Single tickets for all Kimmel Center Presents and Cadillac Broadway Series performances can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999; online at www.kimmelcenter.org; at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings; and at the Academy of Music box office on performance evenings only. For group sales please call 215-790-5883.

Kimmel Center, Inc. also presents a variety of free performances on the Kimmel Center's Commonwealth Plaza stage. Performances include sing-alongs and story-telling for the whole family, as well as classical, jazz, folk, world music, modern dance and musical theater. Please check online for performance schedule and additional information.

MAY-JUNE CADILLAC BROADWAY SERIES

HAIRSPRAY
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 8pm
Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 1pm and 6:30pm
Academy of Music
Price: $25, $37.50, $60, $70, $100

Broadway's Tony Award®-winning musical comedy phenomenon takes you back to 1962 Baltimore, as 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad sets out to dance her way onto TV's most popular show. Can a big girl with big dreams-and even bigger hair! -change the world... and still have time to win the boy she loves?

This megahit is piled bouffant-high with laughter and romance-and enough deliriously tuneful new songs to fill a nonstop platter-party. It's the winner of eight 2003 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical. As The New York Times says, "If life were everything it should be, it would be more like Hairspray. It's irresistible!"

GYPSY
Friday, May 9, 2008 at 8pm
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 1pm and 6:30pm
Academy of Music
Price: $28, $42.50, $57.50, $67.50, $100

From the blast of the first trumpet to the last hot spotlight, it's little wonder why Gypsy reigns as one of the greatest Broadway musicals of the 20th century. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show-with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents-gloriously returns to the stage in this Phoenix Entertainment production. Packing a powerful wallop, Gypsy serves up one popular standard after another like "Everything's Up Coming Up Roses," "You Gotta Get a Gimmick," and "Let Me Entertain You." Everyone agrees-Broadway musicals don't get much better than Gypsy.

DAVID COPPEFIELD: AN INTIMATE EVENING OF GRAND ILLUSION
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 6pm and 9pm
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 5:30pm and 8:30pm
Academy of Music
Price: $26.75, $44.75, $50.75, $58.75, $68.75

DAVID COPPERFIELD: AN INTIMATE EVENING OF GRAND ILLUSION is an affecting, life-changing event that reaches into the audiences' minds and hearts and takes them on a feast of wish-fulfillment. Displaying his off-the-cuff brand of humor, Copperfield breaks new ground in Grand Illusion and takes his art to a grand yet intimate, personal yet universal dimension for an evening of wonders you'll never forget.

TONY N' TINA'S WEDDING
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:30pm
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 7:30pm
Innovation Studio
Price: $89

At Tony n' Tina's Wedding, audience members actually play the roles of Tony and Tina's family and friends. This all inclusive evening of live entertainment includes dinner, show and live music.

OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS THE COLOR PURPLE
Tuesday-Thursday, June 17-June 19, 2008 at 7:30pm
Friday, June 20, 2008 at 8pm
Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 1pm and 6:30pm
Tuesday-Thursday, June 24-June 26, 2008 at 7:30pm
Friday, June 27, 2008 at 8pm
Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 1pm and 6:30pm
Academy of Music
Price: $28, $43, $48, $72.50, $77.50, $82.50, $87.50, $138

Oprah Winfrey Presents The Color Purple, a soul-stirring musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the Oscar nominated film by Steven Spielberg. It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who triumphs over tremendous odds to find joy in life, and her true inner beauty. Nominated for 11 Tony Awards®, The Color Purple is a landmark theatrical event, a celebration of love and a Broadway phenomenon. With a joyous Grammy®-nominated score featuring jazz, gospel and blues, The Color Purple is capturing the hearts of young and old, and uniting audiences in a celebration of love.

DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN
Friday, June 13, 2008 at 8pm
Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 5pm and 8pm
Perelman Theater
Price: $50

Due to popular demand, Defending the Caveman - the longest-running solo show in Broadway history, returns to the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center. Caveman, a world-wide phenomenon enjoyed by millions in more than 30 countries and in 15 different languages will win the hearts of Philadelphia audiences once again!

MAY KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS

Mellon Jazz Up Close: WESTERN EUROPE
Danilo Pérez, piano
Gerardo Núñez, guitar
John Patitucci, bass
Jamey Haddad, percussion
Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 7:30pm
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
Price: $37, $43

In the true spirit of jazz, our own Danilo Pérez, flamenco guitarist Gerardo Núñez, and John Patitucci join forces for an evening of boundary-breaking music accompanied by a flamenco dancer. Performance includes an "Artist Chat" with series artistic advisor Danílo Perez, Gerardo Núñez, John Patitucci, Jamey Haddad and Kimmel Center Vice President of Programming and Education Mervon Mehta during the ticketed performance. Saturday, May 3, 2008 Free at the Kimmel 11:30am | Commonwealth Plaza | TBD

PHILADANCO
Thursday and Friday, May 8 -9, 2008 at 7:30pm
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 2:30pm
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
Price: $34, $46

Experience Philadelphia's most celebrated modern dance company as they perform a program highlighting both new and old works, but always cutting edge performances. The performance on Thursday, May 8, 2008 includes an "Artist Chat" with Artistic Director Joan Meyers Brown, PHILADANCO dancers and Kimmel Center Director of Programming Tom Warner. Hinton Battle: New Work Gene Hill Sagan: Ritornello Christopher Huggins: New Work Talley Beatty: Such Sweet Morning Songs

DAN ZANES AND FRIENDS
Nighttime Pajama Party!
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 7:30pm
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center
Price: $20, $27

As seen on Playhouse Disney, Dan and his band create a rollicking "Woodstock for Kids" including exuberant American traditional songs, dance classics, and smart, inventive originals. Everyone is invited to come in their PJs!

CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH & FRIENDS
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 3pm
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center
Price: $34, $40, $45, $52, $60, $69

Celebrated pianist and Music Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eschenbach is joined by some of his musical colleagues for an afternoon recital of solo piano and chamber music. Guest artists to be announced. DVORAK: String Quintet with Christoph Eschenbach on piano and Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. BEETHOVEN: Wind Quintet with Christoph Eschenbach on piano and Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. SCHOENBERG: Chamber Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach conducting Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Other chamber and solo piano works to be announced. Sunday, May 18, 2008 Free at the Kimmel 12:30pm | Commonwealth Plaza Stage | TBD

JUNE

POSTPONED UNTIL SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2007 AT 7:30PM
PETER, PAUL & MARY
Original Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 8pm
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center
Price: $38, $52, $66, $75

Experience Peter, Paul & Mary's pure acoustic folk music that transcends time with favorites such as "Puff the Magic Dragon."

SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION
Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 3pm

All Kimmel Center Venues
Price: $10 for adults and $5 for children under the age of 12

The Kimmel Center's annual Summer Solstice Celebration, presented by Citi, sizzles in Philadelphia with an all day, all night, "All Philly" musical extravaganza beginning at 3pm on Saturday, June 21, 2008 and ending at dawn on Sunday, June 22, 2008. Music, dance and performance art aficionados can enjoy 15 hours of live performances and events in all venues and every corner of Philadelphia's premier performing arts destination. Family friendly performances will be followed by an entertaining mix of classical, blues, gospel, R&B, jazz, folk, dance, Latin, world music genres, and more as the evening progresses.