Tours of 9 to 5, Little House, Phantom and White Christmas to Play Atlanta

By Adam Hetrick
12 Jan 2010

Atlanta's Theater of the Stars will offer a resident production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Sound of Music, as well as tours of Broadway's 9 to 5 and Phantom of the Opera as part of its 58th season.

The season will launch with the national tour of Little House on the Prairie, featuring Melissa Gilbert as Ma and based on the Laura Ingalls Wilder classic. (June 15-20).

Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical The Phantom of the Opera, still playing its record-breaking run on Broadway, will follow (June 29-July 25). Also on the bill is a resident Atlanta production of The Sound of Music (Aug. 24-29) and Blue Man Group on tour (Sept. 7-12).

The final two productions include tours of the Tony-nominated Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5 (Sept. 28-Oct. 3) and the holiday classic Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Nov. 2-7).

Season tickets for the Theater of the Stars season are available by calling (404) 252-8960, or by visiting TheateroftheStars.

All productions are staged at Atlanta's Fox Theatre, located at 660 Peachtree Street.