fall/winter theater predictions

The Wiz is a NEW musical? How?

I don't we'll ever see Jerry Springer here after the West End production lost many many millions before closing.

Isn't Princesses dead? And is Zanna back on?

And you forgot the biggest new musical of all coming in next season -- Mary Poppins

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Updated On: 3/30/06 at 01:52 AM

Well, if we put The Wiz in there, what about A Chorus Line? Because I think that will be the end all for the season. Except for Mary Poppins...

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It's a real shame Jerry Springer isn't happening. It was a fantastic piece of hilarious theatre, IMHO. Although when it lost money in London, they were considering taking it to NY in a smaller format with a much smaller cast. So perhaps it's best off that it's not coming here; I feel like a downsizing of that show just wouldn't work.

Well, perhaps playbill.com hasn't updated their list of upcoming Broadway shows for quite some time, but that really wasn't the post. I was interested to know what theater people thought the new musicals would be in. I didn't include Mary Poppins or A Chorus Line for the obvious reason that they already have theaters announced. And I never said that The Wiz, if it does come to Broadway, would be considered a new musical, only that it would be a new production and it would still need a theater to play at.

MARGO is very well informed and her opinions have so far
been "on the money". She was correct to predict the success of "Color Purple" and her analysis of the WIZ revival is dead-on.

As for those of you who are hopelessly waiting for Jerry Springer....I saw the show in London and thought it was EXTREMELY overrated. It's a pleasant show with one forgettable song after another.

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I cannot WAIT for Pirate Queen. :)