Saturday, June 29, 2002

[ NYT ]  Tribute to Richard Rodgers Fills the House on His 100th by JESSE McKINLEY
Richard Rodgers died in 1979, so the celebrating was left to those who love his music, fans and performers alike.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SEASCAPE'
When Lizards Interact With a Couple on the Beach by BRUCE WEBER
It is fitting that the handsome and bold revival of "Seascape" that ends its monthlong run at the Hartford Stage Sunday has been visited by a number of producers eyeing it for a move to New York City.

[ NYT ]  British Actor Deported
Steven Berkoff, the British actor, who was scheduled to perform his one-man "Shakespeare's Villains" this week in Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, Mich., was deported on Tuesday, apparently for a visa violation.

[ NYT ]  Dolores Gray, Sultry Star of Stage and Movie Musicals, Dies at 78 by ARI L. GOLDMAN
Dolores Gray, a singer and actress whose success on Broadway and London's West End led to starring roles in several 1950's Hollywood musical extravaganzas, died on Wednesday.

[ LAT ]  His Songs, Her Call By CHRIS JONES
Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel are an unlikely pair with a project to match: She's creating a show from his tunes.

[ LAT ]  Davidson: A Hard Act to Follow BY CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS and DON SHIRLEY
The news that Gordon Davidson will give up his Taper and Ahmanson posts at the close of 2004 has launched a wave of institutional soul-searching.

[ P ]  Concert Cast Album of Broadway Musicals of 1940s in Stores

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: What You Will: 12th Night Sneak Peek - Lloyd, Johnston, Platt

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: What You Will: 12th Night Sneak Peek - Smits and Stiles

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: What You Will: 12th Night Sneak Peek - Braff Ahoy!

[ P ]  Complete Shakespeare Extends London Run

[ P ]  Henshall and Ruffelle Kick-Off U.K. Theatre Cares Season

[ P ]  Michael Cerveris To Perform in Concert at D.C.'s Millennium Stage

[ P ]  Off-Off-Broadway's Mono Celebrates Two Years July 25

[ P ]  Milwaukee Rep Fills Out 2002-03 Season With Copenhagen

[ P ]  The Bowl Is Alive With The Sound of Music: Sing-a-long Returns to Hollywood July 6

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 29

[ P ]  Stiles and Company Catch the Wave in Central Park's Twelfth Night

[ TB ]  Pacific Overtures Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links:

[ BG ]  CLASSICAL NOTES by Richard Dyer
A composer well known to Broadway returns to classical roots
Charles Strouse

[ HC ]  Farmington Girl Sets Sights On Show Business by JOANNA MECHLINSKI
Emily Graham-Handley Gets Good Start With Carol Burnett

[ CSM ]  Six-show extravaganza celebrates Sondheim by Tony Vellela

[ CSM ]  A training ground for stars by Iris Fanger
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. - It was party time on the front lawn at Williamstown Theatre Festival last week.
That girl in the photo is Jessica Stone, not "Amy Stone."

[ CSM ]  Richard Rodgers - my favorite things by Gregory M. Lamb

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Friday, June 28, 2002

[ P ]  Dolores Gray, Sultry Musical Theatre Actress and Tony Winner, Is Dead

[ P ]  'Something Good' at the Gershwin: A Song-by-Song Account of the Rodgers Tribute
From Patrick Wilson's "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" to Barbara Cook's "I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy" to Laura Benanti's "Something Good," it was a grand afternoon for singing the work of Richard Rodgers.

[ P ]  I Love a Piano, a Berlin Bonanza, Gets Revised Staging in Denver Aug. 8-Sept. 1; Tour Likely

[ P ]  Lobby Hero Reopens in London July 1

[ P ]  Sally Burgess and Janie Dee Headline "Something Wonderful" London Concert

[ P ]  The Play What I Wrote Set to Return to West End

[ P ]  London's Noises Off To Close July 20; Possible U.K. Tour

[ P ]  Prince of Wales Launches Arts & Kids Foundation

[ P ]  Artistic Director Gordon Davidson Will Leave Taper, Ahmanson in 2004

[ B ]  Noises Off to Close in the West End

[ B ]  Leynse Named Artistic Director of Primary Stages

[ B ]  DVDs: Sondheim & Co. by Ken Mandelbaum
SONDHEIM: A CELEBRATION AT CARNEGIE HALL (RCA Victor)

[ B ]  Photo Op: Twelfth Night Rehearsal

[ B ]  Photo Op: Opening Night of Albee's All Over
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[ P ]  Irish Rep Opens Off-Broadway Playboy July 2

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 22-28: Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood

[ P ]  Sondheim, Harnick & Raitt Celebrate Rodgers on NPR Documentary June 28

[ P ]  Steven Berkoff Deported From U.S. While on Tour With Shakespeare's Villains

[ B ]  Harrelson & MacLachlan to Have Day in West End
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[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
A Big Success for Sondheim by JESSE MCKINLEY
The first half of the summerlong Sondheim Celebration has been a resounding success for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

[ NYP ]  SONDHEIM SUMMER by MICHAEL RIEDEL

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Items on two proposed musicals.

[ DN ]  Albee's Death Play Gets New Life by Robert Dominguez

[ NYP ]  IT'S 'OVER' AND OUT FOR ALBEE by DONALD LYONS

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ALL OVER'
Souls Alone in the Universe, Connected by a Dying Man by BEN BRANTLEY
Rosemary Harris sends off stellar light waves in the McCarter Theater's revival of Edward Albee's "All Over."

[ ND ]  Death Becomes Albee by Linda Winer
Bedside vigil, once considered a flop, revived all over again

[ USA ]  'All Over' is still fresh after three decades by Elysa Gardner

[ TB ]  All Over Review by Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  All Over Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ B ]  All Over Review by William Stevenson

[ YN ]  Albee Closes Alaska Confab

[ DN ]  Aoowww So Loverly Revival of a Classic by Howard Kissel

[ NYP ]  'ENDPAPERS' DOES IT BY THE BOOK by DONALD LYONS

[ YN ]  Archerd: "Wife" wows L.A. audience by Army Archerd
After the bow of "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" Wednesday at the Ahmanson, Gordon Davidson, artistic director/producer of the Center Theater Group, told me of his decision to step down -- after Dec. 31, 2004.

[ LAT ]  L.A. Theater Scene's 'Moses' Will Bow Out by CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS and DON SHIRLEY
Gordon Davidson's long Ahmanson and Taper tenure netted respect, awards.

[ NYT ]  Los Angeles Director Is Retiring in 2004

[ LAT ]  A Meltdown at Middle Age by DON SHIRLEY
With a dash of Allen and a twist of Pinter, Charles Busch explores the neuroses that come with maturity in his witty 'Tale of the Allergist's Wife.'

[ LAT ]  THEATER BEAT
Path to Redemption Is Lined With Sitcoms in Merry 'Primetime' by DAVID C. NICHOLS, DARYL H. MILLER, PHILIP BRANDES
In the skewered footsteps of "Bat Boy!" and "Urinetown" comes "Once Upon a Primetime," a Neurotic Young Urbanites premiere now playing the Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM'
The Once Dreamy Woods Now Have Big, Bad Wolves by BRUCE WEBER
Directed by Richard Jones, the Royal Shakespeare Company's new staging of Shakespeare's tale of a sprite-infested forest takes a darker, more disturbing turn than usual.

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW
A Little of Lots of Things, With Irrepressible Zest by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Tony Danza's cabaret act at Feinstein's at the Regency is an illustration of how sheer charm can override any number of technical deficiencies.

[ NYT ]  Striking Up the Band, in the Iowa Style by DOUGLAS MARTIN
This is the heart of what Meredith Willson called the "hailstone and sarsaparilla belt," that corn-fed fragment of America where tubas, trumpets and trombones still come together to transport the soul.

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: An Interview with Jennifer Holliday Plus News of Peters, Andrews & Akers

[ P ]  Woody Harrelson and Kyle MacLachlan to Star On London Stage

[ P ]  BJ Crosby, Queen Esther Lead George C. Wolfe's Harlem Song, Previewing July 6

[ P ]  Enron the Play: MA's WHAT Stages Accounting Drama, July 3-27

[ P ]  Chaikin to Direct Beckett's Happy Days at Cherry Lane, Sept. 17

[ P ]  Cult Fave Underneath the Lintel Now Stars Its Playwright, Off-Bway, Thru Summer

[ P ]  Richard Rodgers 100th Birthday Concert Held June 28 at Gershwin Theatre
Participants set to honor Rodgers include Sutton Foster, Hunter Foster, Lea Salonga, Patrick Wilson, Shuler Hensley, Laura Benanti, Barbara Cook, John Cullum, Erin Dilly, Marin Mazzie, Howard McGillin, Mary Testa and the chorus of Oklahoma!

[ P ]  Joel Grey to Induct Bernadette Peters into Hall of Fame; Peters to Sing R&H

[ P ]  Abbey Victoria, Spoofing Musical Conventions, Gets NYC Readings June 28-30

[ P ]  Stapleton, Shields, Gould Lend Voices to Premiere Three Grooms and a Bride June 28-Aug. 4

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 28

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
Singer-songwriter Pam Tate holds forth at Danny�s Skylight Room.

[ TM ]  Tunes and Tomes
Recent CD releases showcase the talents of Jessica Molaskey, Darius de Haas, Peter Davenport, and Courtenay Day.

[ BS ]  Book and Lyrics By
Writing All the Words for a Broadway Musical

[ BS ]  O'Neill Music Theater Confab Hears Silver Bells
To date, more than 80 new musical theatre works have been developed through the O'Neill Music Theater Conference

[ HC ]  Loretta Swit In `Vagina Monologues' At Bushnell by FRANK RIZZO
Includes an item about Karen Ziemba and Jesse Tyler Ferguson performing over the next two weeks at the O'Neill Center.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ YN ]  Harrelson, MacLachlan Spend 'Day' on West End
LONDON (Variety) - Add Woody Harrelson and Kyle MacLachlan to the seemingly endless list of film stars choosing to appear on stage in London's West End.

[ PP ]  King of Broadway by: Matt Smith
Theater Renaissance man Hugh Fordin talks about producing 'The Producers.'
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ USA ]  Broderick's lyrical theme plays on in 'Music Man' by Gary Levin

[ USA ]  Meat Loaf's main man set to vamp it up by Elysa Gardner
The man who helped make Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell one of rock 'n' roll's most enduring epics is getting ready to bring a vampire to Broadway � with a little help from a Tony Award-winning director.

[ YN ]  Political Correctness Rings Hunchback Death Knell
LONDON (Reuters) - A British theater company has dropped the word hunchback from its stage adaptation of the classic novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" to avoid offending disabled people, newspapers reported Friday.

[ YN ]  Backstage: Mayor Names Katherine Oliver Film-Stage Head

[ NJ ]  'Dark at the Center' wins TheatreFest prize BY PETER FILICHIA

[ CST ]  'Whose Body?' loses its head BY MARY HOULIHAN
The British detective is a revered icon of the crime novel genre, and author Dorothy L. Sayers' creation--the gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey--is one of its best and most complex characters.
I liked the book, but it's an odd choice for a stage adaptation.

[ B ]  My Special Friend Review by Celia Wren

[ TM ]  Galileo Galilei Reviewed By: Jonathan Abarbanel
posted at 6/28/2002 10:27:06 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

We have two very important birthdays to recognize today. First, it is the birthday of BroadwayStars.Com's very own Catherine Skidmore today!

And, of course, Richard Rodgers was born 100 years ago today. Though he passed away in 1979, his music and innumerable contributions to theatre will continue to live on for countless decades--and most likely centuries--to come!
posted at 6/28/2002 10:03:46 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

[ TM ]  The Unkindest Non-Cut of All by Peter Filichia
Filichia registers a complaint regarding the new Broadway cast recording of Into the Woods.
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Thursday, June 27, 2002

Nevertheless, it was all for Naughton (?). F+B + Rocco passed on the Bobby Story. You can read about it all tomorrow in Reidel's and Jesse's columns. (But it was a fun Thursday dreaming about it, wasn't it?)
posted at 6/27/2002 06:01:12 PM by James Marino | Item Link

Careful readers pointed out that Cincinnati and Parris were spelled incorrectly. Yes and No. Parris will always be spelled Parris.

Now for the better stuff, emails are flying back and forth about this morning's Blind Item. One interesting one:

As for your blind item - yes the Weislers are interested in bringing the Kennedy Center production of "Company" to Broadway. They sent Jay Binder down to look at it. Here's another blind item: Sean Mathias was fired from his directing duties on "Company" and the production people are saying at the Kennedy Center production was doctored/directed by James Lapine.Hmmmm...
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[ P ]  Downtown's South Street Seaport Will Be Home to New Discount tkts Booth

[ P ]  Report: Donmar's Night and Vanya Now to Play BAM

[ P ]  Lloyd, Weiss and Robins Cast in Guthrie's Miller Premiere, Resurrection Blues

[ P ]  Report: Henry Goodman in Talks for Roundabout's Tartuffe

[ P ]  Richard Rodgers 100th Birthday Concert Held June 28 at Gershwin Theatre

[ B ]  San Francisco Critics Hip to B'way-Bound Jam

[ B ]  Not Since Metro by Ken Mandelbaum
The fact that two of this fall's new Broadway musicals--Amour and Dance of the Vampires--were written and first performed in a foreign language may not seem all that remarkable. But considering the number of such shows that have made it to Broadway in the last 40 or 50 years, it's indeed unusual.

[ B ]  Fresh Face: Adam Godley by Kevin Manganaro

[ B ]  Video: B'way Bares XII: A Comic Strip

[ B ]  Video: Broadway Under the Stars

[ B ]  B'way Show League Kick-Off

[ TM ]  A Closer Look at ... Las Vegas by: Brooke Pierce
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[ B ]  All-Star Sondheim Concert in the Works

[ B ]  Donmar's Vanya & Twelfth Night to Land at BAM

[ P ]  Sondheim Celebration Highlights Concert Looks Likely for Avery Fisher Hall in Oct.

[ P ]  NYC's Public Theatre Expecting Radiant Baby, Keith Haring Musical, in 2002-03

[ B ]  CDs: Yana Sings R&H by Ken Mandelbaum
Mary Cleere Haran and Kelli O'Hara have been mentioned for leading roles in the Sundance Theatre Lab workshop presentation of the new Adam Guettel-Craig Lucas musical The Light in the Piazza.

[ B ]  Henry Goodman May Return to B'way in Tartuffe

[ B ]  Manus Named Exec. Director of Public Theater

[ B ]  Jacobi and Donohoe Headline Sheffield Season

[ B ]  Injury Sidelines Aida's Adam Pascal

[ B ]  David Hare's Via Dolorosa Returns to London

[ B ]  O'Keefe on Bringing Sarah, Plain and Tall to the Stage

[ B ]  Details Announced for Matthew Bourne's Play

[ TM ]  Cy Coleman Confirms Jenna Elfman as Probable Star of Sweet Charity Revival by: Michael Portantiere

[ TM ]  Moon Over Waterford: O'Neill Benefit on 7/15 Features Kate Burton by: Ben Winters

[ P ]  Maria Aitken Returns To the West End

[ P ]  David Kernan Discusses the West End Tribute to Dorothy Fields

[ P ]  Martine McCutcheon Likely to Play Mary Poppins in West End Musical

[ P ]  Joel Grey to Induct Bernadette Peters into Hall of Fame; Peters to Sing R&H

[ P ]  CT Critics Circle Awards Announced; Lacey and McGrath Among Winners

[ P ]  Let Her Entertain You: Tammy Blanchard Likely for Gypsy Revival

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Alan Cumming Throws an Art Party

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Douglas, Rickman Coming for Cumming's Art Party

[ P ]  Manus Appointed Public Theater's Executive Director; Wolfe Comments

[ P ]  Attention Shoppers: New York Premiere of Johnson Play Delays Opening to June 30

[ P ]  Seattle Sees Orlandersmith's Yellowman July 5-Aug. 4

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Endpapers End Bows

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Publisher McCormack Celebrates His Endpapers

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Draper, Pearthree, Thayer, Burkett Make Endpapers

[ P ]  Jerry Herman's Musical, Dear World, Spins Anew in Revised Version, June 27-Aug. 17

[ P ]  Buckley, Lopez & Halston Take Part in "River Flicks" Outdoor Summer Series

[ P ]  Koltes' Serial Killer Roberto Zucco Arrives in San Francisco June 27-July 28

[ P ]  Reno's Rebel Christens Off-Broadway's Lion With Benefit June 27

[ P ]  Thunder Under the Weather: Two Perfs of New Musical Canceled, But Show Goes On June 26

[ P ]  Iain Glen Joins Glenn Close for London Streetcar

[ P ]  Barbara Cook Offers Richard Rodgers Master Class June 27 at Lincoln Center

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ALIVE FROM PALESTINE'
A Plea for Recognizing Humanity Everywhere by BRUCE WEBER
Newspapers almost smother the performers in this plaintive, almost supplicating new work at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven. And the news is not just in the air, but on the stage.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE NOTEBOOK'
A Puzzling Relationship Gilded by Poetry by ANITA GATES
All the characters in "The Notebook," Wendy Kesselman's smooth, thoughtful, cryptic one-act play, are a pleasure to spend time with.

[ LAT ]  Bottoms Up, Everyone By DARYL H. MILLER
Mad magazine-style 'Poseidon Adventure' musical is best after the ship goes topsy-turvy.

[ BS ]  Die! Stereotypes! Die! by Les Spindle
Charles Busch doesn't see the commercial success of his latest play as a plunge into the mainstream but rather as simply another progression of his unique camp style.

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
Star of 'Saigon'

[ YN ]  It's Curtains for Japan's Shakespeare Theater by Elaine Lies

[ TB ]  Interview with Phil Bond of The Duplex and Storefront Theater by Jonathan Frank

[ TB ]  Murder Americana - The People vs. Lizzie Borden Chicago Review by Charles Eichler

[ * ]  PRELIMINARY LIST OF PERFORMERS FOR THE 2002 MABEL MERCER CABARET CONVENTION
Thanks to Wayman Wong on All That Chat for the link!
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[ V ]  B'way casts its net - Goodman eyes 'Tartuffe'; Blanchard may be 'Gypsy' By ROBERT HOFLER
As Gotham legit slows down for the summer, casting negotiations are heating up for the new season. With the "Producers" fiasco behind him, Henry Goodman is in talks to headline the Roundabout's upcoming revival of Moliere's "Tartuffe."
posted at 6/27/2002 11:54:57 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

It is too hot to think... but I got a few blind items that I thought I would run by you to cool down a few readers...

That Producing "team" that some call tacky is interested in ANOTHER revival. But this show, in rotation, nearly became commercial before but for reviews and vocal trouble. But can they keep the current company intact?Huh? And then there is this one:

You linked to a Broadway.Com article about Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames. Unfortunately, the article lists David Levine as the Director. Word has it he was fired after the second preview. Which may explain the delay in the opening.Finally, a reader send in a tidbit of one of our favorites:

Michael Cerveris is planning to do a concert at Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage, tentatively scheduled for August 18.And a question from a reader:

Yesterday we saw THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, which, of course, was absolutely wonderful. My question is who played Millie at the 2 pm performance on June 26? Was it Catherine Brunell or was it Sutton Foster? Thank you.I don't really know, but if anyone out there does, please let us know. (Freaky?)

There are so many things going on with the Richard Rodgers 100, it is hard to know where to spend your time. Unfortunately, most of them are in NYC and the good folks who are not here cannot really get to them. Well, here is one that may be just for you if you are 40 miles East of Cincinnati...

www.xmradio.com

But for those of you that are here in NYC, don't forget that today is A RICHARD RODGERS MASTER CLASS with Barbara Cook, produced by the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center. On Friday is the free concert at The Gershwin (at noon) and Saturday is LETTERS TO DOROTHY and OTHER LETTERS OF RICHARD RODGERS with Walter Willison at 3pm at The Theatre at the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center. (The Theatre is a beautiful brand new state of the art theatre on the lower level.)

I want to also wish the best to a reading this weekend of Abbey Victoria, a New Musical. I hear the cast is hot... Makes you want to fly to Parris. Book and Lyrics by Donald Loftus, Music by Andrew Sussman. Gary Slavin directs and choreographs, and Barbara Anselmi is musical director.
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[ NYT ]  Public Theater Names Executive Director By ROBIN POGREBIN
The board of the Joseph Papp Public Theater has named Mara Manus executive director. Ms. Manus will share the helm with the producer, George C. Wolfe.

[ P ]  A Death in the Family: Albee's All Over Opens Off Bway June 27
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Wednesday, June 26, 2002

[ P ]  The Great Green Way: 'Broadway in Bryant Park' Show Tunes Concerts Start June 27

[ P ]  Jenna Elfman to Star in Sweet Charity on Broadway in 2003?

[ P ]  Hairspray Records June 30 & July 1 for CD Release Aug. 13

[ P ]  Julie Andrews Says Husband Edwards at Work on "Pink Panther" Musical
But you already knew that if you read BroadwayStars yesterday.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Food for Thought Gets the Gold

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Food for Moreno and Dishy

[ TB ]  Rearranging Grace Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter
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[ P ]  Rested and Ready, Tony Winner Sutton Foster Returns to Millie June 26

[ P ]  Julia Murney and Asa Somers Added to Broadway's Dance of the Vampires

[ P ]  Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble Journeys from South Africa to London

[ P ]  Stephen Daldry Heads Back to London's Royal Court

[ P ]  Charlotte Randle Discusses Lobby Hero's London Run

[ P ]  Report: Gypsy May Replace Chicago as Shubert Tenant

[ P ]  More Cast Members Announced for Sept. 30 Merrily Reunion in NYC

[ P ]  NY Public Library Celebrates Richard Rodgers June 28-Sept. 28

[ P ]  FL Stage Has Last 5 Years and Preems Last Schwartz and Cavalcaders in 2002-03

[ P ]  Clarvoe's Ctrl+Alt+Del to Bow Off-Broadway This Fall

[ P ]  Westport Hears The Voice of the Turtle, June 26-July 13

[ P ]  Broadway Schedules for July 4 Holiday Week

[ P ]  Rattlestick Has Rapp, Tolins, Bettenbender in 2002-03

[ P ]  Pictures Starts Moving at Williamstown, June 26

[ P ]  Aquila Theatre Company's Comedy of Errors Cuts Up in NYC June 26-Sept. 1
Aquila, the cross-cultural theatre troupe that mixes British and American actors and puts physical, quirky spins on classics, revives this popular production.

[ P ]  Sir Richard Eyre Discusses Arthur Miller at Guthrie Theater

[ P ]  Swank, Lowe Perform Credeaux Canvas for L.A. Theatre Works June 26-30

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 26

[ P ]  New Leight Play, James and Annie, to Premiere in Cincinnati March 12, 2003

[ P ]  She's Still Cook-in'!
The glorious Barbara Cook brings her Tony Award-nominated show, Mostly Sondheim, back to Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater on Sunday and Monday nights

[ P ]  Mamet's Merlin
Ricky Jay: On the Stem, directed by David Mamet at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre, brings the sleight-of-hand wizard back to the stage in fine and truly amazing form

[ B ]  London Critics Check Out Benefactors

[ B ]  Keith Haring Musical to Bow at Public Theater

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Gimme, Gimme

[ B ]  Photo Op: The Art Party Benefit

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
There's a little bit of 'Chicago' in Toronto

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SILENCE'
Punishing a Norman Princess in England by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Though the issues raised in Moira Buffini's prizewinning comedy-drama are as current as the morning's news, the play is set a thousand years ago, in 1002.

[ NYT ]  Reduction in Budget Cut Relieves Arts Groups by ROBIN POGREBIN
A 5 percent reduction in funding agreed to by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the City Council last week is a vast improvement over the 15 percent cut initially proposed by the mayor.

[ NYT ]  Beyond the Briefly Inflated Canon: Legacy of the Mysterious 'W. S.' by WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN
A byline that read "W.S." on the poem "A Funeral Elegy" was the first piece of evidence that led scholars to suspect the author was Shakespeare, a theory they have now retracted.

[ TM ]  Lysistrata Reviewed By: J. Cooper Robb
It may rank as one of the most disappointing events in Philadelphia theater history.
This critic is absolutely right. I had the misfortune to see this train wreck last night. Normally I never miss a Cherry Jones musical... but I think I'll miss the next one. This production is astonishingly inept -- it makes Thou Shalt Not look like Sweeney Todd.

[ TM ]  Follow Spot
Karen Finley deals with the emotional fallout from 9/11/01 in her new performance piece at The Cutting Room

[ CST ]  Today's Elite 8 Chicago actresses BY HEDY WEISS

[ ND ]  Too Many Pages Missing in This 'Notebook' by Gordon Cox

[ YN ]  Archerd: Rosemary Clooney battling cancer again by Army Archerd
As promised, Neil Simon "previewed" his newest play, "Rose and Walsh," at the Geffen Monday night.
Last item.

[ YN ]  Tony Curtis Reprises 'Some Like It Hot' on Stage by Andrew Kelly

[ VV ]  STRUMMER THEATER by Michael Feingold
Thunder Knocking on the Door by Keith Glover, songs by Keb' Mo', Anderson Edwards, and Keith Glover; Face the Music by Moss Hart, songs by Irving Berlin

[ VV ]  THE GNOME OF THE RING by Miss Banji D. Realness
The 3rd NYC Hip-Hop Theater Festival

[ VV ]  THEATER'S QUEER FATE by Charles McNulty
Queer@Here

[ WP ]  'Pigmaleon': A Shaw Takeoff That Lands Badly by Dolores Whiskeyman

[ BG ]  In the Berkshires, summer theater is anything but stock by Ed Siegel

[ BH ]  Everyone's in love with 'Charley' by Terry Byrne
Thanks to John_C on All That Chat for the Boston links!
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[ TM ]  All-Singing, All-Dancing, All-Spielberg by Peter Filichia
Steven Spielberg says he wants to make a movie musical. Here are some suggestions.

[ NYP ]  DHARMA QUEEN By MICHAEL RIEDEL
JENNA Elfman's been taking singing lessons from composer Cy Coleman.The "Dharma & Greg" star is up for the title role in a revival of Coleman's 1966 musical "Sweet Charity," which is being brought to us by producers Fran and Barry Weissler.

[ DN ]  Heche Glad To Act Unhappy By LANCE GOULD
Anne Heche's father, Donald, was a Baptist choir director. He also had a secret life, frequenting gay bars. He died of AIDS in 1983.

[ V ]  Public to bear 'Baby' tuner - Show about late artist skedded to bow in January By ROBERT HOFLER
Keith Haring will get the tuner treatment this winter at the Public Theater.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2002

[ B ]  Recording Hairspray by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Get Ready for the 2002 NYC Fringe Fest

[ B ]  Complete Cast of Dreamgirls Set in Atlanta

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: June 17-23

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with John Rando
Following his 2002 Tony Award win for Best Direction of a Musical, John Rando isn't sitting on his laurels. He just helmed The Taming of the Shrew in San Diego and will be hanging around the Minskoff Theatre this fall with Dance of the Vampires. There's also a new David Ives play on his horizon.
posted at 6/25/2002 03:15:16 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ B ]  Amy Stiller Set for Fully Committed in Nantucket

[ B ]  Original Cast of Dirty Blonde Heads Overseas

[ B ]  Jackie Mason to Serve Prune Danish at Royale

[ P ]  McDonagh's Blood-Drenched Inishmore Returns To the U.K.

[ P ]  Rodgers Tribute, Something Wonderful, at London's Coliseum

[ P ]  Hare Returns to London Stage in Reprise of Via Dolorosa

[ P ]  West End's Taboo Extends Booking Period

[ P ]  New Cast Announced for London's Vagina Monologues

[ P ]  Geraldine McNulty Is Back As Betty at London's Vaudeville

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: And One for Feinstein!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Herman and Collins Fete Feinstein

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES by JAMES BARRON
Elaine Stritch item (final item).
Thanks to Hal on All That Chat for the link!

[ NYT ]  Theater Students Get Their Share of the Limelight
We missed this item from Sunday's Times.

[ TM ]  Just Us Boys Reviewed By: David Finkle
posted at 6/25/2002 12:52:38 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Hip-Hop's Distinct Voice Is Reshaping Theater by BRUCE WEBER
Hip-hop is still on the fringe of the stage universe, but there are signs that it is beginning to turn the battleship of American mainstream theater.

[ YN ]  Archerd: Julie Andrews shines at Rodgers tribute by Army Archerd
Too bad this wasn't taped as a TV special, because it was something truly special.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
LIAM Neeson, who does heavy numbers like B'way's "The Crucible," looking to make a 180 degree turn. A musical.

[ LAT ]  Seeing the Big Spin By MARK SWED
In his new opera, "Galileo Galilei," Philip Glass unravels the tale of the great astronomer in backward order.

[ ND ]  Hit or Mistress, Michael Learned Is 'All Over' by Blake Green

[ ND ]  Hardly a Page-Turner by Gordon Cox
Table the contents of this insider's take on book publishing

[ DN ]  Publisher Out To Hire Best Feller by Robert Dominguez
An engrossing look at a power struggle within a New York publishing house, "Endpapers" could benefit from the same editing the firm's characters give their wordy authors.

[ DN ]  Growing Pains of the Gifted by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
A pair of private school students learn harsh life lessons in "The Notebook," a bittersweet drama about a demanding teacher and the gifted children who worship her.

[ SLC ]  'Dear World' uncannily pertinent today by Sharon Haddock
Thanks to John_C on All That Chat for the link!

[ BS ]  2001-02 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards by David A. Rosenberg
Reviewers Honor 'Yellowman' and 'Translations'
Winners include Florence Lacey, Michael McGrath and Dael Orlandersmith.

[ BS ]  The Importance of Being Observant
British dialects are best learned by recognizing their differences from American pronunciations (and vice versa).

[ NJ ]  'Panama's satire too much of a shock BY PETER FILICHIA
Satire, George S. Kaufman once said, is what closes on Saturday night. Not at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, though, where Mike Folie's "Panama" was extended by two weeks before it even opened.

[ INQ ]  Staging of Greek comedy a sad state of affairs by Desmond Ryan
The more-trying stretches of the musical version of Lysistrata create the odd feeling that one is present at the birth of an entirely new theatrical genre: Greek travesty.

[ WP ]  Lonergan's People Are Right in Character by Jane Horwitz
Onstage and on Film, Writer's Work Has a Lived-In Feel

[ WP ]  'Laughter': Sketchily Re-Creating Burnett by William Triplett

[ B ]  Fuddy Meers Starring Krakowski Cancelled

[ B ]  Elaine Stritch Takes Liberty to London

[ B ]  Iain Glen to Join Close in RNT Streetcar

[ B ]  Complete New Cast of Noises Off Announced

[ B ]  Photo Op: Metamorphoses Actors' Fund Benefit
Just one photo, despite the "next" and "previous" buttons.

[ P ]  Fuddy Meers With Jane Krakowski Pulled From Edinburgh

[ P ]  Kevin Gray Heads Cast of Paper Mill Miss Saigon

[ P ]  Adam Pascal on Hiatus from Aida Due to Injury

[ P ]  Casting Complete for Jennifer Holliday Dreamgirls in Atlanta

[ P ]  Liza Minnelli and David Gest May Launch "Liza and David" VH1/MTV Series

[ P ]  Spitfire Grill Sizzles June 25-Sept. 1 at Florida Stage, in Post-NYC Premiere

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Thunder Knocking Off-Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The View on Thunder Knocking at the Door

[ P ]  Stiles and Company Offer First Night of Twelfth Night in Central Park, June 25
Julia Stiles tops the cast in the Public Theater's talent-laden mounting of the Bard's Twelfth Night. The Brian Kulick staging will be the Delacorte's single attraction this summer.

[ P ]  Frechette, Donovan Complete Williamstown Lifetime, July 3-14

[ P ]  Vineyard Sponsors Free Childs' Rumpelstiltskin June 25

[ P ]  Life's a Beach in Reading of New Musical, Surf's Up, June 25 in NYC

[ P ]  Movin' Out Moves in to Chicago Shubert Beginning June 25

[ P ]  Butler and French to Star in Harlem King Lear, July 10-Aug. 4

[ P ]  Wopat Briefly Trades Broadway for MI's Barn Theatre, June 25; Returns to 42nd Street July 9

[ P ]  "Radio Playbill" Salutes Richard Rodgers June 25-30

[ P ]  Lizbeth Mackay Stars in Globe's Faith Healer July 14-Aug. 25

[ P ]  Rosetta LeNoire, Champion of Nontraditional Casting, Remembered June 25 in NYC

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 25

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
The Siegels experience three diverse performers: Goldie Dver, Marcus Kettles, and Veronica Klaus.

[ TB ]  Cabaret Interview with Zina Goldrich & Marcy Heisler by Jonathan Frank

[ TB ]  Aida Philadelphia Review by Pati Buehler
posted at 6/25/2002 11:21:39 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYer ]  WALKING ALONE
by JOHN LAHR
Richard Rodgers's disappearing act.
Thanks to Matthew Donoghue for the link!
posted at 6/25/2002 10:50:15 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Monday, June 24, 2002

[ P ]  Sutton Foster Back in Millie June 25 After Missing June 22-23 Perfs

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Lady in Red: Bernadette Peters Does Radio City

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bergen, Gabrielle Are OK With Peters

[ P ]  Mason's Prune Danish Switches to Broadway's Royale Theatre; Begins Oct. 8

[ TB ]  The World Goes 'Round and First Love San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema

[ AP ]  Remembering musical magic of Rodgers
Thanks to BroadwayJay on All That Chat for the link!
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[ B ]  13th Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Honoring Cameron Mackintosh
I'm not sure how I missed these photos before! This was a great concert, as you can tell from the lineup pictured here.

[ B ]  CDs: Sing for Your Supper by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (Decca Broadway)

[ DN ]  Report Calls for Arts Help Downtown by CELIA McGEE
In a report being issued today, a coalition of downtown cultural organizations is proposing tax breaks, real estate reforms and marketing initiatives to help the area regain the cultural momentum lost after the World Trade Center disaster.

[ TM ]  My, Oh Myers! by: Brian Scott Lipton
Sondheim veteran Pamela Myers is happily returned to Broadway in Into the Woods.

[ SDUT ]  Let's hear it for winner Rando by Anne Marie Welsh
What are you going to do after a Tony? Direct at the Globe
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ LAT ]  A.S.K. Now Looks to a Future That's in Flux by DON SHIRLEY
Founder's death and an examination of project's priorities lead to some apprehension.

[ CST ]  Get movin' BY HEDY WEISS
By the time you reach the New Broadway rehearsal studios on West 42nd Street, you cannot help but be in a New York State of mind.

[ CST ]  Pop goes the musical BY MISHA DAVENPORT
'Movin' Out" features 24 of Billy Joel's classic pop songs.
Never mind that in the 1940s and '50s--the Golden age of Broadway--Broadway music was popular music. It's hardly the first time Broadway producers searched the halls of popular music for the next potential hit.

[ TM ]  Endpapers Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ B ]  Endpapers Review by Adam Feldman

[ NJ ]  Publishing pressure cooker BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
A suspenseful story about the book publishing industry, "Endpapers" is the most satisfying insider look at business practices since "Other People's Money."

[ ND ]  A Refurbished 'Holmes' Is Not Just Elementary by Peter Goodman
We thought we were in trouble almost as soon as the play began: The incident that brings the great Sherlock Holmes back from overwhelming ennui is the murder of a theater critic! This was not good, we feared, trying to hide a suddenly huge notepad.

[ P ]  NYC Fringe Features New Shinn, Greenspan, Belber Plays, Paul Scott Goodman Musical

[ P ]  New Cast for Bway's Noises Off; Curtin, Lawson Enter Laughing July 16

[ P ]  Report: Stritch Solo to Bow at London's Old Vic Oct. 1

[ P ]  Schwartz Gets Wicked at NYC's Duplex July 8; Menzel Expected as Wicked Witch

[ P ]  Pullman Out on The Goat July 1-3; Ruehl Out July 5-7

[ P ]  Goodspeed's Thelen is New Artistic Director of MI's Cherry County Playhouse

[ P ]  Tony Winner Albee Chats About His Goat June 25

[ P ]  Jennifer Holliday Stars in Atlanta Dreamgirls July 19-27

[ P ]  Amy Stiller Takes Reservations for Fully Committed in Nantucket, MA, Aug. 14-31

[ P ]  Schedule of Upcoming Broadway Shows

[ P ]  Shall I Compare Thee to a Tiny Ninja?: TNT Does Shakespeare's Sonnets June 24

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

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 24

[ TB ]  The American Revolution Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Mortal Coils Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Revisiting The Phantom of the Opera Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  George Gershwin Alone Boston Review by Suzanne Bixby

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Liz gets the date of the Richard Rodgers concert wrong - it's Friday afternoon, not Wednesday. And Howard's last name isn't "McGilling."
Well, at least she's better than...

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Frank Gorton's one-man George Burns show, "Good Night Gracie" opens the Helen Hays in September.
Uh-huh...
posted at 6/24/2002 01:49:03 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ TM ]  I Love to Cry at Weddings by Peter Filichia
Filichia gets to the church on time for a Broadway wedding in Ohio.
posted at 6/24/2002 10:30:13 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

[ NYP ]  PLANNERS ON WRONG PATH: ACTIVISTS
The construction of a new PATH station will adversly affect (thanks Matthew!) The Lucille Lortel Theatre.

After running this item, I received an email that gave an interesting POV. I asked the writer if I could run it here and he agreed.

Mr. Falk may have a point.
posted at 6/24/2002 06:40:34 AM by James Marino | Item Link

[ NYT ]  A Drama for the Public Theater's Board By ROBIN POGREBIN
The Joseph Papp Public Theater will offer one play in Central Park this summer, not two as in the past, as one of several measures to improve its finances.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'WHERE'S CHARLEY?': Silliness at Dear Old Oxford By BEN BRANTLEY
The Williamstown Theater Festival turns Frank Loesser and George Abbott's 1948 chestnut into an affable midsummer night's goof.

[ V ]  Rockin' tuner spritzes Seattle - Waters' 'Hairspray,' buoyed by strong tryout, heads to B'way By LYNN JACOBSON
"Hairspray," the new musical based on John Waters' 1988 movie, is riding as high as a beehive hairdo, thanks to enthusiastic reviews, ecstatic audiences and robust ticket sales at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle.

[ V ]  'Streetcar' named Glen(n)
Plenty of news about A Streetcar Named Desire, Elaine Stritch At Liberty and Dirty Blonde in London.

[ P ]  Tony-winning Into the Woods Releases CD With New Material June 25

[ P ]  Movin' Out Songlist Includes Joel's "Innocent Man," "Uptown Girl," "Big Shot"
posted at 6/24/2002 06:14:43 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Sunday, June 23, 2002

[ SFC ]  Perfect musical revivals: D.C. Sondheim festival an exhilarating success by Octavio Roca
Thinking back and thinking hard, I can't remember the last time I saw a long and wild standing ovation not at the end but right in the middle of a show. That this is happening now, during the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' "Sondheim Celebration," in a musical that has been considered a cult favorite but hardly a now-and-forever blockbuster, only adds to the surprise.
And it was for Alice Ripley.

[ SFC ]  BROADWAY MUSIC: 'Millie' a charming romp by Steven Winn
CD Reviews, including "The Michael Feinstein Anthology."

[ PTR ]  Composer, lyricist of 'Hello, Dolly!,' 'La Cage' still humming along at 69 by Alice T. Carter

[ ST ]  In Chicago, lively drama keeps visitors in the Loop by Misha Berson

[ HC ]  Whitehead Leaves A Legacy Of Integrity by Frank Rizzo

Thanks to American Theater Web for all the links above!

[ B ]  Photo Op: The Prince and the Pauper Opening

[ B ]  Photo Op: Thoroughly Modern Millie Cast Album Party/Signing

[ B ]  Photo Op: Thunder Knocking on the Door Opening

[ B ]  Photo Op: Bernadette Peters at Radio City Music Hall

[ B ]  Photo Op: Free To Be... You And Me Opening

[ B ]  Photo Op: David Hasselhoff Comes to the Cabaret
Oh, he saw the show. That's ok.
posted at 6/23/2002 01:03:27 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYT ]  Onstage, in a Dress, in His Element by PETER MARKS
Harvey Fierstein is returning to Broadway, in drag, as an agoraphobic mother and the marquee name in the musical "Hairspray."

[ NYT ]  A Producer That Even a Playwright Could Love by TERRENCE McNALLY
For half a century and more, the words "Robert Whitehead presents" meant something. After his death, they still do.

[ NYT ]  Hart's Heart and Rodgers's Glorious Soul by MARY CLEERE HARAN
In the beautiful, inventive and open-hearted tunes Richard Rodgers's created with Lorenz Hart, his first composing partner, he is eternally young.

[ NYT ]  Don't Be Funny. It's an Anti-Farce. by MATT WOLF
For his enigmatic new play "Smelling a Rat," Mike Leigh has a kindred spirit in the American director Scott Elliott and a cast that "got it."

[ NYT ]  UP AND COMING | MICHELLE WILLIAMS
Growing Up Fast, on Screen and Off by JAMES GREENBERG

[ NYT ]  Timothy Findley, Canadian Author, Dies at 71 by ANTHONY DePALMA
Timothy Findley, the prolific Canadian author whose complex novels and intricately layered plays often probed the madness and immorality of the last century, died on Thursday.

[ NYT ]  James Luisi, TV Actor From 'Rockford Files,' Dies at 73
He began his acting career onstage, appearing in "The Soldiers," "Sweet Charity" and "Zorba" on Broadway.
He can be heard singing "Too Many Tomorrows" on the Original Broadway Cast recording of "Sweet Charity."

[ ND ]  The Modern Mrs. Meers by Blake Green
A big-laughing Texan finds the kooky dragon lady within

[ ND ]  Exit Stagebill, a Class Act by Linda Winer

[ ND ]  A Sondheim Gift for Us by Linda Winer
Missed the column last week - sorry, Linda...

[ NYP ]  BEDDED BLISS by CHIP DEFFAA
'I'm a sensuous being," said Marilu Henner. "I like touching and being touched." She speaks these lines onstage in "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" - but Henner sees a lot of herself in her role as Lee, a sexually uninhibited houseguest.

[ NYP ]  KARMA AGAIN? by SUNSHINE FLINT
Even hotter than a ticket to see Boy George's semi-autobiographical musical, "Taboo," currently on the marquis at The Venue in London's West End, is the show's accompanying five-song CD sampler.

[ NYP ]  WHAT I WATCH by GEORGETT ROBERTS
Susan Charlotte; James Naughton

[ NYP ]  CITY CELEBRATES RODGER'S LEGACY by CLIVE BARNES
The gifts of Richard Rodgers, conceivably Broadway's most successful composer, wrote theater music that caught the American moment and touched the world's heart.
Someone get Clive an editor! Did Rodgers write music, or did his gifts?

[ BG ]  Getting to know him: Rodgers at 100 by Richard Dyer

[ BG ]  'Seascape' explores bonds, bounds of couple by Ed Siegel
George Grizzard, who also won a Tony in the Lincoln Center revival of ''A Delicate Balance,'' heads a very strong cast.

[ LAT ]  Immigrant Experiences as Old as the Bible by MIKE BOEHM
Working with local parishes, Cornerstone Theater Company creates plays based on newcomers' lives

[ LAT ]  You Figure It Out by JAN BRESLAUER
Making New York Jews understood in L.A. isn't an issue. It's agreeing on what 'Allergist's Wife' means.

[ BE ]  A tuneful musical with nothing on its mind, and, given these times, isn't it wonderful? by Jeffrey Borak
Review of "Where's Charley?" at WTF.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ CST ]  Theater weathers a half-century BY MISHA DAVENPORT

[ P ]  Holm, Marcovicci Sing Grand Night for Rodgers in San Francisco July 1

[ P ]  Benanti, Cook, Mazzie, McGillin & Pitre Join June 28 Rodgers Celebration

[ P ]  Ripley Offers Summer Concerts Post-Company

[ P ]  Canadian Playwright Timothy Findley Is Dead at 71

[ P ]  Can't Stop the Beat: Hairspray Ends in Seattle June 23; Begins Broadway July 18

[ P ]  Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Contact, "Tsotsi" and Your Thoughts

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: David Hasselhoff Goes to the Cabaret

[ P ]  Rudetsky's Rhapsody in Seth Extended Through July

[ P ]  Metamorphoses Hosts Actors Fund Performance June 23

[ P ]  Tony Winner Rando Directs Taming of the Shrew for San Diego's Globe June 23-Aug. 4
In his first gig since winning a Tony Award for his direction of Urinetown, Rando directs the Bard's comic battle of the sexes.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 23

[ TM ]  Zoe Caldwell to Sign Copies of I Will Be Cleopatra at The Drama Book Shop by: Michael Portantiere

[ TB ]  Bad Women Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  The Diaries Washington Review by Tracy Lyon

[ TB ]  The Entertainer and Cloud Nine San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema

[ BS ]  Think Pink: Plays Play with Gay Pride by Leonard Jacobs
As this year's Gay Pride Week looms forth, the question is what exactly is gay theatre in 2002?
posted at 6/23/2002 09:17:54 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ TS ]  Les Miz is so magical in China by Richard Ouzounian
Richard brings up a very moving account of the reaction of the Chinese people at opening night of Les Miz.
posted at 6/23/2002 08:37:27 AM by James Marino | Item Link

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TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

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