BWW's On This Day - July 17, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events!

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:

Bat Boy New York - 2000

Big Ben West End - 1946

Cabaret West End - 1986

Gypsy St. Louis, MO (Regional) - 2006

Irma La Douce West End - 1958

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat West End - 2007

Look Out, It's Sir West End - 1975

Look Who's Here West End - 1916

Minnie's Boys Regional (US) - 1972

Oh! My Papa! West End - 1957

Plantation Revue Broadway - 1922

Sarah, Plain and Tall Off-Broadway - 2002

Soiree of Songs London Fringe - 1997

The Blonde in the Thunderbird Broadway - 2005

The Island of Bachelors! Broadway - 1876

[title of show] Broadway - 2008

OPENING SOON:

Fried Chicken and Latkes
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 7/21/12

Skippyjon Jones
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 7/25/12

New Girl in Town
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 7/26/12

Spamalot
(West End - 2012)
opening 7/31/12

Undisputed Truth
(Broadway - 2012)
opening 7/31/12

Bring It On: The Musical
(Broadway - 2012)
opening 8/1/12

Bronte
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 8/1/12

The Last Smoker in America
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 8/2/12

Bullet For Adolf
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 8/8/12

The Book of Mormon
(US Tour - 2012)
opening 8/14/12

The Train Driver
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 8/14/12

Soul Sister
(West End - 2012)
opening 8/23/12

Detroit
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 8/24/12

Cougar the Musical
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 8/26/12

Heartless
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 8/27/12

The Bodyguard
(West End - 2012)
opening 9/1/12

Red Dog Howls
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 9/4/12

Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 9/6/12

Chaplin
(Broadway - 2012)
opening 9/10/12

CLOSING SOON:

The Bad and the Better
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 7/21/12

Antigone
(West End - 2012)
closing 7/21/12

Freud's Last Session
(Off-Broadway - 2011)
closing 7/22/12

A Streetcar Named Desire
(Broadway - 2012)
closing 7/22/12

Cock
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 7/22/12

Democracy
(West End - 2012)
closing 7/28/12

The Sunshine Boys
(West End - 2012)
closing 7/28/12

The Common Pursuit
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 7/29/12

Love Goes to Press
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 7/29/12

Posh
(West End - 2012)
closing 8/4/12

Fela!
(Broadway - 2012)
closing 8/4/12

Memphis: A New Musical
(Broadway - 2009)
closing 8/5/12

Triassic Parq
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 8/5/12

Harvey
(Broadway - 2012)
closing 8/5/12

Slowgirl
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 8/5/12

What You Will
(West End - 2012)
closing 8/6/12

Undisputed Truth
(Broadway - 2012)
closing 8/12/12

Tiny Bubbles
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 8/13/12

Skippyjon Jones
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 8/17/12

COMING UP:

Thursday July 19, 2012:
Anton Chekhov - adapted by Andrew Upton and directed by Tamas Ascher - will come to NY's City Center from July 19 through July 28, 2012, according to The New York Times.">Blanchett-Led UNCLE VANYA to Play City Center

Thursday July 19, 2012:
GHOST, SISTER ACT, WICKED to Perform in Bryant Park

Thursday July 19, 2012:
Anton Chekhov, adapted by Andrew Upton and directed by Tamas Ascher (whose staging of Ivanov for Katona Jozsef Theatre was critically acclaimed at Lincoln Center Festival 2009), will be a highlight of the Lincoln Center Festival this Summer.">UNCLE VANYA Opens for Previews at the Lincoln Center

Saturday July 21, 2012:
Anton Chekhov, adapted by Andrew Upton and directed by Tamas Ascher (whose staging of Ivanov for Katona Jozsef Theatre was critically acclaimed at Lincoln Center Festival 2009), will be a highlight of the Lincoln Center Festival this Summer.">UNCLE VANYA Opens at the Lincoln Center

Sunday July 22, 2012:
Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN have announced that the production has officially been extended through Sunday, July 22, 2012. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.">THE BEST MAN Extends Through July 22!

Tuesday July 24, 2012:
Pittsburgh CLO will welcome Liz Callaway back to Pittsburgh in 2012 to star as Norma Desmond in Pittsburgh CLO's inaugural production of Sunset Boulevard. Ms. Callaway charmed audiences and critics alike last summer in Pittsburgh CLO's premiere of Love Changes Everything: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. The remainder of the cast for this extraordinary production will be announced in the coming months.">Callaway Opens SUNSET BOULEVARD at Pittsburgh CLO