WARREN MILLER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Tickets for the
Warren Miller Performing Arts Center’s 2020 Winter Season are on sale now.
After selling bundled and discounted ticket packages for the first two weeks
after announcing their lineup, WMPAC placed individual tickets on sale Dec. 1.
Magician Mike
Super opens the season on Dec. 28 with back-to-back performances at 5 and 7:30
p.m. The performer was a finalist on TV-hit “America’s Got Talent,” and has
performed his magic all over the world, including at WMPAC in 2016.
“It’s the perfect
show to take a break from the craziness of the holidays,” says John Zirkle,
WMPAC’s executive director. “People might think that magic shows are
kid-oriented, but Mike’s work is one of these unbelievable must-sees. There’s a
reason he’s massively popular, and we’re thrilled to bring him back for a
repeat performance.”
Following Mike
Super, The 5 Browns, a family of Juilliard-trained siblings who play five
pianos simultaneously on stage and perform complex arrangements with no
accompaniment. Their performance is perhaps the most logistically challenging
show of the season; transporting five grand pianos to Big Sky and then setting
them up is an enormous feat that requires a heated tractor trailer, multiple
days of travel and an entire crew of dedicated piano movers. Yet, the effort is
totally worth it—The 5 Browns have performed all over the world to glowing
press, including from Oprah, who called them “extraordinary.” The group and
their pianos come to Big Sky on Jan. 11.
The next show in
the 2020 Winter Season is genre-breaking stand-up comic Mo Amer, who takes the
stage on Jan. 18. Mo Amer is the longtime friend and protégé of comedian Dave
Chappelle, and has performed over 600 shows with the legendary comic. In fact,
Chappelle had a cameo in Amer’s 2018 Netflix special “The Vagabond” as the
unseen announcer who welcomed him to the stage.
There’s
a compelling story behind the comedy, too. Amer was born in Kuwait and fled to
the U.S. with his family as refugees in 1990, eventually receiving his
citizenship in 2009. He is the first and only Arab-American comic to perform
for USO troops stationed overseas, and uses his own life experiences as fodder
for his insightful, honest and empathetic comedy.
“Mo Amer is
representative of the modern American experience,” says Zirkle. “He’s the new
face of American comedy, and we’re so lucky to bring him to Big Sky.”
Tickets and more information are available at warrenmillerpac.org
