Among his landmark Second City productions have been a grandly rethought Hamlet and Galileo - the latter being the first of a string of collaborations with actor Brian Dennehy that led to the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Salesman.

Falls made his initial reputation in Chicago, first as artistic director of the now-defunct Wisdom Bridge Theatre, then as head of the Goodman Theatre. The show marks Falls' first work in New York after winning the 1999 Tony Award for directing Death of a Salesman. The intention in these alterations is to further humanize the character of Radames. According to Newsday, Pascal has a new song, 'Fortune Favors the Brave,' and 'Elaborate Lives,' previously sung by Headley, has been reassigned to Pascal. Furthermore, a few changes have been made to the Elton John-Tim Rice score since Chicago. Hwang was hired as a 'creative consultant' shortly after the ill-fated, initial Atlanta production of the musical. The book credit for Aida has been revised with the New York bow director Robert Falls and playwright David Henry Hwang now share credit with original book writer Linda Woolverton.

As in the Windy City, Robert Falls directs, Wayne Cilento is choreographer and Bob Crowley provided the scenic designs. 25, after concluding a two-month stint at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre Jan. The show stars Adam Pascal, Sherie Renee Scott and Heather Headley, and is Disney's third Broadway venture, after Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King (both of which are still running).Īida began previews Feb. The shaping and changing of Disney's Aida, which began in Atlanta and continued in Chicago, finally comes to an end on March 23, when the Elton John-Tim Rice musical opens at Broadway’s Palace Theatre.

2000 musical fortune favors the brave