York, York and Barbour Set for Camelot National Tour

An upcoming national tour of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot will star Michael York, Rachel York and James Barbour.

With Michael York as King Arthur, Rachel York as Guenevere and Barbour as Lancelot, the tour will launch in San Jose, CA on January 30th, 2007; it will likely circle the country for at least six months.

The production will first play the La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts in La Mirada, California from January 12th through 28th.

"Relive the romance of Camelot from a fresh new perspective...in this magnificent new production of Lerner and Loewe's timeless masterpiece. The splendid, memorable score includes the haunting 'If Ever I Would Leave You,' the captivating 'How To Handle a Woman' and the majestic 'Camelot,'" state La Mirada notes on the 1960 show, which concerns an Arthurian love triangle between king, queen and knight.   Camelot, based on The Once and Future King by T.H. White, features music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner.

Actor York has appeared in dozens of films, including the Austin Powers films, Logan's Run, The Three Musketeers, Murder on the Orient Express, Cabaret and Romeo and Juliet.  He has appeared on Broadway in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, The Crucible, Bent, and Out Cry, as well as the musical The Little Prince and The Aviator (which never opened).

Actress York, who most recently appeared as Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in Victor/Victoria. She also received Drama Desk nominations for her work in Dessa Rose and the off-Broadway Sondheim revue Putting It Together. York's other Broadway credits include Sly Fox, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Les Miserables and City of Angels, her Broadway debut.  She has appeared on film in One Fine Day, Billy Bathgate, Killer Instinct and as Lucille Ball in the CBS TV movie "Lucy."  "Let's Fall in Love" is her solo album debut.

Barbour has appeared on Broadway in Assassins, Urinetown, Jane Eyre, Beauty and the Beast, Carousel and Cyrano-The Musical.  He also starred in Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates at the Mark Taper Forum, and has been seen Off-Broadway in Milk and Honey.