LaJolla Playhouse News

Monty Python's SPAMALOT welcomes Michael Siberry and David Hibbard to the roles of 'King Arthur' and 'Patsy' respectively. Siberry and Hibbard will begin performances tonight at the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street).

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company joining 3-Time Tony Award Winner Frank Langella as 'Sir Thomas More' in a new Broadway production of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, directed by Tony Award Winner Doug Hughes.

Tony Award nominee Gavin Creel (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and 'American Idol' finalist Diana DeGarmo (Hairspray) will star in the new Broadway production of GODSPELL. The first Broadway revival of the landmark rock musical will officially open on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) on Thursday, October 23, 2008. Previews will begin on Monday, September 29, 2008.

'It's a brand new day in New Jersey.' That's a lyric from the new musical The Toxic Avenger, which George Street Playhouse is pleased to announce will open the New Brunswick theatre's 2008-09 season.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that post-show discussions will follow performances of THE FEVER CHART: THREE VISIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST by Naomi Wallace on Tuesday, April 29 and Sunday, May 11. Both discussions will immediately follow performances of THE FEVER CHART and no additional tickets are necessary.

The hit 1976 film Rocky - the tale of the prize boxer epitomized by Sylvester Stallone - is in development to be adapted as a stage musical. Rocky the musical will feature the skills Tony Award-winning book-writer, Thomas Meehan with songs by Tony Award-winning team Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (composer).

Famed actor and Tony nominated author premieres his own play off Broadway.

'Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons' - by Broadway Books released October 16, 2007; Hardcover ($40)

Following an extended, 44-week, record-breaking run at San Francisco's Curran Theatre, Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, will return to delight Bay Area audiences for a special holiday encore engagement from November 20-December 30, 2007.

Rena Strober's hit show Spaghetti & Matzo Balls! returns to New York for a 5 week engagement. Performances will begin on Sunday, October 7 at The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street (between Broadway & Columbus Avenue).

Natascia Diaz will bring 'Dance with Me,' an evening of music inspired by the songs of Michael Pemberton, to the stage of The Zipper Factory, where she was recently seen in the Off-Broadway hit Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Aaron Sorkin will collaborate with rock band The Flaming Lips for a stage musical based on the band's 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.'

Butler is currently starring in Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind at Baltimore's CenterStage through March 4. Go to www.centerstage.org for tickets and information.

Tickets for the Chicago Production of Jersey Boys go on sale Friday February 23rd.

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

Kelli O'Hara will star as Dot in the Reprise! Broadway's Best staged concert of Sunday in the Park with George

The hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on November 6, 2005, continues to set new weekly box office records at the August Wilson Theatre and has been among the top grossing shows on Broadway ever since.

The cast will feature (in alphabetical order): Chris Bauer (Chaplin White), Stephen Lang (Colonel Littlefield), Trevor Long (Gunney), Margaret Colin (Margaret Littlefield), Jeremy Strong (Private Evan Davis), and Chris Chalk (Captain Lee King).

Rhino will release the original cast recording of Broadway's JERSEY BOYS, the new musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.