#51
Posted: 1/29/10 at 12:23pm
BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS - a fantastic score. Would love to see it revived at Encores!
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#52
Posted: 1/29/10 at 1:02pm
I think Allison Janney would be great for "Woman of the Year", but we've already seen her do her "One of the Boys" number in "9 to 5".
#53
Posted: 1/29/10 at 6:17pm
Whoop-Up
Flahooley
The Gay Life
Panama Hattie
Goldilocks
Flahooley
The Gay Life
Panama Hattie
Goldilocks
"Hurry up and get into your conga clothes - we've got to do something to save this show!"
#54
Posted: 1/29/10 at 11:05pm
My Fair Lady
Pippin
Pippin
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#55
Posted: 1/29/10 at 11:13pm
I would love it if Encores did DROOD. Heidi Blickenstaff would be perfect as Drood, and there are a host of interesting casting ideas for the rest of the roles.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#56
Posted: 1/30/10 at 12:34pm
Come Summer
Music Is
Music Is
With Irma you gotta do something!
#58
Posted: 1/30/10 at 2:27pm
Pippin would be another good one. I wouldn't mind them doing Woman in White either, though...
Recent Broadway and Off-Broadway:: Carrie, Merrily, Ionescopade
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
#59
Posted: 1/30/10 at 7:34pm
HIGH BUTTON SHOES
DEAR WORLD
THE ROTHSCHILDS
DEAR WORLD
THE ROTHSCHILDS
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#60
Posted: 1/30/10 at 7:51pm
Are there any rumors as to what the next Summer Stars production will be?
They announced THE WIZ at the end of February last year, so one can assume the show's already been chosen.
They announced THE WIZ at the end of February last year, so one can assume the show's already been chosen.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 1/30/10 at 07:51 PM
#61
Posted: 2/2/10 at 12:18am
Fiorello
"I wouldn't let Esparza's Bobby take my kids to the zoo...I'd be afraid he'd steal their ice cream and laugh."- YankeeFan
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
#62
Posted: 2/2/10 at 3:19am
Fiorello! was the first Encores show.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#63
Posted: 2/2/10 at 3:34am
Evita
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#64
Posted: 2/2/10 at 4:10am
Encores is subtitled Great American Musicals in Concert, so I wouldn't expect them to be tackling Evita at any point.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#66
Posted: 2/2/10 at 5:28am
So no Starlight Express then 
How about Candide? Or has it been attempted/butchered far too many times already?
How about Candide? Or has it been attempted/butchered far too many times already?
#69
Posted: 2/2/10 at 8:05pm
Oh, I didn't know that. My bad!
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#70
Posted: 2/3/10 at 1:40am
Redhead
Side by Side by Sondheim
Meet Me in St. Louis
Just to name a few
Side by Side by Sondheim
Meet Me in St. Louis
Just to name a few
#72
Posted: 2/6/10 at 12:48am
somethingwicked, I think they'll be announcing it soonish.
This is pure speculation on my part, but at her interview at the 92nd Street Y on Thursday, Patti LuPone mentioned that there have been talks for her to do Hello, Dolly! Now, this could be either someone saying "Hey, you should do Dolly" or a discussion about something like Summer Stars.
This is pure speculation on my part, but at her interview at the 92nd Street Y on Thursday, Patti LuPone mentioned that there have been talks for her to do Hello, Dolly! Now, this could be either someone saying "Hey, you should do Dolly" or a discussion about something like Summer Stars.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#73
Posted: 2/6/10 at 12:50am
^ That really needs to happen (Dolly & LuPone). I will be ecstatic if it is this year's Summer Stars!
#74
Posted: 2/6/10 at 12:53am
I still have my heart set on The Music Man starring David Hyde Pierce. But, meh, that LuPone lady's ok.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#75
Posted: 2/6/10 at 12:56am
I believe this summers production will be FUNNY GIRL starring a certain young rising TV star.
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