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Saturday, April 21, 2001

USA TODAY: Mellencamp fine-tuning 18th album and a musical
The singer also is collaborating with author Stephen King on a stage musical. "I've got about eight songs written," Mellencamp says. "And Steve's story is so cool � I don't think Broadway has ever seen a story like this." Jack and Diane meet Carrie!

USA TODAY: 'Producers' signals springtime for musicals By Elysa Gardner How about adding Elysa Gardner to the list of white males on the right? She writes most, if not all, of the theater articles and reviews that appear in USA Today.

USA TODAY: Liza Minnelli is back on her feet

posted at 4/21/2001 03:15:36 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link



CBS-TV Movie Musical of Annie Get Your Gun Will Star Reba McEntire

Report: Bway's Producers Rouses Raves � and Raises Rates

The Kings of Old Broadway

Ker-ching Time for Hitler

Drama League Announces 2001 Award Nominations

Kristin Chenoweth's TV Series To Debut June 5 on NBC

Diva Fans Alert! Joe's Pub To Host Rubin-Vega, Callaway, Menzel, Pinkins and More Great Ladies in May-June Series

BC/EFA Holds 15th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition April 23-24

Sinise's Cuckoo's Nest Extends B'way Engagement to July 29

SHADES OF BROWN
The Parade continues on April 28. Songs from that Tony-winning show and other works by the extraordinary musical theater composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown will be presented in concert at the Great Hall of Cooper Union on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30pm.

posted at 4/21/2001 09:53:55 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link



On this day in 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first Vice President of the United States. (Though his place in musical theatre history was already assured.) On this day in 1977, Annie opened on Broadway. Today's birthdays include Queen Elizabeth II, Charlotte Bronte, Anthony Quinn, Elaine May, Patti LuPone, Tony Danza, and John Cameron Mitchell.

Ticket Sales for 'Producers' Set a Broadway Record by Robin Pogrebin

In addition to the enormous lines outside the St. James... and the Helen Hayes... and Sardi's... the Telecharge website was allegedly swamped yesterday, causing a large amount of lag for people trying to buy tickets. Coincidence?

CDs: Along Came Bialy by Ken Mandelbaum

DIVA TALK: Welcome Them � These Beautiful Girls!

Impossible Things Are Happening Every Day, by Peter Filichia

Peter Filichia has done a tremendous amount for everyone in the theatre community. This is yet another example of how important he is to all of us.

posted at 4/21/2001 12:18:53 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Friday, April 20, 2001

The possibility of a $120 top ticket next season?

This is just a rumor, but still...

posted at 4/20/2001 12:41:30 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



Toronto Star: The Producers is sheer perfection by Richard Ouzounian

I really could not say it any better than Richard does in his review.

There really is not anything else to cover today except for the obvious. Musical theatre has changed, once again. At the party last night at Roseland, not one person there even remembered the Ragtime or Lion King opening. Those shows never happened. "The Producers" is here. For a long, long, long time. Bravo.


Photo Op: THE PRODUCERS Opening, Part 1:

Photo Op: THE PRODUCERS Opening, Part 2:

Photo Op: THE PRODUCERS Opening, Part 3:


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Well, since The Producers is making big enough news everywhere else, why not here? There's certainly plenty to talk about...

How Were the Reviews?: The Producers

'The Producers': A Scam That'll Knock 'Em Dead, by Ben Brantley

Funny Boys, by Ken Mandelbaum

The Producers Produces a Big Flaw, by Peter Filichia

Well, just about all the reviewers seem to agree on The Producers. Barnes in The Post and Kissel in the Daily News even agree. Finally, we found a show that manages to unite the critics! Unfortunately, it's not all good news:

Ker-ching Time for Hitler: Producers Tickets Go to $100

Wasn't this really just a matter of time? Ticket prices seem to be increasing at an exponential rate lately. The story doesn't mention whether or not the $100 price includes the infamous "restoration fee," though I think we can all guess. Will there eventually be a revolt over high ticket prices? Is there any price people simply will not be willing to pay to see a play on Broadway? Strange as it may seem, there ARE other things going on:

No Cup of Coffee With Janis, by Laura Joplin

Drama League Nominations Announced

Hershey Felder Is "K-ra-zy" for George Gershwin by Michael Buckley

Barrymore and Drew Families Expecting First of New Generation

This last story has since proved to be false, but it should be required reading if you don't know much about the Barrymore family.

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Drama Desk panel with Marian Seldes, Kathleen Freeman, Betty Garrett, Jane White, Polly Bergen, Carol Woods, and Joan Roberts. What an amazing event that was. In addition to getting to hear each ruminate about her career, show business, and the creation behind the shows in which they are currently appearing, I was able to meet Bergen, Garrett, Freeman, Woods, and Roberts in person, which was thrilling for me. Each of these women has had a lengthy career for a reason. Plus, each was as nice and funny as could be. They are all true stars, and have worked very hard for the success that has come to them.

posted at 4/20/2001 07:39:50 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Thursday, April 19, 2001

Today's birthdays include: Ashley Judd, Don Adams, Dudley Moore, Tim Curry and Kate Hudson.

A Writer at His Wit's End? Burrows Winds Up in the Library
Letters, scripts, notes, songs, recordings and ephemera belonging to the playwright and songwriter Abe Burrows have been donated to the New York Public Library.

'Broadway Musicals of 1957': Show Tunes, From the West Side to River City

Offstage Turmoil Threatens American Ballet Theater
The American Ballet Theater has recently exhibited a new cycle of strains, including a canceled production, cash shortages and staff defections.

Tonys #10 by Ken Mandelbaum.

"Theater Talk"'s Off-Broadway Panel Airs on PBS, April 20

Actors' LORT Support and Greener Grosses Help Bway's Nuremberg Stay the Course

Break a Leg: The Producers Opens at Bway's St. James, April 19

Stritch and Gibson Help Read Operatic Little Women, April 23-24

O, O, Pioneers! Pioneers!: Two Musical Cathers Arrive in NYC April 19-May 6; May 2-13

It May Be Stroman and Bierko Again in Thou Shalt Not

National Theatre Searches for New Director as Nunn Bows Out

Mel Brooks' The Producers Opens on Broadway April 19

Reba McEntire Plans CBS Broadcast of Annie Get Your Gun

Showtime Premieres Nathan Lane Laughter on the 23rd Floor, May 26

Joan Jett Not Leaving B'way Rocky Horror But Raul Esparza Is

Band in New York by Peter Filichia

Yesterday matinee with Tom Sawyer. The show is going to be frozen soon, but from the reaction of the audience, it is just fine where it is. The house was packed full of children who really enjoyed themselves... Jim Poulos is really great to watch on stage.

Yesterday's matinee was followed by last night's final preview of The Producers. [The Producers' website is going live today at www.producersonbroadway.com.] Saw Glen Carter in the audience again. Last night I saw him at Blast! Doesn't this guy live in the UK?...

Speaking of British actors working in the US... Will Hugh Jackman do Chicago or Oklahoma? I guess it all depends upon the unions. (Oh think about it before you write me...)

And I received this via email:
    Thought I'd offer you one more tidbit of info on the upcoming HAIR concert (the Reprise one.) The role of Crissy (which will be Jessica Snow Wilson in New York) will be Alisan (Curly Sue, Parenthood) Porter in LA. Alisan appeared in Footloose here opposite Stacy Francis, who will also be in the LA cast, while other costars Tom Plotkin and Billy Hartung will be in the NY version.
That will take me a day or two to figure out. Can someone chart it for me?


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Wednesday, April 18, 2001

On this day in 1923, The first game was played at Yankee Stadium in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Today's birthdays include: James Woods, Hayley Mills, Rick Moranis, Eric McCormack and Melissa Joan Hart.

Afterlife for TV's Quirky Flops? Sometimes

Bierko now in B'way's 'Thou'
Show is among season's most hotly anticipated
Craig Bierko, star of "The Music Man," is in final negotiations to headline the new Susan Stroman-helmed musical "Thou Shalt Not," due on Broadway in fall...

B'Way tuner has the Reich stuff
'Producers' tix average B'way high $74; scalpers: $350

Biz off; 'Stones' 221g
'Producers' keeps lead among previewing shows

Bravo launches kids' legit workshop
Improv, playwriting, direction on curriculum

Toronto Star: Having a Blast! Wish you were here by Richard Ouzounian

Broadway Grosses: Good News In Whoville

Leila Martin Takes Final Bow at Phantom April 21

Five for Stro? by Ken Mandelbaum

Joan Jett Still Contemplating This Summer's Rocky Road
Not gonna happen... Na Ga Da... $254,883 does not justify a renegotiation

Ball State Students Stage New Musical, Love Me, Love Me Not, in NYC, April 18-21

Broadway Grosses: April 9-15 - Part 1

League Names Alan Cumming NBTA Awards Host; No Word on Co-Host

2001 ASCAP New York Musical Theatre Workshop Runs April 16-May 9 in NYC

Ricky Martin Considering a Return To Legit Stage in Zorro
I saw this headline and I thought to myself, "Bob Cabell could not have gotten that HORRIBLE play of his to London!" I can see the headlines now: "Direct from the high school stage of the Actor's Cabaret of Eugene, Oregon! Alas, the musical theatre world is safe as this is a different Zorro. Whew! (Disclosure: I produced the CD for Bob Cabell's "Z". Packaging looked great, the content was horrible. He and I don't speak anymore.)

Beauty and the Beast Attains 10th Longest B'way Musical Run April 18

How Were the Reviews?: Blast! on Broadway

Report: Connick/Stroman Thou Shalt Not Wants Bierko To Star
They couldn't find a better picture of Bierko than that?

Frank Wildhorn to Spearhead "Broadway's Best" for Bravo
"Okay Kids, who here has seen "Jekyll & Hyde"? "Scarlet Pimpernel"? "The Civil War"? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Seriously, it is great that there is a grassroots campaign to get new audiences interested in theatre.

Trevor Nunn to Leave Britain's National Theatre
I wonder if this will affect (effect?) the Oklahoma production in New York. Yes, Cameron is producing it, but it still is a National Theatre production... isn't it?

Bravo to Bravo! by Peter Filichia

A Little Something Mel Brooks Forgot To Mention by Peter Filichia

How Broadway's The Producers Will Differ from the Film

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
Tom Plotkin has gotten himself into a Hair-y situation at City Center.

Buzz Lines
Come and hear Polly Bergen and other stars talk about �What Becomes a Legend Most?� at a Drama Desk panel discussion this Thursday.

Hi. I am still plagued by an intermittent internet connection, I do thank Susan and Catherine for stepping in. Yes, I saw Blast! last night at the opening. It was very good and entertaining, but it was like "Blue Man Group at a mall" if I can quote a Canadian friend of mine. Just as I think Fosse, Contact, Riverdance, et al... are not "Broadway shows", this also is something that falls into that realm. I had a good time, but I didn't feel like I was at the theatre.

Follies is (or has?) extending to January and moving to Production Contract in July...

Coming Soon: Script Ready for 'Phantom of the Opera'

Peter Filichia found out the other day what a big heart his fans from the internet have...

Theatre.com: Theatre.com Seeks News Intern

I was contacted by Paul Hardt who is working with Orfeh as part of her PR team (?) who lets us know that
    "...she has not and is not considering a job in The Civil War tour. Orfeh is busy doing numerous voice overs and work on her upcoming album.

    There is talks going on for Orfeh to do a concert sometime this summer featuring Broadway and pop tunes.
See, I was glad she is working again!

posted at 4/18/2001 09:21:34 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Looking at the Broadway grosses for this week, it breaks my heart to see A Class Act so far down on the list. In a really tough season, this little show manages to shine all on its own. Too bad more people can't be convinced to go and see it--it has a wonderful score, and makes so many positive statements about life in the theatre. Someone I know said it should be required viewing for anyone in the business, and I couldn't agree more (except to say I think it should be required viewing for anyone who loves musical theatre, but I suppose that goes without saying). To give you an idea of how good a show this really is, Catherine and I actually AGREED on it!
posted at 4/18/2001 08:46:16 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link



On this day in 1923, the first game was played at Yankee Stadium in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Today's birthdays include: Clarence Darrow, George Henry Lewes, Leopold Stokowski, Rick Moranis, Hayley Mills, John James, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien, Jane Leeves, Eric McCormack, Maria Bello.

'Blast!': Giving It the Old College Try

'What You Will': Shakespeare With Boogie, Blues and Barbershop

Santa Fe Dusts Off a Venerable Theater and a New Reputation

Five for Stro? by Ken Mandelbaum

Ludwig and Foster Sing Gershwin in Goodspeed's They All Laughed! This Summer

Broadway Grosses: April 9-15, Part 2

Broadway Grosses: April 9-15, Part 1

Salvador Dali Is Persistent at Public Theatre; Extended Thru April 29

League Names Alan Cumming NBTA Awards Host; No Word on Co-Host

Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Brother Mamet and the Moviecals

Talkin' Broadway's Review of BLAST! by Matthew Murray

Bravo to Bravo! by Peter Filichia
"Following the budget cuts that have dismantled arts and theatre education in schools across the country, Bravo is bringing several new programs that will bring theatre into the nation�s homes, schools, and communities. We�re going to raise national awareness of theatre�s positive impact on young people." I love this idea!

Report: Connick/Stroman Thou Shalt Not Wants Bierko To Star

BAM To Host Two Different Hamlet Productions in April and May

2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner David Auburn at Work on Jonathan Larson Musical

Beauty and the Beast Attains 10th Longest B'way Musical Run April 18

RSC Premieres New Martin McDonagh Play, April 18

Irene Worth to Star in Noel Coward's After the Ball Musical, April 21

Theatre on Video/DVD: New Releases

Theatre.com Seeks News Intern
Great opportunity for someone of a diverse group to learn a few things and be added to that list of white males on the right.

Frank Wildhorn to Spearhead "Broadway's Best" for Bravo

Cooper Union Plans Concert Version of Via Galactica in 2002

How Were the Reviews?: Blast! on Broadway

Good Morning, Starshine by Charles Nelson

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Tuesday, April 17, 2001

Now, who was it that said that Glenn Carter would never appear in a Broadway theatre again? Not true! James and I saw him at THE Broadway Theatre tonight - at the opening of 'Blast!' Is that close enough?

I love 'Blast!' - I really do. I think it's super, and I think everyone, except the New York Times, of course, would enjoy it. But since most of you are not Bruce Weber, go out and get tickets now. It's by far the most energetic thing I've seen onstage in a while, and no, I am not in the least bit blinded by the attractive snare drummer when I say that. Really.

London was gray and rainy, the flu seems to be ravaging the West End (leads were out at 'Witches of Eastwick', 'The Beautiful Game' and 'The Secret Garden', among others). After my long-distance trek to be back in time for the 'Blast!' opening, I'm off to get some much needed sleep.

posted at 4/17/2001 10:03:21 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link



On April 17, 1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. Possible topic for a musical? Has it been done? Today's birthdays include: Nikita Khrushchev, Don Kirshner, Isak Denisen, Thornton Wilder, Harry Reasoner, J.P. Morgan, If I were more awake, I might think of some clever RAGTIME quote. Is Catherine back from London yet? : )

'Crimes of the Heart': Granddaddy Is in a Coma, And That's the Good News by Ben Brantley

Complete List of Pulitzer Prize Winners

'Lackawanna Blues': An Elegy to a Mother Figure

David Auburn's Proof Wins Pulitzer Prize

2001 Outer Critics Circle Nominations Announced

Dixon Joins Off-Broadway Boom Cast

Chita Rivera to Star in Casper The Musical

The Play Company Benefit Offers April 24 Tickets to The Producers

PHOTO CALL: Bat Boy Goes on Record April 9

Seldes, Bergen and Other Legends Featured on Drama Desk Panel, April 19

Blast! Opens on Broadway April 17

David Auburn Speaks! Proof Playwright Surprised by Pulitzer Win

Cahoon, Plotkin Added to Encores! Cast of Hair, May 3-7

Bridget Has Talent to Beirne by Peter Filichia

Why They're Lining Up For The Producers

SCENE AND HEARD: You Gotta Have Faith in Bells Are Ringing

Glamorous Life Online Soap Opera Takes First Bow

Neil Simon's 45 Seconds To Begin B'way Previews Oct. 16

John McMartin To Star Opposite Chita Rivera in Kander & Ebb Visit in Chicago, Sept. 21

Susan Stroman Receives Dance Magazine Award, May 18

Elaine Stritch and Bob Dishy to Read Arthur Miller's I Can't Remember Anything, April 20

Stritch and Gibson Workshop Broadway-bound Little Women Musical, April 24



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Monday, April 16, 2001

BULLETIN: Proof Wins 2001 Pulitzer Prize

A Young Director Shows How It's Done by Peter Filichia
Missed this one the other day, inspiring story : )

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Outer Critics Circle Announces Award Nominations

How Broadway's The Producers Will Differ from the Film

A Little Something Mel Brooks Forgot To Mention by Peter Filichia

Two Generations of Rock Musicals Join as "Encores!" Announces Casting For Hair

Broadway Blast! Opens April 17

London Witches Casts Out the Devil

ALAN CUMMING WILL HOST FIRST NATIONAL BROADWAY THEATRE AWARDS ON MAY 21

Shakespeare Staged in a Sandbox Where Nobody Wants to Play Nice

Louis Slotin Sonata
The play is at its best when it is telling its central story: a good man doomed by his own hand, the tormenting experience of his final days and its emotional repercussions among those around him.

42nd Street and The Producers Lead OCC Nominations

Berkshire Fest to Feature McDermott, Shear and Ashley in 2000

2001 ASCAP New York Musical Theatre Workshop Runs April 16-May 9 in NYC

Second Stage Opens Its Heart Off-Broadway, April 16-May 13

DVDs: The Phantom of Miami Beach by Ken Mandelbaum


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Sunday, April 15, 2001

A Conversation with Julie Harris by Peter Filichia

The Pre-Tony Rush Begins: 7 B'way Shows Open in the Next 2 Weeks

Sony Classical to Release Producers Cast Album, April 17

General Admission Tix for 15th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Go on Sale April 16

George Gershwin Alone Begins Broadway Previews April 17






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The Music Man in Mel Brooks by Mel Brooks

The Stage Is Marian Seldes's World, Albee Her Province

'The Producers': When the Nazis Became Nudniks
As befit a movie directed by one of the most manic writers in show business, "The Producers" piled shtick upon shtick.

"60 Minutes" Airs Mel Brooks and The Producers Segment, April 15

Who Should Win the 2001 Pulitzer Prize April 16?

A Young Director Shows How It's Done by Peter Filichia

Fifth Anniversary Performance of Rent Go On Sale for $20 Only, April 27

Lauren Kennedy and Norbert Leo Butz Paired in Jason Robert Brown's Last Five Years, May 16

Santiago-Hudson's Got the Lackawanna Blues at the Public, April 14

Broadway Gets Creative Raising Money for BC/EFA

Tonys #9 by Ken Mandelbaum

From Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live............Jimmy Fallon's Review of The Producers
"The Producers it stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. You know, I couldn't get tickets to this play, it's like sold out for like two years. But here's what I think it's about. Ferris Bueller comes out, er Matthew Broderick comes out, and he's like, I can't believe it, I'm gonna produce a play, Springtime for Hitler, what's the point, it could be about Hitler, it could be about Stalin, it still wouldn't change the fact that I don't have a car! chickachicka, oh yeah! And Nathan Lane comes out, he's like, we're gonna produce, I'm a producer, Hakuna Matata, for the rest of your life, Hakuna Matata, means no passing phrase, Hakuna Matata! Break a leg guys, see ya at the Tonys!"





posted at 4/15/2001 12:56:58 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link

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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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