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Broadway Revivals, Bye Bye Birdie, Closing on Broadway, News »

[25 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 22 views | by Julia]
Bye Bye Birdie flies away

Broadway’s revival of Bye Bye Birdie, starring John Stamos and Gina Gershon, played its final performance at Henry Miller’s Theatre on Jan. 24, after 40 previews and 117 performances. The show began preview performances on Sept. 10 and officially opened on Oct. 15.

The Roundabout Theatre Company’s production received a two-week extension from an original closing date of Jan. 10.

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Broadway Revivals, Casting Changes, News, West Side Story »

[8 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 28 views | by Julia]
Last chance to see Matt Cavenaugh in West Side Story

If you want to see Matt Cavenaugh as Tony in the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story at the Palace Theatre, you should get your tickets ASAP! He will be play his last performance with the show on Dec. 13.

If you miss out, you can always hear him on the new 2009 Broadway revival cast recording of West Side Story. (Click here to order the CD.)

His understudy Matthew Hydzik will resume the role on Dec. 15. …

Broadway Milestones, Broadway Revivals, Broadway on TV, Hair, News, Talk Shows, Television Performances »

[30 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | 1,032 views | by Julia]
Cast of Hair revival recreates iconic moment at Ed Sullivan Theater

The revival of the 1960’s musical Hair recently returned to Broadway, opening March 31 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Tonight the cast of Hair will recreate a historic and iconic moment as they perform at the Ed Sullivan Theater on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
Why so historical? The original Broadway cast of Hair performed at the Ed Sullivan Theater 40 years ago, on March 30, 1969, with variety show host himself, Ed Sullivan.
The original cast performed a medley of the show’s opening and closing songs, “Aquarius” and “Let the …

Arthur Laurents, Broadway Premieres, Broadway Revivals, Jerome Robbins, News, Opening on Broadway, Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story »

[19 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 304 views | by Julia]
West Side Story Revival Opens on Broadway Tonight, March 19

The latest Broadway revival of West Side Story opens tonight (March 19), at 6:30 p.m. at the Palace Theatre.
Arthur Laurents, who wrote the Tony-winning libretto, is directing this revival, which has been playing preview performances since February 23.
According to Laurents, “This show will be radically different from any other production of West Side Story ever done. The musical theatre and cultural conventions of 1957 made it next to impossible for the characters to have authenticity. Every member of both gangs was always a potential killer even then. Now they actually …

Arthur Laurents, Broadway Revivals, Broadway on TV, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Live Performances, Musicals on TV, News, Stephen Sondheim, Television Performances, West Side Story »

[12 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 34 views | by Julia]
West Side Story on Letterman, March 12

The cast of the Broadway revival of West Side Story is appearing tonight on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” which airs on CBS at 11:35 PM Eastern time, 10:35 PM Central.
The cast will be performing the song, “America,” written by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein.
Arthur Laurents, who wrote the Tony-winning libretto, will be directing this revival, which has been playing preview performances since February 23. The show will open to the public on Broadway on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Palace Theatre.
According to Laurents, “This show will be …

Broadway Premieres, Broadway Revivals, Guys and Dolls, News, Opening on Broadway »

[4 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 208 views | by Julia]
Guys and Dolls Revival Opened, March 1

The latest Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls opened at the Nederlander Theatre on March 1, following previews that began Feb. 5.
With music and lyrics music by Frank Loesser, and a libretto by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, you may not know that it’s based specifically on two short stories by Damon Runyon (“The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown” and “Blood Pressure”), and borrows bits and pieces of other plot elements and characters from other Runyon stories, including “Pick the Winner.”
The musical comedy first opened on Broadway on Nov. 24, …