He's dominated the British musical theater scene for a generation. But now a new crop of musical theater practitioners have come on the scene and made their presence felt. The Noel Coward centenary is upon us, and some wonder whether his work still speaks to us. Ticket sales are up, Thanksgiving broke box office records, and Broadway is booming as the season hits midpoint. New Year's Eve is traditionally a swank theater evening on Broadway, but this year the theaters and their unions have decided to stay dark.
New report says that regional theater in the UK is in trouble.
Jonathan Moscone, SF ex-mayor's son, is appointed director of the California Shakespeare Festival. Comes from Dallas Theatre Center. Lois and Arthur Elias were entrusted with rights to the show by their close friend Bella Spewack, who wrote the musical's book with her husband, Sam, in 1948. The Eliases have been fiercely protective of their charge. Tryout reviews were nasty and the album crashed and burned.