Wednesday, October 3, 2001 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Jason Robert Brown checked in yesterday from Japan to remind me that he is there and that "the American Music Festival is fun and cheap", "And if you've got a free night, pop on over!" (pop on over to Japan?)... also, there is a website http://www.tonoarts.org/. If anyone pops on over, let me know how it is. And while we have JRB's ear (eyes?) Hey who is playing Lauren's part in Last Five Years?

SOURCE: www.tonoarts.org at 12:00AM

A WRONG NUMBER by MICHAEL RIEDEL

A song set in a morgue and featuring intimations of necrophilia has been yanked from the musical "Thou Shalt Not" after it elicited gasps, awkward laughter and hisses from a preview audience.
I wonder if anyone got it on tape before it was pulled from the show... Also in this article, "Disney is playing a high-stakes game of chicken with Broadway's most powerful theater union."

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AM

Broadway Boxoffice Continues Rebound

Several shows enjoy six-figure increases from the previous week, but Broadway isn't out of the woods yet.

SOURCE: www.broadwayonline.com at 12:00AM

B'way's Beauty and the Beast Averts Early Closing

IATSE, which represents stagehands and backstage crew, has asked for one more week to re-assess Broadway's financial situation.

SOURCE: www.broadwayonline.com at 12:00AM

How Were the Reviews?: Spitfire Grill Off-Broadway

Liz Callaway and Garrett Long are featured in the new musical that opened at The Duke on 42nd Street Oct. 2

SOURCE: www.broadwayonline.com at 12:00AM

How Were the Reviews?: Chita Rivera in The Visit

Kander & Ebb's musical opened its pre-Broadway tryout at Chicago's Goodman Theatre Oct. 1

SOURCE: www.broadwayonline.com at 12:00AM

McGrath Replaces Hibbard in "Mufti" Revival of Good Companions Oct. 5-7

The series will kick off this fall with Andre Previn's London musical

SOURCE: www.broadwayonline.com at 12:00AM

'Beast,' B.O. get good news

Show grants one-week delay to assess situation
A closing notice will not greet Broadway union members returning to "Beauty and the Beast." On Monday, Disney had threatened to post the notice backstage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater at 1:30 p.m. today.

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM

New plays the thing

Kennedy Center sets 8 for grants

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM

Hytner hits National heights

Crix, colleagues praise helmer, who takes U.K. theater reins in '03

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM

BON JOVI DELAYS �ALLY' TO RAISE $ by MICHAEL STARR

JERSEY rocker Jon Bon Jovi has postponsed shooting his nine-episode arc on Fox's "Ally McBeal" in order to play some benefit concerts for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AM

'WEST WING' PUTS TERROR ON PARADE by ADAM BUCKMAN

IF President Bartlet thought God was an SOB when Mrs. Landingham was killed in a car crash last season, what do you suppose the fictional president of "The West Wing" thinks of the Almighty now?
This episode may be an insight of how the Broadway writers will handle this event. I have heard from many people about shows they are working on surrounding the terrorist attack. From montages/vignettes of people in and around the WTC and in the planes, to full fledged musicals written a la the style of Titanic.

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AM