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For Immediate Release, Please Contact: Dana Terrazas, [email protected]. Tony Award-‐Winner and Broadway Superstar IDINA MENZEL To Launch National Tour of IF/THEN Menzel To Reprise Her Critically-‐Acclaimed Tony-‐Nominated Performance In Seven Select Cities on National Tour IDINA MENZEL in IF/THEN… “…IS A BLAZING SUPERNOVA” (Hollywood Reporter) “…PIERCES THE HEART” (Entertainment Weekly) “…SENDS CHILLS UP YOUR SPINE” (WNBC) “…TEARS THE RAFTERS OFF THE THEATRE” (Associated Press) “THE BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR! In its formal daring, and in the intelligence of its execution, IF/THEN moves into new territory with intense and thrilling results. Every single thing in this show is new – you absolutely never know what is going to happen, right up to the last, powerfully moving beat.” -‐ New York Magazine “A SMART, DEEPLY TOUCHING AND BIG-‐HEARTED NEW MUSICAL. Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s score is invested with melodic urgency, bringing you to tears or breathlessness.” -‐Washington Post “THE BRAVEST NEW MUSICAL IN A LONG TIME. It is one of the very few new Broadway shows that actually looks and sounds like the world of today.” -‐Toronto Star “A THOROUGHLY FASCINATING, INTELLECTUALLY AND MUSICALLY RICH NEW MUSICAL. It is not an adaptation of anything, but a very compelling and involving idea. Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s beautiful score hits an especially sweet spot, keeping the audience in its pocket. It is a zesty, savvy and ambitious original.” -‐Chicago Tribune ************************************************************************************* May 7, 2015 -‐-‐ Tony Award-‐winner and Broadway superstar Idina Menzel (Wicked, Rent, Frozen, Glee) will launch the National Tour of IF/THEN, reprising her critically-‐acclaimed, Tony-‐nominated performance in seven select cities. IF/THEN is an original Broadway musical which reunites composer Tom Kitt, book writer/lyricist Brian Yorkey, and director Michael Greif, the creative team behind the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-‐winning musical, Next to Normal. Ms. Menzel will launch the National Tour at the Buell Theatre in Denver (October 13-‐25), and will then play the Paramount Theatre in Seattle (November 3-‐8), the SHN Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco (November 10 – December 6), the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles (December 8 – January 3), San Diego Civic Theatre in San Diego (January 5-‐10), ASU Gammage in Tempe (January 12-‐17), and Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa (January 19-‐24). Tickets for these engagements are only available to season subscribers. Following these seven cities with Ms. Menzel, the National Tour will then continue across North America. “IF/THEN is especially meaningful for me because I had the opportunity to develop it for several years with the creative team, whom I have come to consider family,” said Idina Menzel. “I’m so thrilled to launch the show’s National Tour and to send it off across the country and around the world. I am very much looking forward to sharing this original musical with Broadway fans who weren’t able to travel to New York and see it there.” “I am thrilled that Idina will be playing these select cities, in the time-‐honored touring tradition established by Broadway’s leading stars like Angela Lansbury, Yul Brynner, and Ethel Merman,” said producer David Stone. ““I look forward to having audiences discover and embrace IF/THEN and to give Broadway fans across the country the unique opportunity to see a genuine superstar at the height of her powers, in a role that was literally tailored for her.” Additional casting for the National Tour of IF/THEN will be announced at a later date. IF/THEN is a contemporary new musical that follows two distinct storylines in the life of Elizabeth, a city planner who moves back to New York to restart her life in this city of infinite possibilities. When her carefully designed plans collide with the whims of fate, Elizabeth’s life splits into two parallel paths. IF/THEN follows both stories simultaneously as this modern woman faces the intersection of choice and chance. IF/THEN features choreography by Larry Keigwin, set design by Tony Award-‐Nominee Mark Wendland, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Tony Award-‐Winner Kenneth Posner and sound design by Tony Award-‐Winner Brian Ronan. The original Broadway Cast Recording of IF/THEN is produced by Sony Masterworks and is available on iTunes. IF/THEN recently played its final Broadway performance on Sunday, March 22, having played 29 previews and 401 performances. For more information about IF/THEN, please visit IfThenTheMusical.com. Facebook: Facebook.com/ifthenmusical Twitter: @ifthenmusical YouTube: youtube.com/ifthenmusical Instagram: instagram.com/ifthenmusical # # #