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 June 26, 1997:
Defending The Caveman 13
Forum 7
MVP The Team
Smoeky Joe's Cafe 9
Annie 5
MVP Neil "Big Daddy" Perez Miss Saigon 15
The Phantom of the Opera 12
MVP The Team
Titanic 13
Dream 10
MVP The Team
Victor/Victoria 14
Blue Man Group 10
MVP The Team
The Life 15
Tony N' Tina's Wedding 5
MVP The Team
Les Miserables 5
Young/Master 4
MVP Robert Gallagher
Playwrights Horizons 13
Jekyll and Hyde 0
MVP Gary Marlin
Grease! 8
Lincoln Center Theatre 7
MVP John Knapp
Once Upon A Mattress 15
Bermuda Avenue Triangle 3
MVP The Team
Local #1 10
Actors' Equity Association 0
MVP Arnie Loftgren & Rich Kirby
The Shubert Organization 12
The Nederlander Organization 9
MVP JR Foster (10 innings)
Radio City Music Hall 23
Actors Fund of America 5
MVP Susan Heart
Jujamcyn 15
Local #751 0
MVP The Team
The King and I 16
Beauty and the Beast 9
MVP The Team
Schedule for July 3, 1997:
:30 AM
Diamond #1: Miss Saigon vs. Bermuda Avenue Triangle
Diamond #2: Defending the Caveman vs.Dream
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: Forum vs. Tony N' Tina's Wedding
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: Beauty and the Beast vs. Local #751
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