On this day in 461, according to tradition, St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died in Saul. Today's birthdays include: Rob Lowe, Patrick Duffy, Kurt Russell, Gary Sinise, Vicki Lewis, Gloria Swanson, Nat King Cole and Rudolf Nureyev.

Christine Andreas by Jonathan Frank

Rocky Horror Show Website Launch - Start The Countdown

Tony Committee Rules Schaffel, Barbour Not Eligible for Lead Actor Nominations

Lily Tomlin To Host 2001 Drama Desk Awards, May 20

Christine Andreas: One Fair Lady Salutes Other Ladies Fair by Michael Buckley

Ruth Williamson Reporting In From L.A. by Forrest Mallard

The Not-So-Greatest Show on Earth by Peter Filichia

Tomlin to Host Drama Desk Awards

Deven May by Paul Wontorek

Photo Op: DESIGN FOR LIVING Opening, Part One

Photo Op: DESIGN FOR LIVING Opening, Part Two

Ask A Star: Alan Cumming responds

Drama Desk Nominees Announced May 1; Tomlin to Host May 20 Awards Ceremony

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Friday, March 16, 2001

On this day in 1850, ''The Scarlet Letter,'' Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about adultery, revenge and redemption in Puritan Massachusetts, was first published. Today's birthdays include: Jerry Lewis, Victor Garber and Erik Estrada.

A Broadway Costume Designer on Pins and Needles
What initially appeared to be a simple enough idea � following the costume designer for the Broadway show "Follies" from pencil sketches to first preview � turned out to be surprisingly fraught.

On Stage and Off: Spring Out, Fall Back by Jesse McKinley

On Broadway by Michael Riedel
The producers of the upcoming Broadway play "The Gathering," starring Hal Linden, were scrambling this week to close a $300,000 gap in their budget.

STARS FLOCKING TO SUMMER LEGIT GIGS
Streep, Kline flock to 'Seagull'

Sarah Jessica Parker Returning to NY Stage in Wonder of the World, Oct. 2

New York Theatre Workshop to Stage Tupac Shakur Play, March 16

Anybody Remember My Fair Lady? by Peter Filichia

What's in a Musical Character's Name? by Peter Filichia

Make Contact by Sean Patrick Flahaven

Julie Andrews' "Favorite" Things by Sean Patrick Flahaven

Sinise's Cuckoo's Nest Begins Broadway Previews Mar. 16

Crudup To Star in Central Park Revival of Measure, June 17

How Were the Reviews?: Design for Living

Report: Baitz' Hit Ten Unknowns Headed for B'way in Fall 2001

London Production of Bway's Kate Revival to Open at Victoria Palace in October
Mitchell, Mazzie, Berresse and Spanger are slated to open the production. Isn't it great that British Equity does not hold an Oklahoma-grudge? Who could blame them if they did?

Sweet's Action Against Sol Schumann Gets World Premiere in Chi March 16-April 22

Critic Rich to Beat Around the Bush, March 19, at DC's Kennedy Center

Punk Cult Fave�Lipstick Traces Makes Stage Debut in NYC, May 2-June 10

Gary Sinise Feathers Nest on Broadway, Previews Begin March 16

Danse d'Amour by Ken Mandelbaum

Crudup to Star in NYSF's Measure for Measure

James Readies for Success

Ask a Star: Brian d'Arcy James

Well I am glad to see that Joan Jett has taken the high road in her recording dispute with Jordan Roth. What did she do? On her website, Jett published Jordan's phone number (as well as Bill Rosenfield's) encouraging fans to call and complain. I hear that both of her fans did.

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Thursday, March 15, 2001

On this day in 1956, the Lerner and Loewe musical ''My Fair Lady'' opened on Broadway. Today's birthdays include: Judd Hirsch, Fabio and Henri Saint Cyr.

MTC Juggles Schedule to Accomodate Parker

Summer Voices, Final Work of Late Playwright Rieser, Heard in New York Thru March 25

After Success, Managing Director Sam Sweet Leaves DC's Shakespeare Theatre June 30

Rigby Joins Seussical Company as Cat in the Hat March 15

Roundabout Revival of Coward's Design for Living Opens at AA, March 15

Cherry Lane Alternative Playwriting Project Announces 2001 Line-Up

New Charitable Venture, "New York Fashion Cares," Rocks Broadway May 7

Seeking Better Wages, Stagehands Picket New Goodman Theatre in Chicago

Glimmer Set for MTC May 1; Wonder, with Parker, to Shine Oct. 2

Cumming Back to Broadway

"West Wing" Star Spencer Will Glimmer at MTC May 1

Cathy Rigby Joins Join B'way's Seussical Mar. 15; Aaron Carter Coming April 4

Horton Hears from the Cat in the Hat
Cyberspace seems to have been one of the few places where David Shiner could receive frank and honest information about his own fate in Seussical.

Des McAnuff Named La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director

Lippa, Kimball and Callaway Are Alaska-Bound by Forrest Mallard

The Cat's Last Meow by Michael Riedel

Back Stage: Juilliard Gets $10M for Student Aid

Starmites rejoined the legit world yesterday. Random reports say:

Jim Steinman in attendance wearing leather pants, shiny snake-skin jacket and less than whiter than white mane of frizzy hair. Gwen. Diva channeling Tim Curry. Understudy was on for Eric Millegan cause he was doing Law & Order (SVU).Also, Bells is getting good buzz. Speaking of buzz, the buzz is growing on Bat Boy. All good.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2001

Today's birthdays include: Michael Caine, Quincy Jones, Adrian Zmed and Albert Einstein.

Met Outlines New Operas for 2001-2
Do you think that all the opera fans are sitting around and saying, "All revivals again this year? When are they going to write some new operas?"

Jett's Camp: "We Had a Deal"

Broadway Grosses: Something's Coming

Tonys #3 by Ken Mandelbaum

Photo Op: ROCKY HORROR Recording

Photo Op: LES MIZ 14th Anniversary Party

Photo Op: NOTHING LIKE A DAME

Broadway Grosses: March 5-11 - Part 1

Arts Council of England Gives �25m, Largest Ever Increase to Theatre

Fate of Barrymore Family Home Rests with Fort Lee Film Commission

Second "Plays and Playwrights" Anthology Released by NY Theatre Experience

Actor's Equity Re-Skeds Klemperer Memorial for March 22

Krasker's New Label, ps classics, Celebrates Vintage Shows, Rare Composers, Unheard Singers

TDF Names Former MTC Exec Victoria Bailey as Executive Director

Back to the Future: Starmites 2001 Gets NYC Staging March 14-April 8

Has a '60s Flop Ever Sounded So Good? by Peter Filichia

Inside the Rocky Horror Recording Session

Theatre.com News To Be Heard on NPR

Off-Broadway Updates, Revives Starmites March 14

Sir Peter Hall Returns to New York to Revive Troilus and Cressida, April 3

Broadway Cares Catalog Alert by Forrest Mallard

But by Bit, Pudding It Together by Peter Filichia

Theatre Development Fund (TDF) Names Victoria Bailey As Executive Director

FOLLIES Rumors...........
Even if the re-casting rumors are not true, it is pretty clever talk. The euphemisms for firing: "A Weissler Vacation" and "get Shiner-ed" are pretty quick.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2001

On this day in 1947, the Lerner and Loewe musical "Brigadoon" opened on Broadway. Today's birthdays include: William H. Macy.

'Good Thief': A Hired Thug Who Lacks the Typical Heart of Gold by Ben Brantley
In Conor McPherson's one-actor play "Good Thief," Brian d'Arcy James knows just how to perform the sleight of hand that's required in an exquisitely calibrated performance.
Brian d'Arcy James' star is finally taking off. I am glad. It couldn't happen to a more talented or nicer person.

The News & Observer: 'Little Women,' big changes
How much can a show morph in a two-week run? A lot.

J&H on PPV by Ken Mandelbaum
Wow. What a review. I think Ken is channeling John Simon...

McAnuff Stays On at La Jolla

La Jolla Playhouse Names Old Aristic Director, Des McAnuff, New Artistic Director

Finn's Royal Family Musical Gets Private Reading in NYC March 13-19

Just in Time: Bells Are Ringing Begins Bway Previews March 13

Laurels and Morals: Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero Opens March 13 in NYC

Playbill was down this morning (other than their front page.) I may do an update later in the day of Playbill stories.

B'WAY WEATHERS STORM, BOOSTS B.O. 7%
Shortage of new tuners dampens overall total

Bells Are Ringing Revival Starts B'way Previews Mar. 13

Lobby Hero by Oscar Nominee Lonergan Sets Mar. 13 World Premiere

Lincoln Center Celebrates Ricky Ian Gordon's Bright Eyed Joy, March 13

Playwrights Horizons to Give Spitfire Grill Musical a New York Debut in Fall 2001

Something Wonderful
Ballets, overtures and other Richard Rodgers compositions have added 20 minutes or more to Angel Records' reissues of the Oklahoma!, Carousel and The King and I film scores.

Take A Chance On Love by Sean Patrick Flahaven

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Monday, March 12, 2001

On this day in 1987 "Les Miserables" opened on Broadway. Today's birthdays include: Edward Albee, Liza Minnelli, James Taylor and Jack Kerouac.

Kenneth Lonergan: Finding the Drama in Real Life
The playwright Kenneth Lonergan is hard at work on daily revisions of his play "Lobby Hero," currently in previews. As for his Oscar nomination for "You Can Count on Me," he is more amused than humbled by the magnitude of his good fortune.

'A Class Act': Friends Stage the Musical of an Unsung Songwriter
Edward Kleban, the lyricist of "A Chorus Line," never realized his dream to write both words and music for a Broadway show. But "A Class Act," a musical based on his life and songs, is now showing at the Ambassador Theater.

Taking the Act to Broadway by Ken Mandelbaum

Carmello & Edelman Welcome a B'way Baby

Photo Op: A CLASS ACT Opening
The very last pic is the best...

Fresh Face: Cynthia Garrett

Les Miserables Celebrates 14th Anniversary Mar. 12

Alan Cumming Moonlighting in the City by Forrest Mallard

How Were the Reviews?: A Class Act on Broadway

Dennehy and Dench Take Home SAG Awards

Musical Bonnie and Clyde World Premieres in Chicago, March 12

A Class Act Gets Even Better

Hear Them Now: Winther Sings New Theatre Music at Lincoln Center March 23

Tally-Ho: Rob Evan Is Ivanhoe in March 12 NYC Reading

Director Jude Kelly and Reba McEntire Join Dame, March 12

David Shiner's last show

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Sunday, March 11, 2001

Today's birthdays include: John Barrowman, Thora Birch and Lawrence Welk.

'Design for Living': As Simple, and as Brilliant, as a Good Laugh
The rivival of "Design for Living," starring Jennifer Ehle, Dominic West and Alan Cumming, opens on Thursday. Let's not talk about sex or m�nages � trois yet. Let's talk about No�l Coward's genius.

Edward Kleban's Lyrics Made It to Broadway, Now His Songs

Will a New Broom at Humama Theater Festival Sweep the Old Era Away?

'Freaks and Geeks': The Honest Agony of Embarrassment

Letters
Lots of letters regarding the "Broadway Karaoke" article a few weeks ago.

William Hammerstein, Director and Son of Oscar Hammerstein II, Dead at 82

A Class Act, Musical About Those Who Make Musicals, Opens March 11

Brian d'Arcy James is McPherson's Good Thief, Opening March 11 in NYC

Kleban's A Class Act Opens on Broadway Mar. 11

Ziemba, Bacall, Mazzie, Neuwirth Among Stars of "Nothing Like a Dame 2001" March 12

William Hammerstein Dies at 82

Bramble Says Disney Developing Dead Poets Society for Broadway

Leave It to Mel Miller by Peter Filichia

Carmello/Edelman (have) baby!!

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Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)

Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)

Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)

Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins

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Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)

Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]

Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)

Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)

Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)

Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)

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Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

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Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

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Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

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May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

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Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]

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TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

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TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

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TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

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TBA - Equus

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TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

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TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

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TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

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TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

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