Their other collaborations include Off Broadway shows The Beast in the Jungle, And the World Goes ‘Round, plus the revival of Flora and the Red Menace. The show also reunites Kander and Stroman, who worked together on Scottsboro Boys and Steel Pier. New York, New York will be the first new Kander and Ebb musical to arrive on Broadway since The Visit in 2015. The thing to remember is that it’s not the film, it’s a million miles away from the film, just to be clear.” Simply put, it’s about New York with a big band, big cast and show-stopping dance numbers. They continued: “It’s about this city this social experiment of people from all walks of life. It will still be set in postwar 1946, but the focus will be about a city in recovery, plus the casting and story will be inclusive.ĭeadline has been tracking the show for some time it’s been in development for four years a fully-staged, hush-hush workshop was done in New York several months ago.Ī Broadway powerhouse who attended the workshop but who declined us permission to use their name told us that the performance was “profoundly beautiful and special.”
Martin Scorsese’s 1977 film “New York, New York” Everett Collection Indeed, our reporting indicates that the new New York, New York will feature little of Scorsese’s storyline. Casting’s being handled by Jim Carnahan Casting’s Jim Carnahan and Jason Thinger.ĭeadline understands that the characters played by Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli in the 1977 film will not appear in the new iteration. Other members of the creative team include Sam Davis, music supervision and arrangements Daryl Waters and Davis, orchestrations David Loud, vocal arrangements and music direction by Alvin Hough Jr.įoresight Theatrical is handling general management. Sharon Washington will co-write the show Washington won acclaim for the solo stage show Feeding the Dragon which was subsequently produced as a successful audio play by Audible.
Producers Sonia Friedman ( Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Ferryman) and Tom Kirdahy ( Inheritance) have assigned David Thompson, a frequent Kander and Ebb collaborator (he worked with them on The Scottsboro Boys and Steel Pier) to write the book. The production is believed to have a cast of 31 and an orchestra of 19 musicians. Broadway's 'KPOP' To Feature K-Pop Stars BoHyung, Min & Kevin Woo Complete Cast AnnouncedĬasting breakdowns for New York, New York were being issued today.
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