"Pasadena Day" at the Playhouse April 19

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced a special Pasadena Day offer to all persons who either reside or work in Pasadena. Any available tickets to the Tuesday, April 19, 8:00 p.m. performance of George Gershwin Alone will be offered for $20.00 each. Tickets are available for purchase only at the box office and require proof of Pasadena residency or employment. The offer is subject to availability, not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with any other offer. This special 10th anniversary presentation of Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone will play April 12 through May 8, 2011 at The Pasadena Playhouse (39 S. El Molino Avenue). In addition to the GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE engagement, The Pasadena Playhouse will present two performances of Hershey Felder's Great American Songbook Sing-Along on Monday April 25 and Monday May 9, 2011. Audiences will join Hershey Felder for a tour through an entire century of American music. Beginning with Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and the Gershwins through Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, featuring selections from The Sound of Music, Showboat, Fiddler on the Roof and more. WFMT Radio Network, the leading producer and distributor of classical music radio programming in the U.S. for over 30 years will host a live global broadcast of the entire production of GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE from the stage of The Pasadena Playhouse beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST on May 2, 2011. GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE is written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick. Scenic design is by Yael Pardess with lighting design by Michael T. Gilliam and assistant lighting design by Margaret Hartmann. Broadway production sound design by Jon Gottlieb, and costume design is by Ermengildo Zegna. Production Stage Manager is GiGi Garcia with Production Manager/Technical Director Matt Marsden. GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE, Hershey Felder's first theatrical work (followed by Monsieur Chopin; Beethoven, As I Knew Him; MAESTRO, The Art of Leonard Bernstein and the recently released An American Story for actor and orchestra with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), is a play with music about the legendary American composer, George Gershwin. The show incorporates the Gershwin's best-known songs, from The Man I Love and Someone to Watch Over Me, through passages and songs from An American in Paris and Porgy and Bess, to a complete performance of Rhapsody in Blue. The first popular composer to use jazz as the foremost musical element in the serious concert hall, Gershwin absorbed the musical styles, rhythms and sophistication of the American spirit and created a musical language that made its mark on both classical and popular music throughout the world. Actor, playwright and Steinway concert artist Hershey Felder brings to life the spirit and talent of the legendary composer and pianist, leading audiences through the fascinating rhythms of Gershwin's legendary songbook, while telling the tale of his tragically short life. This critically and popularly acclaimed work has enjoyed more than 2,750 worldwide performances from California to South Korea and was developed at Los Angeles' Tiffany Theatre in 2000. It has also been performed at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse in 2007-2008 (Ovation Award-winner for Best Musical and Best Actor in A Musical.) GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE will play at The Pasadena Playhouse from April 12 - May 8, 2011 with the official press opening on April 17, 2011. The Pasadena Playhouse is located at 39 South El Molino Avenue in Pasadena. The performance schedule is Tuesday through Friday at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Regular ticket price range is from $39.00 - $69.00, with Premium Seating available for $100.00. All preview performances are $10 off the regular ticket price (except Premium Seating). Rush tickets are available for $20.00 one hour prior to the performance time and are subject to availability. Rush tickets must be purchased at The Pasadena Playhouse Box Office. Tickets are available by calling the Pasadena Playhouse at 626-356-7529 or by visiting The Pasadena Playhouse Box Office, Monday from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday- Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. during non-performance dates and Tuesday- Sunday from 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on performance dates. The box office is closed on holidays. Tickets are available 24 hours online at www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org. Group Sales (8 or more) are available by calling 626-921-1161. For additional information visit www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org. Hershey Felder's Great American Songbook Sing-Along will perform on Monday, April 25 and May 9 at 8:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $39.00 - $59.00 with Premium Seating available for $100.00 and may be purchased through The Pasadena Playhouse box office, phone lines or online. Tickets for the WFMT Radio global broadcast performance of GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE on Monday, May 2, are available for $55.00 - $75.00 with Premium Seating offered at $100.00 through The Pasadena Playhouse box office, phone lines or online.