THEATERLIFE

April 9 , 2024: Manhattan Theater Club has announced plans for its 2024-25 season on and Off-Broadway, which will include the Broadway premieres of Eureka Day and the Stephen Sondheim revue, Old Friends starring Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga who will repeat their London performances. The Sondheim tribute ran in London's West End in 2023 and will begin previews at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theater on March 25, 2025 with an opening date TBA. The show will have a pre-Broadway run at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theater from Feb. 8-March 9. The production was devised by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Matthew Bourne, side by side with Julia McKenzie. Additional cast members will be announced... In this revival of the 1993 Broadway premiere, the staging is the primary mover and shaker. Video projections of battles, commonly so predictable, slice the edge of consciousness anew. Visual motion, like the music and sound effects, is especially aggressive - rock ‘n roll style. Morphing virtual..