Cats Revival 2004 - Articles Page 20

LESTAT stars Hugh Panaro in the title role, Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle, Jack Noseworthy as Armand, Jim Stanek as Louis, Roderick Hill as Nicolas, Michael Genet as Marius and Allison Fischer as Claudia.

The musical - now in its 18th year on Broadway at The Majestic Theatre, having given an astonishing 7,325 performances (as of 8/21/2005) - has played to 99.2% capacity audiences this summer and has consistently been among Broadway's highest-grossing shows.

Productions involving Betty Buckley, Shuler Hensley, Maria Friedman, Daisy Eagan, and a Bernadette Peters concert have all been scrapped and constant stories have covered the theater's plight. BroadwayWorld went straight to the source, interviewing producer Tony Georges, and more...

The Playright Horizons show begins previews on August 30 and opens on September 25.

Brad Oscar and Hunter Foster will once again charm audiences as Bialystock and Bloom in The Producers, beginning on July 5th

London's new smash hit musical, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, will open on Broadway, at a Nederlander Theatre to be announced, on Thursday, November 10, 2005. This is the fastest ever transfer from the West End to Broadway for a major musical in living memory.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone & Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; John G. Schultz, Executive Director) will re-team with NEIL LaBUTE for the world premiere of his latest work, FAT PIG starring in alphabetical order: ASHLIE ATKINSON (Theresa on F/X's 'Rescue Me'); ANDREW McCARTHY (Broadway: Side Man; feature films: Less Than Zero; Pretty in Pink; St. Elmo's Fire); JEREMY PIVEN (Ari Jacobs on HBO's 'Entourage') and KERI RUSSELL (Golden Globe winner for WB's 'Felicity'). Jo Bonney (Living Out; Fifth of July) directs.

NEIL Berg's much lauded tribute to the Great White Way, 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY, returns with a new show to the recently renovated 800-seat Tarrytown Music Hall on Saturday, October 9, 2004, at 8PM. If you yearn for an evening of all the great Broadway musical numbers, sung by all the great Broadway stars without the distraction of dialogue, this is it!

Broadway greats Cris Groenendaal (Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Marni Nixon (Nine, Follies, The Dead, Cabaret, The Voice of Hollywood), and Sarah Rice (Sweeney Todd, The Fantasticks, The Music Man) share the spotlight in MÉNAGE, an evening of songs celebrating life, love, and the slings and arrows of the outrageousness of relationships.

Join us Monday, October 4, 7PM, for Queer Songbook: A New Generation of Broadway Composers. Queer Songbook hosts this special concert benefiting the Center.

Neil Berg's much lauded tribute to the Great White Way, 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY, returns with a new show to the recently renovated 800-seat Tarrytown Music Hall on Saturday, October 9, 2004, at 8PM.

A one-night benefit for Animal Haven celebrated the exotic artist who popularized fan dancing

There were some wonderful offerings on the stages of Philadelphia and South Jersey last year and this year is proving to be another exciting year for some of Broadway's favorites. Some shows are hot off the Great White Way, while others are fresh new revivals or solid standing favorites. A few shows and events are exciting new premiers that the Philly area theater crowd always welcomes with open arms.

In this years' final UK column Jake looks at the year ahead in London's West End, including Billy Elliot the Musical, Mary Poppins and the casting game for The Producers