BLUE'S CLUES LIVE! is Coming to Omaha; Tickets Go On-Sale Monday, April 9.

Entertainment Editors

OMAHA, Neb.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 5, 2001

BLUE'S CLUES LIVE!, the stage presentation for preschoolers that has revolutionized kids' theatre, is coming to Omaha's Orpheum Theatre for three performances on May 29 at 7 p.m. and May 30 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Based on Nickelodeon's hit preschool series, the BLUE'S CLUES LIVE! tour is scheduled to perform in 45 markets this year throughout the United States and Canada. Tickets for BLUE'S CLUES LIVE! in Omaha will go on-sale Monday, April 9, at The Omaha Auditorium Box Office, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling Ticketmaster at 402/422-1212. For group rates, call toll free 877/346-7373 x 109. Ticket prices are $26.00, $19.00 and $12.00.

Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues" television series, the most watched preschool show on television with more than seven million weekly viewers, barks to life onstage in BLUE'S CLUES LIVE!. Well-loved characters like Blue, Steve and all their friends -- Mail Box, Slippery Soap, Tickety Tock, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper -- along with some brand new characters, are all part of the live show, inviting preschoolers and their parents to think, imagine and become actively involved in a search for clues to "the most spectacular place."

BLUE'S CLUES LIVE! creators Angela C. Santomero and Gip Hoppe are first-time collaborators on the most interactive kids' theater presentation to date. Santomero is currently the Co-Executive Producer and Head Writer for the television show. Hoppe wrote and directed the Broadway play "Jackie: An American Life." He is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of the Wellfleet Harbor Actor's Theatre.

BLUE'S CLUES LIVE! features set designs by David Gallo, recently represented on Broadway by "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," "Lion In Winter" and "Little Me." Costume designer Gregg Barnes' Broadway credits include "Side Show," "Rugrats -- A Live Adventure," "The Radio City Christmas Spectacular" and Madison Square Garden's "The Wizard of Oz." Traci Paige Johnson, a co-creator, head designer and co-executive producer of the "Blue's Clues" television series, is the visual consultant for the tour. Yvette Helin, whose credits include significant contributions to "The Lion King" on Broadway, "Toy Story On Ice" and the national tour of Madison Square Garden's "The Wizard of Oz," is the puppet designer. Mike Rubin and Nick Balaban, composers of the television series' music, collaborated on the original score for BLUE'S CLUES LIVE!.

SFX, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), is the world's largest producer and marketer of live entertainment events. SFX currently owns, operates and/or exclusively books 130 live entertainment venues, including 44 amphitheaters in the U.S. Each year, more than 60 million people attend approximately 26,000 events promoted and/or produced by SFX, including: Live music events; Broadway and touring Broadway shows; family entertainment shows; and specialized sports and motor sports shows. SFX also provides strategic sports marketing sales and consulting services to professional and college teams, leagues, venues and properties.

In addition, SFX owns a leading full-service talent management company, specializing in the representation of athletes and broadcasters. SFX is headquartered in New York City. More information is available at www.sfx.com.

Clear Channel Communications Inc., headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a global leader in the out-of home advertising industry with radio and television stations, outdoor displays and entertainment venues in 40 countries around the world. Including announced transactions, Clear Channel operates over 1,120 radio and 18 television stations in the United States and has equity interests in over 240 radio stations internationally. Clear Channel also operates more than 750,000 outdoor advertising displays, including billboards, street furniture and transit panels across the world.

Nickelodeon, now in its 22nd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 79 million households, and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for more than five consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.