Thursday January 19, 2012
Anything Goes
© Roundabout Theatre
The Tony Award-winning Best Revival of a Musical, the 2011 smash hit, Anything Goes, has announced that it will extend well into 2012.
Starring Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, Anything Goes will now play the Stephen Sondheim Theatre through September 9, 2012. No casting changes were announced with the news.
Anything Goes, the legendary showtune-filled escapist musical by Cole Porter, won several Tonys at the 2011 Tony Awards. Along with Best Revival of a Musical, Kathleen Marshall won for Best Choreographer, and Sutton Foster took the Best Actress in a Musical trophy.
For information on tickets, go to the show's website.
Tuesday January 17, 2012
Tony Awards
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The date is set! The Tony Awards will once again play the Beacon Theatre this June.
The annual celebration of the best on Broadway will take place on June 10, 2012, at the Beacon Theatre as the 66th Annual Tony Awards are televised live on CBS.
Presented jointly by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, this year's Tony eligibility cut-off date is Thursday, April 26, 2012, for all original Broadway plays and musicals, as well as revivals, that open during the 2011-2012 season.
While Follies has taken the theatre district by storm early this season, look for a slew of shows coming to the Great White Way in March and April. Hitting the boards this Spring are the London transfer of Ghost the Musical, the new Kathleen Marshall musical Nice Work if You Can Get It starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli o'Hara, Death of a Salesman with Philip Seymour Hoffman, the musical version of Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca, the play Wit starring Cynthia Nixon, and the highly anticipated revival of Jesus Christ Superstar.
The 64th Annual Tony Awards won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, and Neil Patrick Harris' opening number for the 65th Tony Awards is already legendary. How will they top that? We will have to tune in to CBS on June 10, 2012 to see!
Thursday January 12, 2012
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
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Too many changes and concepts have sealed the fate of the star vehicle, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.
Harry Connick, Jr.'s, return to Broadway will be short-lived thanks to less than stellar reviews of this revival at the St. James Theatre. The revised script - that gave his role more meat than it may have deserved - turned out to be a turn-off with audiences. The show will close January 29, 2012.
But when one show closes another is waiting in the wings to take the stage and shoot for Broadway glory. Entering stage left, Leap of Faith will open at the St. James Theatre in April 2012, just in time for Tony Award consideration.
Leap of Faith features music by Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken, a book by Janus Cercone and Warren Leight, with lyrics by Glenn Slater, who was nominated for Tony Awards for The Little Mermaid and Sister Act. The show will be directed by Christopher Ashley with choreography by Sergio Trujillo, of Next to Normal, Memphis, and Jersey Boys fame.
Leap of Faith is based on the film of the same name about a minister/revivalist and the sheriff intent on running him out of town. The show will star Tony favorite Raul Esparza, plus Jessica Phillips, and Kendra Kassebaum.
Previews for Leap of Faith begin April 3, 2012, and an official Opening Night will be announced shortly.
Wednesday January 11, 2012
Into the Woods
© Into the Woods
Rob Marshall has been tagged by Disney to bring Sondheim and Lapine's dramedy musical, Into the Woods, to the big screen.
Marshall has had numerous successes on stage and in film. Nominated for six Tony Awards, his stagework includes Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical, Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Company, to name a few. Marshall has also been nominated for the Academy Award for his creative vision on films such as Chicago, Nine, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
The only current film version of Into the Woods is a production featuring Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters - currently on Broadway in Follies, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, and and an incredible cast of performers who expertly bring Sondheim's intelligent score and Lapine's witty book to life.
Look for casting and release dates to be announced soon.
