The Seattle engagement of the musical “Doctor Dolittle” has been canceled and a production of “The Sound of Music” will take its place at The 5th Avenue Theatre in November. The tour of “Dolittle” was shut down by the producers due to lack of ticket sales, according to the online version of Playbill magazine.
A new production of “The Sound of Music,” which was planned for the 2006 holiday season by The 5th Avenue, has been fast-tracked to play the theater Nov. 29 through Dec. 18. Subscribers and non-subscribers who purchased individual tickets for “Dolittle” can use them for the replacement show on the same date. Tickets, $19 to $71, are on sale at Ticketmaster, 206-292-2787.
ACT season: Seattle’s ACT Theatre has announced its 2006 season, a six-play subscription series billed as “A Season of Provocative Journeys.” On the schedule are:
The West Coast premiere of Martin McDonagh’s “The Pillowman,” a dark comedy about a writer whose macabre fairy tales may be inspiring a series of grisly crimes.
The world premiere of Elizabeth Heffron’s “Mitzi’s Abortion,” which explores the issue of reproductive rights and the government.
Steve Martin’s comedy “The Underpants,” an updating of a classic German comedy about a woman’s newfound fame after her underpants fall down in public while attending a parade for the king.
Caryl Churchill’s “A Number,” about the implications of cloning on a father and his son.
“Wine in the Wilderness” by Alice Childress, about a painter’s quest to capture the spirit of black women on canvas during a race riot in Harlem.
Gate Theatre of Dublin’s production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” is on the schedule, with one more production to be announced later.
ACT will also present its traditional holiday production of “A Christmas Carol.”
For season ticket information, call 206-292-7676 or visit www.acttheatre.org.
“Grapes” extended: Intiman Theatre has extended the run of “The Grapes of Wrath” for a week due to strong ticket demand. The Seattle theater’s stage-adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression now will close Nov. 19. The play, adapted by Frank Galati and directed by Linda Hartzell, is part of Intiman’s American Cycle series of noteworthy American drama. Ticket information, 206-269-1900 or www.intiman.org.
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