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All 40 Broadway
theaters, most
of them on streets
off Times Square,
will have tenants
this spring.
Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen and Eric McCormack of television’s
Will and Grace.
Other Martin recommendations opening in April are End of
the Rainbow, a drama with music about the final months of
Judy Garland, and for younger audiences, Peter and the Starcatcher,
a prequel to the tale of Peter Pan.
Disney Theatrical Group’s The Lion King, the seventh
longest-running musical in Broadway history, opened in
opens April 5 at the Marquis Theatre.
Ghost The Musical. Bruce Joel Rubin
has adapted his Academy Award-winning
original screenplay for the stage. The score
includes the iconic song “Unchained
Melody,” performed in the 1990 film by The
Righteous Brothers. The new musical opens
April 23 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Nice Work If You Can Get It. Two-time
Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick
(The Producers) and three-time Tony nominee
Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific) star in
this brand-new Gershwin musical comedy,
a song-and-dance spectacular set in the
Roaring ’20s. Songs include “But Not for
Me,” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and
“I’ve Got a Crush on You.” It opens April 24
at the Imperial Theatre.
Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Priscilla
Queen of the Desert and Sister Act—hot
new musicals that opened last spring—continue
to pack in the crowds, Martin said.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying, which debuted last spring with
Daniel Radcliffe (of Harry Potter fame), now
stars Nick Jonas (of the Jonas Brothers) and
Beau Bridges.
The must-see new comedy, Martin said,
is One Man, Two Guvnors. The National
Theatre of Great Britain’s production, laced
with low-brow British humor, is “wet-yourpants
funny.” It opens April 18 at the Music
Box Theatre.
Revivals of three classic plays also are
creating Broadway buzz, according to Martin.
They are Death of a Salesman, starring
Philip Seymour Hoffman; A Streetcar Named
Desire; and Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, a
political drama starring James Earl Jones,
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