COME FALL IN LOVE - THE DDLJ MUSICAL Coming To Broadway During 2022-2023 Season

Will be interesting to see how these varying sensibilities gel together in creating a musical.

I'm also apprehensive of any new show that opens cold on Broadway, especially when the rightsholders and original creators have tight control of the property.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Will be interesting to see how these varying sensibilities gel together in creating a musical.

Nell Benjamin is the most confusing choice to me out of all the creatives. Either the tone is more irreverent and comedic than I'm assuming or she'll be demonstrating her range.

BroadwayNYC2 said: "Translating Bollywood to stage is more difficult than it seems because it is so ingrained in the screen format. I hope they can tackle it, but definitely an uphill battle and nobody on this creative team screams success."

Great points. 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Shoba-Narayan-Austin-Colby-More-to-Star-in-Broadway-Bound-COME-FALL-IN-LOVE-THE-DDLJ-MUSICAL-20220713

Chopra directs a cast of 30, which includes Shoba Narayan as Simran (Broadway's Disney's Aladdin as Princess Jasmine), Austin Colby as Rog Mandel (North American Tour of Disney's Frozen the Musical as Hans, Off-Broadway's Jersey Boys as Bob Gaudio), Irvine Iqbal as Baldev (West End's Disney's Aladdin as The Sultan), Rupal Pujara as Lajjo (Walnut Street Theatre's In the Heights), Vishal Vaidya as Ajit (Encore's Road Show), Siddharth Menon as Kuljt (India's Disney's Aladdin as Aladdin), Kate Loprest as Emily "Minky" Soulard (Broadway's First Date, Hairspray), Juice Mackins as Ben (Broadway's The Prom), Hannah Jewel Kohn as Cookie (North American Tour of Disney's Frozen The Musical), Jeremy Kushnier as Roger Mandel, Sr. (Broadway's Footloose as Ren McCormack, Rent as Roger Davis), Amita Batra as Ensemble (Amit Patel & Ishika Seth's Unearthed: Untold Stories of the Ramayana), Neha Dharmapuram as Ensemble (M.S. in Marketing Intelligence from Fordham University), Tiffany Engen as Ensemble (Broadway's Legally Blonde), Rohit Gijare as Ensemble (Bollywood Blvd at Lincoln Center),Marc Heitzman as Ensemble (Broadway's Bandstand), Usman Ali Ishaq as Ensemble (Signature Theatre's RENT), Nika Lindsay as Ensemble (North American Tour of Disney's Frozen The Musical), Ilda Mason as Ensemble (West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg), Caleb Mathura as Ensemble (Jesus Christ Superstar at Timber Lake Playhouse), Meher Mistry as Ensemble (India's Disney's Beauty and the Beast as Belle), Shannon Mullen as Ensemble (Broadway's A Bronx Tale), Shahil Patel as Ensemble (Off-Broadway's Fairycakes), Zain Patel as Ensemble (La Jolla Playhouse's Bhangin' It: A Bangin' New Musical), Becca Petersen as Ensemble (Broadway's Mean Girls), Kinshuk Sen as Ensemble (Much Ado About Nothing at UCLA's Shakespeare Theater Company), Jack Sippel as Ensemble (Broadway's The Prom), Michael Starr as Ensemble (First National Tour of Bright Star), Geatali Tampy as Ensemble (Bollywood Blvd at Lincoln Center), and Sonya Venugopal as Ensemble (Musical Theatreworks' Evita.

Maybe this can take the Barrymore? 

Call_me_jorge said: "Maybe this can take the Barrymore?"

Cast of 30, I'd imagine it's a big show and maybe too big for that space? But who knows until it starts.

VintageSnarker said: "Question: Did they change the character of Raj Malhotra to Rog Mandel?"

Yep. The original movie was supposed to have Tom Cruise in the lead (and not Shah Rukh Khan), before they pivoted the complete storyline. I don't remember the full story, but it was very well publicised at the time and should be easy to find.

Wow, finally a big, splashy musical that really works and is wonderful!  Great sets, etc. and two star making leads along with terrific dancing.

Thursday's first performance was cancelled as they needed 'more rehearsal time' so we saw the second performance last night.  A 5 minute stop after the opening number due to a recalcitrant lamp post (they would have been in big trouble if this was Me and My Gal or Busker Alley) but it was smooth sailing from then on.

The surprise, somewhat, is that this is NOT a Bollywood musical.  It's a very traditional Broadway musical with excellent cross-cultural influences but it's very much in the old-fashioned format with modern trappings.  The book is quite good and keeps the plot moving well and there's a lot of humor in the show. The lyrics are serviceable but they get the job down.  The music is highly varied -- you won't leave whistling any tunes (maybe the title number or the final song for the female lead) but again, everything serves the show and story quite well.

But you'll want to make sure you see it with the two leads, who should soon become stars, especially the male lead who is a quadruple threat (sings beautifully, dances incredibly, acts well and has great comic timing).

It ran just short of 3 hours so may need a bit of tightening but if this opened on Broadway tomorrow, I think it would be a big hit.