PRISON DANCER WRAPS SOLD-OUT RUN AT CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE
Toronto, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Dancer: The Musical has wrapped a blockbuster run at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (NAC) and will be announcing its next stop in the new year, as presentation venues and partners vie to be part of their journey to Broadway.
- Toronto, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Dancer: The Musical has wrapped a blockbuster run at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (NAC) and will be announcing its next stop in the new year, as presentation venues and partners vie to be part of their journey to Broadway.
- After opening at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre in the spring of 2023, where it won five Sterling Awards, including outstanding musical, Prison Dancer is following the path of other Broadway-destined productions Hadestown and SIX.
- The success of Prison Dancer comes on the heels of Asian Pacific Islander stories increasingly finding their rightful place on global stages and screens.
- “Ottawa audiences have never seen anything like Prison Dancer,” says David Abel, Managing Director of English Theatre at the NAC.