Disney's THE LION KING
OCTOBER 26 - DECEMBER 3, 2006

Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s THE LION KING. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of
animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar-winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and
“Circle of Life.” Let your imagination run wild at the Tony Award ® -winning Broadway sensation
Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.” Nashville’s most eagerly awaited stage production
ever will leap onto the TPAC stage this season.

SEASON SPECIAL!
CATS
JANUARY 19 - JANUARY 21, 2007

There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theater than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of CATS. What began as a musical about cats after Andrew Lloyd Webber picked up a book of poems in an airport bookshop has become one of the longest-running shows in Broadway's history. Winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, CATS features 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's timeless melodies, including the hit song, "Memory."

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THE RAT PACK - Live at The Sands
FEBRUARY 6-11, 2007

THE RAT PACK Live at The Sands is the hottest and coolest party in town. Still going strong after four sensational years on London’s West End, this spectacular new musical production is now coming to you. Legendary entertainers Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin are celebrated live, on stage. It’s Las Vegas, it’s the Sands Hotel, the big band is swingin’, and those gorgeous Burelli sisters are singin’, and, of course, the three wisecracking hip-cats bring their inimitable magic to the finest music ever recorded: ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’, ‘That’s Amore’, ‘Mr. Bojangles’, ‘The Lady Is A Tramp’. You won’t find anything like it anywhere else. It’s THE RAT PACK – and it’s live! Ring-a-ding-ding!

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
MARCH 6-11, 2007

In the Tony-Award ® - winning new musical comedy THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. SPELLING BEE has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “perfect in every possible way – that rarity of rarities, a super-smart musical that is also a bona fide crowd pleaser.” This tuneful, offbeat, and at times, heartwarming show offers audience members the opportunity (strictly voluntary) to become part of the action as on-stage spellers. The New York Times calls SPELLING BEE, “irresistible, riotously funny and remarkably ingenious – gold stars all around.”

SEASON SPECIAL!
MAMMA MIA!
MAY 1- MAY 6, 2007

Mamma Mia!, the best-selling musical in the world today, weaves together 22 of ABBA's hits into an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, May 1-6, 2007.

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SWEET CHARITY
JUNE 12-17, 2007

Do you want to have fun? Then just dance on over to SWEET CHARITY, the Broadway musical that offers fun, laughs, good times...and that’s coming here, starring the sensational Molly Ringwald. The star of Broadway’s Cabaret and such memorable films as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, Ms. Ringwald takes center stage as Charity Hope Valentine, who’s a true original, eternal optimist...and the unluckiest romantic in New York City. SWEET CHARITY’s tuneful score (by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields) features such hits as “Hey, Big Spender,” “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” and “If My Friends Could See Me Now.” And the show features a hilarious book by none other than Neil Simon. USA Today hailed this new production as “exhilarating” and “a real kick.” And the Wall Street Journal called it “a blast!” SWEET CHARITY is directed by Walter Bobbie, who won the Tony Award ® for the runaway musical sensation Chicago. And the show features knockout choreography by Wayne Cilento who won a Tony Award ® for The Who’s Tommy and has earned four Tony nominations for such hits as Wicked and How To Succeed....

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The Tennessee Performing Arts Center is a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to providing and supporting the presentation of the performing arts to the citizens of Tennessee. Its four stages are home to Broadway in Nashville at TPAC, Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, The Nashville Symphony, Tennessee Repertory Theatre and a variety of special engagements. TPAC administers one of the largest and most comprehensive arts-in-education programs in the United States, offering learning opportunities for children and adults. The organization has served more than 1.3 million students from pre-school to high school over the past two decades.