T H E spirm

Season

It's been seven months

since the attack on the

World Trade Center,

and Broadway is in

full swing once again.

ALICE BURDICK SCHWEIGER
Special to the Jewish News

N

ew York is back. Plenty of shows are pop-
ping up and ticket sales are breaking
records. With the Tony Awards less than
two months away, tourists are flocking to
the Big Apple to see the newest plays and musicals.
The trend this year appears to be movies turned
into Broadway shows. New productions like The
Graduate, Sweet Smell of Success and Thoroughly
Modern Millie, not to mention hits like The Producers
and The Full Mon, are some of Broadway's biggest
draws.
(Lucidly, it may be easier to secure tickets to The
Producers with the departure of Nathan Lane and
Matthew Broderick in the title roles. English actor
Henry Goodman was abruptly dismissed after less
than a month filling Lane's shoes. Lane understudy
Brad Oscar will play Max Bialystock for the foresee-
able future and actor Steven Weber continues as Leo
Bloom.)
And more Broadway adaptations of movies are on
the way as well. Vehicles in development include
Dir t y Dancing, Pretty Woman, An American in Paris,
and, in the near future, Hairspray, which is scheduled
to open in July.
Stilt, theatergoers have plenty of other options —
from revivals to new dramas to splashy musicals light-
ing up the marquees.
What follows is a sampling of the newest shows
with Jewish themes, actors, directors, composers
and/or playwrights to hit Broadway and Off-
Broadway stages.

Clockwise from top left:

Alicia Silverstone and Jason
Biggs in "The Graduath."

Liam Neeson, front, in a
revival of Arthur Miller's
"The Crucible."

Vanessa Williams in the
Stephen Sondheim/James
Lapine musical revival
of "Into the Woods."

Rodgers and Hammerstein's
"Oklahoma" returns to
Broadway.

Alan King in "Mr. Goldwyn.

A scene from "The Golem."

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