Tag Archives: Broadway

More Than Just A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC…

Posted on March 1, 2010 by David Fick

Details for the cast recording of the revival of A Little Night Music have been released by Nonesuch and PS Classics. The album will hit stores on 6 April, with pre-order dates for those ordering directly from the labels’ websites … Continue reading →

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Casting for WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Workshop

Posted on February 24, 2010 by David Fick

Lincoln Center Theater has announced that a reading of the musical adaptation of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, with workshops toward that end starting on 4 March. According to Variety, Patti LuPone, Tom Hewitt, Sherie Rene Scott, … Continue reading →

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Longest Running Broadway Musicals

Posted on February 21, 2010 by David Fick

This is the list as it stands at present, with the shows that have moved up the list since last October in green. 1. The Phantom of the Opera – 9179 performances, still running 2. Cats – 7485 performances 3. … Continue reading →

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Posted on February 19, 2010 by David Fick

David Yazbek’s latest adaptation of a movie for the musical theatre stage – he’s previously been responsible for the score of The Full Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – will be a reworking of the 1988 Pedro Almodóvar film, Women … Continue reading →

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One Week Until BROADWAY BEARS!

Posted on February 7, 2010 by David Fick

There’s just one more week until The Broadway Bears XIII Auction, the annual fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in order to support men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. The online portion of the event has … Continue reading →

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National Tour for WEST SIDE STORY

Posted on February 5, 2010 by David Fick

There will be a tour of Broadway’s current incarnation of West Side Story starting in October this year. This production, which features the classic score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, was directed by its librettist, Arthur Laurents. Much of … Continue reading →

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“Love Never Dies” – and neither does this song…

Posted on February 2, 2010 by David Fick

So here it is, the titular tune from the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies: Hang on a second you say – that sounds familiar! Well, of course it does. The song was … Continue reading →

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THE NUTTY PROFESSOR for Broadway

Posted on February 2, 2010 by David Fick

In an interview with the Las Vegas Review Journal, Jerry Lewis said that he was hoping that the stage musical adaptation of The Nutty Professor, with book and lyrics by Rupert Holmes and music by Marvin Hamlisch, is aiming for … Continue reading →

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DADDY LONG LEGS Opens at Theatreworks

Posted on January 23, 2010 by David Fick

Daddy Long Legs, the new musical adaptation of Jean Webster’s classic novel by Paul Gordon and John Caird (who also penned the musical Jane Eyre which played Broadway several years ago) opens tonight at the TheatreWorks Mountain View Center for … Continue reading →

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Photos: Corbin Bleu IN THE HEIGHTS

Posted on January 23, 2010 by David Fick

As discussed here last month, Corbin Bleu has taken over the role of Usnavi in In the Heights. Playbill has a gallery of photos featuring the High School Musical alumnus in the role. Here’s just one of the energetic pics; … Continue reading →

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