Yay for new shows and a new Broadway season. We are on the brink of the 2008-2009 season, but many new shows are still pretty hush-hush. However, there is one opening that has been very well publicized. The British transfer Equus will preview in September and open in October- complete with Daniel Ratcliffe and Richard Griffiths. Personally, I'm not sure what to expect. The West End production got rave reviews, but think about who is in the production: HARRY POTTER. Fangirls (and boys) will be beating down the Brownhurst's doors just to see Daniel Ratcliffe's bare ass. The only reason I would not want to see it is because of Richard Griffiths. Don't get me wrong, he is an amazing actor, but he just kind of creeps me out for some reason. I'm not really sure if I could handle watching him live.
Other shows I'm worried/curious/excited about include the following:
SAVED! The Musical: Seriously? SERIOUSLY?! The movie was wonderfully hysterical, horribly inappropriate, yet strangely accurate at the same time. It's a story of accepting who you are and your circumstances. I could definitely see this as a play, but never a musical. Singing about crashing your van into Jesus and spray painting anatomical terms all over a Christian school seems more awkward than Avenue Q (which I love) and Xanadu (ugh...but soon to feature Whoopi Goldberg!) combined. I hope Celia Keenan-Bolger can save (haha!) the show.
Shrek! The Musical: Who doesn't love a show about a giant green ogre, a talking donkey, and a strange tomboyish (soon to find out ogre) princess? The tagline of the show is "This fall on Broadway, one musical is bringing ugly back." I hope the principles are prepared to wear a whole bunch of makeup. And at least the principles are Broadway rockstars: Brian D'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, and John Tartaglia.
Vote! The Musical (I'm seeing a pattern with puncutation in show titles...): This show just had it's first reading on June 30th, so not much is known about it. From the bits I saw on Andrew Keenan Bolger's blog, it kind of reminds me of the movie Election (starring Reese Witherspoon, Kevin Kline, and Matthew Broderick) which was absolutely hysterical.
Nero: Once again, it's first ever reading was last weekend. Everyone is being very quiet about it. However, word on Facebook is that the first night was rough, but was immensely better by the third performance. This is a show by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, and the reading starred Lea Michele and Idina Menzel. Can you say OMFG?
Also, it has just been announced that the following shows are either opening this season or in the works: Spiderman(the superhero), 9-5 (the Dolly Parton movie), The Bruce Lee Story (martial arts legend), Catch Me if You Can (Leo DiCaprio film), Father of the Bride (Steve Martin movie), Houdini (the escape artist. music by Danny Elfman!!!), NERDS//: A Musical Software Satire (about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs), and the untitled Mandela/Apartheid musical (wtf?)
What will they think of next?
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4 comments:
found some slips of saved....
wow, it looked pretty sorry.
9 to 5 could be good; and even if the story is awful, i'm not gonna lie, i'm digging the cast.
nero....love to see idina in it, but i'm a little creeped that michael arden is playing a 13 year old and lea michele is playing a 9 year old...um...eep.
and honestly, i'll be surprised if catch me if you can actually makes it to broadway because it's been in development forever.....
and spiderman....don't even get me started.
first i've heard of father of the bride...any more info?
I've heard absolutely awful things about Saved, but Shrek looks surprisingly good. The cast isn't bad, and I'm madly in love with Jeanine Tesori (basically everything she writes is golden...Millie, Caroline or Change, 14G, Violet...) so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I've heard rumors that SA's Brian Johnson is switching over there...Heard anything about that?
Spiderman sounds retarded.
I'm infinitely jealous that you're seeing In The Heights (and please go see TOS for me!) And I want to know EVERYTHING.
Liz, I also hold you responsible for not introducing me to CE. Thanks to the link on your blog, I found hers and then (like a true stalker should) friended her on facebook. Broadway freaks have to stick together!
oh no, i accidentally said slips instead of clips. how unfortunate.
anyways...ditto the Tesori love....Caroline, or Change is amazing....
title of show! title of show! oh, i love hunter. i just want to be his best friend.
oh, and greetings, katharine! broadway geeks do need to stick together; it's true. (and i won't lie, i definitely read your blog too...and i remember you because my best friend kate talked about you last year.
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