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Jason Robert Brown dropped his 1000 closest friends an email sharing some great news. TIME magazine has named his show, The Last Five Years one of the ten best theater experiences of 2001. Last Five Years is opening off-Broadway in March 2002.
TIME Magazine: Best + Worst 2001

OB's Fantasticks Donates Some Costumes to NYC Museum, Others Sold on Ebay

OB Spitfire Grill Cooks Up Cast Album; Release Expected in 2002

Schreiber Othello Will End on Dec. 30 as Scheduled

Nathan Lane Cuts Back to Six Producers Shows Per Week

Enid Graham Joins Fortune's Fool Cast

Morning's at Seven to Open at the Lyceum in April

Broadway Grosses: Magic Needed at Rocky

TRUCE IN B'WAY WAR? By MICHAEL RIEDEL

It appears we may never get to see Stephen Sondheim and Scott Rudin go mano a mano in the courtroom.Though neither side is commenting, word around Broadway is that Sondheim's camp is puttin…

Summer of '42 review by Charles Isherwood

WWII on the Hormone Front by Robert Dominguez

SOME OF '42 LIKE THE FILM By DONALD LYONS

Remember the 1971 movie, "Summer of '42," about a young boy on a summer vacation island who has a crush on a war bride?

Summer of '42 Review by Ken Mandelbaum

THEATER REVIEW | 'SUMMER OF '42': The Ravages of Puberty Painted in Pretty Pastels by Bruce Weber

Painted with pastels, awash in remembrance and melancholy and humming with palliating jingles, the new musical "Summer of '42" arrived at the Variety Arts Theater on Tuesday.

Betty Buckley Is Buffalo's Buffalo Gal at Studio Arena

It's D-Day for Summer of `42; New OB Musical Opens at Variety Arts Dec. 18

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Co. Extend Contracts in Bway Hit Proof

Nathan Lane Cuts Back to Six Producers Shows Per Week

PHOTO CALL: I May Be Marion the Librarian But My Husband Works with Dominatrices

PHOTO CALL: Three Dominatrices and a Wannabe Make Up Psych

PHOTO CALL: Simpson and Sigourney Celebrate Psych Opening

PHOTO CALL: Psych Takes Opening Night Bow Dec. 16

OB's Fantasticks Donates Some Costumes to NYC Museum, Others Sold on Ebay

OB Spitfire Grill Cooks Up Cast Album; Release Expected in 2002

Broadway Grosses: December 10-16

$180,221

Martha Plimpton Joins Murray's Hobson in Choice Atlantic OB Revival, Dec. 19

Morton and Murphy Expose Eady and Murray's Brutal Imagination Dec. 19

Prince and the Pauper With Kudisch Plays St. Paul Dec. 19-Jan. 1

PHOTO CALL: Allergists' Wife, de Shields, Jones Break Biltmore Ground

PHOTO CALL: Dig and Throw! MTC Breaks Ground at the Biltmore

PHOTO CALL: MTC's Stars Bring the Biltmore Back to Life

Mills and Easton Go Bonkers for Bennett in Jan. 7 NY Public Library Readings

Enid Graham Joins Fortune's Fool Cast

Enid Graham has joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of Fortune's Fool, according to a production spokesperson.

Nathan Lane Reduces Performance Schedule

Under the advice of doctors, Tony winner Nathan Lane will begin playing a reduced performance schedule of six performances a week.

Alex Jennings to Star in My Fair Lady in the West End

Acclaimed actor Alex Jennings will be the next Henry Higgins in the West End production of My Fair Lady. Jennings is scheduled to replace the revival’s original lead, Jonathan Pryce, on A…

Broadway Grosses: Magic Needed

Oh, what a Horror! Since the revival of The Rocky Horror Show reopened at the Circle in the Square on October 30, the show has been an underdog (in terms of gross) every week.

Morning's at Seven to Open at the Lyceum in April

The Lyceum Theater will serve as the venue for the upcoming Lincoln Center Theater production of Paul Osborn's Morning’s at Seven.

Backward glances in London

Legit commentary

Chi media gets smell of musical 'Success'

Show starts perfs Dec. 23 at Shubert

Spelling to be Coronet's 'Baby'

Thesp to replace Simpson in vignettes about singles

A Dream Deferred No Longer

Eric Krebs has gotten Langston Hughes to write a musical. Not in so many words, notes and dance steps, but the producer has reached far back into the poet and novelist's little-known work for stage, created almost 30 years before his death in 1962, and brought forth "Little Ham."

Goodspeed to tune up two '70s tuners for '02
'King of Hearts,' 'Baker's Wife,' 'Dames at Sea' among slate
Two musicals that didn't make it on Broadway in the 1970s will get another chance from Goodspeed Musicals in 2002.

SOME OF '42 LIKE THE FILM by DONALD LYONS

REMEMBER the 1971 movie, "Summer of '42," about a young boy on a summer vacation island who has a crush on a war bride?

TRUCE IN B'WAY WAR? by MICHAEL RIEDEL

IT appears we may never get to see Stephen Sondheim and Scott Rudin go mano a mano in the courtroom.Though neither side is commenting, word around Broadway is that Sondheim's camp is puttin…

To Stay or Go? City Opera Is Deciding on Its Home by ROBIN POGREBIN

The New York City Opera's future is now the center of attention in the debate about Lincoln Center's proposed $1.2 billion redevelopment plan.

THEATER REVIEW | 'SUMMER OF '42'

The Ravages of Puberty Painted in Pretty Pastels by BRUCE WEBER
Painted with pastels, awash in remembrance and melancholy and humming with palliating jingles, the new musical "Summer of '42" arrived at the Variety Arts Theater on Tuesday.

As City Ticket Plan Grows, Some Off Broadway Grouse by JESSE McKINLEY

Some Off Broadway producers have voiced concerns that their theaters are missing out on the city's purchase of tickets to Broadway shows.

Chicago Sun-Times: Secrets of their 'Success'

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Definitely a black couch day! (With tomato soup and grilled cheese! Mmmmm...)

Peter Filichia's Diary

Cross-pollination in the musicals of Cole Porter and others results in some wonderful surprises.

Enchanted April Looks to a Fall Broadway Bow

Matthew Barber's Enchanted April, a stage version of Elizabeth Von Arnim’s novel of the same name, is coming to Broadway next season.

LaBute Readies The Distance from Here for Debut

Neil LaBute is returning to the Almeida at King's Cross to premiere his latest play. The Distance from Here, directed by the author, is set to run at the theater May 2 through June 8.

Bomb-itty Boys Head for Sundance Lab

Erik Weiner and Jordan Allen-Dutton, co-creators of The Bomb-itty of Errors, will participate in The Sundance Institute's prestigious Screenwriters Lab.

Dave Gorman Ends Run at Westbeth

Again.

WATCH THIS SPACE

By DAN KAPLAN
THE world's first TV commercial made completely in space will air next month
Which union gets jurisdiction?

Stewart's Devil of A Dickens

Dozens of actors have donned woolen sleeping caps to play Ebenezer Scrooge, but Patrick Stewart has boldly done what no one has done before. He also plays every other character in Charles D…

B'way narrows gap amid humbug frame

Only 'Mamma,' 'Producers' gain

Tix buy-up ticks off Off B'way

Theaters eye slice of ticket pie
Off Broadway's holiday stockings are looking empty. While the Mayor's Office is in the process of buying $2.5 million in Broadway tickets (Daily Variety, Dec. 14), legit shows housed in theaters with 499 seats or less can expect a lump of coal from the city -- if that.

Bway's Crucible Fully Cast and Set for Feb. 16 at Virginia

Westminster Theatre to Be Demolished

Merman Sings Varla-la-la-la for God's Love We Deliver Dec. 17

Buckley Backs Out of Long Wharf Pera Palas; Glynis Bell Steps In

Roy Brocksmith, Actor, Director and Theatre Founder, Is Dead at 56

Breakfast Club Meets Kit Kat Klub: Ringwald Begins Stay as Bowles in Cabaret, Dec. 18

London My Fair Lady Recoups Investment

You would be shocked to hear how little West End actors are paid (contracts start about $600US/week), as well as all the other differences between producing on Broadway vs West End...

Fridge-Free Penn and Teller Are Rocky Horror's Narrators Dec. 18-23

Enchanted April Looks at Enchanted Fall on Broadway in 2002

Brookes Stars in New York Revival of I Never Sang for My Father Jan. 2-13

Paige Price Sings The eX-Files at Arci's Place, Dec. 18-22

Nathan Lane Reduces Performance Schedule