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LOU
DIAMOND PHILLIPS WILL
WEAR THE CROWN OF KING ARTHUR IN
LERNER AND LOEWE’S CAMELOT! McCoy
Rigby Entertainment and
Liza Lerner have announced that
film, television and Broadway star, LOU
DIAMOND PHILLIPS will star as ‘King Arthur’ in the national
tour of Lerner and Loewe’s CAMELOT
beginning in This
is a much anticipated return to the stage for Phillips
after his award winning star turn in The
King And I (1996) on Broadway. He received multiple
awards and nominations including a Tony Award®
nomination, the New York Outer Critics Circle Award and a Theatre World Award
for his performance as the King of Siam. Lou
Diamond Phillips
burst on the film scene to critical acclaim in 1987’s La
Bamba as rocker Ritchie Valens, building a major fan base; followed
with another break-out performance in 1988’s Stand
and Deliver (Independent Spirit Award, Best Supporting Actor;
Golden Globe nomination); co-starred with Emilio Estevez and Kiefer Sutherland
in Young Guns and Young
Guns II; and received a Blockbuster Entertainment Award and Lone
Star Film and Television Award for Courage
Under Fire. Born
in the Glenn
Casale directs
this daring re-staging of the original script, adapted with an edgy new
concept by Michael Lerner; co-produced by Liza Lerner, Alan
Jay Lerner’s
son and daughter respectively. The glamorous and beautiful Rachel
York, seen in Broadway’s Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels, The Scarlet
Pimpernel, Victor/Victoria, and on tour in Kiss
Me Kate, is torn between two lovers as Guenevere. James
Barbour, the dashing leading man of Broadway’s Assassins,
Jane Eyre, Urinetown, and Beauty
and the Beast, is Lancelot. And a local With
a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and
music by Frederick Lowe, Camelot’s
splendid, memorable score includes the romantic and haunting “If Ever I
Would Leave You,” the captivating “How to Handle a Woman” and the
majestic “Camelot.” Re-discover the grandeur of one of history’s
greatest love stories. Camelot
joins a great Broadway/San Diego roster that includes Hairspray,
Stomp, All Shook Up, Avenue Q,
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Go, Diego, Go
Live!, Mamma Mia!, Chicago,
Jersey Boys,
Rat Pack - Live At The Sands, Cirque
Eloize: Rain, Jesus Christ Superstar
with
Ted Neeley, Cats
and The
Phantom Of The Opera. Join us for great theatre today! WHEN:
September 25 - 30, 2007 WHERE:
San Diego PERFORMANCE
Tuesday
& Thursday at 7:30PM TIMES:
Wednesday at 7PM Friday
at 8PM
Saturday at 2PM & 8PM Sunday
at 1PM & 6PM TICKETS:
$20--$72 Ticket OnSale date tba TICKET
PURCHASE:
Ticketmaster (619) 220-TIXS Group
Discounts (619) 564-3001 THEATRE
ADDRESS:
3rd and PARKING:
Paid parking available in the San Diego Concourse Parking structure.
WEBSITE:
www.broadwaysd.com
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