Between strict security protocols, the New York billboard is full of titles, that's why we break down what to see on Broadway so you don't get lost behind the scenes.
Let's start with the most awarded works by the industry and that, finally, are filling seats. The 2020 Tony Awards, the so-called Broadway Oscars, took place in September of this year for the logical delay of the season.
Only four musicals came to the gala, the few that managed to start functions before the forced closure.
Moulin Rouge!, Broadway.
The musical that filled the prize bag, up to 10, was Moulin Rouge!, heAn adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's hit starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. And is not for less. This is exactly what you expect from a Broadway musical.
A battalion of dancers leaving their skin in the elaborate choreographies; some sets that fill with magic scenes that reproduce the most iconic moments of the film; and, of course, the songs.
If the soundtrack already hit hard, at the time, the musical updates the repertoire with songs by Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Annie Lennox and Adele. You have never seen anything so... Spectacular Spectacular!
Tina, Broadway.
Of great successes also lives Tub, the musical that tells the biography of singer Tina Turner through her music. The play won a single Tony for its leading lady, Adrienne Warren, and although the actress no longer leads the cast on Broadway , the good voice and the extraordinary physical work of her replacement is the most memorable thing about this show of pure rock.
Unfortunately, another of the winners of the gala, Jagged Little Pill, a family drama with songs from Alanis Morissette's famous album , has had to lower the curtain prematurely.
Awards aside, the new billboard pays loving tribute to Stephen Sondheim , one of his greatest composers, passed away last November. With the magnificent remake of his memorable West Side Story, directed with a good pulse by Steven Spielberg, still fresh in theaters, Broadway has recovered another of her best-known works: Company.
The original text is from 1970 and Sondheim himself updated it, 40 years later , changing the gender of various characters to make the story more contemporary. The result is one of the most brilliant comedies on maturity and life as a couple (or alone) In poster.
The laughter in the room is constant and that is taken care of by an applauded cast that includes a true legend of the New York stage: Patti LuPone, who already starred in the musical but, on this occasion, gives the throne to Katrina Lena.
Mrs Doubtfire, Broadway.
Another novelty that hopes to raise laughter among the public is the musical version of the film Mrs Doubtfire. This implacable English nanny, who hides a father who wants to be close to her children under the latex of her face, is in the shadow of Robin Williams, the histrionic actor who immortalized this character.
But Rob McClure he has done an excellent job of maintaining his same timbre of voice, mannerisms and cheekiness. It is a family show where children assume a good role.
If there is a revelation musical of the season, it is worth mentioning SIX. It premiered at the famous Edinburgh Fringe festival and it didn't take long for him to jump onto the Broadway stage for his grit and originality.
the show imagines a conversation between the six wives of Henry VIII, most of them died in a tragic way, and it becomes a lively concert that combines the musical styles of Beyoncé, Adele and Nicki Minaj.
Ain't too proud, Broadway.
Confirming the good state of health of the so-called juke box musicals, whose songs gather the great successes of bands or singers, Ain't Too Proud returns to the stage with the vicissitudes of The Temptations.
And not only through his music but uses the good catalog of Motown, the legendary label that put the songs of Marvin Gaye and The Supremes on the map. The work adapts Dominique Morisseau's biography and features an incredible choir of voices.
With some impatience due to the wait imposed by the pandemic, Hugh Jackman returns to Broadway with a musical that arrives more than a year late. The Music Man was written 64 years ago by Meredith Willson and narrates the relationship between a swindler and a piano teacher, at the beginning of the last century.
Accompanying the Hollywood star is Sutton Foster, a Broadway regular and winner of two Tony Awards. Without a doubt, the couple of the season.
Plaza Suite, Broadway.
On the runway are other works that were never released due to the pandemic. One of them is MJ, the musical that describes the life of Michael Jackson, from his beginnings with his brothers in The Jackson 5 to being crowned the king of pop, and has 25 of his greatest hits.
In the field of theatrical works, the couple formed by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will finally go on stage to play three couples in the three acts of Square Suite with text by Neil Simon.
Also, this spring we look forward to the return of the delirious musical version beetlejuice, adaptation of the film by Tim Burton, which in Spain was titled, Bitelchús, and the revival of the classic Funny Girl, this time starring Beanie Feldstein in the character immortalized by Barbra Streisand.
A long list of works and musicals that shows that Broadway wants to continue unstoppable this 2022.