The Hits Keep on Coming

One of the great things about SHN’s season of shows at the Curran, Orpheum and Golden Gate theaters—what used to be called the Best of Broadway series, just as SHN used to be called Shorenstein Hays-Nederlander—is that in addition to all the hit shows fresh from Broadway, we occasionally get to see future hits on their way to Broadway. Wicked was one notable example, as were Mamma Mia and Legally Blonde—and then there are the ones that didn’t fare as well. (Lennon, anyone? Anyone?) Part of the thrill of getting the first look at these things is that you really never know what you’re going to get.