Today's Notable Opening Night is March 5, 2020, when Girl From The North Country premiered at the Belasco.
Featuring Bob Dylan's music and a book by director Conor McPherson, Girl From The North Country was the last Broadway show to open before the 18-month shutdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Having opened didn't guarantee that a show would return once Broadway reopened, and a few musicals folded. They included Frozen, Mean Girls, and the West Side Story revival. Beetlejuice closed, but had a return engagement at roughly the same time as North Country's. The latter show's run was one week in March 2020, then three months from October 2021-January 2022, and a final month-and-a-half from April-June 2022. North Country scored seven Tony nods and one win, for its orchestrations.
I'm writing a brief entry today because I'm spending more time applying for new jobs. Thank you for understanding.
Other notable openings include:
Fish in the Dark, which opened in 2015 at what is now the James Earl Jones. Larry David debuted on Broadway acting in his own play. Norman and Brenda Drexel (Larry and Rita Wilson, succeded by Jason Alexander and Glenne Headly) take in his newly-widowed mother (Jayne Houdyshell). Norman belatedly finds out that his father fooled around with the maid (Rosie Perez), and she's got a son (Jake Cannavale). The show didn't score a single Tony nod, but it played to SRO or slightly less audiences for four months.
Next Thursday, I won't be on my own.
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