"BREAKAWAY" TO FEATURE 3 BROADWAY SHOWS

Rock of Ages on Breakaway (Norwegian Cruise Line)

Norwegian Cruise Line has been promising more details about Breakaway, the 4,000-passenger ship set to debut in May, 2013. Those details came in a torrent late yesterday.

Let's talk entertainment. You said you wanted big-time, New York-caliber shows? Breakaway will have them. There will be not one, but three Broadway shows on the ship: "Rock of Ages," "Burn the Floor" and "Cirque Dreams and Dinner Jungle." Additionally, it will offer the comedy troupe The Second City and Howl at the Moon at Headliners Comedy Club and New York’s Slam Allen in Fat Cats Jazz & Blues Club.

Details from the press release:

          ROCK OF AGES:"Rock of Ages" is one of the longest running shows in Broadway history and offers Broadway’s best party.  The New York Times has called the show, “Absurdly enjoyable! About as guilty as pleasures get!” The classic rock love story of the decade features such feel-good, sing-out-loud songs such as “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” “I Wanna Know What Love Is,” “Here I Go Again,” “Don’t Stop Believin,” and more.  The Broadway show is now also Hollywood’s biggest party as the film of the musical by New Line Cinema was released on June 15, 2012.

Burn the Floor (Norwegian Cruise Line)

          BURN THE FLOOR: Offering shows in both the 800-seat Breakaway Theater and more intimate performances in The Manhattan Room, dance sensation "Burn the Floor" will dazzle guests with their re-invented ballroom dancing.

During the course of the show, the dancers perform all the Ballroom and Latin styles, including The Waltz, Cha Cha, Samba, Salsa, Rumba, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Mambo, Tango, Swing, Jive, Lindy Hop, Viennese Waltz, and Paso Doble. The music is eclectic, from Swing and Waltz classics to J-Lo and Credence Clearwater. Two vocalists perform in many languages during the show, including English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Cirque  Dreams and Dinner (Norwegian Cruise Line)

CIRQUE DREAMS & DINNER: Famed producer/director Neil Goldberg will present an adaptation of the Broadway show "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy" featuring the best of both critically acclaimed productions. The new show will be entitled "Cirque Dreams & Dinner - Jungle Fantasy" and will perform in the ship’s intimate Spiegel Tent.

Proclaimed “the grandest circus spectacle east of Vegas” by New York Magazine, "Cirque Dreams and Jungle Fantasy" debuted at the Broadway Theatre in 2008 and is, to date, the first and only show of its kind to ever perform on Broadway. The show received an American Theatre Wing, Best Costume Design nomination and has played to over 3.5 million people in more than 200 cities throughout the United States, as well as thousands of U.S. military troops and their families throughout 10 countries.  

FAT CATS JAZZ & BLUES CLUB: Following his extremely popular performance as the house band in the Jazz & Blues Club on Norwegian Epic, New York’s own Slam Allen will take the stage in Fat Cats Jazz & Blues Club on Norwegian Breakaway.  Fat Cats will feature nightly live blues and jazz performances by Allen and other world-class talent. The urban setting creates a hipster vibe complete with full bar and comfortable leather sofas and chairs. Fat Cats will also feature outdoor seating on The Waterfront, a Norwegian Breakaway exclusive, where guests can enjoy a drink and the live music while feeling the warm ocean breeze.

THE SECOND CITY AND HOWL AT THE MOON IN HEADLINER: Headliners Comedy Club debuts on Norwegian Breakaway with the improvisational comedy of The Second City, as Norwegian continues its exclusive partnership with the famed troupe. The ensemble aboard Norwegian Breakaway will perform a special customized comedy revue of satirical skits, hilarious songs and inventive improvisation. The venue’s design centers on a show lounge format with a small raised stage, concrete floors and brick walls with a full bar.

The world’s greatest rock n’ roll dueling piano show, Howl at the Moon, which received rave reviews on Norwegian Epic, will also be featured in Headliners on board Norwegian Breakaway. This total entertainment experience features talented piano players who not only entertain the guests; they make the guests part of the show. The fun is centered around two baby grand pianos and a full out rock show with Howl’s entertainers playing the best music from 70’s rock to hip-hop for four hours per show. Howl at the Moon, with multiple locations across the United States, encourages people to channel their inner rock star, so guests should get ready to clap, sing, dance and howl.

The 4,000 passenger Norwegian Breakaway will arrive in her year-round homeport of New York City in early May 2013. The ship will begin weekly summer seven-day cruises to Bermuda on Sunday, May 12, 2013.  From October 2013 through April 2014, the ship will offer voyages from the heart of Manhattan to the Bahamas & Florida and the Southern Caribbean.