Saturday, November 10, 2001

Dodging the League? The whispers early in the week have turned into rumblings by Wednesday and last night have turned to shouts. A group of Broadway producers are looking at withdrawing their membership in The League of American Theatres and Producers. What does that mean for Broadway? It means that the Unions will have to negotiate their contracts separately with these producers. Yes, Disney, Clear Channel (nee: SFX, former Livent) already negotiate separately sort of. Who wins at the end of the day? The lawyers. Who loses? Everyone else. Pretty selfish move. Will it mean 75 Trombones for road audiences? Or 41st Street?

R.A.T.M.: Broderick on $480 'Producers' tickets

R.A.T.M.: Bruce Kimmel's new sounding board

R.A.T.M.: Bat Boy Closing Notice Pre-Mature...
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On this date in 1969 the children's educational program "Sesame Street" made its debut on PBS. Today's birthdays include: Tim Rice, Ann Reinking, Sinbad, Mackenzie Phillips, Brittany Murphy, Heather Matarazzo, and Richard Burton.

Julie Andrews Holds a "Conversation" with Bay Street Audience, Nov. 10

From Javert to Jud: Hensley Leaves Les Miz Nov. 17 Prior to Oklahoma!

All He Cares About is Love: George Hamilton to Make Bway Debut in Chicago Next Week

Report: Pacino, Wiest to Give Dishy Oedipus Readings, Nov. 10-24 in NYC

There's still nothing like a Dame by Richard Ouzounian

Cabaret Enjoying a Holiday

Hello (Again), Polly!

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Friday, November 09, 2001

The Telephone Hours by Peter Filichia
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Tucci, Falco hashing out B'way plans
Producers look to bow legiter before Tony noms deadline
Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci may soon be slinging hash on Broadway. Last week, Joe Mantello directed the two stars in a reading of Terrence McNally's 1987 play "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune." According to producers Michael and Matthew Rego, aka the Araca Group,... [Full Story]
If F&J happens in the time for the cutoff, can the young Araca producers be juggling two Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Musical?

Las Vegas City Life: Dimming the lights: The Broadway Theatre Company of Las Vegas mysteriously bites the dust
Thanks to V.J. at Talkin'Broadway for the link.

Elaine Stritch: At Liberty
Reviewed by Michael Portantiere

'PARADISE' IS FOUND IN YIDDISH MUSICAL by DONALD LYONS
KEEPING theater in Yiddish alive and kicking is a challenge that exacts various answers from those who care about the survival of this rich tradition.

Bea Arthur to Bring One-Woman Show to the Booth
Bea Arthur will bring her one-woman show, �And Then There's Bea, to the Booth Theatre for a six week engagement this spring, according to The New York Post.

Langella to Join Bates In B'way Fortune's Fool
Frank Langella will appear opposite previously reported star Alan Bates in Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool...[Read More]

Encores! Announces 2002 Season
Carnival!, Golden Boy and The Pajama Game will make up the 2002 Encores! season, according to The New York Times. [Read More]

Were Critics Catty About The Women?
Boasting more recognizable names than any other current Broadway production, the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Clare Booth Luce's [Read More]

Thoel Project Eyes Autumn in New York
A musical collaboration between Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp is slated for a Chicago premiere on June 15, 2002. Broadway.com has learned that producer James Nederlander, Jr. is currently casting for the...[Read More]

Samantha Mathis Takes On Miller's Luck
Samantha Mathis will appear opposite Chris O'Donnell in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All The Luck, according to Variety.

Encores! to Do Carnival, Golden Boy and Pajama Game

Frank Langella, Late of London Moon, Join's Bates' Fool

AUDELCO Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre to be Distributed in NYC on Nov. 19

Duncan and Esparza to Be in Dec. 6-7 Workshop of Bway-Eyed Urban Cowboy

Finery Hides the Truth Behind Glamour House, Getting Preem in Chi Nov. 9-Dec. 23

Encores! Takes a Look at a Century of Musicals, Nov. 18-19

Mrs. Feuerstein Moves From L.A. to Off-Broadway Nov. 28-Dec. 16

"Theater Talk" Welcomes Richard Rodgers Documentarians, Nov. 9

TACT Revives Time and the Conways After 63 Years, Nov. 9-12

Memorial for Ragtime Actor Tommy Hollis to be Held Nov. 9 in NYC

Aquila Offers Double the Ado on Friday Nights in NYC, Beginning Nov. 16

Samatha Mathis Joins Cast of Roundabout's Luck, Due Feb. 8

Bat Boy's Wings Clipped; Musical Closes Dec. 2

Crudup Likely to Do Bway Elephant Man in Spring 2002

42nd Street Spotlighted on PBS's "Egg," Nov. 9

Elaine Stritch Stretches Run to Dec. 30 at Public Theater

Marlo Thomas Is "Valley of the Dolls" Novelist in Pitt Public Preem of Paper Doll, Nov. 8

New York Magazine: Don't Blame 9/11
Five CEOs who don't make excuses, and don't screw over employees.
My heroes are the corporate leaders who don't use September 11 to excuse poor performance; it would do your conscience -- not to mention your wallet -- good to support them.

New York Magazine: Nice Guys Are In
It took a tragedy for some jaded daters to appreciate "nice."
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Today's birthdays include Lou Ferrigno, Carl Sagan, Stanford White, Ed Wynn, Mabel Normand, and Dorothy Dandridge.

Theater Review | 'The Women': Ow! Watch Those Claws by Ben Brantley
Clare Boothe Luce's 1936 hit play, now in a bumpy Broadway revival, still has the dubious appeal of showing ladies being anything but ladylike.

I Love Luce's Glorious Shrews Of Park Avenue by Howard Kissel

Long in the Tooth and Claw by Clive Barnes
As the poet said: "Hell hath no fury like a women scorned," or as someone else remarked, "Life can be a cross between a bitch and a cat fight."

Stritch, a Hit at the Public, has B'Way Crying: Give Us 'Liberty' by Michael Riedel
Who'd have a thought a 76-year-old broad with spindly legs and a whiskey-soaked voice would muscle aside "Mamma Mia!" and "Noises Off" to become the hottest ticket in town?

Encores! to Do Carnival, Golden Boy and Pajama Game

Duncan and Esparza to Be in Dec. 6-7 Workshop of Bway-Eyed Urban Cowboy

Sweet Smell of Success Sets Broadway Dates

Once On This Island Reunion in the Works

Billy Crudup to Headline Elephant Man on B'way

On Stage and Off: Stars Hooked on Highfalutin
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Thursday, November 08, 2001

Elaine Stritch At Liberty Extends to December 30
The Public Theater production of Elaine Stritch at Liberty, which is generating some of the season's best buzz, is being extended. The one-woman show's limited engagement was scheduled to end o...[Read More]

Bat Boy Set to Fly (Again) December 2
Bat Boy will fly out of the Union Square Theatre on December 2, according to a production spokesperson. [Read More]

Linda Eder Returns to B'way with Holiday Concert
Linda Eder is set to perform at the Gershwin Theatre for five nights from December 26 through December 30. The diva will present a new show entitled Linda Eder Live at the Gershwin: The Holiday Con...[Read More]

New Monty Men to Let it Go on Broadway
As Ken Mandelbaum mentioned on November 6, the male players from the [Read More]

Emily Loesser Takes Maternity Leave From By Jeeves
Emily Loesser is leaving By Jeeves for a new (more personal) production. �I'm due in January,� the pregnant actress told Br...[Read More]

Gypsy of the Year to Strut Stuff December 3 & 4
The 13th Annual Gypsy of the Year competition will take place on December 3 and December 4 at the Palace Theatre. Tickets for the popular event, which benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS...[Read More]

Flower Drum Song Plays On in Los Angeles
The run of Rodgers and Hammerstein's acclaimed Flower Drum Song revival at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Ang...[Read More]

Nathan Lane Reduces Playing Schedule
Under the advice of doctors, Tony winner Nathan Lane will play only six performances a week for the next two weeks. Lane's understudy, Tony nominee [Read More]

Playwright Anthony Shaffer Dies at 75
Playwright Anthony Shaffer, widely known for his hit thriller Sleuth, died yesterday of a heart attack in his London home, his agent confirmed to Broadway.com. He was 75.[Read More]

Colleen Dewhurst Mementos Are Sold in Low-Key Auction

Footlights: Downtime for Bialystock

Newman back in ring
Hotchner's 'World' draws thesp back to 1956 TV role 11/7/01 4:24pm
Paul Newman is returning to the 1956 TV role that led to his first successful film gig, Rocky Graziano in "Somebody Up There Likes Me.".

Lane's 'Producers' sked reduced
Thesp to be absent for next 2 weeks

Van den Ende inks deal for light opera
SHG to become 50% owner of Musical Light Opera House Company

Crudup is B'way's 'Man'
Thesp to headline revival

Sex Comedy On the 'Money'
A playwright as savvy as John Patrick Shanley knows that mayhem, misogyny, suicide and sado-masochistic love are not enough to satisfy sophisticated New York theatergoers.

Follow Spot: Arab terrorism figures prominently in Lee Blessing�s 12-year-old play Two Rooms, now at the Blue Heron Theatre.

PHOTO CALL: Wilson and Murney Make Believe Nov. 5

PHOTO CALL: McKellen and Hytner Make Believe in America Nov. 6

Will Chase, Deven May and Jacquelyn Piro Zoom Into Barsoom! Reading Nov. 19

L.A. Goes to the Edge of the World With Theatre Fest Nov. 8-18

Boucicault Sings!: Irish Rep Stages Moore's Musical Streets of New York Nov. 8-Dec. 30

Northlight Smash, Over the Tavern, Moves to Commercial Run Nov. 23 in Chicago
You know what else I hear came from Northlight that is moving to a commercial run?

Full Monty Tour Cast Arrives on Broadway Nov. 20

Bye Bye Birdie Producer Edward Padula Dead at 85

Lane Out of The Producers Wed. And Sat. Matinees for Two Weeks

Sleuth Playwright Anthony Shaffer Is Dead at 75

PHOTO CALL: Champagne Wishes: Robin Leach Joins Rocky Horror

Terry Hands Resigns From RSC

Jones and Schmidt's Musical Tent Show, Roadside, Gets NYC Premiere Nov. 13-Dec. 23

BroadwayOnline Gone But Life Goes On for Broadway Television Network

Kudisch Sings of The Prince and the Pauper in Seattle Nov. 23-Dec. 15

Everybody Rise! Elaine Stritch Holds Court Off-Broadway as Liberty Opens Nov. 7

New Play All Tied Up in Love Gets Reading in NYC, Nov. 7

Flower Drum Song Will Continue Through Feb. 3, But Where?

2001 Gypsy of the Year To Be Held Dec. 3 and 4 at the Palace Theatre

Art Is Easy: Sunday in the Park Is the Big Winner at Dallas' Leon Rabin Awards

Another Fiennes Mess: Ralph Guest in The Play What I Wrote

Hard Times, Ballad of Little Jo Among Winners of 2001 Jeff Awards in Chicago

Musical-Comedy Femmes 'The Nualas' Keep Noodling at OB Irish Arts Center

Chenoweth And Menzel Get Wicked in December Schwartz Reading

Lifestyles of the Rich and Freaky: Leach Joins Rocky Nov. 6-11
*Best headline of the day.*

Musical, War Brides, Gets Second NYC Reading Nov. 6

PHOTO CALL: From Urinetown to '42: Hunter Foster Writes and Performs

PHOTO CALL: Jennings Grant and Driscoll Fall in Love in Summer of '42

Drama Dept. Puts on a Talent Show (Four, Actually) For the Fall

Got an email telling me:

Douglas Sills (of the Scarlet Pimpernel) is on Will & Grace next week (15th). He was on Sabrina the Teenage Witch on 10/26. Looks like Broadway has lost another one to tv, for now...I don't think so at all. Douglas is just working. He is slated for many Broadway projects over the next year, both in development and arriving on stage...

Entertainment Weekly: Buffy Gets Musicalized.

Happy Birthday Galla. And isn't it true that you shared more than your birthday with Courtney Thorne-Smith?
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Today's birthdays include Bonnie Raitt, June Havoc, Alfre Woodard, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Margaret Mitchell, Bram Stoker, and Esther Rolle.

Theater Review | 'Elaine Stritch At Liberty': Elaine Stritch in the Role of a Lifetime by Ben Brantley
She is tall and blonde, with skyscraper legs and klieg-light eyes, and she has the approximate energy quotient of a supernova in midexplosion. And she is 76.

Elaine Stritch At Liberty Review by Ken Mandelbaum

Elaine Stritch Looks Back by Donald Lyons
Elaine Stritch - a fiery, feisty broad of 76 - takes us through her life in black tights and white shirt in her one-woman show, "Elaine Stritch at Liberty."

Shortchanged on 'Money' by Donald Lyons
"Where's the play?" one might ask John Patrick Shanley after seeing his "Where's My Money?" This production at the Manhattan Theatre Club, which Shanley also directed, remains as puzzling as when presented earlier this year at the Labyrinth.

Shanley's Sex Comedy On the 'Money' by Howard Kissel
A playwright as savvy as John Patrick Shanley knows that mayhem, misogyny, suicide and sado-masochistic love are not enough to satisfy sophisticated New York theatergoers.

Where's My Money? Review by Ron Lasko

New Monty Men to Let it Go on Broadway

No Men Allowed: All-Star Women Opens on Broadway, Nov. 8

Craig Bierko Guests on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," Nov. 15
Glad to hear his voice is recovering nicely!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAMES! (theOtherJames, that is) - you don't look a day over 32!
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Wednesday, November 07, 2001

How I Spent My Autumn Vacation by Peter Filichia
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NPR's Story Project Proves Truth Is Stranger by DINITIA SMITH
"I Thought My Father Was God and Other True Tales From NPR's National Story Project," edited by Paul Auster, collects stories submitted by listeners of National Public Radio.
Broadway writers take note: not everything has to be an adaptation. You can use original ideas...

Speaking of original ideas, I attended a reading yesterday of The People VS. Mona, an original idea by Patricia Miller, Jim Wann (Pump Boys) and Ernest Chambers. Not a Broadway show, but possibly an off-Broadway with a long life in regionals. This seven person musical, very similar in style to Wann's Pump Boys, incorporates a band into the cast (at least in this reading). Set in Tippo, a small town in southeast Georgia, this story takes us through the murder trial of Mona Mae Katt, who was accused of killing her husband with her guitar. Amy Danis and Mark Johannes (Mars Theatricals) produced. In attendance were other producers, bookers and presenters, so look for this soon.

In attendance yesterday was Broadway's own Kevin McCollum... or otherwise known as David in his David and Goliath effort to break the Clear Channel/SFX hold on the road venues. Kevin has been putting together an alliance of theatres outside of the SFX realm over the past few years and it is starting to be a formidable group against the established presenting group. It is rumored that the first project to test the viability of the new business plan will be the re-launch of The Full Monty tour. This is interesting on many fronts because the Monty tour was saved by a cash infusion from Clear Channel and it was also rumored that when the Monty tour was remounted it would be non-Equity. Many people will wait to see how it lands.

Seeking City Money, Lincoln Center Submits Its Renovation Plans by RALPH BLUMENTHAL
After months of argument, Lincoln Center's powerful performing arts organizations agreed this week to send City Hall a redevelopment plan of nearly $1.2 billion.

Poets' Group Ousts Chief, Igniting Ire of Members by DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
The board of the Academy of American Poets has ousted its popular executive director, William Wadsworth, setting off an uproar among some of the country's most prominent poets.
You don't want to piss off a poet. They are more crazy then a winter wind over a New England shore. What is this world coming to that poets are fighting?

Edward Padula, 85; Staged `Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway

'The Fat Lady' Has a Few More Songs

Write What You Know? Why, No

$157,964

Broadway Grosses: October 29 - November 4

Broadway Grosses: Comedy Hits a Home Run
With the World Series heating up, it wasn�t a great week for theater. The Broadway box office was down over $1 million from the previous week. However, there were bright spots and one was Noises Of...[Read More]

'NOISES' OFF TO A FAB START by MICHAEL RIEDEL
TALK about a sleeper hit. Propelled by rave reviews (3 1/2 stars from The Post, a gigantic color picture in last Friday's Times), the revival of "Noises Off" took in $300,000 at the box office Friday, which many on the Great White Way say is the largest single-day take for a straight play on Broadway history.

Redgrave & Richardson Star in Lady Windermere's Fan
Vanessa Redgrave and daughter Joely Richardson are set to star in a West End production of Oscar Wilde�s Lady Windermere's Fan. The comedy, directed by Sir Peter Hall, will begin previews at Ha...[Read More]

33rd Annual Joseph Jefferson Awards Announced
The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee presented 29 Jeff Awards last night at a gala at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Illinois. This year marked the 33rd anniversary of the Annu...[Read More]

New moves chartered for N.Y.
Legit players talk strategy at Columbia U. conference 11/6/01 3:27pm
The title struck an upbeat note, but the tenor of the talk was sober at Columbia's U.'s two-day confab Oct. 29-30 on the state of Gotham legit.

'Carnivale' a no-go at Radio City
Decision 'strictly economic,' spokeswoman sez; show set for 2002

D.C. auds, funds in jeopardy after attacks
Mail delivery almost halted at area theaters

Downtown coalition seeking to boost biz
Theaters, restaurants still hurting from Sept. 11
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Tuesday, November 06, 2001

I am really kind of annoyed at the "Broadway related" websites. I was going to let it pass, but I just can't. Today is a very important day in Broadway's future. The Mayor of New York has untold influence over what happens in our industry and related industries (film, television, et al). If anyone believes that this is not true, look at the film and television industry disaster under Mayor Dinkins. We (NYC) are still paying for it as many productions were lost to Toronto and North Carolina. For the Broadway related websites not to cover how the candidates felt about issues related to Broadway is just negligent. I encourage everyone to get out and vote today. If you would like more information about the candidates, here is a link to their official websites: (in no particular order or preference)

Mike Bloomberg

Mark Green
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B'way strikes out amid baseball, time change
'Mamma,' 'Jeeves,' previews provide a few bright spots
Broadway producers must wish they still had those labor concessions in play. Last week, no fewer than 16 shows registered grosses that fell under tallies recorded the week of Sept. 24-30, the first session of those now-legendary 25% pay cuts.
Although we did see a boost at the box office with the rally of New Yorkers returning to the theatre in support of Broadway, it is the out of town business that is still dire, as I mentioned weeks ago. New Yorkers alone cannot support one show, muchless a whole industry. Advances are at dangerous lows which can still sink shows. We are far from being out of the woods yet.

'Graduate' picks up road dates pre-B'way bow
Previews of all-star legiter begin Feb. 15 in Gotham

THEATER REVIEW | 'THE SQUARE'
Asian-American Vignettes Spread Across 120 Years by BRUCE WEBER

The Square," a well-executed anthology of short new works at the Joseph Papp Public Theater through Nov. 18, brings an impressive concentration of theater talent to a single subject, the Asian-American experience, and a single place, a fictional public square in the Chinatown of some imagined American city.

A Sudden Breakout Moment, and Kate Burton Is Loving It by ROBIN POGREBIN
When Kate Burton makes her entrance as Hedda Gabler there is the unmistakable sense that a star has swept onto the stage of the Ambassador Theater.

Comics, Muslim and Jewish, Sharing a Toronto Stage

The Woman Behind 'The Women'
Clare Boothe Luce, author of the revival, clawed her way into the elite

Michael Douglas to Star in Film Version of Mt. Morgan
Michael Douglas is set to star in a film version of Arthur Miller�s The Ride Down Mount Morgan. A spokesperson for Douglas� Further Films confirmed to Broadway.com that Jesse Wigutow (Ugly N...[Read More]

Turner, Biggs & Silverstone Set for Graduate Opening
Kathleen Turner, Jason Biggs and Alicia Silverstone are all confirmed to star in the Broadway production of The Graduate. The play will have three out-of-town tryouts before beginning performan...[Read More]

Theater Faves Perform at Helping Hand Benefit
Theater faves will perform at Town Hall�s Broadway�s Helping Hand Concert on Monday, November 19. The star-studded event will benefit families of those killed in the September 11 tragedy.

Some Like It Hot Tour to Bow in Houston in June
The 50-city tour of the musical comedy Some Like It Hot will bow on June 4 at Houston�s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. As we reported on [Read More]

Drama Book Shop Makes a Move December 3
The Drama Book Shop, long known as the location for materials on the performing arts, is moving. November 30 will be the store�s last day on the second floor of 723 Seventh Avenue; its grand re-openin...[Read More]

From Chicago to Nashville: Marcia Lewis Moves On
After nearly 1,600 performances and five on-and-off years as Mama Morton in the Broadway revival of Chicago, Tony nominee Ma...[Read More]

Janis Rising, Musical Stays Open Through January
Despite announcing a November 4 closing date, it looks like Love, Janis will stay open at The Village The...[Read More]

Broadway.com Introduces 1-800-BROADWAY
Broadway.com is proud to announce an easy new way for theater fans to get tickets to all of New York's hottest shows: 1-800-BROADWAY (1-800-276-2392).
No, you cannot call 1-800-BROADWAY and get Jed Bernstein. You have to call 1-888-BROADWAY to get him... I wonder how much crossover The League and Broadway.com will get in their similar phone numbers?

Musical, War Brides, Gets Second NYC Reading Nov. 6

PHOTO CALL: From Urinetown to '42: Hunter Foster Writes and Performs

PHOTO CALL: Jennings Grant and Driscoll Fall in Love in Summer of '42

Drama Dept. Puts on a Talent Show (Four, Actually) For the Fall

Maureen McGovern Warbles Rodgers for Reprise!'s Benefit Nov. 12

Memorial for Ragtime Actor Tommy Hollis to be Held Nov. 9 in NYC

NYC's Lark Looks at Indian Plays in the Diaspora Nov. 6-11

PHOTO CALL: Wonders of the Stage: Parker and Broderick

PHOTO CALL: Lindsay-Abaire Brings Wonder of the World to Off-Broadway

PHOTO CALL: They're Wonders of MTC: Sedaris, Chamberlin and Parker

PHOTO CALL: Ashley Tells Wonder's Burke and Tudyk Where to Go

Ephron's Imaginary Friends w/ Hamlisch-Carnelia Music Has Reading in NYC

Emmy Likes Barbra, 'Wit,' 'Dralion' and 'Blast!' in Annual TV Awards

Postponed Broadway Assassins to Workshop in November

The Women Keep Claws Out Until Dec. 30 on Broadway

The Witches of Eastwick May Have U.S. Tour

Graduate to Play Baltimore, Toronto and Boston Before Broadway

Nederlander Gives Janis a Piece of His Heart: Off-Broadway Show Stays Open

STAR OF THE WEEK CLUB By MEGAN TURNER
OVER the next nine weeks, eight celebrities will rotate through the role of the "Time Warp"-ing Narrator in "The Rocky Horror Show" at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
Oh look! The New York Post has started to run press releases in their editorial pages!
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Monday, November 05, 2001

You Can Read Me on a Monday, a Wednesday, a Friday by Peter Filichia
It's great to have Peter Filichia back writing again; I've been looking forward to it ever since he stopped writing a couple of weeks ago.
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Follow Spot: Forty-one years after he introduced the song Off-Broadway, Jerry Orbach sings "Try to Remember" in a benefit for the N.Y.C. Police Foundation.
Note: the title of the "Buzz Lines" column has now been changed to "Follow Spot". Also, Peter Filichia starts his column with TheaterMania today. The column will be called... "Peter Filichia's Diary". (The guys over in marketing came up with that one.) We will link it as soon as it goes live.

Other random things to note around the net... BroadwayOnline.com's "news" section went dead this weekend. Just a black holding page on their main news page. Other pages are 404. No way of knowing if it will ever be back as Broadway Television Network will not even admit to firing the whole staff... There was a posting on Talkin Broadway from someone who seemed to be the daughter of a "Love, Janis" producer that said they came up with money needed to keep the show open, but I have not heard that in any other circles, so am not sure if they were able to get the reprive... The "Love, Janis" posting has fallen off the Talkin'Broadway site because of so much traffic (only the most recent postings are kept). Talkin' Broadway continues to grow and further becomes the #1 place on the internet where theatre professionals read and fans chat...

Patriotism Replaces Glitter at Emmy Awards
By BERNARD WEINRAUB
At a subdued Emmy Awards ceremony, "The West Wing" won best drama and two other awards, and "Sex and the City" won best comedy.
� Slide Show: The Emmy Awards

Sudden Resonance for an Iranian Film About Afghanistan
By ALAN RIDING
Through the accident of politics, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film "Kandahar," largely unnoticed at the Cannes film festival, is now stirring enormous interest.
� Afghan Exile Turned Reluctant Star

Rewarded for Putting Stages in the Right Light
By ROBIN POGREBIN
Jennifer Tipton has won the 2001 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize of $250,000 for work in lighting design in theatrical, dance and opera productions.

Broadway's workshops are rivaling Santa's

Lane Sub 'Produces'
There has been a lot of ink spilled recently about the fact that Nathan Lane, the Tony-winning star of "The Producers," has missed many performances due to polyps on his vocal cords. The truth is that the most important Tony-winning stars of "The Producers" have never been onstage.

OSCAR WINNER
By CLIVE BARNES
SO, you have finally managed to finesse, finagle, fiddle, beg, borrow or steal tickets to "The Producers." Mazel tov!

'Broadway on Bravo' Supports Theatre w/ Vic/Vic and Movie Tuners, Nov. 5-10

Goode's Eight Reindeer Monologues Return to OOB's adobe, Nov. 28-Dec. 22

Drama Book Shop to Move Nov. 29; Reopens in New Location Dec. 3

Shakespeare Society Debates Shakespeare: Stage Vs. Screen, Nov. 5

Benanti, McKellen, Wilson, Murney, Oscar and More Perform in Benefit for Kids Nov. 5 in NYC

Civil Rights-Era Musical, Gospel According to Fishman, Preems at VA's Signature Jan. 8, 2002

Do Re Mi: PBS Airs "Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds" Nov. 4

Musical Summer of `42 Due at OB's Variety Arts, Dec. 11

Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Through the Years with Youmans and Wodehouse

PHOTO CALL: Playwrights Horizons Breaks Ground at 416 W. 42nd Street

Yes, Virginia, There is a Crucible, w/ Neeson, Linney and Murray Feb. 16

Good Grief! A Charlie Brown Commercial Christmas Plays L.A. Nov. 16-Dec. 30
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To add to that, nothing - I mean NOTHING - will take away from my love for Derek Jeter and Tino Martinez. Nothing. And kudos to the guy at 'The Producers' who had the mini-TV up in the balcony, I'm glad you were there.
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Sunday, November 04, 2001

Well, we are going to be a very... cross... staff tomorrow! Congrats to Arizona. And damn it, congrats to the Yankees. I just love them no matter what. They are a team with a lot of heart. And, you gotta have heart. I am going to bed!
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Today's birthdays include Walter Cronkite, Art Carney, Loretta Swit, Markie Post, Ralph Macchio, Matthew McConaughey, and Will Rogers.

Got Time? Elaine Stritch Has a Few Things to Say by Peter Marks
There just may be too much Elaine Stritch to squeeze into a two-hour revue. Distilling all the juice of her life into a standard-size container is, it seems, like trying to pour 10 gallons of fizzy water into a Dixie cup. What do you do with all that extra carbonation?

The Great Debate: Story vs. Songs by Clive Barnes
When it comes to creating in that collaborative machine, the Broadway musical, which is more important: the book and lyrics or the music?

The Woman Behind 'The Women' by Jessica Winter
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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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