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Saturday, February 02, 2002

Accord in Legal War Over Sondheim Musical by JESSE McKINLEY
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, the creators of the musical "Gold!," have settled their lawsuit against the producer Scott Rudin, clearing the way for future productions of the oft-delayed show.
Didn't Reidel break this news (settlement) months ago?

Barrowman to Star in Sondheim Fest's Company
John Barrowman has been tapped to play Bobby in the Kennedy Center production of Stephen Sondheim�s Company. As Ken Mandelbaum reported on [Read More]

Stars Shine for Broadway Bears V Benefit
Daniel McDonald is set to host Broadway Bears V, a one-night only auction to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Bears to be auctioned include a Funny Girl Bear signed by...[Read More]

Dench To Be Heard (Not Seen) on B'way this Season
Dame Judi Dench will be heard on Broadway this season, though not seen. The acclaimed English actress is lending her voice to The Giant in Into The Woods.

Barbara Cook to Return with Mostly Sondheim
Barbara Cook�s Mostly Sondheim will return to the Vivian Beaumont Theatre this summer. The acclaimed concert will have 19 additional performances at the theater on Sunday and Monday nights from...[Read More]

Photo Op: Welcome back, Bea! - Photos by Bruce Glikas

Preparing for Canival by Ken Mandelbaum

Hildegard Knef, Ninotchka in Porter's Silk Stockings, Dead at 76

2002 Tony Award Noms Announced May 6; Ceremony June 2 at Radio City Music Hall

PHOTO CALL: First Broadway Fest Brings Phantom to Town Hall Jan. 28

PHOTO CALL: Jan. 28 Broadway Fest Offers Sneak Peek at Aida

PHOTO CALL: Chicago Struts Its Stuff for Jan. 28 Broadway Fest

Eric Bogosian Says Goodbye to Solo Shows with Worst Tour, Beginning Feb. 2

Mia McCullough to Receive ATCA's Osborn Award for Chagrin Falls, Feb. 23

PHOTO CALL: Ziemba, Neuwirth, Reinking Toast Daykin's City Center Reign

PHOTO CALL: A Day for Daykin: Bobbie, Gravitte, Fisher Salute City Center Head

New Play About Dawn Powell, As We Were Saying, Begins Feb. 2

Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 2

Winners Announced for 17th Annual Back Stage Bistro Awards; Ceremony March 4

Urban Cowboy Unlikely to Ride to Bway This Season

Pearl's Phantom Lady to Keep Appearing Off-Bway Till Feb. 24

Bway Celebrates Sixth Annual Kids' Night, March 12

PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Jan. 26-Feb. 1: Movin' Out's Movin' In

American Rep Takes the Rapp: Stone Cold Dead Serious Premieres in MA, Feb. 1-March 12

Knowing Me, Knowing Drew: Pitre Gets Caricature at Sardi's Feb. 1

Mark Brokaw to Direct Feb. 5 Reading of Rewritten Musical Marty

There Are Judis in the Sky: Dame Dench Is Giantess in Into the Woods

Playwright Harold Pinter Has Cancer, Paper Reports

Barbara Cook Returns to Lincoln Center Theater, June 23-Aug. 26

In the Water? Cody Returns to Urinetown to Replace Injured Actress

Producers Tour to Start in Pittsburgh

Report: Paltrow May Play Lead in Proof Movie After UK Legit Gig

Barrowman Is Bobby, Ripley and Skinner Are Bobby's Babies, in DC Sondheim Celebration

PHOTO CALL: Theatre Hall of Fame Welcomes New Inductees

PHOTO CALL: Charnin, Meehan and Gurney Induct New Theatre Hall of Famers

PHOTO CALL: Channing and Harris Induct New Hall of Famers, Including Grizzard

2002 Tony Awards Set for June 2 at Radio City Music Hall

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Friday, February 01, 2002

Jennifer Cody returns to URINETOWN
I only include this because we love Jennifer. Also, I never thought a Broadway show press release would read like an NFL injury report...

Peter Filichia's Diary
In praise of the long-running BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
Edward Albee basks in his resurgence, Nathan Lane yields to Henry Goodman (?!), and Susan Gordon returns.

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ON STAGE AND OFF
These Choice Tickets Cost a Mere $240 by JESSE McKINLEY

LONDON BRIDGE by MICHAEL RIEDEL
STARRY news from London yesterday: Gwyneth Paltrow will play the enigmatic girl in David Auburn's "Proof" at the Donmar Warehouse for six weeks beginning in May.But there's more here than meets the eye: If Paltrow does well in the role - that is, if the critics like her - expect her also to star in the movie version, which probably will go into production once the Broadway show has closed.

Broadway rolls 'Out' rock�
Joel, Tharp tuner 'Movin'' to Chi town
No longer called "Thoel," the new Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp musical will get a more mellifluous moniker, "Movin' Out," for its upcoming Broadway debut.

Tonys make a date with CBS�
Smith returns as executive producer

Avram sues Jackson over concert tour�
Promoter seeks close to $25 mil in damages
Not sure what this has to do with theater, but Variety has it under Legit, so I linked to it...

Musical Still Brings It Home
'Les Mis�rables," which last weekend became the second-longest-running musical in Broadway history, remains in great shape. The running time of the show has been cut by about 15 minutes since I last saw it, saving approximately $23,000 a week in overtime, which is, to my mind, shrewd producing.

Follow Spot
Stage stars and other celebs turned out for this year�s Theater Hall of Fame ceremony and for a glittering reception to celebrate a new book on the legacy of the Shuberts.

Further Thoughts
Jennifer Dundas and Dan Futterman on their roles in MTC�s Further Than the Furthest Thing by Michael Buckley

Putting the Ham in Hamlet by Jim Caruso

The Familiar and the Fresh by Barbara & Scott Siegel

2002 Tony Awards Set for June 2 at Radio City Music Hall

Painter Artemisia Gentileschi Exhibited in Lapis Blue Blood Red at HERE, Feb. 1-March 3

Theatre on TV & Radio

Classical Theater of Harlem Stages Wright's Native Son, Feb. 1-24

Mabou Mines' Peter and Wendy Returns to OB's New Victory, Feb. 1-24

Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp Musical Movin' Out, to Open on Broadway Oct. 24

Marlo Thomas Vehicle, Paper Doll Seems Cut Out for New York, But When?

Will "Rocky," "Legally Blonde" and "Pink Panther" Sing on Bway? MGM Hopes So

Report: Producers Dream of Musical in a Bottle

McCarter All Over Completes Cast; Albee Play Has NYC Hopes

Carol Channing Leaves Hospital After Bout of Food Poisoning

Inge Morath, Photographer and Wife of Arthur Miller, Dead at 78

Nominations for New Olivier Award Are Announced

Mos Def Is Mos' Definite, as Topdog Casting Is Confirmed; Begins March 12

You are reading it here last, but they had it first, so they say... :-)
VIDEO: TDI Presents Broadway Festival

Jane Leeves Will Come to B'way's Cabaret

I'm Not Rappaport to Open at B'way's Booth Theatre
As we first mentioned on September 27, Herb Gardner�s I�m Not Rappaport is indeed coming to the Great White...[Read More]

Movin' Out to Open at the Richard Rodgers Oct. 24
Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp�s musical collaboration, Movin� Out, will begin Broadway performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on September 30. An official opening is set for October 24, a pro...[Read More]

Alice Ripley Set for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in LA
As Ken Mandelbaum reported on January 21, [Read More]
Is Broadway.com's TV channel going to be "All Alice, All of the Time?". I would watch 24/7!

MGM Launches New Theatrical Division
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) has created a new theatrical division, MGM on Stage. MGM on Stage will be in charge of licensing MGM films as theatrical productions, according to Variety.

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Thursday, January 31, 2002

Lion eyes new stage�
MGM will tap library for legit adaptations
MGM has named studio veteran Darcie Denkert prexy of a new corporate unit created to promote the studio brand and the Lion's massive film and TV library.

Edelstein docks ship at Long Wharf as a.d.�
Legit exec comes after stint at Seattle's Contemporary Theater

Life Beyond London for Witches of Eastwick
John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe�s The Witches of Eastwick will have a life beyond London.

Boom's Off-B'way Cast to Play in Korea
Joey McIntyre, Natascia Diaz and Jerry Dixon will star in a limited engagement of Jonathan Larson�s tick, tick� BOOM! in Korea.

Edelstein Named Long Wharf Artistic Director
Gordon Edelstein is leaving his position as the artistic director of Seattle�s ACT Theater on July 1, 2002 to become the artistic director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.

Out-Of-Town Critics Grade The Graduate

Stephanie Mills Headlines The Hearts of Men
Stephanie Mills, who endeared herself to millions of theatergoers as Dorothy in the original Broadway production of The Wiz as a teenager, is back on the boards in New York City.

NEA Chairman Michael Hammond Dead at 69
Michael P. Hammond, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, died Tuesday, January 29 in Washington, DC, according to The New York Times. He was 69.

'ROCKY' ON B'WAY NO HORROR SHOW
YO, Adrian! Rags-to-riches boxer Rocky could soon be tromping the boards on the Great White Way.If film studio MGM has its way, "Rocky: the Musical" may just be Broadway's next big hit.
"It's like a dream come true!"

Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia reports on his titillating adventures in the Off-Broadway skin trade.

Follow Spot
Might it come to pass that Glenn Close will head a star-studded cast in the New York City Opera�s revival of A Little Night Music?

Paltrow May Play Lead in Proof at Donmar Warehouse in London

L.A. National Young Playwrights Festival Turns 10; Seeks Scripts Through March 15

Meisle and Norris to Head Cast of Bogosian�s Humpty Dumpty at McCarter; Begins March 26

PHOTO CALL: It's Alive! Greif Creates Monster Jan. 27

Ted Pappas Stages H.M.S. Pinafore at Pitt Public Jan. 31-March 3

Bo Eason is the Runt of the Litter at OB's MCC, Jan. 31-March 10

Sacred Fools to Bring Radical Uncle Tom's Cabin to L.A. Jan. 31-Feb. 23

Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 31

Knight and Venora Set for Ensler's Targets at OB's Variety Arts, Feb. 14

Gentleman Prefer Ripley in Blondes Reprise! March 5-17

Johnny Mercer Is a Dream for Petula Clark, Tyne Daly in L.A. Benefit March 8-10

Orlandersmith�s Yellowman Road Will Likely Lead to New York

NBC's Today Brings Out Holy Bacon, Jan. 31

Melanie Marnich Gets Sol Goldman to Quake, Feb. 13-March 10

Musical Menopause Strikes OB's Theatre Four, March 5

Philly Theatre Sets its Seitz on The Infidel, Jan. 30-Feb. 24

Pittsburgh's City Theatre to Converse w/ Hatcher on Mercy, April 11-May 5

Shockheaded Peter Now Booking in London

London Lion King Books to September 2002

Further Booking Announced for My Fair Lady

Shaftesbury Avenue Residents Complain of Noise from Umoja

Ingmar Bergman�s Maria Stuart Reaches BAM, June 12-16

San Francisco Gets an Evening With Whorehouse's Ann Margret Feb. 22

NYC's Guggenheim Hosts Taylor-Corbett, Marcovicci and Composer Gordon w/ McDonald, Chenoweth

Report: Producers Tour May Start in Pitt and Cincy

Dawn Powell�s Play Big Night Gets Reading at Barnes and Noble, Feb. 4

Elephant Man w/ Burton, Crudup and Glass Music, Starts March 26 at Bway's Royale

Theatre on TV & Radio

PHOTO CALL: Despite Illness, Broderick Is a Chatterbox Jan. 24

Choreogs' Foundation Talks to Crucible Director Eyre, Jan. 30 in NYC

PHOTO CALL: Proof Is in the Run: Drama Turns 500

Havel's Largo Desolato to Open at NYC's Spring Theatreworks Jan. 30

Rattlestick Pays a Finder's Fee, Jan. 30-March 3

No Bones About It: IL's Northlight Has McDonagh's Skull, Jan. 30-March 10

Off-Broadway Goes Belly Up, Jan. 30-Feb. 23

Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 30

NEA Chief Michael Hammond Is Dead, One Week After Taking Office

Rodriguez, NYPD Cop With the Chords, Sings Wildhorn, R&H and More on CD, Feb. 12

Lon Chaney Spooker Becomes Unknown Musical, Readings Held Jan. 27-28

Kathie Lee Gifford's a Go in Nyack's Premiere of Holmes' Thumbs, March 9-24

Encores' Bloomer Girl Featured on Jan. 29 "60 Minutes II"

Bacon, Eder, Pascal, Yearwood, Lauper Bring Broadway's Best to Bravo March 4

Carol Channing Admitted to Hospital After Collapse

Gurney's Buffalo Buffalo, w/ Betty Buckley, Has NYC Hopes After March 17 Launch

ABBA DVD, Set for Feb. 26 Release, Includes Mamma Mia! Footage

Strouse Musical Marty to Have Reading in NYC Feb. 5; Reilly Stars

George Grizzard to Star in Paper Mill Can't Take It With You

Longtime Drama League Prexy Julia Hansen Retires; Follert Named Successor

How Jewish is Too Jewish?? Hoffman's Popular Solo Visits NY's Emelin, Feb. 15-17

'The Laramie Project' Premiere March 16 on HBO

Gilman to Surge into Parks' Place at Public in Spring

PHOTO CALL: Les Miserables Goes One Day More Over Chorus Line Jan. 25

PHOTO CALL: Tip the Hat, Tip the Hat, Tip the Hat: Les Miserables Is the 'One'!

PHOTO CALL: What They Did for Miz: Wilkinson and Kuhn Return for #6,138

PHOTO CALL: Happy 6,138, Les Miserables!

PHOTO CALL: He's (the Original) Jean Valjean!

PHOTO CALL: Everything Is Beautiful at the Imperial: Mackintosh, Nunn Toast Les Miz

PHOTO CALL: Mistress of the House: Jennifers Celebrate Miz Milestone Jan. 25

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Wednesday, January 30, 2002

Christiane Noll to star in KEPT at Theatreworks Palo Alto

TicketWatch: Two Free Broadway Tickets

My favorite headline of the day: "KEVIN BACON on NBCs THE TODAY SHOW tomorrow!"

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Starry spring looms for Tonys�
Pic strike threat results in unusually glittering B'way slate
Tony Awards producer Elizabeth I. McCann recently fired off a missive to the execs at CBS regarding the 2002 telecast. The news: This year's ceremony looks to be a celebrity-studded affair.

Exotic dance card�
Lincoln will log Russian, Japanese prod'ns

Legit back in Kabul�
Afghan theater unveils first show since 1995

Biz off; 'U-town' 324g

B.O. rises; 'Fever' 840g 1/29/02 5:00pm

B'way gets 'Holy,' sees tiny slip 1/28/02 3:10pm

Figment Full of Fire
Joe Morton is pulling an appearing act. At the Vineyard Theatre near Union Square, the actor breathes infuriated life into a figment of the imagination � the "black kidnapper in a knit cap" invented by Susan Smith, the young mother who eventually confessed to drowning her two sons in a quiet lake near Union, S.C., in 1994.

PAY FOR 'SPRAY'
By MICHAEL RIEDEL
A workshop last month of the musical "Hairspray" generated plenty of excitement in the theater world.Here was a new show with a snappy score, a funny book and lots of standout performances.

Carol Channing Hospitalized With Flu

Broadway Grosses: Winner Takes It All
Mamma Mia! is raking it in. The ABBA musical earned a whopping $1,010,114 up a very decent $13,743 from the previous week.

Topdog/Underdog Sets Broadway Dates
Suzan-Lori Parks� Topdog/Underdog has set dates for a limited Broadway run, a production spokesperson confirmed to Broadway.com.

Gilman's Surge Replaces Parks' A at the Public
Rebecca Gilman�s Blue Surge will replace Suzan-Lori Parks� Fuckin� A in the Joseph Papp Public Theater�s season schedule.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2002

Blind email received: I don't know if this has been announced at all, but Richard Adler is writing a new song for the character of Babe in Pajama Game. I have no clue if it will be in the Encores production, but it is being written for the production at Wagner College, which Adler is watching closely.

posted at 1/29/2002 02:05:28 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Night Full of Stars? by Michael Portantiere

Alice and Emily: Together Again? by Ken Mandelbaum

Getting Out of Town by Ken Mandelbaum

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B'way gets 'Holy,' sees tiny slip�
Leguizamo back to seven 'Sexaholic' perfs
Coming off the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Broadway marked time with a tiny $4,669 hit at the box office. Total tally came to $10,074,340 for 20 productions.

Les Miz to Make History in China; Wilkinson May Star

Simone and Finley Square Off in Bway Aida Beginning Jan. 29

Denton and SmartTix Create New Theatre Panel Series "SmartNYTE"; Begins Feb. 7

Four on the Fourth of July Light Up the Sky in MTC's Four Jan. 29

Karen Ziemba and Polly Bergen Working on New Musical

The Powers That Bea: Arthur Solo Starts Bway Previews, Jan. 29

Eder and Noll Join Wildhorn, Upclose and Personal, at NYC Concerts Feb. 25 and March 4

Broadway Grosses: January 21-27

We Were There, Charting a Couple From Stonewall and On, Gets NYC Reading Jan. 29

Patti LuPone to Concertize at Carnegie Hall, Feb. 28

Donmar and Sam Mendes Kisses Nicole Kidman Goodbye

Karen Ziemba to Head Pajama Game at Encores; Barrett Sought

Shear, Emery and Stone to Star in Broadway Smell, March 7

This Is Our Youth to Play London with Paquin

AD Gordon Edelstein Exits ACT; Heads to CT's Long Wharf

Just Jeff
Uptown and downtown with the Worth Street Theater�s Jeffrey Cohen.

The Shop Around the Corner
The Drama Book Shop has a new location, a new look, and a new lease on life.

A Closer Look at...Long Island
TheaterMania tours the stages of New York City�s next-door neighbor.

Peter Filichia's Diary
A pre-Valentine�s Day fantasy of a match made in musical theater heaven.

posted at 1/29/2002 07:51:53 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Monday, January 28, 2002

The Graduate Reviews [Toronto]
Toronto Star: The Graduate needs tutoring by Richard Ouzounian

The Globe and Mail: Turner's Mrs. Robinson tantalizing
After Jerry Springer, The Graduate's love triangle is missing the shock factor by REBECCA CALDWELL

Toronto Sun: The under-graduate
Novel played better as a '60s film than it does as a '90s production by JOHN COULBOURN

posted at 1/28/2002 03:06:17 PM by James Marino | Item Link



THEATER REVIEW | 'THICKER THAN WATER'
Fledgling Playwrights Display Varied Flight Plans by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

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THEATER REVIEW | 'THE GUYS'
Standing In for New Yorkers: Expressions of Grief Over Sept. 11 by BRUCE WEBER
A new play about a fire captain who lost eight of his men on Sept. 11 has the impact -- half-relieving, half-agonizing -- of a chill salve on an open wound.

Hagen delays B'way 'Dance'�
Thesp recovering from illness
Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce will not make the waltz to Broadway this season. The duo had planned to open their "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks," helmed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, at the Booth Theater on April 28.

9/11 Sets The Stage For New Play
There are two characters in "The Guys," Anne Nelson's play in response to Sept. 11. One is a journalist, much like Nelson herself. The other is a fireman who lost eight comrades at the World Trade Center and is bewildered about how to eulogize them at their funerals.

ROOM' WITH A GOOD VIEW by CHIP DEFFAA
IT'S hard to imagine a more appropriate setting for a revival of David Rabe's provocative 1972 drama "In the Boom Boom Room" than Show World.

Photo Op: LES MIZ makes history - Photos by Bruce Glikas

Gov. Ventura Reading New Draft of The Body Ventura, the Musical

Baranski and Cumpsty Are Beatrice and Benedick for Shakespeare Society Jan. 28

Kelly McGillis is Wronged Sister in DC Duchess of Malfi, Jan. 28-March 10

SDCF Abbott Award Goes to Director-Choreographer Stroman, March 3

Jan. 28 Reading to Find Louis Zorich in The Desert

No Nudes: PBS' Women, May 29, Won't Show Tilly Out of the Tub

Manhattan Playhouse Offers Jan. 28 Reading of New One-Acts

Grizzard, Brustein, Colt Tapped for Theatre Hall of Fame, Jan. 28

Just a Cigar? Levy Brings Psychotherapy Live! to OOB's HERE, Jan. 28, Feb. 25

Traffic Light Wunderkind Creates Comedy of Eros, Jan. 27-Feb. 17 Off-Bway

Concert Reading of The Unknown on Jan. 27 & 28 in NYC

Broadway Thank-You Tour Comes to Broadway � North Carolina, That is, Jan. 27

Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Victor Herbert, a Smattering of Sondheim, and The Shuberts

Summer of `42 Won't See Spring of `02, But OB Musical May Hit Regions

Off-Bway's CSC Unleashes Bell's Monster, Jan. 15-Feb. 17

posted at 1/28/2002 09:49:47 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Sunday, January 27, 2002

A Season of Graying Crowds and Whitening Stars By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN

More Than a Witty Novelist, She Wrote Plays, Too By JONATHAN MANDELL

�SPEED' THRILLS By DEBORAH SCHOENEMAN
In a city where you can pretty much get anything delivered to your door, a new service offers a menu of Shakespeare's sonnets, scenes and monologues.

BROADWAY STARS LAUNCH SOLO FLIGHTS By CLIVE BARNES
Broadway will be doing quite a number on audiences this season. From the beginning of this year until March 4, five official Broadway openings have been scheduled. Among them, these five shows offer, apart from musicians, stagehands, ushers, press agents and critics, only seven performers.

Summer of `42 Won't See Spring of `02, But OB Musical May Hit Regions

Traffic Light Wunderkind Creates Comedy of Eros, Jan. 27-Feb. 17 Off-Bway

Off-Bway's CSC Unleashes Bell's Monster, Jan. 15-Feb. 17

posted at 1/27/2002 07:55:08 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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