ATLANTA — The Alliance Theatre announces the cast of its world premiere production
of Bring It On: The Musical.
The lead actors in the Alliance Theatre production include Helene Yorke (Campbell),
who performed as Glinda in the national tour of Wicked; Adrienne Warren (Danielle),
fresh from the recent national tour of Dreamgirls and Nick Blaemire (Randall), who
appeared in the original Broadway production of Cry-Baby.
Additional cast members include Ariana DuBose, Brandon Espinoza, Gregory Haney,
Rod Harrelson, Dominique Johnson, Janet Krupin, Amanda LaVergne, Michael
Mindlin, Ryann Redmond, Elena Ricardo, Kate Rockwell, Jon Rua, LaQuet Sharnell
and Ephraim M. Sykes.
The cast includes some of the nation's most skilled competitive cheerleaders. Their
combined achievements include over 25 national and 50 team titles in gymnastics
and choreography. They were selected in part through a collaboration with Varsity,
the global leader in competitive cheerleading. Among eight of the most notable are:
Antwan Bethea, Michael Naone-Carter, Courtney Corbeille, Brooklyn Freitag, Melody
Mills, Sheldon Tucker, David Ranck and Lauren Whitt.
The high-stakes world of competitive cheerleading meets the cutthroat rivalries of high
school politics and romance in this bold and explosive new musical comedy. Bring
It On: The Musical comes to life through the talents of Broadway's brightest
young creators. With an original book by Tony Award®-winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue
Q), music and lyrics by Tony® Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The
Heights), music by Pulitzer and Tony® Award-winning composer Tom Kitt (Next to
Normal) and lyrics by Broadway lyricist Amanda Green (High Fidelity), this wholly
original new musical is directed and choreographed by Tony® Award winner Andy
Blankenbuehler (In The Heights).
Bring It On: The Musical is presented at the Alliance Theatre by special arrangement with Universal Pictures Stage Productions/Glenn Ross, Beacon Communications/Armyan Bernstein & Charlie Lyons, and Kristin Caskey & Mike Isaacson, Executive
Producers.
Bring It On: The Musical will be performed on the Alliance Stage with previews
beginning Saturday, January 15, 2011 with opening night planned for Friday, January
28. The run will continue through Sunday, February 20. Performances are Tuesday
through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $25 and are available at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office by
calling 404.733.5000 or online at alliancetheatre.org. Discount rates for groups of 10
or more are available by calling 404-733-4690. Discount rates are also available for
members of the military, seniors and students. The Alliance Theatre is located at the
Woodruff Arts Center, corner of Peachtree & 15th Street, in Midtown Atlanta.
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About the Alliance Theatre
Now in its 42nd season, Atlanta's nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre, recipient of
the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award® and a leading national theatre, creates the
powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people on two stages for youth and
adult audiences. Under the leadership of the Jennings Hertz, Jr. Artistic Director Susan
V. Booth, the Alliance Theatre is a national theatre with a local address, reaching out
every year to almost 200,000 patrons and members of the community. Known for its
high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the
Alliance launched three Tony Award-winning hits to Broadway: Alice Walker's The
Color Purple, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida and Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of
Ballyhoo. And, in a rare event for a regional theatre, it originated the national tour
of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee. Most recently, the Alliance transferred Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away
to Broadway for a critically acclaimed Tony Award-nominated run while Sister Act: the
Musical will arrive on Broadway this season after its run on London's West End. The
theatre has premiered over 70 works that have gone on to successful lives at theatres
across the country. Further evidence of the Alliance's commitment to new work is
founding its nationally recognized Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, a cutting-
edge program introducing student playwrights to professional networks while producing
the world premiere of the winning student's work. In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell
Alvin McCraney, the 07/08 winner has gone on to be produced in New York, Chicago,
London and San Francisco to name just a few of its many productions. The Alliance Theatre also offers extensive education and outreach programs such as the Institute for
Educators and the Collision Project for high school students. The Alliance continuously
brings Atlanta the finest talent and finest art—proving once again that the Alliance is
where great theatre lives.
The Alliance Theatre is a division of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, which also includes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young
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