University Park students to save an extra 15 percent on 4 already-discounted touring Broadway musicals at Jan. 16 sale

Penn State students can already purchase discounted tickets to Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presentations thanks to a grant from the University Park Student Fee Board. But for one day—from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16—University Park students will receive an additional 15-percent discount on tickets to four national touring Broadway musicals coming to Eisenhower Auditorium in January through April.

The touring Broadway lineup features productions of “Finding Neverland,” “Beautiful–The Carole King Musical,” “The King and I” and “Kinky Boots.”

During the Jan. 16 sale at Eisenhower, prices for University Park students will be $42.50 (section one) and $34.85 (section two) each for “Finding Neverland,” Jan. 23; “Beautiful,” Feb. 19–21 and 23–24 (matinees only); “The King and I,” March 28; and “Kinky Boots,” April 9–10.

University Park students save every day on 11 other performances the Center for the Performing Arts is presenting January through April. Tickets for those other music, theater and dance presentations are just $15 each for University Park students.

The winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for best musical, “Finding Neverland” “captures the kid-at-heart,” wrote a Time magazine critic. Directed by Tony-winner Diane Paulus and based on the critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning film, “Finding Neverland” tells the story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J. M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys’ enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers.

“Beautiful” tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation. The show features beloved songs written by Goffin/King and Mann/Weil, including “I Feel the Earth Move,” “One Fine Day,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “On Broadway” and “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling.” The show took home two 2014 Tonys and the 2015 Grammy for best musical theater album.

Two worlds collide in the “breathtaking and exquisite” (The New York Times) revival of “The King and I,” based on the 2015 Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production. One of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s finest works, “The King and I” boasts classics such as “Getting to Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical relates the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.

“Kinky Boots” is Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit. With songs by Grammy- and Tony-winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, the musical is about the friendships we discover and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Inspired by true events, “Kinky Boots” takes audiences from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton, England, to the glamorous catwalks of Milan, Italy. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business. With the factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in the unlikely form of Lola, a fabulous performer in need of some sturdy stilettos. “Kinky Boots” earned six Tony Awards, including best musical, best score and best choreography.

A valid Penn State identification card is required to purchase tickets at the University Park student price. Each eligible student may buy one discounted ticket per event per ID. Friends who want to sit together should purchase tickets at the same time.

Learn more about the touring Broadway shows and the other Center for the Performing Arts presentations.