America will get to know The Witches of Eastwick!

That's cool. Can the Signature theater handle all the flying I wonder.

well, you mean the stage version!? this is exciting! it's about time for this musical to be seen in the States!

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That's so exciting! I Love Eastwick!

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I saw the original London production years ago and I agree with Mr Matt...it needs work. Ian McShane who played the Devil in the London production was trying too hard to be Jack Nicholson. I think Hugh Jackman should play the devil in the Bway production.

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The Signature Theatre did The Fix several years ago which is by the same creative team, Dana Rowe and John Dempsey...bless 'em!
Love "The Fix", "Zombie Prom" so I expect this will be a hoot!

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Just thought I'd bump this thread as a reminder that non-subscription tickets are on sale from today! I'm planning to see the show as part of a long road-trip holiday next year - I can hear my credit card softly weeping...

LOVED this show in London! It wasn't perfect by any means, but the material is extremely strong by today's Broadway standards- and a creative re-staging could do very well in this country. The Signature is a godsend for bringing these Dempsey/Rowe musicals to the US, their production of THE FIX was fabulous. That's a much better show than EASTWICK so it's a shame that it never really got signicant further exposure. But EASTWICK benefits from name recognition so maybe this will lead somewhere.

I saw it late in the London run, with the excellent Clarke Peters as the devil. Both Lucie and Joanna were still in the cast but Maria Friedman had been replaced by Rebecca Thornhill (which was inconsequential because Sukie has the worst song in the show) Rosemary Ashe was an absolute revelation in her role!

I'm curious to see how they cast this production, the possibilites are endless since the devil isn't a very hard vocal part. I know Alec Baldwin was called in to audition while the show was in workshops, but he's a total non-singer and couldn't even manage that role. The Signature will surely get someone reputable but not anyone major from outside the theatre world. I could see Mark Harelik or Greg Jbara doing a very good job.

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^ditto

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Okay, the lyrics to loose ends are not terrific, but the song is very beautiful and Maria does an awesome job with it!

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Broadway Matt: You'll be glad to hear that Loose Ends has been cut from all productions after London and replaced with a brief reprise of Words, which doesn't slow the scene down as much. It was almost replaced with a new song when the second London cast took over but the change was vetoed at the last minute.

I don't suppose anyone knows any cast/crew rumours?

Any speculation as to whether this might make it to New York?

Earl Carpenter was in glorius vocals throughout this show towards the end of the Lane run.

The score changes are all rather good. Shame they cut Loose Ends though.