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Saturday, February 23, 2002 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAMES MARINO! posted at 2/23/2002 03:00:52 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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 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] ![]() ![]() The Signature Theatre Company is canceling performances of Edward Albee�s Occupant from February 23 through March 19. As we [Read More] ![]() ![]() �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] ![]() ![]() 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] ![]() ![]() Elaine Stritch At Liberty arrived on Broadway with a stack of glowing reviews from its off-Broadway incarnation. The piece ost...[Read More] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Filichia recalls Moose Murders with a mixture of awe and horror. (Wonder how Holland Taylor recalls it?!) ![]() ![]() With his tour of duty in Saigon ended, Will Chase shines as the new Jerry Lukowski in The Full Monty. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() posted at 2/23/2002 09:07:58 AM by James Marino | Item Link 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. posted at 2/22/2002 12:16:32 PM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() 'Color Purple' Set to Music by JESSE MCKINLEY
![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() [Gerard Alessandrini] ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() Tony Award winner Anna Manahan takes on a new role at the Irish Rep. by Michael Buckley ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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] ![]() ![]() 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] ![]() ![]() 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, 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. posted at 2/22/2002 07:15:21 AM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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! posted at 2/22/2002 06:07:28 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Thursday, February 21, 2002 Interesting item received:
Re South Pacific in London, all talk of moving it was dropped some weeks ago. There was conversation around moving it to the Adelphi; however, Chicago is staying there until the end of the year and then the Producers is going in there. Given Ben Brantley's negative review, it does not look like it will be coming here. posted at 2/21/2002 11:13:21 PM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() But really, how hard is it to look up 'jeff9981' on match.com? posted at 2/21/2002 09:51:12 PM by Catherine Skidmore | Item Link ![]() ![]() After Football, Acting, Rather Than Acting Out by ROBIN FINN [Thanks to David Gersten for this link!] posted at 2/21/2002 12:03:15 PM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() Hit Broadway show coming to T.O. next spring by Richard Ouzounian, Theatre Critic ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() REWRITING the old dramas in modern settings is one popular way to pump new life into them. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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] ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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] ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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... posted at 2/21/2002 07:11:49 AM by James Marino | Item Link Wednesday, February 20, 2002 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Non-Equity Cats play to tour houses. ![]() ![]() [Thanks to Andy Propst at AmericanTheater Web for this link!] ![]() ![]() 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!] ![]() ![]() 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? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() '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." ![]() ![]() Holiday weekend delivers healthy B.O. gain ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() Marian Seldes will replace Mary Louise Wilson in the upcoming Public Theater production of Ellen McLaughlin's Helen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Filichia recalls musicals that invoke the names of our chief executives and/or use them as characters. ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() Douglas Carter Beane directs a starry cast in Free to Be... You and Me for the Drama Dept. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() [BroadwayStars loves the Ergo Theatre Company] posted at 2/20/2002 08:45:09 AM by James Marino | Item Link Tuesday, February 19, 2002 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() Fest sparks D.C. tourism rebound ![]() ![]() 'Frasier' star to replace Ringwald on April 29 ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Occupant star Anne Bancroft will not return to the drama this week, as was previously expected. The actress...[Read More] ![]() ![]() 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] posted at 2/19/2002 07:10:46 AM by James Marino | Item Link Monday, February 18, 2002 ![]() ![]() posted at 2/18/2002 08:08:51 PM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() '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.) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() [Thanks for the link Leanna!] ![]() ![]() 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. posted at 2/18/2002 09:17:22 AM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anne Hathaway, a Vassar College student and actress, made her New York stage debut in "Carnival" at City Center two weeks ago. posted at 2/18/2002 07:36:22 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Sunday, February 17, 2002 ![]() ![]() With three plays in production, Edward Albee savors his 70's. ![]() ![]() Still underrepresented on TV, black actors are doing more exceptional work than ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() FEDERAL fraud fighters say Miss Cleo's psychic hotline is "permeated with fraud" - and they want to shut it down. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() posted at 2/17/2002 08:30:44 AM by James Marino | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! 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