Quickies: Broadway Briefs

-- If New York is more than just around the river bend for you, there's still a way to get your little-boys-dancing-ballet fix. This year's big Tony winner, Billy Elliot, is launching a national tour starting this March in Chicago.

- Upcoming musical The Addams Family has found a New York home -- The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where Disney's The Little Mermaid is currently playing. The new show opens March 4 and it stars, among a bunch of people you've probably never heard of, the notoriously gay Nathan Lane as the lovable Gomez.

- Previews have been canceled for the world premiere of the musical Catch Me if You Can, based upon the movie of the same name, due to the death of a family member of one of it's actors. The new musical features a score by Mark Shaiman of Hairspray. That sounds good, but not so good is the fact that you won't be seeing the delicious Leonardo DiCaprio. Double sigh.

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