Photo“Groundhog Day” is coming to Broadway. The musical’s Broadway prospects had become uncertain after its primary American backer, Scott Rudin, withdrew from the project in June. Mr. Ptaszynski, who is an executive with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, is the executive producer of “Matilda the Musical.” Ms. Vollack is an executive with Sony Pictures, which owns the rights to the “Groundhog Day” film from which the musical is adapted. “The intention is for ‘Groundhog Day’ to go to New York after the world premiere at The Old Vic in London,” they said in a statement. “The show is being produced on Broadway by Whistle Pig and Columbia Live Stage.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2016 19:41 UTC