Broadway's Hottest Hits will Headline Spectacular New Season at Academy of Music and Forrest Theatre!

New Touring Musicals Grease, White Christmas, Dreamgirls, and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play August: Osage County are Featured

Returning By Popular Demand...Disney's The Lion King, Wicked, Avenue Q and Mamma Mia! Subscription Season Ticket Packages Available Now!

The Kimmel Center and Shubert Organization are thrilled to announce a top-notch lineup of Broadway theater as part of the new 2009- 2010 Broadway Series at the Academy of Music and the Forrest Theatre.

The new Broadway Series subscription season will feature: Grease starring American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks (July 7 - 12, 2009); White Christmas (Nov. 24 - 29, 2009); Dreamgirls (June 22 - 27, 2010) all at the Academy of Music; and August: Osage County (April 27 - May 2, 2010) at the Forrest Theatre.

Additional '09 - '10 shows will include: Mamma Mia! (Nov. 3 - 8, 2009); Wicked (Jan. 6 - 24, 2010); Disney's The Lion King (March 30 - April 4, 2010); and Avenue Q (June 18 - 20, 2010).

Subscription packages are on sale now by calling 215-893-1955 or online at www.kimmelcenter.org/bway0910. Single tickets will go on sale August 2009.

"Every year we strive to provide a high-quality blend of the very best in Broadway entertainment," said Kimmel Center President and CEO Anne Ewers. "The response we receive from our subscribers and the musical theater community is always amazing. We are grateful for the continued support and enthusiasm from musical theater fans throughout the Philadelphia area, and we look forward to launching another incredible season of spectacular Broadway touring productions."

"The continued popularity and success of our Broadway Series, and the overwhelmingly positive response to all of our productions is a credit to the Philadelphia theater-buying public," said Philip J. Smith, Chairman of the Shubert Organization, Inc. "We are ecstatic to once again offer our patrons a stellar variety of musicals and award-winning productions at both the Forrest Theatre and the Academy of Music."