2009-2010 PAC season schedule

Here is the 2009-2010 lineup for the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center:

• Barter Theatre's Of Mice and Men, Oct. 6; Tickets start at $25.
• Bill Cosby, Oct. 10; Tickets start at $43.
• America's Hits on Parade with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and the Pied Pipers, Oct. 17; Tickets start at $18.
• Sixth Annual Fox Cities Choral Music Festival, Oct. 27; Tickets: $6 students/$12 adults.
• Nebraska Theatre Caravan's A Christmas Carol, Dec. 15; Tickets start at $25.
• The Christmas Music of Mannheim Steamroller by Chip Davis, Dec. 20; Tickets start at $55. Due to the popularity of this performance, there is an eight-ticket limit.
• Groovaloo, Jan. 31; Tickets start at $20.
• Band of the Irish Guards, Feb. 16; Tickets start at $20.
• Cabaret with Diane Schuur, Feb. 19 and 20; Tickets are $35.
• Shidara, March 5; Tickets start at $15.
• Ballet Folkórico de México de Amalia Hernández, March 10; Tickets start at $15.
• The Tchaikovsky Ballet Theatre's Sleeping Beauty, March 19; Tickets start at $20.
• The American Bluegrass Masters Tour, April 10; Tickets: $20.
• ODC/Dance San Francisco's The Velveteen Rabbit, May 6, 2010; Tickets: $18.
   

Five-show Broadway season packages and Boldt Arts Alive! season packages are on sale now. All performances are at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, 400 West College Ave., downtown Appleton. For more information call the PAC's ticket office, 920-730-3760.
Groups of 15-plus can order tickets to individual shows beginning today at www.foxcitiespac.com. For questions call 920-730-3786.
Tickets for individual productions typically go on sale to the general public at least four to six weeks before the first performance.

Broadway lineup

• 101 Dalmatians The Musical, Oct. 20-25: A story about a canine and courageous family that bands together to overcome hurdles and hardship.
• Rent, Nov. 3-8: Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp reprise their Broadway roles in the rock opera about a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York City. It's based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, "La Boheme."
• In the Heights, Dec. 8-13: A 2008 Tony Award-winning show about a vibrant Manhattan community where people are trying to live out their dreams.
• Mamma Mia!, Jan. 13-17: A musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits with a tale about a mother, a daughter, three possible dads and the power of family and friendship.
• Cats, Feb. 12-14
• Little House on the Prairie, March 23-28: A musical that continues the legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic book series about a family's struggles and triumphs in pioneer days. Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura for 10 years in the television series, stars as Ma.
• Legally Blonde The Musical, April 20-25: A show that follows sorority sister Elle Woods, an underestimated blonde who breaks stereotypes when she breaks out the books and sets her sights on Harvard Law School.
• Fiddler on the Roof, May 11-16, 2010: Chaim Topol, star of the original motion picture, stars in his farewell performance of Tevye, the dairyman, husband and father in the musical based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem.
• The Wizard of Oz, June 25-27