Zarkana, which Time Magazine proclaimed “the show of the summer in the showplace of the nation,” was seen by more than 500,000 people in its triumphant 2011 premiere season at Radio City Music Hall.

This epic spectacle takes audiences into a fantastical and suspenseful world where highly-acrobatic feats are heightened by original live music and interactive multimedia elements. Zarkana transforms the grandest stage in the world into a world of unreality as only Cirque du Soleil could imagine.

Zarkana is part of The Broadway Collection, a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets are available through the international Broadway Collection partners.

Directed by the internationally acclaimed François Girard (The Red Violin, Silk), this production features 71 international artists and follows Zark, a magician on a quest to find his lost powers. He finds himself plunged into a world inhabited by surreal and mesmerizing creatures. The music of Zarkana is composed by Nick Littlemore, a protégé of Sir Elton John.

The creative team also includes Creation Director Line Tremblay, Set and Props Designer Stéphanie Roy, Costume Designer Alan Hranitelj, Composer and Musical Director Nick Littlemore, Choreographer Debra Brown, Lighting Designer Alain Lortie, Image Content Designer Raymond St-Jean, Sound Designer Steven Dubuc, Acrobatic Performance Designer Florence Pot, Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging Designer Danny Zen and Makeup Designer Eleni Uranis.

The new musical is directed by Tony Award winner Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage, The Norman Conquests, Boeing-Boeing) and choreographed by Ashley Wallen (The X Factor, Kylie Minogue). Created by a team of Grammy and Academy Award winners and featuring a brand new original score by Dave Stewart (half of the multi-Grammy Award winning Eurythmics) and Glen Ballard (Michael Jackson’s Man In The Mirror, Alanis Morisette’s Jagged Little Pill) the musical includes the iconic song “Unchained Melody,” famously performed in the film by The Righteous Brothers.

Ghost The Musical will be produced by Colin Ingram Productions Limited and Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Adam Silberman, Donovan Mannato, Michael Edwards & Carole Winter in association with Paramount Pictures Corporation. The cast will include Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy who will be reprising their staring roles as Sam and Molly from London’s hit West End production. They will be joined by Bryce Pinkham as Carl Bruner and newcomer Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Oda Mae Brown.

The new production is part of The Broadway Collection, a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets are available through The Broadway Collection partners internationally.

Ghost The Musical is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking back to their apartment one night, Sam and Molly are mugged, leaving Sam murdered on a dark street. Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next and unable to leave Molly, who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a phony storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving and protecting her.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film in 1990, Ghost became a blockbuster hit and an instant classic, winning numerous awards worldwide. The film starred Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg and was directed by Jerry Zucker. Bruce Joel Rubin’s script won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Whoopi Goldberg won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of psychic Oda Mae Brown.

This ground-breaking rock opera, which reinvented musical theatre for the modern age, tells the story of the last week of Christ’s life. Facing brutal repression by the Romans, Jesus’ disciple, Judas Iscariot, is concerned by the enthusiasm Christ’s followers have for him as the Son of God and his relationship with Mary Magdalene. Jesus ignores Judas’ concerns and leads his followers to Jerusalem where Judas must make a fateful choice between his faith and betrayal. The production follows Jesus from his arrival in Jerusalem through his betrayal, passion, and crucifixion. The score includes such chart-topping songs as “I Don’t Know How To Love Him,” “Everything’s Alright” and “Superstar.”

With Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s two-time Tony Award winning Des McAnuff as Director, the creative team also includes Choreographer Lisa Shriver, Musical Director Rick Fox, Set Designer Robert Brill, Costume Designer Paul Tazewell, Lighting Designer Howell Binkley, Sound Designer Steve Canyon Kennedy and Video Designer Sean Nieuwenhuis.

The cast will feature Paul Nolan as Jesus Christ, Josh Young as Judas Iscariot, Chilina Kennedy as Mary Magdalene, Tom Hewitt as Pontius Pilate, Bruce Dow as King Herod, Marcus Nance as Caiaphas and Aaron Walpole as Annas.

Jesus Christ Superstar is part of the Broadway Collection, a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets are available through the Broadway Collection partners internationally.

The story is set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, where the beautiful Bess struggles to break free from her scandalous past, and the only one who can rescue her is the crippled but courageous Porgy. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater’s most exhilarating love stories.

Led by Tony-nominated director Diane Paulus (Hair), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog), and two-time Obie Award-winning composer Diedre L. Murray (Running Man), Porgy and Bess boasts one of Broadway’s most accomplished creative teams.

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess comes to Broadway in a stunning and stirring new staging, featuring such legendary songs as “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “I Got Plenty of Nothing,” plus a remarkable cast led by four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Ragtime, “Private Practice”), Drama Desk nominee Norm Lewis (Les Misérables, Sondheim on Sondheim) and two-time Tony nominee David Alan Grier (Race, “In Living Color”).

The cast includes Audra McDonald as Bess, Norm Lewis as Porgy, David Alan Grier as Sporting Life, Phillip Boykin as Crown, Nikki Renée Daniels as Clara, Joshua Henry as Jake, Christopher Innvar as Detective, Bryonha Marie Parham as Serena and NaTasha Yvette Williams as Mariah, as well as Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Heather Hill, David Hughey, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal, Phumzile Sojola, Nathaniel Stampley, Julius Thomas III, J.D. Webster and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson. The creative team also includes choreographer Ronald K. Brown, set designer Riccardo Hernandez, costume designer ESosa, lighting designer Christopher Akerlind and sound designer Acme Sound Partners.

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess is the latest addition to The Broadway Collection, a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets are available through The Broadway Collection partners internationally.

This modern day version of Godspell retells the story of Jesus and his apostles, set to an upbeat energetic score. Modernized and funkified by Michael Holland and under the musical direction of Charlie Alterman, the show includes various musical styles such as R&B, ragtime, rap and rock ‘n roll. The cast sometimes plays their own instruments and uses props as well as the design of the theatre in order to interact with the audience and enhance the overall experience. The updated production includes references to current trends like Facebook and contemporary popular figures like Steve Jobs and Lindsay Lohan. The message, however, is still the same one of hope, friendship, loyalty and love is timeless.

Directed by Daniel Goldstein and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific), Godspell stars an incredibly talented and diverse company of 10 young actors, lead by Hunter Parrish (Spring Awakening, Showtime’s “Weeds”) as Jesus and Wallace Smith (The Lion King, American Idiot) as John/Judas.

The new Broadway revival of Godspell is produced by Ken Davenport, Hunter Arnold, Broadway Across America, Luigi Caiola, Rose Caiola, Edgar Lansbury, Mike McClernon, The Tolchin Family, Guillermo Wiechers & Juan Torres and The People of Godspell. Associate producers include Dennis Grimaldi Production, Todd Miller, Pivot Entertainment Group, Chris Welch and Cedric Yau. It features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Miranda Hoffman, lighting design by David Weiner and sound design by Andrew Keister.

Godspell is part of The Broadway Collection, a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets are available through The Broadway Collection partners internationally.

Conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak with music and new lyrics by Academy and Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin), Godspell has electrified audiences throughout the world since its original New York premiere in May 1971. Godspell’s Tony-nominated score features instantly recognizable hits including “Day by Day,” “Turn Back, O Man,” “Learn Your Lessons Well, “Prepare Ye the Way,” “Light of the World” and many more.

One of the most popular musicals in the world, Godspell originally ran for more than 2,600 performances in New York and spawned successful touring productions in major U.S. cities, a 1973 motion picture adaptation and countless international engagements for the past 40 years.

Attended by a select group of 150 top tour operators and travel agents in Brazil, Broadway meets Brazil also served as an incentive promotion to increase travel bookings to New York City in 2012, with a specific focus on increasing Broadway’s exposure among Brazilian travel planners.

Brazil is New York City’s number three overseas market. An estimated 589,000 Brazilian residents traveled to New York City in 2010 and contributed approximately $1.6 billion in spending to the City’s economy—a new record and 77% increase over 2009. The top-ranked activities for travelers include shopping, dining and cultural tourism. Overall New York City welcomed a record-breaking 48.8 million visitors who contributed $31 billion in direct spending. Tourism is the fifth-largest industry in New York City, supporting nearly 310,000 jobs across its five boroughs. The City remains on track to meet Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s goal of attracting 50 million visitors annually by 2012.

The United States is the number one market for Brazilian travel overseas; an estimated 1.2 million Brazilians visited the United States in 2010—34% more than in 2009. Conversely, about 667,000 Americans traveled to Brazil in 2009, making it the number one destination for American travelers visiting South America.

The Broadway Collection is a surefire hit for travelers to New York City, and tickets to our member shows can be purchased from our travel partners throughout Brazil.

The Broadway Collection is a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets are available through The Broadway Collection’s international partners.

From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, and Bobby Lopez, co-creator of Avenue Q, comes The Book of Mormon, a new Broadway musical that The New York Times calls “the best musical of this century. The kind of newborn, old-fashioned, pleasure-giving musical that our grandparents told us left them walking on air. Heaven on Broadway.” The Book of Mormon was the winner of nine 2011 Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Godspell is the beloved classic from Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer of Wicked and Pippin, and comes to Broadway this fall in a brand new, intimately staged, one-of-a-kind production. Godspell features a Tony-nominated score filled with the popular hits “Day by Day,” “Learn Your Lessons Well,” and “Turn Back, O Man” and tells a timeless tale of friendship, loyalty and love that has touched the hearts of countless theatergoers all over the world.

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess is coming to Broadway in a new production this fall featuring internationally renowned stars Audra McDonald as Bess, Norm Lewis as Porgy, and David Alan Grier as Sporting Life. This heartbreaking love story boasts some of the most famous and beloved works from the Great American Songbook, including “Summertime,” “Bess, You Is My Woman,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “I Loves You, Porgy.”

The Broadway Collection features everything from classics like The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Chicago, and The Phantom of the Opera, to brand new productions like Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, and Sister Act. The Broadway Collection is rounded out by Anything Goes, Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys, Memphis, Cirque Du Soleil’s Zarkana, Mary Poppins, and Wicked. The Collection’s member shows are sure-fire hits for visitors to New York City.

Watch the video on the 10th Anniversary Celebration on October 18, 2011.

The global smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of ABBA, will celebrate its 10^th anniversary on Broadway this October. The show opened at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre on October 18, 2001, and has become one of the most successful musicals of all time anywhere in the world. Mamma Mia! will also celebrate the honor of becoming the 10^th longest running show in Broadway history in September.

The Super Trouper Celebration, a series of 10 special live events, is being planned in the New York area over the weeks leading up to these two momentous occasions. The celebration will be a “thank you” to New York City and all fans of the show for the incredible support over the past decade. A full list of events can be found on Mamma Mia!’s website.

Mamma Mia! global producer Judy Craymer said: “New York audiences embraced us when we arrived on Broadway and gave us the encouragement and support to not only send the show around the world, but to brave Hollywood and the movies. The global success would never have happened without the energy of New York City. Mamma Mia!’s 10^th anniversary is like a homecoming and a very special moment for everyone involved in the show.”

Mamma Mia! is part of The Broadway Collection, a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets are available through The Broadway Collection international partners.

Seen by over 50 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, is celebrating over 4,000 performances in its tenth smash hit year at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre and remains among Broadway’s top-selling musicals. The blockbuster feature film adaptation of Mamma Mia!, produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, is the most successful movie musical of all time grossing $600 million worldwide.

Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale of family and friendship unfolds on a tiny Greek island. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. Songs including “Dancing Queen”; “The Winner Takes It All”; “Money, Money, Money” and “Take A Chance on Me” are all featured in this feel-good night of fun and laughter.

Produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal, the creative team responsible for bringing MAMMA MIA! to theatrical life includes some of the most gifted and celebrated talents of musical theatre and opera. With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! is written by Catherine Johnson and directed by Phyllida Lloyd.

The mega musical Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark officially opened on Broadway this month after a historic revamping that represented a momentous and unparalleled moment for Broadway theatre. New York celebrated its favorite onstage superhero with the show’s opening night on June 14, 2011 at the Foxwoods Theatre.

Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark is the latest addition to The Broadway Collection, a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets will be available through The Broadway Collection’s international partners.

Produced by Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark features creative consultation by Philip William McKinley (The Boy From Oz), original direction by Tony® Award-winner Julie Taymor (The Lion King, Across The Universe, Frida), music and lyrics by 22-time Grammy® Award-winners Bono and The Edge, and book co-written by Taymor, Glen Berger (Underneath The Lintel) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Fantastic Four and Spider-Man comics, “Big Love”).

Inspired by over 40 years of Marvel comic books, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark follows the story of teenager Peter Parker, whose unremarkable life is turned upside-down when he’s bitten by a genetically altered spider and wakes up the next morning clinging to his bedroom ceiling. This bullied science-geek suddenly endowed with incredible powers soon learns, however, that with great power comes great responsibility as villains put both his physical strength and strength of character to the test.

The cast is led by Reeve Carney as ‘Peter Parker/Spider-Man,’ Tony® Award nominee Jennifer Damiano as ‘Mary Jane Watson,’ T.V. Carpio as “Arachne,” and Patrick Page as ‘Norman Osborn/Green Goblin.’

“Music from Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark” was also released on June 14, 2011 by Interscope Records. With 14 original songs co-written by Bono and The Edge for the Broadway production, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, the album is produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Anything Goes, a saucy and splendid new production of Cole Porter’s musical romp across the Atlantic, was nominated in nine categories and took home three Tonys including Best Revival of a Musical. Anything Goes’ Sutton Foster, who stars as Reno Sweeney, also earned her second Tony in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical while Director and Choreographer Kathleen Marshall accepted her third Tony for Best Choreography.

Catch Me If You Can, based on the book and hit 2002 DreamWorks film of the same name capturing the astonishing true story of world-class con artist Frank Abagnale, Jr., received four nominations including Best Musical. Norbert Leo Butz, who plays FBI agent Carl Hanratty, was honored with the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical, the story of a trio of friends on a heart-warming road trip of a lifetime searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback, received two nominations. Tony Sheldon who stars as Bernadette was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and the design team of Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner took home the Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical.

Sister Act received 5 nominations including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score, as well as nominations for leading actress Patina Miller in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical and for Victoria Clark who plays Mother Superior in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical. The new production is based on the 1992 mega-hit Touchstone Pictures film of the same name depicting the story of disco diva Deloris Van Cartier who witnesses a murder and is forced into protective custody in a convent.

The Broadway Collection is a group of new and classic Broadway musicals selected for their unparalleled popularity with international audiences. Tickets are available through The Broadway Collection’s international partners.