Today it was announced that GUYS AND DOLLS will open on Broadway for the first time in 17 years in the spring of 2009 at a Nederlander Theatre to be announced. With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, this production is the first joint Broadway project by director Des McAnuff and Sergio Trujillo since Jersey Boys.
Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, is proud to announce that The Story of My Life, an inspiring new musical, will be the fall production at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut.
Romeo and Juliet starts previews today at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. The production is Des McAnuff's first as the Festival's artistic director.
With Shakespeare firmly established as the centrepiece of the 2008 playbill, the Stratford Festival of Canada now announces two musicals and a Shaw classic.
The Stratford Festival of Canada has announced its 2008 season, with productions directed by Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff and the Adrian Noble among the line-up.