Carole Shorenstein Hays News

New casting has been announced for the Jersey Boys tour, which recently extended in San Francisco

'Mamma Mia!' the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement September 5 - 22.

The League of American Theatres and Producers announced the winners of the Touring Broadway Awards today at its annual Spring Road Conference.

'Jersey Boys,' winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical, will extend its run through September 30, 2007 at San Francisco's Curran Theatre.

The national tour of the award-winning Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' hits San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre April 11 (opening April 13) with performances through May 12.

'Avenue Q,' the smash hit musical featuring a cast of people and puppets, will begin its national tour in San Francisco playing August 7 through September 2 at the Orpheum Theatre.

Currently in the midst of its first National Tour, new musical 'Altar Boyz' will open in San Francisco tonight at the Orpheum Theatre. A limited number of orchestra pit rush seats will be available for $25 cash two-hours before curtain.

Cherry Jones has extended her contract and will continue as Sister Aloysius in the national tour of Doubt

The National Tour of the Tony® Award-winning Best Musical, JERSEY BOYS, will extend its run through March 25th at the Curran theatre (445 Geary Street) in San Francisco, CA.

Tony Award -winning Best Actress Cherry Jones stars in the National Touring production of the Tony Award - and Pulitzer Prize-winning play DOUBT, a 'superb new drama' (The New York Times) by John Patrick Shanley. The production, directed by Tony Award -winner Doug Hughes, will make its Chicago premiere at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) for a limited three-week engagement beginning January 9 - 28, 2007

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that the U.S. premiere of WRECKS, written and directed by Neil LaBute and featuring Ed Harris, has sold out for its run and will be extended for three additional weeks with performances running through November 19th. Previews began on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 in the Anspacher Theater. The press opening is Tuesday, October 10, 2006.

The international sensation, The Ten Tenors, give a special concert engagement at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre for only four shows, October 6-8.

Chicago, featuring rock and roll superstar Huey Lewis, is presented as a special attraction of the San Francisco 2005-2006 Best of Broadway season, to play the Golden Gate Theatre October 24 through November 5.

SHN San Francisco has launched their new internet-audio podcast, Backstage, whereupon episodes will take you behind the scenes and spotlight exclusive interviews for each show from the 2006-2007 Best of Broadway season, including the SF premiere of 'A Chorus Line.'

Adriane Lenox, Chris McGarry and Lisa Joyce will join Cherry Jones in the upcoming national tour of Doubt

SHN has announced the world premiere Pre-Broadway debut of the new musical, 'Legally Blonde,' at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre January 23, 2007.

DOUBT, the winner of the 2005 Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize for Best Play, will complete its triumphant Broadway run this Sunday, July 2. DOUBT, which is written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Doug Hughes, will have played 525 performances, and 25 previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street). When it completes its run, DOUBT will be the fifth longest running play of the past 10 years.

'The Light in the Piazza' visits The Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco August 1 through 27. Tickets go on sale for the general public in July.

RENT, the critically acclaimed Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical written by Jonathan Larson and directed by Michael Greif that inspired a major motion picture (which was filmed recently in the Bay Area), returns to San Francisco. RENT, celebrating its 10th anniversary on Broadway, is presented as a special attraction on the 2005-2006 Best of Broadway season brought to you by Citibank, under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays.

DOUBT, the winner of the 2005 Tony Award(r) and Pulitzer Prize for Best Play, will complete its triumphant Broadway run on Sunday, July 2.