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On Broadway: celebrating its 50th: the Public Theater Created a new kind of dance musical.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
When you think about the preeminent figures in our musical theater, producers don't come to mind first. You might cite Florenz Ziegfeld, or George Abbott, or Harold Prince. Maybe David Merrick or Cameron Mackintosh. But the list is pretty thin, and there are reasons to argue about all of the above: Ziegfeld's shows did little to advance the musical form itself; Abbott's broke ground but quickly became formulaic; Prince's most innovative musicals were financial duds; and the hits of Merrick and Mackintosh were geared unapologetically to popular taste.

But there is a producer whose shows managed to change both the form and the content of musicals and make scads of money at the same time. The Public...

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