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Saturday, November 17, 2001

On this day in 1907 Lee Strasberg, the director who pioneered the technique of "method acting", was born. Today's birthdays include: Martin Scorsese, Lauren Hutton, Danny DeVito, Lorne Michaels, Stephen Root, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Isaac Hanson (Hanson). And both Daisy Fuentes and RuPaul. (Perhaps they are really the same person??)

Christine Ebersole: Effervescing From Song to Song
For Marc and Christine

Newsday has an interview with Anna Paquin making her stage debut in The Glory of Living.

Patrick Stewart Returns to Broadway with One-Man A Christmas Carol

Candy Does Dandy in NJ; Extra Final Show Added, Nov. 18

Petrified Forest Extends at NYC's Pantheon Until Dec. 16

Tommy's Kandel and Titanic's Moran Join Curry's Scrooge in MSG Carol, Nov. 23-Dec. 29

From Javert to Jud: Hensley Leaves Les Miz Nov. 17 Prior to Oklahoma!

The Last Five Years Heads Off-Broadway After All

Metamorphoses Eyes Broadway Transfer

Doug Hara of Metamorphoses

And if you are in New York and up early enough, you can partipate in the Race to Deliver. Enjoy the beautiful weather and raise money for God's Love We Deliver.

posted at 11/17/2001 07:41:05 AM by the other James | Item Link

Friday, November 16, 2001

New producing team signs on for 'Years'
Bell, Tepper join Brown's new musical 11/15/01 4:49pm
"The Last Five Years" has acquired a new producing team, Marty Bell and Arielle Tepper. Jason Robert Brown's new musical about a troubled marriage had been on Lincoln Center Theater's winter 2002 sked but got pulled last month, replaced by "The Carpetbagger's Children."
This is excellent news. I mentioned back in June that Marty had an interest in this show.

On Stage and Off: For 'Angels,' a Juggling Act

THEATER REVIEW | 'GLORY OF LIVING'
In Her World, Normalcy Includes the Grotesque
By BEN BRANTLEY
Anna Paquin brings quiet centeredness to her stage debut as a disaffected girl who goes directly from middle school to marriage and murder.

WHAT?! No Riedel?

So Young, So Bad � So What?
From the moment you clap eyes on Lisa, the nubile, trailer-park teen in "The Glory of Living," you just know she's headed down the wrong dirt road in life.

One Mo' Time to Reach Broadway's Longacre March 6

Metamorphoses May Make Splash on Broadway

Dillane Returns in Life After George, Feb. 19, 2002

Chris Smith Appointed to the Board at the National

Ho, Ho, Ho!: Campy Christmas With the Crawfords Returns OB Nov. 16-Jan. 5

PHOTO CALL: Daddy's Girl: d'Amboise Makes Contact With d'Amboise

Artios Awards to Be Given as Part of Casting Society Benefit in NYC, Nov. 27

Good Grief! A Charlie Brown Commercial Christmas Plays L.A. Nov. 16-Dec. 30

Michael Phillips Named Theatre Critic of Chicago Tribune; Chris Jones Also Hired

Patrick Stewart to Bring Christmas Carol Back to Bway, Dec. 24-30

Broadway on Broadway: Four Shows March at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. 22

Falco and Tucci are Frankie and Johnny if Belasco Revival Happens This Spring

Genista McIntosh to Leave National

Albert Hague, 'Grinch' and Redhead Composer, Is Dead

Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver Star in The Guys at OB's Bat in December

PHOTO CALL: The Sweet Smell of Bacon at The Women

PHOTO CALL: They Better Serve Pepsi: Elliott Directs Littlest of The Women

PHOTO CALL: Tilly and Coolidge Get Silly at Women Opening

PHOTO CALL: Golden Girl, Welcome to The Women

BAM, Hit by State and City Funding Cuts, Cancels South African Production

Peter Filichia's Diary: Why shouldn�t famous performers and characters make guest appearances in other shows?

Follow Spot: As the City Center Encores! series prepares for a gala Broadway Bash, artistic director Jack Viertel talks about the inclusion of The Pajama Game in next year�s slate of productions.

TheaterMania Review: Everett Beekin

I am not sure what I am more excited about, Harry Potter opening on the screens today or Jason Robert Brown's Last Five Years coming to New York with a producing team that is not mired in controversy and conflict of interest as Lincoln Center is right now. I have seen both (Harry Potter and Last Five Years), and they are the inspiration that keep us all working towards a lifetime in the arts.

posted at 11/16/2001 08:51:05 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Thursday, November 15, 2001

Public Theater Cuts Staff to Offset Losses in Funds by ROBIN POGREBIN
    The Joseph Papp Public Theater has laid off about 20 percent of its staff to balance its budget, citing a downturn in the economy, cuts in city funds and an expected drop in donations. The action follows the resignation of the theater's two largest donors and the departure of its executive director, Fran Reiter, the former deputy mayor of New York who was brought in for her administrative skills less than a year ago.
THEATER REVIEW | 'EVERETT BEEKIN'
To Survive, Ma, Never Look Back
By BEN BRANTLEY
Richard Greenberg's tantalizing new play tells a tale of two families who shed their pasts as instinctively as snakes molt their skins.

Post-attack B'way has a local flavor
Numbers show int'l auds down, Gotham attendance up 11/14/01 6:38pm
Locals have come to the rescue of the post-Sept.11 Broadway scene. At a Wednesday press conference, the League of American Theaters and Producers released its new study on the effects of the World Trade Center attack on Broadway theater.

New blood on B'way
Vampire tuners stake claims for fall bows

A Cliched Tale of Two Coasts
The Jewish family in "Everett Beekin" sure does travel a long way just to make the obvious point that assimilation, unlike Ma's chicken soup, isn't always good for the soul.

CONFUSED FAMILY AFFAIR by DONALD LYONS
A play about family and memory is a rich tradition in American theater. But Richard Greenberg's "Everett Beekin" is so confused it never makes up its mind.

Ben Vereen Musical in the Works
Kirsten Childs, author of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, and Shakespeare's R&J director/adaptor Joe Calarco are collaborating with [Read More]

The Full Monty Hits the Road Again
The recently canceled tour of The Full Monty [Read More]

Wildhorn's Dracula Delayed Until Fall
Despite previous reports that the producers of Dracula, The Musical had booked the Broadway Theatre for a s... [Read More]

Russell, Krieger and Hatcher Tweak Ducky With New Director in IL Dec. 5-Jan. 6

Richard Maxwell Drums Up Business at P.S. 122, Nov. 15-Dec. 23

Speaking in Tongues Opens Off-Broadway, Nov. 15

Paquin Debuts in Hoffman-Helmed NYC Premiere of Gilman's Glory at MCC, Nov. 15-Dec. 1

OB's New Group Opens Season w/ Goldberg's Good Thing Directed by Bonney Dec. 4-Jan. 13

Off-Bway-Bound Summer of `42 Spends Autumn in CT, Nov. 15-28

Zipper Opens, and Charles L. Mee Finds True Love, Nov. 15 Off-Bway

Burning Coal Theatre Company Premieres Williams' 'Brass Birds,' Nov. 15

Bway's League Surveys Post-Attack Conditions, Steps Up Marketing

New Producers Go The Full Monty in Scaled Down 2002 Tour

Urbaniak Is [sic] at Soho Rep, Beginning Nov. 14

Busy Bea: Arthur Solo Tour Likely to Reach Bway's Booth in Winter 2002

Christine Baranski Joins Cast of Movie Chicago

PHOTO CALL: 45 Seconds From an Opening Night Bow

PHOTO CALL: From the Polish Tea Room: Frances and Harry Edelstein

PHOTO CALL: The Man Who Came to Dinner 45 Seconds From Broadway

PHOTO CALL: At the Polish Tea Room: The Ladies Who Lunch

Governor's Arts Awards to Feature Honors, Stars at the Met, Nov. 19

Flying under the radar: The Broadway Tenors. Keep your eyes on them.

A Temp's Life - I'm Not Really Here
Fun reading. I think I used to work there. Thanks to Ginger for the link.

posted at 11/15/2001 10:53:50 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Wednesday, November 14, 2001

Guess Who I Saw Today? by Peter Filichia
posted at 11/14/2001 02:00:38 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Theater Review | 'Songs of Paradise': An Update of Genesis, Leaning Toward Yiddish

On Stage, a Day in the Life of an Idiosyncratic Physicist

Havana Is Waiting to Close at the Cherry Lane
Eduardo Machado�s Havana Is Waiting will end its run at the Cherry Lane Theatre on Sunday, November 25,...[Read More]

Broadway Grosses: Filled to the Rafters
Mamma Mia! what a hit! The musical, which opened on Broadway on October 18, was at 101.44% capacity last week. That figure is higher than The Producers and The Lion King, which ha...[Read More]

Cast Set for Ensler's Necessary Targets
Shirley Knight, Diane Venora and Rosemary Murphy are set to star in the world premiere of Necessary Targets by Eve Ensler (The...[Read More]

CSC Holds Benefit for Ladder Company #3
Bill Irwin, John Turturro, Roger Rees, Kathleen Chalfant, Gloria Deluxe and Humble-Foster are scheduled to appear in Classic Stage Company�s benefit for Ladder Company #3. The performance will take pl...[Read More]

'Monty' strips down to go back on road
Prod'n hopes to hit all major markets beginning April or May 11/13/01 10:00pm

'PHANTOM' OF THE BOOTH?
By MICHAEL RIEDEL
NEVER mind the weak economy, the fear of another terrorist attack and the plunging tourist trade. What really has Broadway producers quaking is the prospect of "The Phantom of the Opera" moving to the half-price ticket booth in Times Square this spring.

In Wake of City Funding Cuts, Public Theater Trims Staff by 15 Percent

Broadway Grosses: November 5-11

McAnuff-Wildhorn Dracula Will Fly on Broadway in Fall 2002

Bebe Meets Beekin; Greenberg's Latest Opens at LCT, Nov. 14

Knight, Venora and Murphy Are Ensler's Targets in Hartford, Nov. 23-Dec. 23

No Cigar: Machado's Havana to Close at OB's Cherry Lane, Nov. 25

Chalfant, Irwin, Rees Join Benefit for NYC Fire Station, Dec. 3

Spalding Gray Goes Back to Swimming to Cambodia, Nov. 14-Dec. 12 OOB

Carmel Quinn Offers That and a Cup of Tea at Irish Rep Nov. 14-Dec. 9

Langston Hughes' Little Ham Gets the Musical Treatment at Amas, Nov. 14-Dec. 9

Lane Embarks on Second Modified Week at Bway's Producers

Craig Bierko Rejoins Thou Shalt Not on Broadway, Nov. 13

Random notes: The Public having to cut 15% of staff? That probably has nothing to do with On The Town or The Wild Party... Rocky's grosses are inline with my projections. Will it close before Christmas?... On Thursday, from 6 - Midnight, Decoy Marketing (AKA Forrest the producer of Production Notes) is having a kick off party to launch the new marketing company providing "grassroots" or "buzz" marketing. For more info contact Forrest at 646-345-2010... There is no truth to the rumor that I was at the Victoria's Secret taping in Bryant Park yesterday... Who knew you could do patriotic underwear?

posted at 11/14/2001 09:29:10 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Laura San Giacomo, D.B. Sweeney, and Patrick Warburton.

'Phantom' of the Booth? by Michael Riedel
Never mind the weak economy, the fear of another terrorist attack and the plunging tourist trade. What really has Broadway producers quaking is the prospect of "The Phantom of the Opera" moving to the half-price ticket booth in Times Square this spring.

posted at 11/14/2001 06:06:12 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

Matinees With Nathan? by Michael Portantiere
As of this writing, and barring an announcement to the contrary, Nathan Lane is scheduled to return to an eight-performance-a-week schedule in The Producers as of Tuesday, November 20.

posted at 11/13/2001 06:06:32 PM by James Marino | Item Link



B'way bounces back
B.O. jumps after lackluster previous week
Broadway rebounded nicely from the previous week's B.O. debacle, the direct result of an unusual triple whammy: Halloween, the World Series and the end of daylight savings time. The overall tally last week rose $1,470,503 -- up 13.68% from the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4 -- for a grand total of $12,213,243.

Group celebrating Strasberg's 100th
Homage to complement 'Godfather' screening

CSC Holds Benefit for Ladder Company #3
Bill Irwin, John Turturro, Roger Rees, Kathleen Chalfant, Gloria Deluxe and Humble-Foster are scheduled to appear in Classic Stage Company�s benefit for Ladder Company #3. The performance will take pl...[Read More]

Eddie Izzard Takes On Joe Egg in the West End
Comedian Eddie Izzard is set to take over the lead in Peter Nichols' A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg when the play transfers to the West End�s Comedy Theatre in December. The show is currently ru...[Read More]

Dates Set for Boy George Musical in London
Dates are set for the world premiere run of the Boy George musical, Taboo. The production will begin performances at London�s The Venue on January 11 in preparation for a January 29 opening.

For the Grownups: Grinchy Globe Gives Adults SantaLand Diaries Dec. 14-31

Off-Broadway's Melting Pot Revives Tintypes Nov. 13-Dec. 30

Dodger Theatricals Withdraws from League of American Theaters and Producers

With respect to the Dodger story, I received the following email:
    Re: The Dodgers or any other producer negotiating more favorable terms than the League
    Most, if not all, the contracts contain a Most Favored Nations (MFN) clause. If a union gives the Dodgers, or any other producer, more favorable terms than are in the League contract, then the union must also give the same terms to the League.
    For this reason, the unions are not likely to give the Dodgers better terms. Disney ran into this problem when they negotiated their contract.
That is a good point that the writer brings up. I wonder if Favored Nations would hold up against projects out of scope, with either the unions or producers claiming that they are substantially different than their counterpart. Take for instance the 501-C-3 organizations: do Lincoln Center and Roundabout not produce "Broadway shows" in "Broadway venues" yet operate under a different contract? (LORT rather than Production). So under the logic proposed by the writer, every Broadway show should be afforded Favored Nations with respect to the contract that that Thou Shalt Not is afforded -- which we know is not the case.

Former Dreamgirl Sheryl Lee Ralph Is Muzzy in Millie

Flower Drum Song Eyes Broadway

Linda Eder Returns to Bway for Holiday-Week Concert, Dec. 26-30 at Gershwin

Musical Lizzie Borden is a Bloody Hit at CT's Norma Terris, to Nov. 25

Standard-Times: Bringing Lizzie to the Musical Stage

New Musical Heading East Heads East to NYC, Nov. 19-20

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Today's birthdays include Whoopi Goldberg, Garry Marshall, Joe Mantegna, Tracy Scoggins, Jimmy Kimmel, Steve Zahn, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Edwin Booth.

On Stage, a Day in the Life of an Idiosyncratic Physicist by Dennis Overbye
Richard Feynman, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, was the scientist as he might have been imagined by Jack Kerouac.

Jones and Schmidt's Musical Tent Show, Roadside, Gets NYC Premiere Nov. 13-Dec. 23

This Stuff Is Intense!: Gottfried Joins Rocky Horror Narrators Nov. 13-18

posted at 11/13/2001 06:14:27 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Monday, November 12, 2001

Enough with the things falling from the sky - we're having a tough enough time of it out here.
posted at 11/12/2001 11:35:15 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



Open a New Window�And Then Try Closing It by Peter Filichia
posted at 11/12/2001 11:10:44 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Now that Variety is talking about the Dodgers defection from The League, it is time to talk about the "what if". What is going to happen if the Dodgers negotiate a more favorable contract with the unions than The League? Will that mean that other producers will leave The League? Having a central point of negotiation is not only good for the producers, but good for the other unions involved also. If there are different production contracts depending upon the producing entity, it makes for a deconstruction of standards and the loss of economies of scale. And what happens in the event that Dodgers partner with other producers who are League members (as so often happens)? What about when Dodgers bring shows on the road to a venue that is a member of The League, what takes prescidence? (I know it happens now, but Disney and SFX sat back at negotiations and their contract is in essence the same as The League's contract.) It seems with Dodger's statement that "The League doesn't represent their (Dodgers) own business interests at this time," that they would like to go it on their own and negotiate. Or perhaps Dodgers will do the same as Disney and SFX and just sit back from the table and save their membership fee. If that is the case, then The League has a problem and needs to prove their value-add to Broadway producers.

Hollywood Discusses Role in War Effort by RICK LYMAN

New Musical Heading East Heads East to NYC, Nov. 19-20

Bruckner's Criminals to Steal into NYC Performance Space, Nov. 29-Dec. 15

Ives, Artistwork Start Off NYC's Portugal Productions w/ Wordz, Nov. 28-Dec. 2

Felix Pire Wins AZ Theatre's Latino Playwriting Award; 2002 Entries Due Dec. 28

Albright and Tandy Got a Right to Sing Good Time Blues, Opening Nov. 12 in NYC

Carmel Quinn Offers That and a Cup of Tea at Irish Rep Nov. 14-Dec. 9

Forster and Shakespeare Get Musicalized at NYC's Century Center Nov. 12 and Dec. 3

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
Patti LuPone prepares to step into Alma Schindler�s Austrian shoes, while TACT dares to air a Priestley play other than An Inspector Calls.

Follow Spot
As she moves back to NYC for good, Polly Bergen steps into The Vagina Monologues.

Interview with Neil Berg by Pati Buehler
Neil is very talented person in many areas. He has a good grasp of the pop musical and should be considered one of the writers who will shape Broadway's future.

posted at 11/12/2001 08:55:53 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Dodgers close curtain on league affiliation
Trade org's handling of post-Sept. 11 labor concessions most likely the cause

Dodger Theatricals Quits League of Producers
What will this mean for Broadway? Stay tuned...

Did 45 Seconds Hit the Spot for Critics?

Theater Review | '45 Seconds From Broadway': Broken Lives and Healing at the Coffee Shop by Ben Brantley
Every tough wisecrack in Neil Simon's sincere but paper-thin valentine to New York has a heart as soft as melting butter.

Not a Very Tasty Neil by Clive Barnes
There have been plenty of perfectly good plays about nothing in particular. Unhappily Neil Simon's "45 Seconds From Broadway," which opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre last night, is not one of them.

Simon Serves Borscht Warm � and Funny by Howard Kissel
The simplest way to regard Neil Simon's endearingly funny "45 Seconds From Broadway" is as a work of archeology.

45 Seconds From Broadway review by Adam Feldman

Today's birthdays include Kim Hunter, Wallace Shawn, Megan Mullally, and Grace Kelly.

Letters: Mamma! and Max by Ken Mandelbaum

posted at 11/12/2001 06:37:47 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Sunday, November 11, 2001

In honor of Neil Simon's 45 Seconds opening tonight, there is a story in Newsday about the Edison Cafe and another about the set design.

Newsday also has a story about George Hamilton who will be appearing soon in CHICAGO. Don't miss Hamilton's interview on NY1 OnStage where he begs for more rehearsal time.

posted at 11/11/2001 10:54:49 AM by the other James | Item Link



'The Ballad of Mary O'Connor' by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman, Creators of 'Urinetown'

London Theater and the Cloud of War by BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE
Several plays now showing in London's West End are helping to prove that Britain's theaterland won't be terrorized out of business

Retaking the Measure of American Song

Peter Filichia's Diary
Phone calls from Heather Mac Rae, David Lansbury, and other colorful figures interrupt Filichia�s reading.
Peter was reading the highly recommended Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s by Ethan Mordden



Philadelphia Daily News: 'Philly Sound' on stage
Did you hear about the judge and Mrs. Jones? They've got a thing going on. They both know that it's wrong, but it's much too strong to let it go now.

Philadelphia Daily News: It's a nice time for Nita
This "Mrs. Jones" has another thing going on. Nita Whitaker, the singer/actress who plays the Mrs. in question in "Me and Mrs. Jones," this week released a new album, "One Voice" (LML Music), an uplifting collection that serves as a pleasant and powerful introduction for listeners unfamiliar with her

NY Theatre Workshop Opens Another Ode to O'Connor, Finally Flannery, Nov. 11-18

Xanadu Live! Ends Benefit World Premiere Run Nov. 11

San Francisco's ACT Commissions New Musical of Asian Experience, Chinese Hell

Culture Clash Brings Bordertown to L.A's Theatre Works Radio Series Nov. 28-Dec. 2

Clock Ticks Down to Opening of Simon's 45 Seconds at Rodgers, Nov. 11

Sold-Out Baby Case Closes Oct. 11 at Philly's Arden

OOB's Abingdon Company Stops Milking The Mooncalf, Nov. 11

Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Mamma Johnson and her Shang-A Lang Thang

Bway Composers Show Off Their 'Other Side,' Nov. 4, 11 and 18
For more information, see www.theothersideofbroadway.net.

posted at 11/11/2001 08:37:17 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Today's birthdays include Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Jonathan Winters, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, Calista Flockhart, and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Inspires a Play by Neil Simon

Clock Ticks Down to Opening of Simon's 45 Seconds at Rodgers, Nov. 11

Designing 'Women' by Claire Siegel
There are lots of great fashions in the current revival of Claire Boothe Luce's "The Women." But the show-stopping moment has nothing to do with clothing: A naked Jennifer Tilly steps up out of a bubble bath on stage at the American Airlines Theater and brings down the house.

One-Man Wonders by Clive Barnes
Let me face it: I hate one-man, one-woman or even one-dog shows - especially when they have the nerve to call them "plays."

posted at 11/11/2001 06:53:38 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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