RING OF FIRE – The Music of Johnny Cash
(Orange, TX) - Direct from Broadway comes the first national tour of RING OF FIRE – The Music of Johnny Cash. The music of the Man in Black ignites the stage in its Southeast Texas premiere for 1 performance only Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 7:30pm at the Lutcher Theater, featuring more than 30 signature songs from the legendary Johnny Cash. Tickets are on sale now.
Stories of passion, redemption, humor, and salvation set the stage ablaze in this musical celebration of the world’s most famous rebel, Johnny Cash. One of the best “jukebox musicals” of our time, Ring Of Fire includes such hits as “Walk the Line,” “Hurt,” “Jackson,” “I’ve Been Everywhere,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “A Boy Named Sue,” and the title track “Ring of Fire”. With smashing medleys and a hearty bounce in its guitar-driven step, this shindig will have you stompin’ your feet and shoutin’ for more!
“Effective, funny and imaginatively presented,” proclaims the New York Post. “Ring of Fire is HOT!” declares Variety. “FIRE burns brighter, truer and with more imagination than most!” exclaims USA Today.
Nearly three years after his passing, Johnny Cash remains one of the most popular entertainers of all time. His success is incomparable – 11 Grammy® Awards (including 1999 Lifetime Achievement Grammy®), inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock Music Hall of Fame, and a Kennedy Center Honor. He has placed 48 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop charts and over 130 hits on the Billboard Country singles chart - more than anyone in history. His autobiography Man in Black has sold around 1.5 million copies and the official Johnny Cash website, www.johnnycash.com, receives more than 9 million hits per day.
Ring Of Fire celebrates the Man in Black – Johnny Cash – who was and always will be one of the most popular and most respected artists of our time.
Ring Of Fire is produced by Phoenix Entertainment. Now entering its eighth year of operations, Phoenix Entertainment is an international theatrical producing and management enterprise founded by long time colleagues Stephen Kane and Michael McFadden. Over two decades of theatrical success and industry partnership have resulted in the Phoenix team delivering thousands of performances of more than 50 live productions on four continents.
This performance is funded in part by the City of Orange, Entergy, H.E.B., and the Texas Commission on the Arts through the Southeast Texas Arts Council. INVISTA – Orange Site sponsors this performance.
Tickets for Ring of Fire are $55.00, $45.00 and $35.00. Call the box office for student prices and group rates. To purchase tickets, log on to http://www.lutcher.org/, call 745-5535 (Golden Triangle) or 1-800-828-5535 (Louisiana), or stop by the box office at 707 Main, Orange, Texas.
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