The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. has announced a starry 2006-2007 season, with a new production of the musical Carnival and tour engagements of The Light in the Piazza and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? among the shows lined up.
The national tour of the Roundabout Theatre Company's hit revival of
Twelve Angry Men, which ran from October of 2004 to May of 2005, will first come to the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre from October 3rd through 22nd. Directed by
Scott Ellis and starring
Richard Thomas as Juror #8, the show is a courtroom drama that puts at stake the future of a young man who has been accused of murder.
The Ireland Gate Theatre's production of Samuel Beckett's absurdist classic
Waiting for Godot will be seen from October 3rd through 5th at the Terrace Theatre; Walter Asmus directs.
From December 19th, 2006 through January 7th, 2007,
The Light in the Piazza will shine at the Kennedy Center's Opera House. No casting has been announced yet for the tour of the show, which recounts the tale of a love-struck, mentally-damaged young woman and her wary mother on vacation in Florence. The show, which is directed by
Bartlett Sher, features a score by
Adam Guettel and a book by
Craig Lucas.
Kathleen Turner and
Bill Irwin--who received a Tony Award for his performance as George--will headline the national tour of
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which will come to the Eisenhower Theatre from January 9th through 28th. Directed by Anthony Page, the revival played at the Longacre Theatre in 2005; the play is a caustic exploration of two married couples who engage in psychological warfare over the course of a night.
A new staging of
Carnival, directed by Robert Longbottom, will be presented at the Einsenhower Theatre from February 17th through March 11th. A delicate musical with a score by Bob Merrill and book by Michael Stewart,
Carnival concerns Lili, an orphan who joins a puppet act only to be torn between two men.
Montreal's 4D art will present their reimagining of Shakespeare's
The Tempest/
La Tempête from March 22nd through 24th at the Eisenhower Theatre. The technology-heavy show will feature virtual characters mixing with live actors. Directed by Denise Guilbault, it will feature multimedia design by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon.
Shakespeare's tragedy
Coriolanus--in a Royal Shakespeare Company production--will next be seen at the Eisenhower Theatre from April 14th through March 6th as part of the Shakespeare in Washington series. William Houston and Janet Suzman will headline the play.
Mrs. Packard, a play by Emily Mann, will run at the Terrace Theatre from June 16th through 24th.
The touring company of
The Phantom of the Opera, which became the longest-running Broadway musical in history this January, will be seen at the Opera House from June 20th through August 12th. Directed by Harold Prince, it features a score by
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe).
Brian Stokes Mitchell and
Christine Baranski, who headlined the 2002 Sondheim Celebration production of
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's
Sweeney Todd, will take part in
Sweeney Todd: The Reunion Concert on June 22nd and June 23rd in the Kennedy Center's Concert Hall. The show also featured
Celia Keenan-Bolger and
Hugh Panaro, among other, in its cast.
For more information, visit
www.kennedycenter.org.
