Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Toronto Star: Kitty Cats not the purrfect ticket by Richard Ouzounian

Non-Equity Cats play to tour houses.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00AM

Boston Herald: She's got a clue: Ambitious Alicia Silverstone brings plenty of energy to `The Graduate'

[Thanks to Andy Propst at AmericanTheater Web for this link!]

Washington Post: Understudy's Dream
Not Long Ago, Brad Oscar Was Santa in Missouri. Now He Stars in 'The Producers.'
[Thanks to Andy Propst at AmericanTheater Web for this link!]

SOURCE: www2.bostonherald.com at 12:00AM

An Extra's Unscripted Tumble From the Stage Is Roiling the Met by RALPH BLUMENTHAL

How did a French soldier retreating across frozen Russia in the finale of the Metropolitan Opera's premiere performance of "War and Peace" wind up in the orchestra pit?
This is article number 3 in the Times in a few weeks about a chorus person losing his footing... is there nothing else going on in the opera world? Isn't Linda Eder thinking of doing some Puccini?

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

Powerhouse trio rules road

'Producers' set to join 'Lion,' 'Mamma' atop touring biz
At the midpoint of the 2001-02 road season, it's becoming clear that the American road biz, present and future, revolves around three pillars of box office granite: "The Lion King," "Mamma Mia!" and "The Producers."

SOURCE: ev.variety.com at 12:00AM

Presidential payoff

Holiday weekend delivers healthy B.O. gain

SOURCE: ev.variety.com at 12:00AM

'Flower Drum' to rebloom on Broadway

Musical's first major revival in Gotham to begin in October
I hope they have a very strong marketing plan. I can't think of anyone, except for the most die-hard musical theater fan, that is interested in seeing this. I am pretty shocked that it actually got a greenlight.

SOURCE: ev.variety.com at 12:00AM

Rotten Dates, Then Fig Leaf

In real life, bad things sometimes happen to good people. Not, however, in Christopher Shinn's "Four." "Four," which transferred from the Worth Street Theater, focuses on two teenagers. One…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:00AM

New Dates for Helen; Seldes Replaces Wilson

Marian Seldes will replace Mary Louise Wilson in the upcoming Public Theater production of Ellen McLaughlin's Helen.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

'LIFE' HAS BREADTH by MICHAEL RIEDEL

BIG news out of London: Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, arguably the two greatest actresses treading the boards today, will co-star in "The Breath of Life," a new play by David Hare, this fall…

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

Peter Filichia's Diary

Filichia recalls musicals that invoke the names of our chief executives and/or use them as characters.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM

John Boy

Busy as a bee, John Barrowman makes his cabaret debut even as he prepares to star in Company at the Kennedy Center by Michael Portantiere

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM

Follow Spot

Douglas Carter Beane directs a starry cast in Free to Be... You and Me for the Drama Dept.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM

Review: Bent

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM

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