Broadway Watch - May 2005
Wed, 1 June 2005, 10:39 amWalter Plinge4 posts in thread
Broadway Watch - May 2005
Wed, 1 June 2005, 10:39 amThe 2004/2005 season is now over and the TonyÂ’s will be announced in a couple of days.
The first wave of musicals in the 2005/2006 season do not open until August.
Two new Musicals opened this month.
Sweet Charity
Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Book by Neil Simon
2005 Broadway Revival
Featuring Christina Applegate
Nominated for 3 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical
Cast Recording Released 12/07/2005
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music & Lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 2005
Nominated for 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Cast Recording Available
One Musical closed this month.
Little Women
Production ran 23/01-22/05/2005 137 performances
Music by Jason Howland; Lyrics by Mindi Dickson; Book by Allan Knee
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Featuring Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern
Nominated for 1 Tony Award
Cast Recording Available
Nineteen other Musicals currently running:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Music & Lyrics by the Sherman Brothers, Book by Jeremy Sams
2005 Broadway Version of Original 2002 London Production, Based on 1968 Film Musical
Currently featuring Raul Esparza & Philip Bosco
Nominated for 5 Tony Awards
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast Available
The Light in the Piazza
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel, Book by Craig Lucas
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Closes 04/09/2005 – Limited Run
Nominated for 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Cast Recording Available
All Shook Up
Featuring songs by Elvis Presley; Book by Joe DiPietro
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Cast Recording Available
Monty PythonÂ’s Spamalot
Music by Eric Idle and John Du Prez; Book & Lyrics by Eric Idle
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Featuring Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce
Nominated for 14 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Cast Recording Available
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek; Book by Jeffrey Lane
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Featuring John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Gregory Jbara, Joanna Gleason & Sherie Rene Scott
Nominated for 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Cast Recording Available
La Cage Aux Folles
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Harvey Fierstein
2004 Broadway Revival
Currently Featuring Gary Beach & Robert Goulet
Nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical
No Cast Recording – Original Broadway Cast available
Brooklyn
Book, Music & Lyrics by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri MacPherson
Original 2004 Broadway Production
Closes 26/06/2005
Cast Recording Available
Fiddler on the Roof
Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Book by Joseph Stein
2004 Broadway Revival
Currently Featuring Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin and Nancy Opel
Cast Recording available
Wicked
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Book by Winnie Holzmann
Original 2003 Broadway Production
Currently Featuring Jennifer Laura Thompson, Shoshana Bean and George Hearn
2004 Tony Awards – Actress (Idina Menzel); Scenic Design & Costume Design
Cast Recording available
Avenue Q
Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx; Book by Jeff Whitty
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 2003
Featuring Stephanie DÂ’Abruzzo
2004 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score & Book of a Musical
Cast Recording Available
MovinÂ’ Out
Music & Lyrics by Billy Joel; Conceived & Choreographed by Twyla Tharp
Original 2002 Broadway Production
2003 Tony Awards – Choreography & Orchestrations
Cast Recording available
Hairspray
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman; Book by Mark OÂ’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
Original 2002 Broadway Production
Currently featuring Bruce Vilanch
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!
Music and Lyrics by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson; Book by Catherine Johnson
2001 Broadway version of Original 1999 London Production
Currently featuring Carolee Carmello
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
The Producers
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks; Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Original 2001 Broadway Production
Currently featuring Richard Kind and Roger Bart
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
Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice; Book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi
Original 1997 Broadway Production, Based on 1994 Film Musical
1998 Tony Awards – Musical; Direction; Scenic Design; Costume Design; Lighting Design; Choreography
Cast Recording available
Chicago
Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
1996 Broadway Revival
Currently featuring Charlotte DÂ’Amboise
1997 Tony Awards – Revival of a Musical; Actor (James Naughton); Actress (Bebe Neuwirth); Direction; Lighting Design & Choreography
9th Longest Run in Broadway History
Cast Recording available
Rent
Music Lyrics & Book by Jonathan Larson
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 1996
1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1996 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score; Book of a Musical & Featured Actor (Wilson Jermaine Heredia)
8th Longest Run in Broadway History
Cast Recording available
Beauty and the Beast
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice; Book by Linda Woolverton
Original 1994 Broadway Production, Based on 1991 Film Musical
1994 Tony Award – Costume Design
6th Longest Run in Broadway History
Cast Recording available
The Phantom of the Opera
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe
1988 Broadway version of London Production
1988 Tony Awards – Musical; Actor (Michael Crawford); Featured Actress (Judy Kuhn); Direction; Scenic Design; Costume Design & Lighting Design
2nd Longest Run in Broadway History
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
Attendance figures for last four weeks (to 22 May 05)
Top Three Shows by Attendance
Wicked – 57888
The Lion King – 57781
The Phantom of the Opera – 50352
Top Three Shows by Capacity
Mamma Mia! – 100.6%
The Lion King – 100.3%
Wicked – 100%
Bottom Three Shows by Attendance
Brooklyn – 16530
Little Women – 18998
Avenue Q – 24645
Bottom Three Shows by Capacity
Little Women – 48.6%
Brooklyn – 49.5%
La Cage Aux Folles – 60.1%
Coming Soon
Lennon – New John Lennon Catalogue Musical – Previews begin 07/07/2005; Opens 04/08/2005
The Mambo Kings – New Musical – Previews begin 20/07/2005; Opens 18/08/2005
In the Pipeline
A Chorus Line – New Revival
The Color Purple – New Musical
Girl Group Time Travellers – New Musical
Jerry Springer: The Opera – Broadway version of Original English Production
Jersey Boys – New Four Temptations Catalogue Musical
Lestat – New Musical
The Pajama Game – New Revival
Peter Pan – Revival
Princesses – New Musical
Sweeney Todd – Broadway Version of 2004 English Revival
A Tale of Two Cities – New Musical
The Threepenny Opera – New Revival
The Wiz – New Revival
The Wedding Singer – New Musical
The Woman in White – Broadway version of Original London Production
Cast Recordings
SEVEN Broadway Cast Recordings have been released this month!
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Ghostlight
All Shook Up – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Sony
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Ghostlight
The Light in the Piazza – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Nonesuch
Little Women – 2005 Original Broadway Cast (Production now closed)
Label: Ghostlight
Pacific Overtures – 2004 Broadway Revival (Production now closed)
Label: PS Classics
Spamalot – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Decca Broadway
Cast Recordings Announced
Sweet Charity (released 12/07/2005)
The first wave of musicals in the 2005/2006 season do not open until August.
Two new Musicals opened this month.
Sweet Charity
Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Book by Neil Simon
2005 Broadway Revival
Featuring Christina Applegate
Nominated for 3 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical
Cast Recording Released 12/07/2005
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music & Lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 2005
Nominated for 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Cast Recording Available
One Musical closed this month.
Little Women
Production ran 23/01-22/05/2005 137 performances
Music by Jason Howland; Lyrics by Mindi Dickson; Book by Allan Knee
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Featuring Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern
Nominated for 1 Tony Award
Cast Recording Available
Nineteen other Musicals currently running:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Music & Lyrics by the Sherman Brothers, Book by Jeremy Sams
2005 Broadway Version of Original 2002 London Production, Based on 1968 Film Musical
Currently featuring Raul Esparza & Philip Bosco
Nominated for 5 Tony Awards
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast Available
The Light in the Piazza
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel, Book by Craig Lucas
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Closes 04/09/2005 – Limited Run
Nominated for 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Cast Recording Available
All Shook Up
Featuring songs by Elvis Presley; Book by Joe DiPietro
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Cast Recording Available
Monty PythonÂ’s Spamalot
Music by Eric Idle and John Du Prez; Book & Lyrics by Eric Idle
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Featuring Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce
Nominated for 14 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Cast Recording Available
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek; Book by Jeffrey Lane
Original 2005 Broadway Production
Featuring John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Gregory Jbara, Joanna Gleason & Sherie Rene Scott
Nominated for 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Cast Recording Available
La Cage Aux Folles
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Harvey Fierstein
2004 Broadway Revival
Currently Featuring Gary Beach & Robert Goulet
Nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical
No Cast Recording – Original Broadway Cast available
Brooklyn
Book, Music & Lyrics by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri MacPherson
Original 2004 Broadway Production
Closes 26/06/2005
Cast Recording Available
Fiddler on the Roof
Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Book by Joseph Stein
2004 Broadway Revival
Currently Featuring Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin and Nancy Opel
Cast Recording available
Wicked
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Book by Winnie Holzmann
Original 2003 Broadway Production
Currently Featuring Jennifer Laura Thompson, Shoshana Bean and George Hearn
2004 Tony Awards – Actress (Idina Menzel); Scenic Design & Costume Design
Cast Recording available
Avenue Q
Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx; Book by Jeff Whitty
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 2003
Featuring Stephanie DÂ’Abruzzo
2004 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score & Book of a Musical
Cast Recording Available
MovinÂ’ Out
Music & Lyrics by Billy Joel; Conceived & Choreographed by Twyla Tharp
Original 2002 Broadway Production
2003 Tony Awards – Choreography & Orchestrations
Cast Recording available
Hairspray
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman; Book by Mark OÂ’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
Original 2002 Broadway Production
Currently featuring Bruce Vilanch
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!
Music and Lyrics by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson; Book by Catherine Johnson
2001 Broadway version of Original 1999 London Production
Currently featuring Carolee Carmello
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
The Producers
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks; Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Original 2001 Broadway Production
Currently featuring Richard Kind and Roger Bart
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
Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice; Book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi
Original 1997 Broadway Production, Based on 1994 Film Musical
1998 Tony Awards – Musical; Direction; Scenic Design; Costume Design; Lighting Design; Choreography
Cast Recording available
Chicago
Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
1996 Broadway Revival
Currently featuring Charlotte DÂ’Amboise
1997 Tony Awards – Revival of a Musical; Actor (James Naughton); Actress (Bebe Neuwirth); Direction; Lighting Design & Choreography
9th Longest Run in Broadway History
Cast Recording available
Rent
Music Lyrics & Book by Jonathan Larson
Transferred from Off-Broadway in 1996
1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1996 Tony Awards – Musical; Original Score; Book of a Musical & Featured Actor (Wilson Jermaine Heredia)
8th Longest Run in Broadway History
Cast Recording available
Beauty and the Beast
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice; Book by Linda Woolverton
Original 1994 Broadway Production, Based on 1991 Film Musical
1994 Tony Award – Costume Design
6th Longest Run in Broadway History
Cast Recording available
The Phantom of the Opera
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe
1988 Broadway version of London Production
1988 Tony Awards – Musical; Actor (Michael Crawford); Featured Actress (Judy Kuhn); Direction; Scenic Design; Costume Design & Lighting Design
2nd Longest Run in Broadway History
No Cast Recording – Original London Cast available
Attendance figures for last four weeks (to 22 May 05)
Top Three Shows by Attendance
Wicked – 57888
The Lion King – 57781
The Phantom of the Opera – 50352
Top Three Shows by Capacity
Mamma Mia! – 100.6%
The Lion King – 100.3%
Wicked – 100%
Bottom Three Shows by Attendance
Brooklyn – 16530
Little Women – 18998
Avenue Q – 24645
Bottom Three Shows by Capacity
Little Women – 48.6%
Brooklyn – 49.5%
La Cage Aux Folles – 60.1%
Coming Soon
Lennon – New John Lennon Catalogue Musical – Previews begin 07/07/2005; Opens 04/08/2005
The Mambo Kings – New Musical – Previews begin 20/07/2005; Opens 18/08/2005
In the Pipeline
A Chorus Line – New Revival
The Color Purple – New Musical
Girl Group Time Travellers – New Musical
Jerry Springer: The Opera – Broadway version of Original English Production
Jersey Boys – New Four Temptations Catalogue Musical
Lestat – New Musical
The Pajama Game – New Revival
Peter Pan – Revival
Princesses – New Musical
Sweeney Todd – Broadway Version of 2004 English Revival
A Tale of Two Cities – New Musical
The Threepenny Opera – New Revival
The Wiz – New Revival
The Wedding Singer – New Musical
The Woman in White – Broadway version of Original London Production
Cast Recordings
SEVEN Broadway Cast Recordings have been released this month!
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Ghostlight
All Shook Up – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Sony
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Ghostlight
The Light in the Piazza – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Nonesuch
Little Women – 2005 Original Broadway Cast (Production now closed)
Label: Ghostlight
Pacific Overtures – 2004 Broadway Revival (Production now closed)
Label: PS Classics
Spamalot – 2005 Original Broadway Cast
Label: Decca Broadway
Cast Recordings Announced
Sweet Charity (released 12/07/2005)