PNC Broadway in Louisville announces its 2012-2013 season. Brad Broecker tells us about the season including DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, which returns after nearly 10 years and WEST SIDE STORY will be dancing again on The Kentucky Center stage for the first time in over 15 years!

Three all-new titles will round out the schedule and include: FLASHDANCE, based on the movie that defined a generation and opening on Broadway this summer; MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, a moment in time where an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley together; and 2010's Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, MEMPHIS, a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love. Blockbusters WICKED and JERSEY BOYS return as Season Specials, making next season in Louisville the place to Discover Broadway!

2012-2013 SEASON SHOWS

DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST October 23-28, 2012

FLASHDANCE January 15-20, 2013

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET February 12-17, 2013

MEMPHIS April 2-7, 2013

WEST SIDE STORY May 14-19, 2013

2012-2013 SEASON SPECIALS

WICKED September 12-30, 2012

JERSEY BOYS Nov 20 - Dec 2, 2012

All shows presented at The Kentucky Center.

Season tickets for the 2012-2013 PNC Broadway in Louisville Season went on sale Friday, March 30 with three convenient ways to purchase:

1. Select your seats in person at the PNC Broadway in Louisville Box Office at 620 W Main Street, Ste 100, Monday - Friday, 9:00am-4:00pm

2. Order online 7 days a week/24 hours a day at www.BroadwayInLouisville.com.

3. Call the Broadway Across America toll-free Louisville Season Ticket Hotline at 800-294-1894. The Hotline hours are Monday - Friday, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Prices for the five-show season ticket package range between $115 and $517 depending on seat location.

MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN: New Season Ticket Holders can order before May 11 and make three easy monthly payments. This offer is only available using a credit card.

SEASON PATRON CLUB

Season Patron Club members enjoy additional benefits that include guaranteed seating in the Grand Tier box seats, Front Orchestra, Front Grand Tier, or Balcony box seats, complimentary parking for all regular season shows, name recognition in the souvenir program, and exclusive access to the Mary Anderson Room for pre-show and intermission private bar service and complimentary hors d'oeuvres. Season Patron Club members also receive exclusive invitations and access to special events throughout the season.

2012-2013 Season Show Descriptions:

DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Louisville! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including "Be Our Guest" and the beloved title song. Experience the romance and enchantment of DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at The Kentucky Center!

More information available at www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com  

FLASHDANCE tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex Owens, a working-class girl from Pittsburgh with a dream of becoming a professional dancer. She works by day as a steel mill welder, and a bar dancer at night while aspiring to be accepted at a prestigious ballet academy. When Alex catches the eye of her boss Nick Hurley, their romance shows her the meaning of love and drives her ambition to pursue her dream.

The original Paramount Pictures film was a worldwide smash hit that became a pop culture phenomenon, grossing over $150 million and featuring a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack. FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL features a score including the hit songs from the movie, all of which became Top Ten hits on the radio around the world including the Academy Award-winning title song "Flashdance - What a Feeling," "Maniac," "Gloria," "Manhunt," "I Love Rock & Roll." In addition to these hits, 16 brand new original songs have been written for the stage by Robbie Roth and Robert Cary.

FLASHDANCE features a book by Tom Hedley (co-writer of the original screenplay with Joe Eszterhas), and Robert Cary, music by Robbie Roth, lyrics by Robert Cary and Robbie Roth and direction and choreography by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Memphis).

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, inspired by the electrifying true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock 'n' roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time.

On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians were gathered together by Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all time. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET brings that legendary night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring timeless hits including "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "That's All Right," "Sixteen Tons," "Great Balls of Fire," "I Walk the Line," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Who Do You Love?," "Matchbox," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Hound Dog" and more.

This thrilling musical brings you inside the recording studio with four major talents who came together as a red-hot rock 'n' roll band for one unforgettable night. Don't miss your chance to be a fly on the wall of fame... at MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET!

MEMPHIS

TURN UP THAT DIAL... From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love. Inspired by actual events, MEMPHIS is about a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break. Come along on their incredible journey to the ends of the airwaves -- filled with laughter, soaring emotion and roof-raising rock 'n' roll. Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, MEMPHIS, which played pre-Broadway at the La Jolla Playhouse, features a Tony®-winning book by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) and a Tony®-winning original score with music by Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan. Directing is Tony® nominee Christopher Ashley (Xanadu), and choreography is by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys). Get ready to experience Broadway's most exciting new destination~ what AP calls "The very essence of what a Broadway musical should be."

WEST SIDE STORY

More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it's back, and mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, WEST SIDE STORY soars as the greatest love story of all time and remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The new Broadway cast album of WEST SIDE STORY won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway's finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as "Something's Coming," "Tonight," "America," "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere."

"So exciting IT MAKES YOU ACHE WITH PLEASURE" -John Lahr, The New Yorker

Season Specials Description

WICKED

Back by "Popular" demand. Entertainment Weekly calls WICKED "the best musical of the decade," and when it last played Louisville in 2010, it broke box office records and sold out in record time. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, WICKED is Broadway's biggest blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon and was just named "the defining musical of the decade" by The New York Times.

Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for "the most complete and completely satisfying new musical in a long time" (USA Today).

JERSEY BOYS

More than 40,000 theatergoers cheered when JERSEY BOYS made its near sell-out premiere in Louisville in August of 2010. Worldwide, more than 13 million people have seen JERSEY BOYS. And now, the show that made critics and audiences cheer is "Working Its Way Back" to Louisville!

JERSEY BOYS, is the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier 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 features their hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh What a Night" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You." "IT WILL RUN FOR CENTURIES!" proclaims Time Magazine.

The JERSEY BOYS creative team comprises two-time Tony Award®-winning director Des McAnuff, book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, composer Bob Gaudio, lyricist Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.