WBT Announces Season Schedule Change, FUNNY GIRL Replaces TITANIC 3/26/09-6/14/09

Westchester Broadway Theatre has announced a change in its upcoming season schedule.

TITANIC, The Musical which was slated to run from 3/26/09 to 6/14/09 will be replaced by FUNNY GIRL.
Donald Birely will Direct The Styne/Merrill Musical.

Auditions are imminent & will be announced. The change, press notes state was made to offer audiences a more fun, light-hearted evening of entertainment in these troubled times.

Funny Girl, is an only-in-America story of an ugly duckling who transforms herself into a swan. Fanny Brice is a goofy, comic singer from the Lower East Side, who rises to stardom in 1920s Vaudeville with the Ziegfeld Follies. It recounts her stormy relationship with a handsome, very proud gambler turned embezzler, Nick Arnstein, whom she loves, wins, and eventually loses.

The  Jule Styne-Bob Merrill score is a parade of classic tunes including "People" and "Don't Rain On My Parade" "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You." and delightful dance numbers such as "Sadie, Sadie" and "Rat-tat-tat-tat".

An extravaganza of production numbers and opulent costumes, Funny Girl is ranked among the best-loved works of musical theater.

The 1968 screen adaptation, paired Barbra Streisand with Omar Sharif in the role of Arnstein. The film won Streisand the Academy Award for Best Actress as well as the Golden Globe. The film was nominated for Best Picture, and a host of other awards.

July 9, 2005 marked the 31st anniversary for the Westchester Broadway Theatre and the 14th anniversary in this specifically designed state of the art theatre. Bill and Bob, 2004 inductees into the "Westchester County Business Hall of Fame, " pioneered the Dinner Theatre concept in Westchester when they opened An Evening Dinner Theatre on July 9, 1974. Having designed and built An Evening from the ground up as a theatre that serves dinner and lunch, they established their operation as a cultural mainstay in the tri-state area. The Westchester Broadway Theatre is the only year round theatre in Westchester where Broadway performers, directors and designers gather to create the best in Musical Theatre. 

The Westchester Broadway Theatre is the longest running 52 week a year Equity theatre in the state of New York. Each show is produced exclusively for the theatre and each is approached in the same manner as Broadway Productions; casting Broadway performers at auditions in New York City, hiring the creative staff (Directors, Choreographers, Musical Directors, Set, Costume and Lighting Designers.) On the dark nights of the musicals, Bill and Bob have presented over 800 Monday and Tuesday night special events and concerts featuring performers such as, Jackie Mason, Tom Jones, George Carlin, Paul Anka, Wayne Newton and Harry Belafonte. 

For more information on WBT visit, www.broadwaytheatre.com.