The long-awaited arrival of An American in Paris, the most awarded new musical of 2015 and winner of four Tony Awards®, is happening in Austin at the Bass Concert Hall from May 30 – June 3. In fact, we’re counting the minutes until it arrives.
Of course, it’s 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 huge hit by any standard. A West End production of An American in Paris played at the Dominion Theatre March 2017-January 2018.
We love that 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 DETAILS
WHO: Lexus Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing Arts
WHAT: An American in Paris
WHEN: May 30 – June 3, 2018
Wednesday – Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
WHERE: Bass Concert Hall | 2350 Robert Dedman Drive | Austin, TX 78712
TICKETS: Tickets are available at http://www.BroadwayinAustin.com, http://www.texasperformingarts.org, the Bass Concert Hall ticket office, all Texas Box Office Outlets, by phone at (512) 477-6060