Fall preview: the new season has its share of potential hits--and surprises.This may be Dance Magazine's 80th anniversary, but let's not Let's Not is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in Boston University Graduate Journal in December 1954. It was written for no payment as a favour to the journal, and later appeared in the collection Buy Jupiter. forget that it's also the start of a new season on Broadway. Well, technically, that has already happened: Xanadu, which brought rollerskating back to the Broadway stage, and Grease, which brought audience participation into the casting process, both opened over the summer. The good news is Susan Stroman is back; the bad is that we've got to wait another year for Billy Elliot, now scheduled for fall of 2008. Below, a whiff of the musical theater pieces that are still on the agenda for this season, with the usual caveats---opening dates may well change; the list is in no way complete; shows that weren't booked into theaters at press time may never be--future plans for Broadway and off-Broadway are always written on the wind. Celia This musical biography of the immensely popular and influential Cuban singer Celia Cruz Celia Cruz (October 21 1925 – July 15 2003) was an Afro-Cuban-American salsa singer who spent most of her career living in New Jersey, and working in the United States and several Latin American countries. will alternate performances in English and Spanish. Jaime Azpilicueta directs. New World Stages, September. Kiss of the Spider Woman Kiss of the Spider Woman (El beso de la mujer araña) may refer to:
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New York Musical Theatre Festival Each year, during a three-week fall Festival, the New York Musical Theatre Festival presents more than thirty new musicals at venues in New York City's midtown theater district. More than half of these productions are chosen by leading theater artists and producers through an Some of this year's openings came from last year's installment of this festival, now four years old. Various venues, September. The Glorious Ones Graciela Daniele Graciela Daniele (born December 8, 1939) is a dancer, choreographer, and theatre director. Born in Buenos Aires, Daniele began her dance training at the age of seven at Teatro Colon, Argentina's equivalent of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. handles direction and choreography for a show based on Francine Prose's novel about a commedia del l'arte troupe in the 17th century. It's by Lynn Ahrens Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist who most-frequently works with Stephen Flaherty. They are best known for the shows Once on This Island, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards, and Ragtime and Stephen Flaherty Stephen Flaherty (born September 18, 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA) is an American composer of musical theatre in collaboration with Lynn Ahrens. They are best known for the shows Once on This Island, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards and Ragtime , who did Once on This Island and Ragtime ragtime: see jazz. ragtime U.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries distinguished by its heavily syncopated rhythm. Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions, the accented left-hand . Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Lincoln Center New York’s modern theater complex. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1586] See : Theater , October. Young Frankenstein They collaborated once, when no one knew what to expect, and the result was The Producers. Now Susan Stroman and Mel Brooks are together again, as she applies her theater and dance savvy to more of his filmed mayhem, this time his 1974 horror movie spoof. Sutton Foster heads the cast. Hilton Theatre, October. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical John DeLuca, who danced in the 1985 film of A Chorus Line, is the choreographer for this returning holiday show. Matt August directs. St. James Theater, November. The Little Mermaid Stephen Mear has a long list of London credits, but here he's known as Matthew Bourne's associate on Mary Poppins. This time, he's collaborating with Francesca Zambello, the renowned opera director, on a stage adaptation of the Disney animated feature. (Zambello is also slated to direct Prairie, a musical take on Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, scheduled for the 2008 season.) Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, November. Queens Boulevard (The Musical) Charles Mee, who has provided words for some of Martha Clarke's most memorable imagery, sets a classic Kathakali drama in the Indian neighborhoods of contemporary Queens. Signature Theater Company, Peter Norton Space, November. Sunday in the Park with George The classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine returns, in a highly praised English production directed by Sam Buntrock. Roundabout Theater, Studio 54, January. And coming early next year... Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Not the one you know. Sarah Miles adapts the 1845 novel and also choreographs for director Franco Dragone, of Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. fame. John Ewbank and AnnMarie Milazzo provide the gypsy-flavored score. A Catered Affair This article contains information about an upcoming play or musical. The content may change as more information becomes available and/or it has its official opening night. Trying out this month at the Old Globe in San Diego, this show is based on a Paddy Chayefsky television drama about a Bronx family and features a book by Harvey Fierstein and songs by John Bucchino. John Doyle directs a starry cast that includes Faith Prince, Tom Wopat, and, of course, Fierstein. In the Heights An exuberant snapshot of Washington Heights, the mostly Latin community near the top of Manhattan, this hit musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda (score) and Quiara Alegria Hudes (book) moves from off-Broadway to the big time. Andy Blankenbuehler (see "On Broadway," May) did the irresistible dance numbers. Leap of Faith The 1992 Steve Martin film about a huckster/evangelist takes to the stage with a score by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, under the direction of Taylor Hackford, who also directed the movie. Could this be related to the fact that another Steve Martin movie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, was turned into a musical hit? Surely not. Next to Normal Once called Feeling Electric, this off-Broadway musical is about a mentally ill woman, her family, and her shrink. By writer Brian Yorkey and composer Tom Kitt, it is directed by Michael Greif---don't forget that he had something of a success with his last off-Broadway musical about an off-balance family, Grey Gardens. Princesses This one's been around a while--maybe this year it will finally open. It's the brainchild of David Zippel, who wrote the highly original City of Angels, and deals with the fallout at a fancy girls' school when a movie heartthrob agrees to direct the annual show. Rob Ashford is the choreographer. Saved Does Broadway need more high schoolers? Courtesy of the 2004 movie, here's another class, this one from the American Eagle Christian High School Christian High School, also known as CHS, is in O'Fallon, Missouri. The school mascot is the Eagle and the school colors are teal and black. Their women's soccer team has won many state championships. . Celia Keenan-Bolger is the one who gets pregnant. Gary Griffin directs, John Dempsey and Rinne Groff wrote the book and lyrics, Michael Friedman the music and lyrics. Shrek: A New Musical Well, sooner or later DreamWorks had to get on the Broadway bandwagon, and Shrek is the obvious choice for their first foray into live theater. David Lindsay-Abaire is the writer, Jeanine Tesori the composer, and Jason Moore, of Avenue Q, the director. Sylviane Gold has written on theater for Newsday and The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. |
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