Star Wars: In Concert

Star Wars:In Concert

Worldwide concert tour plays
May 22nd at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan.

Tickets go on sale March 13th at 10 a.m.
at the INTRUST Bank Arena Box Office, all Select-A-Seat outlets,
by phone at 316-755-SEAT and online at www.selectaseat.com.

New United States, Canada and Mexico dates follow
European Tour which includes Dublin, Liverpool, Glasgow,
Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Milan, Antwerp, Hamburg,
and the O2 Arena in London

Massive multi-media event features stunning visuals,
live orchestra, choir and narration, plus an exclusive exhibit of
Star Wars costumes, props and production artwork

March 5, 2010 – Star WarsTM: In Concert, the unique multi-media event featuring music from all six of John Williams’ epic Star Wars scores, will play 2 performances on May 22 at 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita. Tickets go on sale on March 13 at 10 a.m. through the INTRUST Bank Arena Box Office, all Select-A-Seat outlets, by phone 316-755-SEAT and online at www.selectaseat.com.

The performances in Wichita are part of the return of Star WarsTM: In Concert to North America, a fifty-city leg of the worldwide tour that starts May 13 in Ft. Myers, Florida, and will include dates in the United States and Canada. Over 350,000 Americans attended Star Wars: In Concert during its three-month inaugural 47-city North American tour last year, which Pollstar rated as the 9th biggest tour of 2009 in January.

The production features a full symphony orchestra and choir, accompanied by specially edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, HD LED super-screen – one of the largest ever put on tour. The live music and film elements are synchronized, creating a full multi-media, one-of-kind Star Wars experience.

“We’ve taken the key themes from the music and cut together all the images that fit with each theme, so you can really get a sense of how the music played into the images,” said George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars Saga. “The whole soundtrack is a testament to John
Williams’ creativity and his extraordinary ability to enhance the emotional aspects of the films.”
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“Creating the music for the Star Wars films has been an exciting and wonderful experience for me, and I therefore have derived particular pleasure in assembling a compendium of themes from all of the films to be presented in Star Warsin Concert,” said Williams. “The editors at Lucasfilm have created original film montages to accompany each of the musical selections, and in the process, I believe that a singular and unique Star Wars experience has been born.”

“This event has been crafted to present Star Wars from many points of view; for the first time, the full dramatic sweep of Williams’ iconic scores can be heard performed live in one evening,” said Another Planet Touring Producer Spencer Churchill. “The show is a new way of experiencing the epic scope of the saga.”

The tours return to North America follows a month in Europe from March 7 to April 8, 2010, with stops in Dublin, Liverpool, Glasgow, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Milan, Antwerp, Hamburg, and the O2 Arena in London, where it began one year ago.

Timothy Mangan said in the Orange County Register, “’Star Wars: In Concert’ is more a multi-media, sensory overload extravaganza, than a mere concert … the crowd was stoked from the get-go. Host Anthony Daniels had the crowd in the palm of his hand.” “Dazzling!” said Scott Iwasaki in the Salt Lake City Deseret News. “It gives the audience a new way of experiencing the story, bringing cheers and a standing ovation from the audience.”

David Burger in the Salt Lake City Tribune said, “The biggest revelation was John Williams’ still stirring, romantically inspired, emotionally satisfying, compelling and exciting score --- one simple story, well told, elevated by the dynamic symphonic music that revolutionized the way films are scored.” John Timpane in the Philadelphia Inquirer said, “… a 90-minute laser streaked, crashing-cymbals, living color extravaganza, made and approved by its originators.”

Accompanying the concert is an exclusive exhibit of Star Wars costumes, props, artifacts, production artwork and specially created behind-the-scenes videos from the Lucasfilm Archives. Many of these pieces are leaving Skywalker Ranch for the first time ever. The exhibit features many classic fan favorite artifacts, as well as several new and never-before-seen items, including:

• Full costumes for Jedi Masters Kit Fisto and Plo Koon will be on display.

• For the first time ever, pages from John Williams' original hand-written sheet music for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace will be exhibited for the public.

• Also on display will be various never-before-seen props from the films, including blasters and helmets from Coruscant, Tatooine and other iconic Star Wars locations.

For more information, please visit www.StarWarsInConcert.com.

Star Wars: In Concertis produced by Another Planet Touring in association with Lucasfilm Ltd. The production is directed and designed by Steve Cohen. Star Wars in Concert had its world premiere at the 02 Arena in London on April 10 and 11, 2009.

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