Canadian Dracula Musical Gets U.S. Premiere at MA North Shore Oct. 1-20, 2002
I hear that this one is much better than the "Dreckula" that was at La Jolla and headed to Broadway. If there is any (artistic) justice, this one will make it to Broadway.

Burton and Pine Win Awards for Classic Work
Hedda Gabler�s Kate Burton and The Seagull�s Larry Pine will both receive Joe A. Callaway awards at the Actors' Equity...[Read More]

A Scheduling Change for the Footloose TV Movie
The upcoming Footloose television movie will now air on ABC during next year�s November sweeps period, instead of in May as originally planned. "It�s just a scheduling issue," director/co-write...[Read More]
Geez, I hope it isn't at the same time as that Jekyll & Hyde thing...

Homebody/Kabul Extends Before It Opens at NYTW
The limited engagement of the New York Theatre Workshop production of Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul is being extended before it even opens. The play, originally scheduled to close on January 27...[Read More]

Anne Bancroft Returns to NY Stage in New Albee Play
Anne Bancroft is set to star in the world premiere of Edward Albee�s The Occupant at the Signature Theater Company, a production spokesperson confirmed to Broadway.com. The biographical play ab...[Read More]

We've neglected Ken this week, so here are all his columns. (He *is* so easy to forget.)

A Tony for Stritch? by Ken Mandelbaum

Ann and Bebe Back? by Ken Mandelbaum

Letters: Encores! Recordings by Ken Mandelbaum

CDs: Karen and Ruthie by Ken Mandelbaum

PHOTO CALL: The Drama Book Shop Reopens Dec. 3

20th Annual Young Playwrights Festival Closes OB Dec. 8

Jeffrey Sweet's Immoral Imperatives Growing w/ Judith Ivey

TheatreFest Asks for Submissions for Regional Play Contest

Report: L.A.'s Shubert Will Close After Tommy Dec. 30

PHOTO CALL: Burton, Leonard and Huffman Toast Casting Agents Nov. 27
PBOL did not refer "Casting Directors" as "Casting Agents", did they? Little faux pas.

ATL's Humana Fest Artists in 2002 Include Mee, Bogart, Rapp, Howe, Rando and More

Their Kind of Town: Actors Will Invade Chicago Streets Dec. 10 to Invite Audiences to Theatre

New Kushner Work, Homebody/Kabul, Extends Through Feb. 10 at NY Theatre Workshop

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
A Broadway deal for Elaine Stritch, a rising Shinn, a new Childs, and a new child.

Jim Caruso is...Prying!
More candid conversation between Caruso and Fred Ebb, the lyricist about whom no one need ask, �Whatever happened to class?�

A night of comeuppance comes up short
Theatre critics demonstrate why they're worthy of judging others
[Thanks Leanna]

We love you too Drew.
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Sorry we were down this morning. Repeat after me: "Interland sucks." But not for long. I highly recommend another hosting company, ANY other hosting company, if you want dependable service. I will get to an update if I can later on, but have to rebuild a backend right now.
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Friday, December 07, 2001

Gus the Theatre Cat Mews Out His Story by Peter Filichia
posted at 12/7/2001 06:36:54 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

MOVED BY 'OCCUPANT' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
ANNE Bancroft will star in "Occupant," a yet another new play by the prolific Edward Albee, this spring at the Signature Theater Co.

On Stage and Off: Mrs. Robinsons, Past and Present by Jesse McKinley

Duo will take 'Five' in new Brown tuner
Two-character musical to begin previews Feb. 12
Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott have been tapped to star in the Gotham premiere of the new Jason Robert Brown musical, "The Last Five Years."
mmmmmmm.... okay.

Playwrights Howe, Mee lead Humana lineup
Kentucky slate also features newcomers

'Music Man' tuned off
Tuner won't recoup $8.5 mil investment

Sondheim's Sparkler In A Nutmeg Setting
As I watched the Goodspeed Opera House's splendid production of Stephen Sondheim's 1973 gem, "A Little Night Music," I found myself marveling that something so elegant, so delicate, was conceived as a commercial commodity � and, even more, that it succeeded.

Pamela Berlin Named New Head of SSDC
Pamela Berlin, a longtime Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC) board member, has been named SSDC�s new executive board president. She replaces outgoing president Ted Pappas and will se...[Read More]

Looks Like a KISS Musical Is in the Works
Legendary rock group KISS may be immortalized on the Broadway stage. Bassist Gene Simmons is in the preliminary stages of developing a musical about the band, according to his official website.

tick, tick...BOOM! Ends Run on January 6

Stritch to Play the Neil Simon Starting in February

The Last Five Years to Play at the Minetta Lane
Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years will begin performances at the Minetta Lane Theater on February 12 in preparation for a March 3 opening, according to a production spokesperson.

The Music Man Will Shutter on December 30
The Tony-nominated revival of The Music Man will end its run at the Neil Simon Theatre on December 30.

BAM Kisses Big Love Goodbye; Will Manhattan Find Love?

Goodspeed Hosts NYU Musical Theatre Writing Students for Cabaret of New Songs, Dec. 7

Adios, Diosa: Sanchez Play Bumped from Hartford Stage Line-Up

O'Neill's National Theater Institute is Dream-y, Dec. 14-15

Autumn of `01 Greets Summer of `42 as Off-Bway Previews Start Dec. 7

Goodbye Muddah For Now; OB Sherman Revue On Hiatus Till Jan. 22

Report: Stritch to Stretch Out at Bway's Neil Simon Theatre, Beginning Feb. 6

Time Runs Out for tick, tick...BOOM! Jan. 6, 2002

Albee's Gide Exiled at OB's Signature as Bancroft Occupant Arrives, Feb. 5-March 17

Butz and Scott to Star in Last Five Years at Minetta Lane, Feb. 12

Music Man Will Close Dec. 30 at Neil Simon Theatre

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: They Want to Live in New York City

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Bart and Beach Are Fabulous!

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Mamma Mia! Pitre's a Wonder Woman

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Urinetown Dissect the Gypsy Skit

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Reinking and Hamilton Stuck in Chicago Chorus Line

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Les Miserables Becomes Oy! Miz

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Naked Boys Shed Their Pants

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Testa and 42nd Street Search for 40,000 Feet

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Judy Hitler and a Real Gypsy

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year: And the Winner Is...

PHOTO CALL: Gypsy of the Year 2001: Mamma Mia! Wins Fundraising Award

Criss Angel to Open 'MINDFREAK' at New WWF Theatre in NYC, Dec. 13

Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and The Guys Convene Off Broadway, Dec. 6

Follow Spot: George Hamilton and a host of other stars participate in holiday-related events with a focus on faith, hope, and charity.

Boston Globe: 'South Pacific' star finds show is just right for difficult times
Erin Dilly Alert! [Thanks Tim!]

Not sure if this is a farce or a horror: Job Listing for Financial Director at The Public. Perhaps I should apply..., or maybe ToJ.
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Thursday, December 06, 2001

Ex-Chief of Sotheby's Is Convicted of Price Fixing by RALPH BLUMENTHAL and CAROL VOGEL
A. Alfred Taubman, principal owner of Sotheby's, was convicted of conspiring with rival Christie's to fix fees charged to auction house sellers.
Those Sotheby's bastards! Fixing prices between themselves and competitors! That never happens on Broadway! When one theatre owner raises their prices, or adds a fee, the others just don't immediately follow suit...

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Looking for the Light in Cabaret Songs by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Pop standards evoke a comforting continuity between now and then, an assurance that in a climate overwhelmingly devoted to disposable novelty, some things are made to last.

De Niro Plans a Film Festival in TriBeCa by JESSE McKINLEY
Robert De Niro and the film producer Jane Rosenthal say they intend to bring some economic and emotional relief to the beleaguered southern tip of Manhattan.
Oh no! Now we are even losing theatre-columnists to film!

Mamma Mia! on Top at Gypsy of the Year
It was announced yesterday at the 13th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition that $2,037,922 was raised for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Ball Aims for Fall 2002 Broadway Birth
Broadway.com has learned that Ball, the new musical that takes place in the world of New York City street-ball, is aiming for a fall Broadway birth.

Nathan Lane Set to Star in Jackie Gleason Film

Preliminary Injunction Against Rudin in Gold! Case
The first battle in the legal war between producer Scott Rudin and Broadway powerhouses Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman seems to have been won by Sondheim and Weidman.

ONLY IN NEW YORK, KIDS by CLIVE BARNES
WE at The Post take care of our own. So when one of our gossip divas, the one and only Cindy Adams, made her Broadway debut Tuesday night, she had her own drama critic on hand to cheer - or, to be totally objective about it, perhaps boo - from the sidelines.

'MOULIN ROUGE' NABS FIRST OF SEASON'S FILM AWARDS by LOU LUMENICK
THE epic musical "Moulin Rouge," with Nicole Kidman, has won the Oscar season's equivalent of the New Hampshire primary, being named Best Film yesterday by the National Board of Review.
Just for Jennifer.

NEW REED ON POE by MARY HUHN
AS soon as the curtain rises on "POEtry," the new Lou Reed-Robert Wilson project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the singers break out into shockingly Broadway-like song: "These are the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, not exactly the boy next door."

OOB's DMTheatrics Adapts Welles' Stranger for the Stage Dec. 6-22

McClanahan Snaps Up Furth's Twigs for Bway Development

New Times Square Center Will Be New Off-Bway Haven, Jan. 1

First-Ever Prof. Women's Lortel Award Given to Foundry Founder Melanie Joseph, Dec. 6

Urban Cowboy Rides Into Dec. 6-7 Workshop; Ambassador Next?

NYC's Unity Fest Celebrates Fourth Year with 18 Gay-Themed Plays, Dec. 6-30

Three Hot Models and a Racing Car Fill Foreman's Latest, Maria del Bosco, OOB Dec. 27

Theatre Community Will Celebrate the Late Herb Ross Dec. 17 in NYC

Irish Rep Musical Streets of New York Extends OB Through Jan. 20

Bway's Cumming, Pascal, Wilson and Rubin-Vega Sign Holiday Discs in NYC Dec. 6

13th Annual Gypsy of the Year Raises $2,037,922; Mamma Mia!, The Lion King Win

Sondheim Wins Latest Round in Gold! Battle; Rudin Promises Countersuit

PHOTO CALL: Jones and Schmidt Caught on Roadside Nov. 29

PHOTO CALL: In the Roadside: Cast Celebrates Opening

Off-Bway's CSC Unleases Bell's Monster, Jan. 15-Feb. 17

Burton, Pine laureled for 'Classic' perfs
Thesps to receive Joe A. Callaway awards
Kate Burton and Larry Pine have received this year's Joe A. Callaway awards, which are presented by Actors' Equity Foundation for the best performance by a male and female actor in a "classic" play (written before 1920) in the Gotham area.

Hartford revises sked
Wilson postpones mainstage world premiere of 'Diosa'
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Wednesday, December 05, 2001

DVDs: On Disc, Now and Forever by Ken Mandelbaum

Meredith Willson on 34th Street by Peter Filichia
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THEATER REVIEW | 'DRUMMER WANTED'
A Family Makes Unbeautiful Music Together
By BEN BRANTLEY
Those who feel that the American musical has hit a cul-de-sac haven't been paying attention to Richard Maxwell, who directs, writes and composes his own works.

B'way B.O. fights tough times
Grosses slip as season hits midpoint, but spring roster remains crowded
Thanksgiving week marks the halfway point for the Broadway season, which runs from Tonys to Tonys, and this year the industry has a fair amount to be thankful for, -- and perhaps just as much to fear.

Brit Top Girls: 'Medea,' 'Kate'
Evening Standard laurels presented

'King'-sized sales
Noises Off

Fans' fervor stayin' alive
Bee Gees take to a different kind of stage

Broadway Buzz
As the holiday shopping season intensifies, one possibility for a unique gift is a certificate for tickets to a Broadway show via the Internet. Each certificate costs $105 and can be used for as many tickets as can be bought for that price.

Coward's Long Island Sound to Premiere in May
The Actors Company Theatre will present the world premiere of Noel Coward�s Long Island Sound this spring.

Leguizamo's Sexaholix Extends Yet Again

Broadway Grosses: Mixed Bag
It was a mixed bag at the Broadway box office last week.

SSDC & The League Come to Terms
The League of American Theaters and Producers and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC) have come to terms.

Melissa Errico Offered Dot in Sunday in the Park
Melissa Errico has been offered the role of Dot in the Kennedy Center production of Sunday in the Park With George.
Miss Melissa is having a good year, first as Ed's ex on TV's high rated "ED" and now a leading role in the Sondheim celebration. (On another note, she has re-launched her website. For more information see: www.melissaerrico.com.

LANE A 'MOONER IN MOVIE by V.A. MUSETTO
AND awaaaaay we go!Nathan Lane, who won a Tony for Broadway's "The Producers," has been picked to play Jackie Gleason in "To the Moon," a movie about the rotund comedian.
Great choice.

BUCKS OVER B'WAY by MICHAEL RIEDEL
IN his one-man show "Sexaholix," John Leguizamo points out all the things he and his girlfriend have in common.

'CHICAGO' AIN'T HIS KIND OF TOWN by CLIVE BARNES
SOME people are famous for being famous. A few are even famous for being both famous and tanned. I had always suspected that George Hamilton was possibly among those very select few.

New Kushner Work, Homebody/Kabul, Begins at NY Theatre Workshop, Dec. 5-Jan. 27

PHOTO CALL: You Go Downtown: Petula Clark Steps Up for Off-Broadway

Durang, Churchill and Euripides Play Spring 2002 at Yale Rep

OB to Show TACT When Premiering Coward Play About Long Island, May 10

Broadway Plans for London Caretaker and Lady in Limbo

Russell, Krieger and Hatcher Tweak Ducky With New Director in IL Dec. 5-Jan. 6

Three New Musicals � Dance, Excellency, Eccentric � Get Free Readings at NYC's York

Addicted to Love: Leguizamo's One-Man Sexaholix... Extends Run to Feb. 10

PHOTO CALL: Sexaholic Leguizamo Takes His Opening Bow Dec. 2

PHOTO CALL: Leguizamo and Maurer Are Bway Sexaholix

PHOTO CALL: Celebrity Sexaholix: Tuturro, Sedgwick and Bacon

Yale Rep Revives American Farce, It Pays to Advertise, Dec. 4-22

No Mistake: sic Extends Again at Soho Rep Until Jan. 18

Just a note for you tech geeks out there, you may have noticed that Playbill Online is getting a bit faster. It seems that they have gone from a dynamic publishing mode to dynamic-flat mode. The response time is quite a considerable improvement. Now, I suppose that they have a good handle on the speed/resource issue, re-design should be near. Right?

On one last note: does anyone know who Cognac Wellerlane is?
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Tuesday, December 04, 2001

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Beyond Renovation: Lincoln Center Partners Can Seek Artistic Vision by ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The Lincoln Center project should be a visionary effort, a chance for each organization to address longstanding issues that have affected its artistic growth.

Cast Set for Into The Woods Revival

Crawford Denies Rumors of Lofty Vampire Paycheck

Flower Drum Song to Bow on B'way in the Fall
The acclaimed Mark Taper Forum production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song is coming to Broadway.

Union to salute royalty
B'way contract finalized
The Broadway contract between the League of American Theaters and Producers and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers was finalized last week after 15 months of negotiations. SSDC won increased pension payments.

Thanksgiving leftovers thin B.O. on B'way
Plays perform all over map

Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia pores through responses to his �tune detectives� column of November 16.

Follow Spot: Jackie Hoffman and friends celebrate Khristmas in their own, very special way.

Only in New York, Kids: Gossip Maven Cindy Adams Narrates Rocky Horror Dec. 4-9

Kositzky Tells Tales from the Oven At Nuyorican, Dec. 6

And the Winner Is...13th Annual Gypsy of the Year Awarded Dec. 4

HERE Presents the Hybrid Performances of "Culturemart 2002," Jan. 3-13

Tune Makes Everything "New Again," One Night Only, Dec. 15

Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen Gets NYC Concert, Dec. 4-16

OB's New Group Opens Season w/ Goldberg's Good Thing Directed by Bonney Dec. 4-Jan. 13

Broadway Grosses: November 26 - December 2
$185,692

Buffalo's Studio Arena to Mount Gurney's Buffalo Gal, March 21-April 21

Chenoweth Is Fanny Hill in NYC Readings of Musical Sex Romp Dec. 20

tick, tick...BOOM! Advertising 'Final Weeks' at Jane Street

Bacon Is McCullers for Women's Project/Playwrights Horizons Preem, Jan. 10-Feb. 3, 2002

I think that I should learn about cartography.
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Monday, December 03, 2001

On this date in 1947, The Tennessee Williams play ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' opened on Broadway. In 2001, the 13th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition begins. Today's birthdays include: Ozzy Osbourne, Julianne Moore, Heather Menzies, Daryl Hannah, Bruno Campos, Holly Marie Combs, Anna Chlumsky, Brian Bonsall, and Michael Angaran.

Jokes Aside, It's the Hips That Do the Job
'Sexaholix' Review by Ben Brantley

Leguizamo's Sexaholix Takes On New York Critics

A Solo Turn . . .for the Worse

THE JOY OF 'SEXAHOLIX' by Clive Barnes

TDF Offers tkts Gift Certificates for Bway Tix Beginning Dec. 3

Donmar's Hollywood and Marriage Due Off-Broadway in Fall 2002

Fortune's Fool w/ Bates, Langella to Start at Bway's Music Box March 8

Like, Wow: Musical As You Like It, Set in Arden Mall, Gets NYC Readings Dec. 3

Drama Book Shop Opens in New 40th Street Home on Dec. 3

Grandish: Socially-Aware Harburg Celebrated at Dec. 3 Benefit for The Working Theatre

Chalfant, Irwin, Crudup Join Benefit for NYC Fire Station, Dec. 3

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

Some audience members should be fully committed
Interesting commentary by Richard Ouzounian on Saturday night theatre patrons.

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Today is the premiere of The Broadway Radio Show with Donald Feltham and special guest Susan Egan at HainesHisWay.com. Hear tracks from Susan's upcoming JAY Records release unheard by the public until now. While at Haines His Way you'll be able to be the first on your block to buy t-shirts, boxers and mousepads with pictures of Guy Haines. Perfect for those unseemly holiday gifts.
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Sunday, December 02, 2001

Two items on Talkin' Broadway that are worthwhile reading before the message falls off the board:

Casting Directors

A BY JEEVES cast member's point of view...
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The Public's Stake in a Cultural Crossroads by EVAN and FREDA EISENBERG
Making the public spaces at Lincoln Center perform on the same level as the artists who tread its stages is crucial to the redevelopment of the center.
� Slide Show: Plans for Lincoln Center

Theater's Quicksilver Truth: All Is Change by MATTHEW GUREWITSCH
The bond of actor and audience in the Off Broadway play "Metamorphoses" shows what can be done only on the stage.

The Ecstasy, and Agony, Linking Dance and Sport by JUDITH JAMISON
A new work for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates the strength and style of Florence Griffith Joyner.

tick, tick...BOOM! Advertises Final Weeks
Jonathan Larson�s tick, tick�BOOM! is advertising "Final Weeks!" in The New York Times.

Dates and Gala Set for The Guys
Dates have been announced for the Bat Theatre Company production of Anne Nelson�s The Guys, starring Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver.
Off-B'way's Little Ham Extends Run

Little Ham, a musical story of love and loyalty set in the heyday of the 1930s Harlem Renaissance, is extending its run at the Hudson Guild Theatre.

Barbara Cook Returns with Mostly Sondheim
Barbara Cook�s acclaimed concert Mostly Sondheim is coming to Broadway. The show will run Sunday and Monday nights at the Vivian Beaumont Theater from December 30 through February 11.

Summer of '42 Will Now Open on December 18
Summer of '42 is moving up its opening date at the Variety Arts Theater. The new musical, which was scheduled to open on January 10, will now make its off-Broadway bow on December 18.

Bea Arthur Ready for February Broadway Bow
Bea Arthur�s solo show has set Broadway dates. The newly titled Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends, with Billy Goldenberg at the Piano will begin performances at the Booth Theatre...

Pullman and Ruehl Set to Star in B'way's Goat
Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Pullman are set to star in Edward Albee�s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? on Broadway, a production spokesperson confirmed.

TAKING A SHINE TO STAR QUALITY by CLIVE BARNES
So many stars are shoved before our eyes these days that we all could rank as amateur astrologers.

Peter Filichia's Diary
Cell phone discussions of Alan Alda in Q.E.D., James Hindman in Roadside, Baby Jane Dexter at Arci�s Place, and Margo Martindale in Shove.

Follow Spot
The Gershwin masterpiece Porgy and Bess will be telecast Live from Lincoln Center on March 20, 2002.

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
Kristin Chenoweth prepares to be Marian to Matthew Broderick's Music Man; further delays for Carnivale; a Hart-felt tribute to Miss Kitty.

New Comedy, Carl the Second, to open Dec. 2 in NYC

Leguizamo Lets Loose on Bway as Solo-Show Sexaholix... Opens Dec. 2

Star Messengers to Shine at La MaMa E.T.C. Dec. 2-16

Death Lives: Yeston and Stone Make Progress on Their Musical Holiday

Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Holiday Gift List

Loverly: Julie Andrews Is a 2001 Kennedy Center Honoree

Off-Bway's Good Times Blues Adds 3 PM Sat Mat Beginning Dec. 1

"Laramie Project" to Open Sundance Film Fest Jan. 10, 2002, Prior to HBO Presentation

It's Curtains Up for New Kander and Ebb Tuner; Next Workshop in Feb. 2002

'Match Me, Sidney': Sweet Smell Company Raising Roof in Rehearsals Toward Dec. 23 Chi Bow

Pop Songwriter Webb Working on Dog w/ Stone, Bronx w/ Palminteri

Parks Meets Peer as Playwright Suzan-Lori Adapts Ibsen for Public

Mrs. Feuerstein Opens Off-Broadway Dec. 1

First-Ever Prof. Women's Lortel Award Given to Foundry Founder Melanie Joseph, Dec. 6

Musical Hairspray Begins Open Casting - Where Else? - But Baltimore Dec. 6

Auction of 1000 Stars Sells TV, Film, Theatre on Yahoo! for Actor's Fund Benefit Dec. 1-14
Try and outbid me for my Oklahoma tix! I bet you can't!

Rachel Gurney, of Broadway, London and "Upstairs, Downstairs," Dead at 81

MultiStages Premieres Bellitto's Novel Nov. 30-Dec. 23 at HERE

Barbara Cook Back on Bway Dec. 30, Singing Mostly Sondheim at Beaumont

Flower Drum Song Definite For Fall 2002

Stritch Show Extends to Jan. 6; Broadway Details Firm Up

DIVA TALK: Mason on Disc, Marcovicci at the Algonquin and More...

Bea Arthur Is Just Between Friends at Bway's Booth, Jan. 29

We are critics, hear us roar
When KATE TAYLOR started her job, they said theatre criticism was dead. They were wrong

An actor's life
Michael Simkins
In acting, perhaps more than in any other profession, you form rapid and intense relationships with people you have only just met. The us-against-the-world syndrome is a necessary part of the job of getting a show on, and in all the excitement and height...

An actor's life
Michael Simkins
I had a friend, another actor, round to see me after curtain down the other night. I'd got him his ticket, so I was primed with a glass of wine when he arrived at the stage door. He liked the show, and my performance, but at the end of his largely posit...
[Thanks to Sarah Chagal for pointing out Michael's column]

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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]

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet

TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

TBA - American Buffalo

TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]

TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]

TBA - Broomhilda

TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]

TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

TBA - Camelot

TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

TBA - Catch Me If You Can

TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]

TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]

TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)

TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]

TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]

TBA - Hitchcock Blonde

TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest

TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)

TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

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

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