Footloose - 1998 - Broadway Articles Page 16

A new theatre company debuts in Toronto with a livele production of FOOTLOOSE. Though the show itself will never rank as a classic, it is entertaining. * * * 1/2 (OUT OF 5)

LONE STAR LOVE, a new musical comedy starring Academy Award nominee Randy Quaid in his Broadway debut as Colonel John Falstaff, has announced full casting as it begins rehearsals this week for its Seattle engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre, September 8 - 30. LONE STAR LOVE will open on Broadway on Monday, December 3 at New York's Belasco Theatre; previews will begin Thursday, November 1.

BWW salutes 'Beauty' in its final month on Broadway with a profile of the man inside one of the Enchanted Objects.

Students of the Amas Musical Theatre Academy will present On the Town at the Hudson Guild Theatre, 441 West 26th Street, for two weeks in May

Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Evita and Spamalot join a long list of musical productions opening in 2006..

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.

Rebecca Luker will perform theatre songs written by women from December 12th through 15th at Feinstein's at the Regency

Orfeh, Leslie Kritzer and Marya Grandy, who star in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, will be the guests at Chatterbox on September 1st

The cast includes Jill Clayburgh (Bess), Richard Thomas (Jeffrey), Matthew Morrison (Thad), Susan Kelechi Watson (Juliet), James Yaegashi (Bill), Leslie Ayvazian (Elaine) and Ann Guilbert (Sadie).

The Light in the Piazza's Matthew Morrison will sit down at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox on June 23rd

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of André Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will continue its 20th Anniversary season with THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, a new musical with book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and direction by Bartlett Sher.