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THE MAXCHESS
Book by Richard Nelson
Music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

CHESSFrom the Composers of Mamma Mia! and the Lyricist of The Lion King and Jesus Christ Superstar

1988. The two greatest chess masters – one American, one Russian – competing to be the best in the world. And yet their greatest contest is for the love of the same woman.

Amidst political intrigue and international conspiracies, American Freddie Trumper and Russian Anatoly Sergievsk fight to take the queen in a romantic triangle that mirrors the heightened passions of the Cold War.

Originally produced on Broadway in 1988, this Tony®-nominated cult rock musical explores the classic themes of love, loss and betrayal.

Featuring the hit single "One Night in Bangkok", and unforgettable songs like "Anthem," "I Know Him So Well," "Nobody's Side," and "Pity the Child."

"One of the best rock scores ever produced in the theater!"
Time Magazine

August 10 – September 26, 2010
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THE MAXKEN LUDWIG'S
A FOX ON THE FAIRWAY
A New Comedy by Ken Ludwig
Directed by John Rando
Starring Holly Twyford

A FOX ON THE FAIRWAYA tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Crazy for You) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, A Fox On the Fairway takes Signature audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it's a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers' classics.

You won't want to miss this charmingly madcap adventure – directed by Tony Award®-winner John Rando (Urinetown) – about love, life, and man's eternal love affair with… golf.

Starring Holly Twyford (Signature's Little Dog Laughed)

"Ken Ludwig is one of those rare contemporary playwrights who thinks in terms of old-fashioned knockabout farce, and that's something to be cherished." – The New York Times

October 12 – November 14, 2010
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THE ARKWORLD PREMIERE
WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD.
Written and Directed by Joe Calarco
Starring Sherri L. Edelen & Nancy Robinette

WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD.In a world that seems to be spinning beyond their control, two women find themselves sharing a table, stuck in an airport by a storm. Representing two sides of the culture wars – one red state, the other blue state - Margaret and Patty reluctantly strike up a conversation that encourages them to open up, challenge their preconceived notions, and find common ground.

Joe Calarco, the Helen Hayes Award-winning director of Side Show and Assassins, and a Signature Artistic Associate, has written a charming and intimate new comedy that explores the choices we all make, the regrets with which we burden ourselves, and the losses we suffer as we age, mature, and stride through an incomprehensible world.

Starring Helen Hayes Award winners Nancy Robinette (Studio Theatre's Souvenir and Shakespeare Theatre's Twelfth Night) and Sherri L. Edelen (Signature's Sweeney Todd & Les Miserables).

";Joe Calarco is a theater man of imagination and vision."
The New York Times

October 26 – December 19, 2010
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THE MAXThe Washington Premiere of the Legendary, Tony Award®-winning Hollywood Musical
Andrew Lloyd Webber's

SUNSET BOULEVARD
Book and Lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based on the Billy Wilder Film Sunset Boulevard
Directed by Eric Schaeffer
Starring Florence Lacey

SUNSET BOULEVARD"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."

This December, legendary silent film star Norma Desmond will be singing the glorious songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber in Signature's new production of SunsetBoulevard. All the glamour of old-time Hollywood and Paramount Pictures comes alive in this tale of love, lust, and revenge.

Starring Florence Lacey (star of Broadway's Evita and Signature's Follies) as the faded screen star, Sunset Boulevard is a noir musical and one of the greatest Hollywood tales ever told. With such stunning songs as "With One Look," "As If We Never Said Goodbye," and "Perfect Year," Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard is a lush romantic tragedy.
With a cast and orchestra of 38 strong, Sunset Boulevard promises to be the musical event of the season!

Special New Year's Eve performance and party available!

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December 7, 2010 – February 13, 2011
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THE MAXAMERICAN MUSICAL VOICES PROJECT: PART THREE
A WORLD PREMIERE

WHEATLEY'S FOLLY
Book by Michael Slade
Music by Joseph Thalken
Lyrics by Mark Campbell
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

WHEATLEY'S FOLLYEver wonder how the first musical was created? Well, if Wheatley's Folly is to be believed, the process was fraught with confusion, disorder, and a whole lot of humor. Wheatley's Folly, a valentine to musical comedy, is a classic backstage comedy about the creation of the first American musical. In 1866, producer William Wheatley finds his play a disaster, the actors in revolt, the costumes and scenery destroyed, and his production in shambles. When a fire at a theater next door leaves a French ballet troupe stranded without funds in New York City, Wheatley decides to turn sour apples into apple sauce, adds a touch of music and dance - et voila, the American musical is born.

"Signature’s American Musical Voices Project is the most ambitious embrace of new musical theater in the DC region."
-The Washington Post

SPONSORED BY THE SHEN FAMILY FOUNDATION

AMERICAN MUSICAL VOICES PROJECT

March 15 – April 10, 2011
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THE ARKART
By Yasmina Reza
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Matthew Gardiner

ARTA simple white canvas. A 200,000 francs pricetag.
The real cost? Decades-long friendships.

Enter the world of Yasmina Reza's Art, where Serge's purchase of an expensive, abstract painting raises questions about the nature of art and friendship. Set in Paris, the story revolves around three friends who find their previously solid friendship on shaky ground when Serge invests in a new painting. The purchase reveals unsettling secret opinions and conflicting world-views. As their arguments shift from the theoretical to the personal, this Tony Award®-winning comedy examines the pressures friends place on each other – and how different values can transform relationships. From the author of Broadway's hit play God of Carnage.

"Art is not so much a comedy about art as it is about friendship—and the limits of friendship."
- The New York Times

March 29 – May 22, 2011
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THE MAXSIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Additional Music by Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers and Jule Styne
Directed by Matthew Gardiner

SIDE BY SIDE WITH SONDHEIMSondheim. Signature's Signature.

Stephen Sondheim has been the leading composer of musical theater for the past fifty years. His work is timeless. From the streets of ancient Rome, through 19th century Japan and turn-of-the-century Sweden, to the high-rise apartments of 1970 Manhattan, his songs represent a definitive time and place, and yet move beyond their particular settings to speak to us all. Now, with this award-winning revue of his earlier work, Signature presents some of the most lush, unforgettable songs from this musical theater master whose work has so influenced Signature's history. Signature takes you back to where it all began with the early works of Stephen Sondheim.

Including songs from Anyone Can Whistle, Company, Do I Hear A Waltz?, Evening Primrose, Follies, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Gypsy, A Little Night Music, The Mad Show, Pacific Overtures, The Seven Percent Solution, and West Side Story.

"Signature has earned a national reputation for musicals, especially the works of Sondheim." -Variety

April 26 – June 12, 2011
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Signature is partially supported by a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts and by a gift from Arlington County through the Arlington Commission for the Arts and the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources.

 

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