WICKED IS COMING TO BOSTON!!!!
'Wicked' highlights Broadway in Boston lineup
By Maureen Dezell, Globe Staff June 15, 2005
The Tony Award-winning musical ''Wicked," a lavishly imagined back story to ''The Wizard of Oz," and ''Little Women -- The Musical," starring Maureen McGovern, headline Broadway in Boston/Clear Channel Entertainment's 2005-'06 season, Broadway in Boston president Drew Murphy said yesterday.
The touring productions, both new to Boston, highlight a 13-show lineup at the Opera House and Colonial Theatre that is dominated by return engagements and family entertainment; Murphy announced the lineup at a morning press conference and reception at the Opera House.
Singer/actress McGovern, dressed in an aquamarine kimono and black pants, lent some star power to the occasion as she sang a number from ''Little Women."
Also present were Concord-born Jason Howland, composer of ''Little Women," and the show's lyricist, Mindi Dickstein, who was raised in Brookline, as well as Gregory Maguire, the Concord author who wrote the cult novel on which ''Wicked" is based.
''Little Women," based on Louisa May Alcott's classic tale, is slated for a two-week Opera House engagement in January, and ''Wicked," about girlhood rivals who grow up to be Glinda the Good Witch and the green-tinged misfit Elphaba, arrives there for a monthlong visit starting April 12.
''Hairspray," which returns to Boston for a two-week engagement Oct. 4, launches the 2005-'06 theater season at the Opera House.
Boston Ballet, which squeezed ''The Nutcracker" into the Colonial Theatre last year, takes up residence with the production at the Opera House in November and December.
The Washington Street theater nods to its early days as a vaudeville palace with ''David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion" Feb. 3-5.
''Les Miserables," a perennial Boston favorite, unfurls its flag at the Opera House Feb. 15-March 19, followed by the family spectacle ''Clifford the Big Red Dog Live!" March 24-26. ''Annie," featuring Mackenzie Phillips and John Schuck, is scheduled to wrap up the season there next June.
The normally busy Colonial Theatre is so far booked for only five engagements for next season.
''Tuesdays With Morrie," starring Hal Linden and based on Mitch Albom's book about his former Brandeis professor, the late Morrie Schwartz, runs Oct. 18-30.
''Martin Short: If I'd Saved, I Wouldn't Be Here," a play the comic describes in press materials as a ''sendup of every one-man show ever written," is scheduled for a pre-Broadway engagement at the Colonial in the fall, though the dates have yet to be determined.
''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Nov. 1-13), starring Patrick Cassidy and ''American Idol" singer Amy Adams, and ''Movin' Out," the Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel dance musical (May 17-28), will both return to the Colonial.
A touring production of Matthew Bourne's dance/theater sensation ''Swan Lake," a nontraditional ballet featuring a flock of male swans, bounds onto the Colonial stage April 20-23.
Broadway in Boston, which owns the Opera House and Charles Playhouse and operates the Colonial and the Wilbur theaters, is in negotiations with several producers to bring shows to the Wilbur and to round out the Colonial roster, according to Murphy.
Tickets for Broadway in Boston productions are on sale through subscription and member programs at 866-523-7469. For information, visit www.broadwayinboston.com/
'Wicked' highlights Broadway in Boston lineup
By Maureen Dezell, Globe Staff June 15, 2005
The Tony Award-winning musical ''Wicked," a lavishly imagined back story to ''The Wizard of Oz," and ''Little Women -- The Musical," starring Maureen McGovern, headline Broadway in Boston/Clear Channel Entertainment's 2005-'06 season, Broadway in Boston president Drew Murphy said yesterday.
The touring productions, both new to Boston, highlight a 13-show lineup at the Opera House and Colonial Theatre that is dominated by return engagements and family entertainment; Murphy announced the lineup at a morning press conference and reception at the Opera House.
Singer/actress McGovern, dressed in an aquamarine kimono and black pants, lent some star power to the occasion as she sang a number from ''Little Women."
Also present were Concord-born Jason Howland, composer of ''Little Women," and the show's lyricist, Mindi Dickstein, who was raised in Brookline, as well as Gregory Maguire, the Concord author who wrote the cult novel on which ''Wicked" is based.
''Little Women," based on Louisa May Alcott's classic tale, is slated for a two-week Opera House engagement in January, and ''Wicked," about girlhood rivals who grow up to be Glinda the Good Witch and the green-tinged misfit Elphaba, arrives there for a monthlong visit starting April 12.
''Hairspray," which returns to Boston for a two-week engagement Oct. 4, launches the 2005-'06 theater season at the Opera House.
Boston Ballet, which squeezed ''The Nutcracker" into the Colonial Theatre last year, takes up residence with the production at the Opera House in November and December.
The Washington Street theater nods to its early days as a vaudeville palace with ''David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion" Feb. 3-5.
''Les Miserables," a perennial Boston favorite, unfurls its flag at the Opera House Feb. 15-March 19, followed by the family spectacle ''Clifford the Big Red Dog Live!" March 24-26. ''Annie," featuring Mackenzie Phillips and John Schuck, is scheduled to wrap up the season there next June.
The normally busy Colonial Theatre is so far booked for only five engagements for next season.
''Tuesdays With Morrie," starring Hal Linden and based on Mitch Albom's book about his former Brandeis professor, the late Morrie Schwartz, runs Oct. 18-30.
''Martin Short: If I'd Saved, I Wouldn't Be Here," a play the comic describes in press materials as a ''sendup of every one-man show ever written," is scheduled for a pre-Broadway engagement at the Colonial in the fall, though the dates have yet to be determined.
''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Nov. 1-13), starring Patrick Cassidy and ''American Idol" singer Amy Adams, and ''Movin' Out," the Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel dance musical (May 17-28), will both return to the Colonial.
A touring production of Matthew Bourne's dance/theater sensation ''Swan Lake," a nontraditional ballet featuring a flock of male swans, bounds onto the Colonial stage April 20-23.
Broadway in Boston, which owns the Opera House and Charles Playhouse and operates the Colonial and the Wilbur theaters, is in negotiations with several producers to bring shows to the Wilbur and to round out the Colonial roster, according to Murphy.
Tickets for Broadway in Boston productions are on sale through subscription and member programs at 866-523-7469. For information, visit www.broadwayinboston.com/
