A Look Back at the 2012-2013 Broadway Season
The 2012-2013 Broadway season officially opened on June 14 with Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the comedy Harvey, and closed on April 25 with the American Repertory Theater’s revival of the musical Pippin. In between, over three dozen other shows officially opened, from revivals of classic dramas like Cyrano de Bergerac to brand-new musicals like Hands on a Hardbody. Even some of Hollywood’s favorites, like Paul Rudd, Tom Hanks, Jessica Chastain, and Scarlett Johansson got in on the action.
As TheaterMania closes the books on the season at large, we give you a look back (in the gallery below) at the productions that graced the Great White Way.
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Jim Parsons opened the season in Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Mary Chase’s Harvey at Studio 54. Scott Ellis directed the comedy, which premiered on June 14.(© Joan Marcus)
Bill T. Jones’ musical Fela! returned to Broadway on July 12 for a brief run at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.(© Sharen Bradford)
Adrienne Warren (foreground) and Taylor Louderman (background) led the cast of the Tom Kitt-Amanda Green-Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, Bring It On, at the St. James Theatre, which opened on August 1 under Andy Blankenbuehler’s direction.(© Joan Marcus)
Boxer Mike Tyson took on Broadway in his solo tell-all, Undisputed Truth, at the Longacre Theatre. Spike Lee directed the show, which opened on August 2.(© David Gordon)
Rob McClure made a splash as Charlie Chaplin in Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan’s biomusical Chaplin, which Warren Carlyle directed at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and opened on September 10.(© Joan Marcus)
Boyd Gaines and Richard Thomas led the company of Manhattan Theatre Club’s revival of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, which opened their season at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on September 27 and was directed by Doug Hughes.(© Joan Marcus)
Kate Arrington, Paul Rudd, and Michael Shannon were the leading trio in Craig Wright’s dark comedy Grace, which Dexter Bullard directed at the Cort Theatre. Edward Asner costarred in the work, which opened on October 4.(© Joan Marcus)
Comedian Lewis Black played a brief run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, which opened on October 9.
Douglas Hodge (right) returned to Broadway (opposite Patrick Page, Clémence Poésy, and Kyle Soller) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Cyrano de Bergerac, which ran at the American Airlines Theatre under Jamie Lloyd’s direction, opening October 11.(© Joan Marcus)
Tracy Letts, Carrie Coon, Amy Morton, and Madison Dirks star in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which opened at the Booth Theatre under the direction of Pam MacKinnon on October 13, 2012.(© Michael Brosilow)
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons took the Broadway Theatre by storm in a brief concert engagement that opened on October 19.(© David Gordon)
Jessica Chastain made her Broadway debut (opposite Dan Stevens, David Strathairn, and Judith Ivey) in Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s The Heiress, directed by Moises Kaufman at the Walter Kerr Theatre and opening on November 1.(© Joan Marcus)
Lilla Crawford and Anthony Warlow are Annie and Daddy Warbucks in James Lapine’s revival of the classic musical Annie, which opened at the Palace Theatre on November 8.(© Joan Marcus)
The holiday musical Elf returned to Broadway on November 9 for a Christmastime run at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.(© Joan Marcus)
Roundabout Theatre Company opened Scott Ellis’ revival of Rupert Holmes’ musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Studio 54 on November 13. The cast featured Stephanie J. Block, Jim Norton, Will Chase, Chita Rivera, Andy Karl, Betsy Wolfe, Jessie Mueller, and Gregg Edelman.(© Joan Marcus)
Daniel Breaker and Cheyenne Jackson costarred in David West Read’s short-lived porn-industry comedy, The Performers, which Evan Cabnet directed at the Longacre Theatre. Opening November 14, the production also starred Ari Graynor, Alicia Silverstone, Jenni Barber, and Henry Winkler.(© Carol Rosegg)
Carolee Carmello (center) leads the cast of Kathie Lee Gifford’s musical Scandalous: The Life and Times of Aimee Semple McPherson, which David Armstrong directed and opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on November 15.(© Jeremy Daniel)
John Bolton took on the role of The Old Man opposite a host of dancing leg lamps in Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Joseph Robinette’s A Christmas Story, the Musical, which played a holiday season run at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. John Rando directed the production, which opened on November 19.(© Carol Rosegg)
Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes returned to Broadway in Theresa Rebeck’s Dead Accounts, which opened at the Music Box Theatre on November 29 under the direction of Jack O’Brien.(© Joan Marcus)
Patti LuPone and Debra Winger costarred in David Mamet’s short-lived new drama, The Anarchist, which Mamet himself directed at the John Golden Theatre. The opening date was November 29.(© Joan Marcus)
Anthony Crivello and Seth Numrich were among the ensemble cast of Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy, a production of Lincoln Center Theater at the Belasco Theatre. Bartlett Sher directed the drama, which opened on December 6 and costarred Tony Shalhoub, Yvonne Strahovski, and Danny Burstein.(© Paul Kolnik)
Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale costarred in a revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Daniel Sullivan directed the dark comedy, which opened on December 8 and also featured Richard Schiff, John C. McGinley, and Jeremy Shamos.(© Scott Landis)
Laurie Metcalf starred opposite her daughter, Zoe Perry, in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway transfer of Sharr White’s The Other Place, which Joe Mantello directed at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, opening on January 10. The cast also included Daniel Stern (who was later replaced by Bill Pullman) and John Schiappa.(© Joan Marcus)
Ellen Burstyn, Ben Rappaport, and Maggie Grace were part of the ensemble cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of William Inge’s Picnic, which opened at the American Airlines Theatre on January 13 under the direction of Sam Gold. The production also starred Sebastian Stan, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth Marvel, and Reed Birney.(© Joan Marcus)
Scarlett Johansson took on the iconic role of Maggie the Cat in Rob Ashford’s revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on January 17. The production also starred Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk.(© Joan Marcus)
Music icon Barry Manilow played a multi-extended engagement at the St. James Theatre, which opened on January 29.(© David Gordon)
Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes lead the cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at the Broadway Theatre. Mark Brokaw directs the musical comedy, which features a new book by Douglas Carter Beane, and opened on March 3.(© Carol Rosegg)
Holland Taylor stars as former Texas Governor Ann Richards in her one-woman show, Ann, which opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on March 7, directed by Benjamin Endsley Klein.(© Ave Bonar)
Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce, and Sigourney Weaver starr as a trio of daffy siblings in Christopher Durang’s new Chekhov-inspired comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which transferred to Broadway’s John Golden Theatre on March 14 under Nicholas Martin’s direction.(© T Charles Erickson)
Cory Michael Smith and Emilia Clarke led the cast of Sean Mathias’ stage production of Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany, which opened at the Cort Theatre on March 20.(© Nathan Johnson)
The cast of the Trey Anastasio, Amanda Green, and Doug Wright musical, Hands on a Hardbody, which Neil Pepe directed at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and opened on Mach 21.(© Chad Batka)
Tom Hanks (standing, far left) led the ensemble cast of Nora Ephron’s final play, Lucky Guy, which opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 1 under the direction of George C. Wolfe.(© Joan Marcus)
Stark Sands and Billy Porter (center) lead the cast of the new Cyndi Lauper-Harvey Fierstein musical, Kinky Boots, which Jerry Mitchell directs at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The production opened on April 4.(© Matthew Murphy)
The ensemble cast of Broadway’s Matilda, which opened under Matthew Warchus’ direction at the Shubert Theatre on April 11.(© Joan Marcus)
Valisia LeKae (center) stars as Diana Ross in Motown: the Musical, which opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 14, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright.(© Joan Marcus)
Nathan Lane returned to Broadway on April 15 in Douglas Carter Beane’s drama The Nance, which opened at the Lyceum Theatre under Jack O’Brien’s direction.(© Joan Marcus)
Bobby Cannavale, Richard Kind, and Chip Zien are among the stars of Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Clifford Odets’ The Big Knife, which Doug Hughes directs at the American Airlines Theatre and opened on April 16.(© Joan Marcus)
1960s rock group The Rascals played a brief concert run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, which opened on April 16.(© David Gordon)
Judith Light, Jessica Hecht, and Jeremy Shamos lead the cast of Richard Greenberg’s time-spanning drama The Assembled Parties, which opened at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on April 17 under Lynne Meadow’s direction.(© Joan Marcus)
Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox lead the company of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse’s Jekyll & Hyde, which came to Broadway’s Marquis Theatre on April 18 following a six-month national tour directed by Jeff Calhoun.(© Chris Bennion)
Tom Sturridge, Ben Foster, and Alec Baldwin starred in Daniel Sullivan’s revival of Lyle Kessler’s Orphans, which opened on April 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.(© Joan Marcus)
Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale costarred in a revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Daniel Sullivan directed the dark comedy, which opened on December 8 and also featured Richard Schiff, John C. McGinley, and Jeremy Shamos.(© Scott Landis)
Fiona Shaw returned to Broadway on April 22 as the grieving Virgin Mary in Cólm Toibín’s controversial The Testament of Mary, which Deborah Warner directs at the Walter Kerr Theatre.(© Paul Kolnik)
Cicely Tyson and Condola Rashad costar in Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, which arrived on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on April 23, 2013, under Michael Wilson’s direction. The production also featured Vanessa Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Tom Wopat.(© Joan Marcus)
Bette Midler returned to Broadway for the first time in more than 30 years as the legendary Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in John Logan’s solo show I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. Joe Mantello directs the piece, which opened April 24 at the Booth Theatre.(© Richard Termine)
Matthew James Thomas (seated) plays the title role in American Repertory Theater’s revival of Pippin, finishing out the season on April 25 at the Music Box Theatre. Diane Paulus directs the production, which also features Patina Miller, Andrea Martin, Charlotte d’Amboise, Terrence Mann, and Rachel Bay Jones.(© Joan Marcus)
