Rochester Auditorium Theatre Wicked tickets available through Ticket King!

The hugely popular Broadway Musical Wicked is coming to Rochester, New York from April 13-May 2, 2010. Wicked tickets have been selling out right and left for every city Wicked has toured! Don't miss out on this chance to see what all the fuss is about! Be sure to get your Broadway Wicked tickets for the Rochester Auditorium Theatre early!

The story of Wicked mostly takes place before Dorothy stumbles upon Oz and Munchkinland. Wicked tells the background story of Elphaba, who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.


Originally, Elphaba and Glinda are friends, but their differences in personality, viewpoints, and other life influences bring them to where they end up as we know them from the Wizard of Oz. Buy your Rochester Auditorim Theatre Wicked tickets NOW!



Wicked definitely gives you a different idea about why the Wicked Witch of the West is the way she is....if you've already seen Wicked, or after you see the show, please let me know what you think! I sure had to put my opinion of Elphaba on a pedestal and re-evaluate after reading the synopsis (because I have to admit, I've been wanting to see it, and when it's been in my area, I did not buy Wicked tickets early enough and missed out, so I finally had to read the storyline online!).




The musical version of Wicked premiered in May 2003, in San Francisco, and Wicked opened on Broadway at Gershwin Theatre in October 2003. Wicked was nominated for ten Tony Awards in 2004, winning three Tony Awards, for Best Leading Actress, Best Scenic Design and Best Costume design. Wicked did not win the Tony Award for Best Musical, losing to Avenue Q (check back soon for a blog about Avenue Q!!!). Wicked musical tickets will be flying off the shelves, so buy Wicked tickets now for the lovely...and unlovely witches in your life!

Twenty-five performances might seem like a lot, leading you to believe that you have all the time in the world to purchase your Wicked tickets for Rochester Auditorium Theatre "at a later date", but Wicked grossed more than $56 million in the first year Wicked was on Broadway! The production of Wicked has been playing to capacity for almost every performance! Now is not the time to dawdle! Get on it with purchasing your Wicked tickets before you're outta luck, and GREEN with envy for those that get to attend Wicked without you!

Dreamgirls Orpheum Theatre tickets Minneapolis

The Broadway musical Dreamgirls opened at the Imperial Theatre on December 20, 1981 and was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, six of which Dreamgirls won Tony Awards for, including Best Book of a Musical and Best Lead Actor and Actress in a Musical.

The Broadway musical Dreamgirls will be lighting up the Orpheum Theatre from January 12-17, 2010 for a total of 8 shows. Ticket King has Orpheum Theatre Dreamgirls tickets starting as low as $55 each. Ticket King does not have Dreamgirls tickets available for every performance, so you better give us a call and order your Dreamgirls tickets today for the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis!



The musical Dreamgirls was adapted to a motion picture that came to theaters in 2006, starring Beyonce and American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson. While Beyonce was the big draw name for the movie version of Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson ended up winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress her role in Dreamgirls.

Dreamgirls follows the story of a female trio named "The Dreams" who go on to become superstars. But the road to success usually comes at a cost, as it does for these 1960's girls from Chicago.

Buying Dreamgirls tickets for the dream girls in your life is a great Holiday gift idea, especially since the musical Dreamgirls is coming to the Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre shortly after the New Year. Buy your tickets NOW, before it's too late!

St. Paul Ordway Center South Pacific tickets

The uber popular musical South Pacific will be playing at the St. Paul Ordway Center for Performing Arts from May 4-16, 2010. Ordway Center South Pacific tickets are available now through Ticket King. Ticket King, your source for theatre tickets, has South Pacific tickets available for as low as $105 each! This is going to be a hugely popular musical event, so you'll want to be sure to get your Ordway Center South Pacific tickets as soon as possible!



The musical South Pacific first came out in 1949, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. South PacificSouth Pacific was nominated for ten Tony Awards, and won all ten of them, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Libretto.



South Pacific has had many revivals and tours, along with other adaptations, such as the 2005 concert held at Carnegie Hall on June 9th. The concert included all of the songs, but was cut down to a shorter time. The South Pacific concert starred Reba McEntire (one of my favorite country music singers!) and Alec Baldwin!



In 1958, a South Pacific movie was made by the same name, and won an Academy Award.



The story takes place in the South Pacific during World War II, and much of the story line follows how love works during war time.



The new stage revival of South Pacific has won many Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Lighting, Best Sound Design of a Musical and many others.

In order to ensure you get to see this great musical while the tour is in St. Paul, be sure to buy your South Pacific tickets now for the St. Paul Ordway Center for Performing Arts! Contact Ticket King today!

St. Paul Ordway Center August: Osage County tickets

The Ordway Center in St. Paul, Minnesota will be hosting the play August: Osage County from March 16-21, 2010. August: Osage County opened on June 28, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. August: Osage County tickets became available on Broadway on December 4, 2007, and August: Osage County ran on Broadway through June 28, 2009. The U.S. National Tour began in July 2009 at Denver's Temple Buell Theatre.




August: Osage County won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Play along with the Drama Desk Award and New York Drama Critics' Circle Award.

August: Osage County tickets for the Ordway Center in St. Paul are available now through Ticket King, with prices starting as low as $85 per ticket. If you're looking for holiday shopping ideas for the theatre lover in your family, be sure to buy your Ordway Center August: Osage County tickets now!

The play August: Osage County is about a family named the Westons, from rural Oklahoma. The title of the play comes from Osage County, Oklahoma, which is northwest of Tulsa, Oklahoma. August: Osage County centers on the Weston family after the head of the house hold disappears and leaves the family to deal with many issues including abuse, alcoholism, suicide, infidelity and more. Violet Weston, is the mother/wife of the family, and is addicted to prescription drugs. The role of Violet Weston is played by Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons....who you might also recognize from the long running TV show Rosanne. Estelle Parsons played Rosanne's mother, Beverly Harris from 1989-1997.



August: Osage County is written by Tracy Letts and directed by Anna D. Shaprio. Buy your Ordway Center tickets now before it's too late to catch this hot new play, August: Osage County.

St. Paul Ordway Center La Boheme tickets

The opera La boheme is coming to the St. Paul, Minnesota Ordway Center for Performing Arts from Saturday March 6, 2010 to March 14, 2010, for a total of eight performances. Ordway Center La boheme tickets are available now through Ticket King starting at $175 per ticket.


La boheme has been around since 1896, when the world premiere performance took place in Turin, Italy. Opera America, an organization promoting opera, says that La boheme is the second most frequently performed opera in the U.S. There are many different play bill pictures that are out there for different performances that have taken place of La boheme, a few of which I have posted here.





The story of La boheme is set in Paris around the year 1830. La boheme revolves mostly around two characters, a poet named Rodolfo and a seamstress named Mimi, as well as other poor bohemians.





Rodolfo and Mimi fall in love, but ultimately break up because Rodolfo is jealous of Mimi's flirting, but also because she is sick, most likely with tuberculosis, or "consumption", and feels that because he is poor, he cannot help her, and would like Mimi to find a wealthy man that can care for her. After some time passes, Mimi and Rodolfo meet again and cannot fight their love.



La boheme was composed by Giacomo Puccini, an Italian composer, who also composed Madama Butterfly, another popular opera, and La boheme is based on Scenes de la vie de boheme by Henri Murger.




To sure to buy your La boheme tickets as soon as possible for the Ordway Center in St. Paul soon, before La boheme Ordway Center tickets run out!

Beauty and the Beast Musical Ordway Center for Performing Arts tickets

I am so excited to be living in Minneapolis again after three years in Connecticut. I thought living less than three hours from The Big Apple would be awesome! I thought I would be able to go into New York City and see any Broadway show that I wanted! Little did I know how expensive it would be to go to a play or musical in New York City! The theatre ticket prices are higher, it's expensive to drive and park or take the Amtrak, let alone get a hotel for a night! Needless to say, I did not frequent Broadway while living on the East Coast. Being back in Minneapolis, I can now afford to go to a Broadway show. Not only are the Minneapolis and St. Paul ticket prices much more affordable, I don't have to take an Amtrak into the city and stay in a hotel!



I am extremely pumped that I got my Beauty and the Beast tickets for the Ordway Center for Performing Arts. (A Christmas gift so some very special people in my life...cannot say who, in case they are reading my Blog!) Beauty and the Beast is one of my all time favorite Disney movies, and has defiantly been towards the top of my list of 'must see' theatre shows. St. Paul Ordway Center Beauty and the Beast tickets are available for the following dates while Beauty and the Beast is running at the Ordway: December 15, 2009 through January 3, 2010. Ticket King has tickets for the January 2, 2010 matinee performance starting at $115 in the orchestra section row E. Beauty and the Beast tickets for the Ordway Center will be an excellent Holiday gift for those in your life, along with many others, so I would buy your Ordway Center Beauty and the Beast tickets before it's too late!




Beauty and the Beast musical tickets have been available since 1994, when the Disney film of the same name was adapted for Broadway, and Beauty and the Beast ran on Broadway through 2007, becoming the sixth-longest running production in history. The Beauty and the Beast musical was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Beast Original Score. Out of those nine Tony Awards that Beauty and the Beast was nominated for, the only Tony Award that Beauty and the Beast won was for Best Costume Design.



Minneapolis and St. Paul are becoming more and more popular, it seems, as far as getting such high caliber broadway theatre shows such as Beauty and the Beast, Grease, The Lion King, etc into town, but who knows when the next time will be that Beauty and the Beast tickets are available in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area! Buy your tickets NOW online at www.TicketKingOnline.com or give Ticket King a call!

Temple Buell Theatre Legally Blonde tickets

Legally Blonde will be taking the stage at Temple Buell Theatre in Denver from February 2 through February 14, 2010. Temple Buell Theatre Legally Blonde tickets are available right now through Ticket King!

Who doesn't love the ditsy smarts of Elle Woods, the adorable Delta Nu sister who is dumped by her boyfriend because she isn't "serious". Elle Woods goes to Harvard Law to prove him wrong. Along her journey to "win back" her beau, she discovers that she is "serious" and smart enough on her own right, and is actually too good for her former man! Our favorite Legally Blonde Elle Woods even goes on to be valedictorian of her class!



Legally Blonde the Musical is an adaptation of the 2001 novel and movie (Starring Reese Witherspoon), also named Leagally Blonde.

Legally Blonde the Musical has some great reviews, so I would buy your Legally Blonde tickets as soon as possible for the Temple Buell Theatre, so you're not left out in the cold without any tickets this February!

Spring Awakening Temple Buell Theatre tickets

The popular newer musical Spring Awakening will be playing at the Temple Buell Theatre in Denver from December 1 through December 13, 2009. Temple Buell Theatre Spring Awakening tickets are available now through Ticket King!

Spring Awakening tickets were first available for Broadway on December 10, 2006, after a Summer 2006 stint off-Broadway. Spring Awakening received eleven Tony nominations in 2007, and won 8 of those Tony Awards!

For those that do not know the plot of Spring Awakening, it is not for young children. The musical Spring Awakening's main theme is the discovery of sex in late 19th-century Germany.

I don't know who is a fan of the new TV show Glee, but the actress who plays Rachel on Glee is Lea Michele, who played Wendla, the main female character, in the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening.

Temple Buell Theatre Little House on the Prairie tickets

Temple Buell Theatre Little House on the Prairie tickets are available now with Ticket King. Little House on the Prairie will run at Temple Buell Theatre from December 15-27th. Ticket King has Temple Buell Theatre Little House on the Prairie tickets available starting at $75 each.

Little House on the Prairie the Musical premiered at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN, and is now touring the country. Actress Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura on the television series, is now playing the part of Ma in Little House on the Prairie, the Musical.

Little House on the Prairie the Musical is based on the book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, over 75 years ago, and was also a television series in the 1970s-the early 1980s.

I wasn't able to get Little House on the Prairie tickets while the show was in Minneapolis, but you still have a chance to purchase Little House on the Prairie tickets while the Musical is showing in Denver at the Temple Buell Theatre! Get your tickets quick, before it's too late!

Orpheum Theatre Grease Tickets in Minneapolis going fast!

Last night was the night! I finally saw Grease on Broadway! What a charismatic night at the Orphuem Theater! It started with the character Vince Fontaine (whom I recognized as one of the earlier cast offs from the reality show "Grease, You're The One That I Want,") the fictional radio DJ from WAXX, warming up the crowd with some singing and interaction with the audience.

Once the musical Grease started, it was like I was in 1959 on the first day of school! All my favorite songs were there, like "Summer Nights," "We Go Together," and "Beauty School Dropout," staring none other than American Idol winner Taylor Hicks! Taylor Hicks fit the role quite well, with his grey hair and cheesey dance moves! I tried to get a picture of Taylor Hicks signing autographs after the show, but I realized I better buy a new digital camra, becaue the camra on my cell phone does not work in bad lighting! Sorry guys!


Another "You're The One That I Want" alum was Allie Schulz, who was third place. Allie is currently playing the tough leader of the Pink Ladies, Rizzo.


There are only a few Orpheum Theatre Grease tickets left while Grease is in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre, so you better contact Ticket King soon!

Mamma Mia! tickets available for the Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre!

The popular musical Mamma Mia is coming to the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Orpheum Theatre Mamma Mia tickets are available now for Mamma Mia taking place Tuesday March 9, 2010 and running through Sunday, March 14, 2010. With only 8 scheduled performances, you want to make sure to buy your Mamma Mia tickets now to ensure you are able to buy tickets! What a wonderful Christmas gift to buy for the strong, fun-loving women in your life! (Or, if you're lucky enough to have a man in your life that enjoys theatre!)

Mamma Mia! is a musical based around the music from the popular 70's music group ABBA. Songs including "Dancing Queen," "Money, Money, Money," and "Take a Chance On Me." Mamma Mia! started on Broadway in 1999 and was adapted for the big screen with the movie out in 2008 staring Amanda Seyfried as Sophie and Meryl Streep as Donna, Sophie's mother.

Because I have seen the movie, I know the story is about a young girl, Sophie, who has never met her father, she finds her mother's diary and discovers that there are three different men that could be her father. Sophie is about to be married, and secretly invites all three men to her wedding. The story is upbeat and happy, and includes these ABBA songs that make you want to get out of your seat and dance! Donna was formerly in a music group called "The Donnas" and her two group member friends come into town for the wedding, and the three of them are a riot together.



I already have my tickets to see Mamma Mia! at the Orpheum in March! I want to make sure I don't miss Mamma Mia in Minneapolis! I'll let you know how it is!

Mary Poppins Orpheum Theatre tickets Sept 2009

While Mary Poppins has floated out of Minneapolis on her parrot head umbrella, she has dropped into other cities across the U.S. Contact Ticket King to see what city you would be able to purchase your Mary Poppins tickets for!



I was fortunate enough to get Broadway Musical Mary Poppins at the Orpheum Theatre tickets while Mary Poppins was playing in Minneapolis in September. My husband and I bought my niece Mary Poppins tickets for her 10th birthday. The look on her face when we walked into the Orpheum Theatre was completely worth the ticket cost.



Mary Poppins was the first Broadway show she's ever been to, and the first time being in a theatre that wasn't a high school auditorium, for that matter! Her face lit up when she saw the velvet chairs, huge glowing chandelier, the lit up Mary Poppins backdrop on the curtain that looked like the London rooftop skyline...she literally gasped, and it was so precious! To be able to be the person that brought that happiness to her was priceless to me! If you ever get an opportunity to bring a child to see Mary Poppins on Broadway, I highly recommend you do it!



The Broadway version of Mary Poppins is both very similar to the movie version with Julie Andrews, but also has some very different parts from the movie. While I didn't like the new area of the story they fit "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", I did really enjoy the new take on the song. The song was very similar, but had an added extension to the song where the cast all spell out the word and have hand movements along with it. It was rather spectacular! My favorite part of the whole Mary Poppins musical was the part where they are on the London rooftops with all the chimney sweeps. This is my favorite part in the movie, and I was impressed with how well they were able to keep the scene similar to the movie, considering it's live on a stage instead of being able to use the trickery possible with movies. At one point, Burt walked sideways up one side of the stage, upside down across the top of the stage, and then sideways back down the other side of the stage. At the end, Mary Poppins actually floated off the stage with her umbrella, over the crowd! It was quite amazing for me and my niece alike!



I will update you on upcoming theatre events good for adults and children! Keep your eye on Ticket King Theatre to ensure you're seeing all the big theatre events that come to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area!

Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets still available across the U.S.!

I know, I know, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is NOT a theatre event. BUT, I was fortunate enough to get Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets when TSO was in Minneapolis this past Saturday--and TSO WAS dramatic (as can be proven by the picture of some TSO members playing while being lifted up with a hover-craft type deal)!

Our seats for Trans-Siberian Orchestra were so awesome, we felt right in the action! If you have not seen TSO before, I highly suggest you contact Ticket King right now to find Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets! If Trans-Siberian tickets are no longer available for your city because they already have been to your area, be sure to mark your calender for next year! Seeing Trans Siberian Orchestra in concert is a great way to get into the holiday spirit!

Trans-Siberian Orchestra played for nearly 3 hours! The first part of the evening is a Christmas story which is narrated by a man with a soothing voice, with songs in between the story, which TSO themselves describes as Rock Opera. The songs have a metal-spin to them, with crazy violin players running around, about a dozen local strings players, and metal guitarists. The songs include well known Christmas Carols such as "O Holy Night", "Angels We Have Heard on High", and "O, Come All Ye Faithful" and "Christmas Canon" which is a cover of Johann Pachelbel's famous Canon in D Major, with lyrics added.


In addition to all the music happening, Trans-Siberian Orchestra has lasers, lights, pyrotechnics and video screens galore! The second part of the TSO performance includes their own songs synchronized with their performance with the lights, lasers and pyrotechnics.





Do you remember the beer ad from a few years ago? Where the house with tons of Christmas lights on it, had the lights going in time to the music? That was a TSO song called "Wizards In Winter"

My favorite moment of the whole show is when one of the female vocalists sang "Queen of the Winter Night". She did an amazing job!

Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre Grease tickets available-GREASE is the word!

Hey Minnesota! The Broadway theatre show Grease is coming to Minneapolis and it starts TOMORROW! Grease will be running at the Orpheum Theatre starting on Wednesday November 18th through Sunday November 22nd, for a total of seven shows only! I don't know about YOU, but I've been looking forward to seeing the Broadway show Grease for a few years! I had Grease tickets to see Grease in New York back in 2007, but my Grease show performance was canceled due to the Broadway Strike that year! Now Grease is in Minneapolis, and I'm going (as long as there are no un-for-seen circumstances in the next two days! :-)

Taylor Hicks, winner of American Idol Season 5, plays "Teen Angel" in Grease! You won't want to miss this opportunity!

Grease tickets are going fast, and Ticket King only has tickets available for a few of the performances of Grease, so you better get your tickets NOW if you plan to see Grease while it is in Minneapolis! Tickets start at $135 per ticket for Main Floor tickets for Grease! I don't have as good of seats as sitting in the first few rows on the Main Floor, but I did upgrade myself from my usual seats in the last row to one of the first few rows in the Balcony. Anywhere you sit in the Orpheum Theatre is a good seat, but it's fun to get closer to the action once in a while!

I have loved the movie Grease as long as I can remember, and I watched the show Grease "You're The One That I Want" a few years ago. Do you remember that show? It was a reality series that let America pick who would play the parts of Sandy and Danny in the Broadway version of Grease! When Grease hit Broadway in August 2007, the winners of the Grease reality series, Laura Osnes and Max Crumm played Sandy and Danny. Laura Osnes is a Minnesota native, and was playing Sandy in the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre Grease production, before quitting to compete in the TV Show, clearly that worked out in her favor.

As you may be able to tell, I am extremely excited to finally see Grease on Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre this week! I hope you've bought your Orpheum Theatre Grease tickets already! If not, give us a call over here at Ticket King!

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