Producers Say Minsky's Will Bump and Grind on Broadway in 2009-10

By Kenneth Jones
February 12, 2009

Producers Kevin McCollum and Bob Boyett plan to bring Minsky's — the new Charles Strouse musical now playing in Los Angeles — to Broadway, McCollum told the Associated Press.

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February 9, 2009
THEATER REVIEW | 'MINSKY'S'
What’s the Cure for Those Depression Blues? Hoofing in Your Scanties
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

LOS ANGELES — If the battered but unbroken stimulus package Washington finally serves up does not turn the trick, perhaps the answer to the country’s economic woes could be something a lot simpler. Bring back burlesque!

In the nostalgia-steeped new musical “Minsky’s,” which had its world premiere here Sunday night at the Ahmanson Theater, dancing in your scanties while the world trembles is presented as noble service that might help keep a wounded country on its feet. Or better yet rolling in the aisles.

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Transylvanian Trio: Leavel, Ragusa, Sullivan to Join Young Frankenstein

By Kenneth Jones
June 23, 2008

Beth Leavel, Michele Ragusa and Kelly Sullivan will be the new leading ladies of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein starting this summer at Broadway's Hilton Theatre.

They'll join original cast members Roger Bart, Shuler Hensley, Fred Applegate and Christopher Fitzgerald. Sullivan will assume the role of wide-eyed Inga on July 8, replacing Sutton Foster (who is now in rehearsals for Shrek and exits the Hilton July 6); Tony winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) will become Germanic Frau Blucher on July 22 and Ragusa (Adrift in Macao, Paper Mill's Kiss Me, Kate) takes over the role of Elizabeth, the cold girlfriend of the title character, on Aug. 5.

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2007-2008 Tony Nominations Announced; In the Heights Earns 13 Noms.

By Andrew Gans
May 13, 2008

The 2007-2008 Tony Award nominations were announced May 13 by Tony Award winners Sara Ramirez and David Hyde Pierce at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Nominees for Best Musical include Cry-Baby, In the Heights, Passing Strange and Xanadu.

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So...

The question becomes... if I see The Receptionist, and the Pinter play Homecoming, along with a performance of Young Frankenstein, Xanadu, and maybe Legally Blonde... where does the space for another performance of Wicked (with Block/Ashford) appear?

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Hmm... seems like the PQ's day of privateering at the Hilton may be numbered and her letters of marque from the Queen are on shaky ground...

'Frankenstein' to Play the Hilton; Brooks Confirms Casting

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