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Every month thousands of people read our
enlightening newsletter to learn about the hottest trips around. If you're not ...
why not?
All it takes is a $39.00 yearly fee to become a member of Diversions, Inc., a
unique travel group known for its cutting-edge offerings, prime seating for theatre and
concerts, entree to private places, deluxe hotel accommodations on extended trips, and the
highest level of customer service.
The following is a sampling from our current newsletter.
Newsletter 2010
Diversions continually offers prime seating for current Broadway productions. In many
cases, our membership is informed about upcoming theatrical events,
and trips are advertised, even before public announcement. Below is the format for a
typical New York Theatre Day-trip.
(Please note: a majority of the day-trips depart from Baltimore, Maryland.)
NEW YORK THEATRE DAY-TRIP FORMAT
ON THE WAY:
Departing at 7:00 a.m. (6:30 a.m. on Wednesdays & 8:00 a.m. on Sundays), Diversions
Guides serve a selection of fruit juices and yogurt, marvelous muffins, bagels with
assorted cheeses, chocolate-dipped apricots, hot coffee, tea, and more on our way to a
very special day in New York City. Current magazines are provided for your reading
pleasure. En route we hear background information on theatre, art, cultural events and
restaurants in Manhattan. And, of course, there’s a terrific Trivia Quiz or Bingo
with great prizes.
IN NEW YORK: Our coach stops first at Saks Fifth Avenue, next at 57th and
Madison Ave. and then the Metropolitan Museum of Art. You
are free to enjoy the sights and sounds of this vibrant city until it’s time for the
2:00 p.m. matinee (3:00 p.m. on Sundays).
THE RETURN:
At
approximately 5:00 p.m. our coach picks you up outside the theatre (or at a designated
pickup point) and we head for home. En route to Baltimore we serve an open bar, wine,
sodas, and the best of snacks, followed by a tasty supper prepared especially for us. We
estimate an 8:30 p.m.
arrival back in Baltimore.
NEW YORK EXPRESS: NYC FORMAT (as described above, but WITHOUT THEATRE)
Cost: $99.00
SNOW POLICY - If the theatre, museum or
attraction is open and our coach is going as scheduled, our members are
responsible for the entire cost of the trip. If the theatre, museum or
attraction is open and our coach cannot go as scheduled, our members are only
responsible for the actual cost of the ticket. All other monies paid will be
refunded. The ticket will be available for pick-up at our office. With this
policy, our members will be in the same situation as if they had booked the
tickets directly and will still have the option of taking a train or driving on
their own.
La Cage aux Folles
It's rather gaudy...but it's also rather grand!
This gloriously reconceived production none other than five-time Emmy Award®
winner KELSEY GRAMMER
("Frasier") as Georges, the owner of a
glitzy nightclub in lovely
Saint-Tropez. The fabulous Olivier Award winner
Douglas Hodge plays his partner Albin, who moonlights as the
glamorous showgirl Zaza. When Georges' son brings his fiancée's conservative
parents home to meet the flashy pair, tensions mount and feather boas fly!
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
is a funny and touching tale of one
family's struggle to stay together...
stay fabulous... and
above all else, stay true to themselves.
Saturday, December 11 @ $239
TONY WINNER:
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
BEST ACTOR - DOUGLAS HODGE
BEST DIRECTOR - TERRY JOHNSON
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Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark
Yes, Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark is at long last here and our inside source says that it promises to be the theatrical event of the decade! The scope of this show is massive and the amount of technology, creativity, and talent that’s involved is unprecedented! You’ll be transported through 41+ scenes…“Spiderman does whatever a spider can!” He crawls the walls...he flies…he battles the Green Goblin and much, much, more!!!
At the heart of any musical is of course, the music and the story, Grammy-winning Bono and the Edge have written a fantastic rock musical...it all comes together to tell the heroic story of Peter Parker, a high schooler, that is bitten by a spider that transforms him into a web-slinging crime fighter that must learn, along the way, that with great power comes great responsibility! Jennifer Damiano (Next to Normal, Spring Awakening) stars as Parker’s love interest and Patrick Page (Lion King, Beauty and the Beast) as the villainous Green Goblin! This incredible musical is directed by Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor, best known for Disney’s Lion King (need we say more?)
This is going to be the show everyone is talking about so don’t waste time,
CALL US TODAY to make your reservation!
Saturday, December 11 & April 9, 2011 @ $239
Smokin-Hot Rock and Roll---“Million Dollar Quartet”
What do you get when you load “Sixteen Tons”,” Blue Suede Shoes”, “Great Balls of Fire”, “Riders In The Sky”, “Who Do You Love” “I Walk The Line”, “Fever”, “Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On”, and a dozen other songs into one singular sensation. You get a new musical that captures the infectious spirit, freewheeling excitement and thrilling sounds of one of the most legendary nights in music history.
On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins together. The place
was Sun Records studio in Memphis. The man who made it happen was Sam Phillips,
the “father of rock and roll”, who discovered them all. The impromptu get
together became one of the greatest recording sessions of all time.
“Million Dollar Quartet” is a slick,
fictionalized recreation of that hallowed night that rocks from start to finish
and comes to Broadway after a year long,
sold- out run in Chicago.
We guarantee this rip roaring show, poised to become this
season’s “Jersey Boys”, will have your hands clapping and your feet stomping to
some of the greatest hits of the era!!!!
TONY WINNER:
BEST FEATURED ACTOR - LEVI KREIS
Saturday, October 23 & December 4 @ $219
CALL : 410-486-3604 ; FAX: 410-486-4159;
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Memphis - The Musical
TONY WINNER:
BEST MUSICAL,BEST ORIGINAL SCORE,BEST
BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Saturday, December 11 @ $239
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This is the brilliant final collaboration by musical theatre giants John Kander and Fred Ebb (Chicago, Cabaret). Based on the notorious 1930’s case in which 9 African-American men were unjustly accused of a terrible crime, this daring and wildly entertaining musical explores a fascinating chapter in American history. Heralded by Entertainment Weekly as “a cause for rejoicing,” “a masterwork” by the New York Post, “staggeringly inventive” by the Associated Press and “dazzling, riveting and toe-tapping with real teeth” by Variety. Bloomberg News raved, “Susan Stroman (The Producers) is in top form – razor sharp dancing and soaring music, one of Kander & Ebb’s best!”
Saturday, October 23 @ $209
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DRIVING MISS DAISY
You won’t want to miss this
ride! Tony Award winners
James
Earl Jones (Fences,
The Great White Hope),
Vanessa
Redgrave (Long
Day’s Journey Into Night,
The Year of Magical Thinking)
and Boyd Gaines (Gypsy, Contact)
take the wheel in a
new production of
Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer prize-winning play
Driving Miss Daisy.
Also an Academy
Award-winning film starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy,
the story
affectionately covers the twenty-five year relationship between a wealthy,
strong-willed Southern matron and her equally indomitable black chauffeur. What
begins as a troubled and hostile pairing (Daisy walks to Piggly Wiggly rather
than
riding with the driver her son has hired), soon blossoms into a profound,
life-altering
friendship that transcends all boundaries. It’s timeless, searing and
funny!
Saturday, October 30 & December 4 @ $259
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The Merchant of Venice
Al
Pacino on Broadway….Whoo-ah! The
sterling new production of
The Merchant
of Venice now playing in Central Park to glorious
reviews will be moving to Broadway for a limited run of 78 performances. This
brilliant Merchant
is set in a brokerage house in the early 1900’s London, a
mercilessly genteel land of spats and cravats.
Saturday, October 23 @ $279
“This production knocks
Shakespeare out of the park. I can’t imagine a better ensemble cast. This
Merchant
cries out to be seen by everyone in New York—or America for that
matter—with a passion for truly great theater!”
Terry Teachout, The Wall
Street Journal
“Pacino—as charismatic as I’ve ever seen him—creates a Shylock filled with a kind of weary anger, a survivor in a hostile world.”Robert Feldberg, The New Jersey Press
“A smashing performance
by the fetching Lily Rabe as Portia! Merchant is simply glorious.”
Ben Brantley, The New
York Times
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WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
What a cast of Broadway
vets! Patti Lupone,
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sherrie Rene Scott and Laura Benanti will be starring in this clever
musical based on the internationally acclaimed film. Set in late 20th century
Madrid this comedic musical tells the story of the intertwining lives of a group
of women whose relationship with men leads to a tumultuous 48 hours of love,
confusion and passion!
Saturday, December 4 @ $245
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