I know Legally Blonde and Betty Boop are considering Kristin Chenoweth (another star soon to be overused). I heard about workshops for The Color Purple, Tales of the City and Moonstruck. There was also a bit of gossip over Batman and Working Girl. Be on the lookout for any of the five new Coleman shows - Napoleon and Josephine, Grace, Nothing But the Truth, Like Jazz, and Ostrovsky. As for Wildhorn, I assume Havana and Zorro have been shelved for awhile. I guess we'll have Camille Claudel to look forward to, but I wouldn't hold my breath for Dracula. The score sounds like a second-rate copy of Jekyll and Hyde, but without interesting bits. If Eder stars in Claudel, it will probably do fairly well until her departure. I just don't think it's a story that will compel audiences to buy a ticket and unless the score has been completely rewritten, what I heard was a parade of bland ballads.
If Lloyd Webber's Woman in White is successful, we might get a transfer as it sounds like his most promising show in over a decade. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins will most likely cross the pond. There was talk about a transfer of Witches of Eastwick starring Kevin Kline, but I don't know what happened to it (hopefully, it would feature new set designs).
And as far as new composers go, I'm going to see Guettel's A Light in the Piazza, but haven't heard anything about a new Brown or LaChiusa show.
Kander and Ebb premiered The Visit which was cancelled twice on Broadway and have been working on Over and Over again. Both shows would garner attention, but again, not really crowd-pleasing material.
As for Sondheim, I hope he has something better than Bounce up his sleeve. And the same can be said for Hamlish and Secret of My Success...
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
