An overbooked 08/09 season

#1

An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 7:59pm

I'm confused... Next season seems quite crowded, what shows are for sure opening, and what shows are rumored without a theatre solidified? 2008/2009 season seems very full...


Confirmed:
godspell
equus
Tale of 2 cities
billy elliot
country girl
Boeing-Boeing
shrek
vanities

Rumored:
west side story
dancin'
9 to 5
enchanted
the wiz
bye bye birdie
anything goes

Have I missed anything?

#2

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:02pm

catch me if you can.

rumored

guess whose coming to dinner? I can't remember when it's supposed to come though


could have sworn Shrek was taking broadway?

Updated On: 3/26/08 at 08:02 PM

#3

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:04pm

Pal Joey

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#4

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:08pm

The Country Girl and Boeing Boeing are this season, and both have theaters confirmed.

Shrek has the Broadway, Tale of Two Cities has the Hirschfield, and Equus has the Broadhurst.

#5

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:08pm

Country Girl begins previews a week from tomorrow and opens April 27. Boeing-Boeing begins previews April 19 and opens May 4. They're considered part of this season.

9-to-5 starts over the summer at the Amhanson.
Godspell will take a Shubert Theater and open over the summer.
Two Cities starts previews in August, to open in September, at the Hirschfeld.
Billy Eliot starts in September at the Imperial.
Shrek starts in November at the Broadway.
Equus starts in September at the Broadhurst.
West Side Story opens in Spring 09, following a tryout in Dec. 08
Dancin' starts in mid-09 at Studio 54.

Enchanted is not even close to a rumor.
The Wiz is postponed, now that Des is the director of the Stratford Festival.
Birdie isn't happening.
Anything Goes will happen once the Miller opens. Maybe.

Updated On: 3/26/08 at 08:08 PM

#6

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:09pm

i think 9 to 5 is going to be in LA.

#7

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:17pm

Rumored:
Dancing In The Dark
Spiderman
9 to 5
Guys and Dolls

ETA: Also, Phantom Sequel, Busker Alley, Next To Normal

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Updated On: 3/26/08 at 08:17 PM

#8

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:18pm

Enchanted? As in the movie musical which came onto DVD this past Tuesday starring Amy Adams? As a STAGE musical?

Did you make that up?

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#9

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:19pm

How about Pal Joey from Roundabout?

#10

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:20pm

Guys and Dolls is dead.

#11

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:22pm

Enchanted?! You sure about that one...?

#12

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:23pm

I'm thinking that Enchanted might actually be Ever After, which has been talked about since 2005.

#13

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:24pm

don't foreget the perpetually rumored [tos]

#14

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:25pm

If all the rumored/confirmed new musicals open, we'll have:

9 to 5
Billy Elliot
Busker Alley (would be considered a new musical, correct?)
Catch Me If You Can
Dancing In The Dark
Next To Normal
Phantom Sequel
Shrek
Spiderman
Tale Of Two Cities
Vanities

Am I forgetting anything?

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"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

#15

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:26pm

I really hope The Wiz makes it to B'Way. It's one of my guilty pleasures


And I am really excited for Catch Me If You Can

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Updated On: 3/26/08 at 08:26 PM

#16

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:27pm

clearly, if disney were to do thier next musical NEXT season, it would obviusly be Hunchback, considerring that it's been the only one with rumors spreading from both Shwatrz and Menken. Otherwise, newsies. Of course there's always the possibility of High School Musical moving into the nederlander, making it an interesting year, with HSM3 and the tour of HSM2, plus the ice tour, AND HSM on Broadway.

#17

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:29pm

The day High School Musical moves to a Broadway Theatre is the day I will happily commit suicide

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Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!

"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"

lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical

#18

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:30pm

Looks like Im gonna be in New York alot next season

#19

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:33pm

I thought GUYS AND DOLLS was just put on hold.

I am looking forward to BILLY ELLIOT the most!

#20

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:38pm

Pal Joey is December, '08 at Studio 54.

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#21

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:45pm

I was really looking forward to Guys and Dolls (the rumoured cast looked amazing), but im guessing it is dead...?

#22

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:52pm

I thought Phantom sequel and Spiderman were rumored for two seasons from now...

Spiderman definitely isn't next season...its 09-10.

Don't forget Harry Connick Jr and Kathleen Marshall's revival of "Oh, Kay!" which will play under a different name.

#23

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:58pm

Lake, I'll get the noose because HSM is a strong possibility.

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#24

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:05pm

Weren't there rumors that Aladdin was the next Disney show coming down the Menken-pike?

#25

re: An overbooked 08/09 season

Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:14pm

oh, god...

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Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!

"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"

lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical