The Broadway Show League pits the actors and staff of Broadway and Off Broadway shows against one another each Thursday in a summer-long softball championship on Central Park ballfields in New York. Games are played at Heckscher Fields, near West 63rd St. and Central Park West. Playbill On-Line will post the results weekly.
Scores courtesy of Don Koehler/Broadway Show League.
July 10 the Broadway Show League enjoyed a celebration day including all-star and old-timer games. Season play-offs will begin July 17.
Schedule for July 17, 1997:
11:30 AM Diamond #1: Forum vs. Tony N' Tina's Wedding
Diamond #2: Dream vs. Defending the Caveman
Diamond #4: Annie vs. The King and I
Diamond #5: Jekyll and Hyde vs. The Phantom of the Opera
Diamond #6: Les Miserables vs. Titanic
1:30 PM
Diamond #1: Blue Man Group vs. Radio City Music Hall
Diamond #2: Victor/Victoria vs. Actors' Equity Association
Diamond #4: Jujamcyn vs. Once Upon A Mattress
Diamond #5: Playwrights Horizons vs. The Actors Fund of America
Diamond #6: Miss Saigon vs. Bermuda Avenue Triangle
3:30 PM
Diamond #1: Grease! vs. Smokey Joe's Cafe
Diamond #2: The Life vs. Young/Master
Diamond #4: Local #1 vs. The The Shubert Organization
Diamond #5: Local #751 vs. Beauty and the Beast
Diamond #6: Lincoln Center Theatre vs. The Nederlander Organization
Current standings are:
John Effrat division:
*Defending the Caveman 8-1
Smokey Joe's Cafe 6-3
Annie 6-3
Miss Saigon 5-4
Victor/Victoria 4-5
Titanic 4-5 Blue Man Group 4-5
Forum 4-5
The Phantom of the Opera 3-6
Dream 2-7
Fran Lewin Division:
*The Life 9-0
Beauty and the Beast 6-3
Les Miserables 6-3
Jekyll & Hyde 6-3
Playwrights Horizons 5-4
Once Upon A Mattress 5-4
Bermuda Avenue Triangle 4-5
Tony N' Tina's Wedding 4-5
The King and I 3-6
Grease! 3-6
Lincoln Center Theatre 2-7
Young/Master 1-8
Don Koehler Division:
Local #1 I.A.T.S.E. 7-2
The Shubert Organization 7-2
The Nederlander Organization 7-2
Actors' Equity Association 4-5
Radio City Music Hall 4-5
Jujamcyn 3-6
The Actors' Fund of America 3-6
Local #751 1-8
*Division Champions
-- Compiled by Laura MacDonald