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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

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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...


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

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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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