On Your Toes - 2003 - London Fringe Articles Page 6

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.

Maria Friedman, the leading lady of the British musical theatre, makes her Broadway debut in London's smash hit musical, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, opening on Broadway Thursday, November 17th at the Marquis Theatre (211 W 45th St).

Performances of THE PAJAMA GAME will begin Friday, January 27th on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre with the official opening set for Thursday, March 2nd. The limited engagement is scheduled to run 20 weeks through June 18th, 2006.

The Tony-winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell will chat up Seth Rudetsky at Chatterbox on June 16th

Broadway and cabaret star Christine Andreas will perform her solo show, Love is Good, at Birdland on June 6th

The New Season, a series of concerts at Birdland featuring top Broadway performers, continues on Monday, June 6th at 7pm with Christine Andreas in 'Love Is Good.'

As with any big hit show on Broadway, before long the touring companies are sure to follow, which is a good thing. How else could the rest of the country enjoy what takes place on Broadway?