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Saturday, July 14, 2001

Beautiful Game and By Jeeves Expected for North America in 2002

WEST SIDE GLORY
Things to do when you are not in the theatre!

The Toronto Star Tina to bite the Big Apple by Richard Ouzounian
When she stands alone on the stage of the Winter Garden Theatre Oct. 18 and begins the show by singing the words "I have a dream," Maddigan will also undoubtedly be thinking about how sometimes those dreams do come true.
Great headline from last week, charming little story about Tina Maddigan. The funniest part, "That's an understatement when you consider that only four years ago, Maddigan was so far down the showbiz ladder that she paid another actor $100 to get his place in line at an audition for Les Mis�rables."

Haines Goes His Way
Producer Bruce Kimmel, who deserves major credit for putting his money where his heart is in his recordings of cast albums, solo albums, forgotten showtunes, and rare reissues, has been winking at us for some time, slipping in "faceless" crooner Guy Haines for a number or two on many albums for his former Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series. Now comes Haines' solo debut, singing an unusual collection of theatre and pop songs.

Garth Drabinsky-Produced Island Returning to London Jan. 14, 2002
I found this amusing, especially when they called Garth, "the fugitive Broadway impresario."
My boycott of Broadway Online has ended for now, I no longer get those annoying new windows of advertising whenever I click on an article. Thank you ever so much!

posted at 7/14/2001 11:07:24 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Gerald Ford, Gloria Stuart, Ingmar Bergman, Harry Dean Stanton, Polly Bergen, and Woodie Guthry.

Controversial Crime Yields Controversial Play by Peter Filichia

The Curtain Falls on The Follies of 2001, July 14

'La Lupe': Soul-Shaking Power of a Cuban Wonder by D.J.R. Bruckner
For the audience of "La Lupa: My Life, My Destiny" the experience is a concert by an infectiously passionate singer whose gift for comic innovation is unpredictable and dangerous.

posted at 7/14/2001 07:36:38 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Friday, July 13, 2001

CDs: Ann-Margret on the Chicken Ranch by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 7/13/2001 12:57:05 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Smiles of a Summer Night
The 'Night Music' concert in PA last night was wonderful - we thoroughly enjoyed it. Rumor has it that Sondheim was there to check out Irene Worth's performance. Perhaps she'll repeat her role in DC next summer? And Marc Kudisch was perfectly cast as Carl-Magnus, in spite of, or perhaps because of, this past week's comments.

Jim Caruso is...Prying!
Nana Visitor, Daisy Prince, and Amanda Green on parental inspiration.
Don't forget to check out Green's show at Second Stage on Monday the 16th, 8pm, $25.It will have Brooks Ashmanskas, from whom I bummed a cigarette at Cooper Union, before I quit, which makes him wonderful.

'Hamlet' Goes to Harlem: OBIE-Winning Troupe Presents Dane July 13-Aug. 5
If Adrian Lester and Simon Russell Beale weren't enough 'Hamlet' for you, take the A train up to the Classical Theatre of Harlem's new look at Shakespeare's dark prince.

'Full Monty' Cuts Short Toronto Extension; End Perfs Aug. 5

Paper Mill Has Mrs. Anna, Cassie, Cole, Higgins and 'Rappaport' in 2001-2002
Say, didn't Alison cas... nevermind.

More Munching: 'Cannibal! The Musical' Continues Through Aug. 4

Pappas and Fraser Hook Up in Living Room Workshop, July 19-20

posted at 7/13/2001 12:17:46 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



By 'Jeeves,' We've Got It by Michael Riedel
The show, based on P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster novels, will open in November at the Helen Hayes Theatre.

posted at 7/13/2001 10:00:20 AM by the other James | Item Link



On July 13, 1977, a 25-hour blackout hit the New York City area after lightning struck upstate power lines. Today's birthdays include Harrison Ford, Patrick Stewart, Cheech Marin, Didi Conn, and Cameron Crowe.

My Choices for a Musical Theatre Mount Rushmore by Peter Filichia

'Major Barbara': Shavian Artillery Levels Hypocrisy by Bruce Weber
Daniel Sullivan's very funny production starring Cherry Jones celebrates George Bernard Shaw's winking, topsy-turvy didactics on the subjects of politics, poverty and faith.

Major Barbara review by Adam Feldman

posted at 7/13/2001 07:38:56 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Thursday, July 12, 2001

This is a blatant plug for a theatre group I work with, LITE:

Hey friends, it's the season once again for your favorite New York tradition, free Shakespeare in the park!

Come frolic with the fireflies on the great lawn at Prospect Park's picturesque Tennis House, while the Rude Mechanicals, the even ruder Fairies, and those wild and crazy Lovers, come together to present one of Shakespeare's greatest hits, A Midsummer Night's Dream!

Don't settle for less! Come early and often! Bring a blanket and take a nap! Bring a picnic and clean up your trash! Bring your friends! Bring your family! Bring your neighbors' kids! Bring your super! Bring your boss! Bring everybody you've ever met!

Every Thursday and Friday evening at 7pm, and every Sunday at 2pm and 5pm, from now til August 12th! Don't miss it!

posted at 7/12/2001 01:22:59 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



Revivals: The '50s by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 7/12/2001 11:56:05 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Ex-Menudo Kid Sues Gizmo Store
A former member of the Latin pop group Menudo claims a massage-chair mishap at a Sharper Image store had him seeing double.
    While Gomez was in the vibrating chair, a number of boxes that were stored on a shelf above him "violently tumbled downwards," hitting him "on and about his head," the suit says.

    The head injuries affected the 26-year-old Gomez for "at least a year," and came just as he was set to launch his solo singing career, she added.
Boxes falling on his head? 1998? It all makes sense now. That is why Ruben agreed to do Bob Cabell's most horrendous musical recording of "Z - The Masked Musical!". He should sue for that as well. Talk about a career ender.

Tuneful Bow To Bernstein
If Tuesday's 37th annual New York Philharmonic opener in the park had a theme song, it was "Tonight."In the shadow of Leonard Bernstein's Central Park West home, in a concert in his honor on the Great Lawn, with one of the greatest bands in the land, it wasn't just any night, it was pure New York, New York - indomitable, proud and inspired.

Don't Even Bother Looking For The 'Money' by Donald Lyons
'Where's My Money?" is a dream of a play. The trouble is, is it's a bad dream.Writer/director John Patrick Shanley, who won an Oscar for "Moonstruck," has apparently soured on marriage and on people, judging from this farce.
Mr. Lyons reviews three shows in his column and went on to call Once Around the City "The worst musical in the history of the human race..." Now there is a pull-quote for The Times ad! I wonder if Mr. Lyons will get the same email that Adam Feldman will surely get today?

posted at 7/12/2001 10:05:47 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Op-Ed: Virtual Hollywood by Andy Borowitz

The Observer: Manhattan transfers
Having a hit in New York seems to be the best way to ensure that your play is panned in London, so why do so many American dramatists persist in casting their pearls before swinish British critics?
[Thanks to David L. Hobbs for the link]

Jackie Maxwell Named Shaw Festival Artistic Director Designate

O'Neill Playwrights Conference Reads New O'Brien Play July 12-13

Brian Murray to Make Hobson's Choice at Atlantic Theatre Company

London Kate Will Have Mazzie, Barrett and Berresse; Previews Begin Oct. 16
And you should see all the protest over there! All those British actors denied work by Marin, Brent and Michael!

Cherry Jones Major Barbara Opens on Broadway July 12
Jones reunites with Moon for the Misbegotten director Daniel Sullivan on the Shaw drama

Andrea Marcovicci To Star in Lady in the Dark Revival
Marcovicci will join Cherry Jones and Lou Rawls in new musical at the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia

Shakespeare, Ionesco, Dr. Caligari Invade Midtown International Theatre Festival July 12
There are also shows about sex ed, working, and all things stinky.

July 12 World Premiere of Henley's Sisters Couples with Bailey's Ugly People
A medieval tale by Beth Henley and a farce from Frederick Bailey play the Los Angeles Theatre Center

"Telemundo" Soap Opera Actress Sully Davis Conjures Salsa Diva La Lupe, July 12
La Lupe's incredible life was a rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Born in Havana, she was reputed to be the Queen of Latin Soul.

Ruby Dee on Abortion and Women's Rights in Saint Lucy's Eyes, July 12
The award-winning actress stars in Bridgette A. Wilson's new play which moves to a commercial run at the Cherry Lane Theatre

Deborah Gibson Returns to Touring Cinderella July 24
"The Sopranos" star Jamie Lynn Sigler has dropped out of the production.
Dropped out? I thought she was always scheduled to end her run in July to return to other commitments, with, uhh, "the family".

Broadway Will Go To the Dogs July 14 With Broadway Barks 3!
Broadway celebrities to present pets for adoption and auction off show memorabilia at July 14 event

Gilbert will vie for SAG presidency
TV thesp serves on guild board

Adam Feldman wrote me, mildly amused that some reader was miffed at his review of Once Around the City. Adam suggested that the unstable theatre patron who was lashing out at BroadwayStars contact Adam directly at [email protected]. I suggested that the person on the tirade was too spineless to send a note to Adam. We'll see. Now won't we?

posted at 7/12/2001 08:51:10 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Bill Cosby, Milton Berle, Richard Simmons, Jay Thomas, Cheryl Ladd, Oscar Hammerstein II, George Washington Carver, Julius Caesar, and Henry David Thoreau.

Your Choices for a Musical Theatre Mount Rushmore by Peter Filichia

Major Barbara, with Cherry Jones, Opens at Roundabout, July 12

The Full Monty's Toronto Engagement Cut Short

Jackie Mason Plans Return to B'way

How Were the Reviews?: A Thousand Clowns

'A Thousand Clowns': Back When Oddballs Roamed the Earth by Bruce Weber
That Herb Gardner's middle-of-the-road comedy is a painfully dated work is not the only reason that the revival at the Longacre Theater is nearly unendurable.

A Thousand Clowns review by Adam Feldman

posted at 7/12/2001 06:46:50 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Wednesday, July 11, 2001

Just an FYI, Adam Feldman does not work for BroadwayStars.com. Adam is a reviewer for Broadway.com. If you wish to contact him, you need to contact Broadway.com, not us.
posted at 7/11/2001 12:54:20 PM by James Marino | Item Link



DVDs: Lorelei in Technicolor by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 7/11/2001 12:18:18 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



She's Lovely, but Alas, She's Only Software
For every advance in the world of special effects, narrative is pushed back a few squares on the game board or, in the case of the first film with human leads played by nonactors, the circuit board.

Tom Selleck Sells Hawaii House
Do you think he is settling down in NYC for a Broadway career?

Zeta-Jones toddles toward 'Chicago'
Thesp negotiating to play homicidal Velma

'Game' over in London
Webber's latest to close Sept 1

Huge legit fest wraps up in Moscow

Electra to shed light on Vegas
'Lumiere' part of new $17 mil entertainment complex

Last Episode of Kristin Airs Tonight
[Story from late yesterday. The episode aired last night.]

Jackie Mason Testing Material for Legit Burlesque Show, Scandals

Naked No No: Provincetown Orders Naked Boy Singing! Cease and Desist

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts Hill Harper on Blue, August Wilson, and how much theater (if any) is in his future.

Broadway Kicks Off 2001-02 Season July 11 With Tom Selleck A Thousand Clowns
He plays Herb Gardner's curmudgeonly iconoclast in a revival of the cult 1962 comedy

Bebe Neuwirth Plays the DIVA at Williamstown July 11-22
Eric Bogosian co-stars in Howard Gould's scathing behind-the-scenes comedy

Jackie Mason Wants To Be Top Banana in Broadway Burlesque Show
Tentatively titled Scandals, it's seeking a Shubert house for February 2003

Karen Ziemba in July Reading of New Let Me Sing Musical at MTC
Ziemba also announced that she will leave CONTACT Sept. 2

Game is Up for Lloyd Webber's Beautiful Game, to Close Sept. 1
It will have had one of the shortest runs of the composer's career, playing for less than a year.

For people who are sending us "Blind Items":
This is our every-so-often pep talk about "blind items" that are submitted to us through the link on your left. Do not send press releases masked as "buzz" through the blind items, it is tacky. We don't run them, AND then we don't look kindly upon your show. Please do not use the blind item to try and take on a personal crusade against BTN because your J&H DVD did not arrive. No one cares. All 15 people who bought the DVD would have been better served by getting a free private performance of J&H in their parents house. Perhaps N*Sync could open for J&H. And accusing BroadwayStars of not having integrity (when did I *ever* say we had integrity!) is not the way to make us take up the cause. And no, we have no financial ties to BTN. I think we actually may have more cash-flow then them. On other notes, we do not care who is sleeping with whom, who has what sexually transmitted disease, and what you really think of us. This is not the place for personal attacks (well, at least ones that can get us sued) and if you don't like our website, go somewhere else. Is it really that hard? And BTW, it is especially tacky to try and flood our blind items mailbox with the same information pretending to be from multiple people... do you really think that the technology does not tell us who the sender is? Blind Items are really not too blind. They just allow for deniability.

posted at 7/11/2001 09:03:40 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Sela Ward, Tab Hunter, E.B. White, John Quincy Adams, and Yul Brynner.

Rating the Ratings by Peter Filichia

It looks like The New York Times Arts page has been slightly redesigned...

'Once Around the City': Mixing a Nasty Real Estate Deal With Love by Bruce Weber

'Blue Window': More Banter, Please, and Pass the Emotional Indigestion by Bruce Weber

Once Around the City review by Adam Feldman

A Thousand Clowns and Tom Selleck Crowd Broadway; Gardner Comedy Opens July 11

The Play About the Baby To Close September 1

Douglas Sills To Play Booth at the Booth

posted at 7/11/2001 07:37:32 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Tuesday, July 10, 2001

In the Studio With Leo and Max by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 7/10/2001 12:38:22 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



On this day in 1943, Arthur Robert Ashe, the tennis star who was the first black man to win a major championship, was born. Following his death on Feb. 6, 1993, his obituary appeared in The Times. Today's other birthdays include: Jessica Simpson, David Brinkley (81!), Jake LaMotta, Jerry Herman, Arlo Guthrie, Cheryl Wheeler, Carl Orff and Camille Pissarro.

Introducing Urbanites to the Lure of a Well-Told Tale
A loosely organized company has held regular storytelling evenings for sold-out crowds in bars, restaurants and even planetariums, mostly in New York.

All You Need Is Love Shutters in London
All You Need is Love, the West End musical which features a score comprised only of Beatles songs, will end its run at the Queen�s Theatre on September 1.

Tom Hewitt Ready To Sink Teeth Into Dracula
But the question is: Will they allow him to wear his patent leather high heels as Dracula? Tom has become very attached to them...

Lincoln Center Festival To Celebrate Works of Pinter July 10-29
The playwright himself will take to the stage, starring with acting legend Sir Ian Holm in Gate Theatre's revival of The Homecoming.

A Chorus Line Summer Mini Tour Launches in Atlanta July 10
Hey, didn't Aliso... nevermind.

George C. Wolfe Directs Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog July 10
George C. Wolfe is back in the directing chair. Don Cheadle (Traffic) and Jeffrey Wright (Basquiat) star.

SFX Changes Name to Clear Channel Entertainment
The conglomerate formerly knows as SFX produces Fosse, Seussical, The Producers and the upcoming Sweet Smell of Success

Tickets on Sale for 2002 Mackintosh/Stroman Oklahoma! The Full Monty Tony nominee Patrick Wilson has been offered the lead in the revival, opening at the Gershwin
Patrick as Curly? Hmmm... As I look into my crystal ball, I don't see that...

Once Around Comes Around at Second Stage; Opens July 10

O'Neill Playwrights Conference Reads New Cram Play July 10-11

La Jolla Playhouse Workshops Wright's I Am My Own Wife July 10-29

Broadway Grosses: July 2-8 - Part 1

Court's Mouth Closes as Summer Slump Deepens

Cameron Mackintosh Confirms He'll Do No More New Shows

Dama Bell, an Early Supporter of Stratford Festival, Dead at 95

Wild Party's Lippa Grooms Little Princess for Australia

Woman in Black Disappears July 8 at Off-Bway's Minetta Lane

Broadway slides by Fourth
Holiday week brings 2.3% dip on closings

posted at 7/10/2001 09:02:04 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Who Belongs on the Mount? by Peter Filichia

Brent Barrett by Paul Wontorek

'Edward III': Restored to the Canon, Plus Funny Bits by D. J. R. Bruckner

posted at 7/10/2001 06:54:31 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



KristinChenoweth.com: NBC Cancels Kristin [I first read it on Talkin'Broadway]
Tonight's show is the sixth and final show. There are seven shows unaired. If you want to see the real Kristin (much better than the show), go to Central Park tonight where she will be singing with the Philharmonic.

posted at 7/10/2001 06:09:34 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Monday, July 09, 2001

And at the Bottom of the Show Music Bins ... by Peter Filichia

CDs: Rocky Ladies by Ken Mandelbaum

posted at 7/9/2001 03:17:38 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



LUKE'S THE REAL HORROR by Clive Barnes
What do you say in the second place about a show you didn't much care for in the first place?

Cameron Mackintosh Confirms He'll Do No More New Shows

Wild Party's Lippa Grooms 'Little Princess' for Australia

Dennehy Offers Preview of 'Journey' in O'Neill Reading, July 9

D'Oh: 'Machomer' Returns, Landing at Toronto's Queens Quay Centre July 30-Sept. 8

Lincoln Center Festival To Celebrate Works of Pinter July 10-29

BroadwayOnline.com Seeks News Intern
Please have a strong working knowledge of HTML.

Working Again with Sondheim Is a Dream Come True for Lonny Price
Price is directing 'Sweeney Todd' with San Francisco Symphony
At last, Lonny Price is involved with a show that won't close after a short run! Go Lonny!

It is also John Tesh's birthday. Let him be an inspiration to us all.

In 1980, Seven faithful are trampled in a stampede during a papal visit to Brazil by John Paul II. Tangentially, I saw 'Chaucer in Rome' yesterday, and really enjoyed it.

posted at 7/9/2001 10:16:35 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



Todays birthdays include Tom Hanks, Brian Dennehy, Richard Roundtree, Dean Koontz, O.J. Simpson, Kelly McGillis, Jimmy Smits, Courtney Love, and Fred Savage.

Daniel Sullivan Is Enjoying His New Direction
Director Daniel Sullivan, who just collected his first Tony Award for "Proof," unveils his latest effort with a Bernard Shaw revival, "Major Barbara."

posted at 7/9/2001 06:48:30 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Sunday, July 08, 2001

A Worthy Night at Worth Street by Peter Filichia

Revivals: The 40s by Ken Mandelbaum

posted at 7/8/2001 09:12:49 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Over on ratm, there's a response from Marc Kudisch regarding comments he made on Fynsworth Alley.
posted at 7/8/2001 08:52:31 PM by the other James | Item Link



On this date in 1932, MGM's "Freaks" directed by Tod Browning opened at the Rialto. This movie exploited the shock value of real people with severe disabilities. Studio head Louis B. Mayer was appalled while critics and moviegoers felt the same way. It was withdrawn and rereleased as "Nature's Mistakes". In 1997, Bill Russell and Henry Krieger wrote "Side Show". In 2001, theOtherJames and I argued about whether to put the period inside the quotation mark or outside.

Vows: Marcia Lewis, Fred Bryan

The Post Reinvents Itself Again in the War of the Tabloids

Philip Glass: His Success, Like His Music, Keeps Repeating
His recent chamber setting of Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" � a "pocket opera," he calls it � is winding up its five-week New York premiere run at the Classic Stage Company (with the final performance on Saturday) just as Lincoln Center Festival 2001 begins a Glass celebration that includes the American premiere of "White Raven," his 1991 operatic collaboration with Robert Wilson, as well as four concerts of old and new works.

Success Stories from Cherry Lane's Playwright Mentoring Program

A Night Out With Sean Campion and Conleth Hill

"Sex & the City"'s Cattrall Pulls Out of Royal Family

posted at 7/8/2001 12:14:14 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



Leight Fades: Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine Ends MTC Run July 8

Woman in Black Disappears July 8 at Off-Bway's Minetta Lane

Once-in-a-Generation Cast Starts NY Seagull Previews July 24

Lincoln Center Festival To Celebrate Works of Pinter July 10-29

George C. Wolfe Directs Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, July 10

Theater Must Do What Theater Does Best: Wow Us With Wonderment.

If you can, check out NY1 OnStage this weekend. There's an interview with three composers with new works on Broadway/Off Broadway: Mark Hollman (Urinetown), Laurence O'Keefe (Bat Boy), and David Yazbek (Full Monty).

posted at 7/8/2001 08:37:16 AM by the other James | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Anjelica Huston, Steve Lawrence, Jeffrey Tambor, Kevin Bacon, Billy Crudup, John D. Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller, and Louis Jordan.

Movie Stars Fear Inroads by Upstart Digital Actors
Not exactly directly related to theatre, but still important, I think.

posted at 7/8/2001 06:43:42 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

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2007-08
Broadway Season

June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)

July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]

Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]

Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)

Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)

Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)

Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)

Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins

Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends

Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)

Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]

Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]

Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)

Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)

Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]

Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)

Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)

Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)

Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)

Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)

Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]

Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)

Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)

Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]

Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)

May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)

May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

TBA - Godspell

2008-09
Broadway Season

Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet

TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

TBA - American Buffalo

TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]

TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]

TBA - Broomhilda

TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]

TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

TBA - Camelot

TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

TBA - Catch Me If You Can

TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]

TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]

TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)

TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]

TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]

TBA - Hitchcock Blonde

TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest

TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)

TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.

 
   


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