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Friday, February 04, 2005 News: [ P ] Broadway Theatres to Dim Lights in Honor Stage Veteran Ossie Davis, Feb. 4 [ B ] Suzanne Somers to Get Naked on Broadway This Summer [ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Jan. 29-Feb. 4: Bad for Good; Pleasure for Pain [ P ] Some Things Are Meant to Be: Little Women To Get a Cast Album on Ghostlight Records Features: [ P ] PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Brooklyn Boy: Roots and Hoots [ B ] PHOTO OP: Celebrities Flock to Dirty Rotten Scoundrel posted at 2/4/2005 04:55:23 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ Y ] Actor Ossie Davis Found Dead in Hotel By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Ossie Davis, the imposing, unshakable actor who championed racial justice on stage, on screen and in real life, often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee, has died. He was 87. [ P ] Ossie Davis, Groundbreaking Playwright-Actor Who Created Purlie Victorious, Dead at 87 [ B ] Distinguished Actor Ossie Davis Dead at 87 [ TM ] Ossie Davis Dies at 87 [ IBDB ] Ossie Davis' Broadway Credits [ Y ] Slideshow: Actor Ossie Davis Dies at 87 Features: [ B ] Obscure Recordings: Mexico and Spain by Ken Mandelbaum [ TB ] Craig Rubano Interview by Rob Lester "Brooklyn Boy": [ B ] Did New York Critics Give Brooklyn Boy a Warm Broadway Welcome? [ SUN ] This Is Your Life by JEREMY McCARTER A playwright needs real guts to present such familiar material to the fangs and claws of Broadway. Donald Margulies is more than gutsy; he is one of the ablest dramatists now writing. [ B ] PHOTO OP: MTC's Brooklyn Boy Gets a Heartfelt Homecoming Other Reviews: [ TB ] Pippin Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter News: [ P ] Will Cats Return to West End with Original Star Paige? [ P ] Complete Casting Announced for West End Salesman; Previews Begin May 10 [ P ] Fiach MacConghail Named Abbey�s New Boss [ P ] "All My Children" BC/EFA Concert to Feature Songs from Wicked, Rent, Chicago and Annie Get Your Gun [ P ] Barrow Group Presents Hillary Baack's Autobiographical Birth Story, Feb. 4-25 in NYC [ P ] Former Miss Saigon to Star in The Female Heart [ P ] Mamet TV Pilot Greenlit By CBS [ P ] Lion King's Taymor to Direct Movie Musical [ P ] Tony Winner Buckley Says It's A Time for Love March 1-April 9 in N.Y.C. [ B ] Dirk Decloedt and Maurice Hines Ready In the Pocket for B'way [ P ] Cy Coleman's Like Jazz Will Be Called In the Pocket When It Premieres on Broadway in Spring 2006 posted at 2/4/2005 01:47:57 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ NYP ] SURF'S DOWN By MICHAEL RIEDEL CRITICS and theater insiders agree! "Good Vibrations" is the worst musical of the season, maybe even the worst musical of all time! [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary What's the worst thing about Good Vibrations? Filichia expounds. [ P ] DIVA TALK: Chatting with Tony Winner Faith Prince Plus News of Friedman, Eagan and McDonald [ PP ] 100 Years of Harold Arlen By: Susan Van Dongen More from Faith Prince. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! "Brooklyn Boy" - Reviews: [ JN ] 'Brooklyn' best By JACQUES LE SOURD If you've lost interest in theater lately, there's a new play on Broadway that will restore your faith in the form. [ ND ] Can't go home again BY LINDA WINER 'Brooklyn Boy' lets himself down - and so does Margulies [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BROOKLYN BOY' Crossing the River to Find the Past By BEN BRANTLEY The new comic drama by Donald Margulies is steeped in a spirit of acceptance, yet does not make the familiar seem fresh. [ NJ ] 'Brooklyn Boy' taps universal theme BY MICHAEL SOMMERS A beautifully written new play, "Brooklyn Boy" is a touching look at a middle-aged man coming to terms with his roots. [ BR ] Tying loose ends, almost By ROBERT FELDBERG "Brooklyn Boy," beautifully staged and assuredly acted, is a treat, if not a feast. [ R ] Review: Brooklyn Boy By Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter) The play never achieves the thematic coherence demonstrated by the playwright's previous work, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Dinner With Friends." Nonetheless, it remains a vital addition to a Broadway season starved for thoughtful new dramas. [ DN ] Good 'Boy' is still a letdown by Howard Kissel "Brooklyn Boy" is a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Given Margulies' talent, I had expected more. [ USA ] Art imitates midlife in 'Brooklyn Boy' By Elysa Gardner * * � out of four [ HC ] A Successful 'Brooklyn Boy' By MALCOLM JOHNSON [ TB ] Brooklyn Boy Review by Matthew Murray [ TM ] Brooklyn Boy Reviewed By: David Finkle [ B ] Brooklyn Boy Review by Eric Grode Brian Stokes Mitchell: [ NYT ] CABARET REVIEW | BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL A Theatrical Chameleon With a King-Size Voice By STEPHEN HOLDEN In his cabaret debut, the magnificent Broadway baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell teaches that you can blow the roof off if the size of your voice is matched by the range and depth of your feeling. [ NYP ] MEET A DIFFERENT STOKES MITCHELL By FRANK SCHECK It will take more experience for Mitchell to develop a truly original act. Right now, there's a bit too much conventionality, too much Vegas smoothness, to prove fully arresting. [ NYT ] BOLDFACE NAMES You've Got Mail: It's Mur Schw�g By JOYCE WADLER Don't get between the Broadway singer BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL and his fan base. Last item. [ B ] PHOTO OP: Brian Stokes Mitchell's Early Valentine to Fans Other Reviews: [ LAT ] Still packing heat By Rob Kendt 'Chicago's' lethal charms don't skip a beat almost 30 years later. If only they'd let Patti LaBelle keep on singing. [ INQ ] Songs from Linda Lavin - and some personal notes By Douglas J. Keating Read Linda Lavin's biography in the program for her cabaret performance at the Prince Music Theater, and you see what impressive acting credits she has amassed since her New York theater debut 43 years ago. [ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos A newly released recording is a testament to the magic that the late Nancy LaMott created whenever and wherever she sang. [ TB ] Joy Review by Matthew Murray [ CU ] Pyretown [ INQ ] A probing 'Story' could use paring By Desmond Ryan Tracey Scott Wilson's The Story is a provocative, if overloaded, play that is also a chastening occasion to ponder the story of the dramatic decline of journalism's public image in the three decades since Watergate. [ CU ] Good Vibrations [ ATW ] Little Women Showing Promise Review by Andy Propst [ TB ] Okay Dirty Blonde Arrives in New Jersey Review by Bob Rendell "Thom Pain (based on nothing)": [ NYP ] 'THOM' CAN BE A PAIN IN THE NECK By FRANK SCHECK AS a rule, existential monologues don't make the merriest evenings in the theater, and "Thom Pain (based on nothing)" is no exception. [ Y ] Boffo Box Office for 'Thom Pain' [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly Compiled By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER A Box-Office Smash [ B ] PHOTO OP: Thom Pain's Opening Night Celebration Features: [ DN ] Moved by the 'Wonder' of song By DAVID HINCKLEY Darius de Haas can pinpoint the night he decided he would become a singer. The precise moment, in fact. It was the night, 20-some years ago, when his parents took him to Lena Horne's Broadway show "The Lady and Her Music." [ NJ ] Actors' Equity leader adapts to the 'Tenor' of the times BY PETER FILICHIA When Patrick Quinn joined the Broadway cast of "Lend Me a Tenor" in 1989, he was the youngest member of the company. [ NJ ] 'Goodnight, Gracie' and hello, George BY PETER FILICHIA Frank Gorshin interview. [ ATW ] Judy Kaye Discusses Fats and Fields [ BH ] Playwright applauds balancing act of cast By Terry Byrne Edward Albee is wearing a Cheshire cat grin. [ BH ] Turner's not afraid of 'Virginia Woolf' By Terry Byrne [ B ] PHOTO OP: Virginia Woolf Stars Meet the Press [ B ] PHOTO OP: Roundabout's Pacific Overtures Gets Preserved [ CST ] Ageless Cathy Rigby keeps 'Peter Pan' aloft BY KEVIN NANCE News: [ NYT ] Theater Troupe to Get a $38 Million Brooklyn Home By ROBIN POGREBIN The city unveiled a design for a $38 million theater designed by Hugh Hardy and Frank Gehry that would rise opposite the Brooklyn Academy of Music. [ V ] 'Pocket' jazzed for 2006 "In the Pocket" is the new name for the new tuner by the late Cy Coleman. Set to open on Broadway in spring 2006, the show was called "Like Jazz" in its world-premiere staging last season at the Mark Taper Forum. [ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 4 [ P ] Cobain, Courtney and Their Legacy Conjured in NYC Premiere of Shinn's On the Mountain Feb. 4-March 13 [ P ] Mackie Stars as Con-to-Campaign Man in World Premiere McReele Off-Broadway Feb. 4 [ P ] Can Forgiveness Follow Monstrous Deeds? Hewitt and Lopez Test Dorfman's Purgatorio in NC posted at 2/4/2005 08:12:26 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Thursday, February 03, 2005 News: [ P ] Little Women Gang Sings on CBS "Early Show" Feb. 4 [ P ] Cast Set for The New Group (naked) Staging of Barry Levey's Critical Darling [ P ] New Gehry-Hardy Design for Brooklyn Theatre Unveiled [ P ] Charity Hope Valentine to Help With Valentine's Day Shopping at Hirschfeld [ BS ] Equity, LORT Recess Talks Negotiations to Resume After a Month's Break Features: [ PP ] Broadway's sweet on 'Charity' BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! [ DN ] Rivera hopes to play off 'Diaries' success Robert Dominguez's Que Pasa: He's an A-list, L.A.-based, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter now, but Jose Rivera is still a New York playwright at heart. [ BS ] In Her Prime By Jenelle Riley Broadway's Tovah Feldshuh brings her wit, wisdom, and wrinkles to L.A [ BS ] Mamet Live By Jenelle Riley The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright lectures on life, love, and Hollywood. posted at 2/3/2005 06:27:11 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ TM ] The Siegel Column Barbara & Scott tell the inside story of the 2005 Nightlife Awards show, held at The Town Hall on Monday night. [ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Donald Margulies Donald Margulies, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose Sight Unseen took an artist back to his New York City roots, returns to that idea in Brooklyn Boy, now at Broadway's Biltmore Theatre. [ P ] For the Ousted Rodgers Award-Winning Songwriters of Little Women, the Show Goes On [ B ] In Rehearsal: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? News: [ Y ] Actor John Vernon, star of Wojeck, various films, dies at 72 in L.A. He was the smarmy Dean Wormer in the sophomoric cult movie Animal House. But Canadians may best remember actor John Vernon as a crusading coroner in the groundbreaking 1960s CBC crime series Wojeck. [ IBDB ] John Vernon's Broadway Credits [ P ] Sherri Marie Nierman, Regional Stage Manager, Dead at 29 [ B ] London's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Gets a Trio of New Stars on 3/15 [ P ] "Phantom of the Opera" Film Director and Composer Featured on iTunes "Celebrity Playlists" [ P ] Maria Friedman and Daisy Eagan to Star in Texas Gypsy [ P ] Winners of Richard Rodgers Awards Announced [ P ] Pieces Extends in New York; Reality TV Stars Help Feb. 13 Benefit [ P ] Casting Announced for Reading of Really Leary Musical [ P ] Wilkes to Star in The Who's Tommy at Cardiff Festival [ P ] Tickets Now on Sale for Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie [ P ] Hasty Pudding Theatricals to Honor Robbins and Zeta-Jones [ P ] National Theatre Announces 2005 Season [ P ] Tickets for Lennon Out-of-Town and Broadway Runs Go On Sale Reviews: [ B ] Were London Critics Kind to Jackson and Stewart in A Life in the Theatre? [ CU ] Texas Pain [ CU ] Thom Pain (based on nothing) [ CU ] Sabina posted at 2/3/2005 03:51:28 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link "Good Vibrations": [ B ] Did Broadway Critics Have Fun, Fun, Fun at Beach Boys Tuner Good Vibrations? [ BR ] Help, help me, Rhonda: Get me off this beach! By ROBERT FELDBERG At the end of "Good Vibrations," which rashly opened Wednesday night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, the cast throws beach balls into the audience. They should be tossing refunds. [ TB ] Good Vibrations Review by Matthew Murray Those who found Mamma Mia! too intellectually challenging finally have a show to call their own in Good Vibrations, which just rode a tidal wave of clich� into the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. [ DN ] They're giving off bad 'Vibrations' by Howard Kissel Bring back "Psycho Beach Party." [ B ] Good Vibrations Review by William Stevenson It aspires to be Mamma Mia meets Movin' Out. Unfortunately, it's more like Footloose meets Dance of the Vampires. [ NJ ] Bad vibrations BY MICHAEL SOMMERS Are they talented? In such wretched circumstances, who can possibly tell? [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'GOOD VIBRATIONS' To Everything There Is a Purpose By BEN BRANTLEY Even those who believe everything on this planet is here for a purpose may at first have trouble justifying the existence of "Good Vibrations," the singing headache that opened last night at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. [ R ] Review: Good Vibrations By Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter) Normally, more plot information would be provided here, but the coma that set in almost immediately after the opening number prevents memory of further details. [ Y ] 'Good Vibrations' Is a Wipeout By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic We're not looking for depth, but a minimum amount of "Fun, Fun, Fun," would have been nice in "Good Vibrations," the bland new jukebox musical overloaded with more than 30 songs from the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. [ ND ] No fun; daddy took the T-bird away BY LINDA WINER Kate Reinders is a hard-edged, low-wattage clone of Kristen Chenoweth. Note: This is one of at least four reviews today that compare Kate Reinders to Kristin (or "Kristen") Chenoweth. [ ATW ] And These Songs Are Here, Because? Review by Andy Propst In case Gerard Alessandrini has not begun working on his Forbidden Broadway spoof... [ DN ] For true Beach Boys fans, an endless bummer by Jim Farber True fans will gnash their teeth over the often shrill and tinny voices. [ USA ] 'Good Vibrations' short on excitations By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY * * � out of four [ JN ] Not nearly 'Good' By JACQUES LE SOURD [ NYP ] HERE COMES BUMMER BY CLIVE BARNES [ HC ] Plenty To Sing About, Nothing To Say By MALCOLM JOHNSON [ TM ] Good Vibrations Reviewed By: David Finkle [ P ] PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Good Vibrations: A Day at the Beach "Sabina" - Reviews: [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SABINA' Patient-Analyst at the Dawn of the Psychoanalytic Age By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Primary Stages' revival of Willy Holtzman's play is an engrossing look at the history of Sabina Spielrein's relationships with Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. [ NJ ] Psych 101 a help in appreciating 'Sabina' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS [ ND ] A triangle bound by psychoanalysis BY GORDON COX [ Y ] 'Sabina' Analyzes Psychoanalysts By PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer [ TB ] Sabina Review by Matthew Murray [ TM ] Sabina Reviewed By: David Finkle [ B ] Sabina Review by William Stevenson Other Reviews: [ NYT ] CABARET REVIEW | 'BETTER WHEN IT'S BANNED' Sorry, Santa, but Naughty Is More Fun Than Nice By STEPHEN HOLDEN Jane Krakowski celebrating some tunefully risqu� classics from the 1920's and 30's in her sleek, amusing one-woman show in the Allen Room. [ BSUN ] Long live 'The King' By J. Wynn Rousuck Stefanie Powers' acting has enough gusto to allow a gracious audience to overlook age. A bigger problem is that a voice that sounded nasal in Applause now sounds brash, even strained. [ TB ] Texas Homos Review by Matthew Murray Sadly, the play never gets more provocative than its title. [ TB ] A New Brain Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter With Malcolm Gets, Karen Morrow, Kevin Chamberlin, Kevin Earley, Robert Picardo... [ LAT ] Strictly by the numbers By David C. Nichols The Norris Center staging of "A Thousand Clowns" fails to freshen up the 1960s comedy. With Jeff Conaway and Greg Mullavey. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'PYRETOWN' Seeking Health Care but Finding Each Other By ANDREA STEVENS There is plenty in the Keen Company's production of John Belluso's "Pyretown" that resonates, but particularly toward the end, it is more lecture than play. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW' A Hero Lawyer, Villains and Bits of Old New York By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER Entertainment in abundance radiates from the Peccadillo Theater Company's sparkling production of this 1931 drama by Elmer Rice. [ TB ] Thom Pain (based on nothing) Review by Matthew Murray [ ATW ] 'Fire' Burns Strangely in This 'Dead Man's Eye' Review by Andy Propst Features: [ LAT ] Writing your own ticket By Susan Carpenter We can't all fit front-row center, but getting seats for games and concerts might become easier in the future. [ NYT ] BOLDFACE NAMES Um, Professor Minnelli, Is That Exam Pass-Fail? By COREY KILGANNON Keep your questions "on the material," said ETHAN HAWKE's publicist, just as we were poised to depose Mr. Hawke at the opening-night party for "Hurlyburly," a play he's in at the Acorn Theater on West 42nd Street. [ B ] PHOTO OP: MCC Theater Gets Celebs to Escape [ B ] PHOTO OP: The 18th Annual Second Stage All-Star Bowling Classic News: [ NYT ] Girl, 18, Charged in Killing of Actress in Manhattan By MICHAEL WILSON [ B ] Complete Cast Set for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at Encores! [ INQ ] Mayor planning to bring the arts millions By Peter Dobrin Mayor Street says arts and culture groups in the region need a new revenue stream that he estimates would be between $50 million and $100 million each year, and he is working quietly on a mechanism for putting that funding in place. [ HC ] 'Huckleberry Finn' Rafts Into New Haven In March by Frank Rizzo [ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 3 [ P ] Donald Margulies' Brooklyn Boy Opens on Broadway Feb. 3 [ P ] Public Theater's Controversy Delays Opening a Week [ P ] Getting the Press: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Cast Chats Before Embarking to Boston [ P ] Brady Departs L.A. Chicago Due to Vocal Strain; Harrison Replaces posted at 2/3/2005 08:26:42 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Wednesday, February 02, 2005 [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell Opens Feinstein's Cabaret with Chita Rivera in Audience News: [ B ] Harrison Replaces Brady as Billy Flynn in L.A. Engagement of Chicago [ P ] Brady Departs L.A. Chicago Due to Vocal Strain; Harrison Replaces [ P ] Shindle to Play Opposite Bogart in World Premiere of Himself and Nora [ P ] Tom Morrow's Broadway Show Art Appears in "Vintage Posters" Sale in Manhattan Feb. 3 [ P ] Seattle's Financially Troubled Empty Space Theatre Remains Open [ P ] Wonderful Town Star Joins NBC Pilot [ P ] McPherson's Shining City Aiming at Broadway in Fall 2005 [ P ] Marin Ireland Stars as Sabina in Primary Stages Revival; Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 2 [ P ] Bridge & Tunnel Star Gets Bravo Special, "The Sarah Jones Show," Feb. 20 posted at 2/2/2005 04:30:27 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ B ] Q & A: 2/2/05 by Ken Mandelbaum [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Errico, Kudisch, Benanti Among Those Who Honor Comden & Green at Drama League Tribute [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway Stars Knock 'Em Down at Annual Second Stage Bowling Benefit [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Armstrong's Acclaimed One-Man Shylock Arrives in NYC News: [ B ] Christian Slater to Take a Chance on West End Sweet Bird of Youth [ P ] Christian Slater to Star in West End Revival of Sweet Bird of Youth [ P ] Cabaret Festival to Honor Baby's Maltby and Shire [ P ] Tartaglia's Feb. 4 Joe's Pub Show Sold Out; New Date Added [ P ] Carnegie Hall's 2005-2006 Season to Feature Audra McDonald and Michael Feinstein [ P ] Charles Ludlam's Theatrical World Examined in Feb. 5 Discussion Reviews: [ TS ] Flailing egos on Broadway by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN "Forbidden Broadway: SVU." [ CU ] A Clockwork Orange [ CU ] Lorenzaccio Washington, D.C. Review posted at 2/2/2005 01:42:54 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary How did Christina Applegate measure up at the press preview of the new Sweet Charity? [ TM ] Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton Lea Salonga hits the road, Catherine Curtin plays Jewish, and the Clinton family makes a trip to Brooklyn. [ B ] FIRST PERSON Spelling Bee star Celia Keenan-Bolger discusses how summer fun helped her bond with the cast of William Finn's new musical. [ ND ] Riding to Broadway on a surfboard BY BLAKE GREEN 'Good Vibrations' director puts music of Beach Boys up there with the greats [ BS ] At This Stage Our local creative artists continually find themselves struggling to explode a nasty myth perpetuated by know-it-alls from other cities, or by the elitist snobs from within. It's that irritating old sound bite that there isn't much live theatre in L.A. "Thom Pain (based on nothing)" - Reviews: [ ND ] He doesn't feel your pain, but you'll feel his BY GORDON COX The slender monologue "Thom Pain (based on nothing)," which opened last night at the DR2, offers up a familiar dose of existential angst coated with easy-to-swallow cleverness. [ DN ] 'Pain' stems from nothing much by Howard Kissel The writing is occasionally pungent and evocative, but ultimately it feels aimless. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING)' Life's a Gift? Quick. Exchange It. By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Will Eno's play, starring James Urbaniak, is one of those treasured nights in the theater that can leave you both breathless with exhilaration and in a puddle of tears. [ ATW ] Thom Pain (based on Nothing): A Beckett-Inspired Evening of Childhood, Adulthood, Pain and Pleasure Review by Andy Propst [ Y ] 'Thom Pain' an Odd Little Play By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic [ B ] Thom Pain (based on nothing) Review by William Stevenson Other Reviews: [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'WASTED' School Days, Rule Days: What Went Wrong? By JASON ZINOMAN How do you make a play about the history of the public school system in America without being boring? The Irondale Ensemble Project has come up with some solutions, but none are satisfactory. [ INQ ] 'Whistle' a musical with a half-life By Douglas J. Keating The Stephen Sondheim score is well worth rediscovering, while the Arthur Laurents book is just as worthy of the obscurity the show has suffered. [ CU ] Anyone Can Whistle [ TB ] I See Fire in the Dead Man's Eye Review by Matthew Murray [ CU ] Monty Python's Flying Circus in French London Review by Lizzie Loveridge [ NJ ] 'Pyretown' smolders with sensitive intensity BY MICHAEL SOMMERS [ ATW ] 2005 Nightlife Awards: A Winning Evening Review by Andy Propst News: [ NYT ] Suspect's Girlfriend, 14, Charged in Killing on the Lower East Side By MICHAEL WILSON and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly Compiled By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER New Leader for Abbey; Kevin Spacey [ B ] Dan Israely's Orgasm to Run at Soho Playhouse [ B ] Cast Change Causes the Public Theater's Controversy to Delay a Week [ B ] Shadoe Stevens to Provide Voice of God for Altar Boyz [ B ] Broadway Grosses: Goodbyes Bring Box Office Bumps [ B ] Victoria Gotti Eyes Getting Hot in Off-Broadway Musical [ TM ] Lincoln Center Library to Host Panel on Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company [ P ] Jessica Boevers and Joan van Ark Star in New Private Fittings at La Jolla Playhouse [ P ] Hilton Theatre Box Office to Open Valentine's Day for Chitty Buyers [ P ] Tony Winner Rivera Guests on "Will & Grace" Feb. 10 [ P ] Charles Busch's Novel "Whores of Lost Atlantis" Reissued on Carroll and Graf in May [ P ] She Loves Me's Sally Mayes to Celebrate New Recording at the Duplex [ P ] Cast of Little Women to Perform at Barnes & Noble Feb. 7 [ P ] Twelve Angry Men Deliberate with Martha Stewart and Tyco Case Jurors in "Law & Audience" Series [ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 2 [ P ] Jackson and Stewart Experience A Life in the Theatre, Opening Feb. 2 [ P ] Endless Summer Dawns at Eugene O'Neill Theatre as Good Vibrations Opens [ P ] Joy Opens Limited Off-Broadway Engagement Feb. 2 [ P ] Musical of Musicals�The Musical! Reopens at Dodger Stages Feb. 2 [ P ] Doubt Expected To Begin Broadway Previews March 9 [ P ] Report: Will Hurlyburly Revival Repeat History With Broadway Transfer? posted at 2/2/2005 07:55:08 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Tuesday, February 01, 2005 [ B ] Shanley's Doubt to Start Perfs at Broadway's Walter Kerr on March 9 Features: [ NYT ] Off Broadway, Success Grows Costly and Rare By JESSE McKINLEY Burdened by ever-higher costs and increased competition from Broadway and beyond, the successful commercial Off Broadway play is a rarity these days. [ NYT ] Graphic: An Off Broadway Price Tag [ NYT ] Groups Vie to Reimagine Historic Theater in Harlem By ROBIN POGREBIN Teams of developers and cultural organizations are competing to reimagine the Loew's Victoria Theater on West 125th Street as a major new entertainment-hotel-residential complex. [ NYT ] Chart: From Condos to Culture [ P ] THE LEADING MEN: Brian�s Song By Wayman Wong Valentine�s Day is on the way, so here are three "Leading Men" whose hearts are always in the right place: Brian Stokes Mitchell (Feinstein�s at the Regency), Stephen Oremus (All Shook Up) and Eric Millegan (Harold & Maude). [ SUN ] Brian Stokes Mitchell Is Ready for His Close-Up BY ROBERT SIMONSON "One of the things I've been talking of doing for some time, if we can get all the pieces together, is 'Sweeney Todd' on Broadway. Christine Baranski and I did it at the Kennedy Center as part of the Sondheim celebration. So we're trying to make the necessary arrangements." [ ND ] She's got a sin in her heart BY BLAKE GREEN Sultry songstress Jane Krakowski makes her cabaret debut in 'Banned' [ ND ] Jane's striking up the 'Banned' By CELIA McGEE Jane Krakowski is marshaling everything but that famous bedsheet for her one-woman show, "Better When It's Banned," tonight. [ DN ] Michigan girl makes 'Good' By REBECCA LOUIE The entertainment section of the Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle is about to make Kate Reinders cry. "Local actress stars on Broadway in a new Beach Boys production..." blares the headline. "Oh my goodness, oh my goodness!" [ P ] For Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, This Is a Fine Romance Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the new musical comedy about two competing con men let loose in the French Riviera, isn't a love story in the traditional sense, but the men of the title do romance one another. [ BS ] Toe in the Water By Anne Kelly-Saxenmeyer How do you get into the pool of actors called in for the possibilities of pilot season? Interviews with Stephen Root and Harriet Harris on how theater roles led to TV roles. [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Rubinstein Leads the Prosecution to Sardi's After Opening of Counsellor-at-Law Off-Broadway [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Shields and Company Bid Adieu to This Wonderful Town [ B ] PHOTO OP: John Tartaglia Bids Adieu to Avenue Q Thanks to American Theater Web for the following stories: [ OT ] For playwright Conor McPherson, the ordinary is scary [ OCR ] Feldshuh finds her prime role By PAUL HODGINS [ DFP ] Jeff Daniels' latest plays like the daughter of 'Escanaba' BY MARTIN F. KOHN [ HChron ] 'Anything Goes' is a boatload of fun By EVERETT EVANS With a cast of Broadway vets: Dee Hoty, Jennifer Cody, Matt Cavenaugh, George Dvorsky, Robert Creighton and Kevin Cooney. Reviews: [ ATW ] Counsellor-at-Law: Gripping Legal, Human Drama Review by Andy Propst [ NJ ] Rubenstein wins case in '30s period piece BY MICHAEL SOMMERS [ NYP ] DRAMA ACQUITS ITSELF WELL By FRANK SCHECK [ NJ ] Rich kids' portrayal lands on green BY PETER FILICHIA The garden variety wasp is not the only kind that stings. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE FLID SHOW' One Among 10,000 Others Deformed by a Drug By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Richard Willett's play traces the history of Thalidomide, the drug that caused birth defects when taken by pregnant women. [ ATW ] My Price Point: The Personal Cost of Today's Society Review by Andy Propst [ TM ] Shylock Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld [ HC ] Young And Old At The Same Time In 'Akimbo' By MALCOLM JOHNSON Rosemary Prinz, 74, Shines As Stricken Teen [ CST ] Neo-Futurists pay goofy homage to brooding genius BY HEDY WEISS "The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen." [ NYT ] MUSIC REVIEW | LYRICS AND LYRICISTS Kalamazoo, Chattanooga and Other Catchy Stops By STEPHEN HOLDEN Saturday's tribute to Mack Gordon featured a playful performance by Jason Graae, who executed the songwriter's lyrics with the perfect comic flourishes. News: [ NYT ] Coley Wallace, a Boxer and Actor, Dies at 77 Coley Wallace once knocked out Rocky Marciano and played Joe Louis in two movies. [ IBDB ] Coley Wallace's Broadway Credits [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly Compiled By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER London Theater Booms [ V ] Kennedy/Marshall eye B'way 'Hurlyburly' revival gets hot [ P ] Broadway Grosses: Jan. 24-30 [ P ] The Producers and The History Boys Win Top Honors at U.K. Critics' Circle Awards [ P ] Kennedy Center Presents An Evening with Christine Andreas Feb. 10-12 [ P ] Benson and Manough to Star in Rubicon's Songs for a New World [ P ] Matt Bogart Cast as James Joyce in Old Globe's Himself and Nora [ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 1 [ P ] "Nancy LaMott-Live at Tavern on the Green" Hits Stores Feb. 1 [ P ] Pacific Overtures Gets Recorded for CD Feb. 1 [ P ] Kevin Spacey Takes to Old Vic Stage Feb. 1 with National Anthems [ P ] Hollywood Razzle Dazzle: LaBelle, Brady, Braxton Headline Los Angeles Chicago [ P ] Foxworth and Jennings Sworn In Feb. 1 as New Jurors in Broadway's Twelve Angry Men [ P ] One Ordinary Man Show: James Urbaniak Stars in Thom Pain (based on nothing) [ P ] Kiki & Herb Will Die for You Live Carnegie Hall Recording Released, Feb. 1 [ P ] Barrow Group Presents Hillary Baack's Autobiographical Birth Story, Feb. 4-25 in NYC [ P ] Will Craig Lucas' Epic Singing Forest Reach the New York Stage? [ P ] Musical Purlie and Director Epps Aiming for Broadway Next Season [ P ] Walton Brothers Revue The Eyes Are the First Thing to Go to Play Manhattan Feb. 10-11 [ P ] David Warren to Pilot New Musical Drumstruck at Dodger Stages in March [ P ] Charity Event Puts You in the Audience as an Extra in "Producers" Movie [ P ] Frank Wildhorn's Cyrano to Play London in Spring 2006 [ P ] Decca Broadway to Record Monty Python's Spamalot for Original Cast Album [ P ] Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell Makes Nightclub Debut Feb. 1 [ P ] Tony Winner Jane Krakowski Makes Solo Concert Debut Feb. 1 Nicole duFresne, 1976-2005: [ NYT ] Parolee, 19, Is Held in Death of Actress During Robbery By MICHAEL WILSON and JANON FISHER A 19-year-old parolee has been charged with murdering a young actress who talked back to him as he robbed her friends on the Lower East Side, the police said. [ NYP ] CAUGHT By MURRAY WEISS and DAN MANGAN Police yesterday busted a paroled teen punk who allegedly shot aspiring actress Nicole duFresne - but the crybaby put on his own performance, moaning and complaining that he was sick, while taking no responsibility for the coldblooded slaying. [ DN ] Nabbed in Nicole slay BY NICOLE BODE, NANCY DILLON and ALISON GENDAR Actress' fianc� dares teen ex-con to look him in eye [ DN ] Thug did time for pulling gun on cops BY MELISSA GRACE, DEREK ROSE and ALISON GENDAR posted at 2/1/2005 01:33:36 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Monday, January 31, 2005 Features: [ B ] DVDs: MacLaine Double Feature by Ken Mandelbaum THE MATCHMAKER (Paramount) WHAT A WAY TO GO! (20th Century-Fox) News: [ P ] Roundabout Brings London's Fleet Street to Broadway with New Sweeney Todd [ B ] Debra Messing Tapped for West End Mounting of The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic [ P ] Debra Messing in Talks to Co-Star in Spacey's The Philadelphia Story [ B ] Day and Shaw to Star in Joseph Before it Closes on April 2 [ P ] Decca Broadway to Record Monty Python's Spamalot for Original Cast Album [ P ] Tracy Scott Wilson's The Story Gets Chicago Premiere March 5-April 10 [ P ] Actress Fanny Kemble Opens Her Eyes to Life Beyond the Wicked Stage in Unbound Feb. 12-March 6 in NYC [ P ] "Phantom" Film Falls From Top Ten [ P ] Something Funny's Going On � In Astoria; Lucky Stiff Gets Revival Feb. 11 [ P ] Royal Shakespeare Company to Revive The Hollow Crown [ P ] McVey Is Mrs. Meers in North Shore's Millie [ P ] Mary Poppins Librettist Fellowes at Barnes & Noble Feb. 8 [ P ] Over 100 Artists Set for Wall to Wall Stephen Sondheim [ P ] I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Is London-Bound [ P ] Denzel Washington, Phylicia Rashad and Leslie Uggams to Celebrate New Federal Theatre Feb. 13 [ P ] Roaring Twenties Concert to Feature Ute Lemper at Hollywood Bowl [ P ] Night of 1000 Voices � with Ball, Cariou, Little, Kelly and More � Set for May 1 [ P ] Margulies Starrer Late Fragment Postpones Staging [ P ] Lortel Foundation Grants Announced for Small and Mid-Sized NYC Theatres Reviews: [ CU ] Counsellor-at-Law [ TS ] Billy Crystal's true blue-state family Hit Broadway show has message about kinship, Richard Ouzounian discovers [ TM ] Pyretown Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo [ TM ] My Price Point Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo posted at 1/31/2005 04:28:13 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary Filichia recalls the opening night of Sweet Charity and tells of his personal history with the show. [ CST ] A sentimental journey at the historic Shubert BY JIM WOOLLEY On Jan. 23, the pre-Broadway engagement of "Spamalot" not only ended its five-week run at the Shubert Theatre, but also had the distinction of being the final show to play on the Shubert stage. For me, it was a sentimental occasion. A nice story by the stage manager of "Spamalot." [ NYT ] Friends, Generals and Captains of Industry, Lend Me Your Ears By BRUCE WEBER A former adviser to President Ronald Reagan has turned his love for Shakespeare into a management-training business. [ TM ] Busy Bees By: Dan Bacalzo; Photos by Peter Berberian A chat with the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. [ V ] Big 'Change' in tuners West Coast embraces serious shows; Gotham goes for fluff While Gotham digs out from the snow, California shovels the mud. Weather differences aside, there is also a big divide in the critical climates between the two coasts. [ CST ] Amaral confident he can fill big 'Producers' shoes BY KEVIN NANCE [ DN ] Brooklyn homecoming by Denis Hamill A successful writer returns to his roots in Donald Margulies' new play [ NYP ] MISS & HITS By DAN AQUILANTE Vanessa Williams is a fighter who knows how to win and lose gracefully. [ ND ] NOTEBOOK No more odd duck BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA The very idea of gay theater has become - if you'll pardon the expression - kind of a queer one. [ HC ] When It's Snow Vs. The Show by Frank Rizzo The show must go on. At least most of the time. [ JN ] From over the rainbow, the songs of Harold Arlen By PETER D. KRAMER [ P ] STAGE TO SCREEN: "The Merchant of Venice" and Your "Phantom" Thoughts [ TS ] A Man Beyond Salvation by Richard Ouzounian Michael Radford's film of The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino prompts an examination of the history of the controversial character. [ INQ ] Ripped from the headlines By Annette John-Hall Janet Cooke's Pulitzer scandal converges with race and class issues in Tracy Scott Wilson's "The Story," now at Plays & Players. [ NYT ] The Artist's Perfect Day Job? It's the One Too Good to Quit By COELI CARR [ NYT ] Letters: Great Theater (and Actually Affordable) [ NYT ] The Time of Their Lives, Live By MELENA Z. RYZIK Eighteen years after the release of the film "Dirty Dancing," the musical version - or as some of the crew jokingly call it, the dancical - has opened in Australia. [ NYT ] Arms and the Man: The Star of 'The Flid Show' By LIESL SCHILLINGER The title of the play "The Flid Show" comes from a nickname born in schoolyards across Europe for victims of the drug thalidomide. And Mat Fraser happens to be one of them. [ NYT ] DIRECTIONS | ADVANCE WORD The Out-of-Towners As Broadway braces for a spring shower of musicals, audiences and critics in other cities have already had a look at what New York will be getting. [ BH ] 'Madness' reigns: 'Shear' has launched many an actor By Terry Byrne [ BG ] From the moon to a mother's death in a one-man show By Louise Kennedy Robert Lepage's new play goes to extremes at ART Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features! [ BR ] Farm girl makes it big By ED CONDRAN Many entertainers who agree to extended engagements in Atlantic City need the work. However, Felicia Finley isn't a performer desperate to make ends meet. [ NY ] Company Man By Ada Calhoun Onscreen, he�s the perfect actor�s actor. But behind the scenes, Philip Seymour Hoffman keeps busy saving Off�Off Broadway. [ HT ] A spritz of 'Hairspray' By JAY HANDELMAN Keala Settle almost lost a job because of her weight. But not for the reasons you might expect. [ O ] McNally on culture by BOB HICKS Playwright Terrence McNally talks about sex, religion, politics and the American culture wars Reviews: [ TB ] Counsellor-at-Law Review by Matthew Murray This truly is a gleaming treasure of a production, the type of which you're seldom likely to find at all and even less likely to unearth more than once. [ NJ ] A tamer tale of Mae West BY PETER FILICHIA Deep in the second half of "Dirty Blonde," one character asks another, "So what are you gonna do? Stay around here waiting for perfection?" That's a good question for playgoers, too. [ TB ] The Syringa Tree Philadelphia Review by Tim Dunleavy [ TM ] Pippin Los Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz [ NYT ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK 80's Play Sharpened, Not Dated, by Time By CARYN JAMES The exhilarating new Off Broadway production of "Hurlyburly" is shrewd to keep the play where it started: in the cocaine-fueled Hollywood of the 80's. [ CU ] Flight Los Angeles Review [ ATW ] Armstrong's Shylock - Part History, Part Analysis - Fascinating Review by Andy Propst [ ATW ] Pyretown: Can May-September Romance Flourish While HMO Wolves Bay? Review by Andy Propst [ BG ] CRITIC AT LARGE Four playwrights' forte is provoking the body politic By Ed Siegel [ TS ] Let's Call It Little Wooden by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN Whether or not you like the new Broadway musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women will depend on how you feel about the show's distinctive leading lady, Sutton Foster. Personally, I find her an acquired taste that I still haven't managed to acquire. Like anchovies on pizza, she may appeal to some people, but, like Sam Goldwyn once said. "Include me out." [ INQ ] 'Little Women: The Musical' puts all attention on Jo By Desmond Ryan In this innocuous, blandly scored, but quite pleasant reading of Louisa May Alcott's cherished and enduring novel of family life in the Civil War years, the three siblings are even more in the background than usual. News: [ DN ] 'Trial' plots Briscoe's exit By MARISA GUTHRIE "I saw Jerry in 'Chicago' when I was 15," said Neuwirth, "and to this day, I believe he was the sexiest man ever on Broadway." [ TM ] Publication of TheaterMania Guide to Musical Theater Recordings To Be Celebrated With Two Events on February 7 [ V ] Shaw Fest seeing red Canuck's legit fest shows B.O. dip [ NYP ] PAGE SIX A NEW play by Lady Kinvara Balfour to be staged at Diane von Furstenberg's West Village warehouse in March will provide a peek into the lifestyles of Britain's young royal set. [ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 31 [ P ] Cerveris, Gasteyer and Ziemba Among Those Set to Perform at Cabaret Gourmet Benefit [ P ] Mama Was a Spitfire: Melanie Rey Musical A Life�A Broad Begins at NYC's Greenwich Street Jan. 31 [ P ] Hairspray's Walsh Kicks Off New Concert Series; Song List Announced [ P ] Hairspray's Bruce Vilanch Hosts 2005 Nightlife Awards Jan. 31 [ P ] Carol Woods Joins Broadway's Chicago Jan. 31 [ P ] Jai Rodriguez � of "Queer Eye" fame � Is Xposed Jan. 31 at the Hudson Theatre [ P ] Sieber, McArdle and Bogardus Take Part in Broadway All-Star Benefit for the Red Cross Jan. 31 [ P ] Good Clean Fun? Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Begins Broadway Performances Jan. 31 [ P ] Tickets to Light in the Piazza Go on Sale Jan. 30 [ P ] Sirius Satellite Radio: Fiddler's Andrea Martin on "Radio Playbill" posted at 1/31/2005 07:58:32 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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