2010 might be a bleak year?

I think you are being a bit harsh (or at least a bit premature). Admittedly there are still a lot of companies that are still to put their schedules for the year up on this web site but what has been publicly released is looking good. There are a number of productions, right up to Spamalot in November with Playlovers that I’ve already got in my diary either to put my hand up for or to go and see. It’s getting to the point where I will have to make some real choices. Perhaps this is a discussion for separate thread, but why do so many companies schedule 2 musicals, one in June-July and the other in November-December? If you want to do more than two a year, you may well be stuffed.