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SPECIAL BONUS GUEST ADDED TO MUSICAL THEATRE WORKS SYMPOSIUM SERIES
an intimate chat with
Elaine Stritch
Monday, November 19th @ 7pm
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Blind email received:

Two upcoming workshops of future musicals:
- Tina Landau directs a musical bsed on the novel WAS.
- Graciella Daniel directs a musical based on Alma Mahler with Patti LuPone

hi. since you seem to be an expert, let me pose this question to you. who is the biggest male name in broadway (or tv or film) who is an actor who was trained in OPERA? thank you very much

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And lastly, on Friday I mentioned that there was no Riedel column. "Of course, there's Riedel -- there's always Riedel," was the message I received. Turns out that there was no Riedel Friday column online. It seemed to be in the papers though. "Stroman directing Moonstruck." Although the Friday column was missing, there was a 200th Anniversary of the NY Post article by Riedel about Merrick and 42nd Street. Here it is:

32 Simons for Broadway by Peter Filichia

When a Cyberstar Is Born by DAVE KEHR

Hollywood's potential to replace human actors digitally has set off an ethical and aesthetic debate.
Until computers are creating the voices, the art direction and the concepts (just to name a few variables), features such as Monsters, Inc. and Shrek will employ more people than had they been live-action. There is no debate here.

Pitching In for Paul Newman and Other American Icons by ROBIN POGREBIN

For one night, actors including Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep, will assemble to celebrate Hemingway, Copland and their charity-minded colleague, Paul Newman.

Now on Stages: From the Sublime to the Aerobic by MARGO JEFFERSON

Letters: Where's the Capeman Cast Album? by Ken Mandelbaum

How very Peter Filichia like...

Tony-Eligible Musicals by Ken Mandelbaum

Letters: Wise Guys, The Dead, and Musical Revivals by Ken Mandelbaum

Noises Off: Lion's share of tuners

Clear Channel eyes movies to B'way
Clear Channel clearly believes that movies are an untapped gold mine for legit musicals. The entertainment giant already has joined with other producers to bring both "Hairspray" and "An American in Paris" to Broadway. The latter goes into workshops next month, with Jerry Zaks at the helm.

QED

[Variety review]

The Real Nutty Professor

With a spirited performance in "QED," Alan Alda goes a long way toward dispelling the notion that nuclear physicists are four-eyed nerds who never leave home without their pocket protectors…

ALDA HAS ANSWERS by CLIVE BARNES

WHO knew quantum electrodynamics could be so much fun?Those who loved "Copenhagen" - and even those who didn't - should rush to Lincoln Center to see Peter Parnell's new play, "QED," which …

Tanned and Ready, George Hamilton Begins to 'Razzle Dazzle' in Bway's Chicago Nov. 19

Bloom, del Toro Awarded Adlers to the Strains of Bette Midler Nov. 19

Jackie O! Globe's O'Brien Wins SDCF Award For Love and Monty

Governor's Arts Awards to Feature Honors, Stars at the Met, Nov. 19

New Musical Heading East Heads East to NYC, Nov. 19-20

AUDELCO Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre to be Distributed in NYC on Nov. 19

Will Chase, Deven May and Jacquelyn Piro Zoom Into Barsoom! Reading Nov. 19

Alan Alda to Be Bway's Latest Egghead in LCT's QED, Nov. 18-Dec. 17

Lindsay-Abaire Awarded 2001 Kesselring Prize Nov. 18 w/ Kimberly Akimbo Reading

Feldshuh to Teach Master Class 'An Actor's Approach to Song,' Nov. 30-Dec. 2

'Potter' Movie Sets Box Office Record by RICK LYMAN

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" sets the record for the biggest movie opening of all time, earning an estimated $93.5 million in its first three days.

Young Viewers Like Screen Translation of 'Potter' Book

GEE, WIZ: �HARRY' A $MASH by LOU LUMENICK

Filming begins today in London on the second Harry Potter movie - even as the first one is rewriting Hollywood history, opening with a record $93.5 million over the weekend.

EBERSOLE CARRYING THE TORCH by CHIP DEFFAA

AT the this year's Tonys, "The Producers" took every major award except one, "Best Actress in a Musical," which Christine Ebersole of "42nd Street" won. On Mondays - her night off from "42n…

A LOT OF LOSER'S COMING UP WINNERS by MARY HUHN

FANS of the Loser's Lounge might want to see some of the variety show singers doing their own thang. This week there's ample opportunity.

MUSIC FROM HEAVEN: SATELLITE RADIO STARTS by JOHN MAINELLI

ARE you ready for pay radio? There's a lot of money betting that your are. "You can drive from Cleveland to the Sunset Strip without changing the channel," promises an ad for the first sate…

Life and Death on 42nd Street by Michael Riedel

Theater Review | 'QED': Iconoclastic Physicist for All Occasions by Ben Brantley

Peter Parnell's "QED" is such a textbook example of biographical theater that it's hard to watch it without seeing the diagram beneath.

Theater Review | 'Two Rooms': Terror in Beirut, Frustration in Washington by Bruce Weber