Ain't Misbehavin' Revival 2006 - Articles Page 19

Seventeen St. Louis theater companies are represented in the nominations for the second annual Kevin Kline Awards. Thirty-seven plays and musicals produced in the St. Louis area during 2006 now share 115 nominations in 22 different categories for the coveted award. The nominations were announced on KWMU-FM's 'Cityscape' on January 19.

Patti LuPone and The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee stars Jared Gertner and Jenni Barber are among the nominees of the 2006 Independent Reviewers of New England's (IRNE) Awards.

Castcom, featuring the upcoming Broadway musical The Pirate Queen by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, will be launched on Tuesday, January 30th, 2007, leading up to the first preview on March 6th, 2007

John Meyer and Judy Blazer, Ken Page and Baby Jane Dexter are among the performers who will appear at the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street) in January and February.

The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.

Acclaimed baritone and Drama Desk Award-nominee George Merritt is making an encore performance in 15 concerts with the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra in their annual 'Magic of Christmas' Concert Series from December 8 - 18, 2006

Priscilla Lopez, Mandy Gonzalez and Karen Olivo will star in In the Heights, which is now set to open Off-Broadway on February 8th

Chicago native Felicia P. Fields will reprise her 2006 Tony-nominated role of Sofia in the national tour of the hit musical The Color Purple, while NaTasha Yvette Williams will succeed her on Broadway

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2006-2007 season, including two shows on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and four productions at MTC's Off-Broadway theatres at Stage I and Stage II at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street). A third Biltmore production will be announced at a later date.

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

David Greig's The American Pilot will receive its American premiere this fall at New York City Center as part of Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming 2006-2007 season

Eartha Kitt's Cafe Carlyle show will be recorded by DRG Records for an October release date

Rob Orbach, Adrian Zmed, Kerry O'Malley and Nancy Opel are among the Broadway talents set for the 2006-2007 season of California Musical Theatre, located in Sacramento

Manhattan Theatre Club's 2006-2007 season will feature plays by Charles Busch, David Harrower, Simon Mendes da Costa, Paul Rudnick and Clifford Odets

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Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) have announced that the American premiere of Conor McPherson's Shining City at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street) will open Tuesday, May 9 at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Previews for Shining City will begin Thursday, April 20.

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The show, will begin previews on April 3, 2006 and will open on May 1, 2006.

North Shore Music Theatre's 2006 season will include a revised production of Damn Yankees and the regional theatre premiere of Hairspray

CanStage presents Toronto premiere of 2004 Tony winner I AM MY OWN WIFE.

BJ Crosby and Danny Zolli will perform in An Evening of Jazz, Blues and Ballads, hosted by Renee Chambers, at the Eastern PAC in southern New Jersey on February 11th

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB will present its annual Winter Benefit, 'An Intimate Night,' an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring Tony Award winning Broadway stars, Donna McKechnie and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

BJ Crosby and Danny Zolli will perform at the Eastern PAC in New Jersey on February 11th in An Evening of Jazz, Blues and Ballads

The production will star Josh Strickland as Tarzan, Jenn Gambatese as Jane, Merle Dandridge as Kala, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II as Terk, Timothy Jerome as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz as Clayton. Daniel Manche and Alex Rutherford will alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.