The Winter of Broadway's Discontent

Thanks to the current economic downturn and the usual winter doldrums, fifteen Broadway shows are expected to close in the next six weeks. High-profile Broadway musicals on the list include Spring Awakening, Spamalot, Grease, Young Frankenstein, Hairspray, and 13.

Those productions that are battling on are generally offering huge discounts on tickets, or even giving them away free.

Disney is offering a "Kids Go Free!" deal for its three family musicals – The Lion King, Mary Poppins and The Little Mermaid – for three months after January.

Although Billy Elliot is bucking the trend and doing well, big budget productions are particularly vulnerable.

A $4.5 million revival of Godspell has been scrapped while a lavish $16 million musical version of A Tale Of Two Cities closed in November, just two months after it opened.

Source: Telegraph

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Weekend Roundup: 7/21 - 7/27

This week at Broadway Musical:

Jason Robert Brown Musical Headed to Broadway
Phantom Sequel Coming Soon
Review Roundup: [title of show]
Angels Skips Try-Outs, Winging it to Broadway
A Little More Hairspray
Broadway Gets A Tale of Two Cities
Robin and the 7 Hoods to Muscle in on Broadway
Godspell Goes Back to Broadway
Caitlin Kinnunen Joins Cast of Spring Awakening

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Broadway Gets "A Tale of Two Cities"

A stage musical version of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities will open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on August 19.

Jill Santoriello wrote the music, lyrics, and book. A former Showtime television executive, Santoriello has been developing the show for more three decades. Recently, it was staged at the Asolo Reperatory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida.

Warren Carlyle directs and choreographs the show, which stars Aaron Lazar as Charles Darnay, James Barbour as Sydney Carton, and Brandi Burkhardt as Lucie Manette.

Previews begin August 19.

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