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STAGE DIRECTIONS 
FROM THE LEAGUE
BY BEN PESNER

Broadway on the Move

With a new production of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters set to open at the Shubert Theatre in April, that venue's longtime tenant is about to relocate nine blocks north. At the end of this month, Chicago slinks uptown to the Ambassador Theatre on West 49th Street, the latest Broadway show to switch theatres.

Chicago has actually moved before--this production made its Broadway debut at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 1996 before decamping to the Shubert the following year. In fact, switching houses is not at all uncommon on Broadway. Back in 1990 Les Misérables transferred from the Broadway Theatre to the Imperial in order to make way for Miss Saigon, whose physical production was ideally suited to the Broadway's larger stage. Beauty and the Beast switched from the Palace to the Lunt-Fontanne to make room for AIDA, and Cabaret relocated from Henry Miller's Theatre to the larger Studio 54.

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Legendary impresario David Merrick famously turned a transfer into a publicity stunt. In 1987 he invited television cameras to capture the company of the original 42nd Street tap dancing across the road from the Majestic Theatre (its second home) to the St. James (its third).

Productions boasting three different Broadway addresses are uncommon but not unheard of, and some shows have racked up even more. The quixotic journey of Man of La Mancha's original production took it to four different houses; Annie, Grease! and about a dozen other shows share this quadruple distinction. But the all-time champ may be Frank D. Gilroy's 1965 Tony Award(C)-winning drama The Subject Was Roses, which played five different theatres during its two-year run, according to Internet Broadway Database (www.IBDB.com).

Confusing? Not really, thanks to such League customer service initiatives as The Broadway Line(C) (888-BROADWAY) that place Broadway theatre information at consumers' fingertips.

Of course, Broadway shows are constantly on the move outside New York, visiting as many as 140 cities across North America on tour each year. Recent additions to the touring roster include 42nd Street, Some Like It Hot, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and new stagings of Jesus Christ Superstar, Seussical the Musical and Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk.

For information on Broadway shows in New York and on tour across the U.S. call The Broadway Line toll-free at 1-888-BROADWAY.

"Stage Directions from the League" is presented, courtesy of Playbill, by the League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., the national trade association for the commercial theatre industry. 

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STAFF FOR MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT
GINDI THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT
ROGER ALAN GINDI
Bobby Driggers
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GENERAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
BARLOW*HARTMAN
Michael Hartman      John Barlow
Jeremy Shaffer
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PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Diane DiVita
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PRODUCTION MANAGER
Tech Production Services, Inc.
Peter Fullbright, Mary Duffe, Colleen Houlehen
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Stage Manager ...............Cynthia Kocher
Assistant to Mr. Wilson .....Todd Kreidler
Assistant to Mr. McClinton ..Tamara Fisch
Assistant to Scenic Design ..Zhanna Gurvich
Associate Lighting Design ...Hilary Manners
Associate Sound Design ......Chris Cronin
Assistant Sound Design ......Catherine D. Mardis
Associate Costume Design ....Bonnie McCoy
Production Carpenter ........Brian Munroe
Production Props ............Emiliano Pares
Production Electrician ......Jimmy Maloney, Jr.
Production Sound ............Chris Cronin
Head Electrician ............Kevin Barry
Wardrobe Supervisor .........Sharon Lewis
Dressers ....................Dolores Jones, Veneda Truesdale, David Glenn White
Hair Supervisor/Design ......Qodi Armstrong
Ms. Goldberg's Hair Design ..Julia Walker
Assistant Company Manager ...Adam J. Miller
Production Assistant ........Megan Smith
Press Assistant .............Rebecca Felch
Accounting ...Rosenberg, Neuwirth & Kuchner CPA/Chris Cacace, Annemarie Aguanno
Advertising ............Serino Coyne/Jan Ohye, Maureen Cinquemani, Tom Callahan
Audience Development ........Marcia Pendelton/Donna Walter-Kuhne
Marketing/Promotions...TMG-The Marketing Group/Tanya Grubich, Laura Matalon, Ronna Seif, Jenny Richardson
Internet Marketing/Web Design.. Situation Marketing/Damian Bazadona
Online Promotions.............ORBITZ/David Singer
Banking ......................JP Morgan Chase
                              Sonia Gomez, Michele Gibbons
Casting Associate ...........Kim Moarefi
Insurance ...................Marsh USA/Bob Boyar
Legal Counsel ...............Franklin Weinrib
                             Rudell & Vassallo/Eric Brown
Payroll Services ............Castellana Services, Inc.
Production Photographer .....Joan Marcus
Advertising Art .............Marc Yankus
Advertising Photographers ...Marc Yankus, Matt Beard
Theater Display .............King Displays/Wayne Sapper
Opening Night
Coordination ................Tobak-Dantchik Events & Promotions
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Sageworks/Producers' Management Group

Producer ....................Benjamin Mordecai
General Manager .............Roger Alan Gindi
Associate Producer ..........Debbie Bisno
Director of Investor Relations ..Alice Chebba Walsh
Assistant to Mr. Wilson .....Dena Levitin
Assistant to Mr. Mordecai and Mr. Gindi ..Justin F. Zell
Management Assistans ....Charlotte Winters, Mikhail Pontenila, Alexander Selivanov