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Four guys from Jersey are making their way to New Orleans for the first time. The 2012-2013 Broadway in New Orleans series will feature the Big Easy debut of the Tony-winning smash Jersey Boys, as well as Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, Million Dollar Quartet, Wicked and the Broadway-aimed musical version of the film Flashdance. All shows will play the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts.
The 25th anniversary production of Les Miserables, which is based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, will run from October 30 through November 4. It includes the classic songs “I Dreamed a Dream,” “On My Own” and “One Day More.”
The Disney classic Mary Poppins will open December 18 and close on December 23. It features songs from the hit film, including “A Spoonful of Sugar,” "Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “Step In Time,” as well as new numbers written specifically for the stage musical.
Walking like men into New Orleans for the first time on January 8, 2013 through January 27 is Jersey Boys. The Broadway blockbuster takes audiences behind the scenes of rock ‘n’ roll sensation Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The show includes such hits as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Oh What a Night.”
Flashdance will shimmy onto the New Orleans stage from February 26, 2013 through March 3. Based on the hit 1983 movie, Flashdance tells the story of Alex, a working-class girl from Pittsburgh striving to make her dreams of becoming a professional dancer a reality. The show features the hit songs from the movie, “Flashdance—What a Feeling,” “Maniac,” “I Love Rock & Roll” and 10 original songs.
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins will rock New Orleans in Million Dollar Quartet from April 16, 2013 through April 21. Set at Sun Records in Memphis in 1956, Million Dollar Quartet tells the story of the twist of fate that brought the four music legends together for the only time in their careers for an impromptu recording that has become known as one of the greatest rock jam sessions of all time.
The Broadway hit Wicked flies into New Orleans May 8, 2013 through June 2. A vivid reimagining of the classic The Wizard of Oz, the musical spotlights the untold stories of Oz’s most famous characters: the Wicked Witch of the West and her unlikely friend, Glinda the Good. The Grammy-winning score by Stephen Schwartz features the songs “The Wizard and I,” “Popular” and “Defying Gravity.”
