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* "Cabaret Performances"
* July 14, 7:30 p.m., starring Linda Purl, the Broadway and
television actress famous for roles in television series Matlock
and Happy Days
* July 15, 7:30 p.m., starring Lucie Arnaz, best-known for her role
in the hit musical, They're Playing Our Song
* Both performances at The Broadmoor Resort's Starz Nightclub (in
Broadmoor West), 1 Lake Avenue
* Tickets: $30
* "The Ultimate Cabaret and Gala Dinner," starring Ben Vereen,
Davis Gaines, Sally Struthers, James Naughton, Valarie Pettiford, Lucie
Arnaz, and Linda Purl, backed by the Peter Duchin Orchestra
* July 17, 6:00 p.m.
* The Broadmoor International Center, 1 Lake Avenue, Colorado Springs
* Tickets: Sold Out
U.S. Debut of
Valerio Festi's Large-Scale Outdoor Theatrical Production 'Of Angels and
Light' Headlines Colorado Festival of World Theatre in July
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Colorado Springs will
become the permanent home of a new summer theatre arts festival in 2005,
which will serve as an annual showcase for internationally renowned
performers and shows.
The Colorado Festival of World Theatre will stage a
"mini-festival" this summer, which will feature theatre,
cabaret and expressive reading performances on July 14, 15, 17 and 18,
as the prelude to next year's grand opening of the permanent Colorado
Springs-area summer festival.
July Features Unique U.S. Debut Headlining this year's
"mini-festival" in July will be the U.S. debut of Italian
theatre visionary Valerio Festi's "Of Angels and Light." Festi
is the acknowledged international master of live public art, developed
to celebrate the magnificence of human creativity on the grandest of
scales. His Studio Festi theatre company has performed in more than 200
cities worldwide. Studio Festi will come to the U.S. for the first time
in 20 years, and will present the first two U.S. performances for
"Of Angels and Light."
The show will transform The Broadmoor Resort's grounds into a celestial
playground of music and light, where angels descend to earth suspended
from huge, helium-filled spheres of light floating high above the crowd,
performers spin and dance above the heads of the audience, and
transparent spheres roll through the crowd with performers inside.
Tickets At $25
Tickets to the "Of Angels and Light" debut performances, July
14 and 15 at 9:30 p.m., are just $25, and are available through the
Pikes Peak Center box office at 719-520-SHOW, CWT Travel Trek at
719-687-3053, and TicketMaster. "Colorado Springs will become a
leading summer performing arts center next year when the Colorado
Festival of World Theatre launches its summer-long program of
events," said James B. Hayes, chairman of the festival. "We're
very proud to bring this level of world-renowned performers and recitals
of international theatre to the United States and Colorado Springs, all
right here in the magnificent setting of our Rocky Mountains." This
year's mini-festival is providing a glimpse into the level and variety
of performances that will tour through Colorado Springs when the
festival launches in 2005. "This year's mini-festival presents a
wide array of theatrical brilliance with a breathtaking selection of
some of the world's most dramatic actors and entertainers, including Ben
Vereen, Lucie Arnaz, Peter Duchin, and Eva Marie Saint,"
said Linda Purl, Colorado Festival of World Theatre founder,
board member and actress. "We are beginning a lasting legacy of
arts for future generations through the creation of this festival in
Colorado."
Performance Schedule
The July Colorado Festival of World Theatre roster of events include:
* "Of Angels and Light," performed by Studio Festi
* July 14 and 15, 9:30 p.m.
* The Broadmoor Resort, Golf Course Driving Range, 1 Lake Avenue,
Colorado Springs
* Tickets: $25 (Note: The audience is requested to bring blankets or
lawn chairs for these open-air performances.)
* "On the Divide: The Stories of Willa Cather," expressive
reading
performed by Eva Marie Saint and Jeffrey Hayden
* July 14-15, 6:30 p.m.
* The Broadmoor Resort, Little Theatre (In Broadmoor Main), 1 Lake
Avenue, Colorado Springs
* Tickets: $30
* "Lyrics of the Hearthside," a one-man dramatic
interpretation of poet
Paul Laurence Dunbar's work, starring Joseph Mydell
* July 14-15, 6:30 p.m.
* The Black Box Theatre at Cheyenne Mountain High School, 1200 Cresta
Road, Colorado Springs
* Tickets: $30
* "Cabaret Performances"
* July 14, 7:30 p.m., starring Linda Purl, the Broadway and
television actress famous for roles in television series Matlock
and Happy Days
* July 15, 7:30 p.m., starring Lucie Arnaz, best-known for her role
in the hit musical, They're Playing Our Song
* Both performances at The Broadmoor Resort's Starz Nightclub (in
Broadmoor West), 1 Lake Avenue
* Tickets: $30
* "The Ultimate Cabaret and Gala Dinner," starring Ben Vereen,
Davis Gaines, Sally Struthers, James Naughton, Valarie Pettiford, Lucie
Arnaz, and Linda Purl, backed by the Peter Duchin Orchestra
* July 17, 6:00 p.m.
* The Broadmoor International Center, 1 Lake Avenue, Colorado Springs
* Tickets: Sold Out
* "A Mountain Celebration," which is a western barbeque,
featuring a
concert by Phantom of the Opera star Davis Gaines
* July 18, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
* Sturman Industries grounds, One Innovation Way, Woodland Park,
Colo.
* Tickets: $40
The Colorado Festival of World Theatre will launch its inaugural season
during the summer of 2005 with an entire month of performances and
festivities which will feature some of the world's most revered names in
performing arts.
Ultimately, four theatre venues, designed to compliment the rustic
mountain setting, will be built around the Colorado Springs Pikes Peak
region, as the permanent home of the Festival.
About the Colorado Festival of World Theatre Founded in 2003 by arts
director and producer Suzy Bassani, actress Linda Purl, and art advocate
and businesswoman Carol Sturman, the vision of the Colorado Festival of
World Theatre is to create the Great American Theatre Festival -- an
annual gathering of the world's most renowned practitioners of the
theatre arts -- as never seen before in the Rocky Mountains. The
Festival will also offer arts- and theatre-related educational forums to
allow students to experience all aspects of the theatrical world through
summer internships, apprenticeships, and accredited programs. For more
information on the Colorado Festival of World Theatre, please call
719-475-1737, or visit http://www.CFWT.org.
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