Last week I began a two-part survey of musicals from the '80s and '90s that were not commercially recorded. The first installment examined unrecorded scores that ranged in quality from excellent to moderately interesting. This time, I focus primarily on the misguided and/or camp entries: While it cannot be said that these scores had great merit, in several cases the show was such an unintentional riot that the lack of a recording is a major loss (at least for those who enjoy that sort of thing).

Last week I began a two-part survey of musicals from the '80s and '90s that were not commercially recorded. The first installment examined unrecorded scores that ranged in quality from excellent to moderately interesting. This time, I focus primarily on the misguided and/or camp entries: While it cannot be said that these scores had great merit, in several cases the show was such an unintentional riot that the lack of a recording is a major loss (at least for those who enjoy that sort of thing).

Here is a list of shows announced to open on Broadway during the 1999-2000 season and beyond. (Information as of Nov. 25, 1999.) Schedule subject to change. For more details, please see separate news stories on each show. The 1999-00 Tony season officially began April 29, 1999; the 1999-00 theatre season began June 1, 1999.

Here is a list of shows announced to open on Broadway during the 1999 2000 season and beyond. (Information as of Sept. 20, 1999.) Schedule subject to change. For more details, please see separate news stories on each show. The 1999-00 Tony season officially began April 29, 1999; the 1999-00 theatre season began June 1, 1999.

The 1997-98 Broadway season began June 1. As the fall rush of plays and musicals go into rehearsal, here is how the production schedule is shaping up. Proposed shows have been divided into categories, based on how firm their bookings are. Note that, in contrast to recent seasons, musicals seem to be scheduled early- or mid-season, rather than clustered at the end.

The 1997-98 Broadway season began June 1. At this early moment, here is how the production schedule is shaping up. Proposed shows have been divided into four categories, based on how firm their bookings are. Note that, in contrast to recent seasons, musicals seem to be scheduled early- or mid-season, rather than clustered at the end.

Much has been made in recent weeks about the fact that one third of the 1996-97 Broadway season's shows -- including four of the season's seven new musicals -- crowded their openings into the last few weeks before the April 30 deadline for the Tony Awards.

The Broadway production of Sunset Boulevard has announced a "Winter Sale" of tickets to the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit, starring Elaine Paige.

Here is a list of shows announced to open on Broadway during the 1998-99 season and beyond. (Information as of July 14, 1999.) Schedule subject to change. For more details, please see separate news stories on each show. The 1998-99 Tony season officially ended April 28, 1999; the 1998-99 theatre season ended May 31, 1999.

The year 1997 saw a bumper crop of theatrical cast albums: The Lion King, The Life, Titanic, Steel Pier, Side Show, Jekyll & Hyde, "Songs From The Capeman," the Dale-Martin Candide, the re-release of the long-awaited Golden Apple . . . and lots more.