Chuck Jones, Bugs Bunny Animator, Dies at 89
Academy Award-winning animator Chuck Jones, who drew such beloved cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig, died at his home on Friday.

Capturing for Generations the Agony of a Single Day by BARBARA STEWART
Someday, a teenager may visit a museum, gaze at a dirt-encrusted briefcase found near ground zero and, for the first time, feel chilled by the reality of Sept. 11, 2001.

Her Road To Broadway
Singer Simone has clocked thousands of frequent-flier miles, but only recently has Egypt figured in her plans. Simone is the new Aida in the Elton John-Tim Rice musical about a love affair between an Egyptian soldier and a Nubian princess.

Mike Daisey's Doing Time at the Cherry Lane
Mike Daisey�s 21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com, which was included in last year�s NYC Fringe Festival, is coming to the Cherry Lane Theater. The play will begin performances at the off-Bro...[Read More]

Occupant Suspends Performances Due to Star's Illness
The Signature Theatre Company is canceling performances of Edward Albee�s Occupant from February 23 through March 19. As we [Read More]

The Feast of Snails Ends Run in London
�lafur J�hann �lafsson�s The Feast of Snails will end its run at the Lyric Theater on March 23. The play, which marked David Warner�s return to the London stage after a three-decade absence, ju...[Read More]

The End of an Era for Westbeth Theatre Center
When Bill Bailey�s Bewilderness plays its last performance at the Westbeth Theatre Center on Saturday, March 30, it will mark the end of era. A day later, on March 31, the producing organizatio...[Read More]

Critics Welcome Stritch Back to Broadway
Elaine Stritch At Liberty arrived on Broadway with a stack of glowing reviews from its off-Broadway incarnation. The piece ost...[Read More]

Noises Off? No - It's An Accident

Shaftesbury Theatre Working To Bring Back Umoja

Soprano Lesley Garrett Has Show Tunes on Her New CD, March 26

John Thaw, Britain's "Inspector Morse," Dead at 60

Oklahoma! Sweeps Into Broadway Gershwin, Feb. 23

Biographer to Re-Ember Nevelson w/ Post Show Talk-Back, Feb. 23

Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 23

Signature Suspends Occupant Feb. 23 But Bancroft Will Return March 19

Tony-Winner Ebersole Returns to 42nd Street March 12

Artsy 'Theater Talk' Features Hirschfeld and Spiegelman, Feb. 22

American Rep Abstains on Lysistrata, But Still Gets Cherry

Muscular Jazz of Sweet Smell of Success Wails in First Bway Preview Feb. 23

Taboo to Hold Late Night Shows

Buckley, Due in Buffalo Gal, Does Buffalo Concert; Tix on Sale Feb. 22

Savion and Lillias Inaugurate 'Black 2: Broadway,' March 10 at B.B. King's

Touring Babyface Musical Love Makes Things Happen Visits Chicago, DC, L.A. and NYC

New Production of Follies to Play Royal Festival Hall This Summer

John Thaw, Britain's "Inspector Morse," Dead at 60

DIVA TALK: From Drag to Rags

PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 16-22: The Goat, or Where Is Anne?

Report: The Color Purple to Sing on Broadway as New Musical

2001-02 Broadway Winter-Spring Schedule

Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia recalls Moose Murders with a mixture of awe and horror. (Wonder how Holland Taylor recalls it?!)

Follow Spot
With his tour of duty in Saigon ended, Will Chase shines as the new Jerry Lukowski in The Full Monty.

Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts
Jason Robert Brown�s The Last Five Years gets less personal, Elaine Stritch outshines Bea Arthur, and Peter Cincotti grows up quickly.

Of note: As promised by Theatermania last week, there is a new Regional Reviews section on TheaterMania. It can be found at the bottom of the home page, just below the NYC reviews.

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Friday, February 22, 2002

Blind Item: Broadway insider tongues are flapping wildly this morning...This Sunday's Times A&L -- the Broadway Spring Preview issue -- arrived in offices yesterday afternoon and there's not one mention of SWEET SMELL. Also all surprised by the length of ONE MO TIME article...

And another one:
Just so you know, THE PRODUCERS will not arrive in London before Fall 2003. CHICAGO is still going strong (actually stronger than ever) at the Aldelphi and there are no definite plans for THE PRODUCERS to replace CHICAGO.
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ON STAGE AND OFF
'Color Purple' Set to Music by JESSE MCKINLEY

"First and most famously, there was the Slip Heard Round the World, wherein an unknown extra fell off the stage � and into the headlines � near the close of "War and Peace" at the Metropolitan Opera. The extra, Simon Deonarian, was fired. Even worse, he was accused of overacting � by opera executives, no less."(My favorite passage of the morning.)

Legit duo take center stage
Ex-First Lady Clinton on hand as Jones roasts Weisslers
Let other legit producers have a big new Broadway hit. Barry and Fran Weissler had the major casting coup of Hillary Rodham Clinton joining them for the UJA Federation gala in their honor Monday night. The New York junior senator's speech and attendance at the Pierre Hotel certainly broke the mold of the-usual-suspects guest list of every other theater fund-raiser in memory.
And lets not forget that today is Barry's birthday. He is 40.

Nat picks up pace
Randall's group moves to Off B'way home
Tony Randall's nearly moribund National Actors Theater has a new home and a new lease on life -- but it's bidding goodbye to Broadway.

B'way's Sly Butcher Sharpens His Skewer
[Gerard Alessandrini]

OH, YOU KID!
By MICHAEL RIEDEL
NOTE to the Goat: Call your agent (Old MacDonald?) and your union (the ASPCA?) - your job's on the line.There's a big debate raging backstage at "The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?" - Edward Albee's new play about a man who falls in love with a goat - about whether or not the four-legged performer should appear on stage.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Tony Award winner Anna Manahan takes on a new role at the Irish Rep. by Michael Buckley

Report: Randall�s National Actors Theatre Moves Off-Broadway

Throw Pitchfork Plays at NY Theatre Workshop, Feb. 22-March 24

Topdog, with Def and Wright, Begins Rehearsals

HBO Spotlights Leguizamo's Sexaholix... at NYC's Beacon Theatre, Feb. 22-23

Nobody Does It Like Her: Jana Robbins Sings Cy Coleman at Arci's in NYC March 10-31

West Coast Premiere of Lobby Hero Opens Feb. 22 at SCR w/ Indie Filmdom's Corrigan

Actors' Fund to Salute Barnard Hughes, Feb. 25

Primary Stages Offers A Moment of Bliss, March 4 and 7

Jeffries and Black Reprise Roles as McMurphy, Ratched in Alley Cuckoo's Nest Feb. 22-March 23

Luker and Dvorsky Go on A Romantic Journey in CT Feb. 22-24

San Francisco Gets an Evening With Whorehouse's Ann Margret Feb. 22

Sing-Along Sound of Music Arrives in Houston Feb. 22-March 14

Cinderella and Her Mother: Benanti Does Double Duty in Into the Woods; Prepares Solo CD

Alix Korey Is New Mama Morton in Bway Chicago March 4

New York Theatre Workshop Postpones Churchill's Far Away To Next Season

PHOTO CALL: Love and Marriage?: Butz and Scott Star in The Last Five Years

PHOTO CALL: She Loves Him: Sherie Rene Scott Sings About The Last Five Years

PHOTO CALL: With This Ring: Norbert Leo Butz Stars in Brown's Last Five Years

Producer James B. McKenzie, Westport Country Playhouse's Shepherd, Dead at 75

Boy From Oz Workshop, with Jackman, Set for April 8-May 5

New York Cast Announced for 36 Views at Public

Gershwin Theatre Reconfigured to Suit Oklahoma!

Culture Clash's Retrospective AmeriCCa Plays on in Berkeley Through March 10

L.A.'s Alliance Rep Extends West Coast Premiere of Coyote on a Fence Through March 24

Campbell to Spend Saturday Night and More at Cafe Carlyle, Starting Feb. 26

National Actors Theatre Finds a Home Downtown
The National Actors Theatre (NAT), which has previously never had a home, has found one. The company has formed a partnership with Pace University, allowing it to take up residence at the school�s 655...[Read More]

Stars Come Out for Black 2: Broadway
Savion Glover, Lillias White, Billy Porter and Darius de Haas will perform in Black 2: Broadway at the B.B. King Blues Club on Sunday, March 10. The evening will be the first in a monthly showc...[Read More]

Cast Set for 36 Views at the Public
Richard Clarke, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Liana Pai, Larry Pine, Elaine Tse and Rebecca Wisocky will star in Naomi Iizuka�s 36 Views at The Public Theater. The play is scheduled to begin performances...[Read More]

Love Makes Things Happen to Hit Gotham
Love Makes Things Happen, the new musical by David Talbert and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, is coming to New York. The show will play the Beacon Theatre from June 11 through June 16.
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CRITIC'S CHOICE | 'ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY': A Production Writ Large, Like Its Subject and Star By BEN BRANTLEY

STRITCH WEAVES B'WAY MAGIC By CLIVE BARNES
SO formidable is Elaine Stritch - in appearance, voice and vibes - that she's the kind of person you might edge away from in an elevator.

Here's to the Great Lady Who Still Stops the Show by Howard Kissel
There have been persistent rumors that Elaine Stritch wants to do 10 performances a week of her one-person show, "At Liberty," but that there were fears the kind of ovations she receives might literally bring down the house.

Elaine Stritch at Liberty review by Charles Isherwood
Superlatives left over from last fall's batch of notices for Elaine Stritch's solo show may need to be pressed into service for its transfer to Broadway.

Elaine Stritch At Liberty Review by Ken Mandelbaum

The above raves for Elaine Stritch At Liberty are very well deserved (I hear rumors there's another one on Talkin' Broadway as well). The show has improved since its stint at the Public Theater, and fills out the Neil Simon Theatre perfectly. If you haven't seen it yet, you should waste no time (you only have until May 26!), and if you saw it Off-Broadway, you haven't really seen it!
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Thursday, February 21, 2002

Interesting item received:

Hmmm....
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I have nothing newsworthy to say.

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PUBLIC LIVES
After Football, Acting, Rather Than Acting Out by ROBIN FINN
[Thanks to David Gersten for this link!]
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Toronto Star: Madcap Mel produces musical
Hit Broadway show coming to T.O. next spring by Richard Ouzounian, Theatre Critic

Battery charges 'Purple' for B'way
Co. also signs with Henson for 'Noah's Ark'
Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" is the latest literary property-turned-movie to get the Broadway musical treatment.

NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD STORY by DONALD LYONS
REWRITING the old dramas in modern settings is one popular way to pump new life into them.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE HUMAN KIND by DONALD LYONS
A new, thrilling and dangerous American voice can be heard in Christopher Shinn's "Four," now having its off-Broadway premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Club.It's set in Hartford and Boston on the night of July 4, 1996, and presents four American lives balanced between independence and the ties that bind.

Broadway Grosses: They're Still Here
Two legendary performers saw strong showings at the box office last week. Bea Arthur and Elaine Stritch, neither a stranger to the Great White Way, returned to the New York stage with their much-bally...[Read More]

Dench and Smith to Star in New Hare Play
Dame Judi Dench will star opposite Dame Maggie Smith in David Hare�s Breath of Life in the West End. No director, dates or venue have been announced, though a September bow is likely.

Flower Drum Song Eyes October at the Virginia
The acclaimed Mark Taper Forum production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song will open on October 17 at Broadway's Virginia Theatre, according to Variety. Although a production...[Read More]

Peter Filichia's Diary
A survey of how often African-Americans have received or been nominated for Tony Awards as compared to Oscars yields some interesting facts and figures.

New Musical, Dracula � The Game of Love, Premieres in OH Feb. 21

Chocolate in Heat Returns to NYC, Feb. 21-March 10

Peter Brook Returns to Chicago with Le Costume, March 5-10

Future of Theatre Debated at National Theatre

Bookings Open for Callow as Dickens

Mercedes Ruehl Guests on "Rosie," March 6

Metamorphoses Transforms Into a Broadway Show, Feb. 21

Broadway's Hot Time Begins Previews, Feb. 21

Elaine Stritch at Liberty Opens on Broadway, Feb. 21

Forget Me Not: Vradenburg's Surviving Grace Starts at OB's Union Square, Feb. 21

Maggie Smith to Appear Feb. 20 on 'Charlie Rose'

Hal Linden, Back to Broadway, Makes NYC Cabaret Debut March 5-16

Third National Company of The Producers Will Play Toronto Spring 2003

Future of Theatre Debated at National Theatre

Royal Court's Ian Rickson Signs Up Again

John Lithgow Drops By "Rosie," March 7

Alan Alda Appears on "Rosie," March 5

The Music of Millie by Ken Mandelbaum

Letters: Pondering the Future of Gypsy, Carnival, and The Producers by Ken Mandelbaum

Misc things from Talkin' Broadway's All That Chat: jimnysf points out that The Graduate's website is now up and running... Ari noticed that something is up with The Actor's Fund website, looks like it has been hacked...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2002

Toronto Star: The Producers is coming to town by Richard Ouzounian

Toronto Star: Kitty Cats not the purrfect ticket by Richard Ouzounian
Non-Equity Cats play to tour houses.

Boston Herald: She's got a clue: Ambitious Alicia Silverstone brings plenty of energy to `The Graduate'
[Thanks to Andy Propst at AmericanTheater Web for this link!]

Washington Post: Understudy's Dream
Not Long Ago, Brad Oscar Was Santa in Missouri. Now He Stars in 'The Producers.'
[Thanks to Andy Propst at AmericanTheater Web for this link!]

An Extra's Unscripted Tumble From the Stage Is Roiling the Met by RALPH BLUMENTHAL
How did a French soldier retreating across frozen Russia in the finale of the Metropolitan Opera's premiere performance of "War and Peace" wind up in the orchestra pit?
This is article number 3 in the Times in a few weeks about a chorus person losing his footing... is there nothing else going on in the opera world? Isn't Linda Eder thinking of doing some Puccini?

Theater Review | 'Native Son': Chauffeur as Hero, Villain and Puzzle

Theater Review | 'Four': Getting Lucky Is Easy, but So Is Getting Lost

Powerhouse trio rules road
'Producers' set to join 'Lion,' 'Mamma' atop touring biz
At the midpoint of the 2001-02 road season, it's becoming clear that the American road biz, present and future, revolves around three pillars of box office granite: "The Lion King," "Mamma Mia!" and "The Producers."

Presidential payoff
Holiday weekend delivers healthy B.O. gain

'Flower Drum' to rebloom on Broadway
Musical's first major revival in Gotham to begin in October
I hope they have a very strong marketing plan. I can't think of anyone, except for the most die-hard musical theater fan, that is interested in seeing this. I am pretty shocked that it actually got a greenlight.

Post-'Modern Millie'?

Rotten Dates, Then Fig Leaf
In real life, bad things sometimes happen to good people. Not, however, in Christopher Shinn's "Four." "Four," which transferred from the Worth Street Theater, focuses on two teenagers. One is a 16-year-old boy, oddly named June, who has set up a date via the Internet with an older man, Joe, to whom he hopes to lose his virginity.

New Dates for Helen; Seldes Replaces Wilson
Marian Seldes will replace Mary Louise Wilson in the upcoming Public Theater production of Ellen McLaughlin's Helen.

Alix Korey Will Be Chicago's New Mama

'LIFE' HAS BREADTH by MICHAEL RIEDEL
BIG news out of London: Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, arguably the two greatest actresses treading the boards today, will co-star in "The Breath of Life," a new play by David Hare, this fall in the West End.

Atlantic Reading Series Features Carpenter, Goldberg, Parks

McLaughlin Reads Excerpts of Helen at Barnes & Noble, March 4

Cast of Public's 36 Views Talks About Play March 26

Zoinks! Scooby-Doo in Stagefright Live Tour Stops at Radio City, Feb. 20-March 3

Rappaport Reports to Paper Mill, Feb. 20-March 24, Before Benching at Bway's Booth

John Barrowman Makes NYC Cabaret Debut at Arci's Feb. 20-March 2

So Sioux Me: Magician Criss Angel to Get Hooked in Times Square, Feb. 20

Ill Mulgrew Cancels Feb. 19 and 20 Perfs of Tea

Broadway Grosses: February 11-17

Report: Millie U.S. Tour to Commence in Green Bay, WI

Fabulist and Tutor Win 2002 Richard Rodgers Awards

Astaire Musical Never Gonna Dance Will Likely Have Pre-Bway Stop

Kushner-Helmed Helen to Start OB March 19, Open April 8

London St. Nicholas Will Reach Off-Broadway

Mamma Mia! Goes Further Down Under to Brisbane and Sydney

Susan Stroman to Direct Film of Contact

Biographer to Re-Ember Nevelson w/ Post Show Talk-Back, Feb. 23

What's Pneu: Bancroft Still Sidelined from Albee's Occupant at OB's Signature

Leeves to Sweep Into Bway's Cabaret, April 29

Arthur Friedman, Noted Boston Critic & Professor, Dies at 66

Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia recalls musicals that invoke the names of our chief executives and/or use them as characters.

John Boy
Busy as a bee, John Barrowman makes his cabaret debut even as he prepares to star in Company at the Kennedy Center by Michael Portantiere

Follow Spot
Douglas Carter Beane directs a starry cast in Free to Be... You and Me for the Drama Dept.

Review: Bent

Review: Elaine Stritch: At Liberty

UDMA and Unity Join Forces for National Dance Week

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, featuring the music and lyrics of Stephen Schwartz
[BroadwayStars loves the Ergo Theatre Company]

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Tuesday, February 19, 2002

Jason Robert Brown Working on Solo Album, New Musical

My One and Only, Allergist�s Wife Featured in Cape Playhouse Season

New York City Students Invited to Write a Play!

Smith, York, Wagner and Sandy Sing for BC/EFA Benefit in San Francisco Feb. 25

Karamazovs' L'Universe Flies Into Berkeley April 12-May 19

Fisher Stevens and Byron Jennings to Parade in Steve Martin's Underpants, March 20-April 28

Mamma Mia! ABBA Returns to L.A. Sept. 17

Human Fireworks Light Up the Sky in MTC's Four, Opening Feb. 19

Mel B And Campbell Join London Monologues

Off-Broadway's Inverse Launches Reading Series with Corny, Feb. 25

Jeffries and Black Reprise Roles as McMurphy, Ratched in Alley Cuckoo's Nest Feb. 22-March 23

Charlotte Jones Writing New Play for Royal Court

Joan Rivers to Play London's Haymarket in April

Dames Maggie Smith And Judi Dench to Star in David Hare Play

All's 'Fair' for Brits
Oliviers laud 'Lady'; 'Kate' misses kisses
"My Fair Lady" was voted the fairest musical of 2001 at the 26th annual Laurence Olivier Awards on Friday, winning three -- including best musical production -- while a competing revival of "Kiss Me, Kate," with nine nominations (the most of any show), took none.

Sondheim putting it together
Fest sparks D.C. tourism rebound

Leeves welcomed to 'Cabaret'
'Frasier' star to replace Ringwald on April 29

THEATER REVIEW | 'TO YOU, THE BIRDIE!'
Racine's Pale Queen, Struggling With Racket Sports
By BEN BRANTLEY
Ph�dre has probably never looked sicker than she does in the Wooster Group's exhilarating dissection of Racine's tragedy.

Gossett Chose Boards Over Ball
Louis Gossett Jr. started his career as a New York Knick. Now he's going to star in "Chicago," but not as a Bull. Rather, he's about to appear as the singing, dancing, sleazy lawyer Billy Flynn in the musical comedy at the Shubert Theater.

News Beat: Bancroft Out With Pneumonia

Bancroft Out of Occupant Longer Than Expected
Occupant star Anne Bancroft will not return to the drama this week, as was previously expected. The actress...[Read More]

Did the Critics Welcome Bea Arthur on Broadway?
While she is undoubtedly best known for her roles on the small screen, Bea Arthur is also somewhat of a Broadway legend. Last night the septuagenarian diva officially made her long-awaited return to t...[Read More]
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Monday, February 18, 2002

USA Today: In celebration of Sondheim by Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
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Record Labels' Answer to Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed by NEIL STRAUSS
Record companies have said that it's the artists who lose with services like Napster. Under the labels' new Internet services, however, the performers still don't get a dime.

'Mamma' making second L.A. trip
Hoty to star in Abba musical's return
"Mamma Mia!," the musical based on the songs of Abba, will return to Los Angeles and play the Ahmanson Theatre for seven weeks beginning Sept. 17.

SING ME SPRINGER
'JERRY Springer: The Opera" - an improbable musical version of the TV spat show - has opened to rave reviews in London.
But will it include Jerry's recent foray into Phantom of the Opera? (I try not to be evil... I cannot help it.)

Talk Show Watch: Kevin Bacon on "Letterman," "The View"

Cast Completed for LCT�s Morning�s at Seven; Begins March 28

Africa Arts Theater Stages Othello, March 1-16

Ragtime, Carousel, Requiem to Launch International Musical Theatre Fest, Oct. 14-Nov. 3

L.A.'s Blank Readies Revised LaChiusa First Lady Suite w/ Jbara, Shindle, Newsome

St. Nicholas Comes To UK's Soho, Feb. 25-March 5

Louis Gossett Jr. is in Like Flynn at Bway's Chicago, Feb. 18-April 19

Homer's Odyssey Set to Transform at the St. Clement's

Jesus Hops the "El": Steppenwolf Opens Guirgis Play March 10

Actress Wishin,' Hopin' Springfield Musical, See All Her Faces, Is a Triad Hit Feb. 18-22

A Fan Meets a Diva in Mark Medoff's New Tommy J & Sally, Feb. 18-March 24 in DC

San Francisco Chronicle: The new face of theater Nontraditional casting has become the norm by Steven Winn, Chronicle Theater Critic
[Thanks for the link Leanna!]

Detroit Free Press: Her star rising, actress returns home by MARTIN F. KOHN, FREE PRESS THEATER CRITIC
Erin Dilly has her hands full keeping up with Nellie Forbush.
[Thanks for the link Tim!]

Heard from Michael Portantiere at Theatermania a few minutes ago that he is having major server problems. (We've all been there!) With their focus on theater in other cities necessitating changes on their front page, people have been jittery about the future of the site. Michael assures me it is nothing. Because of this, they're a bit behind in posing some new reviews, columns, etc. Charles Nelson's column did not go up on Friday as scheduled and, partly because today is a holiday, Filichia's Monday column will not go up today. Michael is really hoping to post all of the overdue stuff tomorrow.
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THEATER REVIEW | 'BEA ARTHUR ON BROADWAY': A Ceremony Lacking All Innocence By BEN BRANTLEY

QUEEN BEA By CLIVE BARNES
SHE enters, white hair gleaming, sits down imperiously in a wingback chair, crosses barefoot legs and calmly proceeds to give what sounds like a very succulent recipe for leg of lamb.

Not Nearly What It Could Bea by Howard Kissel

Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends Review by Ken Mandelbaum

Bea Arthur on Broadway Theatre Review by Thomas Burke

Anne Hathaway: An A for Aplomb On Stage By JESSE McKINLEY
Anne Hathaway, a Vassar College student and actress, made her New York stage debut in "Carnival" at City Center two weeks ago.
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Sunday, February 17, 2002

Albee All Over, or a Wealth of One by MEL GUSSOW
With three plays in production, Edward Albee savors his 70's.

Amid a Long Drought, a Flowering of Talent by HAL HINSON
Still underrepresented on TV, black actors are doing more exceptional work than ever.

Anne Bancroft Finds Her Own Way Back

Getting Past a Character's External to the Despair Inside

Process: Wanted: Poster With a Bit of Goat

FEDS PREDICT MISS CLEO IS PSYCHIC FRAUD
FEDERAL fraud fighters say Miss Cleo's psychic hotline is "permeated with fraud" - and they want to shut it down.

Bea Opens On Broadway Feb. 17

Five New Musical Theatre Writers and Three Organizations Honored at 2002 Larson Awards

Composers and Librettist Invited to Try Their Musical Futures At UK's Greenwich

Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Scottish Rites and Oscar Snubs

QED, with Alda, Returns to Beaumont, Feb. 17

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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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