TLC Musical, New Adaptations of DAMN YANKEES and PAL JOEY Will Play Arena Stage — Page 2

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Someone will have to change the lyrics to "Six Months Out of Every Year."

I can't remember if there are other Washington Senators lyrics.

Great director choice.....

Didn’t realize this is being done in the round. I’m not optimistic about this one but haven’t seen it in a while so looking forward to seeing a new production. The 90s revival was a hoot.

It’s a great regional theatre cast.

This will have a tough, possibly impossible, road to Broadway.

• Its director is coming off a big financial flop.
• Its lead producers are novices and having no star will hurt their ability to raise money.
• A prior revival tried to get off the ground for 15 years — with three different directors — and couldn’t. And the roles aren’t THAT good that stars are immediately drawn to them.
• Sunset Blvd didn’t recoup and Gypsy was a financial disaster. That should scare stars and their agents, too.
• The show is being so dramatically reframed that the consensus very well might be “why not just write a new show.” Meaning the producers would have to start over with a new concept after the Arena run.

Damn Yankees is in the pantheon of good shows, but I don’t know if it has ever been an *amazing* show.

Updated On: 7/31/25 at 04:13 PM

They are definitely aiming for Broadway if their Instagram name is anything to go by.

Haley Swindal may be a novice but she’ll have no trouble raising the money.

ACL2006 said: "Crusty Bagel said: "Bull Durham has a better chance of getting to Broadway this spring than Damn Yankees, I can tell you that"

Bull Durham has a bunch of unknowns in the cast. not even one Bwayname. Papermill shows almost always flop on Bway."

Carmen Cusack might want a word.

Crusty Bagel said: "Absolute nonsense. Newsies? The Great Gatsby? The two Jeremy Jordan paper mill shows did well on Broadway. People were blown away by Bull Durham in their last tryout at Duke University in North Carolina which had the same leads. Direction by Marc Bruni and choreo by Josh Bergasse. They’re looking to fast track to Broadway in the spring and Best Musical will be down between the two paper mill shows Wanted and Bull Durham, both truly first rate musicals."

there's literally one new musical announced for this season (Queen of Versailles). there's no frontrunner for New Musical at this point.

Crusty Bagel said: "Absolute nonsense. Newsies? The Great Gatsby? The two Jeremy Jordan paper mill shows did well on Broadway. People were blown away by Bull Durham in their last tryout at Duke University in North Carolina which had the same leads. Direction by Marc Bruni and choreo by Josh Bergasse. They’re looking to fast track to Broadway in the spring and Best Musical will be down between the two paper mill shows Wanted and Bull Durham, both truly first rate musicals."

lol

Kad said: "Crusty Bagel is BroadwayFlash. Again. You’re not going to have a reasonable conversation."

It's very clear who Crusty Bagel used to be. A new member suddenly posting in every thread and being as annoying as BroadwayFlash. This guy keeps trying to recreate his profile but then continues to be an extremely obnoxious poster, just with a different username.

What exactly did I say that was trolling?

BorisTomashevsky said: "Haley Swindal may be a novice but she’ll have no trouble raising the money."

Simply because someone is born into the Steinbrenner family doesn’t mean that the [estimated] 7-12 mil she has to raise for this will be easy. She’s been a low level co-producer on five shows (with other people joining her for her raise); four have flopped, and only Hell’s Kitchen is on track to recoup.

The successfully wealthy remain that way because they can smell what will and won’t make money.

But who knows, maybe the production will defy all odds.