Hancher Auditorium retools schedule after disaster

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By David Burke | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:11 PM CDT | () comments

The show will go on for 17 of the 30 productions scheduled for the 2008-09 season at the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium, Hancher officials announced Wednesday.

The touring Broadway productions of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” and “Avenue Q,” as well as events such as the Joffrey Ballet and National Acrobats of China that require more complicated staging and technical capabilities, have been taken off the schedule while other events have been moved to various locations in Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa.

The opening show, ScrapArtsMusic, will be presented free at the Pentacrest on the campus.

Other locale changes are:

Kathy Griffin, Oct. 4, Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Global Drum Project, Oct. 15, West High School

Judy Collins, Oct. 17, Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

Chiara String Quartet, Oct. 18, Congregational United Church of Christ

An Irish Homecoming, Nov. 6-7, Englert Theatre

Takács Quartet, Muzsikás and Marta Sebestyen, Nov. 12, City High School

Brad Mehldau Trio, Nov. 13, City High School

St. Lawrence String Quartet, Feb. 4, Brown Deer Golf Club

Time For Three, Feb. 12, City High School

Vienna Boys Choir, Feb. 13, West High School

Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars, March 10, West High School

Musicians from Marlboro, March 11, Brown Deer Golf Club

The Academy of Ancient Music, March 25, West High School

Richard Stoltzman, “Salute to Benny Goodman,” April 3, Englert Theatre

Alpin Hong, April 24, City High School

Trout Fishing in America, May 10, West High School

Those who have already purchased tickets — both for events that have been canceled or postponed, and events that have been moved — are being contacted directly by the box office with instructions.

Flood waters rose 18 inches above the Hancher stage this summer, with an estimate of damage at $13 million.