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Paul's Broadway Watch - Feb 2005

Tue, 1 Mar 2005, 12:51 pm
Walter Plinge2 posts in thread
Well, its now March, so here is my little updateÂ…
Big News: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is transferring from Off-Broadway. This is the new musical by William Finn (Falsettos). Is it going to be one to add to the list of recent very successful transferees like Rent, Urinetown and Avenue Q?


One new Musical opened this month.
Good Vibrations
Original 2005 Broadway Production


Fifteen other Musicals currently running:
Little Women
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Featuring Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern
Cast recording announced

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


Attendance figures for last four weeks

Top Three Shows by Attendance
Wicked – 57728
The Lion King – 53752
The Phantom of the Opera – 47076

Top Three Shows by Capacity
Wicked – 99.7%
Mamma Mia! – 97.0%
Avenue Q – 94.3%

Bottom Three Shows by Attendance
Brooklyn – 20023
Avenue Q – 24030
Rent – 28532

Bottom Three Shows by Capacity
Little Women – 57.1%
Brooklyn – 59.9%
La Cage aux Folles – 73.2%


Currently in Previews
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - New Musical
Monty Python’s Spamalot - New Musical – Cast Recording Announced
All Shook Up - New Elvis Catalogue Musical – Cast Recording Announced

Coming Soon
The Light in the Piazza - New Musical
Sweet Charity - New Revival
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Broadway version of London Production
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Transferring from Off-Broadway
Lennon - New John Lennon Catalogue Musical



Cast Recordings Announced
Pacific Overtures
Little Women
Spamalot
All Shook Up

Thread (2 posts)

Walter PlingeTue, 1 Mar 2005, 12:51 pm
Well, its now March, so here is my little updateÂ…
Big News: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is transferring from Off-Broadway. This is the new musical by William Finn (Falsettos). Is it going to be one to add to the list of recent very successful transferees like Rent, Urinetown and Avenue Q?


One new Musical opened this month.
Good Vibrations
Original 2005 Broadway Production


Fifteen other Musicals currently running:
Little Women
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Featuring Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern
Cast recording announced

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


Attendance figures for last four weeks

Top Three Shows by Attendance
Wicked – 57728
The Lion King – 53752
The Phantom of the Opera – 47076

Top Three Shows by Capacity
Wicked – 99.7%
Mamma Mia! – 97.0%
Avenue Q – 94.3%

Bottom Three Shows by Attendance
Brooklyn – 20023
Avenue Q – 24030
Rent – 28532

Bottom Three Shows by Capacity
Little Women – 57.1%
Brooklyn – 59.9%
La Cage aux Folles – 73.2%


Currently in Previews
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - New Musical
Monty Python’s Spamalot - New Musical – Cast Recording Announced
All Shook Up - New Elvis Catalogue Musical – Cast Recording Announced

Coming Soon
The Light in the Piazza - New Musical
Sweet Charity - New Revival
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Broadway version of London Production
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Transferring from Off-Broadway
Lennon - New John Lennon Catalogue Musical



Cast Recordings Announced
Pacific Overtures
Little Women
Spamalot
All Shook Up
Walter PlingeSun, 6 Mar 2005, 12:50 am

Re: Paul's Broadway Watch - Feb 2005 - Oops!

Paul Treasure wrote:
>
> 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


Sorry, Featured Actress was Judy Kaye NOT Judy Kuhn
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