Unhappy With Your Past? Make it Up!
I bet you didn't know I won a gold medal in figure skating at the Winter Olympics. I'll let you figure out what year. I know, I know, what does this have to do with theatre? Absolutely nothing, although, I bet we could find a few actors and producers who have some interesting pasts, all made up of course. Now, if I could only find that 'Urinetown' article someone told me about earlier today.
posted at 9/1/2001 06:25:40 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link

On this day in 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Today's birthdays include: Gloria Estefan, Barry Gibb and Ron O'Neal.

'Annie Get Your Gun' Takes Her Final Aim on Bway Sept. 1

Will Struggling Actors Find 'It' on Bravo TV? Series Debuts Sept. 30
The cable network is putting the everyday lives of 12 aspiring actors on display in its reality series The It Factor, premiering Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9 PM ET with a one-hour special, and airing from 9 to 9:30 PM ET in succeeding weeks.
This is probably the only reality-TV show that the Other James and I will both watch.

Waah! Albee's OB 'Baby' Disappears Sept. 1; 'Goat' Planned for Spring 2002

Simon's Rueful and Comic 'Dinner Party' Cleared Sept. 1

MTC Announces Full Casting for 'WONDER OF THE WORLD'
It's like a Sunday-night-on-HBO fest!

The rest of the staff seems to be on vacation, but that's alright - there's nothing new. Those of us who don't work, however, celebrate every day as a holiday!
posted at 9/1/2001 12:46:36 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

The Blue Mood of a White-Hot Nathan Lane

Another National Anthem by Ken Mandelbaum

Also on this day: In 1982, I was born. Happy Birthday to me.

posted at 9/1/2001 11:45:33 AM by Seth | Item Link

Friday, August 31, 2001

On this day in 1997, Diana, the Princess of Wales, was killed in an automobile accident in a tunnel by the Seine in Paris. The accident also killed Emad Mohammed al-Fayed, the Harrod's heir. Today's birthdays include: Itzhak Perlman, Buddy Hackett, James Coburn, Van Morrison and Deborah Gibson. Birthdays of people who are no longer living include: Alan Jay Lerner, Dore Schary and Fredric March.

Don't Tell Her Not to Live! 'Funny Girl,' the Movie, Gets Re-Released Aug. 31

Cariou, Hartley and Stratton to Tour 'Copenhagen', Starting November
I had heard that Brown, Cumpsty and Bosco would be the cast for the east coast portion of the tour - fingers are crossed.

LCT's Newhouse to Get Brown's 'Last Five Years' in Next Six Months
Let me say it again. Sherie Scott = not the right choice. I'd go with a Julie Jordan-type. Erin Hill. Sarah Uriarte. Jennifer Laura Thompson. But I'm not a casting director, what do I know.
posted at 8/31/2001 02:10:13 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

Friday Fun @ Sondheim.com: Assassins And Their Respective Broadway Cast Members

Joan Collins Confirms West End Return in Moon Over Buffalo, Oct .15
Ray Cooney directs a new production of Ken Ludwig's Broadway comedy.

New Dr. Seuss Musical Is in the Works for 2002 in Dallas and on Broadway
Auditions underway this week for Five Thousand Fingers of Dr. T, aiming for Broadway in July 2002

Drama Dept. Cooking Up Paul Rudnick's Rude Entertainment Aug. 31
Peter Bartlett stars in an evening of three short plays by Paul Rudnick.

International Witch-Hunt Seeks to Lift Macbeth Curse
Shakespeare's Macbeth is infamous as the theatre's unluckiest play

New York Naked Boys Hold Street Protest To Support of P-Town Production
Is the comedy song revue "adult entertainment"? During the Aug. 29 protests, Naked Boys' New York performers reject the label of "adult entertainment," saying that the show is about nudity and not sex.

Broadway Stars Showcased in New Slate of Showtime Original Films, Starting Sept. 2
Look out for Joan Plowright, Stockard Channing, Kyra Sedgwick, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jennifer Tilly.

Variety Editor's Suspension to End
Peter Bart, the outspoken and irascible editor in chief of Variety, will return to his post on Sept. 10, ending a 21-day suspension that came after derogatory comments about blacks, women and gays were attributed to him in a magazine article.
So one of two things happened here. Either Los Angeles Magazine was wrong or it was right. If it was wrong, Bart should sue them. Since he has not, I have to assume that option 2 is the truth. In which case, it disgusts me that he is still Editor of Variety.

Despair Becomes Outrage by Lawrence Van Gelder
The Provincetown Theater presents a blend of Eugene O'Neill's play "Before Breakfast" and its inspiration, "The Stronger" by August Strindberg.

Walter Reed, Film and TV Actor, Dies at 85

B'way biz up; 'Stones' 181g
'Riverdance' leaps to biggest gain 8/29/01 1:32am
Broadway inched up about 1% in Week 12 (August 13-19) ringing up a total of $12,978,617.

Broadway Musical Returns in Concert

Musical duo of Catherine Mitchell and Murray Pollard Grace the Stage at the Interim Place "New Beginnings" 20th Anniversary Gala

'Mamma' Moola!
by Michael Riedel
A more apt title for "Mamma Mia!" - the Broadway-bound musical from London that uses the songs of ABBA - might be "Money, Money, Money."With just a little more than a month to go before it begins previews at the Winter Garden, "Mamma Mia!" has racked up advance ticket sales of nearly $25 million, production sources said this week.
I just wanted to point out that Michael was the first to say that Summer of '42 was not going to Boston and would play off-Broadway rather than on. Everyone claimed he did not know what he was talking about. Guess what? Summer did not play Boston and is going off-Broadway. Great job Riedel.

Patinkin To Perform New Show at Sondheim Fest
Mandy Patinkin will perform a new show, dedicated to the work Stephen Sondheim, at The Kennedy Center�s Sondheim Celebration.

Ripley Plays The Village Underground September 10
Broadway star Alice Ripley will play The Village Underground on September 10.
Is it my imagination or do 90% of all stories on Broadway.com contain the words "Alice Ripley"? Not that I am complaining... just an observation.

Verse Theater Has Meter for Music, Sept. 6-22

Plumb, Tilton and Harty Are L.A. Dish Babies Aug. 31 With NYC to Follow

Inge Characters Sing in Resurrected Musical, Sheba, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, in CT

'Reading Lyrics' Scribes Gottlieb and Kimball Appear on 'Theater Talk,' Aug. 31

Drama Dept.'s Rudnick Triple Bill, Rude Entertainment, to Begin Aug. 31

Two of my favorite people in the world, Mark Bakalor and Forrest Mallard seem to have a new venture together. Those of you who subscribe to Production Notes may have received a few emails last night that were basically marketing/promotion of Urinetown and The Music Man. On the bottom of the email was an unsubscribe link to "Decoy Marketing" which is hosted at Mark's Hijinks Design. Mark as you know is the outstanding producer/designer behind the websites Sondheim.com and Fosse.com (among others). Good luck to both of them in the new endeavor.

Have a great holiday weekend. Get ready for the drama of the fall on Broadway. Producing theatre in a recession is tough and makes for strange bedfellows. Producing internet sites is even harder. I understand that when the calendar strikes 2002, we will have 1 (or maybe 2!) less "Broadway" websites... Stay tuned.

posted at 8/31/2001 08:55:46 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Thursday, August 30, 2001

Cryer and Ford's New Musical by Peter Filichia

Yes, I am now a resident of New York. Thank you to everyone who has welcomed me. I've been here since Saturday and I love everything, my job, where I live, and the fact that I can see theatre whenever I like. Last night I finally made it to a Broadway Stars staff meeting and I met two of the staff I hadn't met previously. I saw 'Urinetown' and enjoyed it very much, I laughed quite a bit. Time to pee for free!
posted at 8/30/2001 07:05:07 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link

More Kander and Ebb for Holliday by Ken Mandelbaum
But whatever, the point of this article is that Ken M. should NEVER be in casting. He suggests Sherie Rene Scott for 'Last Five Years,' which honestly, is about as bad a casting choice as I've ever seen. That just won't work. Note to Daisy - don't do it.

Stokes, Wilson and Pascal to Do 'Dreamgirls' Concert Cameos, Sept. 24

CNN.com: Bob Hope hospitalized for pneumonia

Newsday.com: From Rodgers, Some Enchanted Evenings
IN THE UPCOMING WNET/13 documentary on Richard Rodgers, the legendary composer's daughter Linda Rodgers says, "For somebody who gave such incredible pleasure to so many millions of people, not to have had the same kind of joy and contentment and comfort in his own life was just awful."

150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre
Was musical theater really invented by Americans? Charles Wright reviews a new book on the subject.

Strike Out
David Finkle reflects on the Tinseltown-to-Broadway stampede that never really was.

It's a slow news day. 'Urinetown' was a lot of fun, and we abided by the political rules of never having the entire staff in the same place at once. Sort of like having the president and vice-president flying in separate planes (tho, at the risk of offending the Republican staff members (2), who really cares?). Anyway, the show has transferred very well from off-Bway, and it was a great performance, the audience loved it. Run, don't walk, to see 'Urinetown.'
posted at 8/30/2001 02:37:54 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

LA Times: Loss of Shubert Alters Face of L.A. Theater
Hollywood could become the center for commercial productions with the opening of the Kodak Theatre set for November.

Mostly everyone who writes for BroadwayStars (except Seth and I) were at Urinetown last night. I was there, just not in the theatre. I expect there will be some comments about it in this space today. And we must welcome our newest New Yorker, Susan!
posted at 8/30/2001 06:55:30 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Preview: Regionals by Ken Mandelbaum

posted at 8/30/2001 01:37:03 AM by Seth | Item Link

On this day in 1797, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of ''Frankenstein,'' was born in London. And in 1989, a federal jury in New York found ''hotel queen'' Leona Helmsley guilty of income tax evasion but acquitted her of extortion. Today's birthdays include: Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Ashley, R. Crumb, Michael Michele and baseball hall-of-famer Ted Williams.

Broadway Musical Returns in Concert
Seth Rudetsky on 'Dreamgirls': "It is an amazingly well-written show,'' he gushed. "It is structured so beautifully and so movingly. On top of that, I am obsessed with high belting, and the whole show is people yelling their heads off. Every song, someone is yelling.''

Actress Makes 'Contact' With a Broadway Hit
"All I ever wanted to do when I was growing up was dance," Colleen Dunn was saying after a rigorous rehearsal at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

PHOTO CALL: Singing, Signing '42nd Street' Aug. 23

Dr. Frank'n'Furter Is a Mann in Bway 'Rocky Horror' Aug. 30

posted at 8/30/2001 12:42:04 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

Wednesday, August 29, 2001

Helvetica Bold Oblique Sweeps Fontys
James and I were walking past the 'Thousand Clowns' theatre one day, and he looked up and said, "Look! Helvetica!" This award warms my heart.
posted at 8/29/2001 03:15:42 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

I "GtIt2gtha," So to Speak... by Peter Filichia

Summer of '42 Musical to Open Off-Broadway in Dec. 2001
Broadway producers Maxwell, Balsam & Maxwell are shepherding adaptation of the 1971 film

Nonesuch Records Releases Long-Awaited CD of Sondheim's The Frogs Oct. 16
Filling the rest of the CD is a new recording of Sondheim's Evening Primrose

Decca Broadway To Release By Jeeves Cast Album Oct. 23
Also coming from Decca: Re-releases of Birdie, Big, Two on the Aisle, Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, and a boxed set of Lloyd Webber classics

Joan of Arc Musical Gets a Rare Revival Off-B'way, Sept. 6
Larry Grossman's Goodtime Charley will "make the boy a man" at ArcLight Theatre

Terrence Mann Becomes B'way's New Sweet Transvestite in Rocky Horror Show Aug. 30
The star of Cats, Les Miserables, Beauty and the Beast and the original Assassins returns to Broadway

Drama Dept. Cooking Up Paul Rudnick's Rude Entertainment, Aug. 31
Peter Bartlett stars in Rude Entertainment, an evening of three short plays by Paul Rudnick.

SF's 42nd Street Moon Takes Another Look at Goldilocks Aug. 29
Unsuccessful 1958 musical was written by Jean and Walter Kerr

Donna McKechnie To Star in Long-Lost Sheba Musical Aug. 31
She'll play the Shirley Booth role in White Barn Theatre's tuner, based on Come Back, Little Sheba

Federal Workers Can Designate Their CFC Contributions for Theatres
The annual Combined Federal Campaign gets underway in Sept.

The Dues an Actor Must Pay to Thrive

The other interesting thing in the NYTimes.com Arts section today is that Urinetown is advertising online there. I don't recall any other shows doing that. I hope it works for them.

FringeNYC places awards front, center
The New York Intl. Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) celebrated its closing night Sunday at the Westbeth Theater Center.

Van den Ende boosts musicals in Stage
Founder revolutionizing local scene

Vilar Institute launches arts org fellowships
Students to obtain on-the-job experience, arts management

Sept. 6 marks the debut of the center's Vilar Institute for Arts Management, a program to train executives from around the world to become better managers of theaters and other arts organizations.

This is a great thing. Makes you wonder why the non-profits here in town do not have a program on a similar scale...

Los Angeles Loses Shubert Theater in 2002

Broadway Grosses: Horror Show

Producer Eyes San Francisco for Rocky Horror
Moving Rocky to SF will not help. If Jordan had taken Rocky to an off-Broadway theatre and kept the ticket price low, had a consistent marketing theme that was in line with his market, he would be sitting on a gold mine. It is unfortunate because this is a great production of this show. [Playbill Online's Club has $30 tickets this week only.]

'Annie' Gets The Hook by Michael Riedel
A few weeks ago, Broadway producer Barry Weissler vowed his hit revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" would run at least until the end of the year, possibly even till next summer.

Fans $kipping Rock's Big Gigs
Music fans fed up with the skyrocketing prices of concert tickets are turning their backs on their favorite performers and boycotting their shows.
I don't think that this is actually the case. Rock concerts for the most part are the same form of entertainment, albeit in a different market, as the Broadway show. What is happening is that the economy has turned and people are doing less expensive things. People would still like to go to their shows, it is just that they can't afford them. So using the word "boycott" is not really accurate. These forms of entertainment meet a price point. In order to analyze this correctly, you have to look at the whole market. Madonna fans are not boycotting her shows. They are all sold out at a top ticket price. No one is boycotting The Producers or Lion King, both at the top of the scale too. It is because these three different events marketing message give the perception of getting more for your money than the others. These are not the days of wine and roses. And it has to suck to be Clear Channel (SFX) right now.

Buzz Lines: Does the death of Kathleen Freeman mirror the slow demise of the belief that "the show must go on?"

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
Did you think that Randy Skinner's success as a choreographer meant he had given up dancing? Au contraire!

Broadway Grosses: August 20-26 - Part 1

Woodbury's Tale of 2Cities Hits NY, Aug. 29-Nov. 7

NY's Montauk Theatre Puts Up Dixon's World Premiere Scenery Sept. 20-Oct. 7

Off-Bway's Naked Boys Protest P-Town's Criticism of MA Show Aug. 29

Musical Version of Come Back, Little Sheba Stars McKechnie in CT, Aug. 31-Sept. 2

FringeNYC Honors 2001 Winners and Sets 2002 Festival for Aug. 9-25

Millie Moves Into Marquis March 19; Opens April 18, 2002

posted at 8/29/2001 08:50:53 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Today's birthdays include John McCain, Sir Richard Attenborough, Elliot Gould, Robin Leach, Rebecca DeMornay, and Ingrid Bergman.

CDs: Ugly Duckling by Ken Mandelbaum

posted at 8/29/2001 06:42:48 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Tuesday, August 28, 2001

PHOTO CALL: Vereen and Girls Bid Bye-Bye 'Fosse' Aug. 25

Foxworth, Altman, Kunken and Lawrence Are 'Proof' Foursome on Tour, Fall 2001

posted at 8/28/2001 11:14:14 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

Summer of '42 Musical to Open Off-Broadway, Dec. 2001
This news gives me neither comfort nor joy.
posted at 8/28/2001 02:54:36 PM by the other James | Item Link

It's Us Again
A Report on the Pete 'n' Keely Recording Session

Shakespeare Finds a New Habitation in the Berkshires
Tina Packer's version of "Midsummer Night's Dream" is performed outdoors, at night, on the edge of a wood near Edith Wharton's mansion.

'Annie Get Your Gun' Revival to Close

No 'Seagull' for Broadway

Footlights: An Extra

Faith Prince and Richard Easton Join LuPone in B'way Noises Off The backstage farce is a revival of the play by the author of Copenhagen

Leguizamo's Sexaholix Begins Broadway Previews Oct. 9 The Tony-nominated author/star of Freak will bring his new solo show to the Royale

Annie Get Your Gun to Fire Final Shot Sept. 1 The revival fell just a few weeks short of surpassing the original Broadway run

Starry Central Park Seagull Won't Move to Broadway The Chekhov revival starred Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Christopher Walken, John Goodman, Natalie Portman, Marcia Gay Harden and Philip Seymour Hoffman

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams Being Readied for 2002 He'll collaborate with Indian filmmakers on the new show

Molly Ringwald to Star in Jonathan Larson's tick, tick...BOOM! Sept. 18 This show should greatly interest Rent-heads, since it was one of Larson's early attempts to address struggling-artist themes.

Thoroughly Modern Millie Musical Books Marquis Theatre, March 19 Sutton Foster will star in the musical, with new songs by Jeanine Tesori. Opening night is April 18

FringeNYC Awards Announces Awards; Director Resigns Co-founder John Clancy plans to go beyond the Fringe

Frank McCourt Musical Revue Returns (Once More) to Irish Rep Aug. 28 ...and the show sings and explains (once again) how the Irish got that way.

FringeNYC Announces Winners; Clancy Resigns

Richard Easton & Faith Prince Join Cast of Noises Off

Leguizamo Returns to B'way with Sexaholix

'Seagull' won't nest on B'way
Meryl Streep will not be making her grand return to the Broadway stage this fall as anticipated. Carol Fineman, a spokeswoman for the Public Theater announced that the company's Central Park production of "The Seagull," headlining, Streep, Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman and Christopher Walken, would not transfer to a Broadway theater.
You have to wonder if the financial losses of On The Town and Wild Party played into this decision. The Public has been more aggressive in the past. Everyone has been talking about The Seagull for almost a year with an understanding that it would transfer if it was received well. Who exactly had a schedule conflict that didn't know that possibility?

Dog days on Broadway.
B.O. tally drops but does better than 2000

"The $50,140 plummet at "The Rocky Horror Show" represented almost a quarter of the previous week's B.O. The transgender tuner took in a final cume of $155,766, its lowest to date."Science fiction, double feature
Frank has built and lost his creature
Darkness has conquered Brad and Janet
The servants gone to a distant planet
Wo oh oh oh oh oh
At the late night, double feature, picture show
I want to go
Oh oh oh oh
To the late night, double feature, picture show...

High-rise is last act at Shubert
Redevelopment signals end for storied venue, Loews may close.

LCT's Beekin Cheers Bebe and is "Mad About" Bartlett, Oct. 11

Penhall's British Voices to Resonate on Greenwich Street, Sept. 12-30

Leguizamo Pix Sexaholix for Bway Return; Previews Start Oct. 9 at Royale

Mol, Rudd, Weisz and Weller Star in NYC Debut of LaBute's Shape, Sept. 20

Ringwald Will Join tick, tick....BOOM! Sept. 18-Oct. 14

LCT's Newhouse to Get Brown's Last Five Years in Next Six Months

Bway's Annie Get Your Gun Will Close Sept. 1
posted at 8/28/2001 09:07:18 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Today's birthdays include Neil Armstrong, Loni Anderson, Maureen McCormick, Jonathan Silverman, and John Huston.

Paying Lip Service to Bye Bye Birdie by Peter Filichia

'Snatches': From Tapes That Shook a President's Footing by Anita Gates
posted at 8/28/2001 06:39:20 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Monday, August 27, 2001

LCT's Newhouse to Get Brown's 'Last Five Years' in Next Six Months
I'm so glad that Norbert is reprising his role from Chicago. He's really one of the most talented actors I know.

Ringwald Will Join 'tick, tick....BOOM!' Sept. 18-Oct. 14

Leguizamo Pix 'Sexaholix' for Bway Return; Previews Start Oct. 9 at Royale

FringeNYC Announces Winners; Clancy Resigns

NYTheatre.com:So what does a Lighting Designer do, anyway?
posted at 8/27/2001 11:01:57 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

The @n@l Retentive Guide to Evil Musicals
The Wizard of Oz/The Wiz: Under-age virgin with an unnatural attachment to dog picks up strange adult men, scary monkeys, Satanic witch, murder, deception, man runs government by fraud.
Thanks to Moira for the link.

Joey MacIntyre in 'tick... tick... BOOM'?
That's funny, because Jeff Edgerton told me he was up for the role. Hrm.

Salon.com: Death of a theatre fan.
An all-star "The Seagull" in Central Park climaxes with a shooting each night. Last week, there was a body offstage as well. What if he was an unknown, badly reviewed writer whose self-involved mother was going out with a bestselling author half her age? And what if our dead man's ex-girlfriend had had an affair with his mother's boyfriend? And what if he had just gotten into a fight with this ex-girlfriend?

posted at 8/27/2001 01:47:17 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

Richard Easton & Faith Prince Join Cast of Noises Off
posted at 8/27/2001 12:21:05 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Preview: Jazz Baby by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 8/27/2001 11:40:02 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Urinetown Begins Broadway Previews Aug. 27
John Cullum will recreate his Off-Broadway starring role in this musical answer to South Park when it moves to Henry Miller's Theatre
Break a leg Spencer! Congrats.

Beauty and the Beast Plays 3,000th Performance Aug. 28
They'll mark the milestone with a rodeo of coffee and doughnuts outside the Marquis Theatre Wednesday morning.
"Rodeo of coffee and doughnuts"? Marquis? Wednesday? Looks like BroadwayOnline.com recycled the Annie Get Your Gun 1000th story. (July 25th)

Patti LuPone Plans to Sing Songs She Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Done at Carnegie Hall
LuPone: "Every song I ever wanted to sing from every role I always wanted to play"

Idina Menzel, Maya Days Join Adam Pascal in B'way Aida Sept. 11
Disney's Aida soon to turn into a mini-Rent reunion

Kenneth Branagh Directs Tribute to Morecambe and Wise Sept. 27
Sean Foley and Hamish McColl, creators of Branagh's latest project, The Play What I Wrote, made their American premiere at Off-Broadway's P.S. 122 in Do You Come Here Often?.

Nathan Lane Takes One Week Vacation from Producers Sept. 18-23
Brad Oscar will play Bialystock in Lane's absence.

Sam Shepard, Buster Keaton Texts Merged in Experimental Go True West Starting Sept. 4
An exploration of the never-ending Western migration and the competitive nature of creative collaboration

Big Plans Afoot for Broadway's 2001-02 Season
Eighteen shows are definite or likely for the first half of the season that ends Dec. 31. Pictured: John Lithgow returns to Broadway as a crooked newspaper columnist in Sweet Smell of Success by Marvin Hamlisch, Craig Carnelia and John Guare.

Leguizamo's 'Sexaholix' B'way bound. One man show begins Oct. 8 at Royale

Nat'l Theater of the Deaf gets gov't grant

2 add to 'Noises' clamor
Easton, Prince join upcoming B'way revival of British sex farce

Wet and Wild: Urinetown, the Musical, Begins Bway Previews Aug. 27

2001 is Y3K for Bway's Beauty and the Beast, Aug. 28

Goodtime Charley Gets Revised NYC Showcase, Sept. 6-22

A Chorus Line Alumni Expected at Paper Mill Revival Opening Sept. 7

Prince, Easton, Hibbert Join LuPone and Gallagher to Bring in da Noises, Oct. 16

Seagull Folds Its Wings Aug. 26 in Central Park; Will Not Migrate to Bway

Great Expectations, the Musical, Ends CT Run Aug. 26; NYC Showcase Next

Edinburgh Fest Draws a Million As It Winds Down to Aug. 27 Close
posted at 8/27/2001 08:48:30 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Your Logos Printed Here by Peter Filichia
posted at 8/27/2001 07:32:19 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

On this day in 1892, Fire seriously damaged New York City's original Metropolitan Opera House at Broadway and 39th Street.

Molly Ringwald to Appear in 'tick, tick...BOOM'
A production sourced confirmed that Ringwald will likely take on the role, currently played by Amy Spanger, sometime next month. Huh, I had no idea the Hartford Courant was so widely read!

posted at 8/27/2001 01:40:10 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

Today's birthdays include Tuesday Weld, Sarah Chalke, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Mother Teresa.

CDs: Berlin, Lloyd Webber & Loesser by Ken Mandelbaum

Urinetown Begins Broadway Previews Aug. 27

B'way's Chicago Welcomes Return of Marcia Lewis and Chuck Cooper Aug. 27

Box Office Opens Aug. 27 for Kate Burton's Broadway Hedda Gabler

Beauty and the Beast Plays 3,000th Performance Aug. 28

Little Sally: Happy at Last by Raven Snook
Spencer Kayden rules in that mostly unlikely of Broadway musicals, Urinetown.
posted at 8/27/2001 01:08:03 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Sunday, August 26, 2001

The Hartford Courant has an interview with Raul Esparza of tick tick..BOOM by Molly Ringwald.
Molly Ringwald as Susan?
Thanks to Allisa for the link.
posted at 8/26/2001 04:46:19 PM by the other James | Item Link

Our Man in London Sets the Stage for Dramatic Scenes.
By Clive Barnes

Movie mocks Times reviewer

posted at 8/26/2001 09:28:35 AM by the other James | Item Link

Pop Self-Consciousness Finally Infiltrates Broadway by Barry Singer

The Community Theatre Director Speaks Out by Peter Filichia

Just Across the River in New Jersey by Peter Filichia

Preview: Direct from Vienna by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 8/26/2001 09:11:55 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, was declared in effect. Today's birthdays include: Geraldine Ferraro, Michael Jeter, Branford Marsalis and Macaulay Culkin.

VH1 premieres "Behind the Music: HAIR" tonight at 9pm. I wonder how they'll work in the standard BTM line, "Dejected, they turned to drugs."

Tickets for 'Thou Shalt Not' on sale to the general public. It's been post-Y2K for some time now. I wonder when LCT will fix the date-displaying javascript on their site.

posted at 8/26/2001 01:37:09 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro!

[Past News]

BROADWAYSTAR'S FIVE DAY FORECAST

2007-08
Broadway Season

June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)

July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]

Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]

Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)

Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)

Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)

Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)

Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins

Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends

Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)

Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]

Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]

Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)

Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)

Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]

Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)

Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)

Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)

Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)

Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)

Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]

Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)

Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)

Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]

Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)

May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)

May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

TBA - Godspell

2008-09
Broadway Season

Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet

TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

TBA - American Buffalo

TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]

TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]

TBA - Broomhilda

TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]

TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

TBA - Camelot

TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

TBA - Catch Me If You Can

TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]

TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]

TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)

TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]

TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]

TBA - Hitchcock Blonde

TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest

TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)

TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.

http://broadwaystars.com/news/2001_08_26_starchive.shtml | 172.70.126.66

NEW!

TICKETS

CHAT

BROADWAY NEWS

NYC AREA NEWS

WEST END

CHICAGO

LA/SF

COLUMNS

PODCAST

MUSIC

RADIO

TV

AWARDS

DATABASE

ROAD HOUSES

REVIEWS

FESTIVALS

SPECIAL

EDUCATION

UNIONS/TRADE

NYC NON-PROFITS

REGIONAL

KEWL

2007-08Broadway Season

2008-09Broadway Season

Talked AboutNot Scheduled Yet

2007-08
Broadway Season

2008-09
Broadway Season

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet