DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL will star Tony Award-nominee Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Chester Gregory II as Donkey and Tony Award-nominee John Tartaglia as Pinocchio.

The 5th Avenue Theatre will hold 2008-2009 season auditions for principal singers, actors and ensemble singers on Monday, April 14 through Wednesday, April 16 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Theatre Puget Sound, Room C. Open auditions for experienced dancers who sing will be held on Friday, April 18 from 1 - 4 p.m. and Monday, April 21 from 7 - 10 p.m. at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

The 5th Avenue invites Seattle to "leave your troubles outside" and experience the scintillating entertainment of CABARET. "Life is beautiful, the girls are beautiful, even the orchestra is beautiful" in this brand new production, featuring an all-star cast and an "all-girl" band made up of The 5th Avenue's male pit musicians - on stage, in heels and fishnets.

ONCE upon a time in a land not so far, far away a new musical began its journey to Broadway. DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. have announced that SHREK THE MUSICAL will play an exclusive world premiere engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, August 14 to September 21, prior to opening on Broadway in the Fall of 2008.

Everybody's favorite Auntie MAME rings in the New Year in The 5th Avenue Theatre's lavish new production. Producing Artistic Director David Armstrong directs this quintessential Broadway musical, starring three-time Tony nominee Dee Hoty (Footloose, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Will Rogers Follies) in the iconic title role and 5th Avenue favorite Richard White (Kopit and Yeston's Phantom, The Desert Song, voice of Gaston in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast) as her suitor, Beauregard.

Broadway's smash hit JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, makes its exclusive Northwest premiere at The 5th Avenue Theatre through January 12, 2008. Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical and remains one of the top-grossing shows in New York since opening in November 2005.

Seattleites will step INTO THE WOODS this October as The 5th Avenue Theatre produces the region's professional premiere of Stephen Sondheim's most popular musical. The 5th Avenue has cast some of Seattle's favorite actors in Sondheim's Tony Award-winning fractured fairy tale.

LONE STAR LOVE, a new musical comedy starring Academy Award nominee Randy Quaid in his Broadway debut as Colonel John Falstaff, has announced full casting as it begins rehearsals this week for its Seattle engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre, through September 30.

LONE STAR LOVE, a new musical comedy starring Academy Award nominee Randy Quaid in his Broadway debut as Colonel John Falstaff, will open on Broadway on Monday, December 3 at the Belasco Theatre. Previews will begin Thursday, November 1.