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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Theater 5th Avenue's New Season

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:52 PM

They just announced the lineup. Notable:

Bart Sher's Tony-magnet production of South Pacific, a world premiere of Catch Me if You Can, and Leonard Bernstein's Candide, with its cinematic-overture-to-end-all-cinematic-overtures:

Candide's contributing-writer list has to be the most distinguished in the history of musical theater: Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein.

The other, not-quite-as-exciting shows: Legally Blond: the Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, and On the Town, another one by Bernstein (inspired by Fancy Free, the jazzy ballet about rambunctious boys by Jerome Robbins).

Some love for Robbins and a review of Fancy Free, at Pacific Northwest Ballet last summer, is here.

And a loving, illuminating remembrance of Bernstein, by Alex Ross, is here.

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Okay, yeah. But, "Legally Blonde: The Musical!"?

Blech!

Posted by COMTE on March 4, 2009 at 4:57 PM

Glitter and be gay!

Posted by Balt-O-Matt on March 4, 2009 at 5:05 PM

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. I can't believe Legally Blonde is coming to Seattle!!!! I have been dreaming of this moment. Not sarcastic!!!

I'm so upset I have to wait until February 2010!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG6KXtGOc…

Posted by this one's PERFECT, and it's just my size! on March 4, 2009 at 5:48 PM

I would have liked to have seen them continue to put on one Sondheim show in their season. While I love Candide, Sondheim's contributions don't count.

I'd like to see The 5th do Assassins.

As for the season, I'm very excited about South Pacific, Catch Me If You Can, Candide, and yes, even Legally Blonde (it's not as bad as you think it'll be).

Not excited about Joseph and White Christmas (but it'll sell lots of tickets). On the fence about On The Town.

Posted by antzwa on March 4, 2009 at 7:55 PM