Barry Manilow Musical "HARMONY" coming in 2022!

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 8/23/21 at 9:40pm

Didn't see a thread for this!!

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/barry-manilow-harmony-musical-new-york-premiere-1235047222/

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 12:48am

those prices are absurd lol

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 3:29am

Barry Manilow sings ''Every Single Day'' from ''Harmony'' ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sWH1guOyC8&list=RD1sWH1guOyC8&start_radio=1

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 6:55am

“A New Musical” subtitle is…something.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 7:15am

This is the singing group HARMONY is about.

 

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 9:17am

Warren Carlyle is a good development, as is them being realistic about it not being "pre-Broadway."

[JSquared2]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 11:46am

Ken Davenport is a producer -- what could possibly go wrong??

 

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 12:53pm

Saw it a decade ago at the Ahmanson. Perfectly okay score but it was a script with progressively diminishing returns and not much reason for being. Very bored by end of the night. Let's hope someone gives it an injection of originality and wonder.

[DAME]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 7:41pm

Someone in a Tree2 said: "Saw it a decade ago at the Ahmanson. Perfectly okay score but it was a script with progressively diminishing returns and not much reason for being. Very bored by end of the night. Let's hopesomeone gives it an injectionof originality and wonder."

Lets hope. I think your being to kind in your assessment.

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 8:26pm

I saw this at the Ahmanson in Los Angeles, too. The production looked great, but…being familiar with the real story of the group being portrayed in the piece, I thought the show was fairly hollow. 

The true subject matter has so many possibilities!

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 8/24/21 at 9:28pm

They've been threatening to stick this thing on Broadway for approximately ten billion years. I’ll believe it when I see it.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/25/22 at 5:41pm

Sierra Boggess and Chip Zien Will Star in New York Premiere of Barry Manilow’s Harmony

https://playbill.com/article/sierra-boggess-and-chip-zien-will-star-in-new-york-premiere-of-barry-manilows-harmony

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 1/25/22 at 5:44pm

Father / Daughter reunion! 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 1/25/22 at 5:47pm

BCfitasafiddle said: "Father / Daughter reunion!"

Indeed. I got to see both in It Shoulda Been You and I was laughing most of the night... and I will admit I still don't get all the big second-half plot twists. 

Can't wait to hear what Boggess and Zien do with this material. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/25/22 at 5:54pm

Has this show been any good in other iterations?

Unless it gets love letters from the critics, a best-case scenario feels like a run along the lines of Bright Star or It Shoula Been You –– 4 months on Broadway, maybe a non-union tour, and then stock & amateur licensing.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/25/22 at 8:52pm

No one is claiming a Broadway run.  (Yet.)

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/25/22 at 9:55pm

dramamama611 said: "No one is claiming a Broadway run. (Yet.)"

This is for all intents and purposes a pre-Broadway run. Ken Davenport is behind it and has been involved for a few years. So unless it gets eviscerated off-bway, we should assume it's coming to bway.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 1/25/22 at 10:06pm

I agree that, barring some bizarre turn of events, we will see this on Broadway. That said, considering the provenance (producer+director), we will also likely see it back on the curb in fairly short order. 

[Lot666]

Posted: 1/26/22 at 8:07am

I can't say that I know much about the plot, but for some reason it feels like an odd fit for Sierra Boggess.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 1/26/22 at 8:24am

I always thought if this does run on Broadway, it should be at one the subscription houses, like Roundabout...Maybe try another "original" musical...we can forget "The People in the Picture", although I do love Donna Murphy.

[Lunalaaaaaaaa]

Posted: 1/26/22 at 9:52am

Lot666 said: "I can't say that I know much about the plot, but for some reason it feels like an odd fit for Sierra Boggess."

Also thought this 

[theatregoer7]

Posted: 2/22/22 at 8:09pm

Didn't see anyone post this yet.  They announced the full cast for Harmony.

https://www.playbill.com/article/cast-complete-for-new-york-premiere-of-barry-manilows-harmony-starring-sierra-boggess-and-chip-zien

I saw Zal Owen in The Band's Visit and Danny Kornfeld on the Rent tour, excited to see them in this together!

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 2/22/22 at 9:39pm

I was stage managing in LA in…2013 (? 2014?) when they were working on a production of this. I’m honestly shocked they are still trying to make it happen. It’s been in development for over twenty years. I hope something noteworthy comes of this round…