Movin' Out - 2006 - West End Articles Page 10

A weekly theater column for the Baltimore/Washington area.

The Lincoln Center Festival 2006 will feature a 9-hour marathon of plays by J.M. Synge and Julie Taymor's opera Grendel among its offerings

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

Kara went straight from a real ballet company into the fictional one in 'Phantom of the Opera,' and is now a 'Phantom' veteran at 23.

HOT FEET will have its pre-Broadway run at DC's National Theatre beginning March 21, opening Tuesday, March 28 and will run through April 9, 2005. It will begin its Broadway previews on April 18, opening night on Sunday, April 30, 2006 at the Hilton Theatre (213 West 42nd Street).

The Twyla Tharp-Bob Dylan dance musical The Times They Are A-Changin' is now set to play Broadway this fall, although dates and a theatre have not yet been announced

On February 12th, Broadway Bears IX will auction off signed bears representing characters and actors from many shows

Spamalot kicks out the Woman in White, Avenue Q cuts Gary Coleman from the London production and the 30th Laurence Olivier Awards are announced

James Fox, star of BBC's Fame Academy 2004, has been cast as the Piano Man of the up-coming West End production of Movin' Out.

A number of new theatre-related items are up for auction on eBay, with proceeds to benefit BroadwayCares/Equity Fights AIDS

MOVIN' OUT's final performance at the Broward Center is January 15. It returns to South Florida at the Jackie Gleason Theater, January 24-29.

Thom Sesma will replace Paul Kandel in the Old Globe Theatre production of Twyla Tharp and Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changin' in San Diego

Broadway Bears XI, hosted by Bryan Batt, will be held on February 12th to benefit BC/EFA

Wicked flies East to cast its spell on London, Movin' Out opens its European tour in the UK, Showboat gets a lavish in-the-round production and the Donmar unveils its new season

Casting and plot have been announced for the Twyla Tharp-Bob Dylan collaboration The Times They Are A-Changin,' which will feature Michael Arden, Jenn Colella and Paul Kandel

According to Variety, Wicked may open at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre in September of 2006

After the Broadway curtain comes down on December 11th, Movin' Out will head across the pond to the UK for a limited run beginning March 28, 2006.

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President) announces its 21st annual spring gala benefit concert, SO IN LOVE: A NIGHT OF ROMANCE AT THE RAINBOW ROOM, which will take place on Monday, February 13, 2006 at The Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th FL, NYC). The concert, directed by Joe Calarco (Shakespeare's R&J) and choreographed by Karma Camp (artistic associate at The Signature Theatre in D.C.), will feature performances by some of Broadway's best and brightest, including: Tony Award winners Joanna Gleason (currently in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Scott Wise (Fosse), Tony nominees Liz Callaway (Baby), Ann Hampton Callaway (Swing!), Euan Morton (Taboo) and Elizabeth Parkinson (Movin' Out), as well as Tina Fabrique (Ragtime), Liz McCartney (Bingo) and Roz Ryan (The Pajama Game). Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman (The Boy From Oz) serves as honorary chairman.

Billy and the Donmar pick up major awards, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf transfers, Dawn French joins Kathy Burke for Smaller and two shows post closing notices

On February 12th, Bryan Batt will host the ninth edition of the BC/EFA benefit Broadway Bears