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Mar. 5th, 2004 09:32 am'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' coming to Broadway
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 5, 2004 | NEW YORK (AP) -- "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' -- complete with flying car _ will land on Broadway next season.
A lavish stage version of the 1968 movie musical, which starred Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes, will open at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts April 28, 2005. Preview performances begin March 29, 2005.
The show has been a big success at London's Palladium, where it has been playing to capacity business for the last two years.
The musical, which has a score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, will be directed by Adrian Noble, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Casting for the New York production will begin shortly.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 5, 2004 | NEW YORK (AP) -- "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' -- complete with flying car _ will land on Broadway next season.
A lavish stage version of the 1968 movie musical, which starred Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes, will open at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts April 28, 2005. Preview performances begin March 29, 2005.
The show has been a big success at London's Palladium, where it has been playing to capacity business for the last two years.
The musical, which has a score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, will be directed by Adrian Noble, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Casting for the New York production will begin shortly.