Thursday, December 13, 2001 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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MTC Stages Biltmore's Revival

Actors Valerie Harper, Tony Roberts and Michele Lee dished up some Broadway dirt yesterday. They broke ground to renovate the historic Biltmore Theater, a dilapidated eyesore at 47th St. an…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Roundabout eyes 'Dresser'

Bacharach musical asks for Broadway directions

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM[SHARE]

EnslerEnsler's new play hits 'Targets' for Off B'way

Play focuses on crimes against Bosnian women during Balkan war
Eve Ensler soon may have two plays running Off Broadway. "The Vagina Monologues" recently entered its third year at the Westside Theater.

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Chicago Sun-Times: The slick sell of 'Success'

Ask playwright John Guare the difference between an old-fashioned, 1950s-style press agent and a modern-day publicist, and he will think a moment before quipping, "an Armani suit."
[Thanks to Kim for the link!]

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Full Cast Set for Broadway's The Crucible

Angela Bettis is set to star as Abigail Williams in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Crucible, a production spokesperson confirmed to Broadway.com.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Williams Loses Final Battle with Equity

Barry Williams appears to have lost his war against Actors' Equity Association.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Bacon to Star in Off-B'way's Carson McCullers

The cast is set for the world premiere of Sarah Schulman's Carson McCullers (Historically Inaccurate) at The Women's Project Theatre.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Frechette, Rogers & Swift Ready to Dazzle Off-B'way

Peter Frechette, Reg Rogers and Francie Swift are set to star in the Roundabout Theater Company production of Richard Greenberg's The Dazzle.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Surving Grace Eyes Union Square Theater

Trish Vradenburg’s Surviving Grace will have an off-Broadway birth this winter.

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Archive Import - Comment

Blind Item Received:

    What Looong running Off-Broadway show (with no plans to be made into a movie) has started charging a $1 Facility Charge per ticket? Yet there's no notice to that effect on the price signs in the lobby of the theatre. Guess September 11th didn't make them blue.
I didn't realize that the facility charge was to fix up a theatre that the production trashes every night...

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM[SHARE]

OFF, but related: A New Industry Threat: CD's Made From Webcasts by NEIL STRAUSS

As the debate over Napster raged, Andrew Rasiej secured authorized deals that might upset record labels even more, because there's little they can do about them.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AM[SHARE]

CDs: Norma's Back at Last by Ken Mandelbaum

Howard McGillin's CD is reviewed also.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Broadway Grosses: Merry Week for Musicals

Big budget musicals are keeping Broadway strong. Broadway box offices grossed $12,830,718 last week and the top five grossing shows (all musicals) provided a whopping $4,756,538 of that tal…

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A New Stomp Film is in the Works

Stomp, the long-running off-Broadway experience, may be coming to a movie theater near you.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Will Jackie Mason Star in 45 Seconds?

Will Jackie Mason take the lead in touring and London productions of 45 Seconds From Broadway?

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]

LET THEM EAT SNAPE! by MICHAEL RIEDEL

ALAN Rickman is trying to balance the demands of the "Harry Potter" franchise with his desire to do a Broadway show in the spring.

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Biltmore In a Comeback Role

The Biltmore Theater on W. 47th St. and Eighth Ave., abandoned since 1987, gets a new life today at 11 a.m. with a groundbreaking for the new Manhattan Theater Club.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Bancroft back on boards

Thesp to star in Albee's 'Occupant'

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Broadway Grosses

B.O. off after holiday

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Sondheim, Rudin in 'Gold!' feud

Judge hands down preliminary injunction

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Manhattan Theater Club sets plans for Biltmore

Venue to be devoted to new plays and tuners, board chairman sez
And the renovated Biltmore Theater on West 47th Street will make it three. The Manhattan Theater Club will announce today the finalization of its plans for its first permanent home on Broadway.

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Technology Briefing: INTERNET USENET ARCHIVE IS POSTED ON WEB

Google finally opens up the Deja archive, plus more. This means that all those old R.A.T.M. classic posts are back.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Tunes and Tomes

A pair of exhibits and a pair of books celebrate Al Hirschfeld, America's "characterist" extraordinaire.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM[SHARE]

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Liev Schreiber meets Iago in the Public Theater production of Shakespeare’s Othello.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM[SHARE]

All that Chat

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