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Saturday, May 18, 2002

[ LAT ]  Veteran Cast Hustles to Find Pep in Tepid Musical '70, Girls, 70' by DON SHIRLEY
Let's say your Aunt Sadie is in town and wants to see some celebrities before she leaves. You could offer her Carmen Electra at the Roxy, but Sadie is 80 and has never heard of Electra.
How about Charlotte Rae, Marni Nixon, Robert Mandan, Jane Kean and William Schallert at El Portal?

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | 'BROADWAY BY THE YEAR'
The Insights of Surveying Musicals From 1951 by STEPHEN HOLDEN
With its bright and breezy survey of songs from the Broadway musicals of 1951, the fledgling series Broadway by the Year proved once again it is the Little Series That Could.

[ NYT ]  Ray Stricklyn, Film Actor and Publicist, Dies at 73
Ray Stricklyn, a theater and film actor who became a Hollywood publicist representing stars like Bette Davis and Elizabeth Taylor, died on May 14 in Los Angeles.

[ P ]  Pub, Hall, CD and TV: Audra McDonald Weighs Her (Many) Commitments
The busy singer-actress talks about her new album, new television series, upcoming gigs at Joe's Pub and Carnegie Hall, and graduating from Carrie Pipperidge to Julie Jordan.

[ P ]  Millie Takes Manhattan
The glorious city that beckons the heroine of Thoroughly Modern Millie � now playing the Marquis Theatre � is also the town that made dreams come true for the creators of this musical, which was recently nominated for 11 Tony Awards.

[ P ]  Kayden, Paquin, Pitre, Bohon Land Theatre World Awards; Ceremony June 3

[ P ]  Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke To Star in Gin Game Revival

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Plaque Attack: Urinetown

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Plaque Attack: Thoroughly Modern Millie

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Plaque Attack: Into the Woods

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Plaque Attack: Mornings at Seven

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Plaque Attack: Oklahoma!, Mamma Mia!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Plaque Attack: Sweet Smell of Success

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Plaque Attack: The Goat, The Elephant Man

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 18

[ B ]  All-Star Cast Shaping Up for The Exonerated

[ B ]  2001-2002 Theatre World Award Winners Announced

[ B ]  Cast of Dance of the Vampires Shapes Up

[ TM ]  Tony Mania! by: Michael Buckley; photos by Michael Portantiere
Once again this year, the Tony Award Nominees' brunch was held on Wednesday, which is a matinee day. Perhaps the theory is that the actors have to get up anyway, but the scheduling does make for some extra madness.

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
Lynn Lobban and John Wallowitch, together again at Judy*s Chelsea.

[ TM ]  Tunes and Tomes
Kurt G�nzl launches the �Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre� series with a bio of Lydia Thompson.

[ TS ]  Festival snapshots by Richard Ouzounian
A few of Stratford's leading lights look back upon half a century of Shakespeare

[ TS ]  Richard Monette, chairman of the Bard by Richard Ouzounian
Stratford stalwart and artistic director gets the last laugh

[ BH ]  '2 Lives' a team effort by Terry Byrne
The Huntington Theatre Company and the Lyric Stage Company are teaming up to present the world premiere of Arthur Laurents' "2 Lives."

[ TB ]  Mamma Mia!
Cincinnatti Review by Scott Cain

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Friday, May 17, 2002

[ P ]  Donna McKechnie to Autograph "Inside the Music" CD on May 18 in NYC

[ P ]  Deborah Gibson to Headline North Shore's Chicago

[ NYP ]  THE PLAY'S THE THING FOR 'RAT' AUTHOR by BARBARA HOFFMAN
WOULD Mike Leigh - the British filmmaker best known here for "Secrets & Lies" - care to tell us about "All or Nothing," his latest flick, now screening at Cannes?
"No," he barks. "You can read about it in The Times."
As Leigh made prickly clear, he was in New York to talk about something else - his play, "Smelling a Rat," opening Sunday at the Samuel Beckett Theater.

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[ BG ]  Just teasing by Ed Siegel
ART's 'Lysistrata' is fun but leaves something to be desired

[ BH ]  ART's `Lysistrata' flops by Terry Byrne
In a musical about sex and war, it's not a good sign when a quartet of old geezers steals the show.

[ B ]  CDs: Twin Peaks by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Photo Op: TDF Astaire Awards - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway Show League - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Summerhays Replaces McKechnie in Rockwell

[ B ]  Elaine May's Adult Entertainment Readies for Off-B'way

[ B ]  Hollywood Arms to Reach B'way in October

[ B ]  Fran Drescher to Make B'way Debut in Paper Doll

[ B ]  Stroman, Foster & Bohon Win Astaire Awards

[ B ]  Levering, Reed & Blum Star in A Saint She Ain't at BTF

[ B ]  Landsburg Replaces Douglas in Surviving Grace

[ B ]  Morning's at Seven Extends through July 28

[ B ]  A Letter from Ethel Kennedy
Review by Adam Feldman

[ B ]  Personal Set Piece by Gordon Cox
A dying, irritable son hashes things out with the family
Review of "A Letter From Ethel Kennedy."

[ YN ]  'A Letter From Ethel Kennedy' Opens by MICHAEL KUCHWARA
NEW YORK (AP) - Kit Conway is dying of AIDS and before he expires, he wants to make peace with his parents, Bridget and Jimmy, Irish-Catholic to the core and not comfortable with their son's sexuality.

[ NJ ]  Cultivated 'Garden' ready to bloom BY PETER FILICHIA
Ever hear of a play called "Dr. Cook's Garden"?
Not very many people have, but that isn't stopping Eric Hafen, artistic director of the Bickford Theatre, from opening it on Saturday.

[ TM ]  Long Island Sound
Reviewed By: Marc Miller

[ TM ]  The Real Thing
Reviewed By: Ben Winters

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Millie Tango de Sutton y Reba

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Peters, LaMott, Johnny's Gals Plus News of Bergen, Ripley and More

[ P ]  Marlo Out, Drescher in as Jackie Susann in Bway Paper Doll

[ P ]  Stanley Donen Will Direct Elaine May's Adult Entertainment Off-Bway

[ P ]  Critics Kissel, Simon & Winer Guest On May 17 "Theatre Talk"; Plus Hairspray Number

[ P ]  The Exonerated to Bow Off-Broadway in Fall with Starry Cast

[ P ]  The Love Boat? Tony n' Tina's Wedding Takes to the Hudson, May 18-Sept. 21

[ P ]  NY Stage & Film Season Features Durang Musical, Plus New Nelson, Kopit and Hatcher

[ P ]  Baitz's Ten Unknowns Gets Staging w/ Rifkin at Boston's Huntington Theatre, May 17-June 16

[ P ]  Stro, Foster and Bohon Win TDF/Astaire Awards

[ P ]  Tony Nominee Kate Burton Hopes for Royal Family in 2004

[ P ]  Jessica Molaskey and The Pizzarellis Play Feinstein's May 28-June 22

[ P ]  McDaniel, White, Akers, Mason & Callaways Headline Nancy LaMott Room Series

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Clubbed Thumb Offers Free Play Readings, May 18-19

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 17

[ TB ]  A Class Act
Review by Sharon Perlmutter

[ LAT ]  THEATER BEAT
Deaf West Adds an Intriguing Layer to Shepard's 'True West'

[ YN ]  Obituary: Saraleigh Carney, Theatre Journalist and Academic, 56

Thanks to AmericanTheater Web for the following articles:

[ HC ]  Goodspeed Seeks To Find New Homes For Musicals by FRANK RIZZO

[ HC ]  Newman's Still A Hustler, Gets Woodward To Cast Him At Westport Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

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[ TM ]  How About Daytime Tonys? by Peter Filichia
Here's a novel idea: Daytime Tonys for stars of the matinees.

[ TB ]  Interview with Darius de Haas by Jonathan Frank

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Lost in the edit... Yesterday, I took to task The Public over SummerStage's plan to charge for tickets this year. What was lost in the distance between my brain and my fingers was that The Public started this trend with tickets to donars program in the past years. I have made the correction below, if you care to look. Summer Stage has no relationship, that I know of, with The Public Theater. Thank you to the reader who called us on this error on my part.
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[ NYT ]  Two Plays Connected by Sprints By ROBIN POGREBIN
Alan Ayckbourn's "House" and "Garden" consists of two plays that are performed simultaneously on adjacent stages with the same cast � and lots of running.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE SANDMAN': Mixing Operatic Tradition With Irony and High Jinks By BRUCE WEBER

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF: Tug the Ear, Do a Show By JESSE MCKINLEY

[ NYP ]  RUN OF THE 'MILLIE' By MICHAEL RIEDEL
TONY ballots are due in just two weeks, so let's take a look at how the hotly contested race for Best Musical is shaking down.

[ NYP ]  'CONTACT' HAS MORE LUCK THAN LIVE MUSIC By CLIVE BARNES
JUST which is the best musical currently on Broadway could be disputed - but the luckiest is undeniably the Susan Stroman and John Weidman dancical "Contact," now in its third serendipitous year at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.

[ NYP ]  RETURN LIFELESS AND PATHETIC 'LETTER' TO SENDER By DONALD LYONS
WAITER, bring me a single - make that a double - espresso; I've got to stay awake through this.

[ DN ]  Two Sons, and Never the Twain Shall Meet as Equals by Howard Kissel
Like his earlier novel "The Prince and the Pauper," Mark Twain's thorny later work "Pudd'nhead Wilson" examines how our identity is shaped by the way we are treated.

[ DN ]  Dying Man's Poignant Postscript by Robert Dominguez
While it isn't necessary to know playwright Christopher Gorman's backstory to appreciate his autobiographical drama, "A Letter From Ethel Kennedy," it certainly doesn't hurt.

[ P ]  Company � The Second Kennedy Center Sondheim � Previews May 17

[ P ]  Jane Summerhays Replaces Donna McKechnie in Rockwell Musical

[ P ]  Guare's A Few Stout Individuals Extends to June 9
If you haven't seen this, go! It's wonderful.

[ P ]  Hollywood on the Hudson: Prince to Bring Burnett Play to Bway

[ P ]  Broadway Stars Help Rosie Bid Farewell on May 22 "Rosie O'Donnell" Broadcast

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods Goes Into the Recording Studio

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: O'Malley, Williams, DeRosa Record Woods

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Thursday, May 16, 2002

[ P ]  Donna Murphy, Blythe Danner and Anna Deavere Smith on CBS' Fall Schedule

[ P ]  Morning's at Seven Extends on Broadway to July 28

[ P ]  Doris of "Fame" Meets Doris of Surviving Grace; Valerie Landsburg Joins Play

[ B ]  Broadway Teaching Lab Takes Place July 18-July 20

[ TB ]  Io, Princess of Argos!
Review by Richard Connema

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[ B ]  Jane Curtin Confirmed for B'way's Noises Off

[ B ]  Bart & Finneran Among Stage Stars Set for TV

[ B ]  London Critics Weigh In on Paltrow in Proof

[ P ]  Paltrow Proves a Hit in London Stage Debut

[ P ]  Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Offers Interactive "Globelink"

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Drama League Awards: Exclamations: Mamma Mia!, Oklahoma!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Drama League Awards: Private Lives of The Elephant Man's Crucible?

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Drama League Awards: Scott, Screiber Get Sweet Smell

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Drama League Awards: The Goat or Who Is Fortune's Fool at 7?

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Drama League Awards: The Elephant Man Is Fortune's Fool

[ P ]  LaChiusa's First Lady Suite Gets Recording Premiere; L.A. Cast Album Due in Early Fall

[ P ]  Barbour, Felder Are Back From Broadway Near Broadway June 17

[ P ]  Alice Ripley Performs in Concert at Kennedy Center June 24

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[ B ]  DVDs: Loman Family Picnic by Ken Mandelbaum

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH: 'Sweet' ad campaign
GIN! Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke are going to team to star in "The Gin Game," a duet written by D.L. Coburn back in 1977 for Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy and directed by Mike Nichols, who made it into a hit.
Plus items on "Sweet Smell of Success," "The Goat," "Our Town," and Off-Broadway�s "Change Beds and Dance."

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES by JAMES BARRON
A Salute on Broadway
On BARBARA COOK Day in Manhattan � which was yesterday (Tuesday), by order of the Manhattan borough president, C. VIRGINIA FIELDS � the Champagne was served early, starting at 11:15 a.m.
Third item. Thanks to John_C on All That Chat for the link!

[ ND ]  Tony Excitement Buzzes Around Revivals by Patrick Pacheco

[ NYP ]  PROF. COSTANZA
Come fall, former "Seinfeld" co-star Jason Alexander will join the faculty of the University of Southern California.

[ B ]  Photo Op: 2002 Tony Brunch - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ P ]  Principals Announced for Wilkinson-Led China Les Miz Visit; Korea Follows

[ P ]  Together Again: Richenthal, Dennehy and Falls to Journey On

[ P ]  Albee's Lorca Now Looking at January 2003 Off-Broadway

[ P ]  Strouse & Adams' Marty, the Musical, Expected for Huntington in Boston 2002-2003

[ P ]  Parks' Pulitzer-Winner Topdog/Underdog Will Tour U.S.

[ P ]  Albee's Occupant Will Return to New York Stage

[ P ]  Gleason-Helmed A Letter From Ethel Kennedy Opens at MCC, May 16

[ P ]  Larry Kramer's David Drake Premieres New Monologue May 16

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 16

[ P ]  Curtin Up! Jane Curtin Will Take Patti LuPone Role in Noises Off Come July

[ P ]  Thou Shalt Not Has a Recording, But Only for Tony Voters�So Far

[ TM ]  Obie Awards To Be Held on May 20th by: Brooke Pierce

[ TM ]  Stars Twinkle at New Dramatists Luncheon Honoring Barbara Cook by: Michael Portantiere

[ TB ]  Dancing at Lughnasa
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Red Hot Mama
Review by Matthew Murray

[ LAT ]  'Sunshine Boys' a Laugh Expedition by LYNNE HEFFLEY
Frank Gorshin--impressionist extraordinaire and the Riddler in the original "Batman" TV series--and Dick Van Patten, who virtually grew up on Broadway but is best known as the "Eight Is Enough" dad, are the long-estranged members of the once-famous Lewis and Clark comedy team.

[ BG ]  Pops revel in the sound of Richard Rodgers by Richard Dyer
Monday night's ''Evening at Pops'' was a scrumptious double-dip sundae tribute to the 100th birthday of Richard Rodgers, the Broadway composer.
In fact, it was two ''Evening at Pops'' tapings, one program devoted to his 18-year collaboration with Lorenz Hart, the other to his collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II, which stretched from ''Oklahoma!'' (1943) through ''The Sound of Music'' (1959).

[ NJ ]  Center Stage by Peter Filichia
Off and on since 1967, Theodore Bikel has played Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" for more than 1,800 performances.

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[ NYT ]  Pore Jud Is . . . Sympathetic? Adding Depth to a Villain by ROBIN POGREBIN
In the current Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!," Jud Fry's solo, "Lonely Room," feels essential, and critics say it is because of the man who sings it, Shuler Hensley.
� Music from 'Oklahoma!'

[ NYT ]  Rescue Efforts Lift Poets' Voices From Fraying Tapes by STEPHEN KINZER
At poetry centers around America, disintegrating tapes are being transferred to digital format in an effort to preserve recordings of many of the greatest 20th-century poets.
This is also happening in many old theater demos... much of the history of theater is on acetate and groups are in preservation mode.

[ NYP ]  HECHE IN TALKS FOR 'PROOF'
Will we be calling her crazy - again? Anne Heche is in negotiations to replace Jennifer Jason Leigh as the is-she-or-isn't-she-insane daughter in David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Proof."

[ NYP ]  PARK'S SUMMERSTAGE SERIES SET
By MARY HUHN
IF you want to see some of the best acts at Central Park SummerStage, you may have to dig into your wallet.
It's the newest thing in free entertainment -- YOU PAY FOR IT!!! Lead by The Public's "partnership" program where donars get tickets to Shakespeare in the Park, (doesn't that sound like a subscription?) there are fewer and fewer seats for lower income families to experience the arts. Joe Papp is rolling, rolling in his grave. Be a leader and lets get back to the mission statement Public, please?

[ NYP ]  SOMEBODY WANTS THE RUDY SHOW
By MICHAEL STARR
RUDY Giuliani is hinting that he's interested in a TV job - but he won't say with whom.
I thought he was going into 'Proof'...

I have not been writing the updates for a few weeks now, but wanted to mention the revived "News" section over at TheaterMania. Good job. And while we are at it... when are we going to see the new Playbill On Line? Could it be the week of the Tonys'? And Broadway.com TV?

[ TM ]  Possible Extension for Morning's at Seven by Michael Portantiere

[ TM ]  Review: Hospice
Reviewed by Brooke Pierce

[ TM ]  Review: EST Marathon 2002
Reviewed by David Finkle

[ TM ]  Elizabeth Franz works her special brand of stage magic in Morning's at Seven

And just an alert, the BroadwayStars Tony Award Contest is coming this weekend... Stay tuned.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2002

[ B ]  Were the Critics Rocked by Queen Musical?

[ P ]  Is Anne Heche the Next Star of Proof on Bway?

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tony Brunch: A Press Eye View of Sweet Smell

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tony Brunch: Which Witch, Williams?

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tony Brunch: Thoroughly Nominated Millie

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tony Brunch: Shear-ly Stritch

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tony Brunch: Thou Shalt Be Nominees

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tony Brunch: The Goat or Who Gets Tonys?

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tony Brunch: Double Tony Trouble

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tony Brunch: Oklahoma! OK With Tony

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[ P ]  Carrafa: No More Amour; to Choreograph Dance of the Vampires

[ P ]  Norbert Leo Butz To Star in Carousel Concert

[ P ]  Complete Works to Close Off-Broadway May 26

[ P ]  We Will Rock You Opens in West End

[ B ]  Anne Heche Offered Lead in B'way's Proof

[ YN ]  Archerd: Raimi, Hanson to Open 'Treasure' at UCLA by Army Archerd
News on the Tony Awards, plus the death of actor Ray Stricklyn.

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[ B ]  Get on the Tug Boat by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  MTC Spring Gala 2002 - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Field Trip: Hairspray Open Rehearsal (Video)

[ B ]  Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines Set to Host Tonys

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Brian d'Arcy James
He is "finally at the fountain." The fountain that Lana Tuner knew? The fountain from which all good things spring? The fountain of success? Whichever way you drink in the metaphor, actor Brian d'Arcy James is there, complete with a Tony Award nomination recognizing his big voice and his bold choices in the darkly ambitious Sweet Smell of Success.

[ P ]  The Last Five Years, Nathan Lane to Appear on 'Rosie'

[ P ]  Mary Cleere Haran Returns to the Oak Room, May 28-June 29

[ P ]  Casting Update: Kennedy Center Sunday in the Park With George

[ P ]  Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines to Host 56th Annual Tony Awards

[ P ]  Lippa's Little Princess Will Star Warlow Down Under, Has New York Aspirations

[ P ]  Yesteryear Heroes Conjured in Goodspeed Staging of Carnelia's Actor, Lawyer, May 15

[ P ]  Spinella, Dillon Added to Westport Our Town Cast

[ P ]  Maureen McGovern Performs "Starry Summer Nights" Benefit at Sundance June 15

[ P ]  Melville in Milwaukee: Moby Dick Premiere Among Rep's 2002-2003 Productions

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: MAY 15

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
At Judy*s Chelsea, David Sabella indulges in sin.

[ ND ]  In D.C., How 'Sweeney' It Is by Linda Winer
Demon barber gets a heavenly revival at Sondheim celebration

[ CST ]  Eccentrics 'Dazzled' by brotherly love BY HEDY WEISS

[ VV ]  General Enthusiasm by Michael Feingold
A Few Stout Individuals by John Guare; Long Island Sound by No�l Coward

[ VV ]  Sex and the Old World City by Tom Sellar
Vienna: Lusthaus (revisited) by Martha Clarke and Charles L. Mee; The Sandman, composed by Thomas Cabaniss, adapted from a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann

[ VV ]  ILL-WILL HUNTING by Alisa Solomon
Red Death by Lisa D'Amour; Reading Hebron by Jason Sherman

[ VV ]  ELLEN LAUREN, LONE WOOLF by John Istel
The SITI Company Makes a 'Room' of Its Own

[ YN ]  Backstage: Jerome Fellowships
New Yorkers Susan Johnston and Carson Kreitzer are two of the five recipients of the 2002-2003 Jerome Fellowships, awarded by the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[ YN ]  `A Few Stout Individuals' Opens in NYC by MICHAEL KUCHWARA
NEW YORK (AP) - "A Few Stout Individuals," John Guare's fanciful new entertainment about memory, history, greed, celebrity, family and a grab-bag of other assorted topics, could use a little slenderizing.

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[ TM ]  Broadway Yearbook 2000-2001 By Peter Filichia
In his new book, Steven Suskin sums up a Broadway season that included everything from Mel Brooks' The Producers to Kelsey Grammer's Macbeth.

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[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SWEENEY TODD': Adding Love to the Pies' Time-Tested Recipe By BEN BRANTLEY
The inaugural production of the wonderfully ambitious Stephen Sondheim Festival at the Kennedy Center is a cautious, respectful take on a defiantly daring musical.

[ V ]  Sweeney Todd review by Charles Isherwood
Even given the knowledge of their horrific provenance, it might be hard to resist the meat pies of Christine Baranski's thoroughly tasty Mrs. Lovett in the Kennedy Center's new "Sweeney Todd."

[ NYT ]  Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines to Be Tony Hosts By JESSE McKINLEY
Less than three weeks before the June 2 ceremony, organizers of the Tony Awards said Tuesday that Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines would be the hosts of the show.

[ NYP ]  TONY'S TAME TEAM By MICHAEL RIEDEL
AFTER a week of playing the rejected suitor, the Tony Awards telecast has finally landed a host or, rather, hosts - Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'LONG ISLAND SOUND': Lesson No. 1: Stay Away From That Couple By BRUCE WEBER

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'MARATHON 2002': Squeezing Big Ideas Into Small Packages By BRUCE WEBER

[ NYT ]  Unmemorable Theater Moments, Gone but Not Forgotten By MEL GUSSOW

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'PIGTOWN': A Century's Worth of Life in Limerick By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FROGZ': They Do a Whole Lot More Than Croak on Lily Pads By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

[ NYP ]  MADONNA 'GRABS' LONDON By DEBRA BIRNBAUM
THERE were screams, wild applause and a standing ovation.And she had yet to utter a single word.

[ V ]  Heche eyes B'way's 'Proof' by Robert Holler
Anne Heche is in negotiations to replace Jennifer Jason Leigh in David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Proof," currently running at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York.
From Mary-Louise Parker to Jennifer Jason Leigh to... Anne Heche? Okay...

[ P ]  Casting Update: Kennedy Center Merrily We Roll Along.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2002

[ BN ]  STAGE INSIGHTS by EDWARD KARAM
Buffalo actor Jeffry Denman shares the ups and downs of work in 'The Producers'
Thanks to Janet for the link!

[ B ]  Starry Casts Announced for Williamstown

[ B ]  Mamet's Marriage Added to Public Theater Season

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[ P ]  Bart & Finneran CBS Sitcom Picked Up For Fall; Lane a Possibility

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: May 6-12

[ P ]  Jessica Hecht and Matthew Arkin Play Talley's Folly at Bay Street

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Thoroughly Nominated Millie

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[ P ]  Hewitt and Knowlton Play The Game in New Musical Reading

[ P ]  Fade Out: Mr. Goldwyn Closes OB June 9; Tour to Follow

[ P ]  Report: Mamet's Boston Married to the Public Theater

[ P ]  Brown, Mason, Donovan, Sciorra Join Williamstown Season

[ P ]  London Art Announces New Cast: Cross, Kerns & Bhasker

[ P ]  "X-Files" Star Anderson To Make West End Debut

[ P ]  Queen Musical We Will Rock You Opens in London

[ P ]  Madonna Wows Wyndham's Audience in London Stage Debut

[ TM ]  Sweeney Todd
Reviewed By: Michael Toscano

[ B ]  Long Island Sound
Review by Adam Feldman

[ B ]  Q&A: Elizabeth Franz by Beth Stevens

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[ B ]  Frankie and Johnny to Open at the Belasco August 8

[ B ]  Gillian Anderson Set to Star in West End

[ B ]  From the Shelf: Stritch's Series by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  Brent Barrett Headlines Oklahoma! Concert Aug. 17 in London

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 'West Wing' on Broadway: Wars Posterboard

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 'West Wing' on Broadway: Booth Marquee

[ P ]  'West Wing' Comes to Broadway: NBC Shoots Prez Drama at Booth Theatre

[ P ]  Lloyd Webber's "Gold" Now in Stores With Buckley, Crawford, LuPone, Streisand

[ P ]  Frankie and Johnny Meet at the Belasco for Previews July 26; Opens Aug. 8

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Madonna Is Up for Grabs in West End Debut

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Madonna Rehearses Up for Grabs

[ P ]  Abbamania Comes To the West End

[ P ]  The Snowman Returns To London Theatre for Fifth Year

[ P ]  Bombay Dreams Single To Be Released in U.K.

[ P ]  Cats Set for a Ninth Life With U.K. Tour

[ TM ]  Follow Spot
Industry notables share their wisdom�and some anecdotes�in public conversations at Musical Theatre Works.

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[ P ]  The Producers, Melissa Errico to Appear on 'Rosie'

[ P ]  If It's a Cast of Seven for Comedy of Errors, It Must Be Off-Bway's Aquila, Starting June 26

[ P ]  Chicago's Court Theatre Extends Irreverent My Fair Lady To June 16

[ P ]  Wilson and Scott Join Performers on Drama Desk Ceremony, May 19

[ P ]  CA's Laguna Playhouse Brings Spitfire Grill West; Premieres Marans' Jumping

[ P ]  Long Wharf Reads Kia Corthron's Light Raises the Roof May 20

[ P ]  Jason Graae Joins Music Man Bowl Concert; Complete Cast Announced

[ P ]  Brooke Shields and Luke Perry Take Part in Project A.L.S. Day June 1

[ P ]  Garland, Dietrich, Fitzgerald & More Saluted in June Dead Divas Show

[ P ]  Raul Julia and Clifton Davis on Verona CD Release May 14

[ P ]  Revised Ragtime Gets Resident Premiere � in the Round � at MA's North Shore, May 14

[ P ]  'Sweeney Todd in Concert' with LuPone & Hearn Arrives on DVD May 14

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: MAY 14

[ P ]  Contact Will Swing Into London Debut Oct. 23

[ B ]  Tony Winner McDonald to Star in New TV Series

[ B ]  McCrory Joins Vanya and Twelfth Night at Donmar

[ LAT ]  COMMENTARY
Catalyst for Dialogue Is Lost by DIANE HAITHMAN
'The Vagina Monologues,' which departed from the L.A. stage on Sunday, afforded an opportunity for understanding and for liberation.

[ LAT ]  They Sing a Song Man's Praises by LEWIS SEGAL
'A Class Act' sometimes loses its way as it revisits Edward Kleban's work, but Robert Picardo's portrayal steadies this Pasadena Playhouse show.

[ YN ]  A Classy Homage to Late Lyricist by Steven Oxman
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - The tortured artist gets tender treatment in "A Class Act," a musical that strings together the songs of "A Chorus Line" lyricist Ed Kleban to tell the story of his life or, perhaps more accurately, strings together the story of his life in order to perform his songs.

[ YN ]  Baranski Swell in 'Sweeney Todd' by Charles Isherwood
NEW YORK (Variety) - Even given the knowledge of their horrific provenance, it might be hard to resist the meat pies of Christine Baranski's thoroughly tasty Mrs. Lovett in the Kennedy Center's new "Sweeney Todd."

[ ND ]  Finally, the 'Sound' Is Heard by Gordon Cox
A long-lost Noel Coward play, set on Long Island, debuts with uneven wit

[ INQ ]  Their boy on Broadway by Maureen Fitzgerald
Three buses of friends and family cheered a local performer's star turn.
Aaron Lazar�s mother Cheryl had vowed to rent a bus and bring a crowd if he made it to Broadway. Lazar, 25, an understudy in "Phantom," stepped in while one of the leads was on vacation.

[ NJ ]  Crazy 'House': Comedy and mayhem blend in revival of Guare play BY PETER FILICHIA
First, Artie wanted Bunny, but now he prefers Bananas.
Sound strange? Sure, but bizarre is the word for "The House of Blue Leaves," John Guare's hilarious yet sinister 1971 farce, which is enjoying a winning revival at the Two River Theatre Company in Manasquan.

[ USA ]  'Stout' makes a solid historic, artistic stand by Elysa Gardner
Few popular playwrights swing for the fences with as much imagination or audacity as John Guare. As a result, few risk striking out so conspicuously.
Note the caption on the photo. That Brian Stokes Mitchell can do anything!

[ WP ]  Backstage: The Fisherman's Perfect Cast by Jane Horwitz
Olney Theatre Center is cleaning up the mess after a 100-year-old oak tree toppled onto its offices and actors' residence, Crawford House, during a storm late Sunday afternoon.

[ BH ]  Hall is alive with the sound of Rodgers by Robert Nesti
The Boston Pops long have had a relationship with the music of Richard Rodgers, from premiering his songs in orchestral arrangements with Arthur Fiedler to the recent release of the Pops' album, ``My Favorite Things,'' directed by Keith Lockhart to celebrate the centenary of the composer's birth.

[ NYT ]  Jacques Mapes, Film Art Director and Producer, 88, Dies
He teamed up with Ross Hunter to produce plays, television shows and movies. Among their film credits are "Thoroughly Modern Millie" in 1967, and "Airport" in 1970.

[ CST ]  'Calamity Meat' could use more seasoning BY HEDY WEISS
You've got to hand it to Coby Goss. The plot of his new play, "Calamity Meat," more or less rules out any chance that it will ever be optioned as a Disney film. That, alone, may make him a hero in some eyes. But more about that later.

[ YN ]  First Glimpse of Madonna Prompts Standing Ovation

[ TB ]  Shakespeare's R & J at The New Conservatory Theatre Center
San Francisco Review by Richard Connema

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[ NYP ]  READY TO BLOOM By BARBARA HOFFMAN
THE ticket lines are no longer halfway down the block and the critics were underwhelmed (The Post's Clive Barnes missed the "queasy, collapsible innocence" of Matthew Broderick) - but Steven Weber's still happy to have the job.

[ NYP ]  'SOUND' LAUGHTER FOR 'LONG'-LOST COWARD By DONALD LYONS
THE "world premiere" of a Noel Coward comedy? Apparently so.In 1939, Coward wrote a short story called "What Mad Pursuit" about the follies of Long Island socialites.

[ DN ]  A Newly Found Coward Satire Misfires by Howard Kissel
An essay in the program for Noel Coward's "Long Island Sound" explains how in 1937 Coward was shanghaied for what was billed as a "quiet" weekend on Long Island.

[ DN ]  Generally Speaking, Historical Comedy Goes South By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
A frenetic, unfunny and repetitive comedy based on the tumultuous last days of Ulysses S. Grant, John Guare's "A Few Stout Individuals" is like the disastrous Civil War battle that haunts its main character.

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[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | '21 DOG YEARS': Lampooning @disorganization.com By BRUCE WEBER

[ P ]  Magic Moment: New Dramatists Honors Barbara Cook May 14

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Monday, May 13, 2002

[ B ]  Update on Stoppard Trilogy at the National

[ B ]  New Artistic Staff at Manhattan Theatre Club

[ B ]  Matt Damon Misses Performances of Youth in London

[ B ]  Photo Op: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Reunion Benefit - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Once on This Broadway: LaChanze, Dixon Return to Island

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Ahrens Brings Her Island Back to Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Lovebirds on This Island: Amy Spanger, Michael Hall

[ P ]  Audra McDonald and Burke Moses To Star in New NBC Series

[ P ]  Tsing Loh's Sugar Plum Fairy Premieres at Seattle Rep in 2002-03

[ P ]  Bway Oklahoma! to Sweep Into Kennedy Center in 2003

[ P ]  Converse, Atkinson, DeMunn Join Newman in Westport Our Town

[ P ]  Robert Whitehead and Harold Clurman Honored at Adler Studio, May 13

[ P ]  Liza Minnelli Guests on "David Letterman" May 13

[ P ]  Douglas Sills Joins Cast of Kennedy Center Night Music

[ P ]  "Harvey" Film Prevents San Fran Staging, So ACT Will Dazzle in 2003

[ P ]  They Danced: Once On This Island Benefit Beats to Sound of 'The Human Heart'

[ P ]  Into the Woods We Go . . . Again!
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods returns to Broadway - Broadhurst Theatre - in a reconceived production with one new song, an extra wolf, three little pigs and a scene-stealing cow.

[ TM ]  Red Hot Mama Reborn by: Michael Buckley
Sharon McNight brings kindred spirit Sopie Tucker back to life at the York Theatre.

[ TM ]  A Few Stout Individuals
Reviewed By: David Finkle

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[ WP ]  'Sweeney Todd': A Slashing Success by Nelson Pressley
First in Sondheim Celebration Is Something to Sing About

[ USA ]  'Sweeney' demonically delightful by Elysa Gardner
Other new reviews of Sondheim shows: Assassins in Los Angeles, A Little Night Music in suburban Philadelphia.

[ NYT ]  Bewildered Ringmaster in a Celebrity Circus by BEN BRANTLEY
John Guare's vivacious, overstuffed new play is a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in the rapidly dimming twilight of his life.

[ ND ]  Letting the Specifics Get in the Way of the General by Linda Winer
To John Guare - as to most of us - Ulysses S. Grant is basically remembered as "a drunken general and a semi-corrupt president," not to mention the punchline of that old Groucho quiz question, "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?"

[ B ]  A Few Stout Individuals
Review by Adam Feldman

[ TB ]  A Few Stout Individuals
Review by Matthew Murray
It's difficult to know just where to begin when discussing a play like John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals, which just opened at the Signature Theatre Company's Peter Norton Space. Funny? Captivating? One of the best plays to open on or off Broadway so far in 2002? All work, yet all are inadequate in describing this tremendously entertaining play.

[ USA ]  Chicago theater revels in spotlight by Elysa Gardner
Robert Falls, artistic director of the 77-year-old Goodman Theatre, is sitting in his spacious office in the $46 million downtown complex where his company relocated in 2000. Taking in the view, Falls reflects on his salad days.

[ USA ]  Off-Broadway 'Odyssey' is one melodramatic trip by Elysa Gardner

[ B ]  Contact Will Open in London on October 23

[ B ]  CDs: Who Is Silvia? by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  TRIO Broadcasts 2001 Broadway on Broadway Concert, May 20, 22

[ P ]  Love! Valour! Cantone! Thespian Performs Evening With Mario Cantone, May 19-20

[ P ]  Harvey Fierstein's Children's Book 'The Sissy Duckling' Now Available

[ P ]  Liev Schreiber May Play Shylock Off-Broadway Next Season

[ P ]  Elizabeth Franz to Star in New Tina Howe One-Person Play at Syracuse

[ P ]  Larroquette, Regalbuto Are Simon's Updated Odd Couple at L.A.'s Geffen June 19-July 21

[ P ]  "Six Feet Under"'s Alan Ball Brings Your Mother's Butt to L.A. June 18-July 11

[ P ]  Disney Workshop of When You Wish Begins in NYC May 13

[ P ]  Tom Andersen Takes Audiences to 'Far Away Places' May 24-25

[ P ]  U.K.'s Hampstead Theatre Announces New Chief

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
A favorite guessing game: What songs will be heard in the latest edition of Broadway by the Year at Town Hall?

[ YN ]  Madonna, Paltrow Battle to Be Queen of London Theater by Paul Majendie

[ YN ]  Many Actors Not Acting by Dave McNary
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Internal Screen Actors Guild (SAG) documents show that 23% of union members did not work during 1996-2000 and that 36% have worked less than five days in those five years.

[ CCT ]  In tune with the times: Revivals face dilemma by PAT CRAIG
AS A COUNTRY, we tend to be mortified by parts of our own heritage.
This becomes brutally evident when theater of another era is revived and, much to the chagrin of all involved, holds a much more accurate mirror up to the society it reflected than the America of 2002 can endure comfortably.
Thanks to AmericanTheater Web for the link!

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Sunday, May 12, 2002

[ NYT ]  In Final Twist, Ill Pavarotti Falls Silent for Met Finale
By JAMES BARRON
After three days of speculation, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti backed out of his scheduled appearance in "Tosca" at the Metropolitan Opera.

[ NYT ]  Writing in Circles to Arrive at the Truth by DON SHEWEY
The playwright Tom Donaghy avoids the crucial topics, which tend to bubble up anyway.

[ NYT ]  A Racial Event That Became a Hit by ALAN RIDING
With "Yiimimangaliso: The Mysteries," a song-and-dance production, a South African troupe wins ovations in London and is on its way to an American debut.

[ NYT ]  QUESTIONS FOR DEREK WALCOTT
Poet of the Ages by MELANIE REHAK
The Nobel Prize winner discusses the new staging of his Caribbean 'Odyssey,' America's newfound humility and the pull of home.

[ NYT ]  Memories of a Mentor and a Troupe
"ANOTHER op'nin', another show" could be a motto for the touring repertory group the Acting Company.

[ ND ]  A New Wave of Wilson by Blake Green
The playwright's works are riding a crest of new attention. Coming up: a Sag Harbor production of his prizewinning 'Talley's Folly,' and a city season in the fall
Check out his opinions on "Topdog" and "The Graduate."

[ ND ]  Tony Time: Where's George? by Linda Winer
Here is the first thing I want to say about last Monday's nominations for the Tony Awards.
George C. Wolfe.

[ ND ]  Fast Chat: Billy Crudup

[ ND ]  Working Out A 'Godfadda' Obsession by John Anderson

[ NYP ]  WHAT I WATCH by GEORGETT ROBERTS
Hunter Foster, Actor, "Urinetown: The Musical"

[ WP ]  For Baranski, A Most Meaty Opportunity
In 'Sweeney Todd,' Actress Sinks Her Teeth Into a Singing Role by William Triplett

[ WP ]  A Vote for Rethinking the Helen Hayes Awards by Nelson Pressley

[ LAT ]  History as Solace by BARBARA ISENBERG
Seeking to understand a national tragedy, playwright John Guare turned to America's past.

[ LAT ]  Moving a Step Beyond by IRENE LACHER
Carol Kane, long known for characters such as Simka on "Taxi," gets the spotlight onstage.

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Bette Midler on 'Rosie', Kathleen Turner on 'Conan'

[ P ]  MET's The Golem, with Prosky, Ends Off-Broadway May 12

[ P ]  Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: "Earnest" and "Proof" Plus Martin's "Agile"

[ P ]  Raul Julia and Clifton Davis on Verona CD Release May 14

[ P ]  Dazzle Dims as Off-Broadway Greenberg Show Closes, May 12

[ P ]  Callow's Mystery of Charles Dickens Closes on Broadway, May 12

[ P ]  Moms Get Naked Boys for Free May 12

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 12

[ AP ]  Musical "Cats" Now Just a Memory by MATT WOLF
Taking to the stage following what he called "a very, very emotional evening," Lord Lloyd-Webber told a rapturous crowd that the 1981 musical curiosity-turned-global phenomenon "will be now and forever."

[ YN ]  Variety: Spoof Musical 'Dames' Out to Sea by Markland Taylor
With "42nd Street" back on Broadway and "Thoroughly Modern Millie," a spoof tuner along similar lines, also setting up shop on the street, it seems an apt moment to take another look at the campy 1968 Off Broadway mini-musical "Dames at Sea," itself an affectionate spoof of '30s movie musicals. But maybe because it's no longer spoofing or tapping alone, and also thanks to an overblown Goodspeed Musicals production, "Dames at Sea" has lost some of its original postage-stamp charm.

[ TB ]  Nighttown
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  The Helen Hayes Awards: Celebrating DC's Finest by Tracy Lyon
Interviews with nominee Judith Light, presenter Lynn Redgrave, and the son of Helen Hayes and Charles MacArthur, James MacArthur.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following three links:

[ HC ]  Houston Chronicle: Hobby Center's debut is A Grand Night by EVERETT EVANS
There was plenty to celebrate, with a grand new theater, an audience eager to be entertained, and a stage full of Broadway and Hollywood luminaries offering a centennial salute to beloved Broadway composer Richard Rodgers -- as appropriate a theme as any for a new theater that will be devoted chiefly to musical theater.

[ PTR ]  Hamlisch returns to musicals with 'Success' by Alice T. Carter

[ PTR ]  Math-oriented 'Proof' has human nature at its heart by Alice T. Carter

Happy birthday, Erin!
Visit her guestbook and send her a birthday greeting. You'll be glad you did.

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[ NYT ]  TALKING MONEY WITH ELAINE STRITCH: Just T-Bills, Thanks, for a Lady Who Saves By GERALDINE FABRIKANT
Elaine Stritch, who is basking in the glory of her one-woman show, "Elaine Stritch at Liberty," has always been cautious about both her spending and her investments.
Thanks to VanSchenk on All That Chat! for pointing this out!

[ NYT ]  Alan Ayckbourn: Punching Holes in Space and Time By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH
Alan Ayckbourn has a riddle: can the same actors perform a single story in two theaters at once? (The answer is yes.)

[ NYP ]  'ENCORES!' BOOS SHOULDN'T STAND By CLIVE BARNES
Despite being a fantastic success story, the City Center series "Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert" has provoked a groundswell of discontent - not so much among the public, but among my colleagues in the press.

[ P ]  Mamma Will Provide: Once On This Island Cast Sings in Concert Reunion May 12

[ P ]  John Guare's Latest, A Few Stout Individuals, Opens Off-Bway May 12

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Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

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Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]

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TBA - 50 Words

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TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

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TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

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TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

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TBA - Equus

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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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