A Christmas Story, the Musical Hello, Dolly! 2018/2019 Monthly Media Kit BE CENTER STAGE Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella The Band’s Visit Miss Saigon ABOUT BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS The largest arts organization in the Carolinas, Blumenthal PATRON PROFILE Performing Arts is a nonprofit multivenue performing arts Blumenthal audiences are affluent, educated and cultured complex. Comprising six state-of-the-art theaters along consumers. They are decision-makers with discretionary income Charlotte’s “cultural mile,” it is nationally recognized as a and the ability to influence market trends. Our audiences take top 10 Broadway market and is the largest performing arts note of the businesses that support their interests. center between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Each season, patrons travel from Mecklenburg and 15 surrounding • 65 percent are female. • 78 percent are college graduates. counties to experience one of the many performances that take place at Blumenthal Performing Arts. • 35 percent are male. • 30 percent have advanced • Average age is 44. graduate degrees. • Average income is $98,000. CONNECT WITH OUR AUDIENCES MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION: 37,500+ (AVG) 2018/19 PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION: Connect with more than 37,500 patrons during the season PNC BROADWAY LIGHTS through your program ad. Members of the audience receive a copy of the program to review before the performance and during LOVE NEVER DIES – THE PHANTOM RETURNS intermission. Your market-reach increases when audiences take Sept. 11-16, 2018 • Belk Theater their programs home as souvenirs to pass along to friends and family. Distribution includes PNC Broadway Lights, Broadway A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL Extras, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Ballet, Opera Dec. 4-9, 2018 • Ovens Auditorium Carolina and many other performances in Blumenthal venues. MATTHEW BOURNE’S CINDERELLA Jan. 6-12, 2019 • Belk Theater APPEARANCE MISS SAIGON Feb. 19-24, 2019 • Belk Theater Programs feature four-color, high-gloss pages and attractive custom DEAR EVAN HANSEN March 19-24, 2019 • Belk Theater covers. Programs are 5.375 x 8.375 inches in size. FALSETTOS June 25-30, 2019 • Knight Theater ONLINE PRESENCE HELLO, DOLLY! July 9-14, 2019 • Belk Theater The PNC Broadway Lights and Broadway Extras programs are THE BAND’S VISIT Aug. 6-25, 2019 • Knight Theater produced in digital format for the event pages of the Blumenthal websites and often distributed electronically to patrons prior to BROADWAY EXTRAS the performances. POTTED POTTER Nov. 27-Dec. 2, 2018 • McGlohon Theater s cameron mackintosh ’ spectacular new production of ROCK OF AGES Dec. 27-31, 2018 • Belk Theater ’s OCTOBER 2017 andrew lloyd webber THE LIGHTNING THIEF – THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL Jan. 15-20, 2019 • Knight Theater TAP DOGS April 2-7, 2019 • Knight Theater BAT OUT OF HELL May 28-June 9, 2019 • Belk Theater CATS Aug. 13-18, 2019 • Belk Theater RESIDENT ARTS GROUPS APRIL 2018 Charlotte Symphony JANUARY 2018 OVENS AUDITORIUMBELK THEATER BELK THEATER AT BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTERAT BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER MARCH 2018 BELK THEATER MAY 2018 BELK THEATERAT BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Charlotte Ballet AT BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Opera Carolina Performance schedules for our resident company arts groups CONTENT can be found on their websites. Each program is a must-read for audiences with customized pages providing detailed information specific to the performance. The *Blumenthal reserves the right to add additional show programs throughout the season. program is the audience’s reference for key information including cast bios, show synopses, musical numbers and more. Editorial ON THE COVER: First column from the top, Colton Maurer as Ralphie and the Company of A Christmas Story, the Musical, photo by Gary Emord Netzley; Hello, Dolly! Original Broadway Company of the 2017 Tony Award-winning content on upcoming events and special features, as well as a listing of Best Musical Revival, photo by Julieta Cervantes; Rachel Prather, Etai Benson, Ari’el Stachel in The Band’s Visit, major donors, are also included. photo by Matt Murphy; and a scene from Miss Saigon. photo by Matthew Murphy. Second column from the top, Dear Evan Hansen; and Liam Mower as The Angel – Cinderella’s Fairy Godfather and Ashley Shaw as Cinderella, photo by Johan Persson.. 2 ADVERTISING WITH US PRINT MECHANICAL DISPLAY ADVERTISING DIMENSIONS REQUIREMENTS FULL PAGE FULL PAGE DIGITAL FILES: (preferred) No Bleed Bleed • Preferred file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF (CMYK, 4.875” x 7.875” With Bleed: fonts embedded & print optimized). 5.625” x 8.625” Trim Size: • Accepted image formats: EPS, TIFF (Grayscale or 5.375” x 8.375” CMYK & 300 DPI) or PDF (CMYK and print optimized). • Fonts (Macintosh only): Supply all screen and printer fonts including fonts used in EPS and PDF files. • Dimensions: Ads must be supplied at exact dimensions. Trim on bleed ads is 1/8” from header, QUARTER footer, face. Live matter must be at least 1/4” from PAGE Vertical trim for bleed ads (if applicable). Final trim size of HALF PAGE 2.375” x 3.875” playbill is 5.375” wide x 8.375” tall. Vertical • Accepted media: CD ROM/RW; DVD; or USB flash 2.375” x 7.875” HALF PAGE drive (media returned only on request). Horizontal 4.875” x 3.875” • Proofs: Supply PDF file proof or laser hard copies with colors indicated and any special instructions (please print out at 100 percent). POSITION/SIZE/NET RATES* ADVERTISING MATERIAL Size 1x 3x 6x 9x DELIVERY Full Page $2,173 $2,065 $1,844 $1,736 Half Page $1,519 $1,411 $1,190 $1,082 SENDING ART BY MAIL: Quarter Page $1,025 $973 $917 $793 Spirit Square, Blumenthal Marketing Department Attn: Mark Wallace COVERS 345 N. College St., Charlotte, NC 28202 Size 1x 3x 6x 9x Please indicate on materials, advertiser name, contact Back Cover (SOLD) $2,750 $2,596 $2,415 $2,215 information, ad size and month(s) running. Inside Front Cover $2,549 $2,369 $2,194 $1,993 Inside Back Cover $2,436 $2,261 $2,034 $1,880 SENDING ART BY EMAIL: You may send compressed files using ZIP (preferred) or Stuffit that are no larger than 10MB to: Additional Options [email protected]. Designated Placement .................................10 percent Please indicate in subject line, advertiser name, ad size and Artwork Rotation ................................................... $200 month(s) running. *rates are noncommissionable Please indicate in message, name of file(s) attached, contact information and requests for receipt verification. For additional advertising opportunities, including tabling, ticket backs and ticket envelopes, call 305- 978-2922. For corporate sponsorship opportunities CONTACT INFORMATION to fit your demographic, call 704-379-1355. ADVERTISING AVAILABILITY AND CONTRACTS: Hila Johnson, advertising sales MONTHLY DEADLINE 305-978-2922 or [email protected] Space reserved with signed contract on a first- received basis. Artwork due on the first of the AD ART QUESTIONS AND DEADLINES: month prior to the month the ad is running. Mark Wallace, creative services and publications manager 704-348-5824 or [email protected] 3 Falsettos CHRISTIAN BORLE, ANTHONY ROSENTHAL, and STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, from the Broadway Company. Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella Photo by Joan Marcus. LOVE NEVER DIES – THE PHANTOM RETURNS soaring score featuring Broadway hits including “The Heat is On in Saigon,” “The Sept. 11-16, 2018 • Belk Theater Movie in My Mind,” and “Last Night of the World.” This story of boundless love, full of passion and drama, follows Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, one of the most successful musicals of all DEAR EVAN HANSEN time, which has now been seen by more than 130 million people worldwide and March 19-24, 2019 • Belk Theater is the winner of over 50 international awards. The ultimate love story continues in A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s spellbinding sequel to The Phantom of life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing the Opera. The year is 1907. It is 10 years after his disappearance from the Paris he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in. 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A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL FALSETTOS Dec.4-9, 2019 • Ovens Auditorium June 25-30, 2019 • Knight Theater From the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear William Finn and James Lapine’s groundbreaking, Tony Award- Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning film La La Land, A Christmas Story, winning musical Falsettos returned to Broadway in an all new The Musical, brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on stage! Set in 1940s production from Lincoln Center Theater, and was nominated for five 2017 Indiana, a young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker schemes his way toward the Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. Lapine returned to direct an holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder® Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range extraordinary cast in a production that was seen on PBS stations nationwide.