May 7, 2011

NYIGF’S “Night On Broadway” Features Sister Act

WHITE PLAINS, NY, Specially-priced tickets for the new Broadway musicalSISTER ACT, nominated for five Tony Awards® including “Best Musical,” are now available to summer 2011 New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) participants. As part of NYIGF’s popular “Night on Broadway,” tickets for the Tuesday, August 16, performance, normally priced at $119, cost just $79.50 each through www.nyigf.com/programs.

The Tony nominations, announced this week, include SISTER ACT in five categories, including the coveted “Best Musical,” “Best Original Score,” and “Best Book of a Musical.” Cast members Patina Miller and Victoria Clark also were nominated in the categories of “Best Actress” and “Best Featured Actress,” respectively.

“Broadway shows are among quintessential ‘Big Apple’ experiences,” said Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and GLM senior vice president. “We’re delighted to offer NYIGF exhibitors and attendees the opportunity to see this Tony Award contender at a special rate.”

Based on the hit motion picture, SISTER ACT features an original score by eight-time Oscar® and ten-time Grammy Award® winner Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and direction by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks (La Cage aux Folles, Guys and Dolls.)

SISTER ACT is the humorous story of disco diva Deloris Van Cartier (Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller), who witnesses a crime and is placed in a convent for her protection. Disguised as “Sister Mary Clarence,” Deloris has trouble at first adjusting to life under the strict rule of Mother Superior (Tony Award winner Victoria Clark), but when she transforms the convent’s choir into a popular musical act, Deloris forms a lasting bond with her newfound friends.

SISTER ACT is playing at New York City ‘s Broadway Theatre at 1681 Broadway. More details are available online at http://www.sisteractbroadway.com/.

NYIGF is the nation’s premier gift, home and lifestyle marketplace, with 2,800+ exhibiting companies featuring an extraordinary breadth and depth of design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware. Some 35,000 attendees from all 50 states and more than 85 countries worldwide are expected.

NYIGF runs Saturday, August 13, through Thursday, August 18, 2011, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 & 94. Information and registration is available online at www.nyigf.com.