THE NUTTY PROFESSOR Headed to Broadway; Music by Hamlisch, Book by Holmes; Jerry Lewis to Direct — Page 3

South Fl Marc I take it you will be one of the first to buy tickets!!

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If it's Labor Day - it's time for Jerry Lewis to again champgion the show rumor that will not die - here's a short summary including the tidbit I had not seen before that the "star" - Mr. Andrew - is helping to finance the show.

Nutty Professor Update

Updated On: 9/4/10 at 09:39 AM

What's the deal with this? I've seen a lot of press about it coming to Broadway in the fall. Would love to see a new Marvin Hamlisch show.

Then, perhaps you should come to Nashville this July:

https://patron.tpac.org/main.taf?p=9,5,1&ProductionID=2988

The Nutty Professor is currently in rehearsals at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. They are going to have the premier here. The creative team said that they are going to be surveying the audience heavily to get input into what needs to be changed as the musical is developed. At the Broadway Season Announcement party, Michael Andrew, who is going to be in the title role, performed two songs from the show. He did one as the professor and one as Buddy Love. The transformation was rather dramatic. Based upon what I saw, it is very much like the original Jerry Lewis take on the Nutty Professor (not the Eddie Murphy version). It felt a little old fashioned, but it was cute. I've not decided if I'm going to see it while it's here.

Is there any doubt this will be a legendary disaster? Hellzapoppin 2?

They seemed to indicate that this was the out of town tryout. It does seem like it might need more work than 18 days, though. Here's a longer story on the musical:

http://www.tpac.org/news/story.asp?story=252

They showed a video at the party with Jerry Lewis talking about the show. I thought that was on the website, too, but I couldn't find it with a quick search. I must admit that based upon the songs I heard, I'm not terribly excited. The song where he was the Nutty Professor was sort of strident and annoying. I feel like they are trying, though.

Mainly, I was excited that Nashville was going to get another premier. You may remember that the original tour for "Nine to Five" rehearsed and launched from Nashville (thanks, Dolly!). The promo title for this year's Broadway Series at TPAC was "Music-al City."

I'm sorry it's not working for you. Try going to www.tpac.org and doing a search for Nutty Professor or copy and paste the link into your browser.

To answer your question, it discusses the show, the creative team, and the aforementioned lead.

Maybe they can take the Shubert.

Aw jeez. I hated that movie. Why must you bring yet another terrible idea to broadway, that will only bring terrible reviews and close withing 2 months.

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Matilda is taking the Shubert in December.

I cannot see this doing well at all. Not with that cast.

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