Encores! 2026 Update?- Page 2

[pagereynolds]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 8:57pm

The nail polish emoji has to be Legally Blonde, right? Would Encores! do Legally Blonde?

[TapDanceGal]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 9:19pm

Kennedy Center was supposed to do Legally Blonde and it got postponed, cancelled. So it could be Legally Blonde 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 9:20pm

Newspaper…SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS? WINDY CITY (the musicalization of The Front Page)? A revival of the two-night 80s disaster THE NEWS? ANNIE WARBUCKS?

Updated On: 6/9/25 at 09:20 PM

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 9:21pm

pagereynolds said: "The nail polish emoji has to be Legally Blonde, right? Would Encores! do Legally Blonde?"

If it’s Legally Blonde, the emoji makes me think that Elle will be played by someone of color.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 9:30pm

Crystal ball - HIGH SPIRITS?

nail polish - WHOREHOUSE? GREASE?

Cigarette - Saheem Ali's production of WILD PARTY? (we know that one's happening in 2026 unless plans have changed again...I guess that could also be the nail polish.)

Updated On: 6/9/25 at 09:30 PM

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 9:55pm

DramaTeach said: "pagereynolds said: "The nail polish emoji has to be Legally Blonde, right? Would Encores! do Legally Blonde?"

If it’s Legally Blonde, the emoji makes me think that Elle will be played by someone of color."

Probably - it was played by a black actress when it was done at Regent's Park in the UK.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 10:03pm

Oh man, “High Spirits” has been on my dream list for them forever so that would be a THRILL for me. 

 

[toetapper2]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 10:05pm

Nail polish-dark skinned hand- J. Harrison Ghee- La Cage

[darquegk]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 10:20pm

Huge agree on the book to Mame. The original novel is a dark comedy about a well intentioned but pathologically immature woman who gets herself constantly in and out of trouble with sex. It’s a much more interesting character than the sweet old lady with a gay man’s soul that the musical creates instead.

The film seemed on the verge of understanding this, casting Lucille Ball in attempt to thread the needle between madcap flapper and sweet mother figure. But they didn’t really stick the landing; book accurate Mame should have Julie Bowen energy. 

[inception]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 10:48pm

Newspaper: How Now, Dow Jones ???

[inception]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 10:51pm

pagereynolds said: "
What the hell are those things on the stage?"

I thought they might be windowcards, viewed from the back, blank side

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 6:49am

Do we think the fortune teller one could be Ride the Cyclone? Saw it at the Lortel 10-15 years ago and thought it had potential.

[Sammy232]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 7:09am

DramaTeach said: "Do we think the fortune teller one could be Ride the Cyclone? Saw it at the Lortel 10-15 years ago and thought it had potential."

Don't they only choose shows that have been on Broadway?

EDIT - Just remembered they did Little shop

Updated On: 6/10/25 at 07:09 AM

[OuttaTowner]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 7:38am

I suppose the crystal ball could be Big. 
The plot is kicked into gear when the boy visits the Zoltar fortune telling machine. 

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 7:56am

Jasmine Amy Rogers commented 'Looking HARD' under the post on twitter and City Center responded 'There will be a little versatility' . I'm now convinced she'll be playing Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.

[SeenEnough2Judge]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 8:36am

The newspaper is giving me Bat Boy vibes 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 8:39am

Sammy232 said: "DramaTeach said: "Do we think the fortune teller one could be Ride the Cyclone? Saw it at the Lortel 10-15 years ago and thought it had potential."

Don't they only choose shows that have been on Broadway?

EDIT - Just remembered they did Little shop"

That was for their off-center series if I recall correctly, which they desperately need to bring back.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 9:30am

OuttaTowner said: "I suppose the crystal ball could be Big.
The plot is kicked into gear when the boy visits the Zoltar fortune telling machine."

BIG is a really great, underrated Maltby & Shire score. 

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 9:41am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "OuttaTowner said: "I suppose the crystal ball could be Big.
The plot is kicked into gear when the boy visits the Zoltar fortune telling machine."

BIG is a really great, underrated Maltby & Shirescore."

Yes I’d love to see Big in the line up. Everything Susan Lawrence sings is great IMO

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 9:46am

I would love to see Big, High Spirits, and several others mentioned...but Legally Blonde? It's not that old, it's never really gone away and is still popular, and the score is fun, but nothing that really needs the Encores treatment. I realize many think they're going to need some more commercial plays after how this year went, but that would still be disappointing.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 9:56am

If they can use the book for “Big” they used in London in 2019 and get a REALLY GOOD cast (a cast so good it can mask some problems that will always be present) I think it could be great. 

I will now and forever see anything Jasmine Amy Rogers has her name attached to but please God don’t make me see “Legally Blonde”. I suffered through that London revival a couple years ago and I never want to see it again. But for Jasmine, I absolutely would. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 9:59am

If they’re going REALLY vague…

A newspaper is black & white...City of Angels? We know it’s on Mary Mitchell Campbell’s wish list.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 10:03am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "If they’re going REALLY vague…

A newspaper is black & white...City of Angels? We know it’s on Mary Mitchell Campbell’s wish list."

It would be amazing if they could do that and get Vanessa Williams 

[Voter]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 12:03pm

CONFIRMED

 

Batboy, High Spirits, Wild Party and La Cage Aux Folles

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/10/25 at 12:09pm

Billy Porter in “La Cage”