Single tickets sales set to begin at COD's McAninch Arts Center
Single tickets will go on sale Saturday, Aug. 15, for the 2015-16 season of music, dance, theater and literature performances at the College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center.
To celebrate, the MAC will hold a Tickets on Sale party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center's box office on campus at 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn. For details, call the box office at (630) 942-4000.
Everyone stopping by for the Aug. 15 party will have the chance to enjoy complementary sandwiches, chips, soda and coffee. They also are invited to take tours of the theater, listen to live piano music and have chance to win prizes, plus have their questions answered about the MAC'S 2015-2016 season and scope out their preferred seats.
Single tickets go on sale online at atthemac.org on Monday, Aug. 17, and by box office phone Tuesday, Aug. 18.
"We created this season with the help of more than 1,000 of our patrons who responded to our online survey," MAC Director Diana Martinez said. "As a result, we have a season with something for everyone ... music, dance, comedy, literature, theater, magic and more.
"We also listened to how much our audiences value not only what is on our stage, but offstage offerings as well. Whether it is a MAC Chat before or after an event, Cookies with Kirk after a New Philharmonic concert, a stroll through the Cleve Carney Art Gallery before the show or our full-service concessions where you can pre-order your drink for intermission, we are committed to giving our patrons not only a great show, but the best full MAC experience."
Highlights of MAC'S 2015-2016 Touring Series events coming to the Belushi Performance Hall include:
• Fun and exciting family entertainment including Mike Super, winner of NBC's hit show "Phenomenon" and finalist from "America's got Talent" (Oct. 24) and National Acrobats and Circus of the People's Republic of China (Oct. 25);
• Dance events including the MAC debut of Alvin Ailey II, (Oct. 18), Moscow Festival Ballet performing the classic ballet "Cinderella" (Jan. 10) and Thodos Dance Chicago performing "A Light in the Dark, The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan" plus other works from their repertoire (March 19);
• Improv and sketch comedy with Colin Mocherie and Brad Sherwood of "Whose Line is it Anyway" (Dec. 12), The Second City (Dec. 5; Feb. 13) and The Capitol Steps (April 23);
• Enjoyable trips down memory lane courtesy of a benefit performance of "MAC Motown: Signed, Sealed, Delivered" featuring the Motown Experience (Sept. 12) and Bee Gees Night Fever, during the College of DuPage's homecoming weekend (Oct. 16);
• Culturally rich performances including Fiesta Mexico-Americana! featuring the multiple Grammy Award-winning American Chicano rock band Los Lobos with Ballet Folklorico Mexicano (Feb. 21) and "African Footprint," a joyous celebration of South Africa's influence on music and dance as seen on PBS (Feb. 28);
• Thought-provoking discussions with best-selling author Erik Larson on his newest work "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania" (Nov. 10) and Jessica Fellowes, British journalist, New York Times best-selling author and the niece of "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes, on all things "Abbey" (Jan. 31). Both are presented by the MAC in collaboration with the Daily Herald Author's Circle Book Club and the College Lecture Series
• A production of Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning drama "All My Sons," performed by one of the most respected touring theater companies in the country, Montana Repertory Theatre (March 5).
Another key component of the season is New Philharmonic, the 60-member professional orchestra in residence at the MAC under the direction of Maestro Kirk Muspratt. Now in its 39th year, New Philharmonic will present five classical music concerts including "Heavenly Bodies of Holst" featuring New Philharmonic's performance of Gustav Holst's "The Planets" accompanied by a series of awe-inspiring short films created by Emmy-nominated astronomer and film director Dr. Jose Francisco Salgado (Oct. 3-4); "Baird and Berlioz," featuring guest violinist Baird Dodge, principal second violin for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performing Bruch's "Violin Concerto No. 1" (Nov. 14-15); three New Year's Eve Concerts (Dec. 31); a production of Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutte" staged as a reality TV show (Jan. 23-24); and "Dueling Pianos" featuring award-winning guest pianists Marta Aznavoorian and Winston Choi (April 16-17).
The MAC'S Playhouse Theatre again will be home to Club MAC, an intimate cabaret setting with cafe tables, wine and great artists. This year's Club MAC performances include Turtle Island Quartet (Feb. 26-27), Close to You, Music of the Carpenters (March 18-19), Hot Club of San Francisco (April 1-2) and Bible Bingo (May 7-8), the comedy hit from the creator of Late Night Catechism.
Other programming will include the popular Global Flicks free international film series running in February and early March; SchoolStage performances; more than 60 college performances in music, dance, theater; and seven exhibitions of visual art at the Cleve Carney Art Gallery.