Shifts Take Place at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre

It’s in with the new and out with the old, as Broadway productions such as the electrifying Million Dollar Quartet are moving in on the Broadway stages and scripts of older days such as Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs seem to be productions of the past. That’s the case this week, at least, as the revival of Brighton Beach Memoirs, after receiving rave reviews, shut down after only nine performances at the Nederlander Theatre. The production failed to garner big audiences, and after a disappointing run on the Broadway stage it has been pulled.

On the other hand, another production will soon be making its way to the big stage at the Nederlander: Million Dollar Quartet. The dynamic musical about a recording session between Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins has just been announced as the newest occupant of the Nederlander Theatre, set to take the Broadway stage starting March 13, 2010. The musical is now playing at the Apollo Theatre in Chicago, and its official opening date on Broadway will be in April of 2010. Casting for the Broadway run of Million Dollar Quartet has yet to be announced, but this rock ‘n’ roll-based production is expected to draw in bigger crowds than Brighton Beach Memoirs did - at least that’s the hope for the upcoming occupant of the Nederlander.

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