Archive for June, 2010

Next Fall Closing on July 4th

Despite the credibility lent to the show when Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, signed on as producers, Next Fall will close on July 4th after just 132 regular performances. The show is a comedy-drama by Geoffrey Nauffts about a gay couple tested by religious differences and interfering family and friends. It debuted at [...]
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A Little Night Music Returning To Broadway

Barely a month ago we reported that A Little Night Music, starring Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones, would be closing on June 20th. And close it did this past Sunday night. Now comes word that it will re-open on July 13th with new stars Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters in the roles previously held by [...]
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2010 Tony Award Winners

It was a star-studded evening last night at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall! That’s because the winners for the 2010 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards were announced in a three hour ceremony that was broadcast live on CBS television. Here’s a list of the winners. Underlined shows can be seen with us now. [...]
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Hair Closing On June 27th

After more than 500 performances, the Broadway revival of Hair has announced that the show will stage its final show on Sunday, June 27th at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The much-anticipated revival opened to rave reviews on the final day of March in 2009. Later that year it took home the Tony Award for Best [...]
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Beatles Tribute Show Coming To Broadway

The British Invasion is headed for Broadway this Fall as Beatles tribute band Rain comes to the Neil Simon Theatre. The band will stage an 11-week limited engagement of Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway. Rain has been touring the world as a tribute band to The Fab Four for nearly 30 years, [...]
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Kelli O’Hara Returning to South Pacific

Original cast member Kelli O’Hara will be returning to South Pacific on August 10th, after leaving the show previously due to pregnancy. O’Hara, who will return to her role as Ensign Nellie Forbush, was nominated for a Best Actress Tony Award in 2008 for that portrayal. Unfortunately, the actress’ return will be short-lived, since South [...]
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A Life In Theatre Finds Its Broadway Home

As we told you here in early April, Patrick Stewart is headed to Broadway this Fall to star in David Mamet’s A Life In Theatre. When we first brought you that story, no location had been announced for the production. We’re happy to say that the show now has a home at the Schoenfeld Theatre [...]
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