Theater News

Old Globe Extends Robin and the 7 Hoods, The Last Romance

Eric Schneider (center) and company
in Robin and the 7 Hoods
(© Craig Schwartz)
Eric Schneider (center) and company
in Robin and the 7 Hoods
(© Craig Schwartz)

The Old Globe Theatre has announced extensions of two of its current productions.

The world premiere musical Robin and the 7 Hoods – A New Musical, featuring a book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes and songs by four-time Academy Award winners Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, will now play an extra week, closing on August 29. Based on the classic Rat Pack film of the same name, the cast includes Will Chase (Little John), Adam Heller (Lieutenant Nottingham), Rick Holmes (P.J. Sullivan), Jeffrey Schecter (Willie Scarlatti), Eric Schneider (Robbo), Amy Spanger (Alana O’Dell) and Kelly Sullivan (Marian Archer) with Timothy J. Alex, Clyde Alves, Graham Bowen, Andrew Cao, Cara Cooper, Paige Faure, Lisa Gajda, Stephanie Gibson, Carissa Lopez, Vasthy Mompoint, Beth Johnson Nicely, Aleks Pevec, Sam Prince, Tally Sessions, Brian Shepard and Anthony Wayne (Ensemble).

The West Coast premiere of The Last Romance, written by 2010 Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro, has also extended a week, and will now close on September 12. The play is about an 80-year-old widower who gets an unexpected second chance at love, and stars Marion Ross, Paul Michael, Patricia Conolly, and Joshua Jeremiah.

For more information, visit www.TheOldGlobe.org.