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It is definitely a black couch day!

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What happened to All That Chat? Talkin Broadway on Thanksgiving vacation? Nope, they will be back this afternoon.

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Performers trained in opera who have crossed to other entertainment fields: Paul Sorvino, George Hearn, Craig Schulman, Nat Chandler and Ezio Pinza. I also think that Davis Gaines has formal training in Opera. And now that I think of it, wasn't Judy Kaye as well?

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Blind Question Received:

Has anyone heard any rumors aobut who has been cast to play Prior, Louis and Harpur in the TV version of Angels in America?

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Blind Item Received:

Which yet-to-open off-B'way show's ticket sales are so terrible that the opening is in question? Perhaps the very poor marketing campaign has something to do with it. Give you 42 guesses.

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In today's breakdowns: Last Five Years. Norbert Butz starring. They are looking for a Kathleen and standbys for both roles. Rehearses 1/14/02. Prev. mid Feb. Opens early March.

At the Metropolitan Pavilion, where the Hetrick-Martin Emery Awards were given to advocates for gay youth, the actors Chris Meloni and Chad Lowe worked the room, while Michael R. Bloomberg and Hilary Swank stood shoulder to shoulder with those being honored. (Well, almost shoulder to shoulder. Ms. Swank is statuesque, the mayor-elect less so.)B'way comedies laff all way to the bank
B.O. still limp after post-comeback drop-off
For the second week in a row, Broadway's B.O. remained 12% under last year's record-setting level. Only four weeks ago, the 2000 and 2001 figures were nearly identical after a miraculous post-Sept. 11 comeback.
The New York/Tri-State audiences are falling off. This is not surprising as the audiences did rally to Broadway's aid, but they have done their part.

PHOTO CALL: Hoffman Directs Paquin in The Glory of Living

PHOTO CALL: Paquin and Donovan Celebrate The Glory of Living

Gilman's Glory of Living Extends to Dec. 22 at MCC Theatre in NYC

Broadway Grosses: November 12-18

$136,463

Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen Gets NYC Concert, Dec. 4-16

Tintypes Opens First New York Revival Nov. 20

Revised Waverly Gallery Opens Nov. 20 at CT's Long Wharf

PHOTO CALL: Greenberg Brings Beekin From SCR to LCT

PHOTO CALL: They Bring Beekin to Life

PHOTO CALL: A Beacon of Bebe at Beekin Nov. 14

At Wit's End, Music Lesson, Violet, Laramie Win Big at 2001 Carbonells in FL

Liev Schreiber Hates the Moor, Beginning at the Public Theater, Nov. 20

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts

Betty Buckley shuffles off to Buffalo for Buffalo Gal, Susan Stroman goes Christmas Caroling again, and Philip Seymour Hoffman directs Anna Paquin.

Killer Instincts

Anna Paquin steps on stage for the first time—right into Rebecca Gilman's The Glory of Living.

I Like to Recognize the Tune by Peter Filichia

Over the Moon is Over in London

Ken Ludwig’s Over The Moon is ending its engagement at London’s Old Vic six weeks before it is scheduled to close. The production, starring Joan Collins, will now shutter on December 1.

Morning's at Seven Returns to the Great White Way

Lincoln Center Theater will present Paul Osborn’s Morning’s at Seven on Broadway this spring. The revival, directed by Tony winner Daniel Sullivan, is set to open at a theater to be announced i...[Read More]

New troupe books Lortel

TFANA finds venue for three plays

The Night People's Favorite Night by JESSE McKINLEY

Any way you look at it, last Monday was a bustling night on the town.

THEATER REVIEW | '[SIC]'

Three People at an Uncertain Stage Making Their Uncertain Way by BRUCE WEBER
Melissa James Gibson 's "[sic]" is a verbally dexterous and neurotically wise comedy that had its New York premiere over the weekend at the tiny SoHo Rep.

THEATER REVIEW | 'BROADWAY BASH!'

They Happen to Like Singing to Beat the Band by BEN BRANTLEY
There they were, the girls who made you love them and then disappeared, turning up like the bad-penny dames in private-eye novels. They only stuck around for a couple of nights in their slinky silks and satins. But that was long enough for them to win and break hardened hearts all over again.

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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:

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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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SPECIAL BONUS GUEST ADDED TO MUSICAL THEATRE WORKS SYMPOSIUM SERIES
an intimate chat with
Elaine Stritch
Monday, November 19th @ 7pm
Musical Theatre Works
440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor
For more information: (212) 677-0040 x312

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

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.

Life and Death on 42nd Street by Michael Riedel

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…

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.

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…

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.

Young Viewers Like Screen Translation of 'Potter' Book

'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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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…

QED

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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.

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

Tony-Eligible Musicals by Ken Mandelbaum

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

How very Peter Filichia like...

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

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.

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.

32 Simons for Broadway by Peter Filichia