What an interesting week it’s been on Broadway! It’s hard to keep up with who’s up, who’s down, what’s in and what’s out, isn’t it? Bet you cannot wait until this info goes mobile, so all you have to do is keep your phone on. (As though it isn’t already right next to your laptop, stuffed in your pocket or right by your fork at dinner. Don’t lie–we both know that’s true.)
Anyway, until that happily mobile day, here are the highlights. The weekend began with a bang, but not the good kind, with poor reviews for the $16.5 million musical adaptation of The Addams Family. It’s been widely reported that the ghastly notices aren’t phasing the box office, though. Go figure. Friends tell me the show isn’t half bad, or was it that half of it is bad?
Million Dollar Quartet opened to quite different reactions, with praise from most critics. The story of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins jamming together for one memorable day is now playing at the Nederlander Theater. I thankfully did get the chance to see this show, and the energy on stage is great, even though the storyline falls flat at times.
Yesterday it was announced, that the Tony Award-winning show, Next to Normal won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. I hear that’s pretty hard to do. But seriously, this is a great achievement and a joy for original musicals on Broadway. I’m sure the next Next to Normal is waiting in the wings somewhere, so keep on writing.
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