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Saturday, June 01, 2002

As Tim mentioned below, Broadway.com's redesign has been launched. I am not sure if it is done, but there are still tweaks that need to be made. Such as it does not work in Netscape 4.77 on Macintosh. (IE 5.0 seems to be fine.) That would be a small problem. Also another small thing, hopefully they can fix this problem: when you open a page, a strange small windown opens up and then goes behind the page. It has an ad on it! I know they did not mean to do that! :-) Also, right now all the old links (that are on our site to their articles) do not work. It looks at first blush as though they have redesigned their back end database, so the links will not work, but the articles can probably be found with their new search engine... We'll get back to Broadway.com's redesign later.

Last night's Theater Talk Special had Jesse McKinley, Patrick Pacheco, Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins talking about predictions for this Sunday. There was nothing too surprising about their opinions, other than their extended discussion of Dodger politics and... that they all voted for SWEET SMELL in Best Musical category. And most importantly: Jesse is going to run against Hillary or Chuck for Senate...

posted at 6/1/2002 08:16:49 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Friday, May 31, 2002

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Gramercy Theatre to Become MOMA's Temporary Movie House

[ P ]  Newcomers Cavanaugh and McMahon to Headline Urban Cowboy

[ P ]  New York Theater Workshop's 2002-03 Season Firms Up

[ B ]  New York Theater Workshop's Season Shapes Up

[ BG ]  Sexy Beast by Sally Cragin

John Leguizamo reveals himself in his solo show 'Sexaholix ... a love story'

[ BG ]  Paying for toilets in Paris turns profitable for 'Urinetown' writer by Maureen Dezell

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[ B ]  MCC Theater Intrigued by Robin's Faye

[ B ]  Atlantic to Serve Up Works by McPherson & Kaufman

[ B ]  Theater Pundits Place Their Bets on the 2002 Tonys

[ P ]  Report: Faith Prince Joins Rees in Man of No Importance

[ P ]  Natasha Richardson Loves Philip Seymour Hoffman in Roundabout's Miss Julie

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, May 25-31: The Tony Race

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes

John Pizzarelli and his folks return to Feinstein's at the Regency.

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[ B ]  Kate Jennings Grant to Join Broadway's Proof

[ B ]  Faith Prince Set to Star in A Man of No Importance

[ B ]  Gramercy Theatre Reverts to Movie House

[ P ]  Harris and Grant Confirmed to Join Heche in Bway Proof July 2

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Stars in the Alley: Producers' Oscar, Weber, Cabaret's Stamos

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Stars in the Alley: Urinetown

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Stars in the Alley: Oklahoma!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Stars in the Alley: Contact

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Stars in the Alley: Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera

[ P ]  MCC Breaks in New Theatre with Intrigue With Faye by "Six Feet Under" Scribe

[ P ]  Theatre at Sea Is Now On QE2 and Caronia

[ P ]  Queen's Jubilee Celebrated at London's Jermyn Theatre

posted at 5/31/2002 01:04:51 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



The Sondheim profile on CBS Sunday Morning has been rescheduled and will not air this Sunday.
posted at 5/31/2002 12:20:51 PM by James Marino | Item Link



[ B ]  CDs: Strong Woman Number by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  This Thing of Darkness
Review by Adam Feldman

[ P ]  CBS Profiles Stephen Sondheim on June 2

[ P ]  Thou Shalt Not CD Available Soon on Amazon.com

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: It's Tony Time! Plus Praising Paige and Divas in Cabaret

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[ P ]  2002 Tony Web Perks: Streep & Miller Present Special Tony Awards at 7:30PM June 2

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary

Filichia has a great time at Ragtime at the North Shore Music Theatre.

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[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | MARY CLEERE HARAN
Investigating 'Should Feel' and 'Did Feel' by STEPHEN HOLDEN

"Falling in Love With Love: The Rodgers and Hart Story" is Mary Cleere Haran's insightful, deeply personal new cabaret show at the Algonquin Hotel.

[ NYT ]  Music in Review: Tweet, Audra McDonald by STEPHEN HOLDEN

[ NYT ]  AT THE MOVIES
For Alan Bates, a Role's a Role by DAVE KEHR

Alan Bates doesn't have a whole lot of screen time in "The Sum of All Fears," but as an infinitely evil, neo-fascist European businessman, he makes the most of it.

[ ND ]  Good 'Fortune': One Show With Two Bateses by Blake Green

[ ND ]  Anchor of Friendship In Shifting Sea of Time by Gordon Cox

'This Thing of Darkness," a new play by Craig Lucas and David Schulner, has the same gentle touches of fantasy that mark Lucas' well-known 1988 play "Prelude to a Kiss."

[ DN ]  She Sings Rodgers With Lots of Hart by Howard Kissel

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
An all-Tonys column.

[ LAT ]  Wisconsin's Tale of Two Performance Centers by CHRIS JONES, Chicago Tribune
Appleton's new complex is backed by Clear Channel's booking clout. So where will this leave Green Bay's?

[ LAT ]  Art, Politics and Dissent in Sweeping 'Pentecost' by F. KATHLEEN FOLEY
In spite of its shortcomings, David Edgar's challenging play set shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall provokes thoughtful discussion.

[ NJ ]  Director drawn to magic of 'Carnival!' BY PETER FILICHIA

[ B ]  Richardson and Hoffman Set For Miss Julie

[ B ]  World Premieres Highlight La Jolla Season

[ B ]  Broadway-Bound Marty Debuts at Huntington

[ B ]  Dish About the Tony Awards for Charity

[ P ]  MA's Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre 2002 Summer Season Gets Underway w/Three Premieres

[ P ]  Liza's Back, and the Beacon's Got Her

[ P ]  P.S. 122 Defends Richard Maxwell's Caveman, Last Chance June 6-7

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Ai Ai Ay!: Rita Moreno Goes Into the Woods

[ P ]  The Goat Goes on Charlie Rose May 31

[ P ]  Tickets for Broadway's Movin' Out Go on Sale June 2

[ P ]  Seattle Gets a Dirty Blonde May 31-June 30

[ P ]  Kennedy Center's Sunday in the Park with George Previews May 31

Raul Esparza is George and Melissa Errico is Dot in this revival, the third entry in the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration. Eric Schaeffer directs.

[ P ]  "Theatre Talk" Tony Special To Be Broadcast May 31

[ P ]  Nerves Melt 'Like Buttah' in Preem of Daniel Stern's Barbra's Wedding, May 31, in Philly

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: MAY 31

[ P ]  The Graduate Graduates to Profitability

[ P ]  Atlantic Theatre to Do McPherson's Carol

[ P ]  Burton, Crudup, Pullman, Ruehl, Albee and Parks on Broadway-Themed 'Charlie Rose'

[ P ]  Elephant Man Posts June 2 Closing Notice; May Extend

[ P ]  Lloyd Webber-Backed Bombay Dreams Starts Previews in London, May 31

[ TM ]  Busking Bonanza Offers Free Look at What Off-Off Broadway Has to Offer by: Brooke Pierce

[ TB ]  Donna Migliaccio: Putting It Together at The Kennedy Center by Tracy Lyon

[ USA ]  With no 'Producers,' Tonys look wide open by Elysa Gardner

[ USA ]  Mapping winners from 'Oklahoma!' to 'Urinetown'

USA TODAY theater critic Elysa Gardner offers a brief overview of who's likely to take Tony home Sunday night, and who deserves to.

[ BS ]  Drama Dispatch: Tony Predictions by David Sheward

[ BS ]  Center Stage: Tony Awards: The Musical (And Other Such Predictions) by Sherry Eaker

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[ NYT ]   And This Year's Tonys Go to . . . By JESSE McKINLEY
An informal poll of voters for the Tony Awards revealed that there are clear favorites in what was expected to be one of the most competitive seasons in recent memory.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THIS THING OF DARKNESS': The Future, as Murky as the Past By BEN BRANTLEY
Craig Lucas and David Schulner, the authors of this short and woeful exercise in time travel, have seen the future, and it is, to put it bluntly, the pits.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'RED HOT MAMA': Unlucky in Her Loves, Lucky in Her Songs By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF: New Ideas for Next Season By JESSE MCKINLEY

[ NYP ]  SENSELESS 'DARKNESS' DOESN'T SHED ANY LIGHT By DONALD LYONS
WHEN a writer's main trick has been used too often, it's time for him to find a new game.

[ NYP ]  PICKING WINNERS By MICHAEL RIEDEL
ALTHOUGH this was hardly a banner season for Broadway (attendance and box-office receipts are down, the shows are pretty uninspiring), there is some excitement to be had in handicapping the Tonys, which will be doled out Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall.

[ DN ]  2 Mommies, 1 'Dad' � Uncle! by Robert Dominguez
Such a morally and socially complicated issue as gay parenthood certainly seems a timely and worthy subject for a play.

[ DN ]  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Future By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
There's a bleak future awaiting humanity in "This Thing of Darkness," and it's not only because one of New York's beloved baseball teams will someday leave the city.

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Thursday, May 30, 2002

[ B ]  Beth Leavel to Play Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street

[ B ]  The Elephant Man Changes Closing Date to June 2

Well, waddaya know.

[ P ]  NYC's Jewish Rep Still Searching for a Home

[ P ]  Riedel and Pacheco Handicap Tonys for May 31 Actors' Fund Event

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: They're Off-Broadway's Boys and Girls

[ P ]  Jason Robert Brown Performs in Concert June 18 and 25

[ P ]  Mamma Mia!'s Louise Pitre Performs on CBS Early Show May 31

[ P ]  Tony-Winner Ebersole Will Exit 42nd Street June 9; Beth Leavel Steps in June 11

[ P ]  McKechnie, Mason & Akers Featured in MA Cabaret Series

[ P ]  Annie Golden to Get Caricature in Sardi's

[ P ]  London Theatre Is Playing the Transfer Game

[ TM ]  Mammamorphoses Wins TheaterMania's Combination Musicals Contest by: Michael Portantiere

[ TM ]  21 Dog Years
Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce

posted at 5/30/2002 04:21:47 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



Just a minor update: Elephant Man does seem to be closing this Sunday, not next as we said below.

An interesting event upcoming: The Carolina Arts Festival will be broadcast locally in North Carolina on their PBS station. Alice Ripley, Terrence Mann, Anthony Rapp and Sebastian Bach and Daphne Rubin Vega are participating. Who knew Sebastian had such an attachment to the Carolinas?

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[ PPG ]  Sondheim wanted Porter for 'Into the Woods' revival by Christopher Rawson
"Sondheim, Lapine and Gemignani wanted me, but the producers didn't." - Billy Porter
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ BG ]  Drama queen by Vanessa E. Jones
Suzan-Lori Parks has won a Tony nomination, a Pulitzer, and a 'genius grant'- what's next?

[ LAT ]  Unfurling a Banner Act by DON SHIRLEY
Penn & Teller make another provocative statement in their new show.

[ LAT ]  Performances Buoy Wise 'Spoon River Anthology' by DARYL H. MILLER
Funny, shocking, disquieting and reassuring, their stories, as told in "Spoon River Anthology," have captivated a couple of generations of Los Angeles theatergoers. A 40th-anniversary revival at Theatre West assures that another generation is about to join them.

[ CST ]  Roadworks puts 'Plan' into action BY HEDY WEISS
With the arrival of Roadworks Productions' exceptionally fine, meticulously directed revival of "The American Plan" and the extension of Steppenwolf Theatre's production of "The Dazzle," there is something of an unofficial mini-festival of Richard Greenberg plays now in progress in Chicago.

[ ND ]  Beach Seats 'Safe' by Joseph Mallia
Theater's upper deck repaired

[ ND ]  Timely Ballpark 'Outing' to Open in London by Patrick Pacheco

[ ND ]  For Gay Couples, It's Dull in the Family by Linda Winer

"Boys and Girls" review.

[ NJ ]  Center Stage: Pullman in Princeton by Peter Filichia

[ TS ]  Blast off by Richard Ouzounian
`What Riverdance did for Celtic music and what Cirque du Soleil did for the circus, we would like to do for the marching band'

[ CP ]  Willkommen by David Anthony Fox
Philadelphia hosts a convention dedicated to the art of the cabaret.

[ CP ]  Love Songs
City Paper asked Christine Andreas, Donald Smith and Wesla Whitfield to pick a great cabaret song and tell us why it works.
Nice to see Christine's photo on the front page today!

[ TB ]  Interview with Robert Picardo by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Spotlight on Harriet Harris by Nancy Rosati

[ B ]  CDs: Gimme Gimme a Tony by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Still Here

[ B ]  Beauty's Next Belle Is Soprano Jamie-Lynn Sigler

[ P ]  Neil Patrick Harris, Kate Grant Expected for Bway's Proof

[ P ]  Bravo Airs Victor Garber "Godspell" May 30

[ P ]  Role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast Goes to Notorious Soprano

Those wacky headline writers!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Everybody Rise: Stritch Closes on Broadway

[ P ]  50th Season of Stratford Festival Continues Opening Week, to June 1

[ BS ]  The One-Act Takes Center Stage by Leonard Jacobs

Short-Form Plays Inspire Festivals, Events, and a Train Ride or Two

[ BS ]  Role Models By Jamie Painter Young
Inspired by a mentoring program he co-founded for at-risk teens, actor David Ackert sought mentors of his own.

[ YN ]  Irish Writer John B. Keane Dies Aged 73
"Big Maggie," one of his 18 plays, was a Broadway success in 1982 while one of his most popular novels, "The Field" -- about a land dispute in rural Ireland -- was turned into an Oscar-winning film starring Richard Harris and Brenda Fricker.

[ TM ]  Josephine Abady, Director, Dead at 52 by: Ben Winters

[ NYT ]  Josephine Abady, Theater Director On and Off Broadway, 52, Dies by MEL GUSSOW

Josephine R. Abady, a theater director who staged plays on and off Broadway and was a leader in the nonprofit theater movement, died on May 25 in Manhattan.

[ NYT ]  'Elephant Man' to Close
The Times gets the closing date wrong - they say June 2, not June 9.

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[ * ]  COMPANY Party Photos @ Kennedy Center by Matt Madison-Clark

[ * ]  Marcy & Zina with Friends in Concert

[ TS ]  Two-bit Threepenny Opera
Stratford Slips with 3PO by Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star

[ NYT ]  The Fun of Being Old Friends Playing Embattled Lovers
By JESSE McKINLEY

Both Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan describe their approach to Elyot and Amanda, the battling lovers at the heart of "Private Lives," as beguilingly simple.

[ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'One Shot, One Kill': Innocence Lost in a War-Weary World

[ NYT ]  Philharmonic's Masur Era Draws Near to Its Coda
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

As Kurt Masur moves on to the directorship of the Orchestre National de France, his achievements at the New York Philharmonic stand out more than ever.

[ NYP ]  B'WAY BOOM ALL PLAYED OUT
By MICHAEL RIEDEL
Broadway's boom has gone bust. After 10 years of record-breaking gains, Broadway attendance and box-office receipts declined during the 2001-'02 season.
This is not a surprising, nor alarming story. Broadway has always been an indicator of Wall Street, if not the whole economy. We are talking about a 3% slip in what could have been double-digit slip if not for the support of the NYC/Tri-State theater audiences that came to rally and support NYC. If you want to see scary numbers, look at the rest of the tourism industry in NYC -- hotels to restaurants would love to have just a 3% slip. Nothing goes straight up. Not the stock market, not the New York Yankees. Why should Broadway not be able to have a slightly off year. Lets not be too alarmist. Lets celebrate that we made it through 2001. Catherine saw a t-shirt the other day that said "2001 Sucked". I say we buy one of them for Jed.

[ P ]  Actress Irene Worth's Life Celebrated at June 3 Memorial in NYC

[ P ]  Debra L. Wicks Named Artistic Director of Michigan's Meadow Brook Theatre

[ P ]  Bway's Dance of the Vampires Tix Released Early May 31 as Marquee Raised

[ P ]  NYC's Jewish Rep Resurfaces With Musical Revue, Vagabond Stars May 29-June 2

[ P ]  Galati Will Helm Chi Bow of Homebody/Kabul in Steppenwolf's 2002-03 Season

[ P ]  Good Morning, Seattle! Hairspray's Do' Does Pre-Bway Run May 30-June 23

[ P ]  Reverend Billy Preaches Peace in New NYC Play the birds are on fire June 9-23

[ P ]  Luckinbill Stars in Frisch's Firebugs in NYC, June 5-29

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Outer Critics Circle Awards: And One for Stritch (and Lithgow)

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Outer Critics Circle Awards: Def Is Topdog

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Outer Critics Circle Awards: Oklahoma! and Urinetown

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Outer Critics Circle Awards: Noises Off and Fortune's Fool

[ P ]  Elaine Stritch at Liberty Recoups Its Bway Investment

[ P ]  50th Season of Stratford Festival Continues Opening Week, to June 1

[ P ]  Clive Barker's Horror Comedy Crazyface Gets West Coast Premiere May 30-June 29

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: MAY 30

[ P ]  Bosco, Gifford, Holmes, Gillette Head Cape Playhouse Season in MA; World Premiere Offered

[ P ]  Money, Money, Money: Hit Mamma Mia! Recoups Its Investment

[ P ]  'Cue Mos Def for `My Favorite Things'': More Details on the Tony Awards Broadcast

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Wednesday, May 29, 2002

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Kennedy Center Company: Bobby Baby

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Kennedy Center Company: Not Getting Married Today

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Kennedy Center Company: Here's to the Ladies Who Lunch

[ P ]  Tickets for Flower Drum Song Go On Sale June 1

[ P ]  Anthony Rapp Sings in Broadway Spotlight Series June 3

[ P ]  Casting Complete for Kennedy Center Sunday in the Park with George

[ P ]  Chicago Musical Theatre Writers Showcase New Tunes June 10 in Windy City

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[ B ]  Amy Jo Johnson Leaves Janis After Two Shows

[ P ]  'Goodies Bag' for Tony Presenters Worth Thousands

Presenters at this year's Tony Awards on Sunday, June 2 will receive a "goodies bag" featuring over $6,000 worth of assorted gifts.

[ P ]  2002 Broadway Box Office Dips During 2001-02 Season, Grossing $643 Million

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Sweet Sixteen for Little Red Riding Hood!

[ P ]  Madonna Backs Crusaid Charity Walk

[ P ]  Matt Damon Announces More Appearances in West End Youth

[ P ]  West End's Chitty Chitty Star Announces Holiday

[ P ]  2002 London Makes Contact: Stroman-Weidman Musical Debuts Oct. 23

[ YN ]  Suspense Returns to Tony Telecast by MICHAEL KUCHWARA

[ TM ]  Family Ties That Bind by: Caroline Burlingham Ellis

Jon Robin Baitz on the Huntington Theatre Company production of Ten Unknowns.

[ TM ]  Have You Met Sir Cameron? York Gala Honors Mackintosh by: Ben Winters
At long last, someone is taking a moment to recognize Sir Cameron Mackintosh�s contribution to the theater. The mildly successful British producer (Cats, Les Mis�rables, Miss Saigon, everything else) will be honored by the York Theater Company on June 3 with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theater.

[ TM ]  Set Designer Marjorie Bradley Kellogg Honored By League of Professional Theatre Women by: Brooke Pierce

[ TB ]  Lobby Hero
Washington Review by Tracy Lyon

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[ P ]  Still Making a Splash, Bway Metamorphoses Recoups Its Investment

[ P ]  Philip Bosco and Blythe Danner Join All-Star Carousel at Carnegie Hall

Philip Bosco instead of John Raitt as the Starkeeper? Talk about a missed opportunity.

[ B ]  Starry Studio 54 by Ken Mandelbaum

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[ YN ]  Sarandon and Robbins May Perform on Dublin Stage

[ BS ]  What Dreams May Come by Rob Kendt

Tracy Young and Chris Wells leave the Actor's Gang to mount Dreamplay--and to dream of new theatrical forms.

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Andrea Martin
Andrea Martin's reputation as a comic actress began on the TV series "SCTV," for which she once played Indira Gandhi in a musical spoof of Evita, called Indira. Flash forward to 2002 and you'll see a very different Martin, Tony Award-nominated for playing the no-nonsense Aunt Eller in Trevor Nunn's hardscrabble staging of Oklahoma!

[ B ]  Boys and Girls Review by William Stevenson

[ TB ]  Boys and Girls Review by Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  Two By Two Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ TS ]  This Lady is loverly indeed by Richard Ouzounian
I could have cheered all night.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Elaine's become a real stitch

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[ TM ]  Clear Indian Ink by Peter Filichia
Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink is far from daunting in a fine production by the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia.

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Just some things to start your morning: we have a happy happy birthday to Paul Wontorek (Broadway.com's Editor in Chief) who although looks as though he is 12, actually turns the big three-oh today... Speaking of Broadway.com, tomorrow is the launch of the new look for them. I hope they are not using Red, Yellow and Black... Some of you have noticed that the "Contact" and "Blind" forms are back in business. "Use your powers for evil, not for good." or something like that... I do have some outstanding pics of last weekend's post Company party at the Kennedy Center. Will try and get them up in a few hours... And don't forget -- the BroadwayStars.com Tony Award Contest (please don't sue me Liz!) is up and running. Enter early. Enter often.

[ V ]  B'way B.O. boom busts
Total gross for the entire season at $642,545,026

After 10 straight years of B.O. records, terrorism and recession-buffeted Broadway did not make it 11 with the 2001-02 season. Then again, Broadway did not lay the proverbial egg. This was the season, after all, when 23 shows during the week of Sept. 10-16 grossed just $3,647,734.

[ V ]  Memorable holiday on B'Way
B.O. gets rise from long weekend

[ V ]  Stars join Cape lineup
Season opens with 'Mass Appeal'

[ V ]  'Marty' sings in Boston
Musical highlights Huntington season

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'BOYS AND GIRLS'
Hairpin Turns on a Road to Maturity, Each Sex to Its Own
By BEN BRANTLEY

Like much of Tom Donaghy's work, "Boys and Girls," a story of same-sex couples aspiring to maturity, doesn't really hold together as a play.

[ NYT ]  Seeking a Film Deal, McCain Found Producers With a Dramatic Past
By RICK LYMAN and RALPH BLUMENTHAL

When Senator John McCain sold the film rights of this best-selling memoir, "Faith of My Fathers," he ran into a quagmire that is surprising even for Hollywood.

[ NYT ]  City College Film Festival Peers Inside Many Cultures
By DINITIA SMITH

Just like the students at the City College graduate program in media arts production, the films of the Cityvisions Film Festival are very different from the film school norm.

[ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Marathon 2002': When All the Characters Are in a Sense Prisoners

[ DN ]  Play About 9/11 Helps NYU Students Cope
Extracurricular schoolwork has paid off for a group of drama students at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. The students teamed to create an emotionally charged play based on their Sept. 11 experiences � and will perform it in Scotland this summer at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

[ B ]  Neil Patrick Harris Set for B'way's Proof
As Ken Mandelbaum reported on May 21, Neil Patrick Harris will indeed star in [Read More]

[ B ]  Anthony Rapp Will Be in the Spotlight June 3
Anthony Rapp, known by theatergoers for his work in Rent and You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, will be the next artist to...[Read More]

[ B ]  Clear Channel Unveils Quarterly Theater Mag
Clear Channel Entertainment is set to unveil a new quarterly theater magazine, Show People, in September. The first issues of the publication will be available only to Clear Channel subscribers...[Read More]

[ B ]  Dodgers Move Ahead with Plans for Off-B'way Space
Dodger Theatricals is moving ahead with plans to turn Worldwide Plaza Cinemas into off-Broadway theaters. The plan...[Read More]

[ NYP ]  LATE TONY BUZZ by MICHAEL RIEDEL
AND the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play goes to . . .Well, folks, your guess is as good as mine.

[ TM ]  Dodger/Stage Holding Will Open New Five-Theater Complex in 2003

[ TM ]  Clear Channel to Introduce New Theater Magazine

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
In her new show at Danny's Skylight Room, Claiborne Cary's charm and talent carry the day.


[ P ]  Tony Nominee Rando Directs Taming of the Shrew for San Diego's Globe June 23-Aug. 4

[ P ]  Wopat Is Butler in Annie Get Your Gun at MI's Historic Barn Theatre, June 25-July 7

[ P ]  Report: Neil Simon's Hellman-Hammett Relationship Play Will Premiere at L.A.'s Geffen

[ P ]  Theatre Library Hands Out 2002 Performing Arts Book Awards

[ P ]  Women Crash an All-Male Music Fest in New Musical, Eight Ways, at Philly's Arden, June 14

[ P ]  Mackintosh Honored by York June 3; Callaway, Ebersole, Luker, Oscar Among Performers

[ P ]  L.A. Uncle Vanya With Orson Bean Extends; Moves to Pacific Resident Theatre

[ P ]  San Fran's Aurora Premieres Biographical Partition in 2002-03

[ P ]  Emily Loesser Heads Cast of London Carousel Concert in June

[ P ]  Turner, Stamos, Lithgow & Weber Headline May 29 'Stars in the Alley' Concert

[ P ]  Barrowman and Harris Visit Milwaukee Cabaret Series

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 29

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: May 20-26

[ P ]  CT's O�Neill Theater Center Sets Summer w/ Blessing, Linney, Ravenhill and New Musicals

[ P ]  PBOL'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with 2002 TONY AWARD NOMINEE Bea Arthur

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Tuesday, May 28, 2002

[ V ]  Dodger plans Off B'way complex, new theaters
Ende promises five new legit houses by next September
Dodger/Stage Holding, the New York-based theatrical outfit behind such productions as "Urinetown" and the revival of "Into the Woods," is moving ahead with plans to build five new luxury Off Broadway theaters with a central box office and restaurant at the Worldwide Plaza.
Didn't Riedel break this story in January? Me thinks so. It will be interesting to see what contracts Dodger will operate under in this space.

[ V ]  Clear Channel set to bow theater mag
Show People preps for September bow

[ V ]  Inside Move: Friedkin makes a legit connection
Helmer trades lenses for libretti in new gig

[ V ]  Road biz survives trying year
Trio of hot performers helps offset post-9/11 doldrums

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[ P ]  Albee Chats Back With The Goat May 28

[ P ]  Patrick Pacheco to Leave Newsday Theatre Column

[ TM ]  Flower Power! Big Names at BMA Benefit June 10 By: Ben Winters

[ TM ]  Follow Spot

A Lucille Lortel Award winner and a Drama Desk nominee for his work in Four, Keith Nobbs lightens up in the Drama Dept.'s Free to Be�You and Me.

[ TB ]  San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema
Reviews of Damn Yankees and Two For the Seesaw.

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And congrats go out to Spitfire Grill's Garrett Long who is Gertrude McFuzz in the upcoming tour of Seussical.
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Tonys ad revenue up 10% by Miriam Kreinin Souccar

Advertising revenue for the 56th Annual Tony Awards broadcast on CBS this Sunday night is up 10% from last year.

The event, which is watched by a more upscale, professional demographic than other awards shows, has attracted a slew of financial services companies, such as Credit Suisse First Boston, Charles Schwab & Co., and TD Waterhouse.

Advertising executives say the Tonys attract the second-most-upscale audience on network television, after The West Wing.
Copyright 2002, Crain Communications, Inc
[This came in an email alert with no link]

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[ P ]  Boston's Huntington Finalizes Next Season with Marty

[ P ]  Report: Dodgers/Stage Holding Will Build Beehive of Off-Bway Theatres in Midtown Manhattan

[ P ]  Clear Channel to Launch New Theatre Magazine, Show People

[ P ]  John Hurt Makes US Debut in Friel's Chekhovian Afterplay at SC's Spoleto Fest

[ P ]  Turner, Stamos, Lithgow & Weber Headline May 29 "Stars in the Alley" Concert

[ P ]  George Hamilton to Guest on "Regis & Kelly"

[ P ]  British Theatre Goes Multi-Media

[ P ]  Royal National Theatre Celebrates Nigel Hawthorne

[ P ]  London Musical Taboo Announces New Stars

[ P ]  Shaffer's Sleuth to Be Revived in West End

[ B ]  Anthony Rapp Will Be in the Spotlight June 3

[ B ]  Clear Channel Unveils Quarterly Theater Mag

Clear Channel Entertainment is set to unveil a new quarterly theater magazine, Show People, in September.

[ B ]  Dodgers Move Ahead with Plans for Off-B'way Space
Dodger Theatricals is moving ahead with plans to turn Worldwide Plaza Cinemas into off-Broadway theaters.

[ TB ]  Sound Advice: CD Reviews by Jonathan Frank

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[ NYT ]  Chicago, That Tony-Nomination-Garnering Town by STEPHEN KINZER
Nominations for this year's Tony Awards are new evidence that Chicago, which has more than 200 theater companies, has become the country's most important theater center outside New York.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ROOM'
When a Writer's Brain Is Turned Inside Out by BRUCE WEBER

I'm no Bloomsbury maven, but my suspicion is those who are will find much to chew on in "Room," a one-woman show drawn from the writings of Virginia Woolf.

[ DN ]  'Private Lives' Still Irresistible, Darling by David Hinckley

[ DN ]  Liev Schreiber Flies Under the Radar by JOHN CLARK

Intense actor takes a low-key turn as CIA agent in Clancy thriller

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
An all-theater column.

[ CST ]  This 'Sunday' delights the eye and heart BY HEDY WEISS
First produced on Broadway in 1985, it is now receiving a most intelligent and sensitive revival by Pegasus Players, which has enjoyed a long relationship with Sondheim.

[ CST ]  Talley's Folly BY HEDY WEISS
Reviews of two "Talley's Folly" productions - one in Chicago...

[ ND ]  The Attraction of Opposites by Peter Goodman
Arkin and Hecht take their turn at Wilson's mysterious pairing
... the other on Long Island.

[ NJ ]  High Marx for a 'Nutcracker' BY PETER FILICHIA
New musical makes for a zany night

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia wades through readers' responses to his column about show songs that deserve to be all-time faves.

[ TM ]  The Bergen Record by: Michael Buckley
Polly Bergen's appearance in Cabaret is the latest credit in a long and brilliant career.

[ B ]  CDs: Johnson Live by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TS ]  Score saves this shallow, dated musical by Richard Ouzounian

NIAGARA ON THE LAKE - If having a talented cast performing a wonderful score was all it took to make a great musical, then the Shaw Festival's production of Merrily We Roll Along, which opened last night at the Royal George, could be called a hit.

[ USA ]  She's a not-so-lucky star by Ellen Hale
LONDON - Papa don't preach and Madonna apparently don't act, to judge by reviews of the Material Girl's stage debut here.

[ VV ]  WOOLFING IT DOWN by Michael Feingold
Room at Classic Stage Company

[ VV ]  MIKE LEIGH'S HOUSE OF MAGGOTS by James Hannaham
Smelling a Rat; Mr. Kolpert

[ VV ]  Sightlines
Four for 9-11: The Uncaring Dog; Lovers Leapt; The New Sign; No One

[ VV ]  THE DO-TELL HOTEL by Elizabeth Zimmer
Placebo Sunrise: Episode 17 of Our Fathers

[ YN ]  Tony Readying Finishing Touches by Robert Hofler

[ SGN ]  Hairspray is a hit with Kerry Butler as Penny Pingleton by Mark "Mom" Finley

Thanks to Craig for the link!

[ P ]  CT's Hartford Stage Has New Uhry, Sanchez and 50th Anniversary Foote in 2002-03

[ P ]  Valerie Landsburg Joins Off-Broadway's Grace May 28

[ P ]  Buddy Plays Nyack's Helen Hayes June 1-16

[ P ]  Fiona Shaw Medea to Play BAM Oct 1-12

[ P ]  Callaway, Chenoweth, Naughton & Salonga Sing Rodgers on A&E June Special

[ P ]  Busy Bernadette: Peters Has Several TV Gigs: May 29, June 2, 6 & 9

[ P ]  Donaghy's Boys and Girls About Raising Kids and Growing Pains, Preems Off-Bway May 28

[ P ]  Perlman, Henner, Kind Begin Bway Allergist's Wife Performances May 28

Marilu Henner, Rhea Perlman and Richard Kind make up the new cast of the Broadway comedy The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. They begin their stay tonight.

[ P ]  L.A. Theatre Works Records Orson's Shadow With Glenne Headly June 12-16

[ P ]  Albee, Schreiber, Zimmerman Featured on Next Season of PBS' Arts Show "EGG"

[ P ]  Josie Abady, Director of Cleveland Playhouse and Circle in the Square, Dead at 52

[ TB ]  High Button Shoes
Review by Sharon Perlmutter

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Monday, May 27, 2002

[ LAT ]  'High Button Shoes' Still Provides Delight by DARYL MILLER
Happily, the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura decided it was time we saw more of "High Button Shoes." Through Sunday, it is presenting a semi-staged concert version that sets toes tapping and sides splitting with laughter.

[ LAT ]  She Sings From Experience by HUGH HART
In 'The Full Monty,' Carol Woods recalls hard times and seedy gigs, things she knows all too well

[ DN ]  Virginia Monologues For the Woolf Pack by Robert Dominguez

[ NYT ]  COMMENCEMENT: Organize, Vassar Students Are Told

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner gave 579 graduates at Vassar College a rapid-fire course on social activism on Sunday.

[ NYT ]  Zypora Spaisman, Lifelong Champion of Yiddish Theater, Dies at 86 by DOUGLAS MARTIN
Zypora Spaisman, who did everything to keep Yiddish theater alive, from producing plays to selling tickets to sweeping floors to her great love, acting, died on May 18 in Manhattan.

[ BSUN ]  The look of loud by J. Wynn Rousuck
Three designers are taking outrageous steps to make sure "Hairspray," the musical, gets noticed.

[ BH ]  Rex Smith says the stage takes his breath away by Robert Nesti

[ LADN ]  Hear, hear by Evan Henerson

The art of listening has given Athol Fugard and John Glover a successful working relationship

[ TNY ]  INDOORS, OUTDOORS by NANCY FRANKLIN
Hapless hijinks at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

[ P ]  Marcovicci Stars in Anne Frank Concert; Bergen, Arnaz & McClanahan Also

[ P ]  Bromley's American Revolution Ready for Summer Run

[ P ]  Dazzle Dazzles Chicago: Steppenwolf Show Extends to June 16

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Nominees Say Cheese!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Nominees Are Caught on Camera

[ P ]  Elaine Stritch, the NY Theatre Season's Darling, Is Officially at Liberty After May 27

Everybody rise!�and leave the theatre. Elaine Stritch gives her last performance (an Actors' Fund benefit) in her smash one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty.

[ P ]  Alone Again: Hershey Felder Performs Gershwin for A.R.T. in MA, June 16-July 7

[ P ]  Nerves Melt "Like Buttah" in Preem of Daniel Stern's Barbra's Wedding, May 31, in Philly

[ P ]  Daisy Gets Pulled Off London Stage Early

[ TB ]  Tom Andersen Makes The Journey To Arlington�s Signature Theatre
Review by Tracy Lyon

[ TB ]  The Full Monty Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links:

[ BR ]  Cinderella has a story with a twist by Robert Feldberg
Laura Benanti plays Cinderella in "Into the Woods" on Broadway, but her own life wouldn't make a good fairy tale: It's too unbelievable.

[ ST ]  'Hairspray' adds sheen to Seattle by Misha Berson
For the first time, the city is a proving ground for a big, Broadway- bound musical.

[ OCR ]  This critic answers his critics by PAUL HODGINS
During an interview with me last week, playwright Neil Simon revealed the subject of his next play.
(Fifth item)

[ PPG ]  Stage Preview: Morgan Fairchild reinvents herself for CLO production by Rob Owen
Morgan Fairchild has been rehearsing to sound bad, which is probably harder than it might sound.
Write your own punchline.

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Sunday, May 26, 2002

[ NYT ]  Myth, Magic and Us Mortals by MARGO JEFFERSON
Now that so many theater artists are revisiting the gods and mortals of ancient Greece and Rome, we should revisit the Greek concept of "playwright."

[ NYT ]  Three Actors Are One Another's Other Audience by WILBORN HAMPTON
ONE doesn't usually think of ensemble acting in a play full of monologues, but what the three actors in Horton Foote's "Carpetbagger's Children" achieve is a master class in ensemble work. The secret is in the listening.

[ NYT ]  City and Set: A Skyline That's Made for the Stage by MERVYN ROTHSTEIN
In a season when the New York skyline was forever changed, the set designers for "Sweet Smell of Success" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" made it a focal point of their shows.

[ NYT ]  Opposites Make Use of Their Differences by JONATHAN MANDELL
David Schulner and Craig Lucas wrote a play together, "This Thing of Darkness," about two men's lives over 50 years.

[ NYP ]  JUDGING COWARD: NOEL TO GO BUT UP by CLIVE BARNES

[ NYP ]  WHAT I WATCH by GEORGETT ROBERTS

Jana Robbins, Actress/singer

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
A Stritch in time
Liz tells us about all the boyfriends Elaine didn't have time to mention in her show...

[ LAT ]  Connections on the Stage and Off by SUSAN KING
Betty Garrett feels a lot of good karma surrounding Theatre West's production of "Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology," which opened on Garrett's 83rd birthday Thursday. Garrett, who appeared in the original production of "Spoon River" four decades ago, is directing the revival, which features longtime Theatre West members Lee Meriwether and Bridget Hanley.

[ ND ]  Now She Gets His 'Goat' by Linda Winer

[ ND ]  Fast Chat: Spencer Kayden

[ BG ]  Director Blakemore knows how to tame 'Kate' into shape by Catherine Foster

[ CST ]  A decade of staying up 'Late' BY MISHA DAVENPORT

"Late Night Catechism"

[ TS ]  2 plays better than 1 by Richard Ouzounian
Is it two plays for the price of one, or one play for the price of two?
That's the question you have to ask about House and Garden, the matched set of comedies by Alan Ayckbourn, which opened last Tuesday at the Manhattan Theatre Club's adjacent theatres, stages 1 and 2.

[ AJC ]  At Spoleto, two new twists on Chekhov by WENDELL BROCK
John Hurt, the two-time Academy Award nominee and star of "The Elephant Man," is giving a dazzling and irrestible performance as Andrey in this production by the Gate Theatre of Dublin.
Thanks to AmericanTheaterWeb for the link!

[ INQ ]  Staging a revival by Desmond Ryan
Broadway's recovery from Sept. 11 will be the backdrop to the Tony awards.

[ B ]  Back to the Fan-Dango Ballroom by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Millie and Woods on 'Today', Weber on 'The View'

[ P ]  Roy Dotrice Honored in L.A. on May 26

[ P ]  Barbara Cook Offers a Richard Rodgers Master Class June 27

[ P ]  Illeana Douglas Leaves Off-Broadway's Grace May 26

[ P ]  Radio Playbill Picks Top Showtunes for Your Tony Party, May 28-June 2

[ P ]  Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Adapting the Classics

[ P ]  Audra McDonald's Big Band Album, 'Happy Songs,' Due in Late Summer

[ P ]  Harper, Lee, Roberts Exit Allergist's Wife for West Coast May 26; New Cast in Wings

[ P ]  Peters, Battle and Newman Inducted into Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame June 28

[ P ]  San Diego's Globe Aims for Smash With Hatcher-Shaw Adaptation May 26

Paul Benedict stars in this Jeffrey Hatcher adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's lesser-known novel, The Unsocial Socialist.

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 26

[ TB ]  Ten Unknowns
Boston Review by Suzanne Bixby

[ TB ]  Les Miserables Returns to San Francisco for a Fourth Time Review by Richard Connema

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2007-08
Broadway Season

June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)

July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]

Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]

Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)

Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)

Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)

Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)

Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins

Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends

Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)

Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]

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

Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)

Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)

Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]

Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)

Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)

Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)

Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)

Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)

Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]

Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)

Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)

Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]

Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)

May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)

May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

TBA - Godspell

2008-09
Broadway Season

Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet

TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

TBA - American Buffalo

TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]

TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]

TBA - Broomhilda

TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]

TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

TBA - Camelot

TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

TBA - Catch Me If You Can

TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]

TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]

TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)

TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]

TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]

TBA - Hitchcock Blonde

TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest

TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)

TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.

 
   


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