John Breglio (holds rights to the estate of Michael Bennett) confirms the production has Broadway intentions and will open next season. Shuberts are producing!
is the current London version using the original material or the recent US tour rewrite? I hope it's not the recent US tour as that tour was terrible.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
It has some stuff in common with the U.S. tour. I'd be happier with a production that more closely resembled Bennett's original, in material and staging.
which Broadway theatre could house the physical production currently playing at the Savoy in London? (and also match in the number of seats, Savoy is a medium sized theatre If I recall correctly)
broadwayguy91 said: "which Broadway theatre could house the physical production currently playing at the Savoy in London? "
I think the Broadway Theatre is a likely venue for this production. MISS SAIGON closes January 2018, and this revival is looking to open next season. It could open in the Spring of 2018 at the Broadway. But really, who knows?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say MISS SAIGON extends several times.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
The Savoy in London is a three-tiered space with 1,150 seats. Of the houses in the Shubert portfolio, its closest contemporaries would be the Broadhurst (with 1,156 seats) the Jacobs (with 1,078 seats,) and the Schoenfeld (with 1,079 seats.)
I've heard they're shooting to come in at the beginning of 2018. Casey Nicholaw opens MEAN GIRLS out of town in DC this October so the most logical thing would be for them to begin rehearsals immediately thereafter before he will presumably be prepping that production for its own Broadway transfer.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
It seems like it would fit well in the Shubert, sitting almost 1,500. This is assuming Bette leaves in January, with the show closing with her, but seems unlikely.
I was thinking this production would go to the Belasco. It has a fairly large orchestra. It also includes a Mezzanine, and Balcony. Seems like the perfect fit to me!!
i've been saying for a couple years now: if this comes to Broadway i want Amber Riley, Patina Miller and Nikki M. James to play the three girls. We're off to a good start already with Amber.
who could play the guys??
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Brave Sir Robin2 said: "Adrienne Warren for Lorrell! She'd slay "Ain't No Party"!
She actually already played Lorrell in the most recent national tour and she did, in fact, slay.
I'm not a big fan of including "Listen." Mainly just because I love the original music and lyrics for Effie and Deena's reunion. "Listen" does make it a bigger moment, though.