Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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I feel as though I jinxed All That Chat with my comment yesterday... I hear from Ann that they hope to be back and operational today. (The server is not cooperating).

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Blind email received:

    Is the Donna Murphy in Wonderful Town thing still happening?
Well gee, I don't know...

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All That Chat

For all those who have been eagerly awaiting it, All That Chat is back up.

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'Hot'?: Mummy Mia! by Michael Riedel

Brendan Fraser, that mummy-hunting matinee idol, will make his Broadway debut this spring as Brick in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

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Broadway Feels The Pinch

Preholiday doldrums on Broadway come every year, but this year, just about every one of the 28 theaters open now has empty seats every night. There are exceptions, of course, like such stan…

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Producer's Christmas Present to London

I can see the posters now: "Cameron Cuts Cats Cost!"

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Broadway Grosses: Cat's Meow

Although some of the critics were a bit catty in their reviews of [Read More]

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Theatre For a New Audience to Play Season at Lortel

Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) will hold part of its 23rd season at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The company is set to present William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and Max Frisch’s Andorra...[Read More]

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Lone Star Love Might Get Spring Broadway Bow

Lone Star Love, the musical adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, is eying a spring Broadway bow. "Hopefully we'll know soon whether it is possible to get a theater," c...[Read More]

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THEATER REVIEW | 'THE WORLD OF NICK ADAMS'

Hemingway Papafest for Paul Newman Charity by BRUCE WEBER
An adaptation by A. E. Hotchner of several of Hemingway's early autobiographical stories with a Copland score was performed on Monday in grandiose fashion.

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Foundation Starts $50 Million Fund for Arts Groups Hurt by Terrorism by KAREN W. ARENSON

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is creating a fund for cultural institutions affected by repercussions of the Sept. 11 attacks, as well as for parks where people congregated after the disas…

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Tunes and Tomes

Ben Winters weighs in on Meryle Secrest’s new biography of the troubled genius that was Richard Rodgers.

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Follow Spot

When it comes to purchasing Original Broadway Cast recordings, let the buyer be careful of exactly what he or she is getting.

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B'way's winter of discontent

Mood anxious as crucial holiday frame approaches 1

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'Kate' kissed by U.K. crix

B.O. strong but not stellar for West End version of B'way hit

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Shuberts loft Legrand

Org moves forward on tuner 'Passe'
The Shubert Org is putting its considerable muscle behind a small musical called "Le Passe Muraille," by Michel Legrand.

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Peter Filichia's Diary

Looking for a musical-theater-literate toll-taker is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

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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?
I don't have the information at my fingertips, but I read in Variety the Times that Patrick Wilson was closing in on the Joe role (not the Pryor role as I had mentioned -- thanks for the catch). There were some other names bantered about for the HBO film, but I can't remember off-hand. (Just not that interested in it.)

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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.
Hmmm... with advances all over being down, the new model (and albeit more risky) is the day of sales becoming the norm. This problem is not centered on simply one show so it is not anyone's fault. The ways of producing (and marketing) must change once again to survive in a new market. But I guess we will have to wait for the Summer to see...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Killer Instincts

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

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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.

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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]

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New troupe books Lortel

TFANA finds venue for three plays

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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.

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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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All that Chat

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