REHEARSALS HAVE STARTED FOR

“WAITING FOR GODOT”

AT THE TAPER
ALAN MANDELL, BARRY MCGOVERN, JAMES CROMWELL,
HUGO ARMSTRONG AND LJ BENET ARE FEATURED IN BECKETT’S TRAGICOMEDY
“Waiting for Godot” Begins Previews March 14

and Opens March 21, 2012
 

Rehearsals have started for “Waiting for Godot,” which opens March 21, 2012, at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. The cast includes prominent Beckett actors Alan Mandell (who will play Estragon) and Barry McGovern (Vladimir), Academy Award-nominee James Cromwell (Pozzo), Hugo Armstrong (Lucky) and LJ Benet (Boy). Written by Samuel Beckett and directed by Michael Arabian, previews begin March 14; performances continue through April 22.
“Waiting for Godot” follows two days in the lives of a pair of characters, Estragon and Vladimir, whose apparent purpose in life is to wait by the side of the road for someone named Godot to arrive. This simple act, at once seemingly futile and hopeful, asks basic questions of human existence, why we are here and what is our ultimate destiny.
“Waiting for Godot” features set design by John Iacovelli, costume design by Christopher Acebo and lighting and projection design by Brian Gale. Casting is by Erika Sellin and the production stage manager is David S. Franklin.
Alan Mandell, a Beckett scholar, has had a distinguished 75-year acting career. He is a founding member of the famed San Francisco Actor’s Workshop, and co-founder of the San Quentin Drama Workshop, which started in 1957 with a performance of “Waiting for Godot” inside the prison. Mandell toured Europe with productions of “Godot” and “Endgame” directed by Beckett. On Broadway, Mandell appeared in “Impossible Marriage” and off-Broadway in “The Beard of Avon” and “Godot.” He also toured with “Twelve Angry Men” (presented at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre in the 2006-2007 season) and appeared in “The Cherry Orchard” (Mark Taper Forum). His films include “The Marrying Man,” “Midnight Witness,” John Cameron Mitchell’s “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and “Shortbus,” and the Coen Brothers’ “A Serious Man.”
Barry McGovern has been a leading figure in Irish theatre for many years and is widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of the work of Samuel Beckett. His one-man show, “I’ll Go On,” drawn from the Beckett novels “Molloy,” “Malone Dies” and “The Unnamable” (with Beckett’s blessing), has toured worldwide, including Lincoln Center Theater in 1988, also returning in 2008 to critical acclaim. He has performed internationally in “Waiting for Godot,” “Endgame,” “Happy Days” and “Krapp’s Last Tape.” He has also played major roles in the works of Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Sean O’Casey, Tennessee Williams, Harold Pinter, Sam Shepard, Tom Stoppard, Stephen Sondheim and originated the role of Father Jack in Brian Friel’s “Dancing at Lughnasa.” Barry McGovern is appearing at the Taper with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association.
James Cromwell has performed in many revered plays, including “Hamlet,” “The Iceman Cometh,” “Devil’s Disciple,” “All’s Well That Ends Well,” “Beckett” and “Othello” in many of the country’s most distinguished theatres, including South Coast Repertory, Goodman Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, American Shakespeare Festival, Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre and the Old Globe. Recently, he was seen in the American premiere of Tom Stoppard’s “The Invention of Love” at A.C.T. He is currently appearing in a pivotal role in the award-winning film “The Artist” and has appeared in numerous other films, including “Babe,” for which he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, and “The Longest Yard,” “I, Robot,” “Space Cowboys” and many, many more.
Hugo Armstrong has performed at the Geffen, Sacred Fools, the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Electric Lodge, REDCAT, Ghost Road, Theatre of Note, The Powerhouse, Quantum Theatre, the Kitchen, The Kennedy Center, and as part of UCLA Live. He received an Ovation Award for “Bleed Rail” at Theatre at Boston Court and both LADCC and Ovation Awards for “Land of the Tigers” with Burglars of Hamm. Armstrong’s film credits include Stephen Frears’ “Lay the Favorite,” “Voice on the Line,” “Nanking,” “Weak Species,” “Political Disasters” and “OK, Good” which he co-wrote and produced with filmmaker Daniel Martinico. He is also executive producer for the acclaimed documentary “Char-ac-ter.” Artist collaborations include work with Catherine Sullivan in “Five Economies” (Armand Hammer Museum), “Death Animations” (Machine Project) and “The Safeway” (MOCA's Geffen Contemporary).
LJ Benet was most recently seen as Jem in The Production Company’s “To Kill A Mockingbird.” He also appeared as Young Sydney in the world premiere of “Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin” (La Jolla Playhouse), in “Macbeth,” and as Young Pip in the world premiere of the musical “Great Expectations” (both at the Utah Shakespeare Festival), JoJo in “Seussical the Musical” (South Bay Civic Light Opera), Young Josh in “Big: The Musical” (West Coast Ensemble) and Young Tommy in “The Who’s Tommy” (Flicker House). Notable film and television credits include “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” “You Again,” “Wizards of Waverly Place,” “The Mentalist,” among others.
Director Michael Arabian directed Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape,” as well as Edward Albee’s “The Sandbox” and “A Slight Ache” by Harold Pinter at the Taper. Also locally, he directed a critically-acclaimed production of “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” and a noted production of “Romeo & Juliet” on CBS Studio’s back lot. Recently, he directed a previously unknown play by Arthur Miller, “Some Kind of Love Story” and “The Laramie Project, Ten Years Later” for the Tectonic Theatre Project, presented by Grand Performances and Jon Imparto.
“Waiting for Godot” premiered in 1953, to be followed by “Endgame,” “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “Happy Days,” among others. In 1969 Beckett won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his plays, books and other writings. The famed critic Harold Hobson of The London Sunday Times wrote in 1955 after seeing the first London production of “Waiting for Godot” that the play is “. . . one of the most noble and moving plays of our generation . . . a play fused with tenderness for the whole human perplexity, with phrases that come like a sharp stab of beauty and pain.” He also stated, “It is bewildering. It is exasperating. It is insidiously exciting . . . will securely lodge in a corner of your mind for as long as you live.”
 

Photo:  Barry McGovern (Vladimir), Alan Mandell (who will play Estragon) and  Academy Award-nominee James Cromwell (Pozzo) and Hugo Armstrong  (Lucky). Photo credit: Craig Schwartz

TICKETS GO ON SALE WEDNESDAY FOR

“WAR HORSE” IN LOS ANGELES

The Powerful Drama Launches its National Tour June 13 at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre

Center Theatre Group announced today that tickets for the National Theatre of Great Britain production of “War Horse” will go on sale to the public this Wednesday, February 15.
The National Tour of this powerful drama launches with the West Coast premiere of “War Horse” at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre on June 13 (opening is scheduled for Friday, June 22 at 8 p.m.). The Los Angeles engagement continues through July 29, 2012. [This run has been extended by an extra week since the play’s schedule was originally announced in the Ahmanson 2011-2012 season release.]
Tickets will be available at 10 a.m. at the Center Theatre Group box office located at the Ahmanson Theatre, by phone at (213) 972-4400 and online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org. 
The National Theatre’s epic “War Horse” is the winner of five 2011 Tony® Awards including Best Play. Michael Morpurgo’s novel, “War Horse,” is also the inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s feature film of the same name, which has garnered six Oscar nominations including Best Picture.
Hailed by The New York Times as “theatrical magic,” “War Horse” is the powerful story of young Albert’s beloved horse, Joey, who has been enlisted to fight for the English in World War I. In a tale the New York Daily News calls “spellbinding, by turns epic and intimate,” Joey is caught in enemy crossfire and ends up serving both sides of the war before landing in no man’s land. Albert, not old enough to enlist, embarks on a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring him home. What follows is a remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship, filled with stirring music and songs and told with the some of the most innovative stagecraft of our time.
The tour of “War Horse,” based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo and adapted by Nick Stafford, will be directed by Bijan Sheibani based on the original Tony® Award-winning direction by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, and presented in association with Handspring Puppet Company. At the heart of the show are life-sized puppets which bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.
In addition to Best Play, “War Horse” received Tony® Awards for Best Direction of a Play (Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris), Best Scenic Design of a Play (Rae Smith), Best Lighting Design of a Play (Paule Constable), and Best Sound Design of a Play (Christopher Shutt). A Special Tony Award was given to Handspring Puppet Company for their integral work on the production.
The tour will rehearse and preview at Boise State University’s Morrison Center in Idaho before beginning performances at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, June 13 - July 29, 2012.
“War Horse” received its world premiere in a limited engagement at the National’s Olivier Theatre in 2007. The play returned to the National Theatre for a second run playing from in 2008-2009 before transferring to the West End’s New London Theatre in spring 2009 where it continues to play an open-ended run. “War Horse” has been seen by almost two million people worldwide.
The lead producers of the National Tour of “War Horse” are Bob Boyett and the National Theatre of Great Britain.
Lincoln Center Theater and the National Theatre of Great Britain in association with Bob Boyett and War Horse LP, are the producers of the American premiere of “War Horse,” which opened April 14 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater where it is currently playing an open-ended run. Future productions of “War Horse” are planned for Australia and South Africa, as well as a UK Tour.

Photo: The cast of the 2011 London production of "War Horse". Copyright: Bringhoff / Moegenburg

CAST IS SET FOR WORLD PREMIERE OF

“THE CONVERT”

AT CTG/KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

Danai Gurira’s powerful new play, “The Convert,” which was commissioned by Center Theatre Group, will be presented at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, April 17 through May 19, 2012. The opening is scheduled for April 19. The world premiere production of “The Convert,” a co-production with McCarter Theatre Center and Goodman Theatre, is directed by Emily Mann.
The entire cast from McCarter Theatre Center will continue on to the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The cast includes (in alphabetical order) Pascale Armand, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Zainab Jah, Kevin Mambo, LeRoy McClain, Warner Joseph Miller and Harold Surratt.
Set design is by Daniel Ostling, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Lap Chi Chu, sound design by Darron L West, fight direction by J. Steven White and dialect and vocal coaching by Beth McGuire.
Set amid the colonial scramble for southern Africa in 1895, “The Convert” tells the tale of Jekesai, a young girl who escapes a forced marriage arrangement by becoming the newest convert of a well-meaning black catechist for the Catholic Church. But when an anti-colonial uprising erupts she is torn by her loyalties to her family and her culture and is forced to decide which side of the conflict she will choose – and where her heart truly belongs.
With Gurira’s characteristic insight, vigor and humor, “The Convert” explores the cultural and religious collisions caused by British colonization in what is now called Zimbabwe, and the reverberating effects still felt in the region today.
Danai Gurira co-created and performed in the award-winning play “In the Continuum,” for which she won an Obie Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award, among other awards, which was presented in the 2006-2007 season at the Douglas. The West Coast premiere of her next play, “Eclipsed,” was presented at the Douglas in the 2009-2010 season. She co-starred in the Academy Award-nominated film “The Visitor” and on Broadway in the Lincoln Center Theater production of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” Born in the United States to Zimbabwean parents and raised in Zimbabwe, she has an MFA in Acting from New York University.

The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.

Photo: Pascale Armand in "Convert". Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson

CAST IS SET FOR

“AMERICAN NIGHT: THE BALLAD OF JUAN JOSÉ”

AT CTG/KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

The cast has been set for the new work, “American Night: The Ballad of Juan José,” written by Richard Montoya, developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney and directed by Bonney. “American Night,” a co-production with La Jolla Playhouse, begins performances at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, March 9 after closing in La Jolla in late February. The show continues at the Douglas through April 1, 2012. Opening night is March 11.
The entire cast from La Jolla Playhouse will continue on to the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The cast includes (in alphabetical order) Stephanie Beatriz, Rodney Gardiner, David Kelly, Terri McMahon, René Millán, Richard Montoya, Kimberly Scott, Herbert Siguenza and Daisuke Tsuji.
The choreography is by Ken Roht, scenic design by Neil Patel, costume design by ESosa, lighting design by David Weiner, sound design by Darron L West, projection design by Shawn Sagady. The production stage manager is Randall K. Lum.
“American Night” tells the story of Juan José, a resident alien on the night before his U.S. citizenship test. As Juan crams for his exam he finds himself transported through history into some of the chapters left out of the history books. Filtered through Culture Clash’s unique satirical sensibility, the American Dream morphs into an exhaustion-fueled flight of fantasy through the darker nooks and crannies of Juan José’s chosen homeland.
“American Night” premiered in June 2010 at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where it was the inaugural production in “American Revolutions: The United States History Cycle,” the OSF’s new decade-long series of original plays dealing with “moments of change” in U.S. history.
 

The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.

Photo: René Millán in “American Night: The Ballad of Juan José” written by Richard Montoya. Photo credit: Craig Schwartz

CTG HOSTS SOUTHERN CALIF.

AUGUST WILSON MONOLOGUE COMPETITION

15 STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR REGIONAL FINALS AT TAPER ON MARCH 26
National Competition to Take Place May 7 in New York City on Broadway

Center Theatre Group, host of the August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC) in Southern California, is pleased to announce that 15 finalists have been selected to compete in the AWMC regional finals to be held at the CTG/Mark Taper Forum on March 26, 2012.
The finalists were chosen after competing at the California Educational Theatre Association High School Theatre Festival on January 14 in Anaheim.
Among the 86 participants who competed, 31 schools and 37 different cities were represented. The competition was open to students in grades 10-12 in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Each student selected a monologue to perform from August Wilson’s 10-play “Century Cycle,” an epic dramatization of the African-American experience in the 20th century.
This is the first time that Southern California students are participating in the AWMC as CTG joins the national competition with theatres from Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Boston, Seattle and Pittsburgh. Each city runs the program differently, but the goal is the same: to introduce high school students to August Wilson’s works and help them find their own voices.
The top three Southern California regional finalists chosen in March will compete in the fifth annual AWMC national finals, to be held on May 7 at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway.
The Southern California regional finalists are Marcus Arellanes (from Los Angeles), Keanu Beausier (Alhambra), Edward Cabasal (West Covina), Tyler Edwards (Tustin), Jake Foulkes (Mira Loma), Jasmine Hogan (San Jacinto), Nicole Julian (Los Angeles), Pablo Lopez (Los Angeles), Kayla Matthews (Los Angeles), Christie Owens (Fullerton), Kara Royster (Toluca Lake), Jeffrey Sims (Fontana), Christopher Smith (Fullerton), Dominique Thompson (Los Angeles) and Rhyver White (Hawthorne).
On January 18 many of the Southern California regional finalists attended a special kick-off celebration held at Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles. At the event CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie remarked, “The idea that these high school students will be introduced to August Wilson’s themes, his characters and his work and will learn from this experience is incredible. It makes me extremely proud to have Center Theatre Group support this program.”
Ritchie also introduced special guest star Phylicia Rashad, whose long career in TV, film and theatre includes the role of Aunt Ester in Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean.” Rashad appeared in the 2003 Taper world premiere production and in the 2005 Broadway production, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.
Rashad is also a member of the CTG August Wilson Advisory Committee, comprised of prominent national figures and qualified professionals who are dedicated to lending their service to arts education while furthering the legacy of August Wilson. Other members of the 2011-2012 committee include Gordon Davidson, Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance, Danai Gurira and Ben Vereen.
The 15 regional finalists will participate in four master classes lead by CTG to help refine their performance skills in preparation for the March regional finals. The top three regional finalists will receive $500, $250, and $100 scholarships, respectively, and compete in May on Broadway.
In addition to its leadership in the AWMC, CTG is also spearheading the August Wilson In-School Residency Program that involves 15-week residencies at four pilot schools. Each residency partners a CTG teaching artist with a 9th grade classroom teacher and provides opportunities for students to learn about Wilson’s work. Students from participating residency classrooms will attend the AWMC regional finals at the Taper in March.
Regional funding for the August Wilson Monologue Competition provided by CAA Foundation, Center Theatre Group Affiliates, The Dream Fund at UCLA Donor Advised Fund, Chase, Southern California Gas Company and Wells Fargo.
CTG’s AWMC participation and its Wilson in-school residencies are programs of CTG’s Education and Community Partnerships department, led by Leslie K. Johnson. Currently one of the most active theatre education programs in the country, CTG’s Education and Community Partnerships Department reached 18,886 students, teachers and community members from 118 schools throughout Southern California in the 2010-2011 season. The department is dedicated to the development of artists, educators and young people’s skills and creativity through the exploration of theatre, its literature, art and imagination.
The inspiration for the AWMC was sparked in 2007 in Atlanta by Wilson’s long-time collaborators Kenny Leon and Todd Kreidler of True Colors Theatre Company. Modeled after Pittsburgh Public Theater’s annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene contest, the AWMC utilizes performance tools and text analysis to help students explore the interior lives of August Wilson’s characters and study the social, economic and historical realities they inhabit. Funding for the national August Wilson Monologue Competition comes from Publix Supermarket Charities, Massey Charitable Trust, Bank of America, The Imlay Foundation, Kathleen Rios, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
CTG maintained a long relationship with August Wilson, presenting seven of his plays. In addition to “Jitney,” “King Hedley II” (Tony Award nomination for Best Play), “Gem of the Ocean” and “Radio Golf” at the Mark Taper Forum, CTG presented the Tony Award-nominated “Seven Guitars” at the Ahmanson Theatre and “Two Trains Running” and “The Piano Lesson” (1990 Pulitzer Prize) at the Doolittle Theatre in Hollywood.
More information on CTG’s August Wilson program can be found at www.centertheatregroup.org/AugustWilson.

Photo: Gordon Davidson, CTG Founding Artistic Director and Phylicia Rashad, actor/director. Photo credit: Rob Latour

Mary Poppins

BROADWAY’S MAGICAL HIT MUSICAL
MAKES A SPECIAL RETURN TO LOS ANGELES
AS BONUS OPTION TO 2011-2012 SEASON
AT THE CTG/AHMANSON THEATRE
FOUR WEEKS ONLY - BEGINNING AUGUST 9
 

Center Theatre Group and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that the award-winning musical “Mary Poppins” will return to the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for four weeks only, August 9 through September 2, 2012, as a bonus option to the 2011-2012 Ahmanson season. Press Opening Night is set for Friday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m.
“Mary Poppins” previously played a record-breaking run at the Ahmanson Theatre November 2009 - February 2010. The musical became Los Angeles’ highest grossing theatrical event of 2009, grossing $13.7 million at the box office and entertaining over 188,000 theatregoers during the 13-week engagement.
Tickets for the return of “Mary Poppins” at the Ahmanson Theatre will go on sale to the public on Sunday, March 4. Season ticket holders and groups may purchase tickets now by calling (213) 972-4444 for subscribers, and (213) 972-7231 for groups.
“I am thrilled that ‘Mary Poppins’ will be returning to my hometown of Los Angeles, where it was embraced so warmly during our record-breaking premiere engagement,” said Thomas Schumacher, Producer and President of Disney Theatrical Group.
Producer Cameron Mackintosh said, “I'm delighted that ‘Mary Poppins’ is returning home to Los Angeles after her triumphant sell-out season last year. Forty-eight years after Walt Disney brought her to life Mary is still flying higher than ever around the world.”
With four productions currently running on three continents, “Mary Poppins” is one of the biggest stage musical successes to emerge from London or New York in recent years. Worldwide to date, the show has grossed over $644 million and welcomed 9.3 million guests. The musical is the winner of 44 major theatre awards around the globe, including Tony®, Olivier, Helpmann and Evening Standard awards.
The entire original creative team has reunited to bring this magical story of the world’s most famous nanny to audiences around North America. The “Mary Poppins” North American Tour began performances on March 25, 2009, and has played to two million delighted theatregoers in 30 cities to date.
“Mary Poppins,” a co-production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened on Broadway on November 16, 2006. Based on P.L. Travers’ cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, “Mary Poppins” the stage play features the Academy Award®-winning music and lyrics of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who has written the book, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.
Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre leads the award-winning creative team, with co-direction and choreography by Tony® and Olivier Award winner Matthew Bourne. “Mary Poppins” features set and costume design by Tony Award winner Bob Crowley, co-choreography by Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear, lighting design by Howard Harrison, orchestrations by William David Brohn, and music supervision by David Caddick. The tour’s creative team includes Tour Director Anthony Lyn, Associate Choreographer Geoffrey Garrett, and Music Director Daniel Bowling.

ABOUT “MARY POPPINS” WORLDWIDE
“Mary Poppins” received its worldwide premiere at the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End in December 2004. Following its successful three-year London run, the production launched an acclaimed U.K. tour.
The Broadway production of “Mary Poppins” officially opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006, recouping its initial Broadway investment within 52 weeks of its premiere. “Mary Poppins” is the only show from the 2006-2007 theatrical season still in performance.
The “Mary Poppins” North American tour has garnered continuous critical praise and achieved box office success since its launch in Chicago in March 2009.
“Mary Poppins” can also be seen in Sydney, Australia (at the Capitol Theatre). Productions of “Mary Poppins” have also been mounted in Finland, Denmark and the Czech Republic.
 

Photo:  Rachel Wallace and Nicholas Dromard in the National Tour of "Mary Poppins". Photo credit: Joan Marcus

Film/TV: Lolly Steinman on “Boardwalk Empire,” “Nor’easter,” “Construction,” “Louie,” “Absolutely Fabulous,” “Ed,” “Law & Order,” “Transamerica,” “Conviction,” “Hope & Faith,” “Deception,” etc.

RON RAINES (Benjamin Stone) performed the role of Benjamin Stone in the Broadway and Kennedy Center engagements of “Follies.” TV: “Guiding Light” (three-time Emmy nominee); PBS: “My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs,” “Ira Gershwin at 100,” “The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty,” “An Evening With the Pops.” Broadway/NY: “Chicago”; “Show Boat”; “Teddy and Alice”; “Olympus on My Mind”; “Oh, Lady! Lady!”; “A Little Night Music.” Regionally: “South Pacific”; “Annie”; “Kismet”; “Kiss Me, Kate”; “The King and I”; “Brigadoon”; “Oklahoma!”; “Carousel”; “Side by Side by Sondheim”; “Man of La Mancha.” More than 50 symphonies including the Boston Pops, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, Israeli Philharmonic, BBC, Royal Philharmonic. Recordings: “Man of La Mancha,” “The Pajama Game,” “110 in the Shade,” “Wonderful Town” and more.

ELAINE PAIGE (Carlotta Campion) performed the role of Carlotta Campion in the Broadway and Kennedy Center engagements of “Follies.” An actress, recording artist, concert performer, producer and broadcaster, Olivier Award winner and five-time nominee, Paige created the role of Eva Peron in “Evita” and thereafter created the roles of Grizabella in “Cats” (the song “Memory” becoming her signature) and Florence in “Chess.” Further productions include “Sunset Boulevard” (London/New York), “Anything Goes,” “Piaf,” “The King and I” and “Sweeney Todd” (Drama Desk nomination). Elaine has recorded 26 albums, received an OBE for services to musical theatre and presents a weekly BBC Radio 2 program “Elaine Paige on Sunday.” www.elainepaige.com

Dissonance

Written by Damian Lanigan
Directed by Crispin Whittell

Two Gentlemen of Chicago

Directed by Matt Walker