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...February 2004 online poll, it was even named (no joke) the No. 1 British film of all time. That cult reputation--along with a cast that includes David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria and Tim Curry--has already made Spamalot a hot ticket in Chicago, where it will begin a pre-Broadway run in late December. But the show's key to success may be its unlikely director, Mike Nichols. His understated, very American comic sensibility might seem an odd fit with the Pythons' quirky, lowbrow-meets-highbrow satire. Yet the comic alchemy could bring Broadway something it hasn't experienced...
...practical charm, an energetic poise that could make any impromptu sentence as persuasive as a speech from a Philip Barry comedy. At the time of her marriage to Kirkland, she was parading it on stage, ?appearing in summer stock in New England,? the Sun obit observes, ?as well as pre-Broadway engagements of more ambitious plays.? The Missing in Action Website, which highlights female pioneers in TV production, reports that Phyllis ?showed her maverick nature by traveling war-torn Europe in a USO tour of Noel Coward?s ?Blithe Spirit.?? So the co-starring of a stage veteran...
...animatedly about the show that he was always surprised got such a "virulent" negative reaction. The most celebrated Broadway composer of the past 30 years hasn't had a new show on Broadway in 10--since Passion, which ran for eight months in 1994. The days when Sondheim shows like Company and Follies seemed to be opening doors for musical theater are long gone. After years of work, Sondheim's latest show, Bounce, is on hold after two poorly received pre-Broadway tryouts. Meanwhile, he has been looking backward, adding six new songs to The Frogs, a 1974 show based...
...feature Bronson “Get out of the city!” Pinchot (Perfect Strangers) and Elizabeth “I’m so excited! I’m so excited! I’m so…scared” Berkley (Saved by the Bell). Exclusive pre-Broadway engagement runs through March 7. Tickets $21-88. 8 p.m. Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., Boston...
August is usually the dreariest month for Broadway openings, a time for boring Shaw revivals and quirky little musicals that want to sneak in and out of town before the real blockbusters arrive in the fall. But the buzz over a quirky little musical called Hairspray is providing a rare lift for Broadway's dog days. Based on John Waters' 1988 cult film about an overweight, twist-era teenager who fights for racial integration on the dance floor, the show got ecstatic reviews during its pre-Broadway run in Seattle. Now, as its Aug. 15 opening approaches, theater insiders...