The 2014/2015 National Tour of Lerner & Loewe’s CAMELOT reimagines the tale of King Arthur, Guenevere and Lancelot as it launches its national tour on Tuesday, October 7th in Macon, GA. Tour dates include Nashville, Providence, Omaha, Fayetteville, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Fort Myers, Wilmington, Hartford and St. Paul among others. For a complete list of cities, visit www.camelottour.com.
CAMELOT, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe is based on the King Arthur legend adapted from the T.H.White novel The Once and Future King. This all-new production is directed by Michael McFadden and features Scenic Design by Kevin Depinet, Lighting Design by Mike Baldassari, Costume Design by Paul Tazewell and Sound Design by Craig Cassidy.
Intimate and fresh, this captivating story of passion, pageantry and betrayal is presented in a bold and sexy new staging as never before seen on-stage. The celebrated score includes the classics “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “The Simple Joys of Maidenhood,” and the title song, “Camelot.”
CAMELOT features Adam Grabau as Arthur, Mary McNulty as Guenevere and Tim Rogan as Lancelot. Grabau recently spent three years on the road with the national tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot as Sir Lancelot and toured China with Fame, The Musical. McNulty’s recent NYC credits include How I Learned to Drive and Day of the Feast (Mother) and Rogan’s credits include The Fantasticks (El Gallo) The Rocky Horror Show (Brad Majors) and the national tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Gaston).
The company features Mark Poppleton, who recently toured with The Addams Family (Mal Beineke), as Merlyn/King Pellinore and Kasidy Devlin, last seen as Sir Robin in the national tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot, as Mordred. Troy Bruchwalski, Philip Bryan, Brandon Cordeiro, Matthew Curiano, Kate Williams Grabau, Andy King, Jon McHatton, Lizzy Miller, Meg Schneider and Kate Turner comprise the ensemble.
The original 1960 production ran on Broadway for 873 performances and spawned several revivals, foreign productions and the 1967 film. The original cast album was America’s top-selling LP for 60 weeks.
This all-new, North American tour of CAMELOT is produced by Phoenix Entertainment by special arrangement with Tams -Witmark Music Library, Inc. www.phoenix-ent.com or www.tamswitmark.com.
For more information and a complete listing of tour dates, visit www.camelottour.com,www.facebook.com/CamelotMusicalTour or www.twitter.com/CamelotTour.
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