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...really successful new musical by an American set in the present- day U.S. since the not exactly ground-breaking The Tap Dance Kid in 1983. William Finn's dazzling (and relevant) Falsettos came close, but it reached Broadway a dozen years after its dawn-of-AIDS era. Says Harvey Sabinson, executive director of Broadway's administrative umbrella, the League of American Theaters and Producers: "Producers need to be attentive to economics and minimize their risks. That's why we are seeing so many revivals and returns to proven stories." Michael David, who co-produced several new musicals before mounting Guys...
Without doubt, there is a passionate audience for old-fashioned musicals, or at least for their old-fashioned music. Broadway Angel, a division of Angel Records, is re-releasing 34 original cast recordings; its newest offerings are four London cast albums. Says Sabinson: "I can't buy them fast enough." Other record companies are competing, frequently offering obscure shows or minor variants to sometimes obsessive collectors...
Once Walton set the look for the show, costume designer William Ivey Long one-upped him with costumes in eye-aching stripes and plaids. They were a homage to, but far more extreme than, Alvin Colt's 1950 originals. Recalls Harvey Sabinson, a press agent on the original production who is now executive director of the League of American Theaters and Producers: "The original had clothing that was funny. These are costumes that are funny -- that's the difference in the level of reality between the two versions...
...frets, "This season had so much that shows cannibalized each other's audiences. And I don't see what's in store for next season -- I can't begin to guess where we will find four nominees for best musical a year from now." Other industry executives agree. Says Sabinson: "This business is cyclical." But then, just a few months ago, no one was so sure about Guys and Dolls either. The limos tell the same old story: hits are made, and Broadway is reborn...
Other recent limited runs featured Martin Sheen in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Rob Lowe and Tony Randall in a Feydeau farce (both shows from Randall's new National Actors Theater), Jane Alexander in The Visit and, most opulently, Joan Collins, whose Private Lives ended last week. Says Harvey Sabinson, executive director of the League of American Theaters and Producers: "None of us who have been around a long time can recall a moment when so many major Hollywood stars came to Broadway...