Theater News

Susan H. Schulman to Direct I Do, I Do at Westport Country Playhouse

Tony nominee Susan H. Schulman will direct the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical I Do, I Do! for the Westport Country Playhouse, August 10 – 28.

The musical spans 50 years in the marriage of Agnes and Michael. Casting will be announced at a later date.

Schulman received a Tony nomination for the 1990 revival of Sweeney Todd, and Drama Desk nominations for The Secret Garden on Broadway and Violet Off-Broadway. She also received an Obie Award for her direction of Merrily We Roll Along.

As previously announced, Westport’s 2010 season will also include the Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick-Joe Masteroff musical comedy She Loves Me (April 27-May 15), Samuel Beckett’s comedy Happy Days (July 6-24), and the classic drama The Diary of Anne Frank by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly revised by Wendy Kesselman, (September 28-October 16).

For more information, visit www.westportplayhouse.org.