THEATRE NEWS FEBRUARY, 2006

Friday, Feb 17 - Inwood Shakespeare Festival's new season is around the corner, and the Moose Hall Theatre Company is currently accepting headshots and resumes.  The plays due for casting are Much Ado About Nothing and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  All ages - male and female - are being considered for all roles, which for Hunchback include Qausimodo, Esmerelda, Frollo, Gringoire, Phoebus, Gudule, Fleur-de-Lys, Clopin, Marguerite, Daughters of noble houses, Chamolue, Barbedienne, Chamber Councillors, The Brotherhood and Louis XI.  All roles for Much Ado are open.  Send headshots and resumes addressed to Casting, Moose Hall Theatre Company/Inwood Shakespeare Festival, Spuyten Duyvil Station, PO Box 630027, Bronx, NY 10463.  Please indicate the role(s) you are interested in auditioning for.  There is no pay for these jobs.

Sunday, Feb 19 - The famed Broadway show of puppets which is now playing at The Wynn Resort in Vegas, is scheduled to open at the former Noel Coward Theatre in London on June 1.  The musical will also open on the West End at Golden Theatre on June 28, which is already cast.  No official word on whether the London showing is cast yet.