All Shook Up - 2004 - Regional (US) Articles Page 20

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly announces the 2006 cast.

Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.

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.

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Donna English, Jenny Fellner and Tom Hewitt will be featured in a March 9th private industry reading of Matthew Wilder and David Zippel's Princesses

On February 7th, Scott Porter will depart Altar Boyz in order to pursue his burgeoning TV career

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.

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE stars Farah Alvin, David A. Austin, Tony Award nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q) and Colin Hanlon.

A CD with songs from the first Broadway Unplugged concert, which was held at Town Hall in 2004, will be released on September 12th

Host Star Jones ('The View') and special guest Deborah Cox (Aida) will join Tony Award nominee Michael McElroy (Big River) and The Broadway Inspirational Voices for the return of BROADWAY GOSPEL CELEBRATION: 11 a special evening of gospel music to benefit BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS on Sunday, October 16 at 8 PM at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street).

The former child star of 'The Wizard of Oz' is now playing Polly Browne in 'The Boy Friend,' directed by Broadway's original Polly, Julie Andrews.

Sixty-nine theatre artists representing 51 shows have been nominated for 2005 Henry Hewes Design Awards

Cheyenne Jackson and Michael McElroy have been added to a star-studded cast of performers who will sing off-mic at the second Broadway Unplugged concert on September 19th

Kerry Butler, along with Cheryl Freeman, Tyler Maynard, Anika Larsen and Karen Olivo, will star in Tina Landau's staging of Kirsten Childs' new work, Miracle Brothers, which opens on August 25th at the Vineyard Theatre

Members of the Broadway community, including some of those on the release, picked up their copies of the new Hair studio CD, and so did we!

The 2004-2005 Broadway theatre season boasted thriving grosses and a terrific number of Tony-eligible plays and musicals

Doubt, Twelve Angry Men, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, La Cage and Norbert Leo Butz take home awards.

Decisions made on All Shook Up, Glengarry Glen Ross, Steel Magnolias, Pillowman, and Light in the Piazza.

The Light in the Piazza, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Monty Python's Spamalot lead nominations