“Illinois,” a new dance-centric musical which just played the Park Avenue Armory on the Upper West Side, is making a last-minute transfer to Broadway for a
limited run at the St. James Theatre, opening just in time to be considered for this year’s Tony Awards and making the April schedule of Broadway openings even more insanely jam-packed. It has direction and choreography by Justin Peck, songs by Sufjan Stevens , and a story by Peck and experimental playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Following the run of “Illinois,” the upcoming Broadway revival of “Sunset Boulevard” will play the St. James Theatre, with preview performances beginning Sept. 28, an acclaimed experimental London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” directed by Jamie Lloyd will play the St. James Theatre, with preview performances beginning on Sept. 28. Nicole Scherzinger will reprise her performance as the faded silent screen diva Norma Desmond.
Back in 1998, right after the final episode of “Seinfeld,” Seinfeld did a short engagement on Broadway, which was filmed for HBO and billed as a sort of farewell show. Given Bruce Springsteen’s mega-successful residency on Broadway, one wonders if Seinfeld might consider a similar kind of Broadway engagement.
Seinfeld’s set at the Borgata hit on familiar topics that were probably intended to appeal to the kind of broad and diverse audience you might find at an Atlantic City casino and resort on a Saturday night, including marriage, going on vacation, smart phones, and television. When an excited audience member mentioned the TV show “Friends” at one point, Seinfeld commented that he viewed “Friends” as another version of “Seinfeld” with more attractive people.
Seinfeld’s stand-up humor is a bit tame for my taste, but it did make me nostalgic for the days of “Must See TV” NBC sitcoms, when it seemed like all of America was tuning into broadcast television. Think of the most popular episode of a prestigious premium cable drama in recent years – chances are that far more people tuned in to any random episode of “Seinfeld.”
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