Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals- Page 3

[wdwfreak]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#50

Posted: 5/24/09 at 7:21pm

I thought that the recent article for Love Never Dies said that the London and Broadway productions were to start at the same time around March which would make it a part of the 2009/2010 season

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#51

Posted: 5/24/09 at 7:26pm

What about Minsky's?

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[perfectliar]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#52

Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:49am

Who cares if the London production is amazing, it wouldn't make any money.

[TheActr97J]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#53

Posted: 5/25/09 at 2:04am

I. WANT. MERRILYYYYY!!!!

Curse you Roundabout!

"I seem to have wandered into the BRAIN load-out thread... "
-best12bars

"Sorry I am a Theatre major not a English Major"
-skibumb5290

[ljay889]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#54

Posted: 5/25/09 at 2:09am

MERRILY was scrapped for financial issues, I believe.

But we have NIGHT MUSIC to look forward to, and maybe iSondheim from Roundabout.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#55

Posted: 5/25/09 at 2:21am

I'm not a fan of MERRILY at all, but A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is an incredibly exciting choice for a revival (though I can't help but feeling quite sad that THE perfect Desiree is no longer with us). I just hope that they don't cast a 20 year old to play Desiree like the London production did, and though I'm sure the London cast is wonderful, I really hope they get a NY-cast, there are so many Broadway actors I'd love to see tackle those roles in what unbelievably would be the very first Broadway revival of this show. I was hoping Lincoln Center would produce a Barlett Sher-directed production but any LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is better than none.
The idea of iSondheim is appealing, I just wonder if Roundabout can do it justice.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[JudasIscariot]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#56

Posted: 5/25/09 at 2:37am

Is Once 09-10, or is it going to be in the '11 season? That's one of the things I'm most looking forward to, besides Houdini.

[TalkinLoud]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#57

Posted: 5/25/09 at 2:56am

Oh my God, a Merrily We Roll Along revival would be amazing!

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#58

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:19am

Well, now we have Babes in Arms with Rosie. Didn't Whoopi say on the view that Sister Act is opening in the fall?

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#59

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:22am

New Musicals:
Memphis
Fela!
Everyday Rapture
Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark
The Addams Family
Catch Me If You Can
Sister Act: The Musical
Houdini
Minsky's
Pure Country (tentative)

Revivals:
Bye Bye Birdie
Finian's Rainbow
Ragtime
The Sound of Music (RUG production from London/Toronto)
A Little Night Music (Menier production from London)
La Cage aux Folles (Menier production from London)
Sunset Boulevard (Windmill production from London)
Babes in Arms

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[philly03]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#60

Posted: 6/10/09 at 1:04am

One may also assume that "Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure" may transfer. Two Broadway try-outs, seems like Frank is serious about this one...or "Bonnie & Clyde." I assume which ever one gets the better reviews will transfer first/if at all!

[TalkinLoud]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#61

Posted: 6/10/09 at 1:17am

Thanks for the list AllThatJazz! Looks like a GREAT year!

[logan0215]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#62

Posted: 6/10/09 at 1:54am

What about "Get Happy"

I haven't read of any definitive timeline and they are unsure if the film or stage version will come first.

[givesmevoice]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#63

Posted: 6/10/09 at 2:00am

is Sunset Boulevard definitely transferring?

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

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#64

Posted: 6/10/09 at 2:03am

But SUNSET, RAGTIME, SOUND OF MUSIC, EVERYDAY RAPTURE, FELA!, HOUDINI, MINKY'S, and SISTER ACT all have only been rumored to open next season.

Unless I missed something...

Updated On: 6/10/09 at 02:03 AM

[ljay889]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#65

Posted: 6/10/09 at 2:17am

^ I'm pretty sure those are all rumored too.

On the revival front the definite ones are

Bye Bye Birdie
Finian's Rainbow
A Little Night Music
La Cage Aux Folles
Babe In Arms (kind of??)
Updated On: 6/10/09 at 02:17 AM

[jennafan]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#66

Posted: 6/10/09 at 2:21am

So, Deaf West's Pippin wasn't picked up? That's weird since it got good reviews out in LA.

[boyfromoz2]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#67

Posted: 6/10/09 at 3:49am

The New York transfer of Sunset is going ahead - it will be announced in a few months time with an opening sometime in the fall of 2010.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#68

Posted: 6/10/09 at 4:18am

Where the hell are all these theaters coming from?

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

[frogs_fan85]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#69

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:24am

You realize that after Labor Day there will probably only be around 20-25 shows running, so nearly half of the theaters will be dark.

[Yankeefan007]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#70

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:33am

When was SOUND OF MUSIC mentioned?

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#71

Posted: 6/10/09 at 10:05am

I'm 90% sure that the Sunset revival is NOT a rumor, and I can swear I read an article on it.

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[JBSinger]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#72

Posted: 6/10/09 at 10:44am

Since Hugh Jackman is doing that play with Daniel Craig, i think it's safe to assume that HOUDINI will not be on the 09-10 season.
thanks for the input.
Looks promising.

[ladybegood]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#73

Posted: 6/10/09 at 4:28pm

And I am still not sure that "Love Never Dies" should have been excluded from this 09/10 season. It depends when "Spring" really refers to for the West End. But Broadway is supposed to be following only 6 weeks later, if not sooner. And the apparent "insider" comment that it might even open within a day of London, albeit negated, could still make sense with the inteval accounted for by a long preview period.

[boyfromoz2]

re: Looking ahead - 09-10 musicals#74

Posted: 6/10/09 at 5:32pm

After London, LND is opening in Toronto for a limited run "try-out" (probably 12 weeks) then transferring to New York.

Possible timeline:
Early March - world premiere in London
Late March - opening in Toronto (for a limited try-out run of probably 12 weeks)
Late June - 12 weeks later, opening in New York. Any opening date after June 1 puts the show firmly in the 2010-2011 season.