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Saturday, July 28, 2001

Star Tribune: One of two 'South Pacific' stars shines

Blind Item Received:
    Not sure if this is public knowledge or not, but it's the first I heard of it... Fosse is being taped for PBS / Great Performances.
It is the first we heard this too...

posted at 7/28/2001 11:05:06 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Plans Afoot for QED at Vivian Beaumont

NJ's Dormant Crossroads Hires New Exec Director to Get Season Back on Track

Primary Stages OB Season Starts with a Pill and Ends with a Fall

Schaeffer-Helmed Grand Hotel Opens Signature Season in VA Aug. 21

Nichols' Seagull in the Park May Add a Week

Mike Nichols Picks Up Angels in America Gauntlet for HBO Films

Symposium on Non-Traditional Shakespeare Set for July 28 by Julia Furay

A Distant Mirror: Three Stars Recall Broadway of 50 Years Ago by Michael Buckley

City's Hottest Tickets by Barbara Hoffman
"The Seagull" - whose all-star cast includes John Goodman, Marcia Gay Harden, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken - runs through Aug. 19 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater.
Dates for tickets in the boros, where the lines may be a bit shorter...

One last thing: anyone know how to get in touch with Kristen Bell? There is a producer out there looking for her for a fun gig, but her Equity contact information is wrong so they cannot reach her. If you do know, email us. Thanks.

posted at 7/28/2001 08:38:36 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Jim Davis, Sally Struthers, Michael Hayden, Elizabeth Berkley, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Beatrix Potter.

A Major Barbara by Peter Filichia

'Landscape': A Relationship Stretching for Miles Across a Table by Ben Brantley

'Slanguage': The City's Beat, With an Iambic Heat by Lawrence van Gelder

posted at 7/28/2001 07:08:39 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Friday, July 27, 2001

SHAMELESS PLUG DEPT.: Mermaniac.com, a Show Tunes Weblog written by yours truly, will be participating in a 24-hour "blogathon" for charity this weekend. I will be writing and posting one new entry to my website every half hour from 12 noon on Saturday until 12 noon on Sunday (Pacific Time). I'm raising money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and I'm proud to count BroadwayStars.com as one of my sponsors. There's still time to donate. But don't forget, you don't need a special occasion to donate to BC/EFA. Just send them money any time you feel like it. Or even when you don't!
posted at 7/27/2001 07:39:57 PM by Bill Jennings | Item Link



Aye, in a Harlem Courtyard, the Witching Time of Night

Moors, Faeries, Shipwrecks�Must Be Summer Shakespeare
Not surprisingly, I work with two of these groups - 2texans/Faux Real and LITE.

posted at 7/27/2001 03:46:58 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



Will Zellweger Play Roxie in the Chicago Movie?

Television 'Angels' by Michael Riedel
Reidel talks about ANGELS IN AMERICA coming to HBO, and that is interesting to those who are not up on theatre news, but even better is Classic Reidel:
    Gabriel's brother, by the way, is Jesse McKinley, who writes a theater column for that rag, The New York Times.
I love it. And then Michael mentions the impact of the economic downturn on Broadway. Hmmmm....

posted at 7/27/2001 02:30:38 PM by James Marino | Item Link



CDs: Quilt Voices by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 7/27/2001 01:59:30 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Christiane Noll to Be Earhart in Maltby-Shire Flight at O'Neill, July 27-Aug. 12

Shakespeare lite
Albee's 'Baby' to make way for Bard 'Abridged'

Gurney's Wayside Motor Inn Is Now a Musical, with July NYC Readings

PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 21-27: The Starry Orchard

Bill Russell's Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens Now on CD

New Comedy The Sisters Grimm May Bow Off-Broadway

National Alliance for Musical Theatre Fest Showcases 10 New Shows in NYC, Sept. 23-24

2nd Midtown International Theatre Festival Runs "Best of Fest" in NYC, July 31-Aug. 5

Book Club Not Yet Read-y for Bway

Critics Take On Topdog/Underdog

George Wolfe to Direct Keith Haring Dance Club-Style Musical Radiant Baby
Composer Debra Barsha shares details about Radiant Baby, planned for a January 2002 workshop in NY

Dennehy Reunites with Falls in B'way-Bound Revival of Long Day's Journey in Chicago Feb. 22
Speculation continues over casting of the Broadway revival of Eugene O�Neill�s Long Day�s Journey into Night

New BroadwayOnline.com Columnist Tom Lynch Gets "Lost in the Stars"
The assistant editor of the Tony-winning Theatre World books will follow the backstage doings of Broadway's personalities

Your Summer Weekend at the Theatre, July 27-29 by Julia Furay

How Were the Reviews?: Topdog/Underdog
Suzan-Lori Parks' new play opened July 26 at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre

South African Artist William Kentridge Stages Italian Zeno Musical at Lincoln Center, Nov. 14
Inspired by the 1923 bittersweet novel by Italo Svevo, Zeno at 4 a.m. blends film, vocals, string music and puppets.

I'm Lost in the Stars by Tom Lynch

posted at 7/27/2001 12:46:45 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Norman Lear, Vincent Canby, Jerry Van Dyke, Maureen McGovern, and Emma Goldman.

I Had a Dream by Peter Filichia

Pinter's Silences, Richly Eloquent by Ben Brantley

'Topdog/Underdog': Brothers in a Game Where the Hand Is Faster Than the Eye by Ben Brantley

posted at 7/27/2001 06:53:03 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Thursday, July 26, 2001

On a personal note, I urge everyone (in NY, that is) to go and see 'The Seagull' - it was a superb night of theatre. And lest you think that we here at BroadwayStars.com get special ticket privileges, let me dispel you of that myth. I went to Central Park at 7am on Tuesday, and waited until 1pm. And ended up in that group of people who were given numbered cancellation vouchers, since they ran out of regular tickets just ahead of where I was. But I came back at 6:30pm and got in on the cancellation line. So go early! But go!
posted at 7/26/2001 02:06:03 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



It was an NBC-Broadway evening last night with many Broadway regulars showing up on prime time. The 8PM slot was opened up by a guest appearance of Paige Price in Ed as a mean, stuck-up, rock band singer. Type casting. Just kidding. Paige is wrapping up a Gershwin revue at The MUNY in St. Louis this week. Following was the all-star cast of The West Wing whose roots are firmly planted in Broadway shows. Ending the evening was Terrence Mann as a defense attorney on Law & Order.

On this day in 1952, Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires at age 33. Today's birthdays include: Kevin Spacey, Blake Edwards, William Lear, Antonia Brico and Peter Lorre.

After a Storm, Director Quits Ballet Theater
Louis G. Spisto, the embattled executive director of the American Ballet Theater, resigned under pressure in a continuing crisis for the troupe

Drawing Management Metaphors From Musical Teamwork
Earlier this month, Roger Nierenberg demonstrated a management-awareness seminar that uses orchestral teamwork as a guiding principle for corporations.

Mann, d'Arcy James, Evan, Murney Play Chess in Nyack Aug. 10-12

Drama Dept. Holds Annual "Company Picnic" Benefit, July 30

Technical Hitch Delays Fair Lady West End Gala

Lincoln and Booth Meet Again in Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, Opening July 26

Judy Kaye Joins Broadway Cast of Mamma Mia!
The ABBA musical, which has been a hit in London, Toronto, San Francisco and Los Angeles, starts previews in October at the refurbished Winter Garden

Russell Crowe as Billy Flynn in the Chicago Movie Musical?

How It All Began for Me by Peter Filichia

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
Nicky Silver talks (jokingly!) about wanting to have a taste of the casting couch experience.

Get Hed at a Theater Near You
Has the Off-Broadway rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch turned mainstream in its screen incarnation? Nein!

Juday, Juday, Juday
Rising star Jeff Juday of the Off-Broadway musical I Sing! on TV sitcoms, Christianity, and red Speedos.

A Matinee, A Pinter Play...
Lincoln Center�s festival devoted to the work of Harold Pinter takes no time to pause as it offers a non-stop schedule of plays and films.

Fans flocking to Public 'Seagull'
Play offers Streep's first stage performance in two decades
    Move over, Max Bialystock. You've got some competition as the hottest theater ticket in town. The Public Theater's eagerly awaited production of Chekhov's "The Seagull" at the Delacorte in Central Park has ardent Gotham theaters fans lining up well before dawn to score tickets
Hartford's nonprofit seeks m.d.
New director to replace Calder

posted at 7/26/2001 09:40:00 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Wednesday, July 25, 2001

John Cameron Mitchell and Jennifer Love Hewitt being mentioned as replacements in Rocky? That's the discussion over at TalkinBroadway's All That Chat. I love both of those casting choices.

Also of note over at ATC, is the informal poll of who will drop first at The Seagull, because of the heat. Well thank God that it isn't Noise/Funk performing outside today!

Ripley, Skinner Among Additions to Dreamgirls Roster

Cast Set for 45 Seconds from Broadway

London's Lois Lane by Ken Mandelbaum

Report: Christopher Plummer Will Be Stratford King Lear in 2002

iClassics.com: Man of a Few Well-Chosen Words: Cole Porter

posted at 7/25/2001 06:28:24 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Kaye & Mason Officially Join Mamma Mia! Cast

The Fantasticks Advertises "Last Weeks"

Oh, Kaye! Ragtime's Goldman Joins Mamma Mia! on Broadway

posted at 7/25/2001 01:32:32 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Times Square Walks Widened
Space to stroll; drivers feeling squeeze
All of Times Square should be closed to south bound traffic and the entire area made into a Broadway Walk of Fame (similar to the Hollywood Walk). Can you just imagine seeing Carol Channings' handprints outside the St. James? With the amount of money that Broadway generates for the City of New York, this should not even be an issue.

Broadway Box Office Is Boffo
I must be reading different numbers...

Jack Welch, retiring chairman of GE, is going into business with Chuck Dolan of Cablevision. What does this have to do with Broadway you say? Well, Jack and Chuck are reported to be purchasing the Boston Red Sox. As Chuck owns Cablevision (nee: Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, et al) this now places him in the same realm of Harry Fazee, a 1920's Broadway producer and then owner of the Boston Red Sox. Fazee traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in order to finance a Broadway show. Looks like New York won on both accounts! We hope that Massachusetts native and BroadwayOnline columnist, Peter Filichia, approves.

More rich people talk: NYC Mayor candidate, Michael Bloomberg, disclosed part of his finances. In there were a few gems to see how he would support the arts community. According the Daily News, Bloomberg has invested in a national tour of the musical "Annie" and in making Arthur Miller's novel "Focus" into a film.

Toronto Star: Plummer will play King Lear at Stratford by Richard Ouzounian

Urinetown Postpones Performances Again

Broadway Grosses: Whimper and Bang

Annie Get Your Gun Celebrates 1000th Performance

tick, tick...PRODUCER! by Victoria Leacock

The Eyes Have It by Bridgette A. Wimberly

Beauty and the Batt: Fever Deejay to Light Up Disney Musical, Aug. 14

Austrian Artist Flatz Stuffs Dead Cow With Fireworks; Audience Reaction Mixed

Urinetown Now to Begin Bway Previews Aug. 27 and Open Sept. 13

Pitoniak, Naughton and Brown Embrace Death for Sept. 18 Bway Start

Phantom Actor Barton Died of Heart Failure

Broadway Grosses: July 16-22 - Part 1

Victor Trent Cook Is Smokin' as One of Three Mo' Tenors, on CD July 24
This CD rocks. Go buy it.

Fantasticks Advertising "Last Weeks" After 41-Year Run

Annie Get Your Gun Plays 1,000th Performance July 25

B'way-Bound Marty To Star John C. Reilly
Strouse is also working on a Broadway show called The Night They Raided Minsky

York Theatre To Debut Jones & Schmidt's New Roadside Musical Nov. 13
The Lynn Riggs play holds a special place in the career of the team that wrote The Fantasticks

Broadway Ticket Prices Rise for the New Season
A wide variety in pricing structures found -- but the new top is $100. Plus: Reader tips on getting good seats.

Christian Campbell, Gregg Edelman, Michelle Pawk Toke on Reefer Madness Musical Oct. 2001
The rock musical spoof of the cult anti-drug film is looking for high times in New York, after a West Coast debut
Will Patrick Wilson pass on seeing cattle standing like statues for the Narrator/Goat Man?

Noises Off: Smells funny
Albee, 'One Mo' Time' aim for B'way

Cooper preps new 'Toes' work
Rodgers Centennial prod'n to open at Leicester Haymarket Theater

Playwrights Horizons serves up 'Grill'
Season to feature premieres by Nelson, Smith, Donaghy

Tragic season in D.C.
Washington stages sked Greeks, new works

posted at 7/25/2001 09:42:21 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Estelle Getty, Barbara Harris, Matt LeBlanc, Brad Renfro, and David Belasco.

Ben Bagley Meets Eudora Welty by Peter Filichia

VIDEO - Donna McKechnie: A Walk Down Shubert Alley

Austrian Artist Flatz Stuffs Dead Cow With Fireworks; Audience Reaction Mixed

What's New on the Rialto?: Showtune... and the dream come true!
V.J. is seeing a dream of his come true... Whether our dream is about the theatre or something else, we should all be so lucky.

posted at 7/25/2001 06:50:38 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Tuesday, July 24, 2001

Best and most outrageous blind submission of the year (so far):
    Mandy Patinkin to be Mr Potatoehead in Toy Story on Ice at Madison Square Garden...confirmed by his press agent...who knew he could skate?
I just can't call to confirm this because I am laughing too hard at the visual... This just can't be true, can it? And who sent this in? Dan Quayle?

posted at 7/24/2001 03:11:58 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Revivals: The '70s by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 7/24/2001 12:42:14 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Jennifer Lopez, Ruth Buzzi, Dan Hedaya, Chris Sarandon, Robert Hayes, Michael Richards, Lynda Carter, Kristin Chenoweth, Anna Paquin, Alexader Dumas, and Amelia Earhart.

Soundtracks vs. Cast Albums by Peter Filichia

Broadway Grosses: Whimper and Bang

posted at 7/24/2001 06:18:54 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Monday, July 23, 2001

We've received a bunch of concerned emails that in the ABCs of The New York Times the ad for The Fantasticks says "Final Weeks" (or something close to that, I have not seen it.) I emailed the production team at The Fantasticks and here is the official response:
    "THE FANTASTICKS, like any other show, can only continue to operate for as long as audiences come to see it. It cannot run forever. While we hope the current slump in attendance will turn around soon, we have no assurance that it will happen. Therefore, we encourage anyone who hasn't seen THE FANTASTICKS (or who wants to see it again) to do so as soon as possible."
Although this week's Broadway Box Office saw a bump over the previous week, I see the definite decline of dollars spent since the economy downturn. I had mentioned before that the Broadway/off-Broadway market is a lagging indicator to the overall economic condition of the region/nation, and we are seeing the results of it right now. Not just in The Fantasticks, but in everything around town.

Actor Steve Barton Dies at Age 47

Steve Barton, Phantom's Original Raoul, Dead at 47

posted at 7/23/2001 10:15:04 PM by James Marino | Item Link



CNN: Eudora Welty died today at 92. She wrote "The Robber Bridegroom" upon which the Broadway musical of the same name was based.
[Thanks to Roscoe for the link]

posted at 7/23/2001 04:41:14 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Steve Barton, of 'Phantom' fame, passes away.
posted at 7/23/2001 01:30:06 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



Arsenic and Old Vermont by Peter Filichia
posted at 7/23/2001 12:39:03 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



CDs: Knight of the Woeful Countenance by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 7/23/2001 11:38:52 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Oh this date in 1984, Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America, resigns after Penthouse magazine announced that it will publish lesbian photographs of her in its September issue. Prior to entering the Miss America contest she had certified committing no acts of "moral turpitude". Well, there's ONE way to launch a career on Broadway!
posted at 7/23/2001 10:48:14 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



Today's birthdays include: Gloria Dehaven, Calvert DeForest, Don Imus, Blair Thornton, Martin Gore, Woody Harrelson, Eriq LaSalle, Nick Menza, Slash, Chad Gracey, and Michelle Williams. Did you ever think you'd see Depeche Mode, BTO, Guns 'n' Roses, Megadeth, LIVE and Destiny's Child all on the same list? Today someone from each group has a birthday!

Difficult Road Seen for Midsize Arts Groups

A Stronger, More Theatrical Role for Female Activists

Sir John Mortimer Remains Tireless
"The Summer of a Dormouse" is a memoir in which the 78-year-old playwright, screenwriter, novelist and lawyer describes what it's like when your body is failing but your mind is young.

Public Theatre Benefit to Include Performance of Seagull, July 31

New York Theatre Workshop Talks Slanguagewith Universes, July 23-Aug. 5

They Sing!: Young Theatre Professionals Talk Shop After Musical July 23

Hazelle Goodman's Broadway-bound On Edge Plays Joe's Pub, July 23, 30

New York George M. Cohan House Given Landmark Status

Recording of Producers CD Taped for TV; 'Great Performances' Airs Romp, Aug. 5

New Theatre Company Taking Root in Astoria, Queens

London My Fair Lady to Release Cast Album July 23

Joan, Once of Arc and Pennsylvania, Gets NYC Preem July 23-28

posted at 7/23/2001 08:44:47 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link

Sunday, July 22, 2001

Family Drama
Christine Ebersole, the Tony-winning star of "42nd Street," knows the value of a good story. She invented a heartwarming one for her 5-year-old adopted daughter, Mae Mae. She made up a name, Lin, for the child's birth mother, and assured Mae Mae that Lin loved her very much.

Larson Tops At Tuning In To Musicals by Clive Barnes
The early death of an artist always seems poignant. You think of the ghosts of Keats and Shelley murmuring their lost poems, or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who died at 35 and ended up in a mass grave after his family failed to keep up the mandatory fees for his grave site.

posted at 7/22/2001 09:49:35 PM by James Marino | Item Link



What's New on the Rialto?: Interview with Gerard Alessandrini by Nancy Rosati
posted at 7/22/2001 01:22:34 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



On this date in 1849, Emma Lazarus, the American poet best known for her words inscribed at the Statue of Liberty, was born. Following her death on November 19, 1887, her obituary appeared in The Times. Today's birthdays include: Danny Glover, Bob Dole, Oscar de la Renta, Louise Fletcher, Alex Trebek, Bobby Sherman, Albert Brooks, Don Henley (In a New York Minute), Willem Dafoe, Rob Estes, John Leguizamo, David Spade, Irene Bedard, and Daniel Jones of Savage Garden : )

How Can the Theater Make Itself Matter Again?

Broadway to Park South, a Trouper Keeps Trekking

Suzan-Lori Parks Turns Toward Naturalism

Talk About a Reality Show. A Pinter Classic Is It.

Betwixt and Between on a Glam Frontier

Happy Anniversary, Scott and Ken by Peter Filichia

Wig in a Box by Ken Mandelbaum

Brendan Fraser and Frances O'Connor Open in London Hot Tin Roof, Sept. 18


Off-Broadway's Naked Boys Turn Two July 22

Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Hedwig `n Harold

George Gershwin Goes Home Alone; Bway Show Closes July 22

Once Around the City Takes Last Trip Off-Broadway, July 22

FAMILY DRAMA
Christine Ebersole, the Tony-winning star of "42nd Street," knows the value of a good story.She invented a heartwarming one for her 5-year-old adopted daughter, Mae Mae. She made up a name, Lin, for the child's birth mother, and assured Mae Mae that Lin loved her very much.

LARSON TOPS AT TUNING IN TO MUSICALS

posted at 7/22/2001 12:38:59 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link

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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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