Monday, December 31, 2001 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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'Seconds' tick away

Simon comedy made world preem on B'way in Nov.
And "45 Seconds from Broadway" makes it nine Broadway shows to post closing notices this winter. The Neil Simon comedy will call it quits at the Richard Rodgers Theater on Jan. 13, after 31 previews and 73 regular performances.

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM

2001 Wrap-Up: Quotable Quotes

"I can�t believe it�s me. I�m afraid that a lot of people will listen to it and try to sing like that�I hope they don�t hurt themselves! I�m not sure how I do it.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

2001 Wrap-Up: Final Bows

The theater community was shocked when Kathleen Freeman, the unstoppable star of The Full Monty, died unexpectedly on August 23, as she had appeared in the hit show just a few days earlier.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

2001 Wrap-Up: Unforgettable Performances

Over the past year, the theaters of New York City were filled with star turns, unforgettable debuts and the kind of passion that can only be found on the stage.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

They're Still Here by Ken Mandelbaum

[Elaine Stritch, Barbara Cook, and Bea Arthur.]

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Trading Spaces

Well, I totally zoned on this one. I meant to mention that on Discovery's The Learning Channel December 29 and December 30 was "Wedding Story" which featured Broadway stars Paige Davis and Patrick Page, in their actual wedding. (They met on the Beauty and the Beast tour.) Paige is the host of TLC's popular show, Trading Spaces. Hopefully TLC will re-broadcast "Wedding Story" around Valentine's Day.

SOURCE: tlc.discovery.com at 12:00AM

Tribune Company

And while we are talking about Santa's presents, Hollywood Media Corp, which owns Broadway.com, has had something special to cheer about over the past three months. While all the uncertainty in the stock market, Hollywood Media Corp, which is considered a pure play dot com, has seen its stock price double since the end of October. Even in the face of Tribune Company selling its entire 9% stake in the company, the shares were immediately purchased and held the stock price.

SOURCE: www.hoovers.com at 12:00AM

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Word is that Santa has brought me one of my presents late: I asked for a weekly fix of Michael Buckley, the TV Guide writer and former Broadway Online columnist. TheaterMania, who picked up a 3x a week Peter Filichia after the closing of BroadwayOnline, has added Michael Buckley to the TheaterMania roster. Mr. Buckley will be writing once a week, mostly interviewing personalities. Starting the new year: Zoe Caldwell. Of course, we will link to the interview as soon as it is posted...

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM

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And finally, since everyone else is wrapping up the year, I thought I would as well. BroadwayStars has grown a bit this year. We now have approximately 35,000 unique readers every day. This never could have happened without some writing and linking help from my friends: Catherine Skidmore, Mathew Murray, Susan Heim, James Galla, Seth Christenfeld and Bill Jennings. My buddies Douglas Maxwell and Keith Johnson on the technology side who keep me from breaking everything. (More likely, they fix what I already broke.) The un-named people who I don't name so that they can keep their jobs (they know who they are!) thanks to you too. This site has been brought to you this year by a generous grant from American Express. Lets hope they hire me again next year!

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM

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The last thing to mention is that theater people are the best people in the world. Smart, caring, insane, dependable and dreamers. The major media talked about how America changed after September 11th: Americans are smarter, caring, insane, dependable and dreamers. And what a wonderful feeling that is to be unified in goodness. Theater people already knew that.

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM