Sheryl Crow's musical "Diner" cancels S.F. to retool for Broadway ReutersBy Brent Lang
- Singer Sheryl Crow arrives at the …
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sheryl Crow's musical adaptation of "Diner" is postponing its San Francisco run in order to retool for a Broadway debut next year.
The producers of the musical version of the classic coming-of-age film said they want to re-imagine the production for a more intimate venue. It will make its Broadway debut on April 10, 2013, although the show's backers have yet to announce a theater.
The reason for the
scaled-down production was a crowded spring season filled with musicals
and revivals that the show's producers said would monopolize the larger
theaters. They said they had a better chance of booking a smaller, 1,100
seat space.
"Diner" had been
scheduled to play a pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco's Curran
Theatre from October 23 to November 18. However, those dates will now be
used to put on a four-week fully staged workshop in New York. The
show's producers said they are looking into an alternate San Francisco
run.
"Diner" is set in
Baltimore at the end of 1950s and centers on a group of former high
school friends as they struggle to adjust to the demands of adulthood.
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