06-07 Musical Season

[JBSinger]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 8:58am

Just to summarize - here is what we've got:

Kiki & Herb (Aug/Helen Hayes)
Martin Short - Fame Becomes Me (Aug/Bernard Jacobs)
A Chorus Line (Oct/Schoenfeld)
How the Grinch Stole Xmas (Oct/Hilton)
The Times They Are A Changin (Oct/Brooks Atkinson)
Company (Nov/Barrymore)
Les Miserables (Nov/Broadhurst)
Grey Gardens (Nov/Walter Kerr)
Mary Poppins (Nov/New Amsterdam)
High Fidelity (Dec/TBA)
Pirate Queen (Feb07/Hilton)
Legally Blond (Apr07/Palace)
110 in the Shade (Spring/Roundabout)
Spring Awakening (announced/TBA)
Curtains (announced/TBA)

Have I missed any? This looks like a pretty healthy new season with some old chestnuts and some new blood in the creative department. Looking forward to it!


Updated On: 7/27/06 at 08:58 AM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 9:10am

Kiki and Herb is a musical review, so you could add that to the list at the Helen Hayes in August.

[i*heart*fame]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 9:35am

Cry Baby--announced, it is supposedly premiering in Seattle before Broadway.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 10:00am

You forgot The Coast of Utopia. It's a play. It'll play the Vivian Beaumont but I don't know when.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 10:18am

Mattbrain, the title of the thread is "Musical Season", they didn' foget Coast of Utopia. They left out all the plays (Butley, Vertical Hour, Jay Johnson, etc.)

P.S. When was Cry Baby announced? I don't remember hearing anything.

[AshleyBrownFan123]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 11:07am

Wow, the Tonys will be competitive!

I think the winners should be

Sets-Mary Poppins
Costumes-Legally Blonde
Lights-The Pirate Queen
Featured Actress-Daphne Ruben Vega (Les Miz)
Featured Actor-?
Actress-Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins)
Actor-David Hyde Pierce (Curtains)
Score-Mary Poppins
Book-Curtains
Director-?
Choreography-Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde)
REVIVAL-A Chorus Line OR Company
MUSICAL-Curtains OR Mary Poppins

Updated On: 7/27/06 at 11:07 AM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 11:09am

Wow... 2007 Tony predictions in July, '06! I think AshleyBrownFan set a new record!

[VinnieTheIceman]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 11:10am

It's amazing how you can predict the winners when no one has seen the shows?

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 11:14am

How about Gary Beach for Featured Actor (Thenardier in Les Miz)?

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 11:15am

Though her show needs to try to last 'til spring, I do think the one category that seems safe to predict is Actress in a Musical for Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens. Even should the show not last, Ebersole would probably still get retroactive votes (though Audra McDonald has a Tony bait role in the 110 in the Shade revival).

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 11:18am

what about A Tale of Two Cities or Zhivago? I'm hoping one of those will make it. although, maybe this season is being a little too optimistic.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 11:45am

I have a feeling score will go to Pirate Queen seeing as it is Schonberg and Les Miz will also be open at the time. Just a guess.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 12:17pm

How are we predicting the Tonys when none of these shows have even opened yet? Seems a little ridiculous.

[bwaymizfit]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 1:21pm

November all by itself looks pretty awesome!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 2:09pm

I don't get how we can predict lighting will go to Pirate Queen when we haven't even seen the show!

Also, Sister Act: The Musical is premiering here in Atlanta in January, but I think it's safe to say it won't open on B'way this season.

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 2:13pm

I dont see how we can make next year tony predictions while some are still coping with the terrible travesty that was this years awards. coughbestrevivalcough

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 2:16pm

Time to let it go.......

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 2:24pm

Just be glad the show made back its investment and wasn't a big flop.

But anyways, seems like this season will be crowded, as will the best revival Tony. I wonder if Les Miz will even get nominated considering it's not even a restaging of the show, it's pretty much the exact same thing that was on Broadway only a couple years ago. Granted, that could be said for the A Chorus Line revival as well.

[bschneid76]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 2:56pm

I am very excited to see so many musicals opening and hope for a good amount of straight plays as well. It will be good to see theatres filled with shows so we have a decent variety to choose from. I hope most are running by next Spring. As I don't think I will make it until then.

I really want to see Grey Gardens, A Chorus Line and Spring Awakening

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 3:08pm

I definitely think this will be a fantastic, fantastic season. It just feels like it's going to be amazing.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 5:18pm

"Kiki and Herb is a musical review, so you could add that to the list at the Helen Hayes in August."

I've seen this way too much on this board. It's REVUE, not review.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 6:48pm

BTW, I seriously doubt the Les Mis "revival" will be eligible for Tony Awards.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 7:09pm

C'mon, we were predicting next year's awards the day after this year's. ^_^

I think the Les Mis revival is *just* eligible for awards, and I reckon it'll get nominated, but I think any wins it may get will be for actors only. And I'm so mainly thinking of Gary Beach here.

[[e-mail]]

Posted: 7/28/06 at 2:46am

I really hope that Les Miz is not eligible for Revival. It's obviously an open sham to boost ticket sales for a show that barely closed to begin with. Has the staging really even been changed that much?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/28/06 at 3:13am

It's no different than the Chorus Line revival. It's a by-the-book revival.