Rumors from Broadwaysbestshows.com

Received an email today from Broadwaysbestshows.com with the following rumors contained therein:


Broadway's Best Kept Secrets

• This show, which had a wildly successful run last year at PAC NYC is eyeing the Broadhurst Theatre
• Dog Day Afternoon might be heading to the August Wilson Theatre.
• Pedro Pascal is circling a Broadway run in Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
• Another London import based on an iconic American film may be en route to Broadway following a successful West End engagement. A few years ago it was Network, a few years from now could be Dr. Strangelove…
• Is baseball fan Matthew Broderick contemplating a return to Broadway if the best-known baseball musical makes the move?

OuttaTowner said: "Received an email today from Broadwaysbestshows.com with the following rumors contained therein:


Broadway's Best Kept Secrets

• This show, which hada wildlysuccessful run last year at PAC NYC is eyeing theBroadhurst Theatre
• Dog Day Afternoonmight be heading to the August Wilson Theatre.
• Pedro Pascal is circling a Broadway run in Edward Albee’sThe Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
• Another London import based on an iconic American film may be en route to Broadway following a successful West End engagement. A few years ago it wasNetwork, a few years from now could beDr. Strangelove…
• Is baseball fan Matthew Broderick contemplating a return to Broadway if the best-known baseball musical makes the move?

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Pedro on Broadway would be fun. Strangelove was not successful nor very good.

Hmm...thanks for posting. Few allusions to things already rumored (and I'm never gonna give up hope on an encore run / transfer of "Jellicle Ball") and some new interesting ideas. I believe this is a site that the producer Jeffrey Richards has a hand in (?)

And I think when buzz around Sarah in new production of "The Goat" started, I wrote - *entirely* out of "I'd love this to happen", not having any actual insider knowledge - how brilliant Pedro would be, both w/his longtime friendship with Sarah as well as (having studied the play) I think the two of them are *ideal*. Mercedes Ruehl's performance in the original production remains etched my memory, only maybe equaled by Sally Field's totally brilliant work when she took over.

As for Matthew Broderick ostensibly in the "Damn Yankees" revival......nothing personal against him but just seems so entirely wrong for what I figure would be Mr. Applegate. According to some D.C. friends, Rob McClure is terrific.

Anyway, I do enjoy speculation season quite a bit, and if my completely unfounded "Wouldn't Pedro be great" post a few weeks ago come true, I'll starting sharing lottery number predictions with y'all. :-)

Cats and Dog Day Afternoon rumors are accurate as far as I know.

Haven't heard that Pedro rumor, but would love for it to be true. I think his only previous Bway stint was that godawful King Lear. He had a forgettable role (and the production was nearly unwatchable) so I'd love to see him take on something better.

Dr Strangelove wasn't all that successful in the UK, was it? Before that part of the sentence, I expected that rumor to be about the Wet End transfer of Benjamin Button. I guess I wouldn't call that film "iconic" necessarily, but the producers are eyeing the spring.

The Matthew Broderick one is strange...I have to imagine that they would want to keep costs down as much as possible with a revival like this. And Broderick would certainly command a way higher salary than McClure. With both Sunset Blvd. and Gypsy failing to recoup, it probably behooves producers right now to make the production a star, instead of any single "name" being the selling point. Especially if the show needs to run for quite a while to recoup (and it will).

EDSOSLO858 said: "Word is BENJAMIN BUTTON has the Hudson and we're just waiting on exact dates."

Would have to be summer or fall Seaview has another rotating celebrity thing in the spring.

Ensemble1711444445 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Word is BENJAMIN BUTTON has the Hudson and we're just waiting on exact dates."


Would have to be summer or fall Seaview has another rotating celebrity thing in the spring."

I hadn't seen a theatre announced for All Out, the rotating celeb show.

All out is the Nederlander this is some British show from Seaview.

Oh. Well, thanks. I guess it's not that, then.

Re Broderick in Damn Yankees... what if he brought along SJP as Lola?

I'm imagining everyone reading this to start choking with rage.

inception said: "Re Broderick in Damn Yankees... what if he brought along SJP as Lola?

I'm imagining everyone reading this to start choking with rage."

Holy Cripes. Did I just wake up in 1995?

What happened to the motive and the cue? Dead? And much ado about nothing ?

inception said: "Re Broderick in Damn Yankees... what if he brought along SJP as Lola?

I'm imagining everyone reading this to start choking with rage."

Is this April 1?