http://www.iheartbroadway.com Broadway Focused Web Blog Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:13:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Seafarer which is running at Broadways Booth Theatre will close March 30 after playing 19 previews and 113 regular performances. The show starred Ciaran Hinds, Conleth Hill, David Morse, Jim Norton, and Sean Mahon. The Seafarer is set in Dublin, Ireland on Christmas Eve, Sharkey (Morse) had just returned home ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/the-seafarer-to-close-on-broadway-march-30/shows/the-seafarer/ The staged concert version of Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man schedule to run April 22-27 at Hartford’s Bushnell Center will star Shirley Jones and her son Patrick Cassidy. Cassidy will play Harold Hill and Joes will play Mrs. Paroo (she also played Marian in the film version of The Music Man). ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/cast-members-announced-for-staged-concert-version-of-the-music-man/shows/the-music-man/ The Broadway production of the Clifford Odets drama The Country Girl will begin previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on April 3, 2008 and has an opening night set for April 27. The cast of the revival will stars Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand, and Peter Gallagher. Also just announced to join the cast ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/the-county-girl-to-open-on-broadway-on-april-27-new-cast-members-announced/shows/the-country-girl/ The full cast has been announced for the 2008 revival of the Broadway musical Gypsy which will be directed by Tony Award winner and author of the musical Arthur Laurents. The production is schedule to open for previews on March 3rd with an official opening on March 27th at the ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/gypsy-on-broadway-2008/shows/gypsy/ After more then 10 years on Broadway the hit musical Rent will be closing on June 1, 2008. When the show closes it will have played 5,012 regular performances making it the 7th longest show in Broadway history. Rent originally opened up at the New York Theatre Workshop in the ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/rent-to-close-on-broadway/shows/rent/ Seven of the current cast members of the hit musical Legally Blonde have all extended their contracts through June 2008. This includes Laura Bell Bundy, Richard H. Blake, Christian Borle, Orfeh, Michael Rupert, Nikki Snelson and Kate Shindle. Legally Blonde officially opened on Broadway on April 29th and is based ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/legally-blonde-cast-members-extend-contracts/shows/legally-blonde/ Shrek the Musical is heading for the Broadway stage in November of this year but before it makes the journey east Shrek will be playing an exclusive world premiere engagement at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, August 14-September 21. The production of Shrek which will be directed by Jason ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/shrek-headed-to-the-stage/shows/shrek-the-musical/ On January 31st there will be a show at Carnegie Hall to benefit the Writers Guild East Strike Fund. The benefit will begin at 8pm and Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will guest star at the event, An Evening of Music and Comedy with Family Guy’s Alex Borstein and Seth ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/broadway-star-patti-lupone-to-guest-star-at-writers-guild-benefit/cast/pattie-lupone/ The full cast has been announced for the Las Vegas production of the hit musical Jersey Boys. The Tony Award-winning musical will begin previews at the new Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas on April 4th and will have its official opening May 3rd. The show will be directed ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/dates-and-cast-announced-for-las-vegas-production-of-jersey-boys/shows/jersey-boys/ Wicked will have a new leading man! David Burnham will be taking on the role of Fiyero in the hit Broadway musical Wicked on January 8. The role was played by Sebastian Arcelus who recently left to play Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys. In the interim Derrick Williams will be ... http://www.iheartbroadway.com/new-cast-member-for-wicked/shows/wicked/