The Last Five Years Revival 2006 - Articles Page 24

Following its staging of the UK premieres of musicals 'Tick, Tick Boom' in 2005 and 'The Last Five Years' in 2006, the Menier Chocolate Factory will go one better this summer by staging the World Premiere of the new Maltby and Shire musical, 'Take Flight' from July 25 to September 22 (previewing from July 13). The Menier will hope to repeat the success of its other 2005 musical production, 'Sunday In the Park With George', as 'Take Flight' reunites the artistic team that presented the award winning Sondheim revival - director Sam Buntrock and designer David Farley.

The creative and production team behind the Columbia Stages production of The Wild Party has been announced. The show, which features music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, as well as book by LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe based on a poem by Joseph Moncure March, will run at the Theatre at Riverside Church, at 91 Claremont Ave, April 18-22.

Artistic Director Michael Grandage has announced that the new season at London's Donmar Warehouse will include the Jason Robert Brown/Alfred Urhy musical 'Parade'. This will be the long overdue West End premiere of one of the most controversial and powerful pieces of musical theatre to have graced a Broadway stage during the 1990s.

Another year draws to a close and a new year beckons. Almost as the clock turns between the years we say adieu to Idina and say hello to Kerry, wave a fond goodbye to Caroline or Change and The Producers and welcome the brief return of The Rocky Horror Show and The History Boys. As we sing Auld Lang's Syne, it gives cause to look back on and look forward to the respective years in London theatre.

The latest annual demographics report by the League of American Theatres and PRoducers reveals tht both international and New Yorker attendance has increased

CanStage presents the world premiere pf a new one-act musical THE STORY OF MY LIFE starting October 30th.

Lisa Brescia has replaced Caren Lyn Manuel in the role of 'Cleo' in the The Times They Are A-Changin,' the new Broadway musical conceived, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Twyla Tharp and told through the legendary songs of Bob Dylan

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Following last summer's success with The Last Five Years, the 2005 inaugural show for Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy in Raleigh, NC, the professional summer-series theatre company will present Songs for a New World

Kim Cattrall plans a more able-bodied performance in Streetcar, Gavin Lee swaps for Gavin Creel, Jamie and Cathy make wedding plans at the Menier and The Play's The Thing reveals its winner

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Signature Theatre Company has offered $15 for the run of Landscape of the Body from March 28th through May 21st; the show stars Sherie Rene Scott and Lili Taylor

Fulfilling its vision to 'listen for new voices, and help them to be heard,' Renegade Theatre Experiment (RTE) rounds out its 2005 -2006 season with a world premiere: Erica Hemenway's WAITING TO DANCE. Directed by RTE founding member Whitney Stebbins, WAITING TO DANCE presents a chorus of female voices in a setting redolent of Pirandello.

Jason Robert Brown will be busy with a slew of events in 2006, including concerts, a workshop of his musical 13, and playing Jamie in Reprise!'s one-night-only concert of The Last 5 Years

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

Terrence Mann and Kim Huber will star in The Sound of Music in Seattle from November 29th through December 18th

Casting beings for Michael Grandage's production of Evita, Jason Robert Brown does more concerts before a possible Last Five Years production and Joanna Riding does another play