SHN Announces 09-10 Citibank Best Of Broadway Season Featuring Chaim Topol, Susan Stroman And More

SHN is pleased to announce the 2009-2010 Citibank Best of Broadway season, under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays and Robert Nederlander presented at San Francisco's Orpheum, Curran and Golden Gate Theatres. SHN, the pre-eminent theatrical entertainment company in San Francisco, offers the ultimate Broadway experience to all Bay Area audiences.

"I think this is one of the best seasons we have put together," said SHN's Carole Shorenstein Hays as the company announced the shows to be presented in 2009-2010. "My first commitment is to bring the most dynamic shows from Broadway to the Bay Area audiences who come to our theatres. This year, we have a wonderful mix of first-class Broadway entertainment, which will appeal to a diverse audience. We want to be certain that the final show of the season, which is yet to be revealed, will be the perfect fit for a first-class SHN season. "

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The 2009-2010 Best of Broadway Season: Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, IN THE HEIGHTS, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, WEST SIDE STORY, And a current Broadway blockbuster to be announced!

Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS
TONY AWARD-WINNING COMEDIC TALE
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Book by John Buchanan
Original Concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
Directed by Maria Aitken
Set Design by Peter McKintosh
Costume Design by Peter McKintosh
Lighting Design by Kevin Adams
Sound Design by Mic Pool
Dialect Coach is Stephen Gabis
Original Movement by Toby Sedgewick
Additional Movement by Christopher Bayes
Winter 2009
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theater. This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance.

In Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! No need to know the original film to get into the show's antics-a riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS is an ingenious combination of onstage hilarity mixed with a suspense story!

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
PERENNIAL FAMILY MUSICAL
STARRING Chaim Topol
STAR OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE
Based on Sholem Aleichem's stories
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Directed and Choreographed by Sammy Dallas Bayes
Orchestrations by David Andrews Rogers
Musical Staging by David Andrews Rodgers
Set Design by Steve Gilliam
Costume Design by Tony Ray Hicks
Lighting Design by Ken Billington and Jason Kantrowitz
Sound Design by Duncan Robert Edwards
Winter 2010
A perennial hit since it first opened in 1964, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has enjoyed critical acclaim for bringing to the stage a poignant story about the enduring bonds of the family. Now, the national touring production of this timeless musical brings the wit and wisdom of Tevye and his family to audiences throughout the United States and features the reproduction of Jerome Robbins' famous masterpiece including his original direction and choreography.

Topol and the film adaptation of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF were both nominated for the Academy Award in their respective categories and Topol won the Golden Globe for his performance. He is now joining this tour on the heels of a successful production in the South Pacific. Topol reprised his performance as Tevye in a London revival. He then starred in a subsequent Broadway revival, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.

IN THE HEIGHTS
WINNER OF 2008 GRAMMY AWARD AND FOUR 2008 TONY AWARDS,
INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL
Book by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Quiara Alegría Hudes
Music, Lyrics and Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Music Direction by Alex Lacamoire
Music Arrangements by Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman
Directed by Thomas Kail
Choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler
Set Design by Anna Louizos
Costume Design by Paul Tazewell
Lighting Design by Howell Binkley
Sound Design by Acme Sound Partners
Spring 2010
IN THE HEIGHTS is the winner of a 2008 Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album and four 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Although IN THE HEIGHTS takes place in a vibrant tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan, the show is about the bonds that develop in any neighborhood and resonates for all audiences. This original new musical features dynamic choreography and contemporary music pulsating with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition.

In November 2008, Universal Pictures acquired the rights to produce a feature film based on IN THE HEIGHTS.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
MONSTER NEW MUSICAL BASED ON THE Mel Brooks HIT FILM
FEATURING CHOREOGRAPHY BY FIVE-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNER
Susan Stroman
Book by three-time Tony Award-winners Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Directed and Choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman
Music Arrangements and Supervision by Glen Kelly
Set Design by Robin Wagner
Costume Design by William Ivey Long
Lighting Design by Peter Kaczorowski
Sound Design by Jonathan Deans
Summer 2010
Based on the Oscar-nominated smash hit 1974 film, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks. When Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherits a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his grandfather, deranged genius Victor Von Frankenstein, he faces a dilemma. Does he continue to run from his family's tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather's mad experiments reanimating the dead and in the process, fall in love with his sexy lab assistant Inga? Unfolding in the forbidding Castle Frankenstein and the foggy moors of Transylvania Heights, the show's raucous score includes "The Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and the unforgettable treatment of Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz."

WEST SIDE STORY
IRRESISTIBLE AND EXHILARATING NEW PRODUCTION
OF THE MEMORABLE MUSICAL AND GREAT LOVE STORY
DIRECTED BY LEGENDARY LIBRETTIST Arthur Laurents
MUSIC BY MULTIPLE TONY AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS
Leonard Bernstein AND Stephen Sondheim
2009 TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL
Book and Directed by Arthur Laurents
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Original Jerome Robbins Choreography restaged by Joey McKneely
Set Design by James Youmans
Costume Design by David C. Woolard
Lighting Design by Howell Binkley
Hair by Mark Adam Rampmeyer
Sound Design by Dan Moses Schreier
Fall 2010
WEST SIDE STORY is one of the most memorable musicals and greatest love stories of all time. Arthur Laurents' book remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim - a collection of standards that includes "Tonight," "America," "Maria," "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere" - is widely regarded as one of the best ever written. And the extraordinary, Tony-winning choreography by Jerome Robbins completely changed the language of Broadway dance.

This groundbreaking new production, directed by the legendary Mr. Laurents, will offer a bold new design that builds on the show's raw power and emotion to create a fresh experience unlike any that came before it. A thrilling new presentation of a matchless and timeless work of art.

For a sneak peek of the new 2009-2010 Best of Broadway season, please visit SHN at www.shnsf.com to view show footage and video of interviews with members of the creative team on each of the show pages.

Also, to experience what goes on backstage at SHN shows, go to http://shnsf.com/podcast/index.asp and listen to Backstage, the SHN podcast series, to hear interviews with members of the creative teams or actors for all SHN productions. Currently there is a special new season podcast featuring highlights from all the upcoming shows.

SHN is the pre-eminent theatrical entertainment company in San Francisco and owns and operates the Curran, Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres-San Francisco's premier theatrical venues. SHN's Best of Broadway theater series provides Bay Area audiences with pre-Broadway world premieres, original

Broadway cast productions, award-winners and current hits fresh from Broadway. For information on all SHN shows, please visit www.shnsf.com.