ABC executives have forced Robin Williams to drop a comic song from the Oscars show that might well have proved one of the most political and racy numbers of the broadcast, despite the fact that the network and the show's host, Chris Rock, have been promoting the night as anything but tame.
For a bit of material, Mr. Williams predictably turned to Marc Shaiman...
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMA Broadway run of the musical Jerry Springer - The Opera has been scrapped in the fallout from a Christian fundamentalist group's campaign against the award-winning show.
Linked From news.independent.co.uk at 12:00AMWho is Stephen Green? Who does he represent? And how on God's earth did he close a multi-million-pound Broadway show from Camarthen?
Linked From enjoyment.independent.co.uk at 12:00AMAs play hits Springs stage, devout pair praises gay son's work
This is a great read – and an interesting counterpoint to the "Jerry Springer" stories above.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link, and for the following link too.
Linked From Denver Post at 12:00AMPartners in work and in life, composer-lyricist Marc Shaiman and lyricist Scott Wittman earned a 2003 Tony Award for best score for "Hairspray" by creating upbeat songs about tolerance.
Linked From www.indystar.com at 12:00AMThe celebrated composer/lyricist presents six of his favorite movies. Tuesday March 22nd, including...
Linked From www.turnerclassicmovies.com at 12:00AMB'way stars grace magazine's cover less and less
Linked From Variety at 12:00AMA confluence of British directors teamed with American classics suggests that American directors may not be equally esteemed by producers, at least when it comes to the classics.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMA first rehearsal can be awesome, or an awful mess. For the 50 people staging the new musical "Dessa Rose," it was magical.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMA look at the itemized expenses for the Broadway musical "Caroline, or Change," which closed last year, shows some of the ways costs can start to pile up.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMSinging Knights and the Voices of God By JASON ZINOMAN
The offerings on stage this spring include a musical with dancing knights, two Tennessee Williams revivals and a satire about a Christian boy band.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AM'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' opens amid the buzz for 'Spamalot.' Could it be 'Full Monty' vs. 'Producers' deja vu?
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 12:00AMAmanda Lipitz saw script's potential, and helped bring it to life on Broadway
Linked From www.baltimoresun.com at 12:00AMActor Norbert Leo Butz goes for the big score in Broadway's 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'
Linked From MSNBC at 12:00AMB'way may have chance to make a celeb with Butz
Norbert Leo Butz gives a star turn in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." Newsweek has already proclaimed "A Star: No Ifs, Ands or Butz." And Gotham's three dailies weigh in as well with laudatory profiles before the March 3 preem. Butz definitely delivers. But will Broadway?
Linked From Variety at 12:00AMIt's boys' night out at the New York theater these days, with the all-male casts of "12 Angry Men," "Democracy," "Glengarry Glen Ross," "Romance," "Altar Boyz" and "Pillowman" (which has the glimpse of a female).
"There's a lot of testosterone on stage right now," says Jon Pankow, one of the "12 Angry Men."
Linked From NJ.com at 12:00AMONSTAGE at the Broadhurst Theater, Billy Crystal bounded out the screen door of a brick Cape Cod, a replica of his childhood home at 549 East Park Avenue in Long Beach.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe architect Norman Foster has designed an adaptation of Shakespeare's Globe Theater that would fit inside the crumbling castle on Governors Island.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMDael Orlandersmith's new play, "Raw Boys," about Irish and Puerto Rican immigrants, marks a departure for the playwright, whose work to date has focused closer to home.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMTHE funniest show on Broadway this month might have been the one inside the third floor men's room of a McDonald's in Times Square.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMManhattan Improv By WARREN ST. JOHN
Theatrical nomads coming may stop in for a quick six-week run, or perhaps as long as nine months - too long for a hotel, but not long enough for a lease - and find their life turned upside down.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMArtful Dodging By ERIC DASH
The Internal Revenue Service received more than 570,000 tax returns from people who listed themselves as artists, writers and performers last year, but many of them probably did not have a clue about what they could claim as legal deductions...
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AM"Spamalot" officially opens March 17, but here's a sneak preview of how the cast - including Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce - runs the goofy gamut from A to Z.
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AMWriting for film and TV brought John Ridley riches, but reviving one of his old stage projects brought deeper rewards.
Linked From www.calendarlive.com at 12:00AMComposer David O made his name in L.A. with his sophisticated and dramatic work, and now he's writing for a much younger crowd.
Linked From www.calendarlive.com at 12:00AMThe passing of John Raitt not long after the death of Jerry Orbach brought to mind an appearance in the early '60s by the two men in Washington in their celebrated roles in "Carousel" and a …
Linked From Washington Post at 12:00AMSix young people on the edge of adulthood compete in the new William Finn-Rachel Sheinkin musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMRasputin rises again, in a promising musical scored by a Delco rocker/composer.
Linked From Philly.com at 12:00AMJames Earl Jones, Leslie Uggams and Denzel Washington are the latest actors of color who've been cast in Broadway roles traditionally played by Caucasians.
Linked From www.thejournalnews.com at 12:00AMThe University of Texas at Arlington has scored a coup in doing the world premiere of the musical Little Old Broadway. Co-author and co-composer is Richard M. Sherman, the Oscar-winning composer who, along with his brother Robert, shared responsibilities on the movies Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, among others.
Linked From ae.dfw.com at 12:00AMThere's also an interview with Norbert in today's Times, but it does not appear to be available online.
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