Judy Kaye, Wesley Taylor and More to Tell Tales of the City in San Francisco

Tony Award winner Judy Kaye, Betsy Wolfe, Mary Birdsong and Wesley Taylor will lead the cast of world-premiere musical Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, adapted from the novel of the same name, which will debut at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. The Broadway-bound tuner will begin performances on May 18 and officially open May 31, directed by Tony nominee Jason Moore.

Based on Maupin’s popular literary series set in 1970s San Francisco, Tales of the City, the show is both a portrait of the sexually and politically charged era and a comedy of manners. The story began as a serialization by Maupin in the San Francisco Chronicle, following the comic adventures of a young Midwestern woman who moves to 28 Barbary Lane and encounters a host of eccentric characters whose lives intertwine in surprising ways. The Chronicle piece eventually turned into a series of seven books, as well as a television mini-series for both PBS and Showtime. The musical will cover the first novel, Tales of the City, and touch on story lines that continue in the second book, More Tales of the City.

Kaye will lead the cast as landlady Anna Madrigal, with Wolfe ...

Source: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/155666/judy-kaye-wesley-taylor-and-more-to-tell-tales-of-the-city-in-san-francisco/

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