BIG LEAGUE is proud to announce that RICHARD MALTBY, JR., Tony® Award-winning Author and Director of the 1978 premiere Broadway production, will re-create his original direction for the 2008/09 30th Anniversary National Tour.

RUBEN STUDDARD, the 2003 American Idol Winner, joins a top-notch cast with a sassy all-star band live onstage. The cast that now includes his 2003 American Idol cast mate FRENCHIE DAVIS!

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is a musical revue with a book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., music by Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller, and lyrics by various writers. The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway's best well-crafted revues of all time – sometimes sassy, sometimes sultry, with moments of devastating beauty.

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is simply unforgettable. RUBEN STUDDARD - In the second American Idol season in early 2003, guest judge Gladys Knight christened corpulent crooner Ruben Studdard a "velvet teddy bear," a nod to his smooth, Luther Vandross-styled voice and his Barry White-sized girth. It was a nickname that stuck, since it captured the persona of the 25-year-old Birmingham, AL, native who had unexpectedly become the front-runner in the wildly popular nationally televised talent show. Studdard stood out in the 2003 Idol competition with his massive frame, winning smile, easygoing style, mellow voice, and trademark jerseys bearing the number 205, the area code of his hometown.

Since winning, he has since recorded 4 albums – SOULFUL and FLYING WITHOUT WINGS in 2003 (Double Platinum!), I NEED AN ANGEL in 2004 and THE RETURN in 2006. His 5th Album premiers in January 2008. Subsequently, Ruben will do a concert tour to promote the CD prior to his stint with us in AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'.