2016-2017 Season

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Playbill just posted a nice, updated overview: http://www.playbill.com/article/looking-ahead-see-what-broadway-has-in-store-for-the-2016-2017-season

buhbuhbilly: Because of problems with the show or with theater/cast availability or lack of investors? Just wondering if it might just push back a season (fine with me, and sort of what I read into the statement at the Tonys) or if it's likely to die altogether? It was one of my favorite shows last year and really hope it ends up coming in, even if it's a year later.

[bandit964]

UPDATED as of 07/05:

Ambassador: Chicago 
American Airlines: The Cherry Orchard (begins September 15)
Atkinson:  Waitress 
Barrymore: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (closing September 4) / The Present (begins December 17)
Beaumont: dark
Belasco: Dear Evan Hansen (begins November) 
Booth: Act of God (limited run through September 4) / Les Liaisons Dangereuses (begins October 8
Broadhurst: The Front Page (begins September 20) / Anastasia (begins April 2017)
Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof
Circle in the Square: Fun Home (closes September 10) / In Transit (begins fall)
Cort: dark
Friedman: Heisenberg (begins September 20) / Jitney (begins December 28
Gershwin: Wicked
Golden: The Encounter (begins September 20) / The Glass Menagerie (begins February 14)
Hayes:  The Humans (transfers after July 24) / renovations beginning this summer
Hirschfeld: Kinky Boots
Imperial: Les Misérables (closes September 4) / Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (begins October 1) 
Jacobs: The Color Purple
Kerr: The Crucible (limited run through July 17) / Falsettos (begins September 29) 
Longacre:  A Bronx Tale (begins November 3)
Lunt-Fontanne: Finding Neverland (closes August 21) / The Illusionists - Turn of the Century (begins November 24) / Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (begins March 2017)
Lyceum: Fully Committed (closes July 31) / Oh, Hello (begins September 23)
Lyric: Paramour 
Majestic: The Phantom of the Opera
Marquis: On Your Feet! / Back to the Future with Lewis Black (Sept 12 - Oct 10, Mondays when OYF is dark)
Minskoff: The Lion King
Music Box: Shuffle Along... (closes July 24) / dark
Nederlander: Motown The Musical  (closing November 13)
Neil Simon: Cats
New Amsterdam: Aladdin 
O'Neill: The Book of Mormon
Palace: An American In Paris (closes January 1) / possible renovations?
Rodgers: Hamilton
Schoenfeld: The Humans (begins August 8
Shubert: Matilda (closing January 1) / Hello, Dolly! (begins March 13)
Sondheim: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
St. James:  Something Rotten! /
Studio 54: She Loves Me (limited run through July 10) / Holiday Inn (begins September 1)
Wilson: Jersey Boys
Winter Garden: School of Rock  

 

So open theatres for the fall still far are:

-Beaumont

-Cort

-Music Box

[bandit964]

DOUBLE POST

[neonlightsxo]

I don't doubt that we'll have at least two more theaters opening up shortly.

[Call_me_jorge]

A few ideas

kinky boots closes early for gotta dance 

cats closes in January and spongebob takes the neil simon

[Call_me_jorge]

The Cort is open

[gypsy101]

lol i wish Cats would only run for 6 months

[vampire musical]

Saw you still had the Humans at the Hayes for next season. Isn't that a limited run thru the summer? 

[frogs_fan85]

It quietly extended ticket sales through the end of the year sometime last week.

[Jessetenny]

Any news if Bombshell is coming in yet?

[Phantom of London]

I wonder  if The Play That Goes Wrong will take the Cort this fall, or wait until the spring?

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Jessetenny said: "Any news if Bombshell is coming in yet?

"

Bombshell doesn't even have a creative team yet, and most notably no book. It's not coming any time soon I'm afraid.

[bandit964]

If Frozen is planning to take The St. James in spring 2018, and the Jujamcyn's plan to do a reno of the theatre beforehand, do you think they already know when Something Rotten is going to be moving out?  They're selling through January 1st.  It seems like they're going to need all that time to renovate, right?  Also, will The Helen Hayes do their renovation at the same time?

 

[Robbie2]

Heard from an industry source tonight that Anastasia is taking the Broadhurst after The Front Page

[RippedMan]

So Anatasia is a pretty small show? Boo. 

[Wick3]

RippedMan said: "So Anatasia is a pretty small show? Boo. "

I do wonder whether new musicals prefer smaller theaters as it would be easier to drive demand?

[bandit964]

And now Amelie has been promised to us.  Anyone have any clues where it's headed?

[Different Drum]

The 2016-17 season is shaping up to be the year that Hollywood conquered the Hudson. Joining the eleven existing screen-to-stage adaptations on Broadway are Willy Wonka the Musical, Groundhog Day the Musical, Bronx Tale the Musical, Amelie the Musical, Holiday Inn the Musical, Singin' In The Rain the Musical, SpongeBob the Musical and Anastasia the Musical. With its endless supply of source material and money, it won't be long until Tinseltown's dominion over Broadway is complete. 

[_IrisTInkerbell]

To be fair, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a book first, and Anastasia is apparently only very losly based on the movie and is attempting to be closer to history than the movie was. I haven't seen it yet but it sounds like it has a completely new book. And Singin' is a revival of a beloved classic show, so I don't think it's fair to count it.

That being said, yea, that's a lot of movie adaptions coming in. But who can blame them? Original musicals have it much harder to find an audience these days, and more often than not fail. Just look at Bright Star. (Before anyone argues, I'm not saying that it's impossible succeed as a new musical, or that being based on a movie is a guarantee to success. I know that's not the case.)

[RippedMan]

Huh?! Orginal musicals: Book of Mormon, Hamilton, Aveneue Q, Spelling Bee, Fun Home (source material, but it's not like people are flocking to it knowing the comic). All successful. 

[buhbuhbilly]

Different Drum said: "The 2016-17 season is shaping up to be the year that Hollywood conquered the Hudson. Joining the eleven existing screen-to-stage adaptations on Broadway are Willy Wonka the Musical, Groundhog Day the Musical, Bronx Tale the Musical, Amelie the Musical, Holiday Inn the Musical, Singin' In The Rain the Musical, SpongeBob the Musical and Anastasia the Musical. With its endless supply of source material and money, it won't be long until Tinseltown's dominion over Broadway is complete. 

 

"Yes, and all that said, Great Comet and Dear Evan Hansen will rise above them all. Maybe producers will take a hint.

 

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Dear RippedMan, did you read what I added in brackets? I KNOW that there are successful musicals without source material *sigh*

[Broadway Forever2]

Yeah there are too many musicals based on movies. Not that I don't enjoy many of them but I do appreciate the writers and producers willing to take a risk on original material. 

[BwayinVan]

Will be seeing 5 shows during my spring trip so will be following closely how all the shows do in the Fall. Definitely want to see Dear Evan Hansen after seeing it off Broadway. And Miss Saigon is one of my favourites (any word where it is going?) so that leaves 3 spots with one definitely being a play. I love planning a Broadway trip almost as much as the trip itself!

[CarlAlan610]

Anastasia is very loosely based on the film - the entire book and story is changes, and the score is about 70% new. I saw it twice in CT - loved it, but the book needs some work. Altomore and Klena were wonderful - hope they are able to reprise their roles in the Broadway production! 

[vampire musical]

Any word on where Anatasia is going?