Ahmanson Theatre News

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.

The History Boys, by Alan Bennett, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play of the 2005-2006 season. The Best Musical award was given to The Drowsy Chaperone (book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison).

Some national tour dates have been announced for the upcoming US tour of Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands, kicking off this winter

Franc D'Ambrosio, who's most known for playing the title role in The Phantom of the Opera for most of the show's five-year run in San Francisco is going solo at Joe's Pubon Sunday night, April 30th at 7:00 pm.

Sir Peter Hall's production of The Importance of Being Earnest--starring Lynn Redgrave, Miriam Margolyes and more--will come to the Brooklyn Academy of Music from April 18th through May 14th

It was 10 years ago that Matthew Bourne’s groundbreaking version of “Swan Lake” hit the stage, signaling a triumphant re-imaging of the classic tale, as well as announcing the arrival of a visionary new creator/director.

The Drowsy Chaperone, Michael John LaChiusa and Matthew Bourne were among the winners of this year's Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards

From April 25th through April 30th, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake will be performed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.

From April 4th through May 13th, Tony-nominee Karen Akers will perform First You Dream: The Songs of Kander & Ebb at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room

Tickets for The Drowsy Chaperone are now available to holders of American Express cards and will go on sale to the general public on March 12th

Matthew Bourne's production of the dance piece Edward Scissorhands will play L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre from December 12th through 31st as the first stop in its US national tour

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, which begins performances on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on April 3, has received eight Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nominations for the acclaimed American premiere production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles that played from November 10 - December 24, 2005.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2005. The 37th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony will take place Monday, March 13 at the El Portal Theatre, located at 5269 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood.

The show, will begin previews on April 3, 2006 and will open on May 1, 2006.

Matthew Bourne's Tony Award-winning take on Swan Lake is on a US national tour through May 14th

Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba and Edward Hibbert will join David Hyde Pierce in the pre-Broadway world premiere of Kander and Ebb's Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA this summer

Curtains, the long-in-development Kander and Ebb murder mystery musical comedy, will play a pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson Theatre in L.A. this summer; David Hyde-Pierce will star

Premieres of Lynn Redgrave's new solo play Nightingale will be presented in London in January and in LA in February

...the oft-employed character actor has risen from the ashes of 'After the Night and the Music' to do three shows in a row, including the Broadway-bound 'Drowsy Chaperone.'

The show, will begin previews on April 3, 2006 and will open on May 1, 2006.