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Saturday, May 05, 2001 Film Version of Contact In the Works Marni Nixon To Replace Joan Roberts in Follies Critics Welcome Mac Back in Melville Culkin, Hill & Campion Headline Irish Rep Benefit Dreyfuss and Mason Take NYC Barnes and Noble Prisoner May 11 David Alan Basche Tackles The Tragedy of Macbeth in NYC, May 5-12 Unity is Rule One: SAG Puts Int'l Non-Union Projects In Crosshairs w/ Celebrity Campaign WGA Outlines Key Points of New Deal With Producers, May 4 Sam Sapienza, Owner of Sam's Restaurant in NYC's Theatre District, Dead at 71 Tom Sawyer Offers Discounted Tickets for All Shows PHOTO CALL: Come and Meet Those Dancing Feet at 42nd Street PHOTO CALL: Dames: Ebersole and the Chorines of 42nd Street Take Their Opening Bow May 2 I love the word chorines. Other words I like, terpsichorean - of or relating to dancing and Terpsichore - the Greek Muse of dancing and choral song PHOTO CALL: We Only Have Eyes For You: 42nd Street's Stars Ebersole, Levering and Elder PHOTO CALL: Gibson, Lavin, Minnelli Listen to Lullaby of Broadway at 42nd Street Opening PHOTO CALL: Thou Shalt Not on 42nd Street DIVA TALK: Wild Women, Divas & Broads Lauren Kennedy Cast in Trevor Nunn South Pacific in London The Latest on the 2001 Contact National Tour How Were the Reviews?: "Encores!" Hair "Will and Grace" Star To Be B'way's New Music Man, May 8 Judy Kuhn and Wilson Jermaine Heredia Serenade Laura Nyro Fans in Eli's Comin', Opening May 7 Idina Menzel Puts Heart, Songs on Her Sleeve at Joe's Pub, May 5 Reba McEntire and Stones In His Pockets Stars Accept Special 2001 Drama Desk Award Agatha Christie Play Festival Pays Tribute to "Queen of Crime," May 7 SCENE AND HEARD: Five Seasons of Rent Buzz Lines: BEST OF THE BEST The theater world mourns the passing of OTIS L. GUERNSEY, JR. even as it hails his successor as editor of the Best Plays series, JEFFREY ERIC JENKINS. A Dazzling Biography of Moss Hart Charles Wright reviews the new biography of MOSS HART, one of the most colorful and talented figures in American theater history. Princess Charming 'Cinderella's' magic triumphs over its production Secret City: City Hall Subway Station CAST MAKES 'CINDERELLA' CHARMING And, yes, the gal with the footloose footwear is Jamie-Lynn Sigler, better known around New Jersey and HBO as Tony Soprano's bright but wayward daughter. And she can sing! The Toronto Star Cariou enjoys a deadly feast in The Dinner Party by Richard Ouzounian The Toronto Star An island of emotions Fugard play a work no serious theatregoer could think of missing by Richard Ouzounian The Toronto Star Broadway babies put on a big show Spiffy, spectacular revival of 42nd Street sets feet tapping by Richard Ouzounian Off Topic - For you New Yorkers, sorry about the Knicks. I know how you feel, my team, The Heat, were knocked out as well. Does this mean we have to root for the Raptors now? posted at 5/5/2001 11:56:38 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link Today's birthdays include Ann B. Davis, Roger Rees, Lance Henriksen, John Rhys-Davies, and Karl Marx. Alternative Weakly: New York Press Ditches Theatre Criticism Is there anything scarier than people who don't go to the theatre making decisions about the theatre? I'm not sure. 'Hair': When Love Was In and Youthful Confidence High by Ben Brantley 'Will Mr. Merriwether Return From Memphis?': Gentleman Callers Need Not Apply by Neil Genzlnger posted at 5/5/2001 11:26:29 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Friday, May 04, 2001 Bulletin: WGA/Producers Avert Strike; Deal to be Announced From West Coast Murdock McBride with his ear to the floor came up with this one right under the weekend wire... Is this good news or bad news for Broadway? We Will (&Grace) see... posted at 5/4/2001 05:36:57 PM by James Marino | Item Link Laura, Lea, Sean, and Jane by Ken Mandelbaum Critics Disagree About 42nd Street Joanne Woodward to Direct Three Days of Rain at Westport Hear the Beat: 42nd Street Cast Album Gets Recorded May 7 Bells Cast Album Will Ring on Fynsworth Alley Label; May 14 is Studio Date Tony-Winner McKechnie Goes Inside the Music in Queens, May 4 PHOTO CALL: Design for Sondheim: Cumming and Roundabout Honor Composer-Lyricist April 30 PHOTO CALL: Follies Stars Honor Sondheim April 30 PHOTO CALL: Linden, Kenneth Cole Caught Gershwin Alone April 30 Money, Money, Money: NYC's Women's Project Stages Tandem Acts May 6 and 7 Tony Award Nominations To Be Announced May 7 New York Theatre Workshop Slips Into Nocturne, May 4 New Moby Dick Musical Aims for B'way With May 4 Tryout Jane Krakowski Is Next Sally in Cabaret? SCENE AND HEARD: Tapping into 42nd Street's Opening Night Party Black Troupe Searches for Missing Face in African Project, May 4 Hal Linden Reflects on a Gathering of Memories SCENE AND HEARD: George Gershwin Not Quite Alone O Pioneers! Theatre Review by Matthew Murray IT'S A LONG SHOT, BUT ... By MICHAEL RIEDEL I am going to go out on a limb today and make a breathtakingly bold prediction: "The Producers" is going to get a lot of Tony Award nominations Monday morning.Now I know that sounds crazy, but I really do detect the stirrings of some momentum for "The Producers" within the theater industry. posted at 5/4/2001 10:22:58 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link Today's birthdays include Audrey Hepburn. A Conversation With Athol Fugard by Peter Filichia How Were the Reviews?: Macaulay Culkin's OB Madame Melville 'Madame Melville': Lessons From Teacher, Strictly Extracurricular by Ben Brantley Otis L. Guernsey Jr., Editor and Drama Critic, Dies at 82 posted at 5/4/2001 10:20:24 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Thursday, May 03, 2001 Martin Moran's 'Bells' Diary. Audition number three. As I waited, the hallway was teeming with young princes and ingenues trying out for a musical version of Cinderella. They all looked eighteen, very Up-With-People. Such teeth, such skin. "If only they knew," I thought. "They'd leave right now and get an MBA!" David Auburn Speaks! Proof Playwright Surprised by Pulitzer Win Theatre.com wraps up the season for us. Warning - a few spoilers in here. You too can meet Derek Jeter! This contest is only open to those under 17, so yes, I lied about my age - I think I could pass for 16 if I tried! posted at 5/3/2001 02:06:45 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link On B'way, He 'Alone' Is Watching Over Gershwin Steven Spielberg sent Hershey Felder in search of Holocaust survivors and he came back with George Gershwin. Otis Guernsey Jr., Theatre Writer and "Best Plays" Contributor, Dead at 82 Lyricist-Librettist Fred Alley Dead at 38; Penned Regional Hits and Musical Spitfire Grill Report: Mike Nichols May Direct Fiennes, Hopkins in Moscow, Off-Broadway in 2002 The Age of Aquarius Runs May 3-7, as Hair Plays City Center Encores! Tour of R&H's Cinderella, With Sigler, Kitt and Quinton, Lands in NYC May 3-13 Broadway�s Adventures of Tom Sawyer Offers Discounted Tix Nelson's Madame Melville, Starring Culkin, Opens Off-Broadway May 3 New Musical, The IT Girl, With Bobbed Hair, Opens May 3 at the York Food for Thought: Lunch Hour Theatre Runs Mondays at NAC Thru June 28 People Mag Picks Follies Star Danner as One of the 50 Most Beautiful People Tom Sawyer Offers Special Family Prices, Celebrates "Tom Sawyer Way" Arthur Laurents to Speak During Gay & Lesbian Night at George Street Playhouse, May 3 Two Generations of Rock Musicals Join in "Encores!" Hair May 3-7 Macaulay Culkin's Off-B'way Melville Opens May 3 Eartha Kitt Cinderella Tour Headed for New York May 3 The Fantasticks Marks 41st Anniversary, May 3 Diva Fans Alert! Joe's Pub Hosts Rubin-Vega, Callaway, Menzel, Pinkins and More Great Ladies May 3-9 New Coven of Witches for London Eastwick New Minsky Musical Plans May 4 Reading in NY For Youngsters and Veterans Alike, There�s No Business Like Show Business by Charles Nelson Jim Caruso is...Prying! CATHY RIGBY and DAVID ALAN BASCHE relate their most mortifying moments, on stage and off. posted at 5/3/2001 11:52:32 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link Today's birthdays include Betty Comden, William Inge, Richard D'oyly Carte, Bing Crosby, and James Brown. How Were the Reviews? 42nd Street on Broadway '42nd Street': You've Got to Come Back a . . . You Know by Ben Brantley Those Dancing Feet by Ken Mandelbaum Dropping Some More Names by Peter Filichia Broadway Grosses: In the Money I just saw a commercial for The Producers. It's about time! I'm worried that show may not be able to find an audience in time for the Tonys! posted at 5/3/2001 07:22:12 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Wednesday, May 02, 2001 Bialystock and Bloom Are Doing a Show: Lane and Broderick to Host Tonys Producers' Lane and Broderick To Host the 2001 Tony Awards, June 3 It's confirmed. The Producers stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will host the 2001 Tony Awards. Parade Composer Jason Robert Brown Offers a Sneak Peek at His Last Five Years Musical Linney, Buscemi, Ricci, Manheim to Star in HBO Laramie Project Film 42nd Street Leads in 2001 Astaire Award Nominations Buzz Lines: It�s official: NATHAN LANE and MATTHEW BRODERICK will host this year�s Tony Awards ceremony on Sunday, June 3. posted at 5/2/2001 06:51:45 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link Today's birthdays include: Theodore Bikel, Christine Baranski and Lorenz Hart. 'King Hedley II': The Agonized Arias of Everyman in Poverty and Pain by Ben Brantley In August Wilson's "King Hedley II," a grand, ungainly three-hour drama of an underclass in the age of Reagan, you will hear some of the finest monologues ever written for an American stage. Some Progress Noted in Hollywood Writers' Talks Negotiations between Hollywood's writers and its leading movie studios and television networks stretched late into the night, and adjourned without a deal until Wednesday afternoon. Broadway Grosses: April 23-29 - Part 1 West 45th Street Named �Tom Sawyer Way� May 2 in Honor of Broadway Musical I guess it is better than Jekyll Highway... Naughty, Gaudy, Bawdy, Sporty 42nd Street Revival Opens May 2 "Laramie Project" Film Begins Shooting May 2 in WY; HBO Pic Aimed at Fall Aaron Carter Sticks With Seussical to May 13; Rigby is Cat to May 20 Seattle's 5th Avenue Premieres Prince and Plays Night Music in 2001-02 Levering Joins Cast of Stroman-Connick Musical Thou Shalt Not WGA Talks Likely to Continue Tonight; Any Strike Would Require Authorization Bway-Bound Summer of `42 Readying for Palo Alto, June 19-July 15 David Alan Basche Tackles The Tragedy of Macbeth in NYC, May 5-12 Will Bialystock und Bloom Host Tony Awards? Tom Hanks Film "That Thing You Do" May Become Musical Fynsworth Takes On Bells Are Ringing Cast Album This is excellent news on many fronts. First of all, congratulations to Bruce Kimmel for taking his idea, running with it and seeing it to fruition. Secondly, this breakthrough gives Broadway producers another option in choosing a record label to record their cast album. A win-win all around. Stage Version of Hanks' That Thing You Do! in the Works Carter and Rigby Extend Their Seuss Stays Will Bialystock and Bloom Host the Tonys? 42nd Street Returns to 42nd Street May 2 Producers, Full Monty, Urinetown Top Drama Desk Award Nominations How Were the Reviews?: King Hedley II on Broadway Rigby and Carter Extend in Seussical Fynsworth Allery To Record Bells Are Ringing, May 16 Springtime for Christmas in Washington by Peter Filichia Ockrent shows move toward prod'n 'Minsky's' gets third reading
'King' takes royal road to B'Way. Wilson play has hit Pittsburgh, Seattle, Boston, LA, Chi, and D.C. 'The Producers' plays in Peoria B'way hit shines in media spotlight
"What does it mean financially for Broadway?" he wanted to know. After the $100 ticket price, the $20 million advance and the $2.8 million day-after take were explained, Variety posed its own question: "When is the last time CNN Financial News did a story on a Broadway show?" 'Producers,' 'Monty' lead Drama Desk noms. Few shows left out of running Roundabout way to B'way for 'Syracuse' Co.'s first musical at refurbished venue
posted at 5/2/2001 09:47:57 AM by James Marino | Item Link Tuesday, May 01, 2001 Army Archerd: "Producers" stars land Tonys gig Awards, Nominations and Broderick Bio Keep The Producers Downstage Front Producers and Full Monty Lead Drama Desk Nominations Producers, Full Monty Top Drama Desk Award Nominations Report: Lane and Broderick To Host the 2001 Tony Awards posted at 5/1/2001 12:58:42 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link 2001 Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced: The following shows received the most nominations: The Producers: 14 (tied for most ever with Ragtime and The Secret Garden) The Full Monty: 12 Urinetown: 9 Bat Boy: 8 The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds .....: 6 posted at 5/1/2001 10:58:33 AM by the other James | Item Link On this day in 1786, The opera ''The Marriage of Figaro,'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered in Vienna. Today's birthdays include: Judy Collins, Jack Paar and Winthrop Rockefeller. The Party's Hardly Over for Faith Prince As a telephone answering service operator who falls in love with one of her clients in the revival of "Bells Are Ringing," Faith Prince has apparently done it again. 'George Gershwin Alone': A Solo Requiem for America's Mozart Hershey Felder's stage biography, "George Gershwin Alone," at the Helen Hayes Theater, makes a great case for his subject as the American Mozart. Fresh Face: Hershey Felder by Paul Wontorek Patrick Wilson has been offered the role of Curly in the upcoming Broadway revival of Oklahoma! Patrick made his breakout in another R&H classic. He was Billy Bigelow in the Carousel Tour. But I wonder how this will affect his rock-and-roll career? A Thousand Clowns To Make Home at Longacre Q&A: Christine Ebersole by David Finkle On the Way to BELLS by Martin Moran I am still having problems running Netscape 4.7 on Broadway.com. This has been for about a week now. Internet Explorer 5.0 works fine. Ft. Lee Council Votes to Raze Barrymore House Despite Activists� Efforts Broadway Stars Doodle for Barrow Group May 7 Mitchell Is Officially King of Broadway, Beginning May 1 2000-01 NYC THEATRE AWARDS ROUNDUP National Corporate Theatre Fund Gala Benefits Regional Theatres, April 30 Richard Christiansen, Dean of Chicago Theatre Critics, to Retire in 2002 Selleck to Send in the Clowns July 4 at Bway's Longacre "West Wing"'s Spencer Stars in MTC Glimmer May 1 How Were the Reviews?: George Gershwin Alone Drop That Name 2001 by Peter Filichia National Casting Underway for Luhrman's Broadway Boheme Broadway Theatre Awards Go National by Peter Filichia Pirates of Penzance Performed Aboard a Sailing Ship in NY Harbor, May 1 A Half Decade of Paying the Rent by Michael Buckley Auds dim B'way B.O. lights. Only 'Gathering,' 'Invention' improve So we are about to come upon the theatre world's May Madness� and I suppose it is going to be a horse race. The most important decision overall to the industry? Who hosts the Tony Awards... but I hear that it is only moments away from being announced. It was a weekend full of quotes. I though I would share one of them with you.
posted at 5/1/2001 09:12:23 AM by James Marino | Item Link Monday, April 30, 2001 Toronto Star: King of the theatre David Mirvish dominates Toronto's stages after his deal for Pantages
The lease was signed last week at the New York head office of the SFX Theatrical Group, North America's dominant theatre touring business. posted at 4/30/2001 11:44:26 AM by James Marino | Item Link Fit To Be Tied: Outer Critics Announce 2001 Winners: Photo Op: KING HEDLEY II "Opening" - Photos by Bruce Glikas Today's birthdays include: Al Lewis, Kirsten Dunst and Eve Arden. Guggenheim's Latest Branch Is to Open in Cyberspace The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation plans to start an ambitious Web site that will offer cultural content and services, attempting to combine art and e-commerce. Los Angeles Fears a Walkout and Faces Other Uncertainties Most companies associated with movie and television production have less than four employees, and they are the ones most likely to feel the pain if actors and writers walk out. Toronto Star: `I haven't played it safe' Athol Fugard looks ahead, but can't escape his past glories or the uncertain future of his tortured homeland by Richard Ouzounian Toronto Star: Lion King roars along by Richard Ouzounian Equity Prez Patrick Quinn Hoss Kick-Off �Talk� With Chita Rivera, May 10 George Gershwin Alone Opens at Bway's Hayes, April 30 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Include Producers and Ties As Rent Turns Five April 29, Producer Looks Back � and Forward Producers' Investors Clear Channel Will Mount Show in London in 1-2 Years Online Classics Tries to Go Next Step in Bringing Live Performance to the `Net Dedicated to New Musicals, �Premieres,� a Start-up Nonprofit Stages Readings in May-June So You Wanna Write a Libretto? BMI Accepting Applications for Workshop, Til May 1 Report: Nunn's Cherry Orchard May Grow on Bway League Names Bway Awards Production Team; Harris Poll People to Aid Cyber Voting Spring-Summer Broadway Season Schedule George Gershwin Alone Opens on Broadway April 30 Tom, I Saw Yer Musical by Peter Filichia 'Boheme' casting call. 'Nontraditional casting search' launched Finished with his "Moulin Rouge" chores, director Baz Luhrmann has now turned to his next project, a Broadway staging of the Puccini classic "La Boheme."... Buzz Lines: ROBERT EVAN is set to lead a powerhouse cast in NEIL BERG�s concert production of Chess in Nyack, New York. posted at 4/30/2001 09:15:54 AM by James Marino | Item Link Big Hopes Still on the Table as the Writers' Deadline Nears Review: Andrews and Plummer in a TV Show Equity Prez Patrick Quinn Hoss Kick-Off �Talk� With Chita Rivera, May 10 Roundabout Annual Spring Benefit Gala Honors Stephen Sondheim, April 30 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Named April 30; Ceremony May 24 Denver Preem of Pork Pie Has Bway's White, Reed and Robinson, May 17-June 16 Waltzing Musetta: Aussie Luhrmann's Boheme Dances to Bway in 2002; Casting Starts April 30 George Gershwin Alone Opens at Bway's Hayes, April 30 Tom, I Saw Yer Musical by Peter Filichia Regional Theatre Association to Honor Holbrook, Benning on April 30 What Shows Will Be Eligible for the 2001 Tony Awards? posted at 4/30/2001 08:02:35 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link Sunday, April 29, 2001 Today's birthdays include: Celeste Holm, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jerry Seinfeld, Kate Mulgrew, Daniel Day-Lewis, Eve Plumb, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia, Uma Thurman, Duke Ellington, William Randolph Hearst, and Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Sharing the Stage With August Wilson A Revival of 'Hair,' a Graying Pit Band A Love for Words and the Works They Give Birth To I have seen Tom Stoppard's "Invention of Love" and Stephen Sondheim's "Follies": both men are utterly in love with language and utterly enthralled by the states of mind and heart that language almost exhausts itself trying to convey. Theater Star Needed a Rest, but Got a Break "I was looking forward to six months off, because doing `Kiss Me, Kate' was exhausting," Mr. Mitchell said over a bowl of clam chowder at a restaurant in the theater district. "And then I got a call from my agent. He said the good news was that I was up for the lead in the next August Wilson play" � the title role in "King Hedley II," which opens tonight at the Virginia Theater � "and the bad news was that I was going to get absolutely no time off." CDs: Super Heroes by Ken Mandelbaum As Rent Turns Five April 29, Producer Looks Back � and Forward Producers' Investors Clear Channel Will Mount Show in London in 1-2 Years Online Classics Tries to Go Next Step in Bringing Live Performance to the `Net Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Ryan's Daughter and the Runt of the Litter Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer Reunite for TV's 'On Golden Pond,' Live, April 29 Sound of Music Stars Andrews and Plummer Reunite for TV On Golden Pond April 29 Roundabout Theatre Company Honors Stephen Sondheim in April 30 Gala Bubbly Black's Childs Sheds Musical Skin at Joe's Pub April 30 TWO SIDES TO �STREET' The musical "42nd Street" is back on Broadway. Twenty years after winning a Tony for Best Musical, 12 years after setting records as one of the longest-running shows ever, this star-is-born saga will open at the Ford Center on May 2. THE WRITE WAY TO GO FOR THESE SCRIBES by Clive Barnes The American cultural consumer is a mean and ravenous beast - rather like the American cultural critic. And in the sour mouths of both critters, the artist is forever hearing the aggrieved cry, "What have you done for me lately?" posted at 4/29/2001 09:41:43 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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