Paul's Broadway Watch - January 2005
Wed, 2 Feb 2005, 04:56 pmWalter Plinge1 post in thread
Paul's Broadway Watch - January 2005
Wed, 2 Feb 2005, 04:56 pmWow... In one month FIVE count'em FIVE musicals close on Broadway.
The big loser being, of course, Dracula, which didn't even make it to the end of the season!
The production of 42nd Street that closed was the version that won the only two Tony Awards that The Producers wasn't eligible for (Revival and Lead Actress)
One new Musical opened this month.
Little Women
Original 2004 Broadway Production
Featuring Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern
Fourteen other Musicals currently running:
La Cage Aux Folles
2004 Revival
Featuring Daniel Davis and Gary Beach
No Cast Recording – Original Broadway Cast available
Brooklyn
Original 2004 Broadway Production
Featuring Cleavant Derricks & Eden Espinoza
Cast Recording Available
Fiddler on the Roof
2004 Revival
Currently Featuring Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin and Nancy Opel
Cast Recording available
Wicked
Original 2003 Broadway Production
Currently Featuring Jennifer Laura Thompson, Shoshana Bean, George Hearn and Jeffrey Kuhn
2004 Tony Awards – Actress (Idina Menzel); Scenic Design & Costume Design
Cast Recording available
Avenue Q
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 2003
Featuring John Tartaglia and Stephanie DÂ’Abruzzo
2004 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score & Book of a Musical
Cast Recording Available
MovinÂ’ Out
Original 2002 Broadway Production
2003 Tony Awards – Choreography & Orchestrations
Cast Recording available
Hairspray
Original 2002 Broadway Production
2003 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score; Book of a Musical; Actor (Harvey Fierstein); Actress (Marissa Janet Winokur); Featured Actor (Dick Latessa); Direction & Costume Design
Cast Recording available
Mamma Mia!
2001 Broadway version of London Production
Currently featuring Carolee Carmello
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
The Producers
Original 2001 Broadway Production
Currently featuring Richard Kind and Alan Ruck
2001 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score; Book of a Musical; Actor (Nathan Lane); Featured Actor (Gary Beach); Featured Actress (Cady Huffman); Direction; Orchestrations; Scenic Design; Costume Design; Lighting Design & Choreography
Cast Recording available
The Lion King
Original 1997 Broadway Production
1998 Tony Awards – Musical; Direction; Scenic Design; Costume Design; Lighting Design; Choreography
Cast Recording available
Chicago
1996 Revival
1997 Tony Awards – Revival of a Musical; Actor (James Naughton); Actress (Bebe Neuwirth); Direction; Lighting Design & Choreography
Cast Recording available
Rent
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 1996
Currently featuring Drew Lachey
1996 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score; Book of a Musical & Featured Actor (Wilson Jermaine Heredia)
Cast Recording available
Beauty and the Beast
Original 1994 Broadway Production
1994 Tony Award – Costume Design
Cast Recording available
The Phantom of the Opera
1988 Broadway version of London Production
1988 Tony Awards – Musical; Actor (Michael Crawford); Featured Actress (Judy Kuhn); Direction; Scenic Design; Costume Design & Lighting Design
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
Five Musicals closed this month
42nd Street
2001 Revival – 1524 performances
2001 Tony Awards – Revival of a Musical; Actress (Christine Ebersole)
Cast Recording available
Wonderful Town
2003 Revival - 497 performances
2004 Tony Award – Choreography
2 x Cast Recordings available: Original revival cast with Donna Murphy
Replacement Cast Recording with Brooke Shields.
Bombay Dreams
2004 Broadway version of London Production – 284 performances
No Broadway Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
Dracula
Original 2004 Broadway Production – 157 Performances
No Cast Recording – Nor is there now likely to be one
Pacific Overtures
2004 Revival, Broadway version of Japanese Production – 69 perfromances
Cast Recording Announced – Released May
Two New Broadway Cast Recordings released this month
Wonderful Town (Replacement cast with Brooke Shields)
The Frogs (2004 Cast with Nathan Lane)
Cast Recordings Announced
Pacific Overtures
Spamalot
Attendance figures for last four weeks
Top Three Shows by Attendance
Wicked – 57888
The Lion King – 52524
The Phantom of the Opera – 47907
Top Three Shows by Capacity
Wicked – 100%
Avenue Q – 97.3%
Mamma Mia! – 96.3%
Bottom Three Shows by Attendance
Brooklyn – 20809
Avenue Q – 24789
Pacific Overtures – 25541
Bottom Three Shows by Capacity
Wonderful Town – 59.7%
Brooklyn – 62.3%
Beauty and the Beast – 72.9%
Currently in Previews
Good Vibrations – New Beach Boys Catalogue musical
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - New Musical
Coming Soon
Monty Python’s Spamalot - New Musical – Cast Recording Announced
All Shook Up - New Elvis Catalogue Musical
The Light in the Piazza - New Musical
Sweet Charity - Revival
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Broadway version of London Production
Lennon - New John Lennon Catalogue Musical
The big loser being, of course, Dracula, which didn't even make it to the end of the season!
The production of 42nd Street that closed was the version that won the only two Tony Awards that The Producers wasn't eligible for (Revival and Lead Actress)
One new Musical opened this month.
Little Women
Original 2004 Broadway Production
Featuring Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern
Fourteen other Musicals currently running:
La Cage Aux Folles
2004 Revival
Featuring Daniel Davis and Gary Beach
No Cast Recording – Original Broadway Cast available
Brooklyn
Original 2004 Broadway Production
Featuring Cleavant Derricks & Eden Espinoza
Cast Recording Available
Fiddler on the Roof
2004 Revival
Currently Featuring Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin and Nancy Opel
Cast Recording available
Wicked
Original 2003 Broadway Production
Currently Featuring Jennifer Laura Thompson, Shoshana Bean, George Hearn and Jeffrey Kuhn
2004 Tony Awards – Actress (Idina Menzel); Scenic Design & Costume Design
Cast Recording available
Avenue Q
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 2003
Featuring John Tartaglia and Stephanie DÂ’Abruzzo
2004 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score & Book of a Musical
Cast Recording Available
MovinÂ’ Out
Original 2002 Broadway Production
2003 Tony Awards – Choreography & Orchestrations
Cast Recording available
Hairspray
Original 2002 Broadway Production
2003 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score; Book of a Musical; Actor (Harvey Fierstein); Actress (Marissa Janet Winokur); Featured Actor (Dick Latessa); Direction & Costume Design
Cast Recording available
Mamma Mia!
2001 Broadway version of London Production
Currently featuring Carolee Carmello
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
The Producers
Original 2001 Broadway Production
Currently featuring Richard Kind and Alan Ruck
2001 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score; Book of a Musical; Actor (Nathan Lane); Featured Actor (Gary Beach); Featured Actress (Cady Huffman); Direction; Orchestrations; Scenic Design; Costume Design; Lighting Design & Choreography
Cast Recording available
The Lion King
Original 1997 Broadway Production
1998 Tony Awards – Musical; Direction; Scenic Design; Costume Design; Lighting Design; Choreography
Cast Recording available
Chicago
1996 Revival
1997 Tony Awards – Revival of a Musical; Actor (James Naughton); Actress (Bebe Neuwirth); Direction; Lighting Design & Choreography
Cast Recording available
Rent
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 1996
Currently featuring Drew Lachey
1996 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score; Book of a Musical & Featured Actor (Wilson Jermaine Heredia)
Cast Recording available
Beauty and the Beast
Original 1994 Broadway Production
1994 Tony Award – Costume Design
Cast Recording available
The Phantom of the Opera
1988 Broadway version of London Production
1988 Tony Awards – Musical; Actor (Michael Crawford); Featured Actress (Judy Kuhn); Direction; Scenic Design; Costume Design & Lighting Design
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
Five Musicals closed this month
42nd Street
2001 Revival – 1524 performances
2001 Tony Awards – Revival of a Musical; Actress (Christine Ebersole)
Cast Recording available
Wonderful Town
2003 Revival - 497 performances
2004 Tony Award – Choreography
2 x Cast Recordings available: Original revival cast with Donna Murphy
Replacement Cast Recording with Brooke Shields.
Bombay Dreams
2004 Broadway version of London Production – 284 performances
No Broadway Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
Dracula
Original 2004 Broadway Production – 157 Performances
No Cast Recording – Nor is there now likely to be one
Pacific Overtures
2004 Revival, Broadway version of Japanese Production – 69 perfromances
Cast Recording Announced – Released May
Two New Broadway Cast Recordings released this month
Wonderful Town (Replacement cast with Brooke Shields)
The Frogs (2004 Cast with Nathan Lane)
Cast Recordings Announced
Pacific Overtures
Spamalot
Attendance figures for last four weeks
Top Three Shows by Attendance
Wicked – 57888
The Lion King – 52524
The Phantom of the Opera – 47907
Top Three Shows by Capacity
Wicked – 100%
Avenue Q – 97.3%
Mamma Mia! – 96.3%
Bottom Three Shows by Attendance
Brooklyn – 20809
Avenue Q – 24789
Pacific Overtures – 25541
Bottom Three Shows by Capacity
Wonderful Town – 59.7%
Brooklyn – 62.3%
Beauty and the Beast – 72.9%
Currently in Previews
Good Vibrations – New Beach Boys Catalogue musical
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - New Musical
Coming Soon
Monty Python’s Spamalot - New Musical – Cast Recording Announced
All Shook Up - New Elvis Catalogue Musical
The Light in the Piazza - New Musical
Sweet Charity - Revival
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Broadway version of London Production
Lennon - New John Lennon Catalogue Musical