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This page offers a listing of recent news headlines as well as site updates and other items of
interest. You can find older items in the News Archive.
Fever Tour Resumes in Italy (28 March 2008) The Italian tour of Saturday Night Fever has scheduled new dates for its 2007-2008 season. Performances have been announced for April in Catania, Messina, Civitanova Marche, Fano, Gallarate, Padova and Montecatini. Details are listed on the Italian SNF tour page. Pimpernel to Premiere in Hungary (21 March 2008) The Scarlet Pimpernel is set to premiere in Hungary. Performances are scheduled for 25-27 July at Margitszigeti Szabadtéri Színpad (Margaret Island Open-Air Theatre) in Budapest, and then beginning 3 October at Szolnoki Szigligeti Színház in Szolnok. More information is available at the Pimpernel website. German Pimpernel Travels to Austria (21 March 2008) The German production of Pimpernel, which has been presented in Halle since early 2003 and plays its sixth season there through May 17, will be presented in Baden, Austria this fall. Plans have been announced to take the production - complete with leading cast members Darius Merstein-MacLeod, Maricel and Chris Murray - to Stadttheater Baden from 18 October through 30 November. More information is available at the Pimpernel website. Fever To Play In South Africa (29 February 2008) Plans have been announced to bring Saturday Night Fever to South Africa. The show will play at the Lyric Theatre at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg, beginning on 8 April with an official opening date of 12 April. Tickets are currently available through Computicket.com. More information can be found at the Lyric Theatre and Gold Reef City websites. New Question & Answer Posted (22 February 2008) Read our latest Question & Answer, where Nan offers suggestions on creating minimalistic sets for shows like Pimpernel. Song Lists Added to Site (8 February 2008) Two new pages have been added to the website. The Scarlet Pimpernel Song List covers songs from both the original ("SP1") and revised ("SP2"-"SP4") versions of the show, and the Camille Claudel Song List details scenes and songs from the 2003 Goodspeed Musicals production of that show. Pimpernel Returns to Germany (4 January 2008) The German language premiere production of The Scarlet Pimpernel begins its sixth season at the Opernhaus Halle on 26 January, with dates announced through 17 May. The show will also be presented at the open-air Schlossfestspiele (Castle Festival) in Ettlingen, Germany this summer. For further details and more production listings, see the Pimpernel productions page. New Question & Answer Posted (7 December 2007) Read our latest Question & Answer, where Nan offers some audition tips for the role of Marguerite in The Scarlet Pimpernel. Rudolf Plans Set For Vienna (30 November 2007) Vereinigte Bühnen Wien has announced a late February 2009 opening for Rudolf in Vienna, Austria. The German-language premiere of the show will take place at the Raimund Theater. Auditions will be held in Vienna, as well as Cologne and Hamburg, Germany, in January and Feburary 2008. Takarazuka Revue to Present Pimpernel (23 November 2007) Takarazuka Revue - the famous, all-female theater company based in Takarazuka, Japan - will present the Japanese premiere production of Pimpernel next summer. Performances are slated for 20 June - 4 August 2008 in Takarazuka and 22 August - 5 October 2008 in Tokyo. The show will be presented by Star Troupe, with Kei Aran expected to play Percy and Asuka Toono as Marguerite. Shuichiro Koike directs. More details are available on the Pimpernel website. Rudolf to Play Japan (12 October 2007) Plans have been announced to bring Rudolf - The Last Kiss to Japan. Toho Musical & Play will present the Japanese Premiere in Tokyo from 6 May through 1 June 2008. The cast for this production will include Yoshio Inoue as Rudolf, Rena Sasamoto as Mary Vetsera, Rina Chinen as Princess Stephanie, Tatsuki Kohju as Countess Larisch, Haruhiko Jo as Franz Joseph, Kenji Urai as Johann Pfeiffer, Hiroshi Hatanaka as Szeps, Yuji Kishi as Kaiser Wilhelm, Shinya Niro as Edward (Prince of Wales) and Kojiro Oka as Taaffe. More information is available on the Toho Website (in Japanese). Family Update: Actors Fund Medal of Honor (12 October 2007) John Breglio, Nan's husband, will be presented with the Actors Fund Medal of Honor in recognition of the important role he plays in the entertainment and performing arts community. The award will be presented by Patti LuPone at the Fund's 125th anniversary celebration on 15 October 2007 at Carnegie Hall. See the Playbill Online article or the Actors Fund website for more details. | |
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