Sunday, December 9, 2001 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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'Narnia' Takes a Bow

Hundreds of breathless New York kids shifted forward in their seats, then gasped and applauded as Aslan, the lion king of the eternal winter fantasyland known as Narnia, rose from the dead …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:00AM

Music's Dangers and the Case for Control by RICHARD TARUSKIN

All the enemies of music, like the Taliban, fear it has power over the soul. They're absolutely right.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AM

In the Greatest Evil, Finding What is Most Human by Liev Schreiber

Why would I want to play Iago? This was a time for heroes, for Prince Hals and Hamlets, not Iagos.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AM

SUN SETTING ON KING OF BROADWAY MUSICALS? By CLIVE BARNES

At the end of this month, we will see the end of a Broadway era.Of course, eras have a habit of ending at the drop of a hat nowadays, but the premature Dec. 30 closing of Andrew Lloyd Webber's already limited-run musical "By Jeeves!" at Broadway's smallest theater, the Helen Hayes, certainly marks the end of something.

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AM