Photo Flash: Seattle's 2006-07 Season

By: Mar. 28, 2006
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
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The 5th Avenue Musical Theatre Company's high-profile 2006-2007 season will include several touring shows, some classic musicals and one world premiere, Broadway-bound musical.

The season will kick off on September 12, 2006 with the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and A.R. Rahman's Bombay Dreams.

The theatre will next present Stephen Sondheim's Company, winner of six 1971 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The show will run from October 17th through November 5th.

White Christmas will arrive in time for the holidays, playing from November 28th through December 17th. The 5th Avenue will be one of four theatres in America producing this classic Irving Berlin Christmas movie musical.

The Broadway-bound Cry-Baby will be seen from February 13th through March 4th, 2007; the show is based upon the Universal Pictures film written and directed by John Waters. Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan from Hairspray's Tony Award-winning creative team, have written the show's book. Adam Schlesinger (bassist/songwriter for Fountains of Wayne) and David Javerbaum (Emmy Award-winning writer for "The Daily Show") wrote the score.

British stage and film legend, Michael York will star as King Arthur in a new touring production of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot which will run from March 20th through April 8th.

Edward Scissorhands will play Seattle from April 25th through May 13th as part of a limited tour that includes Los Angeles and New York. The new dance musical without words, based on the Tim Burton film, is devised, directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne (Swan Lake) and New Adventures.

A new production of West Side Story, running from May 29th through June 17th, will celebrate the groundbreaking musical's 50th anniversary. A co-production with Spectrum Dance Theatre, the show, with a score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents, will include a full orchestra and a large cast of nearly 40 actors, singers and dancers.

For season ticket information, call 206-625-1900, stop by The 5th Avenue Theatre box office at 1308 5th Avenue in downtown Seattle, or visit www.5thavenue.org.


Sandra Allen (center) stars as Bollywood idol Rani. Appearing in the Bombay Dreams national tour, she'll perform "Shakalaka Baby" at The 5th Avenue September 12 - October 1, 2006. Photo: Joan Marcus


The sparkling ensemble of San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre production of White Christmas made their season merry and bright. The 5th Avenue will bring holiday romance to Seattle with its own production of this new musical November 28 – December 17, 2006. Photo: David Allen Studios


Michael York (The Three Musketeers, Cabaret, Logan's Run, Austin Powers) stars as King Arthur in Camelot. He'll appear at The 5th Avenue March 20 – April 8, 2007. Photo: Michael Lamont


Richard Winsor and Kerry Biggin star in Edward Scissorhands in London's West End. The U.S. tour of this witty, gothic fairytale begins in L.A. and plays The 5th Avenue April 25 – May 13, 2007. Photo: Bill Cooper


(L - R) Peter Leskowicz, Michael MacLaren, Freddy Ramierz, Steve Konopelsi and Richard J. Hinds in American Musical Theatre of San Jose's production of West Side Story. The 5th Avenue will produce a locally-cast version of this great American musical May 29 – June 17, 2007, in celebration of its 50th Anniversary. Photo: David Allen



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