Friday, May 9, 2003 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Eminem Film Heads to the Stage

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Newcomer Lands Broadway Role As Liza by LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - In four days, Stephanie Block went from playing the Wicked Witch of the West's understudy to being cast as Liza Minnelli in the Broadway-bound "The Boy From Oz," a musical bi…

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Three Sisters by Deni Kasrel

Theatre Exile presents a world premiere thats a real family affair.
Lynne Taylor-Corbett directs her sisters.

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An Open Brooks

The original king of comedy, Mel Brooks, is basking in his newfound glory as creator of Broadway's biggest hit.

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'The show goes on' with, without star power by PAT CRAIG

Bernadette Peters and Maureen Moore.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

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Ladies of the Corridor

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Cavedweller

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CDs: Side Show by Ken Mandelbaum

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (Columbia Broadway Masterworks)

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Borne aloft by her role by Charles McNulty

Jane Krakowski was eager to try 'Nine's' acrobatics using just a bedsheet. Taking on an iconic part was harder.

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Actors' play reflects sleazy side of show biz BY PETER FILICHIA

Anthony Herrera spent three years talking to movie producers hoping someone would finance his -- still unproduced -- independent feature.

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Piven workshop takes a bow on 30th anniversary BY MARY HOULIHAN

Everyone has experiences in their past that helped determine their future. For actors John and Joan Cusack, Aidan Quinn, Jeremy Piven, Lili Taylor, Rosanna Arquette and many others, that gui…

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EXONERATED NOW FREE TO PLAY by SARAH GILBERT

DENNIS Maher was 23 in 1984, when he was sent to jail for crimes he didn't commit.

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STAGE VS. SCREEN DEBATE

Thesps ponder the pros and cons of plays, pics
"There are times I've finished a play and thought, 'I'd like to sit in a trailer for a while," Helen Hunt said. She and her fellow actors put the creative process under the microscope in "Actors on Acting: Theater and Film," a Tribeca film fest panel Thursday moderated by Daily Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart.

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These divas drive the show by Iris Fanger

In the current world of Broadway diva-dom, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera are burning up center stage in two demanding roles.

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Actress leaps from local theater to Broadway by Gregory M. Lamb

On stage in "Gypsy," Kate Reinders plays a repressed, angry teenager forced to headline a vaudeville act by her domineering stage mother, Mama Rose.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the links to the Christian Science Monitor articles.

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FRENCHIE PAYS HER 'RENT' ON B'WAY by DON KAPLAN

FORMER "American Idol" contestant, Frenchie Davis is Broadway bound.

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It's Southern-fried dysfunction by Robert Dominguez

Dorothy Allison's best-selling 1999 novel "Cavedweller" makes a rocky transition to the stage in this static adaptation by playwright Kate Moira Ryan. "Cavedweller" explores the struggles of…

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A Hole Lot of Trouble by Linda Winer

'Cavedweller' can't find its way out of the dark

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SOUTHERN DISCOMFORTABLE by DONALD LYONS

WATCHING "Cavedweller" is like catching an episode of Jerry Springer - well, maybe not quite that trashy. Let's say Montel Williams.

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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Cabaret, the Champagne of New York by STEPHEN HOLDEN
In terms of bang for the buck, a great cabaret performance provides a more transporting emotional experience than a brassy Broadway musical.

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'Winner Takes It All' BY MISHA DAVENPORT

You'd be a fool to bet against Karen Mason's latest show, running through Monday at Davenport's.

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Their life is a bad cabaret by Robert Dominguez

'Kiki & Herb: Coup de Theatre," the latest production starring the fictional cabaret duo with the devoted cult following, is tacky, trashy and tasteless.

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MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE SHAPE OF THINGS'

A College as Eden, and a Most Nasty (Human) Serpent by A. O. SCOTT
Neil LaBute returns to misanthropic form with this curdled parable of sexual cruelty involving a graduate-school couple (Rachel Weisz and Paul Rudd).

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Fostering Hunter By Peter Filichia

Filichia catches a reading of the Stephen Cole-Claibe Richardson musical currently in development.

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TONYS HAVE A 'NIGHT' TO REMEMBER By MICHAEL RIEDEL

HOW fitting to end a Broadway season so rich in magnificent performances with a revival that adds four to the mix.

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According to IBDB these are the shows I missed. But I really didn't consider them *Broadway* shows in the sense because they did not play a traditional schedule or were one shot deals or concerts.

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Celebrating Sondheim [Original, Special, Concert]
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway [Original, Special, Stand-up, Comedy]
Back From Broadway [Original, Special, Concert, Benefit]
Something Good [Original, Special, Concert]
Funny Girl [Revival, Special, Benefit, Concert]
As Long As We Both Shall Laugh [Original, Special, Solo, Comedy]
Short Talks on the Universe
- 3 A.M. [Original, Play, One Act]
- A Gift from Stephen Sondheim [Original, Special]
- A Word From Tony Kushner [Original, Special]
- E-mail [Original, Play, One Act]
- Extra [Original, Play, One Act]
- Ghost Light [Original, Play, One Act]
- I Hate My Purse [Original, Play, One Act, Monologue]

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- Show People [Original, Play, One Act]

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Here are the shows that I counted (in order of opening night):

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01. I'm Not Rappaport [Revival, Play, Comedy]
02. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune [Original, Play, Drama]
03. Hairspray [Original, Musical, Comedy]
04. The Boys from Syracuse [Revival, Musical, Comedy]
05. Say Goodnight, Gracie [Original, Play, Solo, Comedy]
06. Flower Drum Song [Revival, Musical, Comedy]
07. Amour [Original, Musical, Romantic Comedy]
08. Prune Danish [Original, Special, Solo, Comedy]
09. Movin' Out [Original, Musical, Dance]
10. Hollywood Arms [Original, Play, Drama]

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11. Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam [Original, Special, Poem, Rap, Drama]
12. Our Town [Revival, Play, Drama]
13. Man of La Mancha [Revival, Musical, Drama]
14. La Bohme [Revival, Musical, Opera, Drama, Tragedy]
15. Dance of the Vampires [Original, Musical, Comedy]
16. Medea [Revival, Play, Drama, Tragedy]
17. Imaginary Friends [Original, Play, Play with music]
18. Dinner at Eight [Revival, Play, Comedy]
19. Tartuffe [Revival, Play, Comedy, Farce]
20. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [Revival, Play, Drama]

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21. Take Me Out [Original, Play]
22. Vincent in Brixton [Original, Play, Drama]
23. Urban Cowboy [Original, Musical]
24. The Play What I Wrote [Original, Play, Comedy]
25. Life x 3 [Original, Play, Comedy]
26. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg [Revival, Play, Comedy]
27. Nine [Revival, Musical, Drama]
28. A Year With Frog and Toad [Original, Musical, Comedy, Fantasy]
29. Enchanted April [Original, Play, Romantic Comedy]
30. Salome [Revival, Play, Drama, Staged Reading]

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31. Gypsy [Revival, Musical, Comedy]
32. The Look of Love [Original, Musical, Revue]
33. Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home [Original, Special, Solo, Comedy]
34. Long Day's Journey Into Night [Revival, Play, Drama]

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