Monty Python's Spamalot - 2010 - US Tour Articles Page 15

Feel like you have the best seat in the house when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases the one-time only live event Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) on Blu-ray DiscTM and DVD on June 8, 2010. Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) delivers the magic of a historic performance by members of the Monty Python troupe celebrating their 40th Anniversary with a song oratorio inspired by the cult film The Life of Brian at London's Royal Albert Hall. The performance features a rare on-stage reunion of Python troupe members Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam. Brand new special features include three behind-the-stage featurettes and 6 sing-a-long songs, along with BD-LiveTM functionality on the Blu-ray Disc version.

The New York Times is reporting that real-life married couple Marrin Mazzie and Jason Danieley will be taking over the lead roles in Next to Normal on July 19th. This will mark the couple's first on-stage pairing in a Broadway show.

Casting for the 60th Music Circus season is nearing completion. After auditioning performers in New York, Los Angeles and Sacramento, California Musical Theatre Artistic Director Glenn Casale is finalizing the acting company for the seven-show season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. The company is expected to include Broadway veterans, including Tony Award nominees, television comedians, up-and-coming young actors and plenty of returning Music Circus favorites. Complete cast lists are available online at www.SacramentoMusicCircus.com and are subject to change.

Sacramento Music Circus has announced the casting for its sixtieth summer season. The seven-show season will include the Music Circus premieres of 'Spamalot,' 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' and 'The Marvelous Wonderettes' and new stagings of 'Oklahoma!,' 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,' '42nd Street' and 'Funny Girl,' the latter returning to Music Circus after an 18-year absence.

Big band sound transforms the Lincoln Theatre into a Duke Ellington jazz club as Arena Stage presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Uptown... It's Hot!) with direction by Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena's Guys and Dolls and Blue).

Big band sound transforms the Lincoln Theatre into a Duke Ellington jazz club as Arena Stage presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Uptown... It's Hot!) with direction by Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena's Guys and Dolls and Blue).

Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group and Bill Kenwright present Monty Python's Spamalot: A new musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Eric Idle and John Du Prez on their UK Tour from May 29th 2010.

The Ogunquit Playhouse will present The Drowsy Chaperone from June 9 through June 26, 2010 starring Bravo's Carson Kressley as the Man in Chair and The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Gloria Engel as Mrs. Tottendale, the role she created for the original Broadway production. This new musical comedy was the darling of the Tony Awards, winning the most statues in 2006, including Best Sets and Costumes - the very same sets and costumes will be featured in the Ogunquit Production. Broadway veteran Liz Larsen also joins the cast as the Drowsy Chaperone.

Broadway's elite will gather to honor Nancy Coyne of Serino Coyne at UJA-Federation of New York's Entertainment, Media, and Communications Division's 2010 Excellence in Theatre Award Dinner on Monday, May 24, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at The St. Regis New York, Fifth Avenue & East 55th Street, Manhattan.

NJPAC and Nederlander Presentations, the preeminent owner and operator of several premier venues and theater productions, have formed a partnership to co-present NJPAC's Broadway Series, beginning with its 2010-2011 season.

Broadway's elite will gather to honor Nancy Coyne of Serino Coyne at UJA-Federation of New York's Entertainment, Media, and Communications Division's 2010 Excellence in Theatre Award Dinner on Monday, May 24, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at The St. Regis New York, Fifth Avenue & East 55th Street, Manhattan.

Single tickets for the 60th anniversary Music Circus season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion will go on sale on Monday, May 17 at 10 a.m. Tickets for all seven shows, Monty Python's SPAMALOT, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, OKLAHOMA, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, FUNNY GIRL, THE MARVELOUS WONDRETTES, and 42ND STREET will be available by phone at (916) 557-1999, at the Wells Fargo Pavilion box office window at 1419 H Street, or online at http://www.SacramentoMusicCircus.com. Tickets are $50 for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings, as well as Saturday matinees. Tickets are $53 for Friday and Saturday evenings and $41 for Thursday matinee.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) presents the world premiere of the musical Johnny Baseball by Richard Dresser, Robert Reale, and Willy Reale, directed by Diane Paulus. The production begins performances on May 16 and runs through June 27, 2010 at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Single tickets for the 60th anniversary Music Circus season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion will go on sale on Monday, May 17 at 10 a.m. Tickets for all seven shows, Monty Python's SPAMALOT, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, OKLAHOMA, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, FUNNY GIRL, THE MARVELOUS WONDRETTES, and 42ND STREET will be available by phone at (916) 557-1999, at the Wells Fargo Pavilion box office window at 1419 H Street, or online at http://www.SacramentoMusicCircus.com. Tickets are $50 for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings, as well as Saturday matinees. Tickets are $53 for Friday and Saturday evenings and $41 for Thursday matinee.

Borders Columbus Circle presents 'THE ADDAMS FAMILY: From Page to Stage' May 14. Appearing at this event will be book writers Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman, composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa and select cast members. Joining the creative team will be Sarah Henry. Henry is the curator of the Charles Addams Exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York.

Last night, Monday, May 10, The New Group opened their latest production of The Kid. This marks the final production in The New Group's current 2009-2010 season, which featured Kenneth Lonergan's The Starry Messenger and most recently, the hit revival of Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, directed by Ethan Hawke. The Kid plays a limited Off-Broadway engagement through May 29 at The New Group @ Theatre Row. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the opening night after party arrivals.

Single tickets went on sale today for Maine State Music Theatre's 2010 Season! The titles will be as follows: ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE, MY FAIR LADY, CHICAGO, and Monty Python's SPAMALOT.

The American Repertory Theater is pleased to announce the cast for Johnny Baseball, a world premiere musical about the Red Sox, with music by Robert Reale, lyrics by Willie Reale, book by Richard Dresser, story by Richard Dresser and Willie Reale, with musical direction and vocal arrangements by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett; musical arrangements by Bruce Coughlin.

Emmy-winning television star, celebrity stylist, author and fashion designer, Carson Kressley is about to make his theatrical debut at the Ogunquit Playhouse, alongside twice-Emmy nominated actress Georgia Engel, in the multi-Tony Award winning musical, The Drowsy Chaperone on stage June 9 through June 26.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) presents the world premiere of the musical Johnny Baseball by Richard Dresser, Robert Reale, and Willy Reale, directed by Diane Paulus. The production begins performances on May 16 and runs through June 27, 2010 at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Borders Columbus Circle presents 'THE ADDAMS FAMILY: From Page to Stage' May 14. Appearing at this event will be book writers Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman, composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa and select cast members. Joining the creative team will be Sarah Henry. Henry is the curator of the Charles Addams Exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York.

Fox Associates announces its stellar 2010-2011 U.S. Bank Broadway Series. Alongside the previously announced engagement of Broadway's latest sensation BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL, winner of the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Musical; will be Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC, a stunning reinvention produced by Lincoln Center Theater, making its St. Louis debut. Also included in the series are: SHREK THE MUSICAL, based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to life on stage; 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL the new musical comedy, direct from Broadway & based on the hit movie; and NEXT TO NORMAL winner of three 2009 Tony Awards including Best Score. The story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, JERSEY BOYS returns to round out the six show series.

Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group and Bill Kenwright present Monty Python's Spamalot: A new musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail By Eric Idle and John Du Prez

Big band sound transforms the Lincoln Theatre into a Duke Ellington jazz club as Arena Stage presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Uptown... It's Hot!) with direction by Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena's Guys and Dolls and Blue).

The American Repertory Theater is pleased to announce the cast for Johnny Baseball, a world premiere musical about the Red Sox, with music by Robert Reale, lyrics by Willie Reale, book by Richard Dresser, story by Richard Dresser and Willie Reale, with musical direction and vocal arrangements by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett; musical arrangements by Bruce Coughlin.