Casting has been announced for VANITIES, A New Musical by Jack Heifner, with music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, directed by two-time Tony Award®-winner Judith Ivey. Starring Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot, Side Show) as Mary, Sarah Stiles (Avenue Q, …Spelling Bee) as Joanne and Anneliese van der Pol (Beauty and the Beast, TV’s “That’s So Raven”) as Kathy, VANITIES will open on Broadway in the Fall of 2008 at a theatre to be announced.

VANITIES, A New Musical will be presented by Pasadena Playhouse August 22 through September 28, 2008 (opening August 29) prior to Broadway.

Based on the smash hit 1976 comedy that ran for 1,785 performances Off-Broadway, VANITIES is a funny, sexy and poignant look at the journey of three All-American girls as they mature from cheerleaders to sorority sisters to independent women. Spanning the turbulent ‘60s through the late ‘80s, VANITIES celebrates the lives and loves of three best friends caught up in rapidly changing times.

VANITIES, A New Musical, was originally produced at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto in the summer of 2006. The critically acclaimed production was awarded two Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Musical Production and Best Original Score, and was also showcased at the 2006 National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Festival of New Musicals.

Other members of the creative team include Choreographer Dan Knechtges (Xanadu, …Spelling Bee), Set Designer Anna Louizos (In the Heights, Curtains), Costume Designer Joe Aulisi (Charlie’s Angels), Lighting Designer Paul Miller (Legally Blonde), Sound Designer Tony Meola (Wicked), Music Director Carmel Dean (…Spelling Bee) and Orchestrator Lynne Shankel (Cry-Baby).

VANITIES will be produced on Broadway by Junkyard Dog Productions and Bartner/Jenkins Entertainment.

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