Tickets for the highly-anticipated Broadway transfer of Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Woman in White will go on sale on September 10th at 10 AM; they will be available through Ticketmaster. However, carriers of an American Express card will be able to purchase theirs exactly a month earlier (today) at 10 AM, with the pre-sale lasting through August 28th at 9 PM.
The Woman in White will open on Broadway on November 17th at the Marquis Theatre after
beginning previews on October 28th. Adam Brazier (Mamma Mia! in Toronto) will play romantic lead Walter, original West End star and 2-time Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman (Chicago, Ragtime, Passion) is expected to make
her Broadway debut as Marian.The Woman in White,
which is based on the classic Wilkie Collins novel, is currently
spooking audiences at London's Palace Theatre, where it opened on
September 15th, 2004. Directed
by Trevor Nunn (Les Miserables, Chess), the show (which was nominated for 5 Olivier Awards) features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera), lyrics by David
Zippel (City of Angels, The Goodbye Girl) and a book by Charlotte Jones (Humble Boy). William Dudley (sets and costumes), Paul Pyant (lighting),
and
Mick Potter (sound) make up the design team with Wayne McGregor behind
the choreography and
Simon Lee handling the music supervision. All of the creative team will be on hand for the Broadway run.
The show is (according to production notes) about "a dashing
young man, employed as the art tutor to two devoted sisters,
[who] is stranded at a remote railway cutting. Out of the darkness
looms a woman, a mysterious figure dressed in white, desperate to share
a chilling secret. He and the sisters soon find themselves trapped in a
web of betrayal and greed, the victims of a seemingly flawless crime.
Together they will need all their resourcefulness and courage to outwit
a hugely charismatic and ingenious villain. As the compelling plot
twists and turns, low villainy vies with high romance in a world where
nothing is as it first appears and where it is impossible to know who
to trust." Ruthie
Henshall, who succeeded Friedman, currently stars as Marian. The cast
also includes Anthony Andrews as the nefarious Count Fosco (a role
originated by Michael Crawford), as well as Damien Humbley, Alexandra
Silber, Michael Cormick and Elinor Collett as the white wraith of the
title.
