Exclusive: Start spreading the news! The new musical is loosely based on Martin Scorsese’s 1977 film. New York, New York It will begin showing on Broadway, with the theater to be announced in March 2023. The opening night will be in April, with Tony and Olivier Award winner Suzanne Stroman on board as director and choreographer.
Shaw – of course his name is New York, New York- There will be numbers written for the film by legendary songwriter duo John Kander and Fred Ebb (Chicago, Scottsboro Boys, Cabaret). Lin-Manuel Miranda (hamilton) will write additional songs for Kander’s new songs, Deadline has learned.
Scorsese’s MGM film used four of Kander and Ebb’s songs, including the fabulous title song, which is sure to feature on the Broadway show.
Incident casting for this New York, New York will air today. The production is believed to have 31 artists and a 19-piece orchestra.
Producers Sonia Friedman (Harry Potter and the curse of the child, ferryman) and Tom Kirdagh (inheritance) named David Thompson, a frequent collaborator of Kander and Ebb (worked with them The Scottsboro Boys Y steel spring) to write a book. The show will be co-written by Sharon Washington; Washington gained recognition for his solo show feeding the dragon which Audible subsequently produced as a successful audio playback.
Other creative team members include Sam Davis, musical supervision and arrangement; Darryl Waters and Davis, orchestrations; David Loud, vocal arrangement; and Music Director Alvin Howe Jr.
The Foresit Theater carries out the general direction. Casting is handled by Jim Carnahan. Casting is Jim Carnahan and Jason Tinger.
Deadline realizes that the characters played by Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli in the 1977 film will not appear in the new version. Indeed, our report indicates that the new New York, New York There will be a small part of Scorsese’s story.
It will be set again in the postwar period in 1946, but will focus on a city undergoing reconstruction and the cast and story will be inclusive.
Deadline has been following the show for some time; It has been in development for four years; A completely organized and silent workshop was held in New York a few months ago.
A Broadway center who attended the seminar but refused permission to use his name told us the show was “deeply beautiful and special”.
They continued: “This city is spoken of; This social experiment of people from all walks of life. Simply put, this is New York with a great band, a great cast and dance numbers. What we need to remember is that this isn’t a movie, it’s a million miles away from a movie, just to be clear. “
New York, New York This will be the first new Kander and Eby musical to hit Broadway since then. Visit in 2015.
The show also brings together Kander and Stroman, who have worked together. The Scottsboro Boys Y steel spring. His other collaborations include off-Broadway shows. A beast in the jungle and the world turnsmore rebirth Flora and the Red Menace.
Stroman is pleased to praise the acclaimed revival of the musical. I’m mad about you He directed and choreographed Charlie Stamp at the Chichester Festival Theater in West Sussex, UK. It is said on the street that I’m mad about you Heading to London’s West End, there’s a lot of talk about a possible Broadway career.
Source: Deadline
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