Based on Philip Sidney's prose poem The Arcadia, the musical unfolds in a kingdom ruled by a divine "beat," which is threatened by an oracle's dark prophecy, propelling the royal family through a journey of mistaken identities, secret trysts and sexual awakenings. The Go-Go's and a 17th century romance? That's the marriage cooked up by original book writer Jeff Whitty ( Avenue Q), adapter James Magruder and director Michael Mayer, whose Broadway musical credits have included Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot and Spring Awakening, which won him a Tony Award in 2007. In the meantime, The Hollywood Reporter provides a complete roundup below, with reviews and production images of all the contenders for 2019 Tony Awards, including those that figure in the nominations and those that were shut out. premiere at the Public Theater, will confirm a long-rumored uptown move. Pundits also are watching to see if Conor McPherson’s Girl From the North Country, a Depression-era drama set to the songs of Bob Dylan, which was a hit both in London and in its sold-out, extended U.S. Shows expected to make the crossing from London and now in the mix for the 2019-20 season include Matthew Lopez’s acclaimed two-part epic on gay love after the AIDS crisis, The Inheritance, directed by Stephen Daldry and the gender-flipped revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company, starring Rosalie Craig and featuring Broadway royalty Patti LuPone. Those include stage adaptations of the movies Beetlejuice and Moulin Rouge! Jagged Little Pill, which takes its score and its thematic cue from the chart-topping 1995 Alanis Morissette album and features a book by Diablo Cody Ain’t Too Proud, a bio-musical tracing the rise of Motown superstars The Temptations and the Tina Turner bio titled - what else? - Tina, a smash in London’s West End, headlining a breakout performance from Adrienne Warren. Adam Driver, Keri Russell, Armie Hammer, Josh Charles, Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, Kerry Washington, Ruth Wilson, Bryan Cranston, Tatiana Maslany, Elaine May, Lucas Hedges, Annette Bening, Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano are among the names hitting Broadway this season, along with British stage titan Glenda Jackson, fresh off her Tony win for Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women.įollowing last season’s thin crop of new plays, debuts are lined up from Young Jean Lee, Taylor Mac, Christopher Demos-Brown, Heidi Schreck and Tarell Alvin McCraney, as well as new work from Theresa Rebeck, Richard Bean, Lucas Hnath, James Graham, Jez Butterworth, Lee Hall and Aaron Sorkin, among others.Ī handful of major musicals having out-of-town tryouts will be bouncing to Broadway berths this season or next.
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