Articles and Reviews - Archives 1 (Harmony-Related)

October 9 - November 30, 1997
(La Jolla Playhouse WORLD PREMIERE)

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TheatreNow.com

"Manilow: Harmony Will Reach New York in 2003" by Robert Simonson: In an interview in the March 17 edition New York Times Magazine Barry Manilow said his long-in-development musical Harmony "should be in New York this time next year." Harmony ran at CA's La Jolla Playhouse in the fall of 1997. Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein starred in the CA production. Bruce Sussman penned the book and lyrics for Harmony. David Warren directed ... Harmony is inspired by the true story of the Comedian Harmonists, six young men in 1920s Germany who rose from unemployed street musicians to become world-famous entertainers. While at the height of their fame, they played to sold-out shows in world-class concert halls, made a dozen films and sold millions of records. But the group's mixture of Jews and Gentiles inevitably led to clashes with the newly established Nazi party. Manilow [penned] a musical score for Off-Broadway's The Drunkard when he was 18. In 1994 he wrote the score for the Warner Brothers animated feature, Thumbelina. Sussman scored the Off-Broadway musical Miami (book by Wendy Wasserstein) and Ted Tally play, Coming Attractions.

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June 25, 1999San Diego Tribune"Play by Play/Much schmoozing, scouting at playwright fest" by Anne Marie Welsh - mentions a revised version of Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's musical "Harmony" is "...coming up on Broadway in April (2000)".
March 22, 1999TIME DailyArticle (by Richard Corliss) "Harmony Is Still Heavenly" - mentions the musical "Harmony" as being one of the recent shows paying tribute to the Comedian Harmonists.
March 7, 1999New York TimesArticle (by Anne Midgette) mentions Harmony is expected to open on Broadway by the year 2000.
January 11, 1999Tony Awards On-LineTheater News/B'WAY Talk by Chris Haines, Editor: A New Harmony for 1999 - Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow reach for Broadway (an interview with Bruce Sussman about the Harmonists and Harmony)
December 18, 1998In Theater magazineKen Mandelbaum's column lists Harmony as one of the new musicals due for the 1999-2000 Broadway season...
December 11, 1998In Theater magazineKen Mandelbaum's column compares Bruce Sussman & Barry Manilow's Harmony (due "next season") with another show about the Comedian Harmonists, Band in Berlin (opening in February 1999 on Broadway).
September 1, 1998San Diego TribuneCritic at Large article (by Welton Jones) notes that "Harmony...is in hibernation until the proper Broadway house becomes available, probably not until the 1999-2000 season."
May 29, 1998Manilow Musical Harmony Targets Broadway in Spring 1999 (by Robert Simonson and David Lefkowitz)
May 8, 1998In Theater magazinePage 11 - Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical Harmony mentioned in an article about shows of like subjects.
March 31, 1998EW Online"Sound of Musicals" (by Jason Cochran):  Includes "Harmony" as one of "the shows that could end up sharing Summer's spotlight on Broadway later this year".
February 19, 1998New York PostPage 10 - "Barry hopes to Copa with pressure" (by Cindy Adams):  Article about the musical "Harmony" coming next spring (1999) to Broadway ("11 months from now starts the out-of-town run").
(Thanks Jackie, for passing this and the following two notes along!)
February 10, 1998New York Times"Harmony" coming to Broadway this fall...?
January 30, 1998In Theater magazinePage 8 - Ken Mandelbaum's Buzz (Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's Harmony likely to stop in Toronto and "next season" Broadway).
December 29, 1997USA Today
Life section
(Year in Review)
"'Harmony' holds promise for '98" (by David Patrick Stearns) - "Harmony" picked as one of the "Most promising musicals for 1998"!
November 1997San Diego Magazine
SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE
"Barry Manilow Writes the Songs for La Jolla Playhouse" (title caption) for "He Wrote The Songs...", a 4-page article about "Harmony" at the La Jolla Playhouse (by Virginia Butterfield), including photos of Bruce Sussman & Barry Manilow and the Harmony cast (pages 76-79)
November 10, 1997NEWSWEEKMention of "Harmony" and picture of Barry included in an article about "Pop's Bid for Broadway" (by Jack Kroll) (pages 74-75)
November 10, 1997Time Magazine
Magazine
"The New Sondheims?: The Rock Generation is Now Broadway Bound" (by Richard Zoglin & Jeffrey Ressner) (page 112), about Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow's "Harmony"
October 27, 1997USA Today"Manilow chances a serious musical" (by David Patrick Stearns), about Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow's "Harmony"
October 21, 1997San Diego Tribune "Achieving 'Harmony': Manilow, Playhouse score highly with blitzkrieg of ballads, straight-ahead emotion" (by Michael Phillips), about Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow's new stage musical "Harmony" now playing (through November 23) at the La Jolla Playhouse (Tue-Fri 8 p.m., Sat 2 p.m./8 p.m.; Sun 2 p.m./7 p.m.) ($26-$42.50).
October 21, 1997Los Angeles Times "Songs of Survival" (by Laurie Winer), about Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow's new stage musical "Harmony" now playing (through November 23) at the La Jolla Playhouse (Tue-Fri 8 p.m., Sat 2 p.m./8 p.m.; Sun 2 p.m./7 p.m.) ($26-$42.50).
October 21, 1997O.C. Register "'Harmony' takes the best of Manilow and Co.: Surprise! The king of '70s pop ballads proves he could be Broadway material" (by Paul Hodgins), about Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow's new stage musical "Harmony" now playing (through November 23) at the La Jolla Playhouse (Tue-Fri 8 p.m., Sat 2 p.m./8 p.m.; Sun 2 p.m./7 p.m.) ($26-$42.50).
October 21, 1997Daily Variety Review of Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow's new stage musical "Harmony"
October 16, 1997O.C. Register SHOW Section COVER STORY: "Staging a Comeback" (cover photo) plus feature article (pages 4-5) "Another Stage" (by Paul Hodgins) about "Harmony"
October 12, 1997Los Angeles Times CALENDAR COVER STORY: "Dreams DO Come True" (cover photo) plus feature article (pages 8-9, 92-93) "Give His Regards to Broadway" (by Jan Breslauer), about Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow's new stage musical "Harmony"
October 9, 1997San Diego Tribune "Three Part Harmony: Manilow, Sussman take center stage with a fine-tuned musical" (by Karla Peterson), about Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow's new stage musical "Harmony"

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