Saturday, March 17, 2001 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 eHow: How things get done. posted at 3/17/2001 10:23:07 AM by James Marino | Item Link 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. A good Friday distraction: Who would you kill? I guess I should have known By the way U parked your car sideways That it wouldn't last... posted at 3/16/2001 07:37:55 AM by James Marino | Item Link 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. Remember, bad children get Bad Candy. posted at 3/15/2001 05:20:45 AM by James Marino | Item Link 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. TDF - Theatre Development Fund posted at 3/14/2001 05:31:14 AM by James Marino | Item Link 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 Slashdotorg. News for geeks. posted at 3/13/2001 07:22:54 AM by James Marino | Item Link 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 Quotes R Us posted at 3/12/2001 07:55:29 AM by James Marino | Item Link 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 ménages à trois yet. Let's talk about Noël 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!! New York Junior League posted at 3/11/2001 09:24:53 AM by James Marino | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News]
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