The cast of the hit off-Broadway musical [title of show] have announced that, despite earlier discussion of an out-of-town try-out, the production is aiming to open directly on Broadway in the Spring 2008 season.
Jeff Bowen (music and lyrics), Hunter Bell (book) with Susan
Blackwell (currently in Roundabout's Speech
and Debate) and Heidi Blickenstaff (currently in Disney's The Little Mermaid), held a mock
press-conference in their recent "the [title of show] show" video cast where
they nixed rumored-plans for San Francisco and hope to instead squeeze into
this coming season.
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Last summer, [title of show] kicked off an 8-week return-engagement at the Vineyard Theatre on July 14, 2007. The show premiered at the New York Musical Theater Festival in 2005 and went on to enjoy a wildly successful run at the Vineyard Theatre in early 2006. A cast album was recently released on Ghostlight Records.
Directed and choreographed by Michael Berresse, [title of show] has
music and lyrics by Bowen and book by Bell.
The recording features the show's original Off-Broadway cast: Bell, Bowen, Blackwell and Blickenstaff, with
musical arrangements and direction by Larry Pressgrove. [title of show] is a
"hilarious and bittersweet tale about the artistic process and the
indomitable spirit of two struggling writers and two struggling actresses who
take on the seemingly impossible task of creating a new musical in just three
weeks," state press notes.
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