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Saturday, June 16, 2001 Until that Batman Musical Arrives by Peter Filichia posted at 6/16/2001 10:22:38 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Today's birthdays include Laurie Metcalf. Someone should put her on the NY stage. Lea Salonga Confirmed for Flower Drum Song Comedian Kate Clinton to Narrate Rocky July 2-8 LaBute's Shape Will Transfer to New York Assassins Opens Nov. 29 at Broadway's Booth Shear Bids Shalom to San Fran Dirty Blonde But Show Continues w/ Migliaccio Bway-Bound Summer of `42 Readying for Palo Alto, June 20-July 15 I'll be there June 22. And seeing an amazing Violetta in LaTraviata (SF Opera) the next day. The Women Gets More Women: Nixon, Tilly, Ryan Join More Casting for Stroman/Connick Thou Shalt Not on Broadway posted at 6/16/2001 10:04:19 AM by the other James | Item Link Behind Her Music: Alice Ripley [Video interview with Alice] Well, I don't have time to do more of an update for you this morning because I am off to load-in Broadway Bares. There are two shows on Sunday, one at 9:30PM and Midnight -- bring your Dad! I can't think of a better Father's Day present! posted at 6/16/2001 06:50:21 AM by James Marino | Item Link Friday, June 15, 2001 The First Thing We Do, Let's Hire All the Lawyers This witty little Friday afternoon article was pointed out to me by left coast reader David L. Hobbs. Mr. Hobbs would like to remind Mr. Reidel that Summer of '42 will open in Mountain View, CA... not Palo Alto, CA... but what the hey, it's only five miles difference. posted at 6/15/2001 04:30:18 PM by James Marino | Item Link Spike To Direct 'Rent'? by Michael Reidel The movie version of "Rent" is starting to come together, and Spike Lee may land in the director's chair.An enormous fan of Jonathan Larson's hit musical - he's seen it several times - Lee is "in discussions" with Miramax Films about directing the movie, a Miramax representative said yesterday. I think that is an excellent choice. Reidel also mentions that Mitchell Maxwell's producing problems with Bell Are Ringing may affect his upcoming production of Summer of '42. We hear that the pre-B'way "Summer of '42" - originally planned for three stops prior to NYC - will most likely only make it (barely) to the first city. The other two stops will be scrapped. Madonna Fans Set To Swap Sex For Tix How's this for uber-sleazy? A German online magazine is offering Madonna fans a ticket for a sold-out concert in Berlin next week - in return for having sex with one of its reporters. That is outrageous!!! I am appalled... Ummm... By the way, I have some Producers tickets. Orchestra. Saturday night in September... Send your headshot and phone number to... A Brief Encounter With Steve Martin Psst . . . Wanna see Steve Martin's underpants? The comic actor-writer returns to the stage with an adaptation of Carl Sternheim's 1911 dark comedy, "The Underpants," commissioned by New York's Classic Stage Company. On this day in 1996, Ella Fitzgerald, the "first lady of song," died in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 78. Today's birthdays include: Helen Hunt, Mario Cuomo, Simon Callow, Courteney Cox Arquette, Ice Cube and Neil Patrick Harris. 'In the Penal Colony': Kafka's Pen? A Branding Iron by Ben Brantley Franz Kafka's short story has been adapted into a transfixing operatic production with music by Phillip Glass, libretto by Rudolph Wurlitzer and direction by Joanne Akalaitis. On Stage and Off: 'Shape of Things' to Come by Jesse McKinley Rob Evan: Serenading That Inner Child With Smiles Instead of Tears by Stephen Holden Jerry Sterner, Playwright; Wrote 'Other People's Money,' Dies at 62 In Rehearsal with Broadway Bares Great video. Great work Broadway.com! 2001-2002 Tony Nominating Committee Announced Kristen Johnston Confirmed for Scott Elliott's B'way Revival of The Women in Nov. 2001 The Women is an unapologetically catty satire of female competition among society dames. Crudup Stars in Central Park Revival of Measure, June 17 The star of Almost Famous plays Angelo. Broadway Bares XI: 2001 Makes Its "Strip Odyssey" June 17 The annual Broadway Bares benefit takes on a millennial theme this year. Your Summer Weekend at the Theatre: June 15-17 The best of summertime stages in New York, and around the U.S. Plus, Father-related songs to play around the barbecue on Father's Day Streep/Kline Seagull Headed for Central Park This Summer The all-star cast will also include Christopher Walken, John Goodman, Philip Seymour Hoffman...and Marcia Gay Harden who is replacing Allison Janney. Lisa Kron Dips into Well Workshop at Long Wharf, June 15 It's the latest work from the author of 2.5 Minute Ride and a former member of the Five Lesbian Brothers Tonys Get New Voters Nominating committee members announced Roundabout rounds up 3 for 'Women' Muscle [Variety review] Second Midtown International Theatre Fest Hits New 42nd St., July 12-Aug. 5 New Tony Nominators to Include Hair's MacDermot and Barnum's Dale Milwaukee Gets New Cabaret Series Through Aug. 25; Noll, Callaway Featured Roundabout Presents Major Barbara with a Cherry on Top, June 15 DIVA TALK: Lots O' Diva Quotes! And More... Showbiz Daughters Headline Off-Broadway Vortex, June 15-30 Mark Brokaw to Direct Our Town at Roundabout in 2002 Anyone know if Milena Govich from Cabaret has a website? posted at 6/15/2001 07:59:47 AM by James Marino | Item Link Thursday, June 14, 2001 Reba & 'Will' Dazzle B'way We do not like the last line of this article. Rebecca Luker remains glorious as Marian. If only she and [Brent] Barrett could do sitcoms. Then they, too, could be stars, not just Broadway talent. Irwin Gives San Francisco Texts for Nothing June 14-July 15 Just Bill Irwin? Is David Shiner still on vacation? Beach, Bergen, Sinise, Uggams Talk Broadway on June 18 Panel OB's CSC May See Bogart's 'Room' and Martin's 'Underpants' in 2001-02 In addition to doing super productions, CSC employs my roommate. So support them so our rent gets paid. PHOTO CALL: tick, tick... BOW! June 13 We like Raul Esparza - and he was super in the 'Evita' tour as well. Q&A with Raul Esparza Will Dolly Parton Take On Annie Oakley? Steve Martin Adapts 'The Underpants' for CSC The play tells of a man who's mortally embarrassed when his wife's undies fall down during the procession of the King. Two gentlemen notice her predicament � and become immediately smitten with her. 2001-2002 Tony Nominating Committee Announced After Molly Bloom's famous assent closes the 20th annual "Bloomsday on Broadway" celebration of James Joyce's "Ulysses" from noon to midnight on Saturday, Symphony Space will close for renovation and expansion until next March. Education programs, however, will continue. Online Shopper: For Movie Tickets, No Need to Suffer Moviefone.com offers the option of reserved seating for selected shows at five New York area theaters: Clearview's Ziegfeld Theater, Clearview's Beekman Theater, United Artists' Gemini Theater, Clearview's Chelsea West and United Artists' East Hampton Cinema. East Hampton is in the New York area? You got me there... posted at 6/14/2001 04:03:49 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link Today's birthdays include: Dorothy McGuire, Gene Barry, Yasmine Bleeth and Harriet Beecher Stowe. 'Tick, Tick . . . Boom!': Soul-Searching at the Age of 30 by Ben Brantley Jonathan Larson's sweet, simple musical is a self-conscious self-portrait of a composer who longs to write the contemporary answer to "Hair." 'Every Day a Visitor': For the End, Companions With a Bit of Distinction by Lawrence Van Gelder Richard Abrons's comedy, which is set in a retirement home, strikes a praiseworthy blow for the individuality of the elderly. Revisions: No Marquee Names, No Plush Seats, but What a Bargain How do you lure people who aren't already devotees to that small opera company, that new-music group, that poetry reading or the dance company they've never heard of? Harden In, Janney Out For The Seagull Honk! Moves from Stage to Screen 30/90 by Ken Mandelbaum Review: TICK, TICK�..BOOM! Musicals �01-�02: The Revivals by Ken Mandelbaum Tim Sampson by Beth Stevens Ripley and Pascal Go Back Into Sh-k-Boom Room Together June 14, 28 and July 12 Metropolitan Playhouse Opens The Woman by de Mille in NYC, June 14-29 Harden Replaces Janney, Stoppard in for Nelson in Park Seagull Offbeat Musical, Normal, Sings in Staged Reading June 17 in NYC Mack & Mabel Sets Jan. 10, 2002, as Opening Night on Bway Missing Canadian Actor-Producer Terry Costa Found, Alive But Confused Theatre by the Blind Performs Shaw's Misalliance at NYC's Mint, June 14-24 Greg Leaming Is Acting AD at Long Wharf; Hughes Exit Will Change Season Invention of Love to Close on Broadway June 30 Mark Brokaw to Direct Roundabout's Our Town Revival for 2000-01 Season Stoppard's Invention of Love Closing June 30 How Were the Reviews?: tick, tick...BOOM! Royal Shakespeare Company, Abbey Theatre Headline New Haven�s International Festival, June 14-30 I'm a Father's Day Gift! by Peter Filichia A Haven for Theater Kathryn Walat on the theatrical component of this year�s International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven. Buzz Lines: The stars are coming out for Broadway Bares XI�but those "naughty, nimble, and naked" chorus boys and girls are still the main attraction. B.O. takes big hit Just two of 31 shows on boards saw upticks
Attendance was also down significantly. It fell by 12.8% to 225,151. Thesp returns to stage with Sternheim's dark comedy
Regarding the "salad days" query, I received many answers. (What a well read group you are!) It was explained to me by my favorite Canadian columnist (Richard Ouzounian) that: "My salad days, When I was green in judgment: cold in blood." There's also a larky Julain Slade musical witht he same name. Big brit hit. Bottom line: "in my youth".Okay, word around town is that the Natasha Richardson return to Cabaret may be a no go. it is said that she wants to return with the original cast, which may not be possible. Stay tuned.... NY Post boy-Friday, Michael Reidel, will be at Seth's Chatterbox this afternoon... I mention this because rumor has it that he may... uh... SING a duet with Paige Price? Well, we must go to Mama's to see for ourselves. And besides, all proceeds go to BC/EFA. (Actually, I made that up in honor of the New York Post. But they will both be there.) posted at 6/14/2001 09:07:05 AM by James Marino | Item Link Wednesday, June 13, 2001 Mocking and Duplicating Themes of 'Copenhagen' I have this book. It's actually a really fun read! And it's almost about Michael Cumpsty! Stoppard's 'The Invention of Love' To Shutter June 30 Reinking Rejoins Vereen in 'Fosse' July 2-7 'Bat Boy' Hosts Blood Drive "Sink your fangs into my soul Only you can make me whole" Janine LaManna: A Childhood Fantasy Life Comes True in 'Seussical' We LOVE Janine! We wonder why theatre.com, sorry, BroadwayOnline.com, is still runnning this story! "As this story is being posted it is Valentine�s Day, a day traditionally filled with hope and love. And at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, everyone�s filled with optimism as David Shiner, the original Cat in the Hat, returns from vacation." Hold Your 'Bat Boy' We love 'Bat Boy' too! And in historical news, on this day in 1886, the rather mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found drowned in a shallow pool of water. The freshly deposed king was in house arrest after a coup d'etat by his uncle, Prince Luitpold von Bayern. It is not clear whether his death was a result of murder or suicide. August Wilson did not write a play about this event. And on June 13th, 1920, the US Post Office rules that children may not be sent via Parcel Post. posted at 6/13/2001 11:42:47 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link The Queen of 'King Hedley' For Viola Davis, one emotional scene led to another at the Tonys Buzz Lines: JULIE HARRIS RECUPERATING FROM STROKE posted at 6/13/2001 09:21:38 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link Amnesia Twist as Missing Canadian Turns Up at JFK A follow up to last week's story on Canadian producer Terry Costa from my favorite news source Lord of the Flops Strikes Again posted at 6/13/2001 08:48:20 AM by the other James | Item Link The Checks Are Bouncing at 'Bells Are Ringing' by Jesse McKinley The final days of the revival of "Bells Are Ringing" were especially rocky, with a rash of bounced checks causing hostility between the musical's producers and the cast and crew. The Dream of a Broadway Producer by Mitchell Maxwell Timing is everything in life... Musicals �01-�02 by Ken Mandelbaum Today's birthdays include: Ally Sheedy, Richard Thomas, Tim Allen, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen and William Butler Yeats. Chicago's Citations Awards Announced The Citations Wing of Chicago�s Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee announced the winners of its 2000-2001 Citations Awards in a gala ceremony last night as the Park West Theater. Broadway Grosses: June 4-10 - Part 1 Theatre Four Ventures Into World of Mirth in New York City, June 13 Lapine, Finn and Fitzhugh Flex Their Muscle June 13-July 22 in Chi Fynsworth Alley Puts Ann-Margret Whorehouse on CD for July 10 Release Larson's Autobiographical tick, tick...BOOM! Opens June 13 in NYC Lovett and Cody Join Cast of Urinetown on June 13 Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp Project to Have Workshop in August My Kind of Town: Chicago's Jeff Citations Awarded, TimeLine Tops Record Toting Seven Report: Johnston to Star in Elliot-Directed Women at Roundabout Rent Author's Off-B'way tick, tick... BOOM! Opens OB June 13 Finn, Lapine, Fitzhugh Flex Muscle in Chicago, June 13 Stephen Sondheim abandoned his Muscle regimen, and now Finn and Lapine have picked up the barbells. Paper Mill A Chorus Line Seeking to Reunite Original Cast Members Season also includes My Fair Lady, The King and I, Red, Hot and Blue! and I'm Not Rappaport A Look at Jonathan Larson Before Rent Like A Class Act, Larson's tick, tick...BOOM reveals a writer struggling to stay true to a musical theatre vision. SCENE AND HEARD: At the Final Performance of Broadway's A Class Act The closing night party for A Class Act was as heartwarming as the closing night speech that Lonny Price gave after that final performance. Non-Equity Jeff Awards Announced in Chicago TimeLine Theatre breaks Jeff record with seven awards Off-Broadway to Delve into Murphy Guyer's World of Mirth, June 13 Richard Frankel Productions is preparing the New York debut for summer 2001. Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts Andrew Lloyd Webber may yet see to it that By Jeeves finds a home at the Helen Hayes Theatre. posted at 6/13/2001 06:49:09 AM by James Marino | Item Link Tuesday, June 12, 2001 Today's birthdays include: Uta Hagen, Jim Nabors, Marv Albert, Timothy Busfield and Anne Frank. As Movie Production Booms in Toronto, a New Vitality Is Tempered by Location Fatigue Some people wonder if Canada's influx of television and film production from the United States because of tax incentives and the cheap dollar hasn't overextended cities like Toronto. Toronto is really becoming a little New York. (Nicer and cleaner too!) Remembering the Creator of 'Rent' The voice of Jonathan Larson, a musical-theater composer and creator of "Rent" who died at 35 in 1996, lives on in a new musical based on Mr. Larson's one-man show. Chicago Tribune: Giant steps away from weak start Mammoth makeover turns `Big' into winner [Thanks to Andy Propst of American Theater Web for the link!] Mack & Mabel Sets B'way Opening Date Broadway Grosses: So Long, Farewell It Takes Two by Ken Mandelbaum Bat Boy Appears at NYC Blood Drive June 13 Urban Empire and Zoetrope Magazine Present Worldly Acts in NYC, June 12-29 Sign of the apocalypse... PHOTO CALL: David Hasselhoff Gets Hung Up at Sardi's June 8 "SNL"'s Ana Gasteyer Is Columbia in Rocky Horror June 12 Nude Dude and Naif Waif Win Equity's Derwent Awards; Ceremony June 12 Horray for Spencer and David! Congrats. NY's Signature Theatre Company to Premiere Latest Sam Shepard, Edward Albee, John Guare Plays Ana Gasteyer of "SNL" Joins Rocky Horror Cast June 12 Faith Prince, Richard Thomas Workshop A Man of No Importance Musical at Lincoln Center, June 15 Sh-K-Boom Releases Alice Ripley's Solo CD "Everything's Fine," June 12 Second Stage Goes Once Around the City, June 12 SCENE AND HEARD: "Shiksa Goddess" Wendy Wasserstein Opens Broadway Doors Kathy Najimy, Susan Egan, Marlee Matlin To Do Men at UCLA June 13 A Conversation with Barbara Cook by Peter Filichia On Safari With Jesse McKinley The wild life of the New York Times' "On Stage and Off" columnist. Jim Caruso is...Prying! Darius de Haas, Rob Evan, and Julia Murney on the performers who really influenced them in their salad days. What is a salad day? Where did that term come from? Westport taps Woodward topper Playhouse also names Keefe associate a.d. Johnston joins 'Women' '3rd Rock' thesp to star in Broadway's Boothe revival 'Street' sings as Tony boosts B'way B.O. 'Producers' earns $1,045,841, best sesh ever Virus Hoax Warns Users to Delete AOL Ray Owens, who runs the Joke A Day Web site, sent an e-mail to 342,000 subscribers telling them to delete the phony virus. posted at 6/12/2001 08:24:01 AM by James Marino | Item Link Monday, June 11, 2001 The Producers' website is now live. Was it worth waiting for? YES! Visit www.producersonbroadway.com. posted at 6/11/2001 06:53:37 PM by James Marino | Item Link On this day in 1880, Jeannette Rankin, the first female member of Congress, was born. Today's birthdays include: Gene Wilder, Chad Everett and Vince Lombardi. A roundup of yesterday's final performance comments can be found over at Talkin'Broadway's All That Chat. CNN's Showbiz This Weekend was live (taped) from the Tony Awards and did interviews with winners in between segments for movies. Mary Louise Parker just won best actress in a play and was being interviewed and said she would rather have a Tony than an Oscar. On the out, Bill Tush, the interviewer, asked Mary Louise if she knew who Josh Hartnett is. She said, "No." And Tush said, "He's starring with Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor." And she said, "What's that?" Tush was stunned. It was just priceless! Musical Fantasia About Lindbergh Baby Crime Gets Philly Workshop, June 11-24 Oh, Shaw, Don't Be a Coward, Go Wilde! Ibsen's Watching Thru June 27 in NYC I just love this title... Director Brian Kulick Named Artistic Director of Shakespeare Society Director Sean Mathias Talks of Death Chicago's Non-Union Jeff Citations To Be Announced at Ceremony June 11 Attention must be paid to this. Most Non-Union shows in Chicago are better than Union shows in New York. 'Everything's Fine': Ripley Celebrates Solo CD release at Joe's Pub June 11 Yes, Everything *is* Fine with Alice's new CD. You can pick up your own copy at Sh-K-Boom! Their website is about to be relaunched with a new design on Thursday. Shawn Hatosy Is Billy the Kid at La Jolla Playhouse June 12-July 15 Summer of '42 Musical To Launch Pre-B'way Tryout June 19 Patinkin, Feldshuh, Reissa, Nurstyn, Adler Celebrate Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, June 11 Can the Drillers Win the Series? by Peter Filichia Five Years in Skokie Jason Robert Brown traces a romance from beginning to end (and back) in his new musical. Arts Online: Making Federal Web Sites Friendly to Disabled Users Pixar's New Digs Coddle Animators, Writers and Tech Heads posted at 6/11/2001 09:25:34 AM by James Marino | Item Link Sunday, June 10, 2001 On this day in 1922, Judy Garland was born. Following her death on June 22, 1969, her obituary appeared in The Times. Today's other birthdays include: Maurice Sendak, Where The Wild Things Are, F. Lee Bailey, Gina Girshon, Elisabeth Shue, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Elizabeth Hurley, Linda Evangelista, Leelee Sobieski, Tara Lipinski, and Hoku. Jonathan Larson Wrote of Time Running Out, and It Did by David Auburn Cooperation Not Competition: Moscow's Theater Olympics Daring New Plays Find an Eager Russian Audience Chinese Welcome a Break From Old-Style Drama Ritter and Winkler Fold Napkins and Excuse Themselves From Dinner Party, June 10 The Party's Over: Bway's Bells Are Ringing Closes June 10 It's Curtains for A Class Act June 10 Saw Class a few weeks back and enjoyed it very much, sad to see it close. June 10th seems to be the end of most of what I saw on Broadway this year, as I also saw Jane Eyre and Ritter and Winkler in The Dinner Party (which is not closing, but Ritter and Winkler are leaving). I wonder if I am bad luck? Of course I saw The Producers as well and I don't think that'll be closing any time soon! Jane Eyre Packs Up Her 'Secret Soul,' Exits Broadway June 10 Genius Fades: Bryggman Leaves Broadway's Proof June 10 Tony Winner Robert Sean Leonard Reflects on A.E. Housman Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: A Huey P. Newton Movie Bay Street's Jar the Floor Ends Run on June 10 What Musical to Do in Outer Space? by Peter Filichia CDs: The Song I Love The Melody Of by Ken Mandelbaum The Toronto Star: Life was no picnic for forgotten playwright Shaw play sparks interest in William Inge by Richard Ouzounian I happen to be seeing PICNIC next Sunday, sad story of the playwright Inge. It sort of reminded me of Kleban and A Class Act, although, he didn't commit suicide. Now, if I could only get tickets to DROOD! posted at 6/10/2001 01:55:45 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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