The Broadway Collection Welcomes Six New Shows

New York, NY- Broadway Inbound's Broadway Collection has welcomed six new Broadway shows to their portfolio including 2014 Tony Award winning Best-MusicalA Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Sting's debut ofThe Last Ship,and the revivals ofOn the Town, On the Twentieth Century, The King & IandSide Show.These shows round out The Broadway Collection's already expansive offerings of the best in New York City theater. For international audiences interested in booking new and classic shows ahead of time, the following have joined for the upcoming year:

Winner of four 2014 Tony Awards, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murdertells the story of Monty Navarro, who discovers he is both part of an English noble family and a distant heir to the family fortune. The only complication is there are eight other predecessors.A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murderfeatures 111 costume changes as a sole actor transforms into each of the eight predecessors eliminated by Navarro in creative and side-splitting ways.

Contrasting this comedy, Sting'sThe Last Shipis a reflective drama set in the English seafaring town of Wallsend. Based on his childhood, it tells the story of a close-knit community centered on the local shipyard. When main character Gideon Fletcher breaks the mold and sets out to travel the world, it triggers a series of events discovered upon his return 14 years later. This new musical officially opensOctober 26^th, 2014 at the Neil Simon Theater.

Opening on February 12, 2015,On The Twentieth Centurytells the story of Oscar Jaffee, a bankrupt theater producer travelling aboard a luxury train (the Twentieth Century) with his former flame and Hollywood starlet, Lily Garland. As the madcap musical comedy unfolds Jaffee must convince her to return to Broadway, collaborate on the new musical, and fall for him again, all between Chicago and New York City.

Broadway will also welcome the 2014 revival ofOn the Town, a classic comedy which is sure to excite audiences young and old, as it drops three sailors on 24-hour shore leave into a larger-than-life storybook of retro New York City. They'll tour the top attractions and also take a chance at love with their dream girls in this family-friendly musical set to open for previews on September 20th, with an official opening date on October 16^th, 2014.

Based on the novelAnna & the King of Siam, Rodgers + Hammerstein'sThe King & Irevivalwillopen in the Spring of 2015. Set in 1860's Bangkok, the audience will be regaled by the story of a British tutor to the many wives and children of the King of Siam, with whom she develops an unconventional relationship. Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe are confirmed to star; hailing from Japan,Watanabe's performanceas the King of Siam will mark his Broadway debut.

Also joining The Broadway Collection is another revival, this one a dark comedy based off the lives of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton.Side Showdramatizes their experience as a popular circus spectacle for gawkers in the 1930's and features a re-written book and additional songs since its initial run on Broadway in1997. Bill Condon directs this revival, which begins previews on October 28 at the St. James Theater and opens officially on November 17^th, 2014.

These new additions to The Broadway Collection will join The Metropolitan Opera and 18 existing shows, including:Aladdin, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Blue Man Group, The Book of Mormon, Cabaret, Chicago, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, Jersey Boys, Kinky Boots, Les Miserables, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Matilda, Motown, Pippin, The Phantom of the Opera, StompandWicked.

About Broadway Inbound and The Broadway Collection

The Broadway Collection is part of Broadway Inbound, a Shubert Organization company with decades of experience in the theatre industry, the travel industry and wholesale ticket distribution, who specializes in FIT sales of Broadway shows. The Broadway Collection was created in response to a huge demand for Broadway within the travel industry and includes The Metropolitan Opera and 18 distinctive, top tier shows. Broadway Inbound specializes in travel industry and wholesale ticket distribution for live theatrical events around the United States. Broadway Inbound provides various technologies to give wholesale partners access to extensive inventory directly from venue box offices' primary ticketing systems including its sister company,Telecharge.com. Unparalleled experience in wholesale theatre ticketing, marketing, and operations makes Broadway Inbound a perfect partner for distributors in travel and other industries.  

To purchase tickets to any Broadway Collection show, contact UK Broadway Collection partners ;

• Attraction World:www.attractionworld.com

• Attraction Tickets Direct:www.attraction-tickets-direct.co.uk

• Lastminute.com:www.Lastminute.com

• TUI Travel:www.tuitravelplc.com

• Virgin Holidays:www.virginholidays.co.uk

• Titan Travel (Acromas group):www.titantravel.co.uk

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