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Saturday, January 12, 2002 Follow, Follow... Finis In the age of Pentium IV-powered personal computers, "The Fantasticks" is a quill pen and inkwell. In the age of the microwave oven, it's a wood stove. Are the Dodgers Creating a New Off-B'way Space? Will Dodger Theatricals turn the Worldwide Plaza Cinemas into off-Broadway theaters? Parsons, Sternhagen & Franz to Star in Seven Estelle Parsons, Frances Sternhagen and Elizabeth Franz will headline the upcoming Lincoln Center Theater revival of Morning's at Seven, according to Variety. Matthew Warchus Named Artistic Director of Old Vic Photo Op: Charles Busch's ANGEL - Photos by Bruce Glikas Photo Op: HORROR Closing (Again) - Photos by Bruce Glikas Video: INTO THE WOODS Simone and Finley to Be Bway's Aida and Amneris, Jan. 29 PHOTO CALL: Crosby, Sing It One Mo' Time! PHOTO CALL: Crosby, Ryan Bring One Mo' Time to Broadway Worth Street's Screwball Tartuffe Begins Off-Bway, Jan. 12 MTC's Four to Go Forth w/ Three-Fourths of Former Foursome, Jan. 29 PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Jan. 5-11: Everything 20 Years Old Is New Again Old Vic Appoints Matthew Warchus as "Artistic Leader" France 10, Zach 3: Les Miz Beats Chorus Line Record Jan. 25 with 6,138th Perf DIVA TALK Divas on Disc and on the Road, Plus A Grammy for Betty? All Aboard! Clubbed Thumb Hitches Train Play at NYC's Ohio, Jan. 11-Feb. 2 PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods: What a Witch! PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods: Hello, Little Girls PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods: A Baker on His Journey PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods: At Home With Jack PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods: Lapine Revises Sondheim Show for Williams PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods: Two Princes and a Storyteller Franz, Sternhagen, Parsons Woken for Morning's at Seven, March 28-June 16 Bill McCutcheon, Tony-Winner for Lincoln Center's Anything Goes, Dead The Guys Returns to Bat Theatre, Jan. 17-26 Paul Newman to Be Stage Manager in Westport Country Playhouse Our Town Crucible On Target for Feb. 16 Previews at Bway's Virginia Assassins Still in Roundabout's Future Peter Filichia's Diary Alas, The Fantasticks will be holding no more anniversary celebrations at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. Follow Spot Marian Seldes flies solo in a special, one-night-only performance to benefit The Acting Company. Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts Donna Murphy goes Greek, the Drama League f�tes Liz Smith, and Broadway gets the greatest gift of all. Jim Caruso is...Prying! A few lessons from Rob Kapilow, who�ll be tuning his inquisitive ears to the American songbook at Lincoln Center on January 27. Compilation Musicals From Hell Win free tickets by helping us to brainstorm ideas for terrible shows featuring the music of your fave pop stars by Michael Portantiere posted at 1/12/2002 09:48:02 AM by James Marino | Item Link Friday, January 11, 2002 ARTFUL DODGERS by MICHAEL RIEDEL DODGER Theatricals - the veteran producing organization behind "42nd Street," "The Music Man" and "Urinetown" - may be getting into the real estate business.
LaBute pic takes 'Shape' at USA Films Thesp to adapt his play, original cast to star USA Films and Working Title Films have teamed up to send Neil LaBute's latest Off Broadway play, "The Shape of Things," straight to the bigscreen with the original cast intact.... Full Story Star names power revivals for spring 'Morning's at Seven' latest addition THEATER & FILM AT THE SAME TIME by CHIP DEFFAA 'FLICKER" offers something so intriguingly unique and original that it's well worth seeing despite some rather serious flaws. Weaver & Murray Return to the Flea in The Guys The Bat Theatre Company production of Anne Nelson�s The Guys, which ran for two sold-out weeks in December, is returning to the Flea. (Starring Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver) Graves Confirmed to Join Cast of Elephant Man Michael Attenborough to Head Almeida Michael Attenborough will be the new artistic director of the Almeida Theatre Company. Boy George Musical Delays in London The Boy George musical, Taboo, will begin performances at The Venue three days later than expected. Stinkfoot's Revenge: Heaney's Troy Comes to OOB's Blue Heron, Jan. 31-Feb. 24 Berkoff is Back Off-Bway as a Killer, a Kook and a Canine, Jan. 23-March 10 Ron Urbinati Directs Bromley's Syndrome Off-Bway, Jan. 16-Feb. 9 Hutton's Heaven Finds Earth at NYC's ArcLight Jan. 11-Feb. 5 Springtime for Napoleon? Gelbart, Coleman and Zippel Penning Comic Musical Bacon Gets the Picture Starting Jan. 22; Dossett to Perform Certain Matinees Alison Fraser Adds a Little Romance to NYC's West Bank Cafe Jan. 14 Clubbed Thumb's Train Play, About Strange Fellow Travelers, on Track for Jan. 11 in NYC Lloyd Webber-Produced Bombay Dreams to Open in London in June "...but what I really want to do is direct..." It's coming. You will see. Starlight Express Closes in London, Jan. 12 ATG Forms Sonia Friedman Productions Almeida Theatre Chooses Michael Attenborough as New Director Small Screen Version of Copenhagen to Air on PBS Lea Salonga Stars in Manila Premiere of Auburn's Proof Foote's Children Gather at Lincoln Center Theater, March 7-June 2 Bancroft and Huff Are Occupied with Albee's Occupant, Feb. 5-April 7 Follow Spot Marian Seldes flies solo in a special, one-night-only performance to benefit The Acting Company. Jim Caruso is...Prying! A few lessons from Rob Kapilow, who�ll be tuning his inquisitive ears to the American songbook at Lincoln Center on January 27. Oh, *another* black couch day with grilled cheese and tomato soup! Have a great weekend! posted at 1/11/2002 09:20:31 AM by James Marino | Item Link TV REVIEW | 'THE IT FACTOR' Ambitions, Auditions and Egos Laid Bare by Caryn James In Bravo's new reality series, 12 aspiring actors are obviously playing themselves for the camera, trying to outdo one another as personalities with a showbiz future. Theater Review | 'Maria del Bosco': Are They Alive or Mannequins? Who Can Tell? by Ben Brantley On Stage and Off: Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson by Jesse McKinley Newman to Star in Our Town at Westport Playhouse LaBute to Direct Shape of Things Film Crucible On Target for Feb. 16 Previews at Bway's Virginia Assassins Still in Roundabout's Future Will Lone Star Find Love on Bway This Season or Next? posted at 1/11/2002 05:04:39 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Thursday, January 10, 2002 The Off Broadway Theater Information Center Launches Website www.offbroadway.com posted at 1/10/2002 11:59:04 AM by James Marino | Item Link THEATER REVIEW | 'BRUTAL IMAGINATION' An Energetic Scapegoat Butts Back by BEN BRANTLEY The well-spoken fellow who rules the stage in Cornelius Eady's lyrical meditation of a play is a custom-made partner in crime. Lortel Foundation offers financial aid Philanthropy looking to help smaller theaters The Lucille Lortel Foundation has initiated a million-dollar grant program for New York City's not-for-profit theaters. The foundation's action comes in direct response to Gotham's economic downturn as exacerbated by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Stereotyping In the 1st Degree Mr. Zero, the lead character in the fact-based "Brutal Imagination," is an amiable, articulate man with an easy, self-deprecating sense of humor. This makes it hard to believe he's the chief suspect in the brutal kidnapping and murder of two little boys. Ra�l Esparza Signs On for Sondheim Fest Ra�l Esparza is set for the Kennedy Center productions of Stephen Sondheim�s Sunday in the Park With George and Merrily We Roll Along, according to Variety. The Acting Co. Presents an Evening with Marian Seldes On Monday, January 17, The Acting Company will present A Very Special Evening With Marian Seldes. Disney's Hoopz to Premiere at Trinity Rep. Hoopz, the Disney musical that documents the story of the Harlem Globetrotters, is set to have its world premiere at Trinity Repertory Company in Rhode Island. McDormand, Dafoe & Valk Star in Birdie in Brooklyn New Road Radames by Ken Mandelbaum Richard Thomas Is First to Read Williams' Letters at Hartford, Jan. 10 McKechnie Adds One, Singular Date to Hit Cabaret Run at Arci's in NYC, Jan. 14 One of the Names: Marsha Hunt Discusses Blacklist After Strasberg Group Drama Jan. 10 Carson McCullers Begins World Preem Run in NYC Jan. 10 Craig Lucas Now Working on Long-Awaited Guettel Musical Piazza Drama Desk Holds Press Agents Panel, Jan. 14 Cy Coleman Discusses His Unique Dutch Musical, Grace Carrafa to Choreograph Little Night Music at Kennedy Center Shepard's Ducks Crossing Arrives at NYC's Vital Theatre Jan. 10-27 Stritch's Silent Stretch: Under the Radar, At Liberty Extended to Jan. 13; Cast Album Due Tony Walton Honored at Bay Street Theatre Benefit, Jan. 21 PHOTO CALL: McKechnie Knows How to Succeed With Company Hoopz to Have Future at RI's Trinity Rep Goodspeed Bumps Baker's Wife to 2003 But Has Babes, Dames and King Philly's Regional PAC Names Its Price Actor-Playwright Vaughn McBride Remembered Jan. 14 in Manhattan And today is Karen Rives' birthday... does anyone know what she is up to these days? posted at 1/10/2002 10:19:37 AM by James Marino | Item Link Wednesday, January 09, 2002 More Beautiful Songs by Peter Filichia posted at 1/9/2002 07:45:09 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link 'The Fantasticks' Is Ending Its 42-Year Run by PETER MARKS On Sunday evening, after 17,162 performances, "The Fantasticks" will do the one thing that few thought it capable of. It will close. � Music from 'The Fantasticks' Downtown, Hit Brightens an Emerging Playwright by JESSE McKINLEY Melissa James Gibson's "[sic]" has been extended twice at SoHo Rep, and several commercial producers have expressed interest in moving it to a larger theater. Sam Mendes Plans to Leave His Theater Post 'Birdie!' nests in new space St. Ann's hosts Wooster Group's prod'n Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe and Kate Valk star in the Wooster Group's new production, "To You, the Birdie!," which begins performances on Feb. 1. Bound for Beltway Esparza hits the Capital in Sonheim tuners 'Heaven and Earth' a first for Ford Center East-West fusion dance show to open new Vancouver theater 1/8/02 2:18pm 'Woods' Path Takes New Twists Almost 15 years after it opened on Broadway, "Into the Woods," the 1988 Tony-winning Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical, is getting a new song and a new concept for its revival in April. Photo Op: Into The Woods Rehearsal - Photos by Bruce Glikas Composer/Orchestrator Donald W. Johnston Dies at 57 Composer, orchestrator and arranger Donald W. Johnston died Monday, January 7 of cancer, according to his attorney and friend, David E. LeVine. Shawn's Designated Mourner to Air on WNYC WNYC Radio will broadcast Wallace Shawn�s acclaimed play The Designated Mourner on January 13. Lucas and Guettel Collaborate on Light In The Piazza Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel are hard at work on a musical version of the novella The Light In The Piazza. David Warner Returns to West End Stage in Feast David Warner, who recently graced the Broadway stage with an acclaimed performance in Major Barbara, is returning to West End theater after a three-decade absence. Broadway Grosses: Blue Bayou Two Broadway shows played their final performances last week: The Rocky Horror Show and Thou Shalt Not. THE B'WAY HORROR SHOW by MICHAEL RIEDEL HOW do you make a small fortune on Broadway? Start with a large one. Of the seven commercial productions that closed last week or are playing their final performances this week, only two - "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Dance of Death" - have made a profit. Will Cattrall Take a Streetcar to Broadway in 2002? Stritch Does One More for the Public; Benefit Show is Jan. 9 Carrafa to Choreograph Flaherty-Ahrens Man at LCT; Previews Begin Sept. 12 NFL's Riggins is Running Back to OOB in Gillette, Feb. 6-March 2 Dinner Party Gets NJ Preem at Paper Mill Jan. 9-Feb. 10 OOB's Transport Group Visits Our Town w/ Veteran Teens, Feb. 9-March 3 Brutal Imagination Opens Jan. 9 at the Vineyard With Morton and Murphy 'Alternative Broadway Wall' to Open in Times Square Jan. 17 Aussie Musical, Prodigal, Gets U.S. Preem Feb. 26 by NYC's York Theatre Co. York Mufti Series With Rodgers as Focus Will Bounce From January to April Donald W. Johnston, a 42nd Street Orchestral Collaborator, Dead at 57 Report: Kate Burton to Be Elephant Man's Mrs. Kendal Chandler to Handle Lintel at OB's Soho Playhouse Thru April 14 Urinetown! to Have National Tour New La Lupe Staging Starts English Performances, Jan. 8 MaryLouise Burke to Repeat Role in Kimberly at MTC in 2003 Into the Woods Broadway Will Go � Dancing on the Journey Gail Bell, Veteran Stage Manager and Company Manager, Dead at 67; Memorial Jan. 14 Peter Filichia's Diary Readers cast their votes for songs by Irving Berlin and other greats as among the most beautiful ever heard on Broadway. New features on XM Radio: "Those Fabulous Flops" in which XM takes a loving look at shows that didn't do so well on the Great White Way. A current list includes songs from -- All American, Anyone Can Whistle, Assassins, Bring Back Birdie, The Civil War, Darling of the Day, Dude, The Human Comedy, Jennie, King of Hearts, Late Nite Comic, Magdalena, Merrily We Roll Along, My Favorite Year, One Night Stand, Parade, Pickwick, Rags, Rex, Shelter, Side Show, So Long 174th Street and Starmites. You will hear this feature on an average of 4-5 times a day with a song from each show, adding more shows as we go. Also, coming on Saturday and Sunday, the 19th and 20th, Program Director, Bill Schmalfeldt, will be hosting a special on the music of Kurt Weill -- "From Berlin to Broadway: The Curious Style of Kurt Weill." This Sunday (January 13th) on EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN we present "RECENT CD RELEASES AND RE-ISSUES" Shubert (LA) Wrecking Ball Party Photos by Steve Schalchlin posted at 1/9/2002 09:00:24 AM by James Marino | Item Link Tuesday, January 08, 2002 New Year, New Hope, New Friends Off-Broadway Boston Celebrates BC/EFA Monday, January 14 at 8pm at the Stuart Street Playhouse A favor? If anyone knows John Jeffrey Martin personally, can you have him contact me? Thanks. posted at 1/8/2002 12:30:58 PM by James Marino | Item Link Broadway spared snow amid post-holiday blues Though climate was mild, closings hurt B.O. Every blizzard should arrive on Monday. As snow fell on Gotham Monday, Broadway producers could only give thanks that the storm did not arrive a day or two earlier and KO the weekend B.O. for the first session of 2002 -- which is what happened last year Darlin' Eileen An appreciation if the life and career of Eileen Heckart by Michael Buckley Peter Filichia's Diary Songs by Sondheim, Jones & Schmidt, Ahrens & Flaherty, etc. are included on readers� personal lists of the most beautiful songs ever to grace Broadway. Follow Spot A candid assessment of the work of some notable choreographers, writers, and actors turned directors. Christopher Ashley to Helm Seussical on the Road Tony-nominated director Christopher Ashley will helm the upcoming national tour of Seussical. Rent Becomes 15th Longest Runner in B'way History Burton on Board for Elephant Man; Graves Likely Berkoff Is Back Off-Broadway with a New Show Steven Berkoff is bringing his one-man show, Berkoff is Back, to 45 Bleecker for an eight week limited engagement. Hey, Look Him Over: Cy Coleman Releases New CD Jan. 15 Prior to Jan. 18 Carnegie Hall Gig Chelsea Playhouse Lights Nevelson Embers Jan. 23-Feb. 24 Off-Bway's Lark Meets Rosenthal's Bromius Beaujolais Jan. 16-21 Belber's Tape Starts to Unreel Off-Broadway, Jan. 8 Atherton and Schwartz Scale The Castle Off-Broadway, Beginning Jan. 8 Director Jacques Levy Returns with Bridge in Scarsdale, Jan. 18 Broadway Grosses: December 31 - January 6 $285,946 Vineyard to Be Swimming With Paulus-Weiner's Watermelons in Spring Belber's Tape Starts to Unreel Off-Broadway, Jan. 8 Harry Nederlander, Scion of Theatre Family and Birmingham Theatre Producer, Dead at 84 Character Actor Avery Schreiber, of 'Burns and Schreiber,' Dead at 66 Comedian Avery Schreiber Dies at 66 I worked with Avery about 10 years ago at the Jupiter Theater in Florida, where he was Artistic Director. I was in a production of Show Boat with him where he was Capt. Andy and I was 4th chorus boy on the right. There is no denying that he was out of control on the stage, but the audiences really ate it up. Obits are very factual, and don't really contain the important information. Isn't it interesting that the people who write obits do not really know who they are writing about? If I wrote Avery's obit, here's what I would mention. I felt that Avery was always about what he could give to anyone: laughter to the audience, knowledge and technique to his students, and his personal generousity to me and many others. He will be sorely missed. posted at 1/8/2002 08:59:17 AM by James Marino | Item Link Monday, January 07, 2002 Readers Choose Broadway�s Most Beautiful Songs by Peter Filichia posted at 1/7/2002 04:13:00 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link 'FANTASTICKS' VOYAGE by CHIP DEFFAA DWIGHT Eisenhower was president - and our current president was just shy of 14 - when "The Fantasticks" opened to far from enthusiastic reviews at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, in 1960. WRITER 'KABUL'S TOGETHER A RARE SHOW OF POLITICS by CLIVE BARNES January 6, 2002 -- There has always been political theater. Even Shakespeare gave his history plays a Tudor slant - probably to please, or at least not displease, good Queen Bess. 'SUMMER' FLING by CHIP DEFFAA January 6, 2002 -- Ryan Driscoll, who stars as Hermie in "Summer of '42" at the Variety Arts Theater, is the only 18-year-old carrying a musical in New York. Yes, Ryan is very talented and we hope to see lots of him in the future. But carrying the musical may be generous on a few fronts. 'Summer' stands on itself and the fact that he is 18 is not remarkable, especially in light of Laura Benanti really carrying Sound of Music a few seasons ago, on Broadway with much higher stakes, nonetheless. Christine Ebersole Takes Leave from 42nd Street I wonder why the story didn't lead with, "As first mentioned on Talkin'Broadway..." 2002 Grammy Award Nominations Announced Although there were nominations in over 100 categories for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, Broadway fans were waiting for the nominees in the Best Musical Show Album category. Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts Christine Ebersole takes a powder, Mufti puts Richard Rodgers on hold, and the great Eileen Heckart loses her battle with cancer. Going Down On the rebound from 9/11, downtown theater is buzzing with the beautiful and the bizarre. In our never-ending quest for educating our readers, we want to remind you that one can infact, break their coccyx. Please don't do that. It hurts. Christine Ebersole Exits 42nd Street for 8-10 Weeks Due to Snow, Atlanta's Actor's Express Delays doll plays to Jan. 12 Wait... Atlanta is not "points north and west of the city"... 29th Street Rep's Rescheduled Fool for Love Due Feb. 4 My Twelfth Night, or What I Will, One-Man Romp, Plays NYC Jan. 7 & 14 Page to Stage Edward Albee's Occupant at OB's Signature, Feb. 5-April 7 Rent Becomes 15th Longest-Running Show in Bway History Jan. 7 Dresser's Rounding Third Gets NYC Reading Jan. 7 with Wendt and McKinney Mills and Easton Go Bonkers for Bennett in Jan. 7 NY Public Library Readings PHOTO CALL: Much Ado about McIndoe: They're the Music Men Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: The Year in Movies Christine Ebersole Cancels January Shows at Arci's With Cavett Back, Rocky Horror Show Shutters Jan. 6 That headline is not really a "cause and effect" Wonder Will Cease Jan. 5 at MTC PHOTO CALL: Linda Eder Is Back on Broadway Dec. 30 PHOTO CALL: Linda and Frank: Wildhorn Toasts Wife Eder's Bway Concerts Dec. 30 Grizzard, Brustein, Colt Tapped for Theatre Hall of Fame, Jan. 28 Thou Shalt Stop on Jan. 6; Stroman-Connick Musical Ends on Bway posted at 1/7/2002 10:21:19 AM by James Marino | Item Link Sunday, January 06, 2002 New Performing Arts Charity To Start In Westchester posted at 1/6/2002 12:04:59 PM by James Marino | Item Link A New Scene in a Balancing Act LaChanze. Thanks to TB's jim for the link Soft launch posted at 1/6/2002 10:59:54 AM by the other James | Item Link Check out your newspaper for the I Love New York Theater brochure. (The brochure is not in the New York Post.) Sounding Better as Time Goes By Barbara Cook Not Afraid of Tears in a Tough Guys' World Ethel Merman: The Clarion Call 'Summer' Fling Ryan Driscoll Writer 'Kabul's Together a Rare Show of Politics Sondheim Kicks It Old Style as Poets Slam Steve at Joe's Pub, Jan. 6 Elaine Stritch's Off-Broadway Run Ends Jan. 6; Broadway Next See link above for information on a January 9 benefit Will Cattrall Take a Streetcar to Broadway in 2002? Will Struggling Actors Find 'It' on Bravo TV? Series Debuts Jan. 6 Reality TV and Theater !! Like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Sold-Out Little Ham Ends Off-Bway Jan. 6, But Dreams of Commercial Hog Heaven Also closing today: The less than sold-out Rocky Horror Show, Thou Shalt Not, and tick, tick.. 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