Ball, who made his Broadway debut in Aspects of Love, stars as Reginald Bunthorne in the Gilbert and Sullivan musical. Tazewell Thompson directs this new production, which co-stars Tonna Miller in the title role with Myrna Paris as Lady Jane, Kevin Burdette as Archibald Grosvenor, Timothy Nolen as Colonel Calverley, Matthew Burns as Major Murgatroyd, Jennifer Roderer as Lady Angela, Kathleen Magee as Lady Ella, Heather Johnson as Lady Saphir and Christopher Jackson as The Duke of Dunstable.

Gary Thor Wedow conducts the operetta, and the remainder of the creative team features Donald Eastman (set design), Merrily Murray-Walsh (costume design) and Robert Wierzel (lighting design). The production will be sung in English with supertitles.

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Patience, according to production notes, concerns "twenty maidens [who] are lovesick for two pretentious poets, but the bards are vying for Patience, the simple village milkmaid who cares nothing for their verses. She believes in a purer love, the kind devoid of artifice. Add to the charades a brigade of macho dragoons and a most unladylike Lady, all of whom learn that the key to winning in love is to not play the game at all." Michael Ball made his Broadway debut as Alex in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, a role he created on the London stage. His other London stage credits include The Woman in White, The Pirates of Penzance, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Passion and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Ball's numerous, best-selling solo recordings include "Centre Stage," "Christmas," "Live at the Royal Albert Hall," "The Movies," "The Musicals," "First Love," "Always" and "Michael Ball."

Patience will be performed at the New York State Theater Sept. 10 at 8 PM, Sept. 12 at 7:30 PM, Sept. 17 at 1:30 PM, Sept. 23 at 8 PM, Sept. 27 at 7:30 PM, Sept. 30 at 8 PM, Oct. 2 at 1:30 PM and Oct. 5 at 7:30 PM. Visit www.nycopera.com for more information.