Here are some new Broadway Musicals and Dramas, which are “in the works”:
THE ADDAMS FAMILY: Andrew Lippa (Music and lyrics), Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (book), Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Director/designers), Elephant Eye Theatrical (Producer). New musical comedy inspired by the macabre characters of illustrator Charles Addams.
ANGELS: Ken Lai (book, music and lyrics) and Marcus Cheong (book and lyrics), Rich Fowler (Director), Robert Cuccioli, Jessica Grové and Nicholas Rodriguez (Actors), Marcus Cheong, Frank Monteleone, Dale Smith (Producers). New musical based on the epic Milton poem "Paradise Lost."
BIG TIME: Douglas Carter Beane (Book), Douglas J. Cohen (Music and Lyrics), Christopher Ashley (Director), Robert Ahrens (Producer). New musical about down-on-their-luck lounge singers on a U.N. cruise ship that is held hostage by terrorists.
BRIGADOON: Rob Ashford (Director), John Guare (New Book), Ostar Productions and Liza Lerner (Producers). Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical centering on two Americans journey in Scotland.
BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE WEST: Bartlett Sher (Director), Elephant Eye Theatrical (Producer), Dou Dou Huang (Choreographer). A new David Yazbek-David Henry Hwang musical centering on the martial arts movie star.
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Marc Shaiman (Music, Lyrics), Scott Wittman (Lyrics), Terrence McNally (Book), Jack O'Brien (Director), Jerry Mitchell (Choreographer). New musical based on the film of the same name.
DIRTY DANCING: Josef Brown, Amanda Leigh Cobb and Britta Lazenga (Actors), Eleanor Bergstein (Concept, Book), James Powell (Director), Kate Champion (Choreographer), Jacobsen Entertainment in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions (Producers). New stage show (currently touring) based on the film of the same name.
DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS: Robert Falls (Director), Brian Dennehy (Actor), Jeffrey Richards (Producer). Transfer of the Goodman Theatre staging of the Eugene O'Neill drama.
FATHER OF THE BRIDE: Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman (Book). New musical based on the film of the same name.
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES: Michael Mayer (Director). Joanna Murray-Smith's new drama centering on a feminist author who suddenly gets writer's block.
FENCES: Suzan-Lori Parks (Director). Revival of August Wilson's drama about a former Negro League baseball player who is now a garbage man.
GODSPELL: Daniel Goldstein (Director), Christopher Gattelli (Choreographer), Gavin Creel, Diana DeGarmo, Joshua Henry (Actors), Adam Epstein (Producer). Revival of the Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak musical based on "The Gospel According to St. Matthew."
