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Posted: 12/2/09 at 10:13am
Productions are forever being shuttled between the West End and Broadway, of course. Just this week Legally Blonde begins previewing at the Savoy on Saturday.
That show joins a roster of Broadway imports that currently includes,
Last night saw the West End opening for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in a production that also originated on Broadway last year, featuring two of the headline stars of its original Broadway company in veterans James Earl Jones (now 7
and Phylicia Rashad (sister of the play's director Debbie Allen), while Hair will arrive next April with its entire American cast intact.
Meanwhile, going in the other direction, the Menier Chocolate Factory�s production of A Little Night Music is currently in previews on Broadway (before opening officially on December 13)
The Meniers La Cage Aux Folles to follow next April. Each is retaining at least one member of the British company in Douglas Hodge (who has returned to La Cage for a final stint this week, before it closes here in January) respectively.
And Broadway is also currently hosting the London-originated Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera on the musicals front, and God of Carnage, Hamlet and The 39 Steps on the plays front.
So at the moment the balance is definitely in favour of British shows on Broadway rather than the other way around.
That show joins a roster of Broadway imports that currently includes,
Last night saw the West End opening for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in a production that also originated on Broadway last year, featuring two of the headline stars of its original Broadway company in veterans James Earl Jones (now 7
and Phylicia Rashad (sister of the play's director Debbie Allen), while Hair will arrive next April with its entire American cast intact. Meanwhile, going in the other direction, the Menier Chocolate Factory�s production of A Little Night Music is currently in previews on Broadway (before opening officially on December 13)
The Meniers La Cage Aux Folles to follow next April. Each is retaining at least one member of the British company in Douglas Hodge (who has returned to La Cage for a final stint this week, before it closes here in January) respectively.
And Broadway is also currently hosting the London-originated Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera on the musicals front, and God of Carnage, Hamlet and The 39 Steps on the plays front.
So at the moment the balance is definitely in favour of British shows on Broadway rather than the other way around.
Updated On: 12/2/09 at 10:13 AM
