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Broadway's Fall Preview
The new Broadway season has arrived, and Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman, and Catherine Zeta-Jones take the stage. Rachel Syme on 17 new shows to watch.
Tonight marks the opening of one of Broadway’s hottest tickets—Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig (Wolverine and James Bond, to some) star in A Steady Rain, the tale of two downtrodden cops working in Chicago’s grimiest slums. This high-wattage marquee adorns the first of many Broadway shows this season to feature big names; Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Stiles, James Spader, Angela Lansbury, Jude Law, Bill Pullman, Kerry Washington, and Sienna Miller will all take the stage before 2009 ends. But along with boldfaced draws, this season features some of our best playwrights, both the up and coming (Nathan Louis Jackson) and the established (Sarah Ruhl). There are classic Broadway revivals, including the Neil Simon Plays and Ragtime, and a two new musicals (Memphis and Fela!). David Mamet has two plays opening: Oleanna and a top-secret new work, Race. And uptown, Off-Broadway, Nora and Delia Ephron bring together some of their best lady friends, including Rosie O’Donnell and Rita Wilson, to talk about clothes. It’s going to be a wild season. View our gallery for a preview of what’s coming up on Broadway (and in a few cases, off).
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mikefolie
MEMPHIS is not a jukebox show. It's a little disturbing that DAILY BEAST has someone covering B'way who doesn't know the difference.
njbpitt
I need to point out two factual errors: (1) In "Bye Bye Birdie," there is nothing in the plot about Conrad avoiding the draft; there is merely a publicity stunt before he goes into the Army; (2) Calling "A Little Night Music" "one of Sondheim's more obscure titles" is highly inaccurate, considering it ran a year and a half (more than 7 other of his shows) and contains Sondheim's most famous song, "Send in the Clowns."
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