Nebraska Wesleyan University will open its theatre season in August with the Broadway hit, “A Chorus Line.”

The 1975 musical revolves around Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The box office hit won nine Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and remains the fifth longest-running Broadway show ever.

The curtain opens on August 16. The musical continues August 17-19 and August 23-26 in McDonald Theatre, located at 51st Street and Huntington Ave.

Tickets go on sale August 6 and will be available for purchase at the box office (402.465.2384) or online.

Admission is $15 for adults, $10 seniors, and $7.50 students (K-12, college).

The Broadway musical is the first of 14 productions planned for the 2012-2013 academic year.

This year’s performance schedule includes:

• A Chorus Line — August 16-18, 23-25, 7:30 p.m.; August 19, 26, 2 p.m., McDonald Theatre
• Lend Me A Tenor — August 30-September 1, 6-8, 7:30 p.m.; September 2, 9, 2 p.m., Miller Theatre
• Brighton Beach Memoirs — September 13-15, 7:30 p.m., Miller Theatre, (Student-directed play)
• Glass Menagerie — September 27-30, 7:30 p.m., September 29-30, 2 p.m., Miller Theatre
• Pirates of Penzance — October 4-6, 18-20, 7:30 p.m., October 7, 21, 2 p.m., McDonald Theatre
• Dracula — October 25-27, November 1-3, 7:30 p.m.; October 28, November 4, 2 p.m., October 31, 10 p.m., McDonald Theatre
• The Farnsworth Invention — November 8-10, 15-17, 7:30 p.m.; November 11, 18, 2 p.m., Miller Theatre
• The Complete Works of Christmas (Abridged) — December 6-8, 13-15, 7:30 p.m.; December 7-8, 14-15, 10 p.m.; December 9, 16, 2 p.m., McDonald Theatre
• The Cripple of Inishmaan — January 23-26, 7:30 p.m.; January 27, 2 p.m., Miller Theatre
• Musical TBA (Oct 1) — January 31-February 2, 7-9, 7:30 p.m.; February 3, 10, 2 p.m., McDonald Theatre
• The Tempest — February 14-17, 21-24, 7:30 p.m.; February 16-17, 23-24, 2 p.m., Miller Theatre
• Phaedra — February 28-March 2, 7-9, 7:30 p.m.; March 3, 10, 2 p.m., Studio Theatre
• Spoon River Anthology — April 11-13, 18-20, 7:30 p.m.; April 14, 21, 2 p.m., Miller Theatre
• Mother Courage and Her Children — April 25-27, May 2-4, 7:30 p.m.; April 28, May 5, 2 p.m., McDonald Theatre

In addition, Nebraska Wesleyan theatre will present cabaret performances of five weekends of song and stories. Each performance is different.

Cabaret performances are scheduled for:

• October 26-28, 7:30 p.m.
• October 28, 2 p.m.
• November 16-18, 7:30 p.m.
• November 18, 2 p.m.
• February 15-17, 7:30 p.m.
• February 17, 2 p.m.
• April 12-14, 7:30 p.m.
• April 14, 2 p.m.
• May 10-11, 7:30 p.m.
• May 12, 2 p.m.

All cabaret performances will be held in the Studio Theatre, located at 2710 N. 48th Street, just west of campus.