“Legendary Lady” Shirley Jones to Perform at Wild Horse Pass

“The First Lady of American Song” Shirley Jones to Perform Dec. 17 – 20 at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino

(CHANDLER) – “The First Lady of American Song” and Academy Award winner, Shirley Jones, will perform her special “A Shirley Jones Christmas” show Thursday through Sunday, December 17 – 20 in the new 1,400-seat Ovations LIVE! Showroom at the new Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, conveniently located at 5040 W. Wild Horse Pass Blvd., in Chandler.

Tickets start at $25 and are on sale via 1 (800) WIN-GILA or at www.WinGilaRiver.com and through TicketForce via 1 (877) 840-0457, or at www.Ticketforce.com. For group sales, call 1 (800) 680-9990. Tickets are on sale now for all matinee and evening shows.

Jones’ show is the second of Husmann Entertainment’s “Legendary Ladies of Stage and Screen” shows scheduled at the new Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino. Famed performer Rita Moreno will perform Thursday, January 7 through Sunday, January 10, 2010. Moreno is one of a select group of performers to have won prestigious Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Golden Globe and Grammy awards. Superstar Mitzi Gaynor is set to perform Thursday, February 4 through Sunday, February 7, 2010. Other “Legendary Ladies” performances will be announced soon.

Shirley Jones was virtually unknown when Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein cast her as Laurie in the 1955 movie version of their hit stage musical Oklahoma! She later established a career in both theater and the movies, including the musicals The Music Man (1962) and Carousel (1956, featuring a young Ron Howard). She won a 1960 Academy Award for her portrayal of a prostitute in the film Elmer Gantry (starring Burt Lancaster). From 1970 to 1974 she played Shirley Partridge on the TV show The Partridge Family, the role for which she is perhaps most remembered. On the show she was the mother of a “rock” act who also sang in the band. The show co-starred Danny Bonaduce and her real-life stepson, early 1970s heartthrob David Cassidy. She was married to actor Jack Cassidy from 1956 to 1974 and is also the mother of late ’70s heartthrob Shaun Cassidy.

Guests to “A Shirley Jones Christmas” can expect an intimate celebration of the season as Ms. Jones shares Christmas memories, sings well-loved holiday tunes and re-visits a career that spans five decades. Show dates for Shirley Jones are: Thursday, December 17 at 2:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, December 18 & 19 at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, December 20 at 2:30 p.m.

Published on behalf of Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino
Wild Horse Pass & Casino is located at Interstate 10 and Wild Horse Pass Blvd., 11 miles from Sky Harbor International Airport and 15 miles from downtown Phoenix.  For more information about the new Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, call 1 (800) WIN-GILA or visit www.WinGilaRiver.com. For group sales, call 1 (800) 680-9990.

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