APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – For fans of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, the cat’s out of the bag. The 2017-2018 season line-up has been unveiled.
The Broadway series will be a mix of classic and modern musicals.
Through 2017 and 2018 the Fox Cities PAC president Maria Van Laanen tells WLUK there will be the usual mix of smaller, intimate shows to big, Broadway musicals.
“People are going to have an opportunity to see a lot of brand new performances for the very first time in the Fox Cities”
Some of the Broadway musicals headed here will be new ones like ‘Waitress’ and ‘School of Rock,’ as well as classics like ‘The King and I.’
This year’s season announcement is also a very important milestone for the PAC. This is the 15th anniversary of the season line-up announcement.
“Goes to show the arts community around here, what we’ve been able to do over the last 15 years,” said Appleton Common Council member Curt Konetzke.
The venue has been a host to about 30 Wisconsin premiers of Broadway shows.
Konetzke credits visionaries of the PAC for dreaming big 15 years ago.
“It was their vision and now it’s carrying on and it’s gonna be phenomenal for years to come”
Van Laanen says the community has shown its support.
“What we’ve been able to accomplish by being a top touring destination for the best artists around the world is so much because of how loyal our audiences are” Even performers who make most of their appearances on New York City stages, like Broadway performer Daniella Dalli, say the Fox Cities PAC is impressive.
“The sound in this space is incredible. It was truly built like an opera house and being up on this stage is unlike any other place I’ve actually performed and I honestly, I find the audiences here to be so warm and they just love musical theater”
A full rundown for the 2017-18 season can be found at http://foxcitiespac.com/
