The 5th Avenue Theatre News

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that Puget Sound native Keaton Whittaker has joined the cast of SHREK THE MUSICAL for the Seattle engagement.

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce additional casting for SHREK THE MUSICAL.

The Broadway musical WICKED will welcome two former cast members back to the blockbuster hit this spring. Beginning Wednesday, May 14, KENDRA KASSEBAUM will return to the role of Glinda the Good Witch and beginning Tuesday, June 17, JAYNE HOUDYSHELL will return to the role of Madame Morrible.

The 5th Avenue presents a Spotlight Night unlike any other when members of the Broadway creative team, cast and producers of Shrek the Musical visit Seattle to reveal the behind-the-scenes development of this world premiere on Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

Shrek The Musical will open December 14 at the Broadway Theatre, after beginning previews on November 8, to star Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber and Kecia Lewis-Evans.

University of Minnesota history professor and author of 'Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy' (2007) Eric D. Weitz is making a special appearance at Spotlight Night: Cabaret on Tuesday, March 11 from 7 - 8:30PM at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

La Jolla Playhouse is delighted to announce the final slot in the 2008/2009 subscription season has been filled with the new musical 'Memphis.' Written by Joe DiPietro, composed by David Bryan, 'Memphis' will open August 19 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre.

The 5th Avenue invites Seattle to 'leave your troubles outside' and experience the scintillating entertainment of Cabaret. Starring Tari Kelly March 25-April 13, 2008.

Mame opens tonight and runs through March 2 at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

Shrek The Musical will open December 14 at the Broadway Theatre, after beginning previews on November 8, to star Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber and Kecia Lewis-Evans.

Michael Riedel of the New York Post has left a teasing footnote in his Friday column, declaring that Tony Award-winning actress and Broadway's favorite 'It Girl' Sutton Foster, has been slated to play the princessly role of Fiona in the Broadway-bound Shrek The Musical.

The 5th Avenue Theatre announces its 2008-2009 season lineup bursting with seven enormously entertaining musicals, five of which are making their 5th Avenue debuts. Includes debuts 'Shrek the Musical' and 'Memphis,' plus tours 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Grease,' and classics 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'Sunday in the Park with George.'

Mame rings in the New Year at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Producing Artistic Director David Armstrong directs this Broadway musical, starring three-time Tony nominee Dee Hoty

The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince, celebrates its 15th anniversary on December 13, 2007 when it reaches performance number 6,139 during its 5th Chicago engagement at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind, featuring 15 local kids in the children's ensemble, opens tonight November 15 and runs through December 2 at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

The 5th Avenue Theatre has cast 15 Puget Sound area children in the US premiere touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind. Twenty-three children are featured in this inspirational musical about the innocence of children and the transformative power of love. Eight young actors travel with the touring production, and 15 local kids have been cast for the run at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre November 13 - December 2.

Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning fractured fairy tale Into the Woods opens tonight, Thursday October 25 and runs through November 10 at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

The new Broadway-bound musical comedy Lone Star Love, starring Academy-Award nominee Randy Quaid in his Broadway debut as Colonel John Falstaff, has its official Seattle opening Wednesday, September 19 at The 5th Avenue Theatre. The show continues its run in Seattle through September 30, and will open for previews at New York's Belasco Theatre on November 1; opening night on Broadway is December 3.

Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods beginning October 19.

Lone Star Love, a new musical comedy starring Academy Award-nominee Randy Quaid in his Broadway debut as Colonel John Falstaff, will open on Broadway on Monday, December 3rd at the Belasco Theatre