B.O. rises; 'Wicked' $1.1 mil

Road grosses

The Gospel according to B'way

In shows such as 'Doubt' and 'Altar Boyz,' religion makes an unorthodox comeback

'Shook' looks to shake it up

Show's book writer aims to put songs in storyline that made sense

'Take It' becoming a family affair

Play's Helmer Hart son of playwright

'Todd' lacks B'way home

Sondheim revival skipping Roundabout

Humphries' Sir Les gets 'Unzipped!' in Gotham

Sir Les plays Zipper in April

Yale theater tunes in to Wilson's 'Radio'

'Ocean's' Chisholm among five-person cast

Kencen stages 'Mame'

Royal Shakespeare Co., 'Love-Lies-Bleeding' also skedded

Strouse bows tuner at Trinity Rep

Previews begin April 15 at Trinity Rep's Chace Theater

Kirk Douglas hosts new-play fest

The New Work Festival runs March 23-27

Classical sets 'Caligula' preem

Perfs to run April 1-24
In conclusion of its sixth season, the Classical Theater of Harlem will presents its first world-premiere play. Andre De Shields is set to headline "Caligula," by Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner.

Legit's hip factor

'Town' takes on opera

Kelly's new staging to bow March 10

B'way tuners play six-degree games

Forget about Kevin Bacon in the movies. In the new generation of tuner creatives, everyone is less than six degrees away from everyone else. A small nucleus of young lyricists, composers and…

Lions Gate 'Mad' for Perry plays

Studio to release playwright's work on DVD

Actors' Fund fetes thesp

B'way vet Channing to be honored at event

Broadway box office stages February high

B'way shows fetch $15 mil

The hills are alive, at last, with 'Music'

Over 18,000 tickets sold for 'Sound's' stage perfs

Webber shakes up RUG

Co. keen on divesting four of 12 London playhouses

Star sighting on Great White Way

B'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?

Who has Time for the cover?

B'way stars grace magazine's cover less and less

Inside Move: 'Angry' cast seeks greener jury room

Roundabout asks for an unprecedented 7th extension
Their play is called "Twelve Angry Men," but behind the scenes, the cast of the Reginald Rose revival has been one big happy Broadway family at the American Airlines Theater. Not only do they hang out after the show, they've also banded together to renegotiate their salaries.

New helmer takes over U.S. 'Terrorism'

Will Frears has replaced James Lapine as director of "Terrorism" by the Presnyakov brothers

'Flight' wings in to Lortel

Previews begin May 8, with world premiere set for May 16

'Spamalot' gives B.O. the full Monty

Python play lifts B'way biz
Here's what a potential blockbuster looks like just out of the gate: In its first seven previews at the Shubert Theater (1,463 seats), the Monty Python-derived "Spamalot" grossed $719,424.

Moreno lands ShoWest star

'Grace' thesp recently made Gotham legit debut

Serious drama a hard sell on Broadway By ROBERT HOFLER

Cast pays cost for loss of Wilson's 'Gem'

Off B'way gets back onstage

Recent upstarts might be turning things around

Reversal of Fortune

MTC stages comeback after bumpy inaugural season
While most entertainment companies are subject to the unpredictable rollercoaster of good and bad patches, this season's turnaround at Manhattan Theater Club represents a reversal of fortune that's remarkable.

Valdez returns to stage in 'Remix'

Revue-style show will open April 29

Ehle to play Tracy Lord in London "Story"

Tony-winner plucks plum role at Old Vic