Backstage: Buyout of Broadway
$2.5M Ticket-Buying Program Leaves Nonprofits in Cold by Leonard Jacobs
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A New Chief Steps in at a Changed National Endowment for the Arts
By ROBIN POGREBIN
The Senate confirmed a new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts late Thursday and hardly anyone noticed.

THEATER REVIEW | 'THE SYRINGA TREE'
One Women Portrays the Many Faces of Apartheid by BRUCE WEBER
Join a Discussion on Theater
No other show in New York asks the audience to earn its rewards in the manner of "The Syringa Tree," Pamela Gien's play about a girlhood spent in apartheid-riven South Africa. It's worth it.

Dick Schaap, Ubiquitous Sports Journalist, Dies at 67

Justin Bohon Looks Set to Take On Oklahoma!
Justin Bohon has been offered the featured role of Will Parker in the upcoming Broadway revival of Oklahoma!

Homebody/Kabul Extends at NYTW until March 3
New York Theatre Workshop has extended their acclaimed production of Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul again. The play, originally scheduled to close on January 27, will now end its run March 3

Letters: Stritch Issues by Ken Mandelbaum

Photo Op: Summer of '42 Opening - Photos by Bruce Glikas

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
Stars come out for Morning, Brad Anderson steps up for Proof, Mary-Louise signs up for Man and Angels�plus a very special Summer of �42 memory.

In Love and War
Stars Ryan Driscoll and Kate Jennings Grant on Summer of '42, the new musical based on the beloved movie by Brooke Pierce

Toronto Star: Are you trying to seduce me Ms Turner?
Kathleen Turner's sexy image through the years has made The Graduate, opening in Toronto next month, a hot ticket by Richard Ouzounian

Paquin-Packed, Hoffman-Helmed Gilman's Glory Ends Dec. 22 at MCC Theatre

PHOTO CALL: Vereen, Hirsch Ready Rappaport for Tour

PHOTO CALL: ATW's Isabella Stevenson Receives JNF Tree

PHOTO CALL: Tune, Motevecchi and Reams Celebrate Stevenson's Tree of Life

Belber's Tape Starts Playing Jan. 8 at OB's Quintero

Homebody/Kabul by Kushner May Stay Longer at NY Theatre Workshop

Hutton's Heaven Finds Earth at NYC's ArcLight Jan. 11-Feb. 5

PHOTO CALL: Sondheim Visits Kushner's Kabul Dec. 19
Was he visiting Kabul, or returning to the scene of the crime (Wise Guys/Gold)?

PHOTO CALL: Mills Catches Bamji in Homebody/Kabul Dec. 19

PHOTO CALL: Wolfe, Wright and Nichols Visit Kushner's Kabul

Shinn's Four to Shine at MTC Stage II in January 2002; Gone Home Bumped

Report: Topdog Looking at Ambassador in March, with Def in for Don

Splish Splash: Metamorphoses to Begin Previews on Broadway Feb. 21

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) . ``A Beautiful Mind'' and ``Moulin Rouge'' led nominations for the Golden Globes on Thursday with six apiece including best picture bids and honors for actors Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.

Heard that ABC's The View talked about Paige Price's show, The eX-Files, (closing tonight at Arci's Place), wondering about the legality of naming names in your dating life... Perhaps they should have Paige and Mark Sendroff on to discuss the topic?... In a somewhat related topic, I just wanted you to know that NYPost hack Chip Deffaa is off the Broadway Stars Christmas card list!

The Tennessean: Pirate-proof CDs not able to work on all CD players
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Friday, December 21, 2001

B'WAY TAKES THE RAP
By MICHAEL RIEDEL
'HIP" is not a word you'd apply to most people who work on Broadway. So when word leaked out this week that the producers of "Top Dog/Under Dog" had lined up rapper Mos Def to star in the play on Broadway this spring, the theater world furrowed its collective brow and asked: "Mos What?"

Def jams on B'way
Rapper replaces Cheadle in 'Underdog'
Mos Def is in negotiations to make his Broadway debut in "Topdog/Underdog." The Suzan-Lori Parks play about two brothers, named Booth and Lincoln, is scheduled to begin previews in March at the Ambassador Theater.

Rapper Learns Some New Lines by JESSE MCKINLEY

MTC Delays Gone Home In Favor Of Four
The Manhattan Theater Club is moving its planned production of John Corwin's Gone Home to next season.

Metamorphoses Sets Dates For Broadway Run
The acclaimed Second Stage production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses has set dates for its Broadway run. The unusual play will begin performances at the Circle in the Square on February 21

The Shape of Things to Close January 20
The starry off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things will close at the end of its current booking period on January 20, according to Variety.

Mos Def in Talks to Star in Uptown Topdog/Underdog
Rapper Mos Def is in negotiations to replace Don Cheadle in the upcoming Broadway-transfer of Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, which will start previews at the Ambassador Theater

Lavin and Wood Set to Star in Hollywood Arms
Linda Lavin and Frank Wood are set to star in The Goodman Theatre production of Carrie Hamilton and Carol Burnett�s Hollywood Arms.

Bomb-itty Team Inks Deal with MTV
The Bomb-itty boys are everywhere.

Pine Cones and Holly Berries by Ken Mandelbaum

Thou Shalt Get Recorded? by Ken Mandelbaum

Queens Mainstage to Be Renamed Claire Shulman Playhouse in 2002

Satiric Wise Guise Bring Craig, Scott, Juan and Dan Show to NYC Dec. 27-Jan. 13

Stritch an Early Winner, Albee a Loser, in Year-End Lists

To All a Goodnight: Adobe's Eight Reindeer End Their Reign OOB, Dec. 22

Green Returns to NYC Dec. 21 to Put More Love in Your Mouth

Musical A Class Act Resurfaces, at Pasadena Playhouse in Summer 2002

New Year to See More Ticket Giveaways and Discounts to Help NYC Economy

Tony-Nom Graham Confirmed for Bway-Bound's Fortune's Fool

NYC's La MaMa to Get Satie's-faction from Small Works' Notebook, Dec. 20-30

John Cameron Mitchell Among 2002 Golden Globes Nominees

Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia files through his Broadway-themed Christmas albums to make a tree-trimming tape.

Peter Filichia's Diary
Songs of Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, and even Andrew Lloyd Webber are mentioned for inclusion on a list of the most beautiful ever heard on Broadway.

Follow Spot
Gwyneth ponders Proof, Reba may soon be playing The Pajama Game, and the new Oklahoma! finds its Will Parker in Justin Bohon.

I heard from Michael Portantiere yesterday that TheaterMania has had some server problems. They seem to be resolved now.

A few days ago I got my copy of Sh-K-Boom's "Broadway on Broadway 2001" CD, the live recording of the Times Square event in September. I was quite surprised that the quality was very good. Recording live is never ideal, and recording live in the middle of Times Square is nothing short of a miracle. Not only did they capture this event's sound, but the liner notes feature great photos by Kenneth Blauvelt and Bruce Glikas. It is a must have for Broadway fans, and CD proceeds benefit BC/EFA.
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Thursday, December 20, 2001

Caird Out as Director of Bway-Bound Dance of the Vampires
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THEATER REVIEW | 'HOMEBODY/KABUL'
One Woman's Quest, Fraught With Cultural Land Mines by BEN BRANTLEY
Tony Kushner's exciting if still unfulfilled new play is infused with the contradictory, impossible love of the world.

Group to Give 150,000 Tickets to Victims' Families by JESSE McKINLEY
The ticket giveaway is part of a continued push to provide emotional solace to victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 as well as economic stimulus to New York cultural institutions.

Hairspray Looks to Seattle Before Broadway Bow
Plans for the upcoming Broadway production of Hairspray are firming up. The musical will likely tryout at Seattle�s 5th Avenue Theatre in May or June.

London Critics React to RNT South Pacific
The highly anticipated Royal National Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein�s South Pacific, directed by Trevor Nunn, opened last week at the Olivier Theatre.

Tori Spelling to Star in L.A. Maybe Baby
Tori Spelling, best known for playing the virginal Donna on Beverly Hills, 90210, is set to star in Charlie Shanian and Shari Simpson�s Maybe Baby, It's You at Los Angeles� Coronet Theater.

Pine Cones and Holly Berries by Ken Mandelbaum

Michael Crawford by Paul Wontorek

Bomb-itty team pacts across MTV platforms
Deal marks cabler's first multi-platform development deal
MTV has pacted with the Bomb-itty boys to develop a theatrical film, a TV series and a made-for-TV pic based on their Off Broadway show "Bomb-itty of Errors."

Broadway grosses
B.O. up; '42nd' 907g

Road grosses
Biz off; Fla. 'Kate' great

Spelling to be Coronet's 'Baby'
Thesp to replace Simpson in vignettes about singles

Bringing Afghanistan To Our Door
You have to give Tony Kushner points for having started a play about Afghanistan three years ago, when it was hardly at the center of anyone's consciousness, though we were bombing it in an ultimately pointless way.

TURBAN SPRAWL by DONALD LYONS
It's 1998 in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the Taliban rules with an iron fist.In the desperate, frantic world of Tony Kushner's "Homebody/Kabul," one woman is swallowed up in its depths and seems lost, while two other women struggle to get out. The men seem variously helpless and lost: Two take dope in a hotel room while one tries to smuggle out his poems in Esperanto.

Charles Busch Guests on PBS� �Theater Talk,� Dec. 21

Maybe Baby, It's Tori: Spelling Steps into L.A. Two-Hander Jan. 24-March 23

Hot Flash: Menopause the Musical Eyeing Off-Bway in Spring 2002

Glitter and Risqu�: Chenoweth is Fanny Hill in NYC Musical Readings Dec. 20

No Jesus, But Marys and Josephs, Come to L.A.'s Catechism for Free Through Jan. 20

Briah at OOB's La MaMa, Conflates Culture Clashes and Creation Stories, Dec. 20-30

DC's Off-Bway-Style Studio Theatre Plans $9.5 Million Expansion of Complex

Pepe Directs U.S. Preem of Further at MTC, Beginning Jan. 15; Cast Set

Lester Persky, Producer of Bway's Slapstick Tragedy and "Hair" Film, Dead at 76

Afghans in America: Kushner's New Homebody/Kabul Opens in NYC, Dec. 19

NYC Buys Bway Theatre Tickets to Bolster Post-Attack, Post-Xmas Economy

PHOTO CALL: It's a Good Thing: Goldberg and Linklater Open Play Dec.16

PHOTO CALL: The Women Are a Good Thing for Elliott's New Group

Hairspray Eyes Seattle's Fifth Avenue for Pre-Bway Run, Then Neil Simon?

LCT�s Morning�s at Seven Begins at Lyceum on March 28

Most Recent Bway Jesus Christ Superstar Will Travel With New Luggage in 2002

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Wednesday, December 19, 2001

Chicago Sun-Times: Secrets of their 'Success'
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Jason Robert Brown dropped his 1000 closest friends an email sharing some great news. TIME magazine has named his show, The Last Five Years one of the ten best theater experiences of 2001. Last Five Years is opening off-Broadway in March 2002.

TIME Magazine: Best + Worst 2001
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As City Ticket Plan Grows, Some Off Broadway Grouse by JESSE McKINLEY
Some Off Broadway producers have voiced concerns that their theaters are missing out on the city's purchase of tickets to Broadway shows.

THEATER REVIEW | 'SUMMER OF '42'
The Ravages of Puberty Painted in Pretty Pastels by BRUCE WEBER
Painted with pastels, awash in remembrance and melancholy and humming with palliating jingles, the new musical "Summer of '42" arrived at the Variety Arts Theater on Tuesday.

To Stay or Go? City Opera Is Deciding on Its Home by ROBIN POGREBIN
The New York City Opera's future is now the center of attention in the debate about Lincoln Center's proposed $1.2 billion redevelopment plan.

TRUCE IN B'WAY WAR? by MICHAEL RIEDEL
IT appears we may never get to see Stephen Sondheim and Scott Rudin go mano a mano in the courtroom.Though neither side is commenting, word around Broadway is that Sondheim's camp is putting out settlement feelers to Rudin's.

SOME OF '42 LIKE THE FILM by DONALD LYONS
REMEMBER the 1971 movie, "Summer of '42," about a young boy on a summer vacation island who has a crush on a war bride?

A Dream Deferred No Longer
Eric Krebs has gotten Langston Hughes to write a musical. Not in so many words, notes and dance steps, but the producer has reached far back into the poet and novelist's little-known work for stage, created almost 30 years before his death in 1962, and brought forth "Little Ham."

Goodspeed to tune up two '70s tuners for '02
'King of Hearts,' 'Baker's Wife,' 'Dames at Sea' among slate
Two musicals that didn't make it on Broadway in the 1970s will get another chance from Goodspeed Musicals in 2002.

Spelling to be Coronet's 'Baby'
Thesp to replace Simpson in vignettes about singles

Chi media gets smell of musical 'Success'
Show starts perfs Dec. 23 at Shubert

Backward glances in London
Legit commentary

Morning's at Seven to Open at the Lyceum in April
The Lyceum Theater will serve as the venue for the upcoming Lincoln Center Theater production of Paul Osborn's Morning�s at Seven.

Broadway Grosses: Magic Needed
Oh, what a Horror! Since the revival of The Rocky Horror Show reopened at the Circle in the Square on October 30, the show has been an underdog (in terms of gross) every week.

Alex Jennings to Star in My Fair Lady in the West End
Acclaimed actor Alex Jennings will be the next Henry Higgins in the West End production of My Fair Lady. Jennings is scheduled to replace the revival�s original lead, Jonathan Pryce, on April 2.

Nathan Lane Reduces Performance Schedule
Under the advice of doctors, Tony winner Nathan Lane will begin playing a reduced performance schedule of six performances a week.

Enid Graham Joins Fortune's Fool Cast
Enid Graham has joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of Fortune's Fool, according to a production spokesperson.

Mills and Easton Go Bonkers for Bennett in Jan. 7 NY Public Library Readings

PHOTO CALL: MTC's Stars Bring the Biltmore Back to Life

PHOTO CALL: Dig and Throw! MTC Breaks Ground at the Biltmore

PHOTO CALL: Allergists' Wife, de Shields, Jones Break Biltmore Ground

Prince and the Pauper With Kudisch Plays St. Paul Dec. 19-Jan. 1

Morton and Murphy Expose Eady and Murray's Brutal Imagination Dec. 19

Martha Plimpton Joins Murray's Hobson in Choice Atlantic OB Revival, Dec. 19

Broadway Grosses: December 10-16
$180,221

OB Spitfire Grill Cooks Up Cast Album; Release Expected in 2002

OB's Fantasticks Donates Some Costumes to NYC Museum, Others Sold on Ebay

PHOTO CALL: Psych Takes Opening Night Bow Dec. 16

PHOTO CALL: Simpson and Sigourney Celebrate Psych Opening

PHOTO CALL: Three Dominatrices and a Wannabe Make Up Psych

PHOTO CALL: I May Be Marion the Librarian But My Husband Works with Dominatrices

Nathan Lane Cuts Back to Six Producers Shows Per Week

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Co. Extend Contracts in Bway Hit Proof

It's D-Day for Summer of `42; New OB Musical Opens at Variety Arts Dec. 18

Betty Buckley Is Buffalo's Buffalo Gal at Studio Arena

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THEATER REVIEW | 'SUMMER OF '42': The Ravages of Puberty Painted in Pretty Pastels by Bruce Weber
Painted with pastels, awash in remembrance and melancholy and humming with palliating jingles, the new musical "Summer of '42" arrived at the Variety Arts Theater on Tuesday.

Summer of '42 Review by Ken Mandelbaum

SOME OF '42 LIKE THE FILM By DONALD LYONS
Remember the 1971 movie, "Summer of '42," about a young boy on a summer vacation island who has a crush on a war bride?

WWII on the Hormone Front by Robert Dominguez

Summer of '42 review by Charles Isherwood

TRUCE IN B'WAY WAR? By MICHAEL RIEDEL
It appears we may never get to see Stephen Sondheim and Scott Rudin go mano a mano in the courtroom.Though neither side is commenting, word around Broadway is that Sondheim's camp is putting out settlement feelers to Rudin's.

Broadway Grosses: Magic Needed at Rocky

Morning's at Seven to Open at the Lyceum in April

Enid Graham Joins Fortune's Fool Cast

Nathan Lane Cuts Back to Six Producers Shows Per Week

Schreiber Othello Will End on Dec. 30 as Scheduled

OB Spitfire Grill Cooks Up Cast Album; Release Expected in 2002

OB's Fantasticks Donates Some Costumes to NYC Museum, Others Sold on Ebay
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Tuesday, December 18, 2001

Nathan Lane Reduces Performance Schedule
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Paige Price Sings The eX-Files at Arci's Place, Dec. 18-22

Brookes Stars in New York Revival of I Never Sang for My Father Jan. 2-13

Enchanted April Looks at Enchanted Fall on Broadway in 2002

Fridge-Free Penn and Teller Are Rocky Horror's Narrators Dec. 18-23

London My Fair Lady Recoups Investment
You would be shocked to hear how little West End actors are paid (contracts start about $600US/week), as well as all the other differences between producing on Broadway vs West End...

Breakfast Club Meets Kit Kat Klub: Ringwald Begins Stay as Bowles in Cabaret, Dec. 18

Roy Brocksmith, Actor, Director and Theatre Founder, Is Dead at 56

Buckley Backs Out of Long Wharf Pera Palas; Glynis Bell Steps In

Merman Sings Varla-la-la-la for God's Love We Deliver Dec. 17

Westminster Theatre to Be Demolished

Bway's Crucible Fully Cast and Set for Feb. 16 at Virginia

Tix buy-up ticks off Off B'way
Theaters eye slice of ticket pie
Off Broadway's holiday stockings are looking empty. While the Mayor's Office is in the process of buying $2.5 million in Broadway tickets (Daily Variety, Dec. 14), legit shows housed in theaters with 499 seats or less can expect a lump of coal from the city -- if that.

B'way narrows gap amid humbug frame
Only 'Mamma,' 'Producers' gain

Stewart's Devil of A Dickens
Dozens of actors have donned woolen sleeping caps to play Ebenezer Scrooge, but Patrick Stewart has boldly done what no one has done before. He also plays every other character in Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story, from Tiny Tim to the ghosts who scare Scrooge into being a better person.

WATCH THIS SPACE
By DAN KAPLAN
THE world's first TV commercial made completely in space will air next month
Which union gets jurisdiction?

Dave Gorman Ends Run at Westbeth
Again.

Bomb-itty Boys Head for Sundance Lab
Erik Weiner and Jordan Allen-Dutton, co-creators of The Bomb-itty of Errors, will participate in The Sundance Institute's prestigious Screenwriters Lab.

LaBute Readies The Distance from Here for Debut
Neil LaBute is returning to the Almeida at King's Cross to premiere his latest play. The Distance from Here, directed by the author, is set to run at the theater May 2 through June 8.

Enchanted April Looks to a Fall Broadway Bow
Matthew Barber's Enchanted April, a stage version of Elizabeth Von Arnim�s novel of the same name, is coming to Broadway next season.

Peter Filichia's Diary
Cross-pollination in the musicals of Cole Porter and others results in some wonderful surprises.

Definitely a black couch day! (With tomato soup and grilled cheese! Mmmmm...)
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Monday, December 17, 2001

THEATER REVIEW | 'PSYCH'
Dominatrix, Nice Kid; She's Just Misunderstood by BRUCE WEBER

Whipped Into A Frenzy
To paraphrase an old joke: Sunny Goldfarb isn't paranoid, she just thinks everyone's out to get her. Then again, maybe they're not. Ambiguity abounds in "Psych," an offbeat, low-key comedy about bad things that happen to a good girl.

'PSYCH' BEYOND THERAPY
By DONALD LYONS
YOU think you got problems? Listen to this. By day, Sunny's a nice, maybe overfriendly grad student in psychology at a local university where she has a professor who is a slightly creepy know-it-all who criticizes her clothing.

Psych
Theatre Review by Matthew Murray
[Yes, that is the same Matthew Murray. They pay him more than we do here!]

Psych
Review by William Stevenson

'April' makes Broadway bow
Legit adaptation to debut in fall, 2002
Matthew Barber's "Enchanted April" is skedded for a fall 2002 bow on Broadway. Jeffrey Richards is producing the stage adaptation of Elizabeth von Armin's 1922 novel about four English women who spend a month at an Italian village. The story has already spawned two films.

WINTER-SPRING BROADWAY SEASON SCHEDULE

Lacey, Butler, Sessions and Campbell Star in New Musical, Fishman, Jan. 8 in VA

Adam Heller Is The Immigrant in Denver Premiere of New Musical, Jan. 17-Feb. 23

Mystique of Spanish Golden Age Lady Invades OB's Pearl, Jan. 10-Feb. 17

Eve Ensler Targets Off-Broadway with New Play

Briah at OOB's La MaMa, Conflates Culture Clashes and Creation Stories, Dec. 20-30

Alda Egghead Rolls Out of LCT Dec. 17; QED to Return Feb. 17

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

Lark Theatre Revives Meredith Willson's Here's Love for Benefit Dec. 17

Chicago Tribune: The drama behind making of `Tantalus'
Tantalus was a co-production of the Denver Center and the Royal Shakespeare Company. It is a contemporary poetic retelling of the stories of gods and humans in the Trojan War. [Thanks to Leanna for the link!]

San Francisco Gate: Universal truths emerge when playwrights test theorems by Steven Winn, Chronicle Theater Critic
[Thanks to Leanna for the link!]

Are you a Julie Andrews' fan? Ever worked with her? Well, XM Radio's channel On Broadway! (the satellite radio's All-Broadway radio channel) is doing a tribute to Julie Andrews shortly after Christmas in connection with the Kennedy Center honorees program. (Julie is being honored). If you would like to congratulate Ms. Andrews on XM, give them a call at 1-866-267-0443, and leave a digital congrats for her. (AFTRA does not apply!)
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Sunday, December 16, 2001

The New Indies of Los Angeles Are Live Onstage

City to Offer Free Tickets to Brighten Broadway

Teaching Actors to Move With the Gracefulness of Dancers

adobe theatre company Hosts Latest 24-Hour Plays, Dec. 16

Elaine Stritch to Play Benefit Performance for Public Theatre, Jan. 9

Grad School and S&M Parlors Dominate Psych, Opening Off-Bway Dec. 16

Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Encores for Ziegfeld Follies of 1936

Urinetown Celebrates 100 Performances Dec. 16; Buell Now Part of Troupe

No, No, Nostalgia: Tintypes Closes Prematurely Dec. 16

The following stories come to us via The American Theater Web.

The Arizona Republic: Revised 'Little Women' turns to song and dance

Detroit Free Press: Arts grant total dips
Dips to $23.6 million, down 8%. Included in the "Arts grant" are: Detroit Institute of Arts, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and The Detroit Zoo. Yes, The Detroit Zoo. The Arts are so different in the Midwest. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

The Boston Globe: State budget ax spares cultural line items
$13.2 million. No mention of any zoos.

Random things: Was surfing around and found Michael Cerveris has an upcoming television series on Fox called Emma Brody. Think Alias meets Ally McBeal, only in London. For a trailer (sans Cerveris) see ZapIt...
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The Magic Moment When a Part Becomes a Triumph by Peter Marks
Three actresses -- Katie Finneran, Jennifer Coolidge and Gretchen Mol -- enjoy something rare in theater: call it kismet, call it luck, call it a perfect fit.

SCHREIBER TO LIEV 'EM IN DUST By CLIVE BARNES
There are two remarkable one-person shows currently playing at the Joseph Papp Public Theater on Lafayette Street: "Elaine Stritch: At Liberty," which stars the ineffable instant legend Elaine Stritch and is headed to Broadway next February, and a play called, oddly enough, "Othello," with Liev Schreiber.

VISITOR DAY By CLAIRE SIEGEL
Time travel has become a regular thing for actress Nana Visitor, who pole-vaulted centuries to take the lead in the 1920s musical "Chicago" after having played a deep-space alien for seven years on TV.

Fresh Face: T. R. Knight
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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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