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Reprise! Sets 2007-2008 Season

John Kander and Fred Ebb
John Kander and Fred Ebb

Reprise! Broadway’s Best has announced the line-up for its 11th season. For the first time in its history, the series will offer four musicals instead of three at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse. Casting and creative team information will be announced at a later date.

The season will kick off with Rodgers and Hart’s On Your Toes (August 14-26). It will be followed by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross’ Damn Yankees (November 6-18), about a rabid baseball fan who makes a deal with the devil; and Li’l Abner (February 4-17), with music by Gene DePaul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and a book by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, based on the beloved comic strip.

The season will conclude with Flora the Red Menace (May 6-18), the first collaboration of the songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb. In presentational style, the show follows the exploits of a wannabe fashion designer who falls in love with a Communist.

For more information, call 310-825-2101 or visit www.reprise.org.