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Detroit, come on, shake your body baby, do the conga on your way to the Fisher Theatre, because ON Your FEET! is going to be in town for a 13 day engagement. Don't worry if you can't dance, this show will have the music moving your feet as it is based on the life and music of music icons Emilio and Gloria Estefan. 
Broadway In Detroit is pleased to announce that the hit Broadway musical
ON YOUR FEET! – based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY® winning international superstar
Gloria Estefan and her husband, 19-time GRAMMY® winning producer-musician-entrepreneur
Emilio Estefan – will makes it’s Detroit debut at the Fisher Theater, May 1 – 13, 2018. Tickets for
ON YOUR FEET! start at $39 and are now on sale at all
Ticketmaster locations, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at
www.broadwayindetroit.com or www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also
available for purchase at the Fisher Theatre box office.
Gloria
Estefan has sold over 100 million records and sold out stadiums around
the world. Emilio and Gloria Estefan together have won 26 GRAMMY Awards®
– but their music is only half the
story. From the heart of Havana to the streets of Miami came a cultural
phenomenon unlike anything the music industry had ever seen. ON YOUR FEET! is the new Broadway musical
that follows the Estefans' journey
to superstardom, set to their chart-topping, smash hits, including
“Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “Conga,” “1-2-3,” “Get On Your Feet,” “Mi
Tierra,” Don’t Want To Lose
You Now,” and “Reach,” in addition to an original song written by
Gloria and her daughter Emily Estefan.
ON YOUR FEET! is
directed by two-time Tony Award® winner
Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Hairspray) and choreographed by Tony Award nominee & Olivier Award winner
Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Memphis), with an original book by Academy Award winner
Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman, The Bodyguard Musical).
Completing the creative team are four-time Tony-nominated Scenic Designer
David Rockwell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde), Tony-nominated Costume Designer
Emilio Sosa (Porgy & Bess), Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer
Kenneth Posner (Wicked, Hairspray), Tony Award-winning Sound Designer
Steve Kennedy, SCK Sound Design (Lady Day, Guys and Dolls), Projections by
Darrel Maloney, and Hair & Wig Designer Charles G. LaPointe (Beautiful,
Newsies). With Music Direction by Clay Ostwald (Miami Sound Machine),
ON YOUR FEET! features Orchestrations by Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan, Arrangements by
Lon Hoyt (Hairspray), Dance Arrangements and Dance Orchestrations by
Oscar Hernandez (The Capeman).
ON YOUR FEET!
is produced by James L. Nederlander and Estefan Enterprises, Inc. in
partnership with Bernie Yuman. Now celebrating its 100th anniversary,
the Nederlander Organization, led by James L. Nederlander, President,
continues the tradition of operating historic theatres, as well as
producing and presenting the best in theatrical
entertainment and concert events. Bernie Yuman, an illustrious figure
in the entertainment industry and long-time friend and business
associate of the Estefans, serves as Executive Producer. Yuman produced
and managed
Siegfried & Roy, one of the most successful and longest running shows in Las Vegas history.
GLORIA
ESTEFAN
(Music,
Lyrics,
Orchestrations). With seven Grammy
Awards and more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, Gloria Estefan is the most successful Latin crossover performer in the history
of pop
music. In
addition to
her 38
#1 hits across the Billboard charts, Gloria recorded the
Oscar-nominated song “Music of My Heart” and has received numerous
honors and awards over the course of her illustrious career. She has
been presented with a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame, inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame, named BMI Songwriter of the
Year, received an American Music
Award for Lifetime Achievement and won an MTV
Video Music Award, two ACE
Awards and multiple Billboard
Awards for her many chart-topping
hits. Gloria has also been honored with the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, The Kennedy Center Honors, the Ellis Island Congressional Medal
of
Honor and the Hispanic Heritage Award.
EMILIO ESTEFAN (Music, Lyrics, Orchestrations)
is a world-renowned music, television and film producer who has been
instrumental in shaping,
developing and directing the careers of his superstar wife, Gloria, as
well as Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Jon
Secada among many others. With a resume that includes 19 Grammy Awards,
Emilio is one of the most successful producers
in the music business, blending Latin, pop and world rhythms creating
his own unique style and world-wide hits. It is this vision that
transcends the music field and spills over into film, television, hotels
and restaurants, among other business endeavors,
including becoming the first Cuban-born minority stakeholder in an NFL
franchise, the Miami Dolphins. Emilio & Gloria were the 2015
recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the first time the
honor has been bestowed on a married couple.
ALEXANDER DINELARIS (Book) is an Academy Award and Golden
Globe winner for the screenplay of Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
He is the co-creator and executive producer of the series “The One
Percent” for MRC, starring Hilary Swank. He is currently adapting the
novel
Entering Hades into a feature film with Michael Fassbender. Alex is also currently adapting his play
Still Life into a feature film, which he will direct next spring. His film
The Year of the Monarchs is in development with Mandalay Entertainment. Alexander is the book writer of
The Bodyguard Musical and of Emilio and Gloria Estefan’s Broadway musical
On Your Feet! Other recent work includes his plays Red Dog Howls (New York Theater Workshop),
Still Life (Manhattan Class Company), The Chaos Theories (Shotgun Theater) and
In This, Our Time (59e59). Mr. Dinelaris is a proud member of the Writer’s Guild and the Dramatists Guild.
JERRY MITCHELL
(Director) received the Tony Award in recognition of his choreography for the 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Musical,
Kinky Boots, for which he was also nominated as director. He was recently nominated for an Olivier Award for his choreography in
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which he also directed and co-produced
in the West End. In the 35 preceding years, Jerry has been involved with
more than 50 Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End and touring productions,
starting as a dancer for Agnes de Mille in
Brigadoon and thereafter assisting Michael Bennett and Jerome Robbins. His Broadway debut as choreographer,
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, was followed by The Full Monty (Tony nomination);
The Rocky Horror Show; Hairspray (Tony nomination); Gypsy; Never Gonna Dance
(Tony nomination); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination); La Cage aux Folles
(Tony Award); Imaginary Friends; Legally Blonde (Tony nomination), which he also directed;
Catch Me If You Can; and Kinky Boots (also running in
London, Korea, Germany, Australia and on National Tour). He also
choreographed both the Off-Broadway productions and films of
Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Jeffrey. Most recently,
Jerry received the Drama League’s Founders
Award for
Excellence in
Directing and
the George Abbott Lifetime Achievement Award
from his peers, the latter being especially meaningful to him in that he was directed by the 96-year-old
Mr. Abbott in the Broadway revival of
On Your Toes. His most recent Broadway experience is as Director of
On Your Feet! Twenty-five years ago, Jerry conceived and created
Broadway Bares, a comedy burlesque show performed annually for the charity Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. He
continues to serve as executive producer of
Broadway Bares, with a book, website and satellite
productions in Fire Island Pines, Las Vegas
(Peepshow, which recently concluded its five-year run of continuous performances) and London
(West End Bares).
SERGIO TRUJILLO
(Choreographer).
Broadway: On Your Feet! (Tony Award Nominee, Outer Critics Circle/Astaire Awards),
Memphis (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Jersey Boys
(Drama Desk, OCC/Greenroom/Dora Award nomination), A Bronx Tale (Chita Award Nomination),
The Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination),
Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys and Dolls (Astaire Awards nomination),
All Shook Up. Director/Choreographer: Arrabal (ART), Gloria Estefan On Broadway
(Minskoff Theatre), Flashdance: The Musical (National Tour), White Noise
(Royal George Theatre). Other Theatre: Invisible Thread (Second Stage-Astaire Award Nomination),
Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Musical (Olney Theatre-Helen Hayes Award Nomination),
Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre), The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). International:
Tarzan (Disney), Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), The Sound of Music
and West Side Story (Stratford Festival). Upcoming: Summer:
The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla Playhouse).
For more information…
@OnYourFeetBway
Performance times for
ON YOUR FEET!
appearing May 1 - 13, 2018 at the Fisher Theatre, located at 3011 West Grand Blvd., in Detroit are:
• Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
• Sunday evening performances at 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
• Special Open Captioned performance on Friday, May 4 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets for
ON YOUR FEET!
start at $39 (includes
facility and parking fees) and are now on sale at all Ticketmaster
locations, by phone at 800-982-2787, and online at
www.broadwayindetroit.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
Tickets are also available for purchase at the Fisher Theatre box
office. A limited number of premium seats will be available through
Ticketmaster and at the Fisher Theatre box office. For group sales (12
or more) please call 313-871-1132 or email groups@broadwayindetroit.com.
Tickets for the Open Captioned performance may be purchased in person
at The Fisher Theatre box office or by phone at 313-872-1000, ext. 0.
Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without
notice.
Broadway
In Detroit uses Ticketmaster as its sole, authorized ticketing agent.
Individual tickets purchased from a ticket broker or “third party”
ticket reseller involves risk
and may not be authentic, sold at box office prices, or with correct
performance and venue information. Broadway In Detroit box offices
cannot reprint or replace lost or stolen tickets sold through a third
party or ticket reseller. Broadway In Detroit is also
unable to contact third party purchasers with pertinent updates or
changes regarding performances.
The
Broadway In Detroit Series at The Fisher Theatre is sponsored by the
Chrysler Pacifica. As part of this sponsorship, the Chrysler Pacifica
will be on display this season at
The Fisher Theatre.
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