Productions1 on Broadway
| 1997 | Richard Rodgers Theatre Original. April 24, 1997 · Scott Ellis | 76 performances |
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Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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In the literature21 passages
Another Kander/Ebb musical, Steel Pier, opened here in 1997, with a book by David Thompson, but it did not enjoy the success of Chicago. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p204
Chicago moved to the Shubert to make way for the latest Kander and Ebb musical, Steel Pier (4/24/97; 76 performances). Unfortunately, though the musical showed promise, there was no out-of-town tryout, and the producers and director were not up to the difficult task of fixing a show in trouble. So Steel Pier became an… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p456
THE RINK, both versions of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, and STEEL PIER all suffered infinitely larger losses. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p363
The only other shows nominated for eleven awards to win none were Kander and Ebb’s Steel Pier in 1997 and the original production of Chicago in 1976. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p298
Again, we got the references to other musicals—to Steel Pier ’s slow-mo first-act finale, for instance. book:anything-goes-a-history-of-american-musical-theatre-ethan-mordden#p330
Then came two Broadway flops—Big in 1996, Steel Pier in 1997. You know Broadway wags: Has Susan Stroman lost her touch? Had we overestimated her? Did we make her believe she was invincible when she wasn’t? Had it all gone to her head too soon? book:b007l4owcu-ebok-peter-filichia#p269
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