Morning Docket: 06.19.08
*I am very surprised to hear that A CATERED AFFAIR is closing on July 27. Its weekly grosses have been quite good, around $400,000 a week. With a small cast, how much could its weekly running cost be? But to look on the bright side, this means that another Broadway theater (one large enough for an intimate musical) is open for next season. Are XANADU and PASSING STRANGE next?
*The lead casting of PAL JOEY at Roundabout has been announced. Christian Hoff (Tony winner for JERSEY BOYS) will play Joey, Stockard Channing is sexpot Vera Simpson, and Martha Plimpton is Gladys Bump, though the press release notes that this role has been reinvented.
*The final third of MTC's 08-09 Broadway season has been announced. David Hyde Pierce will headline a revival of the 1934 comedy ACCENT ON YOUTH.
