Tuesday, March 5, 2002 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Peter Filichia's Diary

Tallying up some amazing figures on Hal Prince, the legendary Broadway producer-director who is still going strong.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts

Paper Mill seeks a new Julie Andrews, The Tap Dance Kid returns, and Porgy and Bess gets short shrift...again.

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SAVING THE SYMPHONY

Struggling in Brooklyn When Acclaim Isn't Enough
By ANNE MIDGETTE
An impasse in labor negotiations is just the latest chapter in a long sequence of events that threaten the Brooklyn Philharmonic's very existence.

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B'way B.O. is a bear

Week sets record for time of the year; receipts up over 14% over 2001
March comes in like a lion or a lamb. But on Broadway, bear is the operable critter. Overall B.O. totaled $12,203,486, down $374,466 or 3.07% from the previous session. Nineteen of the 27 productions on the boards took hits, several sizable six-figure drops.

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM

Kennedy skeds Bard, tuners

RSC pacts to appear annually for 5 years

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RSC Partners with the Kennedy Center

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced a new five-year relationship with the John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The company will take up residency at the Washington, D.C. theat…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Eurythmics to Write Barbarella the Musical

Rock stars Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox have been tapped to write the score for the stage musical Barbarella. The tuner, based on the 1968 film of the same name, is expected to bow in Vien…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Miller's Resurrection Blues to Debut at the Guthrie

Arthur Miller�s Resurrection Blues will have its world premiere during the Guthrie Theater�s 2002-2003 season, according to The New York Daily News.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

THEATER REVIEW | 'METAMORPHOSES': Dreams of 'Metamorphoses' Echo in a Larger Space By BEN BRANTLEY

In its new home, the magic of Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of "Metamorphoses" has been enhanced; its gift for subliminal seduction magnified.

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DON'T MYTH IT! By CLIVE BARNES

IT looks like a wading pool, apparently shallow and with a gangplank built round it.This is Daniel Ostling's startling setting for Mary Zimmerman's re-invention of Ovid's "Metamorphoses," w…

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