By now, just about everyone has seen some form of Kander and Ebb's razzle-dazzle musical Chicago. With a successful revival and an even more successful film, the 1975 musical that lost all its Tony Awards to a little show called A Chorus Line is now a worldwide phenomenon. Currently touring the country (and fresh off a stop in Dubai of all places), I am happy to report that Chicago is in fine shape. Though the Rob Marshall screen treatment is quite good, nothing can touch seeing the acclaimed revival live.
With the spectacular exception of Zeljko Ivanek's supporting performance, this tensionless mounting displays all the depth and character work of a first rehearsal read-through
Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.
'The Pajama Game' Heads the List with 8 Nominations followed by
'Grey Gardens' with 7 Nominations and 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Jersey Boys' with 6 Nominations
Lincoln Center Theater will present the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's new play The House in Town, directed by Doug Hughes, beginning performances Wednesday, May 24 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.; opening night will be Monday, June 19
The revival of Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial will begin previews today, Friday, April 14th at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre; the show will open on Sunday, May 7th at 7 PM
On Monday, March 20, Broadway In Chicago welcomed 1,500 community group leaders to the Cadillac Palace Theatre at an exclusive event to kick off the national tour of the Broadway musical The Color Purple
The Producers of THE COLOR PURPLE are proud to announce that the National Tour of the Broadway smash hit musical will premiere April 2007 at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre in association with Broadway In Chicago.
