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It is time to start thinking about Paper Mill's upcoming production of Red, Hot and Blue, the Cole Porter musical. It is going to have a great cast from what I hear. For more information, click here.

Toronto Star: Putting it together. Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim gets big Toronto honours by Richard Ouzounian

B'way looks to ease cuts
Business much stronger than anticipated, sez 'Rent' producer
Is it pay-back time on Broadway? Several producers and general managers met with their Broadway companies Tuesday to quell rumors, explain their shows' rapid rebounding at the box office and, just possibly, promise a refund on those 25% pay cuts imposed on union employees to keep shows running.
A little too fast... The NYC and surrounding communities cannot support Broadway on their own. Although the response has gone well in the initial weeks, eventually Broadway will need tourism to take the lead again in purchasing Broadway tickets. With reservations down across the board in hotel, travel and restaraunt, that tells me that the tourists are not coming back to NYC full force just yet. Talking about returning to "normal" is premature.

Six Dance Lessons Eyes April B'way Bow

Producers of Richard Alfieri's Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, starring Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce, have changed their New York plans slightly.

Rosenfield Departs RCA Victor; Changes Ahead

Bill Rosenfield, longtime Senior Vice-President of Shows & Marketing at RCA Victor, is leaving his position with the company.
This is a huge setback for the Broadway community. Hopefully Billy will continue on with another label, or start his own. But I don't think that RCA is totally to blame. The recording market has changed dramatically in the past 15-20 years, and Broadway has not changed with it. It was only a matter of time before business decisions took over and said that companies cannot make a $350,000 recording and sell 5,000 copies, all in the name of art. Show BUSINESS. Bruce Kimmel and company at Fynsworth has changed the formula in their work. Maybe it is time for Billy to shake up the market as well.

Broadway Rocks to Benefit Twin Towers Fund

Broadway Rocks, a benefit for the Twin Towers Fund, is set for Monday, October 8 at the China Club.

James Bundy Named Dean of Yale Drama

After a long search, the Yale School of Drama has found its dean.

Soccer Star Paired with Hugh Grant for By Jeeves Film

Andrew Lloyd Webber has tapped an investor who helped save the Broadway production of By Jeeves to star.

Off Broadway Finds Ways to Keep Shows Open by ROBIN POGREBIN

The scrappy determination that allows Off Broadway theaters to plow on in normal circumstances has them vowing to weather the post-Sept. 11 period and survive.

Kate Burton's Broadway Hedda Gabler Opens Oct. 4

Burton plays the desperately unhappy wife in Ibsen's classic

Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce to Dance on Broadway April 2

Broadway plans were pushed back after the death of "Frasier" writer David Angell, who was on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center.

Off-B'way Troupe Rediscovers Rare Pablo Picasso Play, Oct. 4

The Four Little Girls is a 1949 surrealist play Picasso wrote during a period in which he turned away from painting.

David Mamet and Ricky Jay Appear in Two Hussies at Town Hall Oct. 4

Jay reads from his "Jay's Journal of Anomalies" and Mamet reads from his experimental novel, "Wilson"

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.

Cabaret Pair Salute Lyricist Bricusse in Crazy World Oct. 4

James Beaman, Goldie Dver, perform songs by the lyricist of Stop the World -- I Want To Get Off and Jekyll & Hyde

British Performer Asks, "Are You Dave Gorman?" Oct. 4

New show chronicles the star's namesakes across the globe

Broadway Boxoffice Continues Rebound

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

Mad Woman

Kim Hunter returns to the stage as Mlle. Gabrielle in The Madwoman of Chaillot.

They Lost it at the Movies

From the heights of West Side Story to the depths of Moulin Rouge, Marc Miller charts the devolution of the movie musical.

Buzz Lines: David Lindsay-Abaire expresses his feelings upon being named recipient of the 2001 Kesselring Prize for playwriting.

Leonard Bernstein to Be Featured on PBS' Great Performances

Ricky Jay and David Mamet to Stack the Deck at NYC's Town Hall, Oct. 4

Aulis Sees Double With NY Premiere Two, Oct. 4-28

Are You Dave Gorman? Looks for NY Namesakes, Oct. 4-Nov. 3

Les Mis�rables Company Scrambles Onto Barricades for 6,000th Time, Oct. 3

IL Northlight Gives Regional Hit, Over the Tavern, Its Chi Preem Oct. 3-Nov. 11

Theatre Manners�Time For Action?

Adrian Noble Defends RSC Changes

Great Lakes' James Bundy Gets Into Yale, July 1

Broadway Box Office Nears Normalcy as Audiences Return

Beauty and the Beast Tables Request for Concessions for Now

McDonagh's Cripple to Step Up to Broadway in Spring 2002

'CHICAGO': A HOT OLD TIME by CLIVE BARNES

SLICK, deft, raw and tempestuous, the brand-new cast in the brilliantly stripped-down version of John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Chicago" could be just the thing for these troubled time…

�RUDE' BUT ALL RUDNICK by DONALD LYONS

YEARS ago, there were nightclubs or revues that featured topical skits - and the more harmless ones went onto TV. Paul Rudnick is trying to keep the flame alive.

HALF A �LIFE' BETTER THAN MOST by DONALD LYONS

CHARLES Nelson Reilly has half a neat notion in his theatrical memoir, "Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly."

A 'CLOUD' PLEASER by DONALD LYONS

Acontinent bursts into view in "Cloudstreet," the five-hour Australian theater experience that's part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Down Under festival.

Uh oh... I go 'vroom' real fast!