Peter Filichia's Diary

Catching up with Norbert Leo Butz as he prepares to open in The Last 5 Years.

Ma Sherie Amour

Sherie Ren� Scott�s role in The Last 5 Years hits close to home by Brian Scott Lipton

Follow Spot

Updates on Kevin Chamberlin, Katie Finneran, Louis Gossett, Jr., Bea Arthur, and their various endeavors.

Backstage: CD Workshops Face Legal Challenge by Laura Weinert

The California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement has issued an opinion that casting director workshops constitute a "clear violation of the provisio

[Thanks to Craig for the link!]

How Cowboys and Cowgirls Get Into Step

By ROBIN POGREBIN
The choreographer Susan Stroman's exuberant leaps and do-si-dos for "Oklahoma!" appear to be the perfect spring antidote to this country's trying autumn.
� Music from 'Oklahoma!'

Theater Review | 'Necessary Targets': Exploring the Pain of Bosnian Women

On Stage and Off: Another Actor Is Flying Solo

CD Technology Stops Copies, but It Starts a Controversy

By AMY HARMON
The recording industry has begun selling CD's designed to make it impossible for people to copy music to their computers, trade songs over the Internet or transfer them to portable MP3 players.

Women Of Bosnia Ill-Served

For the first 10 minutes of Eve Ensler's "Necessary Targets," which is set in a Bosnian refugee camp, the audience's task is to determine which of two American characters is the more hatefu…

Bea at the Booth Extended Indefinitely

The limited run of Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends has turned into an open-ended one. The show, which was previou...[Read More]

Paper Mill Adds Saigon to Next Season's Roster

As Ken Mandelbaum reported earlier this week, the Paper Mill Playhouse will present Miss Saigon as part of i...[Read More]
I am pretty sure that this was talked about on All That Chat and RATM weeks ago...

Alfonso Ribeiro Confirmed for Golden Boy at Encores!

As Ken Mandelbaum mentioned on February 22, Alfonso Ribeiro will indeed headline the upcoming Encores! produ...[Read More]

L.A. Drama Critics Award Noms Announced

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? tops the list of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nominations. The Greenway Court Theater production of the play earned eight nominations. The [Read…

Madonna Set to Make West End Debut

Plans for Madonna�s West End stage debut are now confirmed. The pop icon will star in Australian playwright David Williamson�s Up For Grabs at Wyndhams Theatre.

Rappaport Delays Broadway Bow

The Broadway revival of I'm Not Rappaport, originally expected to open at the Booth Theatre in April, is be...[Read More]

NOT SO SWEET

By MICHAEL RIEDEL
'WE got our b - - - s back."That's how one producer of "Sweet Smell of Success" sums up the changes made to the new $10 million musical since its Chicago tryout last month.
Has Riedel started to invest in Broadway shows?

GRAMMY RATINGS WHAMMY

RATINGS for the Grammy Awards show were no hit. The awards, which aired on CBS on Wednesday night, averaged 19 million viewers - down 29 percent from last year and the lowest for the show since 1995.
It's not just the Tonys. All awards shows, except Oscars, are headed south.

Off-Off-Bway Concert Series, Musicals Tonight!, Will Revive My Favorite Year

Cast Changes at London Phantom of the Opera

Holliday Hosts Hoofers in '21 Below!' at Town Hall in NYC, March 1

PHOTO CALL: Metamorphoses: Eros and Psyche

PHOTO CALL: Metamorphoses: Erysichthon and Myrrha

PHOTO CALL: Metamorphoses: Phaeton

Shubert Alley Says: Hairspray Tickets Go on Sale May 5

Long Wharf Gets Margulies World Premiere in Two Days in 2002-03

One Mo' Time Performs on "Rosie," March 5

Huntington Theatre Elects Nixon's Nixon for March 1-April 7 Term in MA

London's Long-Running Buddy Closes March 3

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 1

Bea Arthur Is Now Open-Ended Run; Paper Doll Not Booth-Bound

It Takes a Village: Revised Baker's Wife Will Sing in CT Nov. 7-Dec. 1

Nathan Lane Taking Second Stab at Sitcoms

Mother Clap Carries On at Aldwych Thru March 23

After Seattle, Alexander Is Electra at CT's Long Wharf; Marguiles Premiere Follows

Madonna to Star in Comedy Up for Grabs in West End This Spring

Van Outen Is In as Bway Roxie in Chicago March 18-April 21

L.A. Drama Crix Give Flower Drum Song Only One Nod; Crivello, Sills Nommed

Ribeiro and Butler to Star in Encores!' Golden Boy March 21-24

Tom Hewitt Rules Hatcher's Beauty in San Diego March 31-April 27

Rappaport Will Play Bway Come Summer; Is Booth Doll House?

Mulgrew and Tea at Five May Reach Bway in Fall

Mamma Mia! Two Opens in Providence, RI Feb. 28 With Lund and Marsden

The (Quincy) Patriot Ledger: This Graduate is more about Mrs. Robinson and more funny than the film

[Thanks to Andy Propst at American Theater Web for the link!]

Archive Import - Comment

Araca is busy! Word has it that it looks like DEBBIE DOES DALLAS has booked the JANE STREET THEATER for the full production. It hopes to open in mid-June.

Archive Import - Comment

Riedel checked in this morning with me. (He is a faithful reader you know!) He assures me that the last show he invested in was Seussical.