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Sherie Rene Scott puts on a costume today, but it is not for Halloween as she opens up the 1 week workshop of Debbie Does Dallas, the musical from this year's Fringe. The workshop is capped by a presentation next Wednesday.

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Today is suppose to be D-Day for BroadwayOnline.com. It is strange that other than a few columnists announcing that they are moving on, we have not really heard anything official from the owners (Broadway Television Network). Does this reflect upon their other business practices? I guess it does. We will just have to wait and see if there is new content on BroadwayOnline.com tomorrow for our answer.

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BroadwayOnline.Com says goodbye. Here are two of the seven new--and presumably final--links from the page:

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And this from our anonymous blind link:

LOVE, JANIS posted its closing notice last night and will perform its final performance at the Village Theatre on Sunday, November 5th at 7:30pm. The show has mounted a debt of $500,000 (yes, half a million)! Checks are reportedly bouncing.

Butler May Do It, by Michael Riedel

"I'm thinking of putting an ad in the paper saying that a limited number of 'By Jeeves' tickets are available at $500, with a free cup of tea," jokes Andrew Lloyd Webber.

John Springer, a Broadway Press Agent Beloved by the Stars He Repped, Dead at 85

Today's birthdays include Dan Rather, Barbara Bel Geddes, David Ogden Stiers, Deidre Hall, Jane Pauley, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Dermot Mulroney, Ethel Waters, and Michael Landon.

Benefit Concert -- 100 Years of Broadway Comes to Tappan Zee High School

Playwrights Horizons Breaks Ground for 42nd Street Complex Oct. 30

Diana van der Vlis, Tony-Nominated Actress, Dead at 66

'Thou Shalt Not Sing,' Docs Tell Bierko, So He's on Vocal Rest Till Further Notice

Right.

PHOTO CALL: Thou Shalt Not Party Oct. 26

PHOTO CALL: Thanks, Susan: Thou Shalt Not Stars Music Man Repeats

PHOTO CALL: When Harry Met Susan

Broadway Grosses: October 22-28 - Part 1

Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 31

30-OCT-2001 John Springer, a Broadway Press Agent Beloved by the Stars He Repped, Dead at 85

Talent Will Out: Amy Sedaris Visits Letterman Show, Oct. 31

Off-Bway Wants Chekhov NOW; Festival Held Oct. 31-Nov. 18

Halloween Epiphany: LuPone and Hearn Sing 'Sweeney Todd in Concert' on PBS Oct. 31

PHOTO CALL: tick, tick... on the Block: McIntyre Joins Boom!

Playwright Brighde Mullins Receives 2001 Whiting Award

PHOTO CALL: Loesser Be a Lady: Jo Congratulates Emily on By Jeeves

But who here can tell us the Loesser connection to Jeeves and Bertie before ALW?

PHOTO CALL: Jeeves and Wooster: Jarvis and Scherer Open in By Jeeves

PHOTO CALL: The Family Lloyd Webber Celebrates Dad's Latest on Bway, By Jeeves

PHOTO CALL: By George! By Jeeves's Scherer Takes His Opening Bow

Tribute to New York From the Nation's Upper West Side by SAM HOWE VERHOVEK

All the proceeds from the benefit "From Seattle to New York With Love" will be distributed to New York artists and arts groups affected by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11

How Were the Reviews?: Frank Wildhorn's Dracula in La Jolla

Fresh from starring in Broadway's Rocky Horror, Tom Hewitt plays that other guy from Transylvania

In Memory of JOHN SPRINGER

John Springer, a Broadway Press Agent Beloved by the Stars He Repped, Dead at 85

And the Winners Are..... by Ken Mandelbaum

The Best of Peter Filichia

Hello, I Must Be Going by Robert Viagas

He's Got a Secret by Barbara Hoffman

The eyebrows have it. Black, bushy and imperious, they've helped define Peter Gallagher as the yuppie scum of "sex, lies, and videotape" and the oily real-estate salesman of "American Beauty."

What's New on the Rialto? Ricky Ian Gordon: Orpheus and Euridice by Jonathan Frank

Sarah Jessica Parker Returning to NY Stage in Wonder of the World Nov. 1

Halloween Treat from PBS: LuPone and Hearn Sweeney Todd

Gina Gershon Returns to Cabaret, Oct. 30

Rocky Horror Reopens Oct. 30; Features Mann, Kelly and Rotating Narrators

On this day in 1938, ''The War of the Worlds,'' starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. The live drama, which employed fake news reports, panicked listeners who thought its portrayal of a Martian invasion was true. Today's birthdays include Dick Gautier, He

BACKSTREET BOYS: "THE HITS - CHAPTER ONE" by DAN AQUILANTE

If the we-can-really-sing, a capella performance at the Concert for New York whet your curiosity about the Backstreet Boys, check out what your daughters have been drooling over the past few years with this greatest-hits compilation.
I hear that MP3-ripping-CD-burning-Catherine does not need to buy this. She has all the CDs individually and made her own "Greatest Hits" long ago... but hers does not have the fold out poster!

Leguizamo Injures Leg; Sexaholix... Moves Opening to Dec. 2, Extends to Jan. 6

The Gospel According to The Lion King, Oct. 29

Rocky Horror Reopens Oct. 30; Features Mann, Kelly and Rotating Narrators

New Play All Tied Up in Love Gets Reading in NYC, Nov. 7

Shakespeare Society Debates Shakespeare: Stage Vs. Screen, Nov. 5

Hoffman-Helmed NYC Premiere of Gilman's Glory of Living at MCC, Oct. 30-Dec. 2

Buzz Lines: Who is Sweeney Todd? Brian Stokes Mitchell...or George Hearn? You be the judge.

B'way Balancing Act

B.O. up slightly; 'Mamma' the dancing queen

Leguizamo's show delayed

Injury causes thesp to adjust 'Sexaholix' sched, perf
John Leguizamo has pushed back the Broadway opening of his new one-person show, "Sexaholix ... a Love Story," from Nov. 4 to Dec. 2 Performances will continue as scheduled at the Royale Theater.

Leguizamo Injured; Sexaholix Delays Opening, Extends

Due to a leg injury sustained by star John Leguizamo, the opening of Sexaholix... a love story is being postponed. A producti... [Read More]

Stars Line Up For Nov. 5 Only Make Believe Benefit

On Monday, November 5 some big Broadway stars will gather at a benefit for the charitable organization Only Make Believe. The event, hosted by [Read More]

B'way Producers Gather for 3-Day Intensive Program, April 26-28, 2002

Schmooze with Broadway producers and learn about such topics as the legal aspects of producing, budget analysis, development, marketing, advertising and producing on the road.

If They Ran Theatre Like Sports

Broadway contemplates a World Series. Ho hum.

Halloween Treat from PBS: LuPone and Hearn Sweeney Todd

They sang in this concert version of the tale of Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Injury Postpones Leguizamo 's Broadway Sexaholix to Dec. 6

But previews continue for the new solo show by the Tony-nominated author/star of Freak

Philip Seymour Hoffman Stages Rebecca Gilman's Glory of Living, Oct. 30

Hoffman most recently directed the LAByrinth productions of Jesus Hopped the "A" Train and In Arabia We'd All Be Kings.

Sebastian Bach Rocks as Riff Raff in Oct. 30 B'way Resurrection of Rocky Horror Show

Robin Leach, Jerry Springer, Sally Jesse Raphael, MTV's Dave Holmes and other celebs are scheduled to cycle into the narrator role
Lets do the time warp. Again.

Aaron Sorkin Works His Way Through the Crisis

Oh, What a Miserable Mornin' by FRANK RICH

On the eve of the centennial of Richard Rodgers's birth, new revelations show that his private life was nothing to celebrate.
First Chapter: Excerpts from "Somewhere for Me: A Biography of Richard Rodgers." (PDF format)
Bewitched | Oklahoma | My Funny Valentine

Disney, Bourne talk tuner; Buscemi double play

Legit Reviews-Regional

Dracula, the Musical,La Jolla Playhouse; 492 seats; $65 top, by Steven Oxman

Should Frank Wildhorn ever decide to retire from turning 18th and 19th century popular literature into popular but forgettable Broadway fare, he'd make a terrific studio executive. He seems to understand that, in commercial terms, the branding and packaging of a product can be even more important than its substance.

Polishing Nails by Ken Mandelbaum

San Diego Union-Tribune: Down for the count

McAnuff gleefully sinks his teeth into it, but 'Dracula: The Musical' world premiere somehow lacks bite by Anne Marie Welsh, THEATER CRITIC

Bierko Out of Thou Shalt Not on Vocal Rest

Right.