HANDEL’S MESSIAH ROCKS

TO PLAY THE BANK OF AMERICA THEATRE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

TICKETS ON SALE NOVEMBER 5, 2010 AT 10 AM

CHICAGO (October 27, 2010) – The 2010–2011 National Tour of Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise is coming to the Bank of America Theatre for 3 performances only, December 3-4, 2010. Tickets for Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise, the groundbreaking musical event that blends classical music with classic rock and breathes new life into George Fredrick Handel’s most performed oratorio, will go on sale November 5, 2010 at 10 AM. For additional information please visit www.BroadwayInChicago.com.

Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise features stunning visual effects, thrilling songs, an orchestra, rock band, Broadway soloists and specially selected adult and children’s choirs from Chicago!

Broadway veteran Mike Eldred will star as The Tenor, with Ramona Keller as The Woman and Jeremiah James as The Baritone. The local choirs, to be announced at a later date, will perform on stage at the Bank of America Theatre with the cast of Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise. This unique opportunity will provide the choirs with the opportunity to gain professional theatre experience and discover what it’s like to be part of a nationally touring company. They will also have the opportunity to perform one of the newest interpretations of the most celebrated oratorio in the world, in front of their own family and friends.

The New York Times describes Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise and the reinterpretation of the most famous selection from the Oratorio “Hallelujah”, by saying it, “…combines Handel and Sunset Strip-metal in one slick, efficient mash.”

Having been performed annually for 240 years throughout the world the traditional composition has compelled its admirers to listen to and attend live performances many times throughout the year and now Handel’s Messiah Rocks can be enjoyed at home both on CD and DVD available on Sony Integrity Records. Some of the selections included are Overture, Comfort Ye, He’ll Come in Glory, He is Fire, Hallelujah and more.

Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise was adapted by Jason Howland and libretto adapted by Dani Davis is based on the original oratorio by George Frederick Handel with libretto by Charles Jennens. It is produced by NETworks Presentations, LLC and directed by Dani Davis.

Individual tickets for Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise are $40 - $75 and go on sale November 5. A select number of premium seats are also available. Tickets are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St., 18 W. Monroe St. and 175 E. Chestnut St.), the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775‐2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations (including Hot Tix and select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye stores), and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com. For groups of 15 or more, call (312) 977‐1710.

NETworks Presentations, LLC (Producer). Founded in 1995 by Kenneth Gentry, Seth Wenig and Scott Jackson, NETworks has produced and managed over 70 national and international touring productions. Previous productions: Oliver!; Little Women starring Maureen McGovern; Jekyll & Hyde; Kiss of the Spiderwoman; Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson; Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall; The Light in the Piazza; My Fair Lady co-produced with Cameron Mackintosh; Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!; Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake; Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Annie; Hairspray; The Wizard of Oz and many others. Joining returning hits Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, and the Lincoln Center’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific this season are Joyful Noise’s production of Handel’s Messiah Rocks, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Blue Man Group National Tour and The New 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables.