Friday, August 06, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 08/06/04 by Paul Wontorek
Little Women; Beehive on Broadway.

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Fiction's the ticket and that's a fact; fans flock to Block at Birdland; and a peek Under the Covers at Mama Rose.

[ TB ]  Me and My Girl
Pittsburgh Review by Ann Miner
The current CLO production of Me and My Girl could be retitled James Brennan and Everybody Else.

News:

[ P ]  The Two and Only May Pack Its Trunks and Move to Broadway; Jay Johnson Gets Ventriloquism Award Aug. 7

[ B ]  West End's Dirty Blonde to Close August 28

[ B ]  Cuckoo's Nest Delayed Due to Ailing Slater

[ P ]  Wings Spreading, Shirley Jones Is Heading Out of Town, Exiting 42nd Street Aug. 8
posted at 8/6/2004 03:54:35 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ P ]  Before and After the Fall
After the Fall, one of Arthur Miller's most autobiographical and controversial plays, has returned to Broadway

Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Fellini Flop by Ken Mandelbaum
LA STRADA (Bayview)

[ SUN ]  The Beauty Queen of East Texas by JEREMY McCARTER
Leaving the interstate, we turn once more to Harrison, Texas, the old-time haunt of Horton Foote's down-home gentry.

[ WE ]  MTW stages a big 'Beauty and the Beast' BY BUD NORMAN
Everything works in Music Theatre of Wichita's epic production.
With Kim Huber, Roger Befeler and Edward Staudenmayer.
Thanks to Wayne for the link.

News:

[ P ]  Broadway's Dracula Will Not Be a Bodice-Ripper at Matinees Starting Aug. 25
One company member pointed out the cultural irony that the violence, blood, fear, terror and murder in Dracula is apparently more acceptable to some audiences than any hint of flesh.

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 31-Aug. 6: Wildhorn's Wild Ride

[ B ]  Kate Buddeke to Join Off-Broadway's Bug

[ P ]  Gypsy's Buddeke Joins Off-Broadway's Bug

[ P ]  More Performances of Christian Slater Cuckoo's Nest Canceled

[ P ]  Tim Piggot-Smith and Clare Higgins Set for Donmar's Hecuba

[ P ]  Stage and Film Star Fiennes Set for Fourth "Harry Potter" Film

[ P ]  HBO and O'Donnell Partner on Gay Cruise Documentary

[ P ]  Fiddler's Molina Gets Hung at Sardi's Aug. 6

[ P ]  Francis Sternhagen Joins Broderick in Foreigner Revival

[ P ]  Reckless Previews Begin Sept. 23 at Biltmore
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[ NYP ]  TWO-FANGLED IDEA By MICHAEL RIEDEL
IN an effort to boost ticket sales, the producers of "Dracula" are pursuing two distinct audiences: Vinnie and his buddies from the Bensonhurst Hunt and Fish Club, and Sally and her classmates from P.S. 11

Features:

[ NYT ]  A Tuneful Broadway Boot Camp for Youthful Aspiring Stars By JASON ZINOMAN
On a recent afternoon in Chelsea a group of teenagers joined hands, bowed their heads and prayed to Idina Menzel.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Readers name the shows which proved to them that musical theater doesn't always come up roses.

[ NJ ]  Regal ambitions: Kingly roles attract David Conrad into playing Shakespeare's 'Richard II' at Drew BY PETER FILICHIA

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Chats with Helmond and Rose, Oz's Block Gets Wicked and Q Folk Go Empty-Handed

[ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton

[ TM ]  All Over the Map By: Dan Bacalzo and Adam Klasfeld
Where's Charley? in East Haddam, Murder in San Francisco, The Stops in Seattle, and Miss Biracial Upper Midwest 1984 in Minneapolis

[ BS ]  Artists Over 80 By Leonard Jacobs
Eight Showbiz Veterans on How and Why They Stay Active
Interviews: Kitty Carlisle Hart, William Gibson, Dody Goodman, Mickey Rooney, Carol Channing, Gemze de Lappe and Charles Goff.

[ BS ]  Off-Off-Broadway, Large-Cast Shows Offer Fiscal, Logistical Challenges
Broadway now eagerly opts for tiny-cast plays whenever possible. Huge-cast plays seem much more the province of Off-Off-Broadway, where costs, presumably, are lower.

[ PC ]  Man Of The Theater By CHARLES HIX
Doug Hughes insists that he is "by no means a great specialist" of the French master Moli�re (1622-1673), whom he calls "the protean man of the theater."

[ CT ]  Enlightening: Jennifer Dundas in 'Menagerie' by MICHAEL KILIAN
At the Kennedy Center.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Hugh Jackman Immortalized at Di Napoli's in Midtown

"The Day Emily Married" - Reviews:

[ TB ]  The Day Emily Married
Review by Matthew Murray
There's always been a fine line between earnest family drama and sappy sentimentality, but seldom is that line blurred as much as it is in The Day Emily Married.

[ ND ]  Dramatic echoes in Foote's Texas town BY LINDA WINER
Unlike most of Foote's best work - including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Young Man From Atlanta" and the Oscar-winning "Tender Mercies" - this one has too many of its seams showing.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE DAY EMILY MARRIED'
The Suffocating Dust in a Household's Cozy Clutter By BEN BRANTLEY
Horton Foote's latest study in mortal loneliness occasionally tips into overstated melodrama, but his uniquely harsh sentimentality is wonderfully evoked by the cast.

[ NYP ]  FOOTE'S OLD HAT By FRANK SCHECK
HORTON Foote's new play is set in 1955 and feels as if it were written then, too.

[ ATW ]  The Day Emily Married: Joining One's Past in Matrimony
Review by Andy Propst

[ DN ]  The not-so-simple life in small-town Texas by Howard Kissel

[ B ]  The Day Emily Married
Review by William Stevenson

[ TM ]  The Day Emily Married
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

Other Reviews:

[ TB ]  The Diary of Adam and Eve and Marry Me A Little
Review by Matthew Murray
Those who feel that musical theatre's greatest moments occur when old and new clash head on won't want to miss 4th Interval's productions of two short musicals currently providing the theatrical equivalent of nuclear fusion.

[ CCT ]  'Inherit the Wind' powerful in its relevance By DEBBIE FORMAN
With Andr� De Shields and Alan Rachins.

[ TM ]  East to Edinburgh
Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld

[ TB ]  A Verdant Singing Forest Thrives at Intiman Theatre
Seattle Review by David-Edward Hughes

[ CST ]  'Fatty' Arbuckle's good life and extremely hard times BY HEDY WEISS

[ CT ]  'Fatty' needs to work out its problems By Chris Jones

[ NYP ]  HOPIN' 2 SEE HIS NEXT 1 By FRANK SCHECK
'WAITIN' 2 End Hell" is the perfect play to see accom panied by your significant other � assuming you're in the mood for a knock-down, drag-out fight immediately afterward.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following reviews:

[ RFT ]  The Unsinkable Guys and Dolls BY DENNIS BROWN
Frank Loesser's tunes stand up to the Muny's production
With Bruce Adler, Jeff McCarthy, Catherine Brunell and Stacey Logan.

[ PTR ]  'My Girl' is charming -- mostly By Alice T. Carter
With all this going for "Me and My Girl," why is this critic sitting on her hands while all around her the audience members are laughing up a storm and jumping to their feet to express their delight?

[ PPG ]  '42nd Street' clicks By John Hayes
With Lenora Nemetz.

News:

[ WN ]  Singer Eartha Kitt Injured in Westport Accident
Thanks to AJR on All That Chat for the link.

[ Y ]  Broadway Shows Close Ahead of Convention By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
Curtain up? Just barely.

[ NYT ]  More Broadway Shows to Close by Month's End By BEN SISARIO

[ NYT ]  Carnegie Hall Looks to London for Its Next Artistic Director By ALLAN KOZINN
Clive Gillinson was managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra since 1984 � and a cellist in the orchestra for 14 years before that.

[ B ]  Address Unknown to Close at the Promenade

[ B ]  Reckless Adjusts Performance Start Date

[ B ]  Sternhagen Joins Broderick in The Foreigner

[ B ]  Twelve Angry Men Changes Opening Night

[ P ]  Twelve Angry Men Shifts Broadway Opening to Oct. 28

[ B ]  Sara Kramer Set as Next Sophie in Mamma Mia!

[ P ]  Taboo's McCartney to Join Mamma Mia! This Fall; McLane Possible, Too

[ B ]  Blair Ross Steps into Broadway's 42nd Street

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
Yes, Robert Klein

[ P ]  "American Taliban" Goes on a New Adventure in NYC Fringe Show, John Walker: The Musical, Aug. 15-29

[ NYP ]  'TALIBAN' ON THE FRINGE

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 6

[ P ]  Bombay Dreams Performers Moonlight With Snapshots Musical Evening 11 PM Aug. 6-7

[ P ]  Executive Decision: Cimolino Directs Stratford Festival's King John Aug. 6-Sept. 24

[ P ]  Second Stage Adds Weitz's Privilege to 2004-05 Season, Drop's Albee's Dubuque

[ P ]  Featherstone Named National Theatre of Scotland's Artistic Director

[ P ]  Rupert Holmes Will Visit Drood at CT's Ivoryton Playhouse Aug. 6

[ P ]  Wounded Warrior Project Benefits from Aquila's Man Who Would Be King; Gala Reception Is Aug. 5

[ P ]  Plums Drop From Icelandic Tree Onto Manhattan Stage, Aug. 5

[ P ]  Paris Hilton Holds the Focus a Bit Longer, as Off-Broadway Hit Entends to Sept. 28

[ P ]  Fully Committed, a Committed London Hit, Extends to Oct. 17

[ P ]  Broadway's Original Gigi to Star in Fringe's Burning Botticcelli

[ P ]  Angela Lansbury to Be Honored at Actors' Fund's Annual Gala

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: A Look at the NY Fringe, Part II
XM Satellite Radio

[ B ]  Miramax Plans Stage Version of The Wall

[ P ]  In the Pink: Miramax and Mottola to Bring The Wall to Broadway

[ TM ]  Frozen Goes on Ice as of August 22

[ P ]  Tony-winning Play Frozen to Close Aug. 22

[ B ]  Caroline, or Change to Close August 29

[ TM ]  Caroline, or Change to Close on August 29

[ P ]  Caroline, or Change to Close on Broadway Aug. 29

[ P ]  Carol Fineman to Join Barlow � Hartman Press Agency
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Thursday, August 05, 2004

[ B ]   Broadway's Frozen to Shutter on August 22
posted at 8/5/2004 03:53:56 PM by James Marino | Item Link

[ CNY ]  Carnegie Hall names executive director
posted at 8/5/2004 02:16:51 PM by James Marino | Item Link

[ STARS ]  HERE AND THERE, THIS AND THAT: BEATING THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER DOLDRUMS, PART THREE [Final Installment]
by ELLIS NASSOUR
The dog days of summer have really arrived. If you're looking for ways to beat them, how about a Sondheim show, songs from a Broadway sweetheart, a little Broadway karaoke, or tongue-twisters from a young English composer? Visit Broadway stars in the summer's movie blockbuster! Tired of over-amplified shows? Help is on the way! Finally, get Fringe news and an update on an actor missing about town.

News:

According to TonyaPinkins.com,
"CAROLINE OR CHANGE will close on August 29, 2004. If you haven't seen it yet. Rush out a get your tickets. They won't last."
(Thanks to MargoChanning on All That Chat for the link.)

[ Y ]  Miramax scales 'Wall' by Cathy Dunkley, Variety
Fulfilling Roger Waters' desire to put another brick in "The Wall," Miramax Films' Harvey and Bob Weinstein are teaming with music mogul Tommy Mottola to develop, produce and back a Broadway musical based on the Pink Floyd opus.

[ Y ]  Fineman is movin' on to Barlow-Hartman by Robert Hofler, Variety
Carol Fineman is closing her eponymous publicity firm to join Barlow-Hartman Public Relations, which specializes in Gotham theater. Move is effective Sept. 7.

[ NYT ]  JetBlue to Build New Terminal at Kennedy By THOMAS J. LUECK
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said yesterday that it had reached an agreement with JetBlue Airways to build a new terminal at Kennedy International Airport, a move meant to expand service and reopen Terminal 5, the airport's arching architectural landmark.
I hear that for the opening ceremony, they're gonna have Peter Krause hang around in the lobby for a few hours...

[ B ]  Olivier-Winning Shockheaded Peter to Hit NYC

[ HC ]  Dance boosters getting back on their feet again by Frank Rizzo
Casting news, including "Mack & Mabel."

[ P ]  He Won't Send Roses: Scott Waara Is Sennett in Mack & Mabel, With Donna McKechnie as Duo's Pal

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 5

[ P ]  Bride Caught Between New Beau and Parents in The Day Emily Married, Opens Aug. 5

[ P ]  Cerveris Brothers Play Edwin and John Wilkes in The Booth Variations, Aug. 5

[ P ]  Manhattan Ensemble Theatre Season Filled With Fire, Desire and Kiss

[ P ]  Hairspray Stars and More Set for Broadway-Bound The Opposite of Sex Musical in San Francisco

[ B ]  Matthew Broderick to Headline The Foreigner

[ DN ]  Newsline
Matthew Broderick is going off-Broadway this fall.

Features:

[ NYT ]  The Bodies Are Buried, So a Play Can Be Unearthed By WILBORN HAMPTON
A play that Horton Foote kept tucked away for years is receiving its first major commercial production now that people who might have been upset by the play have passed away.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'I LOVE PARIS'
A Simple Life Made Simpler By NEIL GENZLINGER
What more needs to be said about Paris Hilton, the human party-girl parody? Actually, nothing, which drains most of the glee from this moderately randy monologue.

[ TM ]  I Love Paris
Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld

[ BG ]  There's little life in Coward's dated 'Design' By Ed Siegel

[ BG ]  'Committee' is a well-acted study in medical ethics By Ed Siegel

[ ATW ]  Taking to the Stage - Solo
The Two and Only, Dead Woman Home, and On Edge
Reviews by Andy Propst

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: No Strings on CD - a Sweet Sound
XM Satellite Radio

[ NYT ]  TV REVIEW | 'PENN & TELLER'
Giving Heaps of Humbug a Comedic Heave-Ho By ANITA GATES
Penn & Teller's half-hour Showtime series begins a run of five new episodes with the two comedians-magicians-debunkers in fine form.
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Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  Preview 2004-2005: Bedtime Story by Ken Mandelbaum
Mentioned as fall replacements in the Broadway Mamma Mia!: Carolee Carmello (who understudied Dee Hoty, the current Donna, in the original Broadway cast of City of Angels) as Donna, Liz McCartney as Rosie, and Judy McLane as Tanya.

[ SUN ]  The Generalist by ROBERT SIMONSON
Doug Hughes has a season-long winning streak, a mysterious accent, and--just maybe--a chance to run the Public Theater.

[ TM ]  Waiting in the Wings By: Michael Buckley; photos by Michael Portantiere
At Angus McIndoe's restaurant, the staff members serve food and drink to Broadway luminaries while working toward their own careers in the theater.

[ TS ]  Out of the mouth of Bebe by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Weill show is the real me, Neuwirth says

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway's Block Belts at Birdland

News:

[ P ]  The Producers' Matthew Broderick to Star in The Foreigner Off-Broadway

[ P ]  Broadway on Broadway Concert Set for Sept. 12

[ P ]  78th Street Lab to Present Straight on 'Til Morning, Sept. 3-25

[ P ]  Moonchild Lands at New York Fringe with Heather Tom, Aug. 14-28

[ P ]  Casting Announced for New West End Musical Brighton Rock

[ P ]  Laughs in a Landfill: Ted Johns' Cricket and Claudette Gets World Premiere Aug. 4 at Ontario's Blyth Fest

[ P ]  After The Fall Guy Peter Krause Appears on ABC's "The View," Aug. 5

[ P ]  Norm Lewis and Billy Porter Woo Dreamgirls, Including Frenchie Davis, in Pittsburgh Aug. 10-22

[ P ]  Actors' Equity, Not AGMA, to Reign Over Upcoming Broadway Musical Jerry Springer � The Opera

[ P ]  Vintage Merman/Martin Duet Now Available on DVD

[ P ]  Tony Winner Hugh Jackman to Record Jazz Album

[ P ]  Hairspray Stars Set for Broadway-Bound The Opposite of Sex Musical in San Francisco

[ P ]  Are Two Spelling Bee Musicals Headed to New York?

[ P ]  Fiddler's Molina to Be Honored Aug. 4

[ P ]  Cuckoo Star Christian Slater Catches Chicken Pox; First Night Delayed

[ P ]  Marcy and Zina Show to Play New York and California

[ P ]  Von Essen to Star in West Coast Premiere of Dorian the Musical

[ P ]  "Living" Maven Stewart is Object of Obsession in New Fringe Musical Martha & Me, Aug. 15-29

[ B ]  Almeida's Festen Gets West End Transfer

[ B ]  Gately Joins London's Chitty in September

Reviews:

[ ATW ]  I Love Paris Questions Cult of Celebrity
Review by Andy Propst

[ SUN ]  Think Again by JEREMY McCARTER
Tony Kushner paints a surprising portrait of Laura Bush.
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[ NYP ]  PLAYWRIGHT STEAMS OVER ROSIE BIG-BUCK FIX NIX By MICHAEL RIEDEL

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Broadway's Lost Treasures II contains some exciting numbers from Tony telecasts, but there are several notable omissions.

[ BS ]  Queen Bea
Bea Arthur, the legendary star of stage and television, looks back on her regal career.

[ BS ]  Circus Day and the Blue Puppies from Hell
Our summer assessment of the alt-theatre scene focuses on fundraising and the hell that's come to Brooklyn.

Reviews:

[ PPG ]  'Me and My Girl' delivers laughter and heart By Christopher Rawson
Yesterday was my birthday, and you can hold the presents. I've already had mine.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ VV ]  Bitter Experience
Roundabout has means and opportunity, but its results may make you ponder its motives by Michael Feingold
After the Fall

[ VV ]  True Lies
Married writers parse words to uncover their secret pasts by Charles McNulty
Fiction

[ VV ]  Gender-Bending Sophocles at a Timely Political Moment by David Ng
Antigone

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Charlotte Stoudt
Kate Crackernuts

News:

[ DN ]  Pic profiles 6 wrongfully put on Death Row By MARISA GUTHRIE
Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo, Aidan Quinn and David Brown Jr. wrapped production yesterday on director Bob Balaban's adaptation of his stage play "The Exonerated" for Court TV.
Interview with Balaban.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 4

[ P ]  Savion Glover Offers Musical Me Aug. 4 in NYC

[ P ]  Sondheim's Marry Me a Little and Bock & Harnick's Adam and Eve in Rep in NYC, Aug. 4-15

[ NYT ]  Arts Briefing
RESTORING 'HARMONY'
Third item.

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: Orlando's Mad Cow Preps Ambitious '04-'05 Season
XM Satellite Radio
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Tuesday, August 03, 2004

[ NYT ]  The Dead and Dostoyevsky, in a War With Bush By RANDY KENNEDY
A benefit for MoveOn.org on Monday featured a special performance of Tony Kushner's new play.

[ B ]  McCarthy & Ziemba Eye Roles in San Fran Sex

[ B ]  Little Women Changes Opening Night to Jan. 23

[ P ]  Feeling Patriotic, Little Women Moves Opening From Inauguration Day to Jan. 23, 2005
posted at 8/3/2004 08:23:01 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ B ]  First Person: Don't Dent Her 'Do! by Jennifer Gambatese

[ B ]  Photo Op: Dick Latessa's Farewell to Hairspray

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Two cheers for After the Fall. Plus: Notes on I Need a Guy Who Blinks at the Paradise Theater and jazz artist Spencer Day at Don't Tell Mama.

News:

[ B ]  Cast Set for People Be Heard at Playwrights

[ P ]  Cast Announced for People Be Heard, New Comedy With Music at Playwrights Horizons

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Tired Tango
Despite mostly positive reviews, Forever Tango is still struggling at the Shubert Theatre. In its first full week of regular performances, the show made $167,999 and filled the spacious Shubert to only 31.19% capacity on average.

[ B ]  Classic Stage Company Sets Starry New Season

[ P ]  Abraham, Mulgrew, Strathairn to Appear in CSC Season of Marivaux, Schiller, Goethe; DeLaria Buried in Beckett

[ Y ]  Chicken Pox Delays Slater Debut in 'Nest'

[ TM ]  Complete Schedule for Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues, and Ideas Now Available Online

[ P ]  The Boy From Oz's Keating Reads New Play It's a Dry Heat in New York City, Aug. 19

[ P ]  Peter Scolari Is Bosom Buddy to Michael McKean in Broadway Hairspray Aug. 3

[ P ]  Williamstown Presents Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice Aug. 4-6

[ P ]  Despite Appearance, Colony Records Still Open for Business

[ P ]  Larry Storch Joins Cast of Broadway's Sly Fox on Aug. 3

[ P ]  Sutton Foster and James Brennan Hold Hands in Pittsburgh CLO's Me and My Girl Aug. 3-8

[ P ]  Play by Fiddler Star Almost, Maine Gets Stage Debut at Portland Stage Company

[ P ]  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Will Bow on Broadway Earlier Than Expected; Tryout Tix on Sale Aug. 29

[ P ]  Light, Gross, Hunt, More Perform at Ojai Playwrights Conference, Aug. 8-15

[ P ]  Fatwa, at NYC Fringe Aug. 14-26, Tweaks Islam, Celebrity and Literary Egos

[ P ]  Recent Sweeney Todd Star to Take Part in Free NYC Reading

[ P ]  LaChiusa and Strand's Highest Yellow Gets a Full Monty Veteran

[ P ]  Olivier Winner Riding to Join Composer Jason Robert Brown for London Concert

[ P ]  NYC Fringe's Reconstruction Looks at Marital Troubles, Aug. 13-29

[ P ]  MAC Nominee Sings Joel's "52nd Street" on 2nd Avenue
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News:

[ B ]  Jarrod Emick Lands Lead in B'way All Shook Up

[ B ]  Butler & Morrison Tapped for B'way-Bound Sex

[ B ]  Scoundrels to Hit B'way Earlier Than Expected

[ Y ]  B'way B.O. divided into haves, have nots
'Boy From Oz' sees largest gains
Paralleling the notion of two Americas, there are two Broadways. Shows at the top of the B.O. chart increased their receipts while those at the bottom continued to wilt in the summer heat. Last week, 27 productions brought in $15,168,615, up a fractional 0.04% or $162,912.
That's about what new tuner "Dracula" ($133,879) grossed in its first three previews.

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: July 26 - August 1

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
'LAW & ORDER 4' IS COMING TO ASTORIA

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Dick Latessa (second item).

[ P ]  OCPAC Cabaret Season to Include Arnaz, Luft, Errico and the Callaways

[ P ]  Recent Wicked Star Heads to the Chatterbox Aug. 5
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, who recently departed the cast of the hit musical Wicked, will sit down for a chat with host Seth Rudetsky at the Aug. 5 edition of Seth's Broadway Chatterbox.

[ P ]  York Theatre to Continue at Targeted Citigroup Center

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 3

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Menopause The Musical Hits 1,000 Performances, Aug. 3

[ P ]  PS Classics Releases Broadway Cast Recording of 2004 Top Tony Winner Assassins, Aug. 3

[ P ]  Chicago Star Pellow Chats About Long-Awaited Broadway Debut, Aug. 3

[ P ]  Fall NY Musical Theatre Fest Presents More Than 30 New Musicals, From Caligula to Meet John Doe

[ P ]  John Cameron Mitchell to Portray First Lady Laura Bush in Benefit Reading of New Kushner Play, Aug. 2

[ P ]  Equity Creates New Award to Honor Musical Theatre Work

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: B'way and Off-B'way Miscellany
XM Satellite Radio

Features:

[ TB ]  Spotlight On Biff McGuire by Nancy Rosati

[ BG ]  Dallas Roberts moves from stage to screen in 'A Home at the End of the World' By Louise Kennedy

[ BG ]  Rising and shining By Beth Pinsker
Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard's daughter, makes a name for herself in M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Village'
Includes a quote from Lynne Meadow.

[ LADN ]  An actor's dream By John Farrell
For 'Producers' stars Bob Amaral and Andy Taylor, it's the show of a lifetime
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Sally Field Invokes Tenessee Williams at the Kennedy Center

Reviews:

[ LAT ]  More slapdash than sensational By Daryl H. Miller
The Bowl's annual presentation of a semi-staged musical stumbles with 'Mame,' starring a manic Michele Lee.

[ TB ]  I Love Paris
Review by Warren Hoffman

[ TB ]  Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Chicago Review by John Olson

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
The flaws of Assassins are obvious in the new Broadway cast recording of the show, but so are its considerable strengths.

[ ATW ]  Feeling the 'Squeeze' of Homelessness, Midlife and Romance
Review by Andy Propst

[ CU ]  Design For Living - Williamstown
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Monday, August 02, 2004

Features:

[ P ]  THE LEADING MEN: Angel of Music
It�s an August occasion to celebrate when these "Leading Men" perform: Jai Rodriguez (Rent), Barrett Foa (Avenue Q) and Scott Coulter (The Duplex).

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Brad Oscar
For Brad Oscar, his starring role in The Producers is a dream come true, the culmination of years of hard work on and off Broadway.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Avenue Q Turns a Big One Year Old on Broadway

News:

[ P ]  Sarandon, Dennehy, Glover, Lindo, Quinn Star in Adaptation of The Exonerated for Court TV

[ B ]  Stars on Board for Exonerated TV Movie

[ B ]  Fielding Joins Beale in Macbeth at the Almeida

[ B ]  Holly Hunter Stars in West End's Bog in Fall

[ P ]  Holly Hunter to Appear in West End's By the Bog of Cats

[ B ]  Complete Cast Set for Broadway's Democracy

[ P ]  Naughton, Thomas, Prosky and Cumpsty to Star in Broadway Democracy; Complete Cast Announced

[ P ]  Richard Thomas Hopes Tennessee Williams Piece Distant Country Will Find Manhattan
Richard Thomas, star of the upcoming Democracy on Broadway, told Playbill On-Line's Harry Haun that he hopes the one-man show he starred in at the Kennedy Center, A Distant Country Called Youth, will find a home in New York City.

[ P ]  New Childs Musical Miracle Brothers Gets Private NYC Reading with Broadway Stars, Aug. 9

[ P ]  Manilow and Sussman's Harmony Is Back in Business as a Broadway-Bound Musical

[ P ]  Murderous Instincts Heads to London in October with McAuliffe and Colson

[ P ]  Fine, Fine Lines: Tony Winner Avenue Q Releases Complete Score on Sheet Music

[ P ]  Avenue Q's Tartaglia to Offer Solo Concerts in September

[ P ]  Carnegie Hall Presents South Pacific Concert in 2005

[ P ]  More Cast Announced for Kilmer The Ten Commandments Musical in Hollywood

[ P ]  Matlock Replaces Kennedy for Jekyll & Hyde Concerts

[ P ]  Young Completes Cast of Sondheim Opening Doors

[ P ]  Richard Chamberlain Scrooge Musical Tour Kicks Off in Chicago Oct. 26

[ P ]  Zanna Don't! Star Larsen Featured in Fringe Musical, Aug. 25-29

Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Something Just Broke by Ken Mandelbaum
ASSASSINS (PS Classics)

[ TM ]  Macbeth
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ ND ]  'Squeeze' play fails to connect BY LINDA WINER

Our thanks go out to Michael, who emailed to tell us that the Times report on "Memoirs of a Geisha" (see link below) is apparently a mistake on the part of the Times (and their source, Agence France-Presse). Rob Marshall is still listed as the director in Variety.
posted at 8/2/2004 03:43:14 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Much Ado About Nothing's Kristen Johnston is one of Filichia's four Player of the Week choices for July.

[ BG ]  Still giving us the ooh-la-la By James Reed
After five decades at the microphone, jazz singer Blossom Dearie sounds as delightfully girlish as ever

[ HC ]  The Genesis Of Theater By FRANK RIZZO
Ancient Greeks didn't just worship Olympian athletes. After all, the Greeks also had a god for the theater.

News:

[ NYT ]  Arts Briefing By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
James Naughton will star as the West German chancellor Willy Brandt and Richard Thomas as G�nter Guillaume, the trusted aide and East German spy who brings about his downfall, when the National Theater of Great Britain's production of the acclaimed Michael Frayn drama "Democracy" opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theater on Nov. 18.
Fourth item.
Plus a mention that "Memoirs of a Geisha" will be directed by Steven Spielberg, not Rob Marshall. (Last night's "Evening at Pops" on PBS featured an interview with Marshall where he showed off the sets and costumes from "Memoirs" and talked about his plans for the movie.)

[ Y ]  Behind the scenes of road talks by Chris Jones, Variety
Shedding tiers, Equity, producers had other issues
Strikers were poised to walk the Broadway barricades. And producers were digging in their heels. But despite appearances to the contrary, the main arguments at the just-settled negotiations between Actors' Equity and members of the League of American Theaters actually had little to do with the complex road salary tiers that have grabbed most of the attention.

[ BSUN ]  Mechanic Theatre loses operating company by Edward Gunts
Small venue misses out on big shows because of its limited seating

[ CT ]  August Wilson wins Tribune Literary Prize

[ Y ]  'Fever' turns up heat on Oz presenters
ICA's cautionary tale of 'Fever' vs. flops

[ Y ]  B.O. up; 'Big River' 500g
Road grosses climbed 5.6% to $11,262,496 during Week 8 (July 19-25).

[ TM ]  Richard Chamberlain to Star in Tour of Leslie Bricusse's Scrooge

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: A Few Ideas for Late Summertime Theatergoing
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[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: AUGUST 2

[ P ]  On the Town's DeLaria Offers Jazz Evenings, Aug. 4-7

[ P ]  Children's Letters to God Celebrated Aug. 2 at Barnes & Noble

[ P ]  Target Margin Continues Exploration of Goethe With Faust in Love in February 2004

[ P ]  Judy Kuhn, Alan Menken and Jodi Benson Salute Disney Music Aug. 20 and 21

[ P ]  Avenue Q's Lopez and Marx Head Aug. 2 Musical Benefit for Kerry/Edwards Campaign

[ P ]  Ally Sheedy Vies for The Triple Happiness at Second Stage's New Plays Uptown, Aug. 2

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE GLASS MENAGERIE'
Pint-Size Fighter Hangs Tough in World of Glass By BEN BRANTLEY
The courageous team at the Kennedy Center, led by director Gregory Mosher and actress Sally Field, have successfully restored this myth-inflated drama to human scale.

[ NYP ]  R&B TRIO HITS THE RIGHT NOTE By FRANK SCHECK
WHATEVER "From My Hometown" lacks in terms of characterization and plot, it makes up for with plenty of classic rhythm and blues, performed with spirit by a trio of talented stars.

[ NYer ]  TALKERS AND TOGAS by HILTON ALS
Revivals by Arthur Miller and Nathan Lane.

[ TB ]  Antigone
Review by Warren Hoffman
posted at 8/2/2004 07:59:48 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Sunday, August 01, 2004

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ OCR ]  Musical makers By PAUL HODGINS
A veteran choreographer-director recalls the magic of Mel and the force of nature that is 'The Producers.'

[ PTR ]  Tony Award winner returns to CLO for 'Me and My Girl' By Alice T. Carter
The past three years have been eventful for Sutton Foster.

[ PTR ]  Booking a big name would give boost to Broadway series By Alice T. Carter

[ CSM ]  Didn't see the movie? Wait for the stage adaptation By Kim Campbell

[ CCT ]  If they can make it here ... BY PAT CRAIG
The Bay Area is emerging as a significant proving ground for new works

Features:

[ P ]  CHANNELING THEATRE: A Chat with Tony Winner and "Dead Like Me" Star Mandy Patinkin

[ ND ]  Making a geographical stretch in their 'Hometown'
Why are Memphis, Philadelphia and Detroit the characters' names in the Off-Broadway revue "From My Hometown"?

[ ND ]  Hitting the streets with a juicy 'Orange' BY STEVE DOLLAR
As the Republican National Convention approaches late this month, the timing for Theater for the New City's 28th annual "street theater extravaganza" is just about perfect.

[ NYT ]  IN THE REGION | CONNECTICUT
Script Calls for Act II for Four Theaters By ELEANOR CHARLES
FOUR of Connecticut's venerable theaters are bringing their production capabilities into the 21st century by moving or by getting extensive makeovers.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Brian Murray Sits in the Director's Chair for Staged Reading

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tomei, Weber, and Scott Learn a Design for Living at Williamstown

Reviews:

[ NJ ]  She heard America talking BY PETER FILICHIA
How many people would drive 317,000 miles over a 10-year period -- in an ambulance?
Eliza Jane Schneider did, and she tells of her odyssey in her captivating one-woman show, "Speaking in Tongues."

[ INQ ]  Angsty, riveting 'After the Fall' By Howard Shapiro

[ ND ]  Lord of the dance BY CHRISTOPHER REARDON
Review: JEROME ROBBINS: His Life, His Theater, His Dance, by Deborah Jowitt.

News:

[ NYT ]  Weddings & Celebrations: Lanette Costas, Nathaniel Stampley

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 1

[ P ]  Cabaret at Odette's to Feature Mason, Noll, Greene and More

[ P ]  Kushner, Tesori, Pinkins Among Caroline, or Change Team at Aug. 2 CD Signing

[ P ]  "It's Today": All-Star Mame Concert Plays Hollywood Bowl Aug. 1

[ P ]  Frankenstein Strikes at Soho Rep This Fall

[ P ]  Sirius Satellite Radio: Mickey Rooney Visits "Radio Playbill" Aug. 2-15

[ P ]  Charles Busch's Auntie Mame Says Bye-Bye to Sag Harbor, Aug. 1; New York Next?

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Turns 9, Aug. 1

[ P ]  Savion Glover Offers Musical Me Aug. 4 in Manhattan

[ P ]  Galati Explores Oedipus Via Freud, and Vice Versa, in World Premiere Oedipus Complex July 31 in Oregon

[ P ]  John Cullum to Star as Catholic Priest Off-Broadway in Sin: A Cardinal Deposed

[ P ]  Mary Beth Peil and Ana Reeder Join Cast of Elizabeth Marvel Hedda Gabler at NY Theatre Workshop

[ P ]  U.N. Aide Reported Dead in Baghdad Attack Focus of Dead Woman Home in NYC, July 30-Aug. 1
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Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

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Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

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Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

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

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

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Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

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TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

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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]

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

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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]

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