Shirley Jones at Dress Circle on Saturday 20th March

Called the  "the first lady of American song" by Bob Hope, Hollywood and Broadway leading lady Shirley Jones will be at Dress Circle in Monmouth Street on Saturday 20th March at 1.45pm  to sign copies of her album " Then and Now"

She is due to make her debut in the UK and London’s West End performing her solo show Shirley Jones in Concert at the Arts Theatre from 22nd March to 3rd April 2010.

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein cast virtually unknown Miss Jones  as Laurie in the 1955 movie version of Oklahoma! She appeared in the films The Music Man and Carousel and won the 1960 Academy Award for Elmer Gantry. She was the matriarch of The Partridge Family and has appeared on Broadway in South Pacific, Maggie Flynn and 42nd Street.