As the first shows of the Broadway season enter previews, I thought it would be good to outline what the current lineup is looking like. Things may change throughout the season, and some shows are canceled or delayed. But here are things as they stand now. New musicals first.
BIG
FISH
Preview:
September 5, 2013
Opening:
October 6, 2013
Written
by Andrew Lippa (music and lyrics) and John August (book)
AFTER MIDNIGHT
Preview:
October 18, 2013
Opening:
November 3, 2013
By: Jazz
at Lincoln Center All-Stars
*It will be interesting to see how the Tonys take to this one. It’s a transfer of Encore’s Cotton Club Parade, and will feature a rotating “special guest star” (the first is Fantasia Barrino). So, Im sure there will be many eligibility battles ahead.*
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Theatre:
Walter Kerr Theatre
Preview:
October 22, 2013
Opening:
November 17, 2013
Written
by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak
A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN
Preview:
September 20, 2013
Opening:
October 10, 2013
Music of
Janis Joplin
*Might as well save a best actress slot for Mary Brigdett Davies now*
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Preview: January 13, 2014
Opening:
February TBA 2014
Written
by Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics), Marsha Norman (book)
ALADDIN
Preview: February 26, 2014
Opening:
March 20, 2014
Written
by Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics), Tim Rice (lyrics), Chad
Beguelin (book and lyrics)
ROCKY
Preview: February 11, 2014
Opening:
March 13, 2014
Written
by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (score), Thomas Meehan (book)
IF/THEN
Preview: March 4, 2014
Opening:
March 27, 2014
Written
by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
Preview: March 11, 2014
Opening:
April 10, 2014
Written
by Woody Allen
