9 to 5, the musical based on the 1980 movie comedy that starred Dolly Parton, closed at the Marquis Theatre on September 6, after 24 previews and 148 performances.
The show, which starred Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, and Stephanie J. Block in the roles originally played in the film by Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda, followed the story of secretaries working in an oppressive office.
In case you missed it, you can still hear these lovely ladies singing the songs from the show on the 9 to 5 original Broadway …

Disney’s Broadway musical The Little Mermaid played its last performance at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on August 30.
Since it began previews November 3, 2007, and opened on January 10, 2008 at the Lunt-Fontanne, it played 50 previews and 685 regular performances.
You can still hear the cast as their voices were preserved on The Little Mermaid original Broadway cast recording.
Thomas Schumacher, producer and president of Disney Theatrical Productions, said this about the show’s close:
We are tremendously proud of the show and are confident we’ll have an excellent summer but it would be …

Disney’s The Little Mermaid is closing on August 30, and, according to an official press statement, all tickets were sold out as of August 18.
The Little Mermaid, which began previews November 3, 2007, and opened on January 10, 2008, had a 20-month run, though it never quite achieved the popularity of its predecessors, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
If you want to see the show before it closes on August 30, you have two options:

wait in line at the Lunt-Fontanne box office for cancellations
wait in line …

I know this is being covered a bit late, but I’m catching up with the news, and I can’t NOT discuss this.
In what is probably one of the shortest openings-closings on Broadway, The Story of My Life stands out. The show opened to previews on Feb. 3, opened to audiences on Feb. 19, and closed on Feb. 22.
How sad is that? And it sounded good, too. Sure, it didn’t have the flashy sets and whatnot, but it sounded like it had a decent storyline and music. Kind of like Jason …

Rentheads’ (a.k.a. diehard Rent fans)  voices have been heard: the hit Broadway musical has been granted an extension, and will close September 7, 2008. This is an extension of approximately 3 months. (Previously a closing date of June 1 had been reported.) No doubt ticket demand had some influence in this case.
If you’ve already bought tickets for up to the June 1 date, you now have the option of attending a later performance. The final performance is now 6:30 PM on September 7, and, according to Ticketmaster.com, tickets are on …

Beauty and the Beast will be closing on Sunday, July 29. Today we’re looking back at a performance from the 1994 Tony Awards
(Note: Thank you to the folks that alerted me to the typo. In my rush to pre-post before leaving for vacation, I had fat-fingered and written the performance year as 2004. It is obvious that it wasn’t 2004, but instead 1994. Sorry for the error.)
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v3C6NYM3lI
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In light of the closing (7/29) of the Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade, here is a clip of Audra McDonald, performing the song “Raunchy.”
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-C2k5Tfq38
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In light on the closing of Grey Gardens on Sunday, July 29, here is a video for your enjoyment. The song is “The Revolutionary Costume for Today,” performed by Christine Ebersole as “Edie.”
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4gcjjTfGeM
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Three Broadway musicals take their bows for the last time before closing on July 29, 2007.
Those three include:
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which opened for previews on March 9, 1994 and to the general public on April 18, 1994.
Grey Gardens, which opened for previews on October 3, 2006 and to the general public on November 2, 2006. It also recently won three 2007 Tony awards. There are rumors that this will be recorded for a future television special.
110 in the Shade (a revival), which opened for previews on April …

Tarzan will beat his chest and yell and swing for the last time this Sunday evening.
Disney’s Tarzan will be swinging out of the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Sunday, July 8, after 486 shows, not including 35 previews. It opened on May 10, 2006.
Disney Theatrical producer Thomas Schumacher had this to say:
“I am disappointed that the Broadway production of Tarzan will close earlier than any of us had hoped, and I would have loved for it to have been as successful in New York as it is now in Holland. Despite …