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.
Results of games on July 31, 1997:
The Phantom of the Opera 12
Tony N' Tina's Wedding 8
MVP Geralyn Del Corso
Local #1 18
The King and I 1
MVP Larry Doby Bermuda Avenue Triangle 16
Titanic 5
MVP Rainie Cole
Defending The Caveman 21
Forum 6
MVP Dennis Robbins
Blue Man Group 7
Victor/Victoria
Forfeit
Actors' Equity Association 23
Jekyll and Hyde 13
MVP The Women
Beauty and the Beast 5
Young/Master 4
MVP Chuck Wagner
Playwrights Horizons 15
Dream 18
MVP John Tees
Grease! 14
Once Upon A Mattress 8
MVP Marissa Winokur
Lincoln Center Theatre 24
Annie 19
MVP Kevin Strohmeyer
The Shubert Organization 18
Local #751 3
MVP Donny Wilson
The Nederlander Organization 17
Miss Saigon 2
MVP John Vivian
Actors Fund of America 25
Smokey Joe's Cafe 7
MVP The Team
Radio City Music Hall 10
Les Miserables 5
MVP Eric Titcomb
The Life 6
Jujamcyn 6
10 innings (To Be Continued)
Schedule for August 7, 1997:
:00 AM
Diamond #2: *The Phantom of the Opera vs. Blue Man Group (H)
11:30 AM
Diamond #1: *Bermuda Avenue Triangle (H) vs. Grease!
Diamond #4: Miss Saigon (H) vs. Forum
Diamond #5: Smokey Joe's Cafe (H) vs. Local #751
Diamond #6: Les Miserables (H) vs. The King and I
1:00 PM
Diamond #2: The Life (H) vs. Jujamcyn
1:30 PM
Diamond #1: Jekyll and Hyde vs. Loser The Life-Jujamcyn
Diamond #2: Actors' Equity Association vs. Winner The Life-Jujamcyn
Diamond #4: Defending The Caveman (H) vs. The Nederlander Organization
Diamond #5: The Shubert Organization (H) vs. The Actors Fund of America
Diamond #6: Local # 1 (H) vs. Radio City Music Hall
3:30 PM
Diamond #1: *Playwrights Horizons (H) vs. Lincoln Center Theatre
Diamond #2: Winner Miss Saigon-Forum vs. Loser A.E.A.-
Diamond #4: Winner Jekyll and Hyde- vs. Loser Caveman Nederlander
Diamond #5: Winner Les Miserables-The King and I vs. Loser The Shuberts-Actors Fund
Diamond #6: Winner Local #751-Smokey Joe’s vs. Loser Local #1-Radio City Music Hall
*Beauty and the Beast has a bye. Consolation tournament. Single elimination.
