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Date Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 05:51:21pm Author Host/IP: 66.245.11.49 Big Shot: Tharp-Joel Musical Movin' Out Recoups Broadway Investment By Ernio Hernandez Broadway's Twyla Tharp-Billy Joel musical Movin' Out has recouped its initial investment, according to a production spokesperson. The two-year-old show — which recently passed the 900-performance mark — returned its $10 million capitalization late last year (2004). James L. Nederlander, Hal Luftig, Scott E. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Clear Channel Entertainment and Emanuel Azenberg present the Broadway run of the musical as well as the current national tour. Movin' Out creators Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp won Tony Awards for orchestrations (with Stuart Malina) and choreography, respectively. The show, which opened Oct. 24, 2002 on Broadway, launched its national tour from Detroit's Fisher Theatre, Jan. 27, 2004. The bookless show, currently residing at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre, uses Joel's song lyrics and Tharp's choreography to tell the story of five friends and lovers across three decades through love, war and loss. There is no dialogue and all songs are performed by the pianist-singer, who sings non-stop and heads an on-stage band during the show. The songlist includes many of Joel's hit songs and even interpolates some of his classical work. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" functions as a sort of overture, introducing the characters. The story kicks off with "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" and moves through other songs as the popular "We Didn't Start the Fire," "Big Shot," "Uptown Girl" and "Captain Jack," as well as more obscure early work like "James," "Summer, Highland Falls," and "Angry Young Man." Movin' Out performs on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers, 226 West 46th Street. For more information, visit www.movinoutonbroadway.com. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |