Friday, July 11, 2008

Single Tickets for VA's Signature Theater 2008-09 Season on Sale July 23; Ace LaChiusa Premiere Slated

Single tickets for the 2008-2009 season at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA go on sale July 23. The season, as previously announced will include the musical Ace, which is being concerned a pre-Broadway engagement, and the world premiere of Michael-John LaChiusa's Giant, a musical adpatation of Edna Ferber's novel, with book by Sybille Pearson.

Among the other shows in Signature's upcoming season, the Washington premieres of LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See, Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Douglas Carter Beane's The Little Dog Laughed. The runs for each of these productions have already been extended due to high demand for tickets. (A complete calendar listing is below.)

The company also has a one-night only concert presentation of Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents' Anyone Can Whistle scheduled and a host of cabaret performances that are complementary to these productions.

For further information on Signature Theatre visit www.signature-theatre.org. Starting July 23, tickets for these productions can be purchased by calling TicketMaster at 703-573-SEAT (7328).

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August 26 – September 28, 2008
Broadway-Bound Premiere
ACE
A Musical Adventure
Music by Richard Oberacker
Book and Lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker
Choreography by Karma Camp
Directed by Eric Schaeffer
Tickets range from $49 to $86

September 3 – 6, 2008
CABARET: THE LOST SONGS OF BROADWAY 1940 – 1950
Tickets are $30

September 23 – November 16, 2008
Washington Premiere
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Jeremy Skidmore
Tickets range from $44 to $71

October 6, 2008, ONE NIGHT ONLY
Second Annual Great American Musicals Concert
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Arthur Laurents
Directed by Eric Schaeffer
Performed at the Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center
Tickets range from $50 to $150

December 17 – 20, 2008
CABARET: DECEMBER DIVAS II
Tickets are $30.

January 13 – March 8, 2009
Three-time Helen Hayes Award winner HOLLY TWYFORD in
Washington Premiere
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
By Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by Michael Baron
Tickets range from $44 to $71

March 18-21, 2009
CABARET: LaCHIUSA’S LADIES
Tickets are $30

April 7 – May 31, 2009
Washington Premiere
SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE
Words and Music by Michael John LaChiusa
Based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
As translated by Takashi Kojima
Directed by Helen Hayes Award winner Matthew Gardiner
Tickets range from $49 to $86

April 28 – May 31, 2009
World Premiere
GIANT
Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa
Book by Sybille Pearson
Based on the novel by Edna Ferber
Directed by Eric Schaeffer
Tickets range from $49 to $86

June 10 – 13, 2009
CABARET: PARTIAL ECLIPSE
Tickets are $30

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