Latest in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime Channel’s morning show The Balancing Act will bring back its “Broadway Balances America” segments this month for the sixth year, and has chosen touring productions of The Band’s Visit, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical for this…

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical will dance its last dance on Broadway Sunday, Dec. 30, producers announced today, but disco isn’t dead: A North American tour will kick off Sept. 30, 2019. The jukebox bio-musical opened April 23 (after beginning previews March 28) at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and will have played 27…

Anyone who worked as hard for her money – and for a professional respect that came too late – as Donna Summer did deserves so much more than this. A jukebox musical that could undo all the genre rehab delivered by superior shows built around Carole King and, if you want to stretch the definition a bit to include Lazaru…

SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical will open on Broadway at the Nederlander Organization’s Lunt Fontanne Theatre on April 23, following previews slated to begin March 28. A developmental production of the new musical ends a twice-extended engagement at the La Jolla Playhouse on Christmas eve. Featuring a book by Colman…