Plays and Musicals at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia

Jersey Boys

Forrest Theatre
September 30th - December 12th, 2010
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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!" raves the New York Post for Jersey Boys the 2006 Tony Award^®-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide -- all before they were 30!

Jersey Boys, winner of the 2006 Grammy^® Award for Best Musical Show Album and most recently, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, features their hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh, What a Night" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."

South Pacific

Academy of Music
November 22nd - November 28th, 2010

"Simply Wonderful! Beguiling Theatrical Magic!" hails the New York Post for Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. A stunning reinvention produced by Lincoln Center Theater, South Pacific swept the 2008 Tony Awards®, winning seven honors including Best Musical Revival and Best Director for Bartlett Sher. The breathtaking new production features a cast of 34 and a full orchestra of 26 members—the largest orchestra of any touring Broadway production. Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and by their own prejudices. The beloved score's songs include "Some Enchanted Evening," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair," "This Nearly Was Mine" and "There is Nothin' Like a Dame." USA Today cheers, "4-stars! Gorgeous! South Pacific doesn't just float; it soars!"

South Pacific Philadelphia Kimmel Center

Paulo Szot and Kelli O'Hara in South Pacific, ©Joan Marcus

Les Miserables

Academy of Music
January 4th - January 15th, 2011

Cameron Mackintosh's wildly successful new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg's legendary musical, Les Miserables, with glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. This new production has already been acclaimed by critics, fans and new audiences and is breaking box office records wherever it goes. The London Times hails the new show "a five star hit, astonishingly powerful and as good as the original." The Western Mail says "an outstanding success – the best version yet."

In The Heights

Academy of Music
January 17th - January 23rd, 2011

In The Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® including BEST MUSICAL, is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. With an amazing cast, incredible Tony Award®-winning dancing and a thrilling Tony Award®-winning score, In The Heights is an exhilarating journey into a vibrant Manhattan community—a place where the coffee is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. Experience the next chapter of the classic American story at the most joyous and exciting musical on Broadway. Find out what it takes to make a living, what it costs to have a dream, and what it means to be home… In The Heights.

In The Heights Philadelphia Kimmel Center

Mary Poppins

Academy of Music
March 22nd - April 17th, 2011

Beginning in March 2011, the world's most famous nanny will arrive at the Academy of Music. Combining the best of the original stories by P. L. Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film, the Tony Award®-winning Mary Poppins is everything you'd hope for in a Broadway musical—and more. Produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, the show includes such wonderful songs as "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Let's Go Fly a Kite" and, of course, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." The New York Daily News hails Mary Poppins as "a roof-raising, toe-tapping, high-flying extravaganza!" Let your imagination take flight at this perfectly magical musical!

Next to Normal

Academy of Music
June 13th - June 19th, 2011

From the director of Rent comes Next to Normal, an emotional powerhouse of a musical with a thrilling contemporary score about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards® including Best Score, Next to Normal is the most talked about new show on Broadway having recently been chosen as "one of the year's ten best" by major critics around the country. The New York Times calls Next to Normal "a brave, breathtaking musical. A work of muscular grace and power. It is much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical." Rolling Stone raves, "It is thebest musical of the season—by a mile. It'll pin you to your seat."

Next to Normal Philadelphia Kimmel Center