OCTOBER
by Broadway Staff • Aug 29, 2005
 Jersey BoysStarts October 3 Although they haven't had a hit single since the mid-1970s, the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons is everywhere—songs such as "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Oh What a Night" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" are American staples. So it is only fitting that the group's tunes be heard on Broadway, as it will in Jersey Boys, a bio musical about... MORE |
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 Sweeney ToddStarts October 3 You may already know the macabre tale of Sweeney Todd, but John Doyle's upcoming Broadway revival of the Hugh Wheeler/Stephen Sondheim tuner is not your traditional rendering of it. This Sweeney does not employ an ensemble or an orchestra—the sole ten actors play all the instruments required. "I'm virtually a... MORE |
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 The Odd CoupleStarts October 4 There is no doubt about it—the fall's hottest ticket is Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. This is the first Broadway revival of the classic comedy with men, at least and Simon couldn't be happier, commenting: "I'm glad we didn't do it years before because now we have Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick." The legendary playwright is not the only... MORE |
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 SeascapeStarts October 28 Although Edward Albee's Seascape deals with the complex relationships between two couples, one older and one younger, it does not necessarily bring to mind his masterpiece Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at first glance. No, this show clearly isn't George and Martha on the Beach. In fact, when formidable leads George Grizzard and Frances... MORE |
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 SouvenirStarts October 28 This fall the Lyceum Theatre will host a show revolving around someone with no talent. Sound like juicy bait for the killer Gotham critics? Not so—Stephen Temperley's Souvenir, starring Judy Kaye as tone-deaf singer Florence Foster Jenkins, did well with reviewers when it ran at the York Theater last year and has been collecting raves... MORE |
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 The Woman in WhiteStarts October 28 Is Wilkie Collins' 1860 mystery The Woman in White a beloved book on the other side of the Atlantic? "It was one of the first books I read that turned me onto reading," gushes West End theater diva Maria Friedman, making her long-awaited Broadway debut as heroine Marian Halcombe in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical adaptation. "You just turned the pages... MORE |
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