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2018-2019 SEASON BRINGING GREAT PERFORMANCES TO NORTH TEXAS STOMP ©Steve McNicholas 2012 MUSIC & DANCE FAMILY & BROADWAY SPECIALS THEATRE & COMEDY KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS® FAMILY THEATRE SERIES From the Managing Director Bringing Great Performances to North Texas... I invite you to take a look at the many shows we have scheduled for the Eisemann Center Presents 2018-19 Season. In all we have 28 shows and 45 performances making their way to Richardson and the stages of the Eisemann Center this coming season. As you leaf through the pages, most of the shows do not need extensive descriptive blocks of information to understand the unique and special artistic skills of these artists and shows. Music, dance, theater, comedy, Broadway and family shows all make up our “must see” season. Over the past few years you may have noticed our increased efforts at finding shows that are suitable and appealing to audiences and families of all ages. Most of our programming will safely fit into this family plan. We are excited to have The Wizard of Oz, B – The Underwater Bubble Show, and STOMP on our lineup of family centered programming. We have been working hard to find artists and shows that engage with the community beyond our walls. This year educational outreach programs will come from Jeffrey Siegel (Keyboard Conversations®); David Harrell – The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook; Paul Taylor Dance Company; Sammy Miller and The Congregation; The Second City Touring Company; and the cast of Childsplay – Shh! We Have A Plan. Add to these our Eisemann Extras workshops that take place prior to each Family Theatre Series show and there is a wealth of outreach taking place with room still to grow. One additional program that has a community outreach component to it is A Holiday Celebration of Hope and Unity, featuring the Sonos Handbell Ensemble, Frederica von Stade, and the Dallas Street Choir on December 11th. We will be collecting donations of clothing and other items to be given to the homeless in Dallas. See page 12 for more details. In closing, there is one new brochure change you will discover, or more specifically, not find…a ticket order form. Orders are now being done totally online including subscriptions, multiple show flex discount packages, and of course single tickets. No more paper forms to fill out and mail in. You may also place advance orders online for Prelude Café, self-park or valet parking when ordering tickets. Don’t worry, if needed, we still have our expert Patron Services Representatives available in the Ticket Office to assist you. Just call 972.744.4650. Bruce C. MacPherson, Managing Director [email protected] The Eisemann Center Presents 2018-2019 Season is made possible by generous contributions from the following corporate and individual sponsors and community partners. DR. JOHN F. DIXON 2 Ticket Office: 972.744.4650 • www.eisemanncenter.com EISEMANN CENTER PRESENTS Calendar at a Glance OCTOBER 2018 7:30 pm | Tue, Dec. 18 7:30 pm | Fri, Feb. 22 The TEN Tenors – Home for the Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant 7:30 pm | Thu, Oct. 11 Holidays Back by Popular Demand Tour Graeme James Music & Dance featuring Sarah Lee Guthrie Music & Dance Hill Performance Hall Music & Dance Bank of America Theatre Hill Performance Hall JANUARY 2019 Fri-Sat | Oct. 12-13 (3 Perfs.) Thu-Sat | Feb. 28-Mar. 2, 2019 (4 Perfs.) The Wizard of Oz 7:30 pm | Fri, Jan. 11 The Best of The Second City Family & Broadway Specials Herman’s Hermits Theatre & Comedy Hill Performance Hall starring Peter Noone Bank of America Theatre Music & Dance Fri-Sat | Oct. 19-20 (3 Perfs.) Hill Performance Hall MARCH 2019 Clear to Partly Crazy Theatre & Comedy 2:30 pm | Sun, Jan. 20 5 pm | Sun, Mar. 10 Bank of America Theatre Dragons Love Tacos B – The Underwater Bubble Show and Other Stories Family & Broadway Specials 7:30 pm | Mon, Oct. 22 Family Theatre Series Hill Performance Hall Joyous Music of Beethoven Hill Performance Hall Keyboard Conversations® 7:30 pm | Thu, Mar. 14 Bank of America Theatre 3 pm | Sat, Jan. 26 Callas in Concert The Boy Who Would be Music & Dance 2:30 pm | Sun, Oct. 28, 2018 Captain Hook Hill Performance Hall Tomás and the Library Lady Family & Broadway Specials Family Theatre Series Bank of America Theatre 7:30 pm | Fri, Mar. 15 Hill Performance Hall The Hunts – Darlin’ Oh Darlin’ FEBRUARY 2019 Music & Dance NOVEMBER 2018 Bank of America Theatre 7:30 pm | Fri, Feb. 1 Fri-Sat | Nov. 16-17 (3 Perfs.) Bumper Jacksons 3 pm | Sun, Mar. 17 Steve Solomon’s From Brooklyn Music & Dance The Young Irelanders to Broadway in ONLY 50 Years Bank of America Theatre Music & Dance Theatre & Comedy Hill Performance Hall Bank of America Theatre 7:30 pm | Mon, Feb. 4 The Romantic Connection – Fri-Sat | Mar. 22-23 (3 Perfs.) 2:30 pm | Sun, Nov. 18 Chopin, Liszt & Schumann STOMP Page Turner Adventures – The Keyboard Conversations® Family & Broadway Specials Magnificent Circus Mystery Bank of America Theatre Hill Performance Hall Family Theatre Series Hill Performance Hall 7:30 pm | Sat, Feb. 9 2:30 pm | Sun, Mar. 31 Paul Taylor Dance Company Shh! We Have a Plan DECEMBER 2018 Music & Dance Family Theatre Series Hill Performance Hall Hill Performance Hall 7:30 pm | Mon, Dec. 10 Commemorating Rachmaninoff Thu-Sat | Feb. 14-16 (4 Perfs.) APRIL 2019 and Debussy My Funny Valentine Keyboard Conversations® with Pat Hazell & Dena Blizzard Thu-Sun | Apr. 11-14 (4 Perfs.) Bank of America Theatre Theatre & Comedy The Secret Comedy of Women: Bank of America Theatre Girls Only 7:30 pm | Tue, Dec. 11 Theatre & Comedy A Holiday Celebration of 7:30 pm | Thu, Feb. 21 Bank of America Theatre Hope and Unity Sammy Miller and The Music & Dance Congregation 7:30 pm | Mon, Apr. 15 Hill Performance Hall Music & Dance Chopin in Paris Bank of America Theatre Keyboard Conversations® Bank of America Theatre Ticket Office: 972.744.4650 • www.eisemanncenter.com 3 EISEMANN CENTER PRESENTS Family & Broadway Specials The Wizard of Oz A spectacular celebration of the iconic 1939 MGM film, The Wizard of Oz will blow you away from the moment the tornado touches down and transports you to a dazzling Oz, complete with munchkins and flying monkeys. The entire family will be captivated as they travel down the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy, Toto and their friends the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow in this lavish production, featuring breathtaking special effects, dazzling choreography, and classic songs. Sponsored by Methodist Richardson Medical Center. Fri, Oct. 12 at 7:30 pm Sat, Oct. 13, 2018 at 2 pm & 7:30 pm Tickets: $40-$60 Hill Performance Hall 4 Ticket Office: 972.744.4650 • www.eisemanncenter.com EISEMANN CENTER PRESENTS Family & Broadway Specials The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook In a moving, yet humorous look at growing up, David Harrell brings to life a story of his childhood in The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook. Born without his right hand and fitted with a prosthetic hook before he starts school, he is kept on the sidelines of recess until the game becomes Peter Pan! He fits perfectly into the game as Captain Hook but soon grows tired of playing the part and decides he wants to be a hero. What happens when you decide not to be defined by your circumstances and change the game? With appearances from hilarious and colorful characters from his childhood, David serves as story teller and performer, teaching the importance of accepting and including others that may not look exactly the way that we do. Sat, Jan. 26, 2019 at 3 pm Tickets: $25 Bank of America Theatre Ticket Office: 972.744.4650 • www.eisemanncenter.com 5 EISEMANN CENTER PRESENTS Family & Broadway Specials B – The Underwater Bubble Show Inspired by Cirque du Soleil, the show is rich in various stage effects using the latest laser technologies, snow cannons, soap bubble tornadoes, theatrical fog, gigantic smoke rings, smoke-filled soap bubble machines, optical illusions and many other surprises. After another long day – as always, filled with things to do, meetings and deadlines to be met – Mr. B finds himself transported, as if by magic, to a special, colorful, happy place called Bubblelandia. The “inhabitants” of Bubblelandia – seahorses, dragonfish, starfish, mermaids, clownfish and others – will carry Mr. B along his imaginary journey in this beautiful underwater world, where fantasy becomes reality. Sun, Mar. 10, 2019 at 5 pm *Family Theatre Series subscribers may purchase Tickets: $24-$37 tickets to this show at a 20% discount. Contact the Hill Performance Hall Ticket Office for more information. 6 Ticket Office: 972.744.4650 • www.eisemanncenter.com EISEMANN CENTER PRESENTS Family & Broadway Specials STOMP ©Steve McNicholas 2012 STOMP STOMP, the international percussion sensation, makes its Eisemann Center premiere in March 2019. A unique combination of percussion, movement and visual comedy, STOMP has created its own inimitable, contempo- rary form of rhythmic expression: both household and industrial objects find new life as musical instruments in the hands of an idiosyncratic band of body percussionists. The eight-member troupe uses everything but con- ventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms. Sponsored by Methodist Richardson Medical Center. Fri, Mar. 22 at 7:30 pm Sat, Mar. 23, 2019 at 2 pm & 7:30 pm Tickets: $42-$62 Hill Performance Hall Ticket Office: 972.744.4650 • www.eisemanncenter.com 7 EISEMANN CENTER PRESENTS Theatre & Comedy Jaston Williams in Clear to Partly Crazy Announcing Jaston Williams’ newest work in his one man show Clear to Partly Crazy, where he holds forth on subjects all Texans understand: cheerleading, tornadoes and cer- tifiably insane blood relatives.