Breaking: New York City Center Gala Will Tribute A CHORUS LINE; LADY IN THE DARK, I MARRIED AN ANGEL Included in Encores! Line-Up

[BroadwayConcierge]

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-New-York-City-Center-Gala-Will-Tribute-A-CHORUS-LINE-LADY-IN-THE-DARK-I-MARRIED-AN-ANGEL-Included-in-Encores-Line-Up-20180516

CHORUS LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ColorTheHours048]

What a great lineup!

[Skip23]

And STILL no DEAR WORLD!

 

[EdEval]

There was a studio cast recording of Lady In The Dark with the late great Rise Stevens.  I hope Encores will consider the part of Liza Elliot to be a soprano with an operatic range like Rise had.  Perhaps Audra Macdonald. ? Someone who sings well like Barbara Cook and Julie Andrews had.  Please.

[Kad]

Skip23 said: "And STILL no DEAR WORLD!

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Doesn't Jerry Herman generally not allow Encores to do his works?

[newintown]

They did Lady In The Dark in - what? the second season? - with Ebersole, Patrick Cassidy, Ed Hibbert, etc. It was fine. I don't think the role plays to Clark's strengths, but who really cares?

[nasty_khakis]

Herman truly believes all his shows are worthy and are going to get "first class" revivals like Dolly (and likely Mame will in a few years). He thinks "well, if we just fix the book a little" on everything from Mack and Mable to Dear World will make it a big success and doesn't want to weaken buzz on any of them by appearing at Encores when, if anything, it would do the opposite.

[givesmevoice]

BWW's press release is a confusing mess. The lineup of Encores! shows is:

Call Me Madam (February 6-10), I Married an Angel (March 20-24) and High Button Shoes (May 8-12). Lady In The Dark is a separate event with MasterVoices and Victoria Clark.

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/192212/call-me-madam-i-married-an-angel-high-button-shoes-set-for-city-center-season-a-chorus-line-gala-also-on-tap/

[Jordan Catalano]

Thank you. Trying to make sense of that press release was giving me a migraine.

[Mr. Nowack]

Horrible article, but exciting lineup!

I can forgive a repeat considering the other two shows are really returns to form for the seres. Exciting!!

[Elegance101]

Really exciting to see these shows. It feels very true to the Encores! mission and I'm excited to be introduced to these shows in top-notch productions!

A Chorus Line is honestly underwhelming. Isn't it on tour right now? And it will be the original production restaged (as it should be, imo), but I was hoping for Ragtime or something where we'd see something brand new with it. Does any know what I mean? Just a little less exciting than Brigadoon was.

[haterobics]

givesmevoice said: "BWW's press release is a confusing mess."

Yes, but where else can you find tribute used as a verb as often as a BWW article?

[JAS]

My friend and I just renewed our subscriptions. We’ve been subscribers since the first season, and we love it.
 

[Edit] I misquoted the ticket price REALLY BADLY, so I apologize for that! LOL

Anyway, I’m very excited for the season: two of these shows are rarely done!!

[CATSNYrevival]

Will Chorus Line and Lady in the Dark be fully staged? What is their definition of tribute?

[Play Esq.]

Curious, are your tickets at the same location?

[Dollypop]

They're finally doing HIGH BUTTON SHOES!!!!!!!

[JAS]

Play Esq. said: "Curious, are your tickets at the same location?"

Yes. We switched once, but we have the same seats every year.

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Sutton Foster as Cassie, please.

[Jordan Catalano]

Please....no.

[Jessetenny]

I said it when we were dreamcasting the Hollywood Bowl production, and I stand by it now. I think Julianne Hough would be a sensational Cassie. And if not Julianne, I'd love to see one of the other Dancing With The Stars pros do it like Sharna Burgess or Witney Carson. I know Sharna has a singing background.

[Jessetenny]

Also I would be okay with Sutton as Cassie, but I would LIVE for Megan Hilty to do Val

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Littleshopofcarrie said: "Sutton Foster as Cassie, please."

I think even Foster herself knows how horribly miscast she’d be as Cassie and probably has too much respect for dancers to take on the role. I hope they go the AMERICAN IN PARIS route and cast dancers who can pull off that beautiful choreography. I recall Megan Sikora doing some beautiful dancing in CURTAINS and APPLAUSE at City Center. Is she a trained dancer? I’d love to see her in this. In a way, Broadway musicals seem to rely on a different kind of choreography today that makes identifying the Donna McKechnies or Ann Reinkings of today a little more difficult. Hopefully those of you who are familiar with the great Broadway dancers of today can come up with some potential casting suggestions.

[jewishboy]

Ariana DeBose would be a great Cassie I think, they should excuse her from Summer when the time comes.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Any other members get Chorus Line tickets this afternoon? Pleasantly surprised to see that prices weren’t horrific.

[SomethingPeculiar]

Even though Baayork Lee and Bob Avian are involved, I REALLY hope this CHORUS LINE has fresh elements and doesn't just use the actors from the recent revival/tours/regional productions that Baayork worked on. New York needs a new, fresh, vibrant production of ACL. It's one thing to use some of the iconic Bennett choreography and the gold costumes, but do we actually need another version with the original staging? I just want this to be better/different than the 2007 revival & subsequent spinoffs.