DC Theatre League Releases Results of First Major Audience Survey
A major breakthrough in analysis. Washington DC's audiences are rich, white, mostly women, well educated and are DC residents. The cherry on the cake is that they say they would attend theatre more if the ticket prices were less expensive. These are all things that no one ever knew. Good work.

Paper Mill Playhouse and Tony-Winner Ziemba Still In Discussions Over Victor/Victoria
At least they could always look to bring Betty Buckley back to Paper Mill if Ziemba does not work out. I hear that Betty was so easy to work with during Gypsy.

David Merrick Tribute Planned for July 18 at Bway's St. James
The biggest tribute to Merrick would be a full page splashy ad in the Times with highlights of his career in red! This tribute at the St. James should bring out some great stories.

Roundabout Workshops The Boys from Syracuse and Assassins
Yes, we knew about the workshops already, but it seems as though there is a backpedal on Assassins for this season. This is in contrast to a July 1 story on Broadway.com.

Proof w/ Parker Likely for Bway's Walter Kerr in October
Hmmm... the theatre shuffle continues.

SAG Names Ad Pact Signers. Union claims firms mask ad prod'n via small agencies.

Original Cast Members of Rent to Reunite, July 16
Misleading headline alert: this is for a discussion at NYTW,

The Good Book by Peter Filichia

What Wizard Thought of This? by Peter Filichia

Smith to Get Gun on Tour, Not B'way

bu-bye.

Third Eye Rep's Godspell Returns to NYC July 18

Bway Thursday Matinees Swing! Into Gear at Children's Museum, July 6

UT's Sundance Theatre Lab Has Nine Developing Works July 5-23

Mason, Mouse Make Broadway B.O. Hay. 'Edna,' 'Misbegotten' show rise in receipts as they prep to close.

At Least Two B'way Plays Claim To Recoup $. 'West,' Tony-winning 'Copenhagen' regain investments.

Sweet Smell of Success Musical Gets August Workshop

Tickets on Sale for Broadway Jane Eyre July 10

Morehouse/Lane If It Was Easy Debuts in Atlanta June 13

Vintage San Francisco Theatre to Be Transformed into Cutting-Edge Facility

The Musical Formerly Known As Wise Guys by Sean Patrick Flahaven

Tony on Tour by Ken Mandelbaum

A friendship became Fantastick. Two longtime musical-theater partners recall the story behind their early surprise hit.

`Three' For The Show. Focus groups help creators of `Musketeers' polish musical for American premiere in San Jose

Wild Party Crossing The Pond?

So ya, thought ya, might like to, go to the show? To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow?

Full House in London Feels Empty to Critics

A Director Expands Shaw Fest in Canada

From the Post Office to the Stage

TDF Hosts Girl Scouts as They Explore Theatre Arts Careers, July 11-16

New PR Firm, Cohn Davis Associates, Opens for Business

Filmmakers 'Moon' Broadway: July 5 Release of DVD/VHS. Docudrama Stars Burnett & Bosco.

SAG, Advertisers Returning To Table. Meanwhile, big stars back SAG fundraiser.

Walter Matthau Dies. Oscar, Tony award-winning thesp best known for rumpled characters.

A Historical Novelist's Look at 1776 by Peter Filichia

Goodspeed Gives Its Regards to George M!, July 7 - Oct. 7

On Stage: All's fair in love, war and quote ads

Troupe's Visits Explore Effect of a Gay Student's Murder Theater. Members of a New York group traveled to the Wyoming town where Matthew Shepard was fatally beaten to research 'Laramie Project.'

Bill Jennings over at Mermaniac brings us an update of the Dracula story from Texas A&M's Galveston campus. He has found a link that give more information about the story, but we still don't know this director's name! Here is the link.

Oh is there not one maiden breast, who's homely face and bad complexion...

Happy Birthday to Neil Simon, Eva Marie Saint, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stephen Foster, Louis B. Mayer (Tateh?) and Gertrude Lawrence.

All-male Pageant Transfers to Vaudeville
All the pieces are falling into place for music writer Albert Evans. Pageant is moving to the West End after a fringe run. I mentioned Albert a few months ago after I saw a workshop of his musical A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL, which is a new musical based upon the Dickens novel, set in the south. It was really good. Perhaps Evans who has been working in and around Broadway for awhile may emerge as a composer of the new Broadway. Lets hope so.

Laramie Project Has New Summer Schedule Starting July 10
There is no excuse to miss this new work. It is thought provoking and will make a dramatic impact on whomever sees it. If you are still on the fence about it, please watch the trailer at TheatreGrams.com. Not only will you understand why you should see this show, but you will get a discount code as well.

"Enter the Guardsman" will go on ship.
I have absolutely nothing to say.

Show-Mad Stanley by Peter Filichia

Vlad The Impaled by Sean Patrick Flahaven
The most important piece of information here was the name of the director... so that all of us could never work with this person! It's like those rumors of Francis Ford Coppola during Apocalypse Now using live ammo.

'Lucia,' Move Over: 'Jane Eyre' as Opera

Hartford Courant: Lortel's Philanthropy, Theaters Live On

Detroit Free Press: Lock, stock and curtain calls: Members of the Barn Theatre summer company in Augusta do a lot of everything
The Barn has quite the alumni list: Marin Mazzie, Tom Wopat, Barbara Marineau... could you just see Marin doing the valet parking? Or even better: would you let Wopat drive you car like the General Lee?

At Work With a Devil and a Theater Deity Theater: American director Eric Schaeffer heads to London for 'The Witches of Eastwick' to join forces with producer Cameron Mackintosh.

Hoping to Cast a 'Witches' Spell on Stage

Early word out of London is that WITCHES is a lot of fun. Catherine Skidmore just got back from London and promised a full report.

Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum when it is you that you are following...

George M. Cohan... I am not even worthy of typing his name. Mr. Cohan was an amazing individual with contributions to Broadway and to the theatre in general that are still benefiting us today. Here is his obit from 1942 in The New York Times.

Marowitz Dukes It Out With Phillips in the L.A. Times

Andrew Lloyd Webber Invests in It-Girl Musical

Dench, Gambon and Company Lobby for Regional Cash

JRT Will Start New Season in New Space With Laurents' Big Potato

Wells Bows Intern Course For Helmers. Women, minorities to learn by shadowing pros.

Lucky Few Snag Copies of Potter

New York's The Builders Association Suffers Jeg Lag at London's Barbican Theatre, July 5-8, 2000

Wholly Trinity by Peter Filichia

It's the Birthday Boy by Ken Mandelbaum

Bill Jennings over at Mermaniac.com is wondering what is happening to all the disappearing content at the "theatrical record label" websites. It must be those tech-heads over at Silicon Alley on 44th and 8th.

While we are mentioning "theatrical record label" websites, former theatrical label, Varese Sarabande, had a full page ad in this Summer's issue of SHOW MUSIC. There were six CDs featured. None of them were remotely theatrically related. Someone must remind them that this magazine is not SOUNDTRACK magazine. Although I suppose that they had an advertising contract that they couldn't get out of since their recent announcement of leaving the SHOW MUSIC market.

Conspicuously missing from advertisements: Sh-K-Boom Records who just released Adam Pascal and Sherrie Rene Scott's new CDs. I understand that this new label is trying to separate themselves from the theatrical market, but this market is their base right now. National appearances on TV and press are not based upon Adam and Sherrie's pop recordings, they are getting this coverage because of what they have done on Broadway. And that may be a fatal marketing flaw.

Dying all the time
Lose your dreams and you
Will lose your mind
In life unkind