Sunday, March 24, 2002 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Yahoo/Hollywood Reporter: VH1 bands with MGM for batch of new telepics By Jim McConville

VH1's first will be produced by Keythe Farley, Brian Fleming and Laurence O'Keefe, the creative team behind the off-Broadway musical "Bat Boy." The film is out to casting and directors.

SOURCE: story.news.yahoo.com at 12:00AM

Yahoo/Variety: "Party of Five" star resurfaces in UPN pilot

Stage veteran Katie Finneran ("Noises Off," "The Iceman Cometh"), will join Roger Bart and Traylor Howard in the untitled CBS father-daughter comedy from former "Frasier" producers Christop…

SOURCE: tv.yahoo.com at 12:00AM

Yahoo/Variety: O'Connell, Danner Top Latest TV Pilot Castings

Blythe Danner will portray Harriett Lanning in "Presidio Med," to which CBS has committed 13 episodes. She joins Dana Delany and Anna Deavere Smith in the drama.

SOURCE: tv.yahoo.com at 12:00AM

LA Weekly: Theater Feature: A Fan's Notes: Tori Spelling, live onstage! by Sandra Ross

Tori Spelling is a supernova in the constellation of pop stars. Which is why I jumped at a chance to cover her theatrical debut in Maybe Baby, It's You at the Coronet Theater.
Very funny article. Tori loves live theater; why, the last play she saw was Fame.

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

Archerd: Lunch, interrupted; "Cheers" reunion by Army Archerd

News on Mr. Goldwyn, John Ritter's new play, and the possibility of Cyd Charisse dancing a bolero in the Reprise! Follies.

SOURCE: webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com at 12:00AM

Backstage: Problems That Would Cross a Rabbi's Eyes By Leonard Jacobs

Problems for Sheldon Harnick, New York landlord.

SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00AM

Los Angeles Times: Bad Acting Worth a Good Laugh by HUGH HART

At the Groundling Theatre, a talented cast pretends to be fledgling actors who don't know any better.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00AM

Los Angeles Times: After the Hue and Cry by BARBARA ISENBERG

David Hare looks anew at 'The Blue Room,' his play starring Nicole Kidman that was often overshadowed by sensation.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00AM

Los Angeles Times: Rethinking It Through by PATRICK PACHECO

Director Trevor Nunn's radical reworkings of 'Oklahoma!,' 'My Fair Lady' and others stem from his passion for challenging the text.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00AM

Los Angeles Times: TELEVISION

Using Hurtful Words for a Noble Purpose by HOWARD ROSENBERG
In a coming episode of Fox's highly original new comedy "Andy Richter Controls the Universe," our genial protagonist is having regular euphoric sex with the kind of great-looking blond who normally doesn't give him a tumble, only to learn that she is a bigot.
Hmm... the "great-looking blond" makes an anti-Semitic slur during sex. Does this premise sound familiar? I shouldn't say, but I think I heard about it past midnight on West 76th a few years ago.
And I'm guessing the "great-looking blond" this time won't compare to the original...

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

NUNN BETTER THAN BRIT WITH AMERICAN CLASSICS By CLIVE BARNES

When you grow up with something, you sometimes go stale with it. How many times have you seen "Oklahoma!" in some well-meaning high school production or a road revival of "South Pacific" or "Carousel," with a painstaking attempt to reproduce the long-lost original scenery, costumes and choreography?
Interesting. Barnes actually says, "Nunn, without hardly changing a thing, emphasizes different places." Funny, Oklahoma! changed a fair amount, and the people I've talked to who have seen South Pacific and My Fair Lady in London say that they have as well. It makes sense that rethinking a show from the ground up is easier when you can just rewrite it! But, when you do, how far can you go and still have Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, or South Pacific? It looks like we'll be finding out soon.

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