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I am really kind of annoyed at the "Broadway related" websites. I was going to let it pass, but I just can't. Today is a very important day in Broadway's future. The Mayor of New York has untold influence over what happens in our industry and related industries (film, television, et al). If anyone believes that this is not true, look at the film and television industry disaster under Mayor Dinkins. We (NYC) are still paying for it as many productions were lost to Toronto and North Carolina. For the Broadway related websites not to cover how the candidates felt about issues related to Broadway is just negligent. I encourage everyone to get out and vote today. If you would like more information about the candidates, here is a link to their official websites: (in no particular order or preference)

STAR OF THE WEEK CLUB By MEGAN TURNER

OVER the next nine weeks, eight celebrities will rotate through the role of the "Time Warp"-ing Narrator in "The Rocky Horror Show" at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
Oh look! The New York Post has started to run press releases in their editorial pages!

Nederlander Gives Janis a Piece of His Heart: Off-Broadway Show Stays Open

Graduate to Play Baltimore, Toronto and Boston Before Broadway

The Witches of Eastwick May Have U.S. Tour

The Women Keep Claws Out Until Dec. 30 on Broadway

Postponed Broadway Assassins to Workshop in November

Emmy Likes Barbra, 'Wit,' 'Dralion' and 'Blast!' in Annual TV Awards

Ephron's Imaginary Friends w/ Hamlisch-Carnelia Music Has Reading in NYC

PHOTO CALL: Ashley Tells Wonder's Burke and Tudyk Where to Go

PHOTO CALL: They're Wonders of MTC: Sedaris, Chamberlin and Parker

PHOTO CALL: Lindsay-Abaire Brings Wonder of the World to Off-Broadway

PHOTO CALL: Wonders of the Stage: Parker and Broderick

NYC's Lark Looks at Indian Plays in the Diaspora Nov. 6-11

Memorial for Ragtime Actor Tommy Hollis to be Held Nov. 9 in NYC

Maureen McGovern Warbles Rodgers for Reprise!'s Benefit Nov. 12

Drama Dept. Puts on a Talent Show (Four, Actually) For the Fall

PHOTO CALL: Jennings Grant and Driscoll Fall in Love in Summer of '42

PHOTO CALL: From Urinetown to '42: Hunter Foster Writes and Performs

Musical, War Brides, Gets Second NYC Reading Nov. 6

Broadway.com Introduces 1-800-BROADWAY

Broadway.com is proud to announce an easy new way for theater fans to get tickets to all of New York's hottest shows: 1-800-BROADWAY (1-800-276-2392).
No, you cannot call 1-800-BROADWAY and get Jed Bernstein. You have to call 1-888-BROADWAY to get him... I wonder how much crossover The League and Broadway.com will get in their similar phone numbers?

Janis Rising, Musical Stays Open Through January

Despite announcing a November 4 closing date, it looks like Love, Janis will stay open at The Village The...[Read More]

From Chicago to Nashville: Marcia Lewis Moves On

After nearly 1,600 performances and five on-and-off years as Mama Morton in the Broadway revival of Chicago, Tony nominee Ma...[Read More]

Drama Book Shop Makes a Move December 3

The Drama Book Shop, long known as the location for materials on the performing arts, is moving. November 30 will be the store’s last day on the second floor of 723 Seventh Avenue; its grand re-openin...[Read More]

Some Like It Hot Tour to Bow in Houston in June

The 50-city tour of the musical comedy Some Like It Hot will bow on June 4 at Houston’s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. As we reported on [Read More]

Theater Faves Perform at Helping Hand Benefit

Theater faves will perform at Town Hall’s Broadway’s Helping Hand Concert on Monday, November 19. The star-studded event will benefit families of those killed in the September 11 traged…

Turner, Biggs & Silverstone Set for Graduate Opening

Kathleen Turner, Jason Biggs and Alicia Silverstone are all confirmed to star in the Broadway production of The Graduate. The play will have three out-of-town tryouts before beginning performan...[Read More]

Michael Douglas to Star in Film Version of Mt. Morgan

Michael Douglas is set to star in a film version of Arthur Miller’s The Ride Down Mount Morgan. A spokesperson for Douglas’ Further Films confirmed to Broadway.com that Jesse Wigutow (Ugly N...[Read More]

The Woman Behind 'The Women'

Clare Boothe Luce, author of the revival, clawed her way into the elite

Comics, Muslim and Jewish, Sharing a Toronto Stage

THEATER REVIEW | 'THE SQUARE'

Asian-American Vignettes Spread Across 120 Years by BRUCE WEBER

The Square," a well-executed anthology of short new works at the Joseph Papp Public Theater through Nov. 18, brings an impressive concentration of theater talent to a single subject, the Asian-American experience, and a single place, a fictional public square in the Chinatown of some imagined American city.

'Graduate' picks up road dates pre-B'way bow

Previews of all-star legiter begin Feb. 15 in Gotham

B'way strikes out amid baseball, time change

'Mamma,' 'Jeeves,' previews provide a few bright spots
Broadway producers must wish they still had those labor concessions in play. Last week, no fewer than 16 shows registered grosses that fell under tallies recorded the week of Sept. 24-30, the first session of those now-legendary 25% pay cuts.
Although we did see a boost at the box office with the rally of New Yorkers returning to the theatre in support of Broadway, it is the out of town business that is still dire, as I mentioned weeks ago. New Yorkers alone cannot support one show, muchless a whole industry. Advances are at dangerous lows which can still sink shows. We are far from being out of the woods yet.

Mark Green

Mike Bloomberg

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To add to that, nothing - I mean NOTHING - will take away from my love for Derek Jeter and Tino Martinez. Nothing. And kudos to the guy at 'The Producers' who had the mini-TV up in the balcony, I'm glad you were there.

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Other random things to note around the net... BroadwayOnline.com's "news" section went dead this weekend. Just a black holding page on their main news page. Other pages are 404. No way of knowing if it will ever be back as Broadway Television Network will not even admit to firing the whole staff... There was a posting on Talkin Broadway from someone who seemed to be the daughter of a "Love, Janis" producer that said they came up with money needed to keep the show open, but I have not heard that in any other circles, so am not sure if they were able to get the reprive... The "Love, Janis" posting has fallen off the Talkin'Broadway site because of so much traffic (only the most recent postings are kept). Talkin' Broadway continues to grow and further becomes the #1 place on the internet where theatre professionals read and fans chat...

Good Grief! A Charlie Brown Commercial Christmas Plays L.A. Nov. 16-Dec. 30

Yes, Virginia, There is a Crucible, w/ Neeson, Linney and Murray Feb. 16

PHOTO CALL: Playwrights Horizons Breaks Ground at 416 W. 42nd Street

Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Through the Years with Youmans and Wodehouse

Musical Summer of `42 Due at OB's Variety Arts, Dec. 11

Do Re Mi: PBS Airs "Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds" Nov. 4

Civil Rights-Era Musical, Gospel According to Fishman, Preems at VA's Signature Jan. 8, 2002

Benanti, McKellen, Wilson, Murney, Oscar and More Perform in Benefit for Kids Nov. 5 in NYC

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

Drama Book Shop to Move Nov. 29; Reopens in New Location Dec. 3

Goode's Eight Reindeer Monologues Return to OOB's adobe, Nov. 28-Dec. 22

'Broadway on Bravo' Supports Theatre w/ Vic/Vic and Movie Tuners, Nov. 5-10

OSCAR WINNER

By CLIVE BARNES
SO, you have finally managed to finesse, finagle, fiddle, beg, borrow or steal tickets to "The Producers." Mazel tov!

Lane Sub 'Produces'

There has been a lot of ink spilled recently about the fact that Nathan Lane, the Tony-winning star of "The Producers," has missed many performances due to polyps on his vocal cords. The tr…

Broadway's workshops are rivaling Santa's

Rewarded for Putting Stages in the Right Light

By ROBIN POGREBIN
Jennifer Tipton has won the 2001 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize of $250,000 for work in lighting design in theatrical, dance and opera productions.

Sudden Resonance for an Iranian Film About Afghanistan

By ALAN RIDING
Through the accident of politics, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film "Kandahar," largely unnoticed at the Cannes film festival, is now stirring enormous interest.
• Afghan Exile Turned Reluctant Star

Patriotism Replaces Glitter at Emmy Awards

By BERNARD WEINRAUB
At a subdued Emmy Awards ceremony, "The West Wing" won best drama and two other awards, and "Sex and the City" won best comedy.
• Slide Show: The Emmy Awards

Follow Spot: Forty-one years after he introduced the song Off-Broadway, Jerry Orbach sings "Try to Remember" in a benefit for the N.Y.C. Police Foundation.

Note: the title of the "Buzz Lines" column has now been changed to "Follow Spot". Also, Peter Filichia starts his column with TheaterMania today. The column will be called... "Peter Filichia's Diary". (The guys over in marketing came up with that one.) We will link it as soon as it goes live.

You Can Read Me on a Monday, a Wednesday, a Friday by Peter Filichia

It's great to have Peter Filichia back writing again; I've been looking forward to it ever since he stopped writing a couple of weeks ago.