THEATER REVIEW | 'GOLDEN BOY'
A Dated Musical Whose Music Is Never Out of Date
By BEN BRANTLEY
Precious things lose their luster fast in "Golden Boy," the 1964 musical inspired by Clifford Odets's hit drama of 1937.

Here's to You, the New Robinsons (Mrs. and Miss)

Time for Boxing Revival
"Golden Boy," the 1964 musical based on Clifford Odets' Depression play, is one of those Broadway curiosities that are perfect for the City Center Encores! series.

Toronto Star: You're doing fine, Oklahoma!
In hands of director Trevor Nunn, the classic musical is a Broadway triumph by Richard Ouzounian
Four Stars. Once again, Richard and I agree 100%.

Golden Boy
Reviewed by David Finkle

Tunes and Tomes
To celebrate the return of Oklahoma! to Broadway, Michael Portantiere reviews some of most notable recordings of the score.

Photo Op: OKLAHOMA! opening - Photos by Bruce Glikas

Swoosie Kurtz and Tim Robbins Take On The Guys
Swoosie Kurtz and Tim Robbins will be the next stars of Anne Nelson�s The Guys. The new cast will perform in the two-person play from April 2 through April 19.

Was Oklahoma! OK with Broadway Critics?
Broadway theatergoers have been waiting to see Trevor Nunn and Susan Stroman�s take on Oklahoma! for a few seasons now. The pr...[Read More]

Come Fall, Seussical Will Launch in Indy

Larry Kramer's David Drake Honored by Film Archives March 27

South Coast Rep Premieres Greenberg, Nottage, New Theatre

Elton John Celebrates Aida's Birthday

Drama Dept. Reads New Beane Musical Lysistrata Jones in Spring

Aida Tops List of Dutch Nominees

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 23

Rich Little's Presidents Gets Video Production and Aims at Fall 2002 Tour

Jane Alexander Is Mrs. Alving in DC Shakespeare's Ghosts in 2003

Spacey, McKellan, Lane, Jackman, Smith Will Present at Oscars March 24

Cameron Mackintosh Appears on "Theatre Talk" March 22

Daphne Rubin-Vega Sings at Joe's Pub, March 22

PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 16-22: Oklahoma!, UK!

Will Oscar Like "Moulin Rouge" and Boheme Designer Catherine Martin?

DIVA TALK: LuPone's "The Top,' Peters Is "#1" and More

Madonna Cancels Matinees for West End Debut

Jude Law Injury Cancels London Faustus Performance

Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group and Clear Channel Team Up

Straughan's Bones Opens at London's Hampstead

Liza Minnelli and Gest Victims of Attempted Robbery

Did y'all see Reidel get bitch-slapped by Cameron last night on Theater Talk? They may be able to sell that video tape as a fund raiser! Of course, I still love Reidel.
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THEATER REVIEW | 'GOLDEN BOY': A Dated Musical Whose Music Is Never Out of Date By BEN BRANTLEY
Precious things lose their luster fast in "Golden Boy," the 1964 musical inspired by Clifford Odets's hit drama of 1937.

It's A-Bout Time For Boxing Revival By HOWARD KISSEL
Golden Boy," the 1964 musical based on Clifford Odets' Depression play, is one of those Broadway curiosities that are perfect for the City Center Encores! series.

CDs: Reviewing the Situation by Ken Mandelbaum

Here's to You, the New Robinsons (Mrs. and Miss) By FRANK BRUNI

Come Fall, Seussical Will Launch in Indy
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Friday, March 22, 2002

Golden Days by Peter Filichia
posted at 3/22/2002 04:17:46 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Oklahoma!
Review by Charles Isherwood

It appears that in this topsy-turvy Broadway season -- surprisingly high in quantity and depressingly low in quality -- even the sure things aren't so sure anymore. Witness the strange fate of Trevor Nunn's acclaimed revival of Oklahoma!, first produced in 1998 in London at the National Theater and long awaited on Broadway. Some of the magic seems to have evaporated from the production as it sat on the shelf. It remains a stylish and thoughtful staging that throws into relief some of the deeper currents in the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic; it dares to search for the richer beauty to be found in cloudy skies than sunny ones. But the odd irony is that it feels less authentic, less naturally jubilant and less moving on Yankee turf than it did on the London stage.

THEATER REVIEW | 'OKLAHOMA'
This Time, a Beautiful Mornin' With a Dark Side
By BEN BRANTLEY
In their freshly reconceived version of "Oklahoma!" the director Trevor Nunn and the choreographer Susan Stroman find rushing erotic currents in the frontier spirit.

AP: Quaint 'Oklahoma!' Revival Arrives

Oklahoma!
Theatre Review by Thomas Burke

Oklahoma!
Reviewed by Ken Mandelbaum

Newsday: This 'Oklahoma!' Is Too Okeyfolky
by Linda Winer

Oh, What A Revival Of A Prairie Classic!
When you leave the Gershwin Theater after Trevor Nunn's thoughtful production of "Oklahoma!", you see above the doorway one of the phrases from the show that have become part of common speech: "We know we belong to the land..."

EVERYTHING'S GOIN' ITS WAY by CLIVE BARNES
OH what a beautiful musical! Rodgers & Hammerstein's incandescent collaboration, "Oklahoma!" - a hymn to the magic of the land, the humor and humanity of people, and the simple potency of love - came up spanking new and gleaming at the Gershwin Theatre last night.

Oklahoma!
Reviewed by Barbara & Scott Siegel
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ON STAGE AND OFF
Turned Down by a Dirty Town by JESSE MCKINLEY

Theater Review | 'The Rise and Fall of Timur the Lame': A Warlord as a Puppet (Literally)

Music from 'Oklahoma!'

Follow Spot
Vanessa Williams attempts opera, John Raitt revisits Carousel in a new role, and Stephen Sondheim is keeping lots of people gainfully employed.

Two for the Road by Barbara & Scott Siegel

Everything is Albee
Edward Albee talks about his legendary career and his continued popularity.
by Leslie (Hoban) Blake

Justin Time
Justin Bohon swings a rope, woos Ado Annie, and lives the Broadway dream in the new Oklahoma!

Crix may miss Bancroft perf
'Occupant' sold out, yet unreviewed
Anne Bancroft's much anticipated return to the New York stage in a new play by Edward Albee could conceivably go unreviewed. The Signature Theater has announced it will not make critics' tickets available for the truncated but very sold-out run of "Occupant."

'Shrew,' 'Savages' set for Yale Rep stagings
Bundy helms satire on poets Plath, Hughes

Life Through a Shot Glass, Darkly

Photo Op: Photo Op: GRACE's opening - Photos by Bruce Glikas

Photo Op: Pics: NOTHING LIKE A DAME - Photos by Bruce Glikas

Q&A: PROOF's Josh Hamilton

Hillary Rodham Clinton Onboard for "Necessary Talk"
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Lucky Duck Productions CEO Linda Ellerbee, PBS CEO Pat Mitchell and playwright Eve Ensler will conduct a discussion following Sunday�s matinee performance of Necessa...[Read More]

Complete Cast Set for Hollywood Arms
Michele Pawk, Donna Lynn Champlin and nine-year-old newcomer Sara Niemietz will star in the Goodman Theatre production of Hollywood Arms alongside [Read More]

Marti Pellow to Join the London Cast of Chicago
Singer Marti Pellow, of Wet Wet Wet fame, is joining the West End production of Chicago for a 15-week limited engagement. He will begin performances in the role of Billy Flynn on June 10, accor...[Read More]

Randy Harrison to Make NY Stage Debut at MCC
Queer as Folk�s Randy Harrison is set to star in A Letter From Ethel Kennedy at MCC Theater, according to a production spokesperson. Anita Gillette, Jay Goede and Bernie McInerney will a...[Read More]

Critics Weigh In on Jude Law's Doctor Faustus
Before he found Hollywood success, Jude Law was best known for his stage work. On Monday the Tony nominee officially returned to the stage when he opened in Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus...[Read More]

COMIC ALAN KING'S AS GOOD AS GOLDWYN
By DONALD LYONS
ALAN King, dressed with Savile Row elegance, sits behind a monster desk, dismisses a compliant secretary, and tells us stories of a rich and crowded life.

Dame 2002 Raises More Than Quarter Million for Women's Health Initiative

Medea, Macbeth and Musical Cinderella Merged Into One Text at Yale in Fall 2002

Trinity Rep 02-03 Season Includes New Hwang Musical, Wilder, Churchill and Frayn

Full Monty's Westenberg, Woods Bare All for Boston, DC, San Fran, Japan

EST Reveals a Secret Order Off-Broadway, April 4-28

Drama Dept. Reads Busch and Beane in Spring

TV's Tori Spelling Extends in L.A. Maybe Baby to April 27

Costumer Aldredge, Wig Master Huntley Awarded Sharaff Awards March 22

NYC's Vineyard Is Swimming With Watermelons in Paulus Music Theatre Piece March 22

Lillias White Sings Jazz & Broadway at Feinstein's

San Fran's ACT Premieres New Wellman-Lang Music Theatre Piece w/ Migenes March 22-24

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 22

Swoosie Kurtz and Tim Robbins Head Up The Guys in NYC, April 2-19

Kleban-Winner McKelvey is Shaping New Musical About Sculptress Camille Claudel

Greenberg's Take Me Out Is Uncloseted in UK June 20 Prior to NYC Public Theater Run

Greenberg's Take Me Out is Uncloseted in UK June 20 Prior to NYC Public Theater Run

Hillary Clinton Takes Part in Necessary Targets Post-Show Talk, March 24

Jane Curtin Joins Paul Newman in Westport Our Town

Blair Brown, Florence Lacey and Michael Hayden Join Sondheimfest in D.C.

Into The Woods' Gleason Helms Gorman's Letter at MCC, April 30-May 25

Michele Pawk Joins Cast of Goodman's Carol Burnett Play Hollywood Arms

Producer Bronfman Waltzes Into Bway-Bound Never Gonna Dance

Miller's Minneapolis Blues Has Broadway Hopes

PHOTO CALL: Chicago, Oklahoma!?: Van Outen Parties With Gabrielle

PHOTO CALL: Merry Murderesses: Goodwin Welcomes Van Outen to Chicago

More Plays to Be Broadcast on UK's Radio 3

London's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Host Gala for Children

Royal Shakespeare Company Appoints Enterprise Chief

Star-Studded West End Gala Benefits Children

Marti Pellow Set to Star in West End Chicago

Leonard Gershe, Butterflies Are Free Playwright, Dead at 79

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Everything's cricket with AIDA,' chirps co-creator Rice
[Thanks to Leanna for the link!]
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Thursday, March 21, 2002

'Folk' hero Harrison signs for 'Letter'
Thesp to make N.Y. bow
Randy Harrison ("Queer as Folk") will make his Gotham stage debut in "A Letter From Ethel Kennedy" at MCC Theater.

Starry West End Youth Faces the Critics
Late last week up-and-coming American film stars Hayden Christensen, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Paquin made their West End stage debuts. The starry triumvirate opened an eight week limited engagement in...[Read More]

Wilkinson Confirmed for Les Miz in China
It was all the way back in January when we first reported that [Read More]

Salem to Play Mind Games in West End
Mentalist Marc Salem is returning to the West End with Mind Games. The show will hit the New Ambassadors on April 30 for a limited engagement through June 10.

Urinetown Ready to Hit the Road
Those who are shocked that Urinetown, a Fringe hit a couple of seasons back, is actually on Broadway may be even more start...[Read More]

Rocky Mountain High: John Denver Musical, Almost Heaven, Begins March 21 in Denver

Bamman Stars in Shakespeare, Moses, and Joe Papp in MD, April 3-May 5

Oh, What a Beautiful Evenin'!: Oklahoma! Opens on Broadway
"The Gershwin is as intimate as it has ever been," a spokesman said drily.

Untimely Ripped Is Killing Jar Jar Off-Broadway April 4-28

Classic Stage Sees Steve Martin's Underpants March 21

Ping Chong Premieres Ghostly Obon at Seattle Rep April 8-May 18

Luker, Naughton, DeLaria & Noll Among Wall to Wall Cast at Newly Reopened Symphony Space

Bancroft Due Back in Off-Bway's Occupant, Albee's Latest, March 21

The National Theatre's Humble Boy Extends to June 1

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 21

Springsteen Musical Drive All Night Awaits The Boss' OK Following March Workshop

Before Urinetown Kick-off, San Fran's ACT Does Stoppard, Lackawanna

Actress Rosetta LeNoire, Champion of Nontraditional Casting, Dead at 90

Second Stage Deals Mamet-Helmed Ricky Jay: On The Stem, April 9-June 9

London's National Theatre Announces Lyttleton Plans

Buckingham Palace Awards Top Honors to Actors

London's Almeida Begins Cheapside Tour March 20

Joey McKneely Tapped as Choreographer for Boy from Oz Workshop

One Day More! Colm Wilkinson Returns to Les Miz in Chinese Premiere, June 22-July 7

Jason Robert Brown, Lori McKelvey Earn 2002 Kleban Awards

James Naughton Makes N.Y. Cabaret Debut, April 16

Alan Cumming Lands NBC TV Pilot

Leonard Gershe, Author of 'Butterflies Are Free,' Dies at 79

Pop Review | 'The Broadway Musicals of 1933': A Musical Return to 1933, When Mackie Was in Town
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Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Blind email received:

As someone who worked on "One Mo' Time", I have some insight as to why the show's closing. Put simply, the producers ran out of money. They budgeted the show at $2.4 million, a strategy that would work only if they did very little advertising and got a rave review from the NY Times. The first ads (even ABC listings) didn't appear until the show was loading into the theater. Trying to build word-of-mouth, they gave away literally thousands of free tickets at both previews and regular performances (700 on just one night last week), while deciding not to sell tickets through TDF, and to sell only limited quantities at the TKTS booth. When the Times review didn't give them the boost they expected, they didn't have the reserves to keep the show going until Tony nominations came out (which it surely would have gotten plenty of). So why didn't they open the show later in the season? Why did they budget so low in the first place? Why didn't the New Yorker, Newsweek, and Time (among others) review the show at all? Why aren't the black church groups coming to see the show? I don't know the answer, but everyone at the theater (cast, crew, and house staff) was absolutely blindsided by the closing notice. Even Vernel Bagneris was one of the last to hear the news (well after the news was posted on the internet). Why would anyone spend $150,000 for a full-page color ad in the Times and then close the show without waiting a decent amount of time to see if it was going to generate sales? Management had to have known the day after the Times review that they were going to have to depend on their reserves, yet they didn't invite Tony voters until just yesterday. The only people who can answer these questions are Michael Ritchie and Albert Poland, and they aren't saying. The company was expecting some kind of meeting/cry session/whatever with the producers Tuesday night, but management stayed well hidden. Probably a good thing, because (as one crew member remarked) there would've been a riot if there had been a meeting. Rumor has it that even Gerald Shoenfeld called the theatre asking what was going on. The audiences are still cheering and having a grand time, it's just absolutely criminal that the show was mismanaged to an untimely death.
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Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia is there as Dean Jones, the original Bobby in Company, is honored by his fellow Alabamans.

Toronto Star: The not-so-sweet smell of movie brought to stage by Richard Ouzounian
I saw SSS last night as well. Just a few comments... I was appalled by the number "Dirt". It is so unbelievable that people would stoop so low to discuss nothing but gossip with no substance! BTW - I noticed that there was no BC/EFA curtain speech/appeal. Was Patti in the audience? (Patti Plansker, I went to high school with her. Who did you think I meant?)

New York Observer: Welcome to My Pew by Rex Reed

[Thanks to Michael Colby for pointing this article out.]
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For Arts Space, Shabby Charm Turns Sleek
By DINITIA SMITH
Symphony Space, that touchstone of culture on the Upper West Side, will reopen on April 8 with two theaters, a new cafe and new offices.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
All-Black Casts for 'Porgy'? That Ain't Necessarily So
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Perhaps the time has come for the Gershwin estate to end its casting directive that "Porgy and Bess" be performed by an all-black cast.

Theater Review | 'Bewilderness': Facing the Word's Absurdity, Fortified With an Ocarina

Theater Review | 'The Master Builder': Laying a Firm Foundation for His Own Destruction

'Urinetown' hits road
Tour begins in San Francisco in 2003
"Urinetown" is beginning to look like the little tuner that could. Greg Kotis and Mark Hoffmann's unlikely hit musical about a drought-inflicted city whose citizens are charged a fee to pee is now a national tour.

Guthrie skeds August bow for Miller's 'Blues'
Play to run Aug. 3-Sept. 8

B.O. weathers warm winter
Sales keep tix moving, but tax plan still waits in wings

B.O. up; 'Meta' 228g

Gonna dance

Biz off; 'Phantom' $1.2 mil

Blair Brown to Star in Night Music at Kennedy Center
Blair Brown is set to play Desiree in A Little Night Music at the Kennedy Center, according to The Washington Post. As we [Read More]

Tony Voters Get One Mo' Week to See Show
In a surprising last minute move, producers of One Mo� Time have decided to invite Tony voters...[Read More]

Broadway Grosses: Topdog's an Underdog
Three 2002-2003 shows were at under 40% attendance last week, a frightening statistic. One Mo� Time, which has been consistently [Read More]

Patti LuPone to Revisit Anything Goes for LCT Gala
Patti LuPone, Howard McGillin and Linda Hart, who all starred in Lincoln Center Theater�s 1987 Tony Award-winning revival of Cole Porter�s Anything Goes, will reunite for a benefit performance...[Read More]

SAVING 'GRACE'
By BILLY HELLERON
ONE week after its opening was soundly trashed by the critics, off-Broadway's "Surviving Grace" is somehow, well, surviving.

North Shore Music Theatre in MA Has Ragtime in the Round, May 14-June 2

Taper's Next Step Nurtures Loomer, Loh, Mapa and Culture Clash March 29-April 21

Petula Clark Comes to VHS and DVD on March 26

Blessing's Black Sheep Flocks North to Barrington Stage Come Summer

PBS to Broadcast Porgy and Bess March 20

Island, Rivera, Esparza Features in Trio of BC/EFA Benefit Concerts

Moses, Cahoon Head Cast of York's Mufti Concert of By Jupiter, April 5-7

PHOTO CALL: Brad Oscar Gets Hung Up at Sardi's

Gould and Kane Awaken in Chayefsky's Middle of the Night in L.A. March 20-24

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 20

Frisch's Andorra Explores a Dark World of Prejudice, Off-Bway April 2-28

Urinetown Will Spill Into North America, on National Tour June 2003

Colin, Cox, Countryman and Gerroll Roam MTC's House & Garden

PHOTO CALL: There is Nothing Like These Dames!

PHOTO CALL: Dames and Divas

PHOTO CALL: Chita Rivera and Phyllis Newman Celebrate Their Dame-dom

PHOTO CALL: Honorary Dames: James Naughton and the Tonys

Adams, Rebhorn and Robards Increase Miller's Luck on Broadway

Tovah Feldshuh Lifts US Premiere of Kilt in NYC, April 6

Donna Murphy Is Helen, Launching March 19 at The Public

PHOTO CALL: Marquee Idols: They're The Producers, Henry and Steve!

The Inland Sea to Set Sail in April in East London

Kenneth Branagh's Richard III Debuts in London

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Into London's Palladium

Broadway Grosses: March 11-17

At Starry Dames, There Was Nothin' Like Bernadette, Chita, Bebe and Audra

A Miller and a Martin Premiere During Guthrie's 2002-2003 Season
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Tuesday, March 19, 2002

Yahoo News: Sebastian Bach Arrested For Drugs, Threats In Bar Scuffle
Those damn rowdy Broadway performers...

In other news, it seems that cooler (smarter?) heads have prevailed over at One Mo Time as they have now invited Tony voters to fill some empty seats in an effort to garner some support... good to know that they read BroadwayStars...
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Theater Review | 'The Kings of the Kilburn High Road': Five Irishmen in London, Holding Forth About Home

Music Review | 'Prodigal': An Australian's True Self Comes Out in the Big City

'One Mo' Time' to Close

Previews prime B.O.
'Graduate' entry pumps up B'way
More shows, more theatergoers, more B.O.

Photo Op: Nathan & Matthew say goodbye - Photos by Bruce Glikas

Is One Mo' Time Out of the 2002 Tony Race?
As reported earlier today, One Mo� Time<...[Read More]
As read on BroadwayStars yesterday...

Sondheim Fest Casting Update
John Dossett, Michael Hayden, Florence Lacey, Hugh Panaro and Mary Beth Peil are set to appear in the Sondheim Celebration at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, according to a...[Read More]

Cabaret Hotspot Arci's Place Closes Its Doors
Arci's Place, the cabaret venue that has played host to many Broadway stars, has closed its doors. Owner John Miller was forced to out of the space at 450 Park Ave South because of the high cost of re...[Read More]
As read on BroadwayStars last week...

Berkeley Rep's Homebody Will Stick Around Two Extra Weeks, to June 23

MCC Celebrates Sweet 16 with LuPone, Gleason, Ebersole & Butz, April 8

Bogardus To Send a Letter to His Love in MA Sept. 3

Greenberg Will Dazzle South Coast Rep March 26-April 28

Hi, Producers: Henry Goodman and Steven Weber Join Mel Brooks Smash March 19

Robert Goulet and Amanda Watkins Join Touring South Pacific March 19

Beat the Drums: Here Comes Thoroughly Modern Millie's Previews Now

Cabaret Toasts Its 4th Year on Broadway March 19

Songwriter Roger Edens' Melodies Linger for Added Shows in NYC, March 19 & 26

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 19

Perfect Blendship: Anything Goes Concert Reunites LuPone & McGillin, April 1

Bancroft Will Occupy Signature Occupant March 20

PHOTO CALL: It's Curtains for Lane and Broderick

PHOTO CALL: Flowers from Mel and Susan

PHOTO CALL: Matthew Broderick and His Two Partners

Off-Bway's Surviving Grace & Necessary Targets Lead Panel in NYC March 18

Report: Luhrmann's La Boheme To Tear Up Broadway

Julie Harris Feted by Friends at Lincoln Center March 18

Bway's One Mo' Time Plays One Last Time on March 24

LuPone, Gallagher and Noises Co. Add April 14 Show to Benefit Actors' Fund

PHOTO CALL: Take a Bow, Mr. Goldwyn

PHOTO CALL: Way to Go, Goldwyn! Alan King Opens Off-Broadway

PHOTO CALL: Something's Funny, Mr. Goldwyn: Carl Reiner and Billy Crystal

PHOTO CALL: Something's Funny, Mr. Goldwyn: Plummer, Saks and Granger

Audra McDonald Will Sing at Carnegie Hall Nov. 2; Lands TV Pilot

Megan Mullally Stars in Feydeau-Fueled He Hunts in L.A., April 9-May 19

Edward Hall's Constant Wife Announces Cast for London Debut

West End Mamma Mia! Sells Two Million Tickets

London STAR Conference Discusses Credit Card Fraud

Jeremy Kushnier Joins Aida Tour March 27 in Boston

Arci's Place Shuts Down On Park Avenue, Plans to Move to West Side

Toronto Star: Inventive musical rises above its production
The Last Five Years highlights its major talents by Richard Ouzounian
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Monday, March 18, 2002

ONE MO TIME is not going to be Tony eligible. They are aware of it. They did not invite the Tony voters and they are not going to invite them or even accomodate them.
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One Mo' Time to Perform One Last Time March 24
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The Sensitive Scalpers by Peter Filichia
Four months after the plan went into effect, Filichia finally lets off steam about The Producers� $480 tickets.
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Andy Propst of American Theater Web pointed out this article to me. It is important enough to share with you as this morning's lead. I hope that the Times and Variety have enough sense to write about this in the future as well.

Newsday: No Women for All Seasons by Linda Winer

American Theater Web: NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS THEATRE PROGRAM
REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN: A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT?

Guerrilla Girls
[Activist organization for women in the arts.]

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THE NIGHT FOR 'DAME'
By BARBARA HOFFMAN
The St. James Theater had better have a lot of dressing rooms because it's about to be overrun. By dames.

Foundlings Wrapped in a Green Mystery

O.K., They're Actors, Not the Producers

TV Review | 'Mark Morris Dance Week': Unrushed Tour of Dance, Courtesy of Mark Morris

Toronto Star: Albee's Goat is hard to get by Richard Ouzounian

Toronto Star: Ancient tales of love and loss strike deep chord in New York by Richard Ouzounian

For those who missed it the first time, TLC will air a primetime "encore" (nee: rerun) of WEDDING STORY (Patrick Page and Paige Davis) this coming Saturday the 23rd (after TRADING SPACES) at 9PM Eastern. There is lots of good footage from BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, as they met playing Lumiere and Babette on the first national tour.

Also, Paige will be featured on the TODAY SHOW this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday the 18th, 19th & 20th. TODAY will be following a TRADING SPACES episode from start to finish, checking in with progress on Monday and Tuesday, and then doing the reveal LIVE on Wednesday! It is scheduled to air during the 8 to 10 AM timeslot, (Eastern) each morning.

On an unrelated note, Patrick is in the final weeks of rehearsal for the LION KING tour. They open in Denver April 17.

Talk Show Watch: Silverstone and Turner on 'Today'

Chicago's Victory Gardens Reads New Plays in New York March 18

From Kabul to Vienna: NY Theatre Workshop Runs Clarke-Mee Work, April 17

Barry Humphries Heard on Re-Release of London Oliver! Cast Album, March 26

Glover and Light Bring Fugard's Sorrows and Rejoicings to L.A. May 11-June 30

London's Denise Van Outen Debuts in Broadway's Chicago

MTC Reads Ellison's 'Invisible Man' With David, Davis and Morton March 18

Testa, Dvorsky, Runolfsson and More Sing in NYC's Broadway Musicals of 1933, March 18

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 18

Sweet Smell, Mamma Mia!, Matthew Broderick to Appear on 'Rosie'

Betty Buckley is Buffalo Gal in Gurney Play, March 17

Real Sex on HBO: Leguizamo's Sexaholix... Airs Late Nights Beginning April 13

Minneapolis' CTC Premieres Hatcher's Children and Cruz's Very Old Man

Raines Reigns As Chicago's Billy Flynn Beginning March 25

Manhattan Theatre Source Gets Transfusion of Blood Type: RAGU, March 17

Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Chatting with Ackerman and a Top 10

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 17

Oscar's New, Smaller Home Has Many Feeling Rejected

How ABC's Full-Court Press Almost Landed Letterman
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Sunday, March 17, 2002

Sony Classical Will Record Sweet Smell Cast Album March 17
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Exit the Stars of a Broadway Phenomenon By JESSE McKINLEY
For Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, the fabulous run in "The Producers" is over. But their chemistry remains.

The Briton Who Revived 'Oklahoma!' By BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE
Trevor Nunn was always determined to give New York theatergoers a chance to see his makeover of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"

The Times Were A-Changin', and So Was the Musical By CHARLES STROUSE

Revisiting the Ancients for Renewal By JOHN ROCKWELL

BRUTE FORCE By BARBARA HOFFMAN
He�s the shadow in the daylight, the rustle in the corn, the dark force in Rodgers & Hammerstein�s otherwise sunny "Oklahoma!"

NO ONE'S KICKING HIS BUTZ THESE DAYS By CHIP DEFAA
He may have a name only Mom could love - and any agent would change to something more suave (Bert Leonard, anyone?) - but Norbert Leo Butz is using his talent, not slick marketing, to build a stellar reputation on Broadway.

BETTER ON STAGE THAN ON SCREEN By CLIVE BARNES
One major difference between stage and screen is in the acting and the actors.

PHOTO CALL: The Sweet Smell of Opening

PHOTO CALL: Off-Stage, They Don't Bite: The Leads of Sweet Smell of Success

PHOTO CALL: Elaine Paige Congratulates Hamlisch on Sweet Smell

PHOTO CALL: 'Don't Look Now': Director Hytner, Kelli O'Hara and Stacey Logan

PHOTO CALL: Drawn to the Sweet Smell: Allen, Friedman, Hunter and Orfeh
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2007-08
Broadway Season

June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)

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Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]

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Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

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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]

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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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