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Saturday, September 22, 2001 Bat Boy Ends Sept. 23, But Perfs May Resume in October posted at 9/22/2001 11:38:21 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link On this date in 1964, The musical ''Fiddler on the Roof'' opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances. Today's birthdays include Tommy Lasorda, Shari Belafonte, Debby Boone, Scott Baio, Bonnie Hunt, John Houseman, and Paul Muni. I understand it's also Marc Kudisch's birthday as well. Let's Do Lunch (and Theatre) by Peter Filichia Theater Photo Archive Lost Amid the Rubble by Ralpha Blumenthal The archive, inaccessible and probably ruined, was one of the largest collections of photographs of Broadway and other theater. posted at 9/22/2001 12:12:05 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Friday, September 21, 2001 CDs: Get on the Show Train by Ken Mandelbaum That Metaphysical Place Where the Music's Happy by Ken Mandelbaum Broadway Launches Marketing Campaign to Lure Back Skittish Audiences posted at 9/21/2001 03:35:09 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Today's birthdays include Faith Hill, Chuck Jones, Larry Hagman, Bill Murray, Dave Coulier, David James Elliot, Nancy Travis, Ricki Lake, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Luke Wilson. My Take on Assassins by Peter Filichia Broadway Is in the War All the Way by Jesse McKinley Like so many other statistics released since the attacks on Sept. 11, the numbers on Broadway were simultaneously unbelievable and all too real. 'Urinetown': How Reality Affects a Play by Bruce Weber Rivera and McMartin Begin The Visit in Chicago Sept. 21 Producers Optimistic for Successful Fall Season posted at 9/21/2001 05:58:04 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Thursday, September 20, 2001 By Jeeves to Open at Helen Hayes After All posted at 9/20/2001 02:12:21 PM by James Marino | Item Link If anyone out there knows Vanessa Lynn Paradis, can you please have her call her folks in Virgina? They are worried about her and cannot reach her. posted at 9/20/2001 01:18:43 PM by James Marino | Item Link Unions OK B'way pay cut Concessions take effect Monday, offer 'economic relief' Below-the-line Broadway workers, citing the "economic chaos" following last week's terrorist attacks, have accepted a 25% pay cut for four weeks to keep a quintet of shows open. 'Kiss Me' goodnight B'way revival closing Sunday All-American tuners roll out on road Producers strive to get shows to auds The Show Must Go On: Urinetown Opens on Broadway Sept. 20 The oddball musical comedy postponed its planned Sept. 13 opening after the WTC terror attack Neil LaBute Brings His London Hit Shape of Things Off-Broadway Sept. 20 LaBute reunites with Bash star Paul Rudd Molly Ringwald Joins Off-Broadway Musical tick, tick...BOOM! Sept. 20 Then former New Kids on the Block Joey McIntyre, who played The Boy in the film version of The Fantasticks, joins the Off-Broadway musical in October. Revill and Sokol's Scenery Brings What's Backstage Onstage, Sept. 20 Ed Dixon's Scenery brings what's backstage onstage Underneath the Lintel Postpones Previews to Sept. 20 Show will open as scheduled Sept. 30 DEAL CAN'T SAVE 'KATE' By MICHAEL RIEDEL BROADWAY producers struck a tentative four-week deal with the theater unions yesterday to help cut production costs and keep certain shows running in the wake of the World Trade Center attack, theater sources told The Post. Buzz Lines: As one more theatrical casualty of the World Trade Center disaster is announced, steps are being taken to insure the survival of the New York theater industry. Broadway Grosses: September 10-16 - Part 2 Broadway Grosses: September 10-16 - Part 1 They Love NY: New Musicals Festival Still On Track for Sept. 21-24 in Manhattan After the Deluge, Off-Broadway Moves Forward LaBute Looks at The Shape of Things Off-Broadway, Beginning Sept. 20 Bway's Urinetown, the Musical Opens Its Floodgates Sept. 20 Prince's Modesty Puts Caffey and Cookery on Barrymore Awards List, Oct. 22 [And two cheers for Beth Beyer, who was nominated for her turn in Singin' In The Rain (Lina Lamont), Walnut Street Theatre.] Pascal, Menzel, Yazbeck Perform for BC/EFA's Tower Fund Oct. 1 at Village Theater Ringwald Will Join tick, tick....BOOM! Sept. 20 NY's Montauk Theatre Puts Up Dixon's World Premiere Scenery Sept. 20-Oct. 7 Still Caring: Show Folk All Over U.S. Raising Money in Wake of Tragedy posted at 9/20/2001 08:53:30 AM by James Marino | Item Link Today's birthdays include Sophia Loren, Joyce Brothers, Anne Meara, Gary Cole, and Kristen Johnston. We Don't Want Assassins Now! by Peter Filichia Artists Talk About Performing in a Time of Tragedy by Peter Marks In the aftermath of the calamity, the experience of being on a stage had changed for many performers, sometimes subtly, other times profoundly. At 'Phantom,' Empty Seats and Defiance by Robin Pogrebin In a demonstration that terrorists could not kill theatergoers' spirit, a few people showed up to see "The Phantom of the Opera" on Wednesday. posted at 9/20/2001 05:49:52 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Wednesday, September 19, 2001 Broadway Digital Directly Affected by WTC Tragedy New York City Leaders Support Broadway I hear that Mayor Giuliani will be at The Full Monty tonight. (He couldn't get tickets to The Producers.) Nonesuch Set To Record Dreamgirls Benefit Will Rocky Horror Haunt NYC this Halloween? Kiss Me Kate Ends B'way Run; London Is Next Bat Boy Posts Notice; Summer of '42 Eyes Union Square NY Box-Office Meltdown: Seven Shows Closing Sept. 23 Producers and unions meet to save other shows as the World Trade Center terror attack devastates New York theatre business Kiss Me Goodbye, Kate: Tony-winning B'way Revival to Close Sept. 23 A national touring version recently hit the road, starring Rex Smith and Rachel York as battling lovers in the Cole Porter classic. Off-Broadway Bat Boy To Close Sept. 23 The tabloid musical may return after a hiatus Broadway Transfer of Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog In Question Don Cheadle (Traffic) and Jeffrey Wright (Basquiat) star in the hit Off-Broadway drama. Decision on Bway Union Concessions Expected Soon as Shows Continue to Suffer Business Leaders Show Support for Bway at O'Neill Theatre Sept. 19 McCarter Theatre Cancels Nelson's Politically Charged Notes Joe's Pub to Hold Benefit for Disaster Relief Sept. 22 Kiss Me, Kate Will Close Prematurely Sept. 23 Bat Boy Posts Closing Notice for Sept. 23 Mayor Giuliani Urges People to Help City By Attending Broadway Shows Betty Buckley Sings at Alice Tully Hall Sept. 19-20 Kate Burton Is Hedda Gabler on Broadway Beginning Sept. 19 Blast! Adds "Amber Waves"; Closes Sept. 23 All of Mamma Mia!'s Pitre's Life Has Led to CD, Due Oct. 8 posted at 9/19/2001 07:54:04 PM by James Marino | Item Link Kiss Me Kate Ends B'way Run; London Is Next posted at 9/19/2001 03:04:19 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link CDs: Proof by Ken Mandelbaum Mayor Giuliani Urges People to Help City By Attending Broadway Shows Bat Boy Posts Closing Notice for Sept. 23 posted at 9/19/2001 02:14:21 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Josh Hamilton Need I say it? We love Josh Hamilton around here. Still no updates from the union meeting yesterday - more news as we hear it. Go out and see a show, support the theatre community. Go see Josh Hamilton in 'Proof,' actually. posted at 9/19/2001 10:00:43 AM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link B'way B.O. crashes Gross down 62%, shows shutter, unions meet Broadway has entered uncharted waters. There's nothing to compare it to: Not the Kennedy assassination, not the Persian Gulf War, not even WWII. weird, weird weird -- telecharge message about rocky sabbatical... Tele-charge has message saying Rocky will be back Oct. 30. And along the lines of that same strangeness: If You Ever Close Me... I'm Coming Back in Six Weeks! Hold me Bat Boy... it is over. posted at 9/19/2001 09:31:56 AM by James Marino | Item Link Today's birthdays include Trisha Yearwood, Rosemary Harris, Adam West, David McCallum, Sylvia Tyson, Jeremy Irons, Twiggy Lawson, Joan Lunden, Rex Smith, Carolyn McCormick, and Jimmy Falon. "We Want Assassins!" by Peter Filichia No. 1 Anthem: 'God Bless America' by Christine Bohlen The simple melody of "God Bless America," first written by Irving Berlin in 1918 as a Broadway show tune, has been outperforming the national anthem this week. Sales Plummet as Broadway Posts Losses by Jesse McKinley Four Broadway shows have already announced that they will close on Sunday, with possibly half a dozen others in serious trouble. Investors Pull Out; Broadway By Jeeves Is Cancelled Valerie Harper Offers to Give Back Salary Broadway Casts Pitch In For Relief Efforts Kate Burton Is Hedda Gabler on Broadway Beginning Sept. 19 posted at 9/19/2001 06:27:51 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Tuesday, September 18, 2001 No one is talking tonight about the 3PM meeting. We will have to wait for the announcement from Equity and the League along with the other players. "45 Seconds"... plus six months? Citing Safety and Taste, New York Groups Cancel Shows and Exhibitions by Jesse McKinley After a Pause, Arts Companies Find Their Role B'way Boxoffice Meltdown: Four Shows Closing Sept. 23 Producers and unions meet to save other shows as the World Trade Center terror attack devastates New York theatre business Mirren/McKellen Broadway Dance of Death Going Ahead With First Preview Sept. 18 Brit enfant terrible Sean Mathias is tackling Richard Greenberg�s wicked new version of Strindberg's drama Reefer Madness Lights Up Off-Broadway Sept. 18 The rock musical spoof of the cult anti-drug film is looking for high times in New York Valerie Harper Offers to Give Back Salary Broadway Casts Pitch In For Relief Efforts Broadway Pulls Together During Tough Times Broadway B.O. takes a major hit With access to some theaters restricted, Off B'way numbers tumble Now the reality sets in. After a weekend of patriotic curtain-call speeches and strains of "God Bless America," Gotham's legit producers woke up Monday to chilling B.O. figures. Lincoln Center delays bows Three fall prod'ns postponed Paper trail, photos lost at B'way Digital Facility, research on rights to air legit classics destroyed All-American tuners roll out on road Producers strive to get shows to auds
"We're going back to the old days of touring," a weary Weissler said last week, having failed to secure flights for any of his company out of New York and resorted to busing everyone to Indiana. There were other "South Pacific" complications, too. Director Scott Feris was supposed to be flying in and out and then leaving to direct "Chicago" in Manchester, England. And creative consultant Jerry Zaks had commitments in New York. With planes barely in the air, Weissler was scrambling. "Right now," he said, "yours truly will be directing the show." Jones' Stones in His Pockets to Close on Broadway Sept. 23 Broadway's Clowns to Close Sept. 23 at Longacre Theatre Bologna and Taylor Leave Us; Broadway Show Closes Sept. 23 Four Broadway Shows to Shutter Sept. 23; Others Likely to Follow in Attack Aftermath Broadway Cares, and So Do Theatre People Around the Country, in Wake of Attacks Rudnick's Entertainment Resumes Sept. 18; New Opening Is Sept. 27 McCarter Theatre Rounds Out Season with Eric Bogosian Premiere After Delay, Reefer Madness Bows Off-Broadway, Sept. 18 Dance of Death, with McKellen and Mirren, Begins on Broadway Sept. 18 Michael... it's just not right. posted at 9/18/2001 09:05:31 PM by James Marino | Item Link By Jeeves Postpones Broadway Bow posted at 9/18/2001 04:48:32 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Casting news: 1 of consequence, 1 of no consequence (yet interesting): Christiane Noll will be Lizzie Borden at Goodspeed. On another note, soon to close Rocky Horror was to have Jerry Springer fill in for Dick Cavett for a week in mid-October. posted at 9/18/2001 02:51:43 PM by James Marino | Item Link Broadway's Post-Halloween Tuner Drought by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 9/18/2001 02:28:35 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Confirmed: Equity, Local 1 and Local 802 are meeting today at 3pm to determine what to do about the long-running, non-Disney Broadway shows. The options include: cast, crew and orchestra taking pay cuts, temporarily closing the shows, reducing the number of performances, or permanently closing. The theatre owners and vendors are helping reduce costs by reducing or removing rental costs. Broadway is one of the largest economic draws that the city has - go see a show and support our community. posted at 9/18/2001 12:53:46 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link I've been told that the producers of Rent, Les Miserables, Phantom and Chicago are having a meeting today at 3PM. They will be discussing the future of their shows. This is unconfirmed. posted at 9/18/2001 12:11:35 PM by James Marino | Item Link Terrorism Jitters Devastate B'Way by Michael Riedel posted at 9/18/2001 10:36:13 AM by James Marino | Item Link Today's birthdays include James Gandolfini, Jack Warden, Robert Blake, Fred Willard, Frankie Avalon, Holly Robinson Peete, Jada Pinkett, James Marsden, Greta Garbo, Agnes de Mille, and Rossano Brazzi. It's a Privilege to See Urinetown by Peter Filichia Lost Musicals by Ken Mandelbaum Four B'way Shows Threaten To Close Sept. 23 -- or Sooner Mirren/McKellen Broadway Dance of Death Going Ahead With First Preview Sept. 18 After a Pause, Arts Companies Find Their Role by Stephen Kinzer posted at 9/18/2001 07:12:06 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Monday, September 17, 2001 Husband of Broadway's LaChanze Among Missing at World Trade Center Ragtime and Piano Lesson Actor Tommy Hollis Is Dead 15th Annual Broadway Flea Market Moves to Sept. 30; Donates Portion to Tower Fund West End Dimmed Lights Sept. 14 in Show of Respect "Trainspotting" Author Writes Musical Broadway Community Donates $50,000 to Disaster Fund; Theatre Folk Generous in U.S. Buzz Lines: Passion, perserverance, and postponements in the aftermath of the horrific events of last week. Coming at some point in the future: - Nobody puts Baby in a corner! Not even at John Jay... - What is Playbill Online reading these days? - We'll never get to heaven, till we reach that day. - Sh-K-Boom at the Village Gate for BC/EFA and WTC Fund. Oct 1. - 2,869,920 minutes since April 16, 1996 posted at 9/17/2001 07:46:56 PM by James Marino | Item Link A Thousand Clowns To Shutter Sunday If You Ever Leave Me... Leaves Town The Rocky Horror Show to Close September 23 posted at 9/17/2001 07:13:47 PM by the other James | Item Link A. Scott Falk bring us this sad news:
I work for Benjamin Mordecai (producer of August Wilson's plays), and our office received a call from Tommy Hollis's manager this past week telling us that Mr. Hollis had a fatal heart attack the previous Saturday. posted at 9/17/2001 01:42:01 PM by James Marino | Item Link Staging Shakespeare, or Something Like It A Briton Who's Mad About Musicals Comedy That Starts in the Muscles A Long Day in the Life of a 'Law and Order' Juror THE ETHICIST: Seagull tix for sale? Thanks to mrd71 at Talkin'Broadway for pointing out the link. Arts Groups at a Tragedy's Center Try to Assess Where to Begin by Peter Marks and Carol Vogel Arts groups with offices or works of art that were in and near the World Trade Center are trying to measure their losses and thinking about how to recoup. When Repetition Is Helpful Rather Than Annoying Since Tuesday's terrorist attacks, television has displayed the full range of its power -- to spook and calm, to inform and mislead, to offer hope and trigger tears. City Opera, Trying to Recapture Its Concentration The City Opera opened its season on Saturday with premieres of "The Mikado" and "Der Fliegende Holl�nder." There were complex and conflicting feelings among audience and cast members. Dorothy McGuire, stage, screen star, dies at 85 Oscar-nommed thesp appeared in 'Gentleman's Agreement,' 'Tree' Producers, unions meet on B'way future Shows lost $3 mil in revenues due to canceled perfs In the wake of the terrorist attacks, Broadway producers met with union heads Friday to broach the subject of possible concessions to help the industry weather a potentially troublesome theater season. Stroman/Connick Thou Shalt Not Cancels First Week of Previews The new Susan Stroman/Harry Connick Jr. musical blames lost rehearsal time due to WTC disaster BON JOVI IS ALLY'S SURPRISE LOVER BOY ROCKER Jon Bon Jovi is poised to replace Robert Downey Jr. as Ally McBeal's romantic interest on "Ally McBeal" this season. There is a lot of concern around the internet regarding Tommy Hollis, who was the original Booker T. Washington in Ragtime. Comments on Talkin'Broadway, CASTRECL and private email, have asked if anyone knows his status. Please let us know if you have any information so we can pass it on. Thanks. posted at 9/17/2001 09:43:46 AM by James Marino | Item Link Today's birthdays include Ken Kesey, David Huddleston, Anne Bancroft, Dorothy Loudon, Paul Benedict, David Souter, John Ritter, Rita Rudner, and Kyle Chandler. You're a Grand New Flag by Peter Filichia Opinions on Assassins? by Peter Filichia Papp's Pirates by Ken Mandelbaum CDs: Bayview British by Ken Mandelbaum Let's Face It by Ken Mandelbaum Monty Update by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 9/17/2001 06:44:42 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Sunday, September 16, 2001 The Music We Love Can Heal Us by Richard Ouzounian Richard Ouzounian, someone who I am very lucky to count as a close friend, happens to be a theatre person working in media in Toronto. Right now he is a major critic (Toronto Star - Theatre Critic), has his own radio show (CBC Radio - Say It With Music) and works in television (CBC Television - Stratford Gold). Aside from that he is an award winning playwright. And he has a beautiful family. When people ask me how I can hold a full time job, run a production company and produce BroadwayStars, I smile and think about people like Richard who do even more than me. I encourage everyone to tune into his radio program today at 4PM (NYC time) by pointing your web browser to www.cbc.ca/audio.html ad pick Radio Two. It promises to be an uplifting reflection of the spirit within all of us, world wide. Some random, non-theatre thoughs. posted at 9/16/2001 12:17:01 PM by James Marino | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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