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Jerome Robbins’ Broadway

Jerome Robbins’ Broadway

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The stage equivalent of MGM’s That’s Entertainment series, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway is a sampling of highlights from Robbins’ 21-year career — from On the Town in 1944 to Fiddler on the Roof in 1964. Featured in this well-organized déjà vu revue (which cost $8.8 million and utilizes a cast of 62) are sequences from nine of the 15 productions for which Robbins’ served as choreographer or director-choreographer, plus o…

Opened
1989
Performances
633
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Miscellaneous writersLyrics: Miscellaneous writers

Productions1 on Broadway

1989 Imperial Theatre Original. February 25, 1989 633 performances · 1 Tony wins

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The Phantom of the Opera and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway both cost over $8.5 million. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p22

1989 26 February: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, a retrospective of segments from the director/choreographer’s many shows, opens at the Imperial Theater and runs for 633 performances. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p31

The expense of mounting it, however, caused the backers to lose half of their $8 million investment, even after its 18-month run. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p205

Jerome Robbins’ Broadway established an all-time high $55 top when it opened in February 1989, and closed out the decade by establishing an all-time high $60 in November. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p34

As the Girls Go, Seventh Heaven, Goldilocks, On a Clear Day, Zorba, The Act, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and Kiss of the Spider Woman—each of which saw fit to raise the prevailing price plateau—all floundered and flopped. That’s show biz. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p35

Her theater design includes productions in the major regional theaters, and in London’s West End, the Spoleto Festival in Italy and the Netherlands Dans Theatre. She maintains an ongoing collaboration with Robert Wilson for whom she has designed CIVIL warS, Alcestes, and Hamletmachine at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and… book:the-broadway-design-roster-designers-and-their-credits-owen-bobbi-bibliographies#p466

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