The Woman in White Skips Chicago, Heads to B'way's Marquis Theatre

The Woman in White will not be seen in Chicago this fall after all. The, tuner's planned tryout, which was scheduled to run from November 15, 2005 through January 8, 2006 at the LaSalle Bank Theatre formerly the Shubert Theatre, has been canceled according to The Chicago Tribune. The show will now come directly to Broadway's Marquis Theatre in November.

Freely adapted from Wilkie Collins's Victorian thriller, The Woman in White centers on a dashing young man, employed as the art tutor to two devoted sisters, who is stranded at a remote railway cutting. Out of the darkness looms a woman, a mysterious figure dressed in white, desperate to share a chilling secret. He and the sisters soon find themselves trapped in a web of betrayal and greed, the victims of a seemingly flawless crime. Together they will need all their resourcefulness and courage to outwit a hugely charismatic and ingenious villain. As the plot twists and turns, low villainy vies with high romance in a world where nothing is as it first appears and where it is impossible to know whom to trust. The musical has been adapted for the stage by Charlotte Jones Humble Boy with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by David Zippel City of Angels, The Goodbye Girl.

The Woman in White, directed by Trevor Nunn, continues to play in the West End.

The Marquis Theatre's current tenant, La Cage aux Folles, is scheduled to close on June 26.