Ball, who made his Broadway debut in Aspects of Love, will star as Reginald Bunthorne in Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience. Tazewell Thompson will direct this new production, which will co-star Tonna Miller in the title role with Myrna Paris as Lady Jane, Kevin Burdette as Archibald Grosvenor, Timothy Nolen is Colonel Calverley, Matthew Burns as Major Murgatroyd and Christopher Jackson as The Duke of Dunstable. Gary Thor Wedow will conduct 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.

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. Single tickets will go on sale Aug. 1, although tickets are currently available through subscriptions and group sales. Visit www.nycopera.com for more information.