Michael York Starring in The Lerner & Loewe Masterpiece CAMELOT
Dallas Summer Musicals will present the Lerner & Loewe
masterpiece, CAMELOT , starring stage and film legend Michael York as King
Arthur, May 22-June 3 at the Music Hall at Fair Park, in a magnificent new
production of Lerner & Loewe's CAMELOT
Glenn Casale will direct this daring re-staging of the
original script, adapted with an edgy new concept by Michael Lerner, and
co-produced by Liza Lerner, Alan Jay Lerner's son and daughter respectively.
Rachel York and James Barbour will join Michael York as the stars of this brand
new touring production.
 Michael
York famously portrayed Cliff in Bob Fosse's Oscar winning film "Cabaret,"
D'Artagnan in 'The Three Musketeers," and was a featured star in all three of
the wildly successful 'Austin Powers" movies is heading the cast as King Arthur.
His Broadway credits include Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, the musical of The
Little Prince, Bent, The Crucible, and the world premiere of Tennessee Williams'
Outcry. CAMELOT will mark York's North American touring debut.
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 completes the memorable love-triangle as Lancelot.
With a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by
Frederick Lowe, the 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.
The tour opened on January 30 th, 2007 in San Jose, CA and
continues through the 2007-2008 season.
Single tickets, priced from $11-$69, are on sale now at The
Box Office, 542 Preston Royal Shopping Center, and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Tickets are also available by calling 214-631-ARTS (2787) or online at
www.ticketmaster.com. For groups of 20 or more, please call 214-426-GROUP.
Also included in Dallas Summer Musicals' 2007 season are
WONDERFUL TOWN, (May 8-20), CHICAGO (June 5-17), MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, (June
19-July 8), SWEET CHARITY, starring Paige Davis (July 24-August 5), and the
State Fair musical, Disney's THE LION KING, (September 20-October 21).
All performances will be at the Music Hall at Fair Park;
for complete performance schedules, please visit
dallassummermusicals.org. Season sponsors for Dallas Summer Musicals are
The Dallas Morning News, WFAA TV Channel 8, and American Airlines. Now
celebrating its 67th season, Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc. (DSM) is the largest
producer of live theatrical entertainment in the Southwest, the second oldest
summer theater organization in the United States, and the sixth largest
non-profit theater company. DSM has been entertaining North Texas audiences
with the finest in live, musical theatre entertainment since 1941. |
|
