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Saturday, January 26, 2002 You must do your homework before you GRADUATE: Toronto Star: Graduating to stardom on the stage Toronto audiences get chance to sample Alicia Silverstone's many charms by Richard Ouzounian Toronto Star: Jason Biggs' expectations by Richard Ouzounian 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 --- Ron Taylor, Voice of Blues and a Plant, Dies at 49 Ads Suggest the Pitfalls Of Losing Art Education Peter Filichia's Diary Filichia thoroughly enjoys a new book about a now forgotten but once famous showbiz entrepreneur of the 19th century. Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts A trip to Town for Paul Newman, a possible new flight path for the FireBird, and a Game to play for Karen Ziemba. Patti LuPone Returns to Carnegie Hall Six Dance Lessons Delays Until Next Season The planned Broadway production of Richard Alfieri's Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, starring Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce, has been delayed until next season. Irwin Takes Over for Murray in The Guys Anne Nelson�s The Guys is extending its run at the Flea through February 9, except it is doing so without original star Bill Murray. Les Miz Celebrates a Record-Breaking Milestone Tonight Cast Set for Off-Broadway's Necessary Targets Shirley Knight, Diane Venora, Alyssa Bresnahan, Catherine Kellner, Sally Parish, Maria Thayer and Mirjana Jokovic are all set for the off-Broadway production of Eve Ensler�s Necessary Targets. Banderas to Make B'way Debut in Nine Next Season Shear, Emery & Stone Star in Smell of the Kill Claudia Shear, Lisa Emery and Jessica Stone will star in Michele Lowe�s The Smell of the Kill on Broadway. Fresh Face: Kate Blumberg by Paul Wontorek Havel's Largo Desolato to Open at NYC's Spring Theatreworks Jan. 30 PHOTO CALL: Carson McCullers, Take a Bow! PHOTO CALL: Schulman and Bacon Bring Carson McCullers to Life PHOTO CALL: Bacon and Stears Play On-Again Off-Again McCullers Grey House Releases Second "Performing Arts Directory" of Dance, Music and Theatre New Musicals Gold and Beach Radio Get NYC Readings Jan. 26 & 28 Actor-director Reggie Montgomery, a Vet of Public Theater, Dead at 54 Six Dance Lessons Postpones Bway to Next Season Yes Guv'nor: Pataki to Attend Bway's 42nd Street Jan. 25 In New Adaptation of 'Othello,' Meet Dessie, Jago and Cass, on PBS Jan. 28 Honk! Writers Drewe & Stiles Working on Two New Musicals PHOTO CALL: Taymor Takes in TFANA's Cymbeline Jan. 20 PHOTO CALL: Sher's Cymbeline Arrives in America Jan. 20 Bradley Spends '60 Minutes' With August Wilson Jan. 27 Mario Van Peebles and Treat Williams Read L.A. War Letters Jan. 29, Opening Feb. 17 Irwin Joins Weaver in The Guys at OOB's Flea, Jan. 29-Feb. 9 DIVA TALK: Peters sings R&H, Cook sings Sondheim, Lacey sings Gospel Report: Banderas to Play Guido in Roundabout Nine Revival, Jan. 2003 Shear, Stone and Emery Go in for The Kill at Bway's Hayes, March 5 For the month of February, XM Satellite Radio will run hourly tributes to the African-American performers who have graced Broadway with their talents from the 20s through today. If you know of performers who would like to participate in a two-hour feature called "The Great Black Way -- the African American Experience on Broadway" XM Satellite Radio Program Director Bill Schmalfeldt would like to record anecdotes about life as a Black actor or actress from those living the life -- established stars, up and coming talents, musicians, you name it. You can contact Bill at 202-380-4149. Off: Still the Sane, if Not Successful, Voice, Daria Bows Out I don't know... there seem to be more and more similarities between Catherine and Daria... What exactly has Billy Rosenfeld been doing for The Last Five Years? posted at 1/26/2002 08:15:55 AM by James Marino | Item Link Friday, January 25, 2002 A Busy, Early Spring on Broadway [Thanks to Cainebj at TalkinBroadway for pointing out the link!] posted at 1/25/2002 04:53:36 PM by James Marino | Item Link Obscene Jesters "Love Can Be a Dirty Joke!" The Immediate Theater Company is producing plays in The Club at HERE. Many of those involved are graduates of the theater program at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh meets New York). I caught this play last weekend and enjoyed it very much. I'm a little biased though, one of the actors is a former student of mine (doing my part to promote my friends). If you're interested in supporting new theater, with up and coming talent, at a good price, it's worth a look. Who Is Dan Rice? By: Peter Filichia posted at 1/25/2002 03:48:42 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link A sign of the apocalypse... Banderas is B'way bound with 'Nine'� Thesp to play Italo helmer in the midst of a midlife crisis Antonio Banderas will make his Broadway debut in a revival of the 1982 hit musical "Nine," based on Federico Fellini's classic "8 1/2." Road grosses� B.O. even; 'Graduate' 377g ON STAGE AND OFF: Lights Down, but Not Out by JESSE MCKINLEY For Musicals, Big and Brassy Gives Way to Small and Affordable by BRUCE WEBER An important question facing producers of emerging musicals: How big a show should this be? 'ROOF' CAN'T GET OFF GROUND by MICHAEL RIEDEL EVERYTHING about "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is up in the air.A much-touted London revival of the Tennessee Williams play was to have transferred to Broadway's Cort Theater this spring, with Brendan Fraser as Brick, Frances O'Connor as Maggie and Ned Beatty huffing and puffing as Big Daddy. PS - Broadway.com is back online. TDI to Present Broadway Festival January 28 On Monday, January 28, Theatre Direct International (TDI) will present the first annual Broadway Festival. Cooper and Uggams to Star in NYC-Bound Thunder Orfeh to Rock in Love, Janis Off-Broadway Broadway Grosses: One Hot Show John Leguizamo took three days off from Sexaholix... a love story last week to promote his starring role in the film Empire at the Sundance Film Festival. Michael Grandage to Head Donmar Warehouse Michael Grandage has been appointed the new artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse Theatre. Music Legend Peggy Lee Dies at Age 81 Music legend Peggy Lee died Monday, January 21 from a heart attack, according to The New York Times. She was 81. Follow Spot: It looks like Hugh Jackman will be barking for a Carousel at Carnegie Hall on June 6, with Audra McDonald along for the ride as Julie Jordan. Cabaret Notes: TV and stage star Tom Wopat muses on love in a bright, classy cabaret act. The Rodgers He Knew: Walter Willison, a Tony nominee for Two by Two, offers a corrective to Meryle Secrest's biography of Richard Rodgers. Will Les Miz Be a Television Movie Musical? Report: Notre Dame Composers to Debut Cinderella Musical Sept. 25 Bo Eason is the Runt of the Litter at OB's MCC, Jan. 31-March 10 Shanley, Birkenhead and Krieger Moving Forward on Bway Moonstruck Les Miz Hits Milestone Performance No. 6,138 Jan. 25, Topping Chorus Line Traffic Light Wunderkind Creates Comedy of Eros, Jan. 25-Feb. 17 Off-Bway The Civilians Plays Canard, Canard, Goose at HERE, Jan. 15-Feb. 17 No Nudes: PBS' "Women," May 29, Won't Show Tilly Out of the Tub Actress Wishin,' Hopin' Springfield Musical, See All Her Faces, Is a Triad Hit Jan 18-22 Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp Musical Project Begins Auditions in Toronto, Feb. 1 Queen Musical We Will Rock You Backed by Robert De Niro Robins and Cuccioli Star in Guthrie Antony and Cleopatra, Jan. 25-Feb. 24 The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret in NYC, Jan. 24-Feb. 24 The second sign of the apocalypse... Maybe Baby, It's Tori: Spelling Steps into L.A. Two-Hander Jan. 24-March 23 Mackintosh Says Oliver! Will Tour U.S. in 2003 Wilkinson, Mackintosh, Nunn, Kuhn, Mann and More Will Celebrate Les Miz Milestone Jan. 25 Nick Starr Appointed Exec Director for The National RSC Warned About Cost of Changes Luhrmann Working on Stage Versions of Ballroom and Moulin And possibly the film version of RENT? So rumors Ain't It Cool News. Robert Anderson's Silent Night Gets Rare Reading, Feb. 4 PHOTO CALL: It Started With a Dream: Coleman Plays Carnegie Hall PHOTO CALL: Sigh for Cy: Coleman Celebrated by Henderson, Dale, Isaacs, White Continuing Education: Randy Newman Tuner Has Reason to Live PBS Brings Broadway Home Jan. 23, Airing Tony-Winner 'Fosse' Rung Down: Berlin Hunchback to Close June 16; Disney Still Eyeing U.S. Stage and TV Versions Coming Soon: Debbie Does Workshop in March, Then OB Eyed BC/EFA to Don Its Easter Bonnet April 22-23 at Bway's New Amsterdam Berkoff is Back Off-Bway as a Killer, a Kook and a Canine, Jan. 23-March 10 Chelsea Playhouse Lights Nevelson Embers Jan. 23-Feb. 24 Ring Around Target Margin: Obie Winner Considers Wagner Jan. 23-Feb. 10 Yahoo TV: ABC courts Bierko [Thanks to Tim Dunleavy for the link!] Detroit Free Press: MSU takes plunge in waterless urinal Source material for the sequel? posted at 1/25/2002 07:15:02 AM by James Marino | Item Link Thursday, January 24, 2002 I am getting a ton of email regarding Broadway.com's missing site. I spoke with them yesterday on the phone and it seemed to be just a technical glitch. You can still access their website through the "theater.com" link [thanks Mike!], which made me curious. So I checked out the status of the domain "broadway.com"... It says: "Record expires on 06-Dec-2001." What does that mean? They didn't pay the $35 renewal fee. Perhaps someone should do that before some teenage porn spammer buys the domain? In regards to the NYTimes article about Araca (linked below by Matthew); if these three are the hope of Broadway... we all have a bright future. $600,000 in Grants to Help Downtown Arts Groups By ROBIN POGREBIN The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts on Wednesday announced $600,000 in emergency grants for New York City arts groups below 14th Street. Arts in America: Imitating Hollywood's Snippy Designer Road grosses� B.O. even; 'Graduate' 377g Road grosses slid by a small 1.6% during Week 33 (Jan. 7-13), dipping to $13,493,637. Holiday gives B'way B.O. a small boost� 'Sexaholic,' 'Producers,' 'Lion King' sell out shows Donmar to don A.D.� Grandage set to replace Mendes at theater Sweet fragrance gets new formula� Tinkering begins on tuner after mixed Chi reception Broadway Grosses: January 14-20 Just a note to producers out there: The WB Network's show "Nikki" was cancelled the other day. That means that Susan Egan may be available for your Spring project... get her now, while you can! [Thanks to Tim Dunleavy for the link!] There doesn't seem to be any truth to the rumor that Bea Arthur will go out on a National Tour of Rocky. But there is always the chance that she will take over in The Donkey Show. posted at 1/24/2002 09:01:33 AM by James Marino | Item Link Youthful Threesome Won Bet on 'Urinetown' By JESSE McKINLEY Three childhood friends from Cleveland have pulled off the unlikely feat of mounting a new Broadway musical while in their early 30's. Picking Up Static While Fine-Tuning a Play By BRUCE WEBER THEATER REVIEW | 'THE PHANTOM LADY': Mocking Social Custom Since the 17th Century By D. J. R. BRUCKNER Lighter-Than-Moli�re Update By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ Wilkinson, Mackintosh, Nunn, Kuhn, Mann and More Will Celebrate Les Miz Milestone PHOTO CALL: The Walton Family (With Mom Julie Andrews) PHOTO CALL: These Ladies Love Tony! PHOTO CALL: Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony: Lane, Sawyer, Tune, Ellis Honor Walton The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret in NYC, Jan. 24-Feb. 24 Mackintosh Says Oliver! Will Tour U.S. in 2003 posted at 1/24/2002 06:58:11 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Wednesday, January 23, 2002 The 50 Best Musical Stage Performances Reprised for Hollywood by Peter Filichia Michael Grandage to Head Donmar Warehouse Louis Gossett Jr. to Star as Billy Flynn in Chicago DVDs: Dancin' Man by Ken Mandelbaum Luhrmann Working on Stage Versions of Ballroom and Moulin posted at 1/23/2002 07:10:57 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link THEATER REVIEW | 'CARSON MCCULLERS (HISTORICALLY INACCURATE)': Calculating the Square Root of Sadness By BRUCE WEBER THEATER REVIEW | 'HOMECOMING': A Woman in Search of Mother By ANITA GATES SUPREME INSULT By MICHAEL RIEDEL STOP, in the name of Equity! Former Supreme Mary Wilson is the latest performer to incur the wrath of Actors Equity for agreeing to star in a non-union tour of a Broadway show. Fosse-Natin' � But Fidgety by David Bianculli Rung Down: Berlin Hunchback to Close June 16; Disney Still Eyeing U.S. Stage and TV Versions Ring Around Target Margin: Obie Winner Considers Wagner Jan. 23-Feb. 10 Chelsea Playhouse Lights Nevelson Embers Jan. 23-Feb. 24 Berkoff is Back Off-Bway as a Killer, a Kook and a Canine, Jan. 23-March 10 PBS Bring Broadway Home Jan. 23, Airing Tony-Winner 'Fosse' Report: Minnelli to Spend Honeymoon Touring Europe with New Show PHOTO CALL: Sigh for Cy: Coleman Celebrated by Henderson, Dale, Isaacs, White PHOTO CALL: Tape a Bow: Belber's Plays Opens OB Jan. 17 PHOTO CALL: Cut to Tape: Belber and Co. Celebrate OB Opening PHOTO CALL: Caught on Film at Tape: Modine, Hickey, Wong and Nixon PHOTO CALL: It Started With a Dream: Coleman Plays Carnegie Hall Broadway Grosses: January 14-20 posted at 1/23/2002 12:03:06 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Hollywood.com: Luhrmann to bring Moulin Rouge to Broadway posted at 1/23/2002 11:45:43 AM by James Marino | Item Link Tuesday, January 22, 2002 Letters: I've Heard That Song Before by Ken Mandelbaum DVDs: Spectacular Spectacular by Ken Mandelbaum posted at 1/22/2002 02:24:13 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link THEATER REVIEW | 'CYMBELINE': Shakespeare's Grab Bag, Globally Rendered By BRUCE WEBER "Cymbeline," now being brought delightfully to life by Bartlett Sher and the Theater for a New Audience, is a kooky grab bag of a play, a Shakespearean buffet. Skewering American Culture and Politics, in Evil Fun By STEPHEN HOLDEN Luhrmann's La Boheme to Open on B'way December 8 Roundabout's Picture Brings Home the Bacon Beginning Jan. 22 New Musical, Saving Anne, Gets Jan. 22 Reading in NYC Can I Quote You? Vandenbroucke's New Book Compiles Theatre Quotations Care Bears: Fifth Annual BC/EFA Auction is Feb. 10 at B.B. King's Hot Flash: Menopause the Musical Eyeing Off-Bway in March posted at 1/22/2002 10:52:34 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Monday, January 21, 2002 CNN: Carol Burnett's daughter dead of cancer LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actress, writer and musician Carrie Hamilton, daughter of actress Carol Burnett, died Sunday of cancer. She was 38. Carrie was in the national tour of RENT, playing Maureen. posted at 1/21/2002 02:25:09 PM by James Marino | Item Link The Easiest and Hardest Role in Musical Theater by Peter Filichia Scarlet Pimpernel on DVD? Anyone hear more information about this? posted at 1/21/2002 11:30:33 AM by James Marino | Item Link GOIN' TO �TOWN' by CHIP DEFFAA Before she ever auditioned for the part of Little Sally in "Urinetown, the Musical," Spencer Kayden showed producers a flash of the deadpan humor she would bring to the stage. The Age [Australia]: Disney to dazzle us with big productions The resurrection of the big musical is on the cards. Disney is opening an office in Australia in the belief that there's money to be made in the nation's love affair with big-ticket spectaculars. [Thanks to Leanna for the link!] Hartford Courant: `Opera' Producer Slows Down Cameron Mackintosh was the producer who made "Cats," "Les Miserables," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Miss Saigon" worldwide phenomena. A return visit of the national tour of "Phantom" to Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is an opportunity to catch up with world's most successful producer and chat on the phone from his office in London about blockbusters, the origins of "Phantom" and the worst idea for a musical that came across his desk. [Thanks to Leanna for the link!] Asian Week: Striking Gold in What�s Old, Flower Drum Song takes songstress to Broadway Feature on actress Jennifer Paz Barry Z interviews creators of Summer of '42 Will someone please make Barry Z take his medication? Chita Rivera to star in HELLO DOLLY! Shuberts Hoping Le Passe Muraille Will Reach Bway in Spring or Fall Congratulations to Scott Cain & Janet on their engagement! posted at 1/21/2002 08:48:42 AM by James Marino | Item Link Sunday, January 20, 2002 Plays That Leave the Audience Bullied by Words By MARGO JEFFERSON Three new works revel in their playwrights' love of language, but it's a love that can be overpowering. Carson McCullers: Bringing Her Gold Prose to the Stage By JONATHAN MANDELL GOIN' TO �TOWN' By CHIP DEFFAA Before she ever auditioned for the part of Little Sally in "Urinetown, the Musical," Spencer Kayden showed producers a flash of the deadpan humor she would bring to the stage. PLAY, PLAYER BOAST STAYING POWER By CLIVE BARNES How long can a play, or even a player, remain relevant? The question wandered into my mind after I saw the Atlantic Theater's sprightly staging of Harold Brighouse's amiable, 86-year-old North Country English comedy, "Hobson's Choice," starring the 64-year-old New York actor Brian Murray. Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers Opens Jan. 20 in NYC Open, Cymbeline! TFANA's Latest Takes First Offical Bows Jan. 20 Irish Rep Sweeps Up Streets of New York, Jan. 20 Turtle Goes Back in Its Shell at Mint, Jan. 20 Clinton, LaChanze and Wallace Leave Monologues, Jan. 20 Drama Desk Award Nominees Announced April 30, Awards Held May 19 Death Dances Once More, Downtown at Cocteau, Feb. 8 posted at 1/20/2002 08:18:56 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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