Best of Broadway Hits Miracle Mile!
By: Beau Higgins Sep. 13, 2005
| Actors' Playhouse Best of Broadway 2005-06 Season Includes Grease, The Full Monty Plus Four More | |
Break out your 'dancin' shoes, Daddy-o, dance or I'll shoot, take off your coat and leave your hat on! South Florida's award-winning musical powerhouse, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, plans a season of blockbuster musicals and comedies for the 2005-06 season that will have theatre lovers dancing in the aisles.Wop-Baba-Lu-Bop-Ahh-Wop-Bam-BOOM! Grease is the word and our season opener (October 1 – November 13, 2005). It's the musical that broke the record in 1979 as the longest running show on Broadway! Music, Lyrics and Book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease is packed with explosive energy, vibrant 1950's pop culture and all those unforgettable songs, including "Summer Nights," "We Go Together", "You're The One That I Want," and "Greased Lightnin'." John Travolta and Olivia Newton–John starred in the 1978 film version. Join wholesome Sandy and greaser Danny, those groovy T-Birds, sassy Pink Ladies and the whole gang at Rydell High for this high-octane rock 'n roll party! Johnny Guitar the Musical (November 30, 2005-December 18, 2005) is an outrageous send-up of all Westerns! "A really fun musical! You will enjoy the daylights out of it! Kids will love it, too," says WOR Radio. Loosely based on the 1954 Joan Crawford film and Winner of the 2004 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical (Off-Broadway), Johnny Guitar the Musical takes the old west through Hollywood's lens and turns it on its ear. Book by Nicholas van Hoogstragen, Music by Martin Silvestri and Joel Higgins, and Lyrics by Joel Higgins. Where the men were tough and the women were Joan Crawford, the west was never this much fun! Making its Pre-Broadway debut (January 11-February 12, 2006) comes a delightful romantic comedy that follows two gals from Brooklyn who spend an unforgettable Labor Day weekend in 1960 at a wacky Catskills resort. Book by Ben Winters and Erik Jackson and packed with beloved Neil Sedaka hits including "Solitaire," "Calendar Girl," "Laughter In the Rain" and "Love Will Keep Us Together," Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do will rekindle joyous memories for anyone who ever spent a summer "in the mountains," and create new ones for those too young to remember.The Full Monty takes the Miracle Theatre stage March 8-April 9, 2006. Book by Terrence McNally with Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, the Broadway smash hit musical comedy tells the story of two unemployed friends who stumble upon a Chippendales-like show and decide with the help of four other unlikely candidates that they too would like to give it a go. However, they can't dance and aren't what most would call good physical specimens. This hilarious new musical became one of the hottest tickets on Broadway in the last several years. "A huge hit - a rock 'em, sock 'em, 'take it off, baby' good time with heart," raves Jim Farber of the Daily Breeze.
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Miami Metro Awards - Live Stats
Best Musical - Top 3
1.
SWEENEY TODD (Inside Out theatre company)
11.3% of votes
2.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Lake Worth Playhouse)
8.9% of votes
3.
WEST SIDE STORY (Delray Beach Playhouse)
8.1% of votes
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