Juno, Victoria Clark will star in the second 2008 Encores! production

Victoria Clark will star in Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein�s Juno, the second Encores! production of New York City Center�s 2008 season, directed by Garry Hynes, playing for five performances, from 27 � 30 Mar 2008 at New York City Center.

Victoria Clark won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as 'Margaret Johnson' in 'The Light in the Piazza' (2005). Clark's other broadway credits: 'Urinetown' (2001), 'Cabaret' (1998 revival), 'Titanic' (1997), 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' (1995), 'A Grand Night for Singing' (1993) and 'Guys and Dolls' (1992 revival).

Juno chronicles the disintegration of an Irish family in Dublin in the early 1920s during the confrontation between the Irish Republican Army and the British. Juno Boyle is the hardworking matriarch who struggles heroically to hold her family together in the face of war, betrayal, and her husband�s drinking.

Juno with music and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein and book by Joseph Stein is based on the 1924 play 'Juno and Paycock' by Sean O�Casey. It originally opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater on 9 Mar 1959, starring Shirley Booth and Melvyn Douglas and played a total of 16 performances. Songs include �I Wish It So,� �We�re Alive,� and �One Kind World.�

Garry Hynes (Director) received a Tony Award for Best Director in 1998 for Martin McDonagh�s 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' (1998), and has the distinction of being the first woman ever to win a Tony for directing. The following year she received a Tony nomination for her direction McDonagh�s 'The Lonesome West' (199). Her additional Broadway credits include 'Sixteen Wounded' (2004) and 'Translations' (2007).

New York City Center Encores! has, since 1994, celebrated the rarely-heard works of America�s most important composers and lyricists. Conceived as �concert versions,� each Encores! season gives three scores the chance to be heard as originally intended by their creators.

Encores! Summer Stars� a new annual series launched in 2007 with an acclaimed production of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, presents more fully-realized productions of memorable shows, providing leading actors the chance to play roles they were born to play.

Over the years, Encores! has presented the works of the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Kurt Weill, Bock and Harnick, Burt Bacharach, Kander and Ebb, Comden and Green, and many more. The program is the recipient of a special 2000 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, as well as an Outer Critics Circle Award, Lucille Lortel Award and Jujamcyn Theaters Award.

This year's Encors! features Applause, Juno and No, No, Nanette