An American in Paris at Bass Concert Hall
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An American in Paris at Bass Concert Hall

An American in Paris at Bass Concert Hall

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Austin, TX~ Bass Concert Hall ~ May 30-June 3, 2018  

Inspired by the Academy-Award winning film, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is the romantic story about an American soldier, a mysterious French girl, and an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war. Directed and choreographed by 2015 Tony Award-winner Christopher Wheeldon, the show features the music and lyrics of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, and a book by Craig Lucas.

The score of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS includes the songs “I Got Rhythm,” “Liza,” “‘S Wonderful,” “But Not For Me,” “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise,” and orchestral music including “Concerto in F,” “Second Prelude,” “Second Rhapsody/Cuban Overture” and “An American In Paris.”

The production opened to widespread critical acclaim at the Palace Theatre on Broadway in April 2015 after its world premiere at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The New York production closed in October, 2016 after playing more than 600 performances. A West End production of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS played at the Dominion Theatre March 2017-January 2018.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS won four 2015 Tony Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, the Drama League Award for Best Musical, three Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, and two Theatre World Awards. The musical was included on the Year’s Best lists of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, the Associated Press, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Masterworks Broadway Original Broadway Cast recording of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS was nominated for the Best Musical Theater Album Grammy Award.

Tony® winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Hair) directs this innovative musical featuring an original score by noted composer Gary Barlow and Grammy® winner Eliot Kennedy, with a book by celebrated playwright James Graham and choreography by three-time Emmy® winner Mia Michaels (“So You Think You Can Dance,” Cirque du Soleil’s Delirium). Packed with mesmerizing visuals, irresistible songs and plenty of laughs, FINDING NEVERLAND is a timeless story about the power of imagination… and spectacular proof that you never really have to grow up.

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  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy
  • An American in Paris. Photo by Matthew Murphy

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Start at $30.Tickets are available at BroadwayinAustin.com, texasperformingarts.org, the Bass Concert Hall ticket office, all Texas Box Office Outlets, by phone at (512) 477-6060. For groups of 10 or more, call (877) 275-3804 or email Austin.groups@broadwayacrossamerica.com

For more information, visit www.AnAmericanInParisBroadway.com.

 

“… A DAZZLING ACHIEVEMENT”

-USA TODAY

“An American in Paris” weds music and movement, song and story with such exhilarating brio that you may find your own feet fidgeting under your seat before it’s over, and your heart alight with a longing to be swept up in the dance.”

-THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A THOROUGHLY CAPTIVATING MUSICAL…”

-THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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