This Week on Broadway for Monday, Labor Day, Sept 7, 2009 -- Most Wonderful Time of Year!

BroadwayRadio's This Week on Broadway for Monday, Labor Day, Sept 7, 2009 -- Most Wonderful Time of Year! Bono a 'Spider-Man' superhero U2 singer who wrote score may find cash http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/bono_spider_man_superhero_K0Fmp5Z7hvMrNtyQoG7H6H Elton John and his involvement with his musicals. Harmony, the Barry Manilow musical was unable to raise the money. iSondheim SONDHEIM-LICH MANEUVER REVUE IS SLOWED BY CASH CLASH http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/sondheim_lich_maneuver_9xGNMUBxof730xf8K1623J A Little Night Music All is quiet on the Memphis front... will Night Music go to Shubert? Will Catch Me If You Can make it all the way east? http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/randy_mandy_way_dandy_7M2Oc4E7x5VRrOo1vecR9L PATINKIN IN 'LA CAGE' NOT A NUTTY IDEA Mandy Patinkin in drag in The Knife at The Public. Mandy didn't think he was going to get cast in Evita. Is LaCage still an interesting play for Broadway given changing times? David Masenheimer http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=70342 http://www.rampartsproductions.com/ Wishful Drinking John Simon on Carrie Fisher Little House on the Prarie, The Musical! Starting Melissa Gilbert Starts at Paper Mill and then on to the Ordway and a subsequent National Tour Laura Ingalls Wilder hated to read! The end of this year's FringeNYC Matthew saw 40 shows at FringeNYC this year. FringeNYC Encore Series Announced, Sept 10-26 http://www.fringenyc-encoreseries.com/ How do you get Peter and Matthew to your show? Invite them! New York Musical Theater Festival last week in september conflicts against Broadway / off-Broadway openings Randy Blair http://twitter.com/randy_blair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5z15gRORQk http://twitter.com/fatcampmusical http://www.nymf.org/Show-1156.html http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fat-Camp/82883463749?v=info A Happy closing: Broadway (the road!) closure -- end of the summer, what do we think? Why don't we have a "Broadway Walk of Fame" How does the Hollywood Walk of Fame work? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame White Christmas coming back in many places Kerry O'Malley and Meredith Patterson! http://www.whitechristmasthemusical.com/intro.html Other seasonal Broadway shows: Grinch, Christmas Carol (off-Broadway, MSG), Cirque du Soleil We miss Karen Morrow on Broadway. Music: Andy Williams, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"