Recently, the producer of RIVERDANCE, Moya Doherty, announced that the United States touring production ofthe internationally-acclaimed worldwide phenomenon will close in June, 2012. RIVERDANCE will play the Covelli Centre FOR THE VERY LAST TIME, May 15 for 1performance only! Tickets for RIVERDANCE go on sale March 2^nd at 10am and range from $38.00 to $58.00 and are available at the Covelli Centre box office, 1-800-745-3000, or on the Ticketmaster website.

“When we opened RIVERDANCE in New York in March 1996, we never thought for one minute that our show would still be running 15 years later,” said Moya Doherty. “Three years ago we embarked on our farewell tour, saying good-bye to every city in North America we have ever played in over the years, and next June 17^th in our 16^th year this current production of RIVERDANCE will end and  we will say our final good-bye.  It has been a source of immense pride for me as Producer that America took RIVERDANCE to its heart to such an amazing extent and I would like to pay tribute to every dancer, musician, singer and all the crew and staff who served RIVERDANCE so well over the years. ”

What began as a seven-minute dance segment on the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest (televised to over 300 million people throughout Europe) and then quickly turned into a full-scale production has become much more than an international theatrical success. “I believe RIVERDANCE has been basically a pathfinder,” said Niall O’Dowd, founder of Irish America Magazine and the Irish Voice newspaper. Along with the peace process in Northern Ireland and the economic miracle in Ireland proper, the show “has been a hugely important part of a transformation of the image of Ireland in the last 20 years.”

Check out the farewell tour as it makes a one show only stop in the Mahoning Valley!