Daniels and York To Star In Tune's 'Century' At Goodman

 Variety.com is reporting that actor Jeff Daniels and actress Rachel York will be starring in Tommy Tune's 'Turn of the Century' scheduled to run at the Goodman theater in Chicago this fall. The musical is being written by the duo that brought Jersey Boys to the stage, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show will run at the Goodman from September 19th- August 26th 2008. 

Jeff Daniels will be playing a "womanizing piano player" to York's "luckless singer who finally catches a break". 

On November 12, 2003, The President of The United States presented Tommy Tune with the nations' highest honor for Artistic Achievement, The National Medal of Arts. In a private ceremony in the oval office of the White House, Mr. Tune received this honor to add to his already unprecedented nine Tony Awards in four different categories plus, among other accolades, eight Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, two Astaire Awards, the American Dance Award, the Drama League Award, and the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement. For full bio visit: http://www.tommytune.com/bio.htm. 

Jeff Daniels is best known for roles in films such as Dumb & Dumber, Terms of Endearment, and The Squid and the Whale. He recently starred on stage in MTC's presentation of 'Blackbird' alongside Alison Pill. He also writes and performs his own songs at Broadway at Birdland. 

Rachel York recently appeared on Broadway in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Jonathan Pryce.  Her other Broadway credits include City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Sly Fox. York made her Feinstein's debut, performing her cabaret For the Love of It. In concert, York has worked with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, The Sound of Music at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the National Symphony and the Pittsburgh Pops under the direction of conductor Marvin Hamlisch. York has also been a featured guest soloist in numerous tribute programs performing the works of Sondheim, Porter, Coleman, Gershwin, Wildhorn, Kander and Ebb, Ahrens and Flaherty, Boublil and Schönberg, and many others.

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