[title of show] 2006 - Articles Page 26

Producer Jeffrey Finn announced today that Academy Award-winning film and stage star Hayley Mills will join legendary star Richard Chamberlain to headline the upcoming National Tour of the beloved play ON GOLDEN POND. The 30-week tour of the two-time 2005 Tony Award-nominated production will launch September 5, 2006 in Fort Worth, Texas at Bass Performance Hall. A complete list of touring cities and venues will be announced in the coming weeks.

The UK press is reporting this morning that Andrew Lloyd Webber is partnering up with the BBC for a talent show to search for an unknown to star as Maria in The Sound of Music.

The national tour of Wicked will play an extra engagement in Seattle from September 20th through October 1st, 2006

The Phantom of the Opera will become the longest-running Broadway musical in history on January 9th, 2006

The Gershwins' satiric musical Of Thee I Sing will be the third entry in City Center's Encores!' 2006 season

The 2006 Old Vic season will include The Soldier's Tale, Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues directed by Robert Altman, and Kevin Spacey in A Moon for the Misbegotten

Film and stage star Amy Irving will portray legendary poet Elizabeth Bishop in Safe Harbor, Marta Goes' one-woman play, from March 21st, 2006 to April 30th

The smash London musical Billy Elliot has extended its booking period to April 1st, 2006 after rave reviews and healthy box office

Billy Elliot The Musical, which opened earlier this month to extraordinary reviews, has now extended its booking period until 1 April 2006.

Paper Mill Playhouse announced its line-up for the 2005-2006 season and beginning in October, the new season of classic hits opens with Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella followed by The Dairy of Anne Frank, Carnival, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and closing out the season will be Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!

The 2006 revival of A Chorus Line will play at San Franciso's Curran Theatre in its original Bennett staging.