besides pitch and selling me right well uh being an agent is a pretty simple thing on its face where we we scout out artists and projects and shows and we think well this has some traction or maybe it's a proven show we think we can send this on a us Coast to Coast tour and uh Columbia artists uh tours dozens and dozens of projects every single year and we simply look at the history of Like the overture Center and we say well what is successful for the overture Center you know what is tim like and uh cuz you know that's very important that's right because when I don't like something what do I do it's a short phone call it's a very short phone call And uh we we just try to forecast what we think is you know uh route that has a high likelihood of succeeding and then we have backup plans and backup plans and backup plans cuz even if someone really likes the show sometimes like the one you just mentioned that you know we're we're hoping works out just fine next year uh you know sometimes the dates just not there and things get in the way and you know when hamilton's there nothing works cuz hamilton's in charge you know uh so we uh that that's about all there is to it so a lot of it is just um just Being addicts and constantly following up with people and lots and lots of phone calls and maybe they didn't like a lots of phone calls maybe they didn't like the last time but it's been two weeks maybe they'll change their mind you know I had an agent one time from one of your competitors I had an agent one time with a new training and new agent and I was sitting there and then one was on one side of me and one was on the other side and she and she was pitching me a show and I was like okay whatever and then she was pitching a show so I said no I'm not interested in that and then I was over here talking to this agent and then she went to bring that no show back and she went to say Something about the next show the agent goes like this that this agent went like this don't go there when tim says no he really means it that's right that's right it's true oh and everything I'm I'm thinking of you all the time when I'm booking shows right and I'm thinking about what you like here that's very important to have that relevance to you so you came to our building for the first time today yeah I've never been to man what do you think about our lovely Hall thanks for having me it's a gorgeous day to show up it is a gorgeous day I show up he's going to bear he went to bear boo how's that it was a You don't look a lot like here it's only an hour away so yeah on the water tomorrow and wass on all the way up to Howard and a bunch of other places where again we're howland is that how you like oh now I know where it is I had no idea what he's talking about Now it's true um anything else you wanna say unless you have something you don't have anything else to say oh and the other thing is they are divided by regions right so each region has their own wrap and today you added you said you added your your region is what's your region I'm generally the midwest uh but I I have 13 States I'm responsible for so I have to talk to hundreds and hundreds of different performing arts centers and and uh depending on the show we're putting together am I responsible to try to book a week or so sometimes it's four weeks depending on you know the confidence The type of show that we have and uh how long did the tour normally go out for it for so so for something like the havana Cuba all stars how many weeks were they out on the road that was about three months I think maybe a little bit longer yeah that's pretty average for I'd say four months is the max cuz they're generally in the fall or in the spring and that's that's when you're done and that's not really yet no one wants to come through in the winter time they're scared that polar vortex I didn't we went out in the polar vortex that mccarthy era we did I went over to her She took her children out in it that's how good a mother she is right and we did we went to covers cuz it was cuz it was the only thing open it's true we did we went out in the polar vortex if you'd come to cocktails with tim then you would see our National geographic live we survived the polar vortex that we did thank you jake thank you So are you ready for Broadway Take it away car Come up they could pass tomorrow Shot S S Take a shot That's great that you're gonna you're gonna subscribe you're all subscribing right yeah so you'll get your good seats you don't have anything to worry about no alright good that show number one Which you knew about so that's why we start with the big figure you know yeah right and for what's the matter when oh when I don't know do you expect us in on these things I guess we can tell you uh it comes in in November so your subscription week is the week before Thanksgiving and it's here for three weeks You're welcome now if you ask me when the other ones are I really don't know I know what month there in yeah honey I'm booking 20 21 right now I don't even know what year we're in right alright for our next show please welcome from the Jerry on sample yay they're gonna perform kyle capos a and eric's Intel they're both from oregon high school shoot I have is out of order I have this out of order I got you and you got me I don't need my glasses on to see were both pretty lucky stuck inside with no together forever Be F that stands for us life is sweet their snacks we can eat we'll have fun if we go out and just sit around doing nothing let's explore open every drawer they you found my long lost well that's what friends are for This is the best friends and this is the friends were best friends and this is a franklin we're best birthday every little thing that I can gather S Hello waiting hi bubble in the sky forever For us That stands for us Big up for us be bed stands for spongebob and Patrick that stands for us whoa S Experience wonders that pour from the stage in the Broadway hit that critics agree is the best of the year this joyous extraordinary creative explosion as a party for the eyes and ears it's effort best and candy for the spirit and fun for all with original songs by grammy award winning artists the New York times calls it brilliant a colorful inventive incredible visual spectacle don't miss the boldly theatrical the spongebob musical Hence this everybody who got this from the beginning who got that I was dressed as sponge Bob and the rain I get to be patched and look she's dressed as Patrick and I I couldn't find plaid pants and it was close it was close with the shorts though right yeah listen I'm excited about sponge Bob we both are it is a great creative imaginative show uh it's the only place is playing in wisconsin will be here at the overture Center so beyond to us when they said grammy award winning um artist it's the likes of cindy lapper dated the late David bowie lady antebellum uh Stephen tyler and even playing what yes Steven tyler and when I when I first heard about the show coming out that way I mean they played pretty Broadway in Chicago right and we we we both thought in okay how's the music gonna fit together right cuz you get that many artists but it it really does it fits together really well and it is a there are very few perfect musicals out there that really is one of them I would not lie to you at all I was watching the show I saw three times in New York and I was watching the show and he doesn't why is that funny times either that's not funny Listen I saw one night with the millennials in a Tuesday night and they were having a great time with it cuz everybody grew up with the show and then one weekend I went again and I was in the audience and squid word who's one of the characters if you know sponge Bob and he's like you know talks like this and he has a song I'm not a loser these things in the show and at one point he said oh I'm such a loser and some little boy screamed out you're not a loser was awesome I knew right then I wanted to show because the kids were so they were like rock stars when they were interviewed when I saw it in their second to last performance um before they closed and we had I mean I think all of the sponge Bob fans came out for that show cuz he got a standing ovation I mean there were standing ovations in the Middle of some of those just when the characters were introduced because they knew it but at the same time I walked into that show the first time I saw I never watched a single spongebob episode in my life in fact it was never a fan at all quite the O Actually and I walked away I just I love the show I mean it's just it brings you joy it does it's a cute little best friend story and yeah yeah cuz my kids love it too so yeah which is fact alright okay we'll move on so we dressed up he did I'm trying to get to pass it the kinky it doesn't top kinky boots thinking close this weekend it just finished his Broadway run it had such a successful Broadway run yet did yeah did right the next show kara alright we don't have any video for nope so we're just gonna Quickly so they can't see it oh um I have dates by the way spongebob is October eighth through thirteenth correct I knew that when actually the color purple ooh that was a good reception yeah to the color purple you know it's never played here this is uh the revival version what one tony's in two thousand five or two thousand 15 I mean and of course it's based on the alice Walker 19 eighty two book which then was turned Steven spielberg turned into a very successful um Movie in 19 eighty five making oprah winfrey a star and whoopie goldberg and uh so we're excited to have the color purple the the new revival is this beautifully ree imagined show um and so that show number three on your series that one 's February eighteenth to the 20 third in 20 20 how weird is that fear to say 20 20 20 20 my eyesight used to be 20 20 S I love you I love anybody that laughs at anything I do is that a baby crying now no it wasn't because I want to say some cute about that alright for our next show please welcome to the stage heather bots S Sleep sleep I couldn't sleep tonight I couldn't I couldn't I could High winds and S Begun S S My clinic I could My credit score S What made it so S S Began Thank you heather box ladies and gentlemen my fair lady Welcome to Madison welcome to the stage thank you this is my first time here really what do you think I love it it's so cute I went to collect tivo coffee today yes there you go so this is a production of the lincoln Center theater they brought the King and I and war horse at this stage in the past what is it like to work for this very prestigious production company oh my gosh it's so profound you know it's one thing to get a call that you're going to be on Broadway and it's another call entirely to know you're gonna be doing you know the revival of my fair lady um with bartlett share and lincoln Is known to um to reinterpret the classic so profoundly with so much so much depth so it's been an honor to be part of this production where did you grow up I grew up in walla walla Washington I don't know if anyone knows that a long way a long way from lincoln Center is a long way congratulations this production first hit the stage in 19 56 with julianne as our production is uh remake from eight to 20 eighteen and the story is sort of focuses more analyze that do little flower girl what is your take on this new interpretation well when I knew Bart was gonna be directing this production I was so excited because he really investigates in digs really deeply into the material and he's so good at you know at these classics and reinventing those classics and so he of course went back to the original source which was pick mali in the original text of this story and you know a lot of people think eliza it's like uh a rescue story you know where higgins finds her and turns her into a Princess and and that is not what bart is telling so she um Wanted to make sure that she uh we see the story through through her eyes and you know it's a woman desperate to change your situation in life and um it was so exciting to be able to tell his version of the story the songs in the show are incredible I could have danced all night rain in Spain would it be lovely on the Street where you live what is your favorite to perform and why oh my goodness well lovely of course it's so much fun um but my favorite song to sing in the show is without you um it's not done I think are looking concerts very often but it's such an important Point in the story because it's where eliza she realizes Henry higgins is not on this pedestal she's had him on through throughout this entire journey and she realizes that they're equals and that she realizes that he's human um so that's my favorite part to tell it's a must be so much fun to sing those songs oh yeah so legendary and if there's also a lot of pressure yeah people know the song you have to get them right yeah we mentioned the King and I were in the train production last year for this what is it like to be on the road I They had a great time I'm sorry I didn't get to come to Madison but um my favorite thing to do is to find a coffee shop which I did today and the second thing is define doughnuts it's literally my favorite thing so if you know any doughnut places Yes I literally had a spreadsheet and did a doughnut tour across the country it was like my thing we have lots of good doughnuts so good I can't wait we're looking forward to your return it's in April April 20 20 other cute welcome to Madison congratulations thank you Alright my fair lady huh I like doughnuts too heather I could eat them every day car likes them too alright what's next let's see our next show cara we don't we do have video S But I just want to go into the next one or do you have more to say you know it's it's funny to watch how these shows adapt for the road because anybody see my fair lady in New York that set was unbelievable wasn't it stages it's like they have a whole House on the stage that rotates through the whole thing like unbelievable that's all I have to say it's true right and so it's always interesting how they're gonna adapt that for the road because they can't bring that big House with them stages it was like the miss saigon helicopter Which only some of them so it was cool wasn't it you know it broke we didn't have it on Tuesday and Wednesday because it got damaged in transit and I found out from the cast members that that's only happened like this is only like the fourth time that it's happened and they've been on the road since September so it's relatively impressive that it's only the broken how many times it stinks that it twice was here rice was here yeah it was cool that it wasn't it does use on alright let's see the next show car S S You will enjoy okay yeah that's 51 more this one comes may twelfth through seventeenth there's one more on the six package six pack It's the right state for that joke Naked magicians I'm irene sank off and I'm the Co author of come from away and I'm David and I'm the other coauthor and her husband Come from way tells the story of when a 38 planes and thousands of passengers were diverted to the tiny community of gander newfoundland and the surrounding towns the people welcomed off the plans by the people here and they gave him everything they possibly could S S The generosity in this story that happens in newfoundland really rise with what it was like to be in New York on nine 12 and following I think new yorkers were their best self at that moment they're almost seven thousand people who landed here and there was almost nine thousand people in town at the time so we wanted to tell 16000 stories in a hundred minute musical with 12 actors Stay grounded You just can't tell the story without music there's very few moments where there's not music I have been struck by how much the audience wants to tell their story after the show he walked through the lobby and everybody comes up and wants to talk about the show and what they were doing that day it's been truly humbling to know that we've touched people's lives with this story because I know we were incredibly touch Come from away Uh it's a beautiful beautiful show people and it has such a heart to it uh each year when we go to the Broadway League one of the things that the Broadway League conference does have these creative conversations where they bring out the cast or the creators of the show and it's a facilitated conversation that we experience and be able to ask some questions and when they did that come from away one they actually brought in some of the original uh the real people that the show is based on like the female pilot from American Airlines and she was the first female pilot and they had the mayor The town and they were telling this story and then I'm I'm telling you this cuz this is the heart of this show they were telling the story about how when they had to evacuate when they were done um and they had to get out um not evacuate when they were leaving gander to go back the planes had the planes had a short time period that they had to get out because bad weather was coming right so they were loading up the planes and loading up the planes and they found out there was one person missing and he was from Nigeria and they couldn't find him and so the plane had to leave without him and they said well we'll just put him on another plane at another time and he was missing for days and he comes back a few days later with a group of guys cuz they were out moose hunting isn't that the greatest story that they take this guy moose hunting and I just thought that that was such a sweet sweet story to tell and it really does cap That essence of the show it is it is truly beautiful so that's your six show package what I am go ahead I'm gonna share my story okay yes share your story so what I found interesting about it because you know there's there's there's now a a bunch of people who weren't um around when it is this history this event is history to them and I saw this show when I was at the Jimmy awards um back when it was out and I watched it with a whole bunch of high schoolers who were you know barely born if they were born when this actually happened you know and I was I was around so it was interesting For me to watch the responses that they had because they have a totally different experience with what nine 11 means to them right but this show has a remarkable way of it doesn't matter if you were there if it's history if it's you know where you were it has this way of like connecting to you and just not letting you go it's it's a it's a great show we laughed we cried we all yeah it's beautiful it has everything in it regardless of what age we were in the audience so it was it's beautiful I'm excited for it to come good alright can go on now I can go on so our six Packages hamilton the spongebob musical the color purple my fair lady the play that goes wrong and come from away but you can also do a seven show package please welcome Jerry or ensemble for the next number next show I guess I think we can have this on an honor too Shorty S S So much Palaces museums hundred strong S S four I'll be back for good You make my life sad make my way Good morning Mace S S S 67 S Wrong S We were just to Sherry Now Let's meet who we have tonight with us as tim said before I'm kyle hosta and I go to oregon high school I'm olivia folk and I go to one key high school I'm corina Smith and I go to edgewood high school I'm katie and I go to verona high school I'm jamal stone and I go to Sun prairie high school I'm julian angle and I go to middleton high school I'm lauren harkness and I go to whitewater high school I'm derek argo and I go to verona high school and america's Intel I go to oregon high school thank you S So the full ensemble is 20 of them we have 10 tonight Patrick Christians on piano ladies and gentlemen So wicked you gotta video right yeah play it I think okay I talk too much I wanna With miss linda Their frustrated delivered S And we sent us this from me S Free S Who's never seen wicked seriously where have you been really you've never seen it jackie jackie cooper has never seen it oh wow not that I know or anything that's interesting to me that's cool uh six almost 16 years on Broadway and the first time we had an overture was two thousand and 10 and they will be here in March of 20 20 that's 10 years later right 10 years that that has been out on the road longer longer so right it's a blockbuster people it's bigger than hamilton Or at least it was when they announced their movie did you see that yup Christmas time of 20 - one 20 20 - one during the holidays of 20 21 they're gonna release the wicked movie I bet that's gonna be a fun audition process right to play those two iconic roles yup alright so that's your seven show if you wanna do seven you can do seven uh subscription but then we have a couple of addons let's look but wait there's more there's more Okay never mind there's more than one This Ladies and gentlemen River dance The grammy goes to the album residence River dance River dam Right the 20 fifth anniversary tour do I know you point to you do I know you maybe here's why I like her she your loving everything excited about every you're loving everything tonight thank you please spread the on what okay good things and keep it spread the word right spread the word we have one more Take it away car two by two church of jesus christ It is true back by popular demand because the lab you know this is time number three for the book of mormon I think it's a perfectly constructed musical it is so great and so funny and it's um sold out the first two times so not only do you have a hamilton in this season we have wicked in the season and you have book a mormon in the season I think it's pretty darn good mm Uh you'll be getting your renewal packets in the mail and even those of you who did the early renewal that when you didn't even know what the shows were but you renewed something like 24 for eighteen hundred of you or something did that Falls no I'm just kidding that's because you put your trust in u s right it is about trust um you will also be getting uh the package in the mail because you wanna get over to present shows too um may sixth as the deadline for renewals for for uh subscriptions renewals are for all of them may six is the renewal deadline If you want your same seats is that right I don't know what I'm reading in your notes okay that's why they give me your note that's right uh huh what else do I need new subscriptions are available um tonight when you go out you can pick up the season calendar in the lobby and you can take your make your order right now tonight if you want and don't forget there's always addons like one that you just read that's right Super excited about you know we just announce uh recently which I think you need to get your tickets for the John like Gaza Broadway hit uh Latin history for morons we just put that on sale a couple of days ago was Tony nominated he is amazing he's incredible show is really fun and it's a For him to come around with us so please buy those tickets yeah I'm coming and I'm probably gonna have to bring the new the baby cuz I will recently have I I have a newborn at that time and I'm coming out no one understanding was limited to the theater right but I'll sit in the sound booth and cuz I really really really wanna see that show it looks really good so are we excited about our season I hope you're excited about it You can send me your email disappointments tomorrow but tonight don't talk to me about it and uh I like I think it's a pretty strong season overall it's a great variety of shows not even just Broadway but over to presents great artists great music uh comedy you name it uh out in the lobby we're having a little party afterwards go out there uh the band that's playing is terrific their local called the North code they were our Grand prize winner um rising rising stars this past year and we're looking for their placement on season next year tomorrow night if any of you are going to branford marsala is quartet we have brianna Who is gonna be the opener for his show tomorrow night and she was the Grand prize winner in two thousand 17 and then uh food is provided by catering alfresco so anything else you wanna say cara that's all I've got they ask us to bring it at eight 30 and look what time what time is it car we're close eight 38 30 go you're welcome alright I'll see you out in the lobby at come stay round we'll be out in a little bitLast chance!