Goodspeed Musicals / Contributed photo Show More Show Lessĭespite the occasional wind storm, venues that have moved to limited outdoor performances in August and September are pretty bullish about them - and excited to be back in the entertainment business. Goodspeed Musicals / Contributed photo Show More Show Less 6 of6Ĭhristine Lyons will perform at the Goodspeed starting Sept. Goodspeed Musicals / Contributed photo Show More Show Less 5 of6ĭavid Lutken is seen performing in “The Will Rogers Follies” at Goodspeed. Morgan Morse will perform at Goodspeed from Sept. Goodspeed Musicals / Contributed photo Show More Show Less 4 of6 The Playbillies performed in August at the Goodspeed concerts. Goodspeed Musicals / Contributed photo Show More Show Less 3 of6 Social distancing for a concert on the lawn at Goodspeed in East Haddam. Goodspeed Musicals / Contributed photo Show More Show Less 2 of6

The theater received a much larger percentage of financial participation, and for a longer period of time over a variety of platforms, than what is common in the industry today.The iconic Goodspeed Opera House and one of its recent lawn concerts. That 1970s royalty deal - which became known in the industry as the “Annie” contract - came when it was still a rarity for regional theaters to develop pre-Broadway musicals. Goodspeed will only receive a payday from future stage productions of that musical.Īny dollars that might come back to Goodspeed from new stage productions of the “Cyrano”’ musical will pale in comparison to what the theater gained from its unique arrangement for its world premiere of “Annie” nearly 50 years ago.

Filming for the MGM movie began last fall in Sicily, directed by Joe Wright.īut Goodspeed will only benefit from “Cyrano” in bragging rights, not in dollars, according to David Byrd, the theater’s new managing director. The musical moved off-Broadway in 2019, produced by the not-for-profit theater company, The New Group. The show then received a workshop production the following year at Goodspeed’s 200-seat Norma Terris Theatre in Chester. Goodspeed invited “Cyrano” director-adapter Erica Schmidt to develop the production at its Mercer Grove artists’ winter retreat in 2016.

Goodspeed opera house seating