Musicals Tonight Plans Shows by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and More for New Seasons

By Adam Hetrick
May 10, 2012

Musicals Tonight, under the aristic direction of Mel Miller, will present Fade Out - Fade In and Strike Up the Band as part of its five-show 2012-13 season at the Lion Theatre.

Fade Out – Fade In, the spoof of 1930's Hollywood, will run Oct. 16-28. It has book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne.

The George and Ira Gershwin musical revue Strike Up the Band will follow March 12-24, 2013.

The Stan Daniels musical Same Time, Next Year, based on the Bernard Slade play about a couple who meet for a tryst every 24 years, will run April 2-14, 2013.

The final production will be Leave It to Jane, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. Running April 16-28, 2013, it satirizes college life in a Midwestern U.S. town.

Casting and one additional production will be announced at a later time.

For subscriptions phone (212) 362-5620. The Lion Theatre is located at 410 West 42nd Street.