Tony Award winner Alice Ripley has joined the starry lineup for the second edition of Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway, October 25, at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York City
Some Broadway shows run for years, and some run just a few weeks. But there is a smaller group—often created by major talents—that close during tryouts or even during previews and never get to open at all. These shows will get a second chance in the limelight in this concert. The two performances, set for 7 and 9:30 PM, will each feature different performers and different songs.
Produced and directed by Robert W. Schneider, the concert will also feature previously announced stage stars Tony nominee Christiane Noll (Ragtime), Ryan Vona (Paramour), Caroline Bowman (Wicked), Jim Brochu (Zero Hour), Bonnie Milligan (Kinky Boots), Klea Blackhurst, Loni Ackerman, Jill Paice, Jim Walton, Amanda Green, Todd Buonopane, Kara Lindsay, Carolyn Mignini, and Rita Gardner (the original Girl in The Fantasticks), performing songs from the little-known shows written by the likes of Cy Coleman, Charles Strouse, Frank Loesser, Marvin Hamlisch, Carolyn Leigh, Richard Maltby Jr, David Shire, Barry Manilow, Bob Merrill, and Harold Rome.
Here is a complete list of the planned musicals to be unearthed (subject to change):
At the 7 PM Show
Richard Adler’s A Mother’s Kisses
Strouse & Charnin’s Annie 2: Miss Hannigan’s Revenge
Legrand & David’s Brainchild
Cy Coleman’s The Great Ostrovsky
Schmidt & Jones’ Grover’s Corners
Jacobson & Robert’s Hot September
Jack Herrick’s Lone Star Love
Maltby & Shire’s Love Match
Strouse & Birkenhead’s Minsky’s
Colby & Urbont’s Mrs. McThing
Hamlisch & Carnelia’s The Nutty Professor
Performers scheduled to appear at the 7 PM show include Ripley (Next to Normal, Side Show), Vona, Brochu, Milligan, Ackerman (Cats), Blackhurst (Everything the Traffic Will Allow), Buonopane (Cinderella), Gardner (The Wedding Singer), Lindsay (Wicked), Mignini (Tintypes), Paice (Curtains), and Kevin Zak (Clinton: The Musical).
