Get Ready for the Newest Broadway Musical Coming Your Way in 2014
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ALADDIN – Get ready for the newest Broadway musical coming your way in 2014 from Disney Theatricals! With more information is coming soon, Aladdin is being adapted from centuries-old Arabian folktales including “One Thousand and One Nights,” will feature a full Broadway score including the five beloved songs from the film. Check back in November, 2013 for more information! ANNIE - The sun will come out this fall, when the legendary musical Annie returns to Broadway to delight a new generation of theatregoers. The plucky redheaded orphan and her scruffy mutt Sandy make their way in Depression-era New York from a dismal orphanage to the home of billionaire Daddy Warbucks. BIG FISH - With elements of adventure as well as fantasy, the musical creates a magical world complete with a witch, a giant, Siamese twins and a really big fish. Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 film. BOOK OF MORMON, THE -Have they written it on golden plates? Only the creators (South Park + Avenue Q) know for sure in this smash-hit Tony Award Winning Musical. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S - Emilia Clarke ("Game of Thrones") takes on the iconic role of the self- invented Holly Golightly, a character played memorably by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie version. In New York City in 1943, Fred, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly — including Fred. But he is poor, and Holly's other suitors include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil. As war rages on in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with Fred — just as her past catches up with her. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF - A starry cast — Scarlett Johansson (A View From the Bridge), Ciarán Hinds ("Game of Thrones"), Benjamin Walker (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) and Debra Monk ("NYPD Blue," Curtains) — tackles Tennessee Williams' masterpiece under the directon of Rob Ashford. CHICAGO – There’s never been a better time to experience Broadway’s razzle-dazzle smash. A sensational tale of sin, corruption and all that jazz, it has everything you could want in a musical: knockout dancing, an edge-of-your-seat story, and one showstopper after another. CINDERELLA - The classic fairy tale is getting a makeover, and this time it's Cinderella who comes to the rescue. This new version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic television production adds songs from the duo's catalogue and puts a new spin on the fairy tale: it's Cinderella's turn to aid the prince! Songs include “In My Own Little Corner” and “Impossible/It’s Possible.” FLASHDANCE - Set in Pittsburgh USA, FLASHDANCE tells the story of 18 year old Alex, a welder by day and ‘flashdancer’ by night, whose dream is to obtain a place at the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy. Based on the Paramount Pictures film (Screenplay by Tom Hedley and Joe Eszterhas, story by Tom Hedley) FLASHDANCE is an unmistakably unique musical about holding onto your dreams and love against all the odds. The show features an iconic score including the smash hit ‘Maniac’, along with ‘Manhunt’, ‘Gloria’ and the Academy Award winning title track ‘Flashdance – What a Feeling’ as well as original songs created for the musical. HANDS ON A HARDBODY - For ten hard-luck Texans, a new lease on life is so close they can touch it. Under a scorching sun for days on end, armed with nothing but hope, humor and ambition, they'll fight to keep at least one hand on a brand new truck in order to win it. JEKYLL & HYDE - In the first-ever Broadway revival of this musical adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, a London doctor accidentally unleashes his evil alternate personality in his quest to cure his father’s mental illness. JERSEY BOYS - Jersey Boys tells the rags-to-riches story of one of the greatest successes in pop music history. Go behind the music of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, and meet four blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom. KINKY BOOTS - Based on a true story of a conservative but failing British men's footwear factory that switches gears and starts producing kinky boots. The score is by Cyndi Lauper, the book by Harvey Fierstein and Directed/Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell. LION KING, THE - Disney's beloved movie comes to brilliant life through the magic of Julie Taymor. Giraffes strut, birds swoop, gazelles leap! The entire savanna comes to life and, as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly rises out of the stage. MAMMA MIA! - A mother. A daughter. And three possible dads. The setting is a Greek island where 20-year- old Sophie is due to be married. Her mom, Donna is there, but her father isn't...because she's never met him. So, Sophie snoops in her mom's diary, chooses three former lovers as likely candidates and invites them to the wedding, hoping she can just figure it out when she sees them! MATILDA- The gifted child Matilda, unloved at home but supported by her teacher, tries to rid her school of its evil headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. Based on the Roald Dahl children's book, the hit London production won seven Olivier Awards and comes to Broadway in Spring 2013. MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL- Motown charts founder Berry Gordy's journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and many more. The musical brings to life the true story of barrier-shattering Motown Records and its founder Berry Gordy, who fights against improbable odds to turn his dream into a reality. MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, THE - Who killed Edwin Drood? Practically everyone is a suspect in this rousing Tony Award-winning musical mystery. And since author Charles Dickens left the story unfinished, it's up to the audience to decide! Take a trip back in time to a Victorian music hall where a rowdy ensemble of actors mounts a staging of Dickens’ unfinished novel. Everyone on stage is a suspect in the murder of young Edwin Drood, and it’s up to you to choose the killer! Each performance ends differently, depending on what the audience decides. NEWSIES - Extra! Read all about it! Due to popular demand (and excellent reviews), Newsies is coming to Broadway! Set in New York City at the turn of the century, the musical is the tale of newsie Jack Kelly, who dreams of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsies' expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies his army of newsies to strike. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT - A romantic, screwball comedy, Nice Work If You Can Get It features folks with a lot of nice work to their credit: actors Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, director Kathleen Marshall, and of course songsmiths George and Ira Gershwin. ONCE - On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story. Based on the hit independent movie, Once is the story of an emotionally charged romance. Featuring the Academy Award-winning song "Falling Slowly." PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE - Remember your first time? Now's the time to see the longest-running show on Broadway...for the first or the tenth time! Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash musicalization of the Gaston Leroux novel won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical and is now the longest-running show in Broadway history. PIPPIN - Royal heir Pippin is spurred on by a mysterious group of performers to embark on a death-defying journey to find his “corner of the sky.” The original Tony-winning production was directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse; this one, with choreography in the Fosse style, also features astounding acrobatics. The Leading Player tells us the tongue-in-cheek story of Pippin, son of the 8th-Century King Charlemagne, who is on a quest to find his true calling in life. The score includes "Magic To Do," "No Time at All," "Corner of the Sky." PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES - A group of talented musician-singers provide the show's musical accompaniment on guitar, piano, bass, fiddle, accordion, harmonica — and kitchen utensils — in this revival of the hit 1981 musical set in a southern highway rest stop. Directed by John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, Company). ROCK OF AGES - Fueled by high-octane '80s rock, this show is from the anthems that defined an era to the power ballads that lit up arenas everywhere. A theatrical event inspired by the unforgettable rock sounds and the mega-bands that dominated the airwaves for more than a decade, Rock of Ages features big chords, big dreams and big hair. SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK - The epic new musical brings to life the iconic superhero Spider- Man, who as high school student Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider and develops astonishing powers. TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, THE - Carrie Watts is an elderly woman who dreams of returning to her small hometown of Bountiful, TX, one last time, against the wishes of her overprotective son and domineering daughter-in-law. Her journey becomes a heartbreaking but ultimately life-affirming and inspiring tale that examines the fragility of memory and celebrates the enduring power of hope and faith.