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Saturday, July 14, 2001 Beautiful Game and By Jeeves Expected for North America in 2002 WEST SIDE GLORY Things to do when you are not in the theatre! The Toronto Star Tina to bite the Big Apple by Richard Ouzounian When she stands alone on the stage of the Winter Garden Theatre Oct. 18 and begins the show by singing the words "I have a dream," Maddigan will also undoubtedly be thinking about how sometimes those dreams do come true. Great headline from last week, charming little story about Tina Maddigan. The funniest part, "That's an understatement when you consider that only four years ago, Maddigan was so far down the showbiz ladder that she paid another actor $100 to get his place in line at an audition for Les Mis�rables." Haines Goes His Way Producer Bruce Kimmel, who deserves major credit for putting his money where his heart is in his recordings of cast albums, solo albums, forgotten showtunes, and rare reissues, has been winking at us for some time, slipping in "faceless" crooner Guy Haines for a number or two on many albums for his former Varese Sarabande Spotlight Series. Now comes Haines' solo debut, singing an unusual collection of theatre and pop songs. Garth Drabinsky-Produced Island Returning to London Jan. 14, 2002 I found this amusing, especially when they called Garth, "the fugitive Broadway impresario." My boycott of Broadway Online has ended for now, I no longer get those annoying new windows of advertising whenever I click on an article. Thank you ever so much! posted at 7/14/2001 11:07:24 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link Today's birthdays include Gerald Ford, Gloria Stuart, Ingmar Bergman, Harry Dean Stanton, Polly Bergen, and Woodie Guthry. Controversial Crime Yields Controversial Play by Peter Filichia The Curtain Falls on The Follies of 2001, July 14 'La Lupe': Soul-Shaking Power of a Cuban Wonder by D.J.R. Bruckner For the audience of "La Lupa: My Life, My Destiny" the experience is a concert by an infectiously passionate singer whose gift for comic innovation is unpredictable and dangerous. posted at 7/14/2001 07:36:38 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Friday, July 13, 2001 CDs: Ann-Margret on the Chicken Ranch by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 7/13/2001 12:57:05 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Smiles of a Summer Night The 'Night Music' concert in PA last night was wonderful - we thoroughly enjoyed it. Rumor has it that Sondheim was there to check out Irene Worth's performance. Perhaps she'll repeat her role in DC next summer? And Marc Kudisch was perfectly cast as Carl-Magnus, in spite of, or perhaps because of, this past week's comments. Jim Caruso is...Prying! Nana Visitor, Daisy Prince, and Amanda Green on parental inspiration. Don't forget to check out Green's show at Second Stage on Monday the 16th, 8pm, $25.It will have Brooks Ashmanskas, from whom I bummed a cigarette at Cooper Union, before I quit, which makes him wonderful. 'Hamlet' Goes to Harlem: OBIE-Winning Troupe Presents Dane July 13-Aug. 5 If Adrian Lester and Simon Russell Beale weren't enough 'Hamlet' for you, take the A train up to the Classical Theatre of Harlem's new look at Shakespeare's dark prince. 'Full Monty' Cuts Short Toronto Extension; End Perfs Aug. 5 Paper Mill Has Mrs. Anna, Cassie, Cole, Higgins and 'Rappaport' in 2001-2002 Say, didn't Alison cas... nevermind. More Munching: 'Cannibal! The Musical' Continues Through Aug. 4 Pappas and Fraser Hook Up in Living Room Workshop, July 19-20 posted at 7/13/2001 12:17:46 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link By 'Jeeves,' We've Got It by Michael Riedel The show, based on P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster novels, will open in November at the Helen Hayes Theatre. posted at 7/13/2001 10:00:20 AM by the other James | Item Link On July 13, 1977, a 25-hour blackout hit the New York City area after lightning struck upstate power lines. Today's birthdays include Harrison Ford, Patrick Stewart, Cheech Marin, Didi Conn, and Cameron Crowe. My Choices for a Musical Theatre Mount Rushmore by Peter Filichia 'Major Barbara': Shavian Artillery Levels Hypocrisy by Bruce Weber Daniel Sullivan's very funny production starring Cherry Jones celebrates George Bernard Shaw's winking, topsy-turvy didactics on the subjects of politics, poverty and faith. Major Barbara review by Adam Feldman posted at 7/13/2001 07:38:56 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Thursday, July 12, 2001 This is a blatant plug for a theatre group I work with, LITE: Hey friends, it's the season once again for your favorite New York tradition, free Shakespeare in the park! Come frolic with the fireflies on the great lawn at Prospect Park's picturesque Tennis House, while the Rude Mechanicals, the even ruder Fairies, and those wild and crazy Lovers, come together to present one of Shakespeare's greatest hits, A Midsummer Night's Dream! Don't settle for less! Come early and often! Bring a blanket and take a nap! Bring a picnic and clean up your trash! Bring your friends! Bring your family! Bring your neighbors' kids! Bring your super! Bring your boss! Bring everybody you've ever met! Every Thursday and Friday evening at 7pm, and every Sunday at 2pm and 5pm, from now til August 12th! Don't miss it! posted at 7/12/2001 01:22:59 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link Revivals: The '50s by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 7/12/2001 11:56:05 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Ex-Menudo Kid Sues Gizmo Store A former member of the Latin pop group Menudo claims a massage-chair mishap at a Sharper Image store had him seeing double.
The head injuries affected the 26-year-old Gomez for "at least a year," and came just as he was set to launch his solo singing career, she added. Tuneful Bow To Bernstein If Tuesday's 37th annual New York Philharmonic opener in the park had a theme song, it was "Tonight."In the shadow of Leonard Bernstein's Central Park West home, in a concert in his honor on the Great Lawn, with one of the greatest bands in the land, it wasn't just any night, it was pure New York, New York - indomitable, proud and inspired. Don't Even Bother Looking For The 'Money' by Donald Lyons 'Where's My Money?" is a dream of a play. The trouble is, is it's a bad dream.Writer/director John Patrick Shanley, who won an Oscar for "Moonstruck," has apparently soured on marriage and on people, judging from this farce. Mr. Lyons reviews three shows in his column and went on to call Once Around the City "The worst musical in the history of the human race..." Now there is a pull-quote for The Times ad! I wonder if Mr. Lyons will get the same email that Adam Feldman will surely get today? posted at 7/12/2001 10:05:47 AM by James Marino | Item Link Op-Ed: Virtual Hollywood by Andy Borowitz The Observer: Manhattan transfers Having a hit in New York seems to be the best way to ensure that your play is panned in London, so why do so many American dramatists persist in casting their pearls before swinish British critics? [Thanks to David L. Hobbs for the link] Jackie Maxwell Named Shaw Festival Artistic Director Designate O'Neill Playwrights Conference Reads New O'Brien Play July 12-13 Brian Murray to Make Hobson's Choice at Atlantic Theatre Company London Kate Will Have Mazzie, Barrett and Berresse; Previews Begin Oct. 16 And you should see all the protest over there! All those British actors denied work by Marin, Brent and Michael! Cherry Jones Major Barbara Opens on Broadway July 12 Jones reunites with Moon for the Misbegotten director Daniel Sullivan on the Shaw drama Andrea Marcovicci To Star in Lady in the Dark Revival Marcovicci will join Cherry Jones and Lou Rawls in new musical at the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia Shakespeare, Ionesco, Dr. Caligari Invade Midtown International Theatre Festival July 12 There are also shows about sex ed, working, and all things stinky. July 12 World Premiere of Henley's Sisters Couples with Bailey's Ugly People A medieval tale by Beth Henley and a farce from Frederick Bailey play the Los Angeles Theatre Center "Telemundo" Soap Opera Actress Sully Davis Conjures Salsa Diva La Lupe, July 12 La Lupe's incredible life was a rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Born in Havana, she was reputed to be the Queen of Latin Soul. Ruby Dee on Abortion and Women's Rights in Saint Lucy's Eyes, July 12 The award-winning actress stars in Bridgette A. Wilson's new play which moves to a commercial run at the Cherry Lane Theatre Deborah Gibson Returns to Touring Cinderella July 24 "The Sopranos" star Jamie Lynn Sigler has dropped out of the production. Dropped out? I thought she was always scheduled to end her run in July to return to other commitments, with, uhh, "the family". Broadway Will Go To the Dogs July 14 With Broadway Barks 3! Broadway celebrities to present pets for adoption and auction off show memorabilia at July 14 event Gilbert will vie for SAG presidency TV thesp serves on guild board Adam Feldman wrote me, mildly amused that some reader was miffed at his review of Once Around the City. Adam suggested that the unstable theatre patron who was lashing out at BroadwayStars contact Adam directly at [email protected]. I suggested that the person on the tirade was too spineless to send a note to Adam. We'll see. Now won't we? posted at 7/12/2001 08:51:10 AM by James Marino | Item Link Today's birthdays include Bill Cosby, Milton Berle, Richard Simmons, Jay Thomas, Cheryl Ladd, Oscar Hammerstein II, George Washington Carver, Julius Caesar, and Henry David Thoreau. Your Choices for a Musical Theatre Mount Rushmore by Peter Filichia Major Barbara, with Cherry Jones, Opens at Roundabout, July 12 The Full Monty's Toronto Engagement Cut Short Jackie Mason Plans Return to B'way How Were the Reviews?: A Thousand Clowns 'A Thousand Clowns': Back When Oddballs Roamed the Earth by Bruce Weber That Herb Gardner's middle-of-the-road comedy is a painfully dated work is not the only reason that the revival at the Longacre Theater is nearly unendurable. A Thousand Clowns review by Adam Feldman posted at 7/12/2001 06:46:50 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Wednesday, July 11, 2001 Just an FYI, Adam Feldman does not work for BroadwayStars.com. Adam is a reviewer for Broadway.com. If you wish to contact him, you need to contact Broadway.com, not us. posted at 7/11/2001 12:54:20 PM by James Marino | Item Link DVDs: Lorelei in Technicolor by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 7/11/2001 12:18:18 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link She's Lovely, but Alas, She's Only Software For every advance in the world of special effects, narrative is pushed back a few squares on the game board or, in the case of the first film with human leads played by nonactors, the circuit board. Tom Selleck Sells Hawaii House Do you think he is settling down in NYC for a Broadway career? Zeta-Jones toddles toward 'Chicago' Thesp negotiating to play homicidal Velma 'Game' over in London Webber's latest to close Sept 1 Huge legit fest wraps up in Moscow Electra to shed light on Vegas 'Lumiere' part of new $17 mil entertainment complex Last Episode of Kristin Airs Tonight [Story from late yesterday. The episode aired last night.] Jackie Mason Testing Material for Legit Burlesque Show, Scandals Naked No No: Provincetown Orders Naked Boy Singing! Cease and Desist Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts Hill Harper on Blue, August Wilson, and how much theater (if any) is in his future. Broadway Kicks Off 2001-02 Season July 11 With Tom Selleck A Thousand Clowns He plays Herb Gardner's curmudgeonly iconoclast in a revival of the cult 1962 comedy Bebe Neuwirth Plays the DIVA at Williamstown July 11-22 Eric Bogosian co-stars in Howard Gould's scathing behind-the-scenes comedy Jackie Mason Wants To Be Top Banana in Broadway Burlesque Show Tentatively titled Scandals, it's seeking a Shubert house for February 2003 Karen Ziemba in July Reading of New Let Me Sing Musical at MTC Ziemba also announced that she will leave CONTACT Sept. 2 Game is Up for Lloyd Webber's Beautiful Game, to Close Sept. 1 It will have had one of the shortest runs of the composer's career, playing for less than a year. For people who are sending us "Blind Items": This is our every-so-often pep talk about "blind items" that are submitted to us through the link on your left. Do not send press releases masked as "buzz" through the blind items, it is tacky. We don't run them, AND then we don't look kindly upon your show. Please do not use the blind item to try and take on a personal crusade against BTN because your J&H DVD did not arrive. No one cares. All 15 people who bought the DVD would have been better served by getting a free private performance of J&H in their parents house. Perhaps N*Sync could open for J&H. And accusing BroadwayStars of not having integrity (when did I *ever* say we had integrity!) is not the way to make us take up the cause. And no, we have no financial ties to BTN. I think we actually may have more cash-flow then them. On other notes, we do not care who is sleeping with whom, who has what sexually transmitted disease, and what you really think of us. This is not the place for personal attacks (well, at least ones that can get us sued) and if you don't like our website, go somewhere else. Is it really that hard? And BTW, it is especially tacky to try and flood our blind items mailbox with the same information pretending to be from multiple people... do you really think that the technology does not tell us who the sender is? Blind Items are really not too blind. They just allow for deniability. posted at 7/11/2001 09:03:40 AM by James Marino | Item Link Today's birthdays include Sela Ward, Tab Hunter, E.B. White, John Quincy Adams, and Yul Brynner. Rating the Ratings by Peter Filichia It looks like The New York Times Arts page has been slightly redesigned... 'Once Around the City': Mixing a Nasty Real Estate Deal With Love by Bruce Weber 'Blue Window': More Banter, Please, and Pass the Emotional Indigestion by Bruce Weber Once Around the City review by Adam Feldman A Thousand Clowns and Tom Selleck Crowd Broadway; Gardner Comedy Opens July 11 The Play About the Baby To Close September 1 Douglas Sills To Play Booth at the Booth posted at 7/11/2001 07:37:32 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Tuesday, July 10, 2001 In the Studio With Leo and Max by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 7/10/2001 12:38:22 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link On this day in 1943, Arthur Robert Ashe, the tennis star who was the first black man to win a major championship, was born. Following his death on Feb. 6, 1993, his obituary appeared in The Times. Today's other birthdays include: Jessica Simpson, David Brinkley (81!), Jake LaMotta, Jerry Herman, Arlo Guthrie, Cheryl Wheeler, Carl Orff and Camille Pissarro. Introducing Urbanites to the Lure of a Well-Told Tale A loosely organized company has held regular storytelling evenings for sold-out crowds in bars, restaurants and even planetariums, mostly in New York. All You Need Is Love Shutters in London All You Need is Love, the West End musical which features a score comprised only of Beatles songs, will end its run at the Queen�s Theatre on September 1. Tom Hewitt Ready To Sink Teeth Into Dracula But the question is: Will they allow him to wear his patent leather high heels as Dracula? Tom has become very attached to them... Lincoln Center Festival To Celebrate Works of Pinter July 10-29 The playwright himself will take to the stage, starring with acting legend Sir Ian Holm in Gate Theatre's revival of The Homecoming. A Chorus Line Summer Mini Tour Launches in Atlanta July 10 Hey, didn't Aliso... nevermind. George C. Wolfe Directs Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog July 10 George C. Wolfe is back in the directing chair. Don Cheadle (Traffic) and Jeffrey Wright (Basquiat) star. SFX Changes Name to Clear Channel Entertainment The conglomerate formerly knows as SFX produces Fosse, Seussical, The Producers and the upcoming Sweet Smell of Success Tickets on Sale for 2002 Mackintosh/Stroman Oklahoma! The Full Monty Tony nominee Patrick Wilson has been offered the lead in the revival, opening at the Gershwin Patrick as Curly? Hmmm... As I look into my crystal ball, I don't see that... Once Around Comes Around at Second Stage; Opens July 10 O'Neill Playwrights Conference Reads New Cram Play July 10-11 La Jolla Playhouse Workshops Wright's I Am My Own Wife July 10-29 Broadway Grosses: July 2-8 - Part 1 Court's Mouth Closes as Summer Slump Deepens Cameron Mackintosh Confirms He'll Do No More New Shows Dama Bell, an Early Supporter of Stratford Festival, Dead at 95 Wild Party's Lippa Grooms Little Princess for Australia Woman in Black Disappears July 8 at Off-Bway's Minetta Lane Broadway slides by Fourth Holiday week brings 2.3% dip on closings posted at 7/10/2001 09:02:04 AM by James Marino | Item Link Who Belongs on the Mount? by Peter Filichia Brent Barrett by Paul Wontorek 'Edward III': Restored to the Canon, Plus Funny Bits by D. J. R. Bruckner posted at 7/10/2001 06:54:31 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link KristinChenoweth.com: NBC Cancels Kristin [I first read it on Talkin'Broadway] Tonight's show is the sixth and final show. There are seven shows unaired. If you want to see the real Kristin (much better than the show), go to Central Park tonight where she will be singing with the Philharmonic. posted at 7/10/2001 06:09:34 AM by James Marino | Item Link Monday, July 09, 2001 And at the Bottom of the Show Music Bins ... by Peter Filichia CDs: Rocky Ladies by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 7/9/2001 03:17:38 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link LUKE'S THE REAL HORROR by Clive Barnes What do you say in the second place about a show you didn't much care for in the first place? Cameron Mackintosh Confirms He'll Do No More New Shows Wild Party's Lippa Grooms 'Little Princess' for Australia Dennehy Offers Preview of 'Journey' in O'Neill Reading, July 9 D'Oh: 'Machomer' Returns, Landing at Toronto's Queens Quay Centre July 30-Sept. 8 Lincoln Center Festival To Celebrate Works of Pinter July 10-29 BroadwayOnline.com Seeks News Intern Please have a strong working knowledge of HTML. Working Again with Sondheim Is a Dream Come True for Lonny Price Price is directing 'Sweeney Todd' with San Francisco Symphony At last, Lonny Price is involved with a show that won't close after a short run! Go Lonny! It is also John Tesh's birthday. Let him be an inspiration to us all. In 1980, Seven faithful are trampled in a stampede during a papal visit to Brazil by John Paul II. Tangentially, I saw 'Chaucer in Rome' yesterday, and really enjoyed it. posted at 7/9/2001 10:16:35 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link Todays birthdays include Tom Hanks, Brian Dennehy, Richard Roundtree, Dean Koontz, O.J. Simpson, Kelly McGillis, Jimmy Smits, Courtney Love, and Fred Savage. Daniel Sullivan Is Enjoying His New Direction Director Daniel Sullivan, who just collected his first Tony Award for "Proof," unveils his latest effort with a Bernard Shaw revival, "Major Barbara." posted at 7/9/2001 06:48:30 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Sunday, July 08, 2001 A Worthy Night at Worth Street by Peter Filichia Revivals: The 40s by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 7/8/2001 09:12:49 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Over on ratm, there's a response from Marc Kudisch regarding comments he made on Fynsworth Alley. posted at 7/8/2001 08:52:31 PM by the other James | Item Link On this date in 1932, MGM's "Freaks" directed by Tod Browning opened at the Rialto. This movie exploited the shock value of real people with severe disabilities. Studio head Louis B. Mayer was appalled while critics and moviegoers felt the same way. It was withdrawn and rereleased as "Nature's Mistakes". In 1997, Bill Russell and Henry Krieger wrote "Side Show". In 2001, theOtherJames and I argued about whether to put the period inside the quotation mark or outside. Vows: Marcia Lewis, Fred Bryan The Post Reinvents Itself Again in the War of the Tabloids Philip Glass: His Success, Like His Music, Keeps Repeating His recent chamber setting of Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" � a "pocket opera," he calls it � is winding up its five-week New York premiere run at the Classic Stage Company (with the final performance on Saturday) just as Lincoln Center Festival 2001 begins a Glass celebration that includes the American premiere of "White Raven," his 1991 operatic collaboration with Robert Wilson, as well as four concerts of old and new works. Success Stories from Cherry Lane's Playwright Mentoring Program A Night Out With Sean Campion and Conleth Hill "Sex & the City"'s Cattrall Pulls Out of Royal Family posted at 7/8/2001 12:14:14 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link Leight Fades: Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine Ends MTC Run July 8 Woman in Black Disappears July 8 at Off-Bway's Minetta Lane Once-in-a-Generation Cast Starts NY Seagull Previews July 24 Talk about highly anticipated ! Lincoln Center Festival To Celebrate Works of Pinter July 10-29 George C. Wolfe Directs Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, July 10 Theater Must Do What Theater Does Best: Wow Us With Wonderment. If you can, check out NY1 OnStage this weekend. There's an interview with three composers with new works on Broadway/Off Broadway: Mark Hollman (Urinetown), Laurence O'Keefe (Bat Boy), and David Yazbek (Full Monty). I missed the introductions. I hope that's who the three were. posted at 7/8/2001 08:37:16 AM by the other James | Item Link Today's birthdays include Anjelica Huston, Steve Lawrence, Jeffrey Tambor, Kevin Bacon, Billy Crudup, John D. Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller, and Louis Jordan. Movie Stars Fear Inroads by Upstart Digital Actors Not exactly directly related to theatre, but still important, I think. posted at 7/8/2001 06:43:42 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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