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Saturday, June 23, 2001
THE PLAY'S THEIR THING Kenneth Lonergan and Rebecca Gilman started the same way as teenagers in a program called Young Playwrights Inc.
Founded 20 years ago by Broadway great Stephen Sondheim, the free program gives promising high school students a chance to meet weekly in playwriting workshops.
But the most exciting part of the program, hands down, comes when the kids' own work is staged and this year's reading, open to the public, is Monday.
posted at 6/23/2001 01:49:21 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link
Today's birthdays include Frances McDormand, Irene Worth, James Levine, Jean Anouilh, and Bob Fosse.
On a Clear Day I Can See Three Times by Peter Filichia'Taming of the Shrew': Combat With Less Scolding and Bullying by D. J. R. BrucknerA Hip-Hop Guide to Loving 'Romeo and Juliet' by Anita Gates'World of Mirth': They Send This Clown Into the Water by Bruce WeberCabaret Review: Tony Danza Shows How Prime Time Starts at 50 by Stephen HoldenYes, it's slightly off-topic, but he did appear on Broadway...
posted at 6/23/2001 01:43:59 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Friday, June 22, 2001
Entertainment Weekly's IT List!Urinetown! Auburn! Yazbek! James!
Thanks to Ann for posting this, I tried to link to the magazine but it doesn't list everything in the stage section. When I first read this post, I was thinking maybe Broadway Stars had reached the big time! : ) If it had, we just might have blown up the internet while James was away!
posted at 6/22/2001 08:44:23 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link
Erin Dilly Moves from Broadway to South PacificNeuwirth & Bartlett To Star in LCT's Everett Beekin
Broadway Barks with Peters, Moore, Parker, Beach, Ebersole and Grey July 14Uncle Bob Ends Off-Broadway on July 1Report: Jessica Lange Out as Broadway Mary Tyronetick, tick...BOOM! Gets Cast Album on RCA Victor LabelRCA Victor to Record Cast Album for Off-B'way tick, tick... BOOM!South Pacific Tour To Launch July 24 Without GouletYour Summer Weekend at the Theatre: June 22-24Central Park Teems With Free Shakespeare, Starting June 24B'way-Bound Summer of '42 Musical To Launch Mini-Tour in CA June 23Where you will find one fifth of our staff this weekend!
Hwang, Wettig, Donaghy, Shinn, Murray-Smith, Eno Open Vassar/New York Stage and Film Season, June 22
Buzz Lines: As Gay as it GetsEddie Bracken and company ride the Paper Mill Playhouse Carousel to glory.Billy Hartung, Judy Gold, and Sean Martin Hingston on the joys of raising a child as a show-biz parent.Rob Evan sings of �The Kid Inside� in his new show at Arci�s Place.'The Last Five Years' at Northlight Theatre
Where you will find two fifths of our staff this weekend!
Andrew Cuomo Moves to Westchester James has a new neighbor! Everyone is moving to Westchester these days.
ON 'ROCKY' GROUND By MICHAEL REIDEL LEA DeLARIA, the lesbian comic and star of "The Rocky Horror Show," has never been shy about speaking her mind.
HE GETS GRIP ON �GATOR' I know, I know, has nothing to do with theatre, but it isn't every day they find a GATOR in Central Park. At least not a real live gator, I'm sure there are many University of Florida Gators in Central Park (shameless plug for my alma mater). Being from Florida, I am used to seeing gators just lying around but this story even made it to the NBC Nightly News!
posted at 6/22/2001 07:28:50 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link
CDs: Cry, the Beloved Country by Ken Mandelbaumposted at 6/22/2001 02:10:34 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
On Stage and Off: New Plays? New Drought by Jesse McKinleyposted at 6/22/2001 11:06:47 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
World of Mirth review by Adam Feldmanposted at 6/22/2001 10:06:19 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
On this day in 1969, singer-actress Judy Garland died in London at age 47. Today's birthdays include: Meryl Streep, Lindsay Wagner, Tracy Pollan, Amy Brenneman, Carson Daly, Chris Lemmon, Graham Greene, David L. Lander Happy Birthday Squiggy!Carroll O'Connor, Actor Who Played Archie Bunker, Dies at 76Blues Guitarist John Lee Hooker Dies at 83'The Ghost Sonata': Strindberg's Eerie World of Lost SoulsA New Look at On a Clear Day By Peter Filichia How Reba Ruled: B'way's Annie Loses Its GunSCENE AND HEARD: Alfresco Shakespeare Measures Upposted at 6/22/2001 07:30:34 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link
Thursday, June 21, 2001
From the PR department...
Jammin 105 presents another great season of "Broadway in Bryant Park!" For the next 8 weeks, Jammin 105 will give you the chance to catch the hottest Broadway shows for FREE! Each week, cast members from various shows with be on stage singing different selections from the show. "Broadway in Bryant Park" is free for all! Bring your lunch and enjoy Broadway's best performances every Thursday from 12pm - 2pm. Bryant Park is located at 6th Ave between 40th & 42nd Streets. Stayed tuned as we begin to announce this years line-up!
Public Lives: An Actress and the City (Beyond All That Sex)posted at 6/21/2001 12:24:35 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link
I Make My Wichita Stage Debut by Peter FilichiaSondheim Casting Rumors & The Unrecorded: Part Two by Ken Mandelbaumposted at 6/21/2001 10:27:22 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Today's birthdays include Al Hirschfeld, Jane Russell, Maureen Stapleton, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Robert Pastorelli, Juliette Lewis, and Judy Holliday.'Pirates of Penzance': A Ship Full of Pop References by Lawrence van Gelder'I Sing': When You're Young and in Love, Sing by Bruce Weberposted at 6/21/2001 06:02:27 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
'LION' KING SLIPPED A MICKEYAs summer pics struggle, Disney chair Schneider exits
The exec who brought Disney's "The Lion King" to Broadway and re-energized the company's animation efforts is out at the Mouse House. After a mere seventeen months as chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, Peter Schneider Wednesday abruptly ankled the company.
Top Disney Exec Steps Down, Plans to Start His Own Broadway Theatre Company- BURBANK, CA -- Peter Schneider is calling it quits as chairman of Walt Disney Studios in order to star his own Broadway theater company, it was announced June 20 by Michael Eisner and Robert A. Iger, chairman and president, respectively, of Walt Disney Company.
Disney Studios Chair Schneider Steps Down to Start Bway Producing Firmposted at 6/21/2001 12:46:22 AM by James Marino | Item Link
Wednesday, June 20, 2001
Monty's Wilson Named Top Bachelor by PeopleDodgers and 'Donkey' Duo Set to Get Down w/ 'Dirty Dancing'Breaking the Code: An Insiders' Guide to the Parodies, Homages and Allusions in 'The Producers'Yes, 3/5 of the BroadwayStars.com staff will be out of town and away from our little blogging computers this weekend. And yes, we are all off seeing relatively new theatre! James and I will be wondering what happened to the 'Last Five Years' and the Other James will be enjoying the 'Summer of '42'. How exciting!
posted at 6/20/2001 07:55:45 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link
August Wilson's King Hedley II Will Close July 1posted at 6/20/2001 03:50:01 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jason Robert BrownI'm guessing we'll have a full report on The Last Five Years within the next few days...
Cuckoo's Nest To Close Earlier Than Expected45 Seconds to Land at Richard Rodgers Theatre Oct. 16Tartuffe Added to Roundabout 2001-02 Seasonposted at 6/20/2001 02:29:25 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Meet Wayne, the Wizard of Wichita by Peter FilichiaBrent Barrett Returns to Chicago July 2posted at 6/20/2001 12:03:09 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
On June 20, 1905, Lillian Hellman, the American playwright and screenwriter, was born. Following her death on June 30, 1984, her obituary appeared in The Times. Today's birthdays include Olympia Dukakis, John Goodman, Danny Aiello, John Mahoney, Bob Vila, Cyndi Lauper, and Nicole Kidman.Broadway Bares XI Raises Over $320,000 for BC/EFABeane's Planet Starts to Sparkle Off-Broadway, June 20Breath, Boom Breathes One More Week OB Before Playwrights Goes BoomThe article also talks about the new space for Playwright's Horizon.
Joe Darion, Tony-Winning Lyricist of Man of La Mancha, Dead at 90The Unrecorded: Part One by Ken MandelbaumOnline Gets in Line for Central Park Measure for Measure'Boom!' A Star Is Born posted at 6/20/2001 10:17:34 AM by the other James | Item Link
If you made it this far, you are doing okay. BroadwayStars.com was "deprovisioned" last night because it got too big (it has too much traffic/bandwidth) for the Interland hosting under the plan that I had. They want me to move to a $6000/year plan... that's not going to happen! Until then, try to use BroadwayStars.org or BroadwayStars.net. The site may be a little (a lot?) unstable beyond the first page.
I am going to be working on making the site work today, so there won't be an update by me. Maybe a few other writers may have time to do it.
Thanks.
- James
posted at 6/20/2001 08:40:54 AM by James Marino | Item Link
Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Today's birthdays include Kathleen Turner, Pauline Kael, Phylicia Rashad, and Paula Abdul.The Broadway Musical's 50 Best Comedy Songs by Peter FilichiaJoe Darion, Lyricist of 'Man of La Mancha,' Dies at 90 by Stephen HoldenA Long-Running Oklahoma! by Ken MandelbaumOnline Gets in Line for Central Park Measure for Measure by Julia FurayLaManna Is Maid Mad to Marry in Bway Kate, Starting June 19York and Smith Head Kiss Me, Kate Tour, Bowing June 19 in New Havenposted at 6/19/2001 11:15:08 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Monday, June 18, 2001
Photo Op: BROADWAY BARES XI: The Show, Part 1Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
Photo Op: BROADWAY BARES XI: The Show, Part 2Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
Photo Op: BROADWAY BARES XI: Backstage PassPhotos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
Photo Op: BROADWAY BARES XI: The LookPhotos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
posted at 6/18/2001 11:50:56 AM by James Marino | Item Link
On this day in 1948, Columbia Records publicly unveiled its new long-playing phonograph record in New York City. The new disc turned at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute, offering superior sound quality and fewer interruptions than 78 rpm records. Today's birthdays include: Paul McCartney, Roger Ebert, Carol Kane, Isabella Rossellini, Edward Wyllis Scripps, Philip Barry and Anastasia.'Measure for Measure': Shakespeare's Darkness Is Flooded With Light by Ben BrantleyMary Zimmerman's production in Central Park emphasizes the comic over the grim, making pleasant entertainment of Shakespeare's notoriously unpleasant play.
Actors' Talks Center on Journeymen Shortchanged by Pay of StarsHow Were the Reviews?: Measure for Measure in Central ParkForbidden Broadway Creator Spoofing Irving Berlin's Mr. PresidentGerard Alessandrini will do the "Washington Twist" Off-Broadway
Manhattan Theatre Club Workshops Joe! Musical, June 18Brian d'Arcy James, Sally Mayes and Marc Kudisch are featured in this show about an actor finds himself trapped inside a musical
Tony Nominees To Speak at "Times Talk" June 18Gary Beach, Leslie Uggams, Gary Sinise and Polly Bergen will partake in "On Broadway" panel discussion
Westport Playhouse Names Joanne Woodward Artistic DirectorLatest step in effort to revitalize this historic venue
Inside Move: Spike eyes 'Rent'Noises Off: Dressing up Show WorldLove, Interrupted: Hole Singer and Winona Ryder Head New Group Benefit June 18Karen Ziemba Hosts Evening of New Composers June 18 at NYC's Merkin HallBeach, Bergen, Sinise, Uggams Talk Broadway on June 18 PanelBang, Bang: Billy the Kid Opens June 17 at La Jolla PlayhouseSo the event that was Broadway Bares 2001 is now a memory, except for the staff of BC/EFA who are at Roseland dismantling the event. Some observations and comments about it: BC/EFA may have the best production team in the business -- problem solvers and not one single attitude. It was great to witness such a wonderful project... During the load-in of the stage platforms (built at Hudson), a few of them were marked "Bells Are Ringing" which caused a few snickers and comments... Jerry Mitchell should be the next Energizer Bunny... and finally, Kim Grigsby can really conduct!
It is *such* a hookey day. If you need me, I will be in Central Park...
Other comments for the smart people who find this: If you can't have the conductor, the Lighting/Electrician tech-grrrls really do it for me! Also a little self knowledge: when you find yourself in the presence of beautiful naked people and you can only think about sleep, it is time to go home!
George Abrams Dies at 81; Was a Master of Typefacesposted at 6/18/2001 09:43:09 AM by James Marino | Item Link
Sunday, June 17, 2001
Today's birthdays include Barry (Harmony) Manilow, Mark Linn-Baker, and Olympic skater/NYC Marathoner Dan Jansen.Measure for Measure Opens in Central Park's Delacorte, June 17Let's hope the weather improves.
Going Nude not on Shindle's ListThe former Miss America is the new Broadway Sally Bowles.
posted at 6/17/2001 12:08:14 PM by the other James | Item Link
The Leading Man Tells His Side of the Story by Peter FilichiaCountry's Bumpy Road to Broadway by Stephen HoldenReba McEntire is one of the only country music stars who has been successful on Broadway. Will there be others?
A 'Measure for Measure' That's Caged in the Open Air by Matthew GurewitschBroadway Bares XI Is Strip Odyssey with Busch, Cumming June 17posted at 6/17/2001 07:01:08 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
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2007-08
Broadway Season
June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)
July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]
Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)
Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]
Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)
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
Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends
Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)
Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]
Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]
Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)
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)
Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)
Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)
Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]
Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)
Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)
Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)
Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)
Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]
Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)
Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)
Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)
May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)
May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)
May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)
TBA - Godspell
2008-09
Broadway Season
Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)
Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)
Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]
Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet
TBA - 50 Words
TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)
TBA - American Buffalo
TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]
TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]
TBA - Being There [Permut]
TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]
TBA - Billy Elliot
TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]
TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]
TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]
TBA - Broomhilda
TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]
TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]
TBA - Camelot
TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]
TBA - Catch Me If You Can
TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]
TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]
TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]
TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]
TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]
TBA - Duet
TBA - Equus
TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]
TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]
TBA - Farragut North [Richards]
TBA - Father of the Bride
TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)
TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]
TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers
TBA - Golden Boy
TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]
TBA - Hitchcock Blonde
TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest
TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]
TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)
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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