Thursday, February 21, 2002 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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The Actor's Fund website

Misc things from Talkin' Broadway's All That Chat: jimnysf points out that The Graduate's website is now up and running... Ari noticed that something is up with The Actor's Fund website, looks like it has been hacked...

SOURCE: www.actorsfund.org at 12:00AM

I have nothing newsworthy to say.


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

PUBLIC LIVES

After Football, Acting, Rather Than Acting Out by ROBIN FINN
[Thanks to David Gersten for this link!]

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

Toronto Star: Madcap Mel produces musical

Hit Broadway show coming to T.O. next spring by Richard Ouzounian, Theatre Critic

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00AM

Battery charges 'Purple' for B'way

Co. also signs with Henson for 'Noah's Ark'
Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" is the latest literary property-turned-movie to get the Broadway musical treatment.

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM

NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD STORY by DONALD LYONS

REWRITING the old dramas in modern settings is one popular way to pump new life into them.

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

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE HUMAN KIND by DONALD LYONS

A new, thrilling and dangerous American voice can be heard in Christopher Shinn's "Four," now having its off-Broadway premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Club.It's set in Hartford and Boston …

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

Broadway Grosses: They're Still Here

Two legendary performers saw strong showings at the box office last week. Bea Arthur and Elaine Stritch, neither a stranger to the Great White Way, returned to the New York stage with their…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Dench and Smith to Star in New Hare Play

Dame Judi Dench will star opposite Dame Maggie Smith in David Hare�s Breath of Life in the West End. No director, dates or venue have been announced, though a September bow is likely.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Flower Drum Song Eyes October at the Virginia

The acclaimed Mark Taper Forum production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song will open on October 17 at Broadway's Virginia Theatre, according to Variety. Although a production...[…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Peter Filichia's Diary

A survey of how often African-Americans have received or been nominated for Tony Awards as compared to Oscars yields some interesting facts and figures.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM

Archive Import - Comment

Interesting item received:

    blind item: The National Tour of Contact may become the London cast of Contact. As this tour is continuing on after the lead contracts are up in June, it's possible the national will be recast after contracts are up in June.

    SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM

Archive Import - Comment

Re South Pacific in London, all talk of moving it was dropped some weeks ago. There was conversation around moving it to the Adelphi; however, Chicago is staying there until the end of the …

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM

Archive Import - Comment

Given Ben Brantley's negative review, it does not look like it will be coming here.Hmmm....

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM

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