Online: The Movie - starring Eric "The Overzealous Apostle" Millegan and Josh "We LOVE Josh Hamilton around here" Hamilton. You can download clips to play on your Palm Pilot, that's pretty nifty. And it has a character named "Pervert" - how can you go wrong?

Bulletin: 'Seagull' Company Told Flock Will Not Migrate to Broadway

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Shubert & Jujamcyn Theaters Honor Freeman

Hurt in Tape Not Coming Off-B'way After All

'BREAK THE FLOOR' A Fusion of Rock and Tap With the Requisite Energy

Nicholas Hytner Heads Shortlist to Take Over Leadership of Britain's National Theatre
Also being considered: Jude Kelly, John Caird, Howard Davies and Max Stafford-Clark.

B'way's Fosse Swivels Its Last Hip, Aug. 25 Fosse closes one week early to accomodate Dance of Death with Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen.

Reminder: B'way's Riverdance Stomps Away, Aug. 26
The Celtic dance revue is closing, after extending a limited engagement into a 605-performance run.

Neil LaBute Brings His London Hit Shape of Things to Off-Broadway, Sept. 20
LaBute reunites with Bash star Paul Rudd.

Mary Zimmerman Splashes into Ovid's Mythic Pool of Metamorphoses, Sept. 19
Metamorphoses conjures the world of King Midas, Narcissus, and Orpheus and Euridice, the mythic characters in Ovid's epic poem about love and despair.

Bryan Batt Lights Up Broadway as the New Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast Aug. 24, 2001

"Rhoda" Rooters Rejoice: Valerie Harper Spins A Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Aside from her Broadway gig, Valerie is running for SAG president, against Melissa Gilbert... (I will refrain)

The Community Theatre Director Speaks Out by Peter Filichia

2 Days To Get It Write by Chip Deffaa
Talk about performance anxiety.Tomorrow night, members of the Rising Phoenix Repertory Company will perform a play written, rehearsed and presented - within a span of just 48 hours.
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Received an email that said:

Broadway's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN will close on Saturday, September 1, 2001.Not sure if that is true as you have to imagine that Fran and Barry still have a few tricks up their sleeve. The grosses are above $400K (which is double Rocky's grosses, and that is still running!) and the Fall is a good time for traditional shows. Even with something scheduled to come in to the Marquis, (like, say, Millie in the Spring) it does not make sense to move AGYG out of the Marquis until Jan 1.

One reader (can I use your name?) wrote about yesterday's query regarding shows that have made money in the Minskoff. He reminded (not really, I had not known) about a show, Clams on the Half Shell Revue (1975), which I certainly thought was a joke until I looked into it. Starring Bette Midler. Now the question becomes, did the Minskoff undergo a renovation since then?

And continuing with our terrible silliness this morning, it seems that Andrew Lloyd Webber is a fan of Amazon.com and has written a few reviews of books. Bill Jennings of Mermaniac brings us this link.
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On this day in 1918, Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer and pianist, was born. Other birthdays include: Regis Philbin, Monty Hall, Sean Connery, Anthony Heald, Elvis Costello and Gene Simmons.

A Series of Stages
PBS does 100 years of theater

Telecharge glitch means I get my 'Thou Shalt Not' tickets a few days early.

Newsday.com: A Gotta-Dance Sparkle Masks a Treacly Plot
Blame it on Kevin Bacon. Without his charismatic performance in the 1984 movie of the same name, creators of 'Footloose' might never have dared adapt this lame excuse for a musical to the stage.
Jeez! I liked it!

Newsday.com: Broadway Looks Ahead to the Good Old Days

Jane Connell Will Play 'Jeanette' in 'Full Monty' After Loss of Freeman

The 'Fosse' Sizzle Disappears on Bway Aug. 25; Tour Struts On

Conti to Do UK 'Art' When Hirsch Returns to U.S., Sept. 4
Judd Hirsch, who is currently playing the role of 'Marc', has to leave the production Sept. 2 due to TV commitments in America.
Oh man, I want a publicist like he has!

Ken Mandelbaum: Preview: Direct from Vienna
If things go well for Frank Wildhorn�s 'Dracula' in La Jolla this fall, there�s even the chance that Broadway could see two vampire musicals in the spring.
Hold your tongue! Or your ears...

'Annie Get Your Gun' To Close September 1

Beth Fowler Returns to B'way's 'Beauty'

Reminder: B'way's 'Riverdance' Stomps Away, Aug. 26

Nathan Lane Takes One Week Vacation from 'Producers', Sept. 18-23
Brad Oscar will play Bialystock in Lane's absence.
We haven't had a good 'Producers' story in a while. I went by the box office today, since I want to see Brad Oscar on for Nathan, and they had no tickets for the days I could go during that week. The line wrangler also told the folks in line that there are no single seats available until mid-October, and no full-view seats available until after March 17, which is when Nathan and Matthew leave the show - only obstructed view. Just in case it's true that Roger Bart is taking over Matthew's role, I picked up tickets for March.

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Friday, August 24, 2001

Brian Murray to Join Neeson-Linney Crucible
Wow !!

Tickets go on sale Sunday September 9 at 10am for the Lincoln Center Theatre production of QED starring Alan Alda. Set your speed dials now. (It's the same day as Broadway on Broadway.)

We at BroadwayStars feel just a little closer today.

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Inside Move: Miramax tunes out Lee's 'Rent'. Co. pulls plug over budget
Must have been the clause for all those courtside Knicks tickets.
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Miramax scraps Spike Lee's 'Rent' film

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'Full Monty's' Freeman dies

Bloomin' burbs. Mayoral campaign spending a blessing for TV

SAG urges ranks to stay home. Campaign stresses U.S. production
Jurisdiction is a bitch, isn't it. If the unions would partner with the producers rather than treat them as prey, this would not be an issue.

Baptist Church Group Protests Kansas City Version of Laramie Project, Opening Aug. 24
The same Baptist reverend who is seen in the documentary drama by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Company, picketing Matthew Shepard's funeral in Casper, Wyoming
Okay, who got clever with the story number?

Charles Mee's First Love Kicks Off New York Theatre Workshop's 2001-2002 Season, Aug. 24
Mabou Mines' Ruth Maleczech and Fred Neumann portray two people in their golden years who fall in love for the first time on a park bench.

Kathleen Freeman of The Full Monty Dead at 78
She made her Broadway debut in The Full Monty.

Pirates of Penzance Jumps Ship at Manhattan's Pier 17 Aug. 24
Gilbert & Sullivan's musical at the South Street Seaport closes early
The real pirates here were the producers who were charging Broadway-prices for this fun little show.

Roundabout's Broadway Boys from Syracuse Pushes Back Opening to July
Rodgers & Hart's musicalization of The Comedy of Errors will help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth

Urinetown: Is This Really The Title?

Kathleen Freeman, Actress Playing Comic Character Roles, Dies at 78 by Jesse McKinley

Making Magic With Young Feet

Musical Angst Prospers in Tranquil Connecticut
Connecticut has long been fertile ground for an intense underground music movement known as Connecticut hardcore.

Foraging for Music in the Digital Jungle
The fascinating array of music being streamed and downloaded from the Internet provides a glimpse of the way music consumption and distribution will change in the future.

Albee, Gurney Help Celebrate O'Neill in CT, Oct. 20

New York Theatre Workshop Starts Season with First Love, Aug. 24-Sept. 23

Caird's New Theatre Company Affects Race For UK National

Hello, Jerry!: Sundance Welcomes Herman for Concert, Workshops, Aug. 25

Noll Concludes New Milwaukee Cabaret Series Aug. 24-25

OB Won't See John Hurt's Krapp This Fall
I always say the less Krapp OB, the better.

Kathleen Freeman, Veteran Actress of Full Monty, Dead at 82

Dance of the Vampires Flies Into Minskoff w/ Crawford in March
Can anyone tell me the last show that played the Minskoff that made money? I can't remember. (Tom Sawyer, SNF, Pimpernel, Sunset...?) Will Vampires break the streak?

No Friday Reidel? Is he on vacation? Or maybe just working on his one man cabaret... Good luck to everyone in the lottery weekend.
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Today's birthdays include Cal Ripken Jr., Kenny Baker, Joe Regalbuto, Steve Guttenberg, Craig Kilborn, and Dave Chappelle.

Ann-Margret and Me by Peter Filichia
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Thursday, August 23, 2001

Kathleen Freeman, of 'The Full Monty,' passed away this morning. She will be missed.
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Buzz Lines: Some Antonio Evening - Antonio Banderas as Emile DeBecque in South Pacific on Broadway? It could happen.
And just in time for the Richard Rodgers centennial...
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On this day in 1912, Gene Kelly, the American dancer and choreographer, was born. And in 1926, silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York at age 31. In 1960, Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died in Doylestown, Pa. Today's birthdays include: Shelley Long, Rick Springfield, Jay Mohr and Barbara Eden.

Glenn Close to Play Blanche DuBois
LONDON (AP) - Glenn Close will play Blanche duBois, one of the great American female roles, in the British national theater's new season, while Tom Stoppard is preparing a nine-hour trilogy of premieres.

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New Girl (and Songwriters) in Town by Peter Filichia
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Broadway Bares on the Great White Way?
So, as The Donkey Show moves on to its third year and Rocky is finishing up its first year, I don't believe that either one of them has come close to breaking even. So what is Jordan to do? Take a wildly successful event that has made $1 million + for BC/EFA and turn it into a commercial production that most certainly must change in its presentation in order to make any money. It just does not make sense. Don't confuse good people with a lot of cash with good producing. There are a lot of good Broadway producers in NYC. You would think that if this were a good idea, one of them would have done it already.

Vampires To Dance at Minskoff in the Spring

SF Run of Redgrave Cherry Orchard Also Chopped Down
Actors Equity rejection of London import also impacts San Francisco run

Mourning Show Links O'Neill and Strindberg Aug. 23
Eugene O'Neill's expressionistic plays were influenced by ideas of philosopher Nietzsche, psychologists Freud and Jung, and Swedish playwright Strindberg

Several Broadway Marathon Runners Near the Finish Line Farewell Fosse; arriverderci
Riverdance; party's over for Dinner Party. And after Aug. 26, there should be no more lines snaking outside the Central Park Seagull.

Donkey Show and Naked Boys Enter Third Hit Year Off-Broadway
Its London version is celebrating its second year on Sept. 26. Off-Broadway's Naked Boys Singing! recently celebrated an anniversary as well.

Betty Buckley Sings of "Stars and the Moon" at Lincoln Center Sept. 19-20 Tickets go on sale Aug. 24 for Buckley's Alice Tully Hall gig.

Kushner, Churchill, Mee, Coonrod, Daldry Slated for New York Theatre Workshop's 2001-2002 Season
The dynamic Off-Broadway company sets dates for its upcoming productions

Richard Eyre Tours 20th Century Changing Stages on PBS Starting Aug. 26
The six-part series celebrates and gives a critical overview of English-language stage works in America and England.

A Little 'night' Mischief In The Hamptons
An annual summer Shakespeare Festival is one of the main occasions for communal fun in many towns in America.

Crawford bites on B'Way 'Vampires'. 'Phantom' star returns to stage for Polanski movie spoof
Fourteen years after his blood-letting turn in "The Phantom of the Opera," Michael Crawford returns to Broadway this season in another musical of the macabre, "Dance of the Vampires."

Miller's 'Luck' will return to Broadway
O'Donnell stars with Ellis directing

Betty Buckley Sings in American Songbook Opener in NYC Sept. 19-20

FALL-WINTER BROADWAY SEASON SCHEDULE

Enter the King: Theatres Unite for Ionesco Festival, Sept. 6-Dec. 1

Shakespeare or Not Shakespeare? Thomas of Woodstock Has U.S. Debut Sept. 7-Oct. 14 in CA

Edelman, Campbell and Pawk to Light Up Reefer Madness, Sept. 15 OB

Urban Cowboy Riding Towards Pre-Bway Workshop, Oct. 22-Nov. 11
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Finally, In Fashion by Peter Filichia

Beginnings and Endings by Dana Moore

Vampires To Dance at Minskoff in the Spring
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Wednesday, August 22, 2001

Michael Musto: I hear that Justin Timberlake, the star-quality-laden co-frontman of the smash teenybopper group 'N Sync, has just landed a plum role that will give him realness, credibility, and even a movie career: the lead in the Spike Lee-directed film version of 'Rent,' that Pulitzer-winning musical about love, drag, and AIDS in the East Village.
Perhaps not TOO far-fetched, he did audition for the show about 2 years ago.

Chris O'Donnell Will Try His 'Luck' on Broadway
Only a couple of weeks after [Broadway.com's] report that the Roundabout quietly dropped 'Our Town' from their season, the theater company has now canceled another show. Moliere�s 'Tartuffe', which was added to the season in late June, has been pulled in favor of Arthur Miller�s 'The Man Who Had All The Luck', starring Chris O�Donnell.

O'Donnell to Make Bway Bow in Miller's 'Man Who Had All the Luck' in 2002

On this date in 1485, Richard III was slain at Bodsworth. And in 1776, George Washington asks the Continental Congress for permission to burn New York City, to stop the city from being used to quarter troops arriving via the British fleet. It is declined, but his soldiers set 1/4th of the town ablaze on September 21. I don't remember that part of '1776'!

posted at 8/22/2001 12:58:36 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link

A note from B/B-B:

Hmmmm....
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Liz Smith:

THREE OF B'way's hottest leading men - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Patrick Wilson and Adam Pascal - have added themselves to the all-star roster for the "One Night Only" 20th anniversary Actors' Fund benefit of "Dreamgirls."Thanks to Ann at Talkin'Broadway for the info.
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On-Again, Off-Again Thoroughly Modern Millie Musical Back on Track for B'way Debut
Sutton Foster will star in the musical, with new songs by Jeanine Tesori. Previews begin March 19.

Kushner, Churchill, Mee, Coonrod, Daldry Slated for New York Theatre Workshop's 2001-2002 Season
The dynamic Off-Broadway company sets dates for its upcoming productions

John Cage, Samuel Beckett, Penis Headline 2001 Dublin Fringe Sept. 24

London's Lost Musicals Stages Porter's Let's Face It in NYC Sept. 16, 23-24

Operatic Little Women Sing for PBS, Aug. 29

Urban Cowboy Riding Towards Pre-Bway Workshop, Oct. 22-Nov. 11

Women's Project and Productions Has Musical Mary Lincoln and McClinton in 2001-02

MCC Theatre Gives Ten Teens Their Off-Broadway Debut at Summer Play Party, Aug. 21-26

Sills, Harris, O'Hare, Esparza Shoot into Music Box for Assassins Nov. 1
November...

A Presidential Adviser Trades Neckties for Boas
Ben Schatz, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, has a new full-time gig as a sassy drag queen named Rachel.
I see star casting in Slut Bitches From Pluto.

BUZZ: The Screen Actors Guild is setting up a "plus-size" subcommittee to get Hollywood to portray large-size characters in a more flattering light. The subcommittee plans to hold workshops with prominent plus-size actors, casting directors, producers and writers.

One-way ticket. Brit legit tough on Americans abroad
British boards are laden with a new crop of hit American imports of late, a circumstance that would seem to back up the notion that American and Brit legit have a mutual admiration society.

Buzz Lines: Some folks will be jeering, rather than cheering, when The Music Man begins its non-Equity tour of the U.S.

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
No Ado Annie yet for Oklahoma! on Broadway? Well, hey�what about Kristin Chenoweth?

On Top of the Fringe: A Critic�s Notebook
Dan Bacalzo sees the shows, talks to the participants, and gets the gossip at the 2001 Fringe Festival.
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Today's birthdays include H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Leni Riefenstahl, Ray Bradbury, Carl Yastrzemski, Valerie Harper, Steve Kroft, Cindy Williams, Claude Debussy, Dorothy Parker, and James Kirkwood.

Actors' Equity Urges Boycott of Nonunion Road Show by Jesse McKinley
Officials upset by a plan to use nonunion actors in the first national tour of the Broadway production of "The Music Man" are urging audiences nationwide to boycott the tour.

Chenoweth In Negotiations To Star in TV's Music Man

Q&A: Debra Monk by Paul Wontorek
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001

William Michals Makes Solo Debut in Nyack, NY, Aug. 19
Also of note, William is taking over the role of Gaston permanently as of... now.

On a whole different topic, I am looking forward to seeing Assassins. In the spring?
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The Musical�s a Joke Again - But Is It a Good Joke? by Michael Feingold
Let's face facts - nobody goes to the musical theater to think; not-thinking is its basic condition.

Liev Schreiber Stars As Iago Opposite Keith David's Othello at Public Theatre, Nov. 13
Schreiber says he's definitely taking on Iago for the New York Shakespeare Festival production.
I LOVE Liev Schreiber. There are no words to describe how happy I am. I saw his 'Hamlet' four times last season at the Public, it was amazing. Other women fantasize about being whisked to Paris for the weekend - not me. I fantasize about running into Liev Schreiber on Lafayette Street and telling him how much I loved his "How all occasions do inform against me..." monologue!

Stars of' 42nd Street' Sign Autographs at HMV Store Aug. 23
Expected are Michael Cumpsty, Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole, Mary Testa, Jonathan Freeman and David Elder.
I never miss a Michael Cumpsty musical, either.

Carol Burnett Putting It Together Debuts on Pay-Per-View HDTV Oct. 14

B'way's 'Chicago' Welcomes Return of Marcia Lewis and Chuck Cooper, Aug. 27
Jenniffer Holliday's last performance as Mama Morton is Aug. 26. That's Brent Barrett's last performance as Billy Flynn, too.

Terrence Mann Becomes B'way's New Sweet Transvestite in 'Rocky Horror' Show Aug. 30
The star of 'Cats', 'Les Miserables', 'Beauty and the Beast' and the original 'Assassins' returns to Broadway

'Peggy Sue' Gets Reviewed in London

Roundabout Announces Full Cast for 'Assassins'

Two Phillips Girls Join Cast of L.A. Vagina Monologues, Aug. 21-Sept. 9
California Dreamin': songstress Michelle Phillips and step-daughter Mackenzie turn the 'Vagina Monologues' into a family affair. But will they add "Creeque Alley" to the list of nicknames?

Night Comes to UK's 'Starlight Express,' Jan. 12

PHOTO CALL: One Day Only: Actors Fund's 'Dreamgirls' Gives Preview Aug. 14

At Your Service: VA Signature Has Environmental 'Grand Hotel' Aug. 21-Oct. 7

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Voices to carry a summer's day
Five Broadway singers release worthy CDs by Richard Ouzounian
Christiane, Kristin, Alice, Faith and Kudisch
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Bway Crucible w/ Neeson and Linney to Start Feb. 19

Broadway Grosses: August 13-19 - Part 1

Chicago Sniffs Pre-Bway Sweet Smell at Shubert Dec. 23

Jarvis & Scherer May Be Bway's Jeeves & Wooster; By Jeeves Begins Oct. 16

Havana is Waiting for OB's Cherry Lane; Machado Play Starts Oct. 9

Lookin' For Love In All The Wrong Places
For 12 bucks, you can see the funniest, most entertaining and most eccentrically imaginative musical in New York.

Kim Stanley, Reluctant but Gripping Broadway and Hollywood Actress, Dies at 76
Kim Stanley, whose infrequent but luminous stage portraits brought her to the edge of greatness, died on Monday in Santa Fe, N.M.

For Christine Ebersole, a Broadway Fable Frames a Real-Life Comeback
Comeback stories don't get much more satisfying than Christine Ebersole's. As her good friend Rosie O'Donnell says, "She's where she belongs."

'Assassins' calls up a killer cast
Sills, Gemignani, Garrison, Harris topline B'Way legiter
The Roundabout Theater company has announced the full cast for its Broadway production of "Assassins," the Stephen Sondheim/John Weidman musical about presidential assassination in America.

Lazy B'way summer
Closing 'Fosse', 'Riverdance' log B.O. gains

Trinity to enter 'Paradise'
Frayn, Margulies plays also included in season.

BATBOY IN THE HOSPITAL !!
It's not Deven. But it is humorous. And they pointed out a website where we can track the "real" Bat Boy's whereabouts. [ www.weeklyworldnews.com/batboy/ ]

Second Time's the Charm with The Sea Gull! by Peter Filichia

The Best Cast Album of the Year by Peter Filichia
(Urinetown)

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On this day in 1904, Count Basie, who was one of the leading big-band leaders of American jazz was born. Following his death on April 26, 1984, his obituary appeared in The Times. Many years later, James and I both worked at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ. Today's birthdays include: Kenny Rogers, Kim Catrall, Carrie-Ann Moss and Melvin Van Peebles.

'The Adding Machine': A Cosmic Theme's Comic Conversion

Crossing the Country in a Monologue Built for Two

For Christine Ebersole, a Broadway Fable Frames a Real-Life Comeback

Linney and Murray Set For Spring 'Crucible'
Laura Linney and Brian Murray will appear in the upcoming Broadway revival of Arthur Miller�s 'The Crucible.' The two join previously announced star Liam Neeson.

Ra�l Esparza Confirmed for 'Assassins' Cast

'Millie' Looks To Marquis for April 18 Opening

Jim Caruso is...Prying! Ricky Ian Gordon and other creative types reveal what gets their juices flowing.

MILLI VANILLI SURVIVOR LANDS PERFECT GIG IN KARAOKE TOUR
The strange and tragic story of Milli Vanilli just got even weirder. Fabrice Morvan - who was one half of the shamed duo - is staging a comeback by singing karaoke from a mobile shower stall.

Jarvis & Scherer May Be Bway's Jeeves & Wooster; 'By Jeeves' Begins Oct. 16

Chicago Sniffs Pre-Bway 'Sweet Smell' at Shubert Dec. 23

Ron Bohmer to star in KY 'Floyd Collins,' Sept 21-Oct 20

From the London desk: 'Starlight Express' to shutter January 12 to make way for the ALW-backed 'Bombay Dreams.' Thanks to Lee in London over at TB, and Milton Demel at RATM for the news. And I am not the least bit ashamed to say that I enjoyed 'Starlight Express' for the cheesy entertainment that it was.
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Monday, August 20, 2001

Vanessa, Josefina, and Jerry's Girls (and Boys) by Ken Mandelbaum
Summer of '42 at Union Square? I wonder where Ken read that first...

Preview: Stroman in the Big Easy by Ken Mandelbaum

Stagebill Acquires Two Mags: Performing Arts & Avenue

The Women's Project Announces New Season

Machado's Havana Is Waiting To Open at Cherry Lane

TIME: On the Web, Everyone's a Critic � a Bad One
Down with elitism, up with the vox-pop website. Are web reviews the democratization of taste, or the ravings of people not good enough to get a real critic�s job?
Thanks to Wayman Wong for posting the link on Talkin'Broadway.
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Wilson Commits to Oklahoma!; Hensley Also Onboard

Equity Blocks Broadway Bow of The Cherry Orchard

A Dynamic Actor Mixes Versatility With Aplomb
The role of a fast-talking, slow-moving Abraham Lincoln in "Topdog/Underdog" is not hard for Jeffrey Wright, an actor who knows he is as good as people say he is.

Honoring the Father of Long-Form Improvisation

Stagebill spree
Publisher bags Avenue, Performing Arts mags
But this is the most interesting sentence:

"In the fall of 2001, Stagebill will launch two new initiatives: Stagebill Family and Stagebill.com, created in partnership with Hollywood Media's Broadway.com, a company partially owned by Viacom."

Noises Off: Meadow looks to fresh pastures

Off B'Way orgs endorse five-year deal
ATPAM, Producers settle pay issue

'Glass' producers nix B'way move
Producer Kenwright holds play's worldwide rights

Rained-Out Ticket-Stub Holders for Aug. 12 Seagull Offered Rescheduled Tickets for Week of Aug. 21-26
It's the first time the Public Theater has reversed a 45-year-old policy: Those who waited in line can exchange Aug. 12 stubs 1 PM - 3 PM August 20

MCC Theater Throws "Summer Play Party" Aug. 21-26
Young high-school writers take part in the entire production process

Ex-Supreme Mary Wilson Jazzes Up Sophisticated Ladies Sept. 21
The tour is directed and choreographed by Mercedes Ellington, the Duke's granddaughter

Doug Hughes Replaces Mark Lamos as Othello Director in Public Theater for 2001-02 Season

Vanessa Redgrave Orchard Won't Grow on Broadway in Fall 2001
Tis not the first time American Equity has resisted the transfer of a London production.

Shuler Hensley Joins Patrick Wilson in 2002 Mackintosh/Stroman Oklahoma!
The Full Monty Tony nominee Patrick Wilson will play Curly in the revival, opening at the Gershwin

William Michals Makes Solo Debut in Nyack, NY, Aug. 19

Rare VINTAge: Stars Participate in "Ageism in the Arts & Media" Conference Oct. 13 in NYC

Eavesdropping on converstaions before a show, during intermission, etc.
An entertaining read to start off your Monday morning...

Talkin'Broadway Spotlight on: Denis Jones

Buzz Lines: Marc Kudisch is only one of several gentlemen reported to be coveting the male lead in Red, Hot and Blue at the Paper Mill Playhouse.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Rex
Rex Smith, starring in Kiss Me, Kate on tour, talks about his unique career.
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Sunday, August 19, 2001

Today's birthdays include: Bill Clinton, Tipper Gore, Jonathan Frakes, Jonathan Frakes, Mary Matalin, Peter Gallagher, Adam Arkin, John Stamos, Kyra Sedgwick, Tabitha Soren, Matthew Perry.

A Chat with Elegies' Bill Russell by Peter Filichia

Nothing Wilts Genius Like a Surly Theater Audience

Broadway Casting, Nothing Personal
Letter from Donna McKechnie

Nouri and Dilly To Star in Revamped South Pacific Tour, Sept. 25

Royal National Theatre Announces Stellar Season
Highlights include productions of Harold Pinter�s No Man�s Land, Moliere's Tartuffe, a new Tom Stoppard trilogy, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, Nicholas Wright�s The House of Secrets, August Wilson's Jitney and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire starring Glenn Close.

Harper Image.
An interview with the new allergist's wife, Valerie Harper. She is also interviewed on NY1 OnStage this weekend.

'Seagull' Stargazing a flight of Fancy

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Pop-ups Pops-ups Everywhere.
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BROADWAYSTAR'S FIVE DAY FORECAST

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]

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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]

This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.

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