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Friday, July 12, 2002
[ TM ] Tunes and Tomes
A Marc Blitzstein Songbook shows off the wit and range of one of the 20th century's greatest composer-lyricists.
[ TM ] TDF Doubles Ticket Subsidy Rate by: Brooke Pierce
[ B ] Puppetry of the Penis to Play in Los Angeles
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[ P ] PHOTO CALL: The Girls of Syracuse
[ P ] DIVA TALK: Rootin' for Ripley, Eder on Tour, Hoty Quotes, Plus News of Buckley, McDonald and More
[ B ] Brenda Blethyn Returns to the West End
[ TM ] Cabaret Notes
New Mondays showcases new songs by Stephen Schwartz, John Bucchino, and Amanda Green.
[ TM ] Comedy of Errors Reviewed By: Charles Wright
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[ B ] London's Kiss Me, Kate to Shutter August 24
[ B ] DVDs: Jungle Red by Ken Mandelbaum
THE WOMEN (Warner Home Video)
[ P ] Before Full Monty Strips Down, Box Office Lets Tickets Go for $49
[ P ] No�l and Gertie Returns to London's Jermyn Street in Aug.
[ P ] Umoja Follows Cats Into West End's New London Theatre
[ P ] Oscar Nominee Brenda Blethyn To Star on London Stage
[ P ] Get My Goat: Ruehl and Seldes Discuss Albee's Women on Late "Theater Talk" July 12
[ P ] Milky White Sings! Broadway Cow Kimball Gets NYC Concert Spotlight Aug. 5
[ P ] New Producers Star to Guest at Rudetsky's Chatterbox July 18
[ P ] Running Man, Enchanted Cottage Showcased in NAMT New Musicals Fest in NYC, Sept. 22-23
[ P ] Goodspeed's Babes in Arms Has New Book and More Hit Songs, July 12-Sept. 28
[ P ] WV New Plays Fest Has Two Premieres, Plus Blessing and Shepard, July 12-Aug. 4
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Nathan Lane on 'Letterman', Bernadette Peters on 'Early Show'
[ P ] Friday in the Park With Judd: Hirsch and Vereen Begin Bway Rappaport Previews July 12
[ P ] Merrily We Roll Along Begins Kennedy Center Previews July 12
Beloved by Sondheim fans for more than 20 years, the fascinating Broadway flop about a trio of pals whose friendships splinter as time goes by (backwards), gets a reconsideration as part of the DC Sondheim Celebration.
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 5-12: On Vacation
[ P ] L.A. Gay Men's Chorus, Gets Are Jerry's Boys in Herman Celebration July 12-14
[ P ] Off-Broadway Hauls Out O'Brien's Carcass, July 12-Aug. 4
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 12
[ P ] More Magic at the Second Stage: Ricky Jay Extends Through Sept. 1
[ P ] Stephen Sondheim Profiled on CBS-TV July 14
[ B ] Umoja to Transfer to New London Theatre
[ B ] Cast Announced for 42nd Street National Tour
[ BG ] Toughening up by Catherine Foster
Once and again, Marin Hinkle moves away from playing fragile characters
[ BG ] Ballard holds court over career she loves by Catherine Foster
Kaye Ballard is as salty in real life as the character she plays in ''Quartet,'' a new play by Ronald Harwood at the Berkshire Theatre Festival.
[ BE ] Life songs are half sung in 'Quartet' by Jeffrey Borak
The setting for Ronald Harwood's new play, "Quartet," which is having its American premiere at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, is the drawing room of a retirement home in the English countryside.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Gary Cole of StageDirect bravely traffics in videos of obscure plays.
[ NJ ] Ex-actor plays backstage role to perfection BY PETER FILICHIA
When Roy Miller was growing up in Irvington, he dreamed of the day when his name would be displayed at some Broadway theater.
Now it's happened -- but not quite in the way he expected.
[ NJ ] Soaps were just a start for this 'Dirty Blonde' BY PETER FILICHIA
Kim Zimmer is no stranger to long runs.
[ NJ ] Lights, music ... What's the forecast?: The show almost always goes on at summer outdoor theaters BY BETTE SPERO
[ LAT ] Plans for Douglas Theatre Adjusted by DON SHIRLEY
Cost issues force Center Theatre Group to drop plans for a 100-seat stage at the proposed Kirk Douglas Theatre
[ BS ] Arthur Miller Debuts Latest in Minn.
[ YN ] 'Penis' Unfurls in Los Angeles
[ YN ] Equity in New OB Pact
[ YN ] New-Play Philly Fest
City Sees 18 Showcases on 14 Stages in Two Weeks
[ YN ] Primary Stages Names New A.D., Prepares For the Future
[ ND ] Japanese See Us Seeing Them by Linda Winer
Tokyo troupe mirrors 'Pacific Overtures'
[ ND ] A More Novel Approach In Gateway's 'Ragtime' by Peter Goodman
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
NEIL Simon's newie, once titled "Rose and Walsh," got re-christened to include his and his wife Elaine's new hound.
[ NYT ] ANTIQUES
A Theater Fit for a Queen by WENDY MOONAN
Marie Antoinette wanted to create her own private world at the Petit Trianon, a beautiful pavilion that Louis XV had built on the grounds of Versailles.
[ WP ] Danny and Sylvia's Convenient Marriage by Dan Via
[ StL ] Taking Stock by Dennis Brown
How to Succeed seems edgy amid today's big-biz flops
At the St. Louis Muny, with Michael McGrath, Bruce Adler and Karen Morrow.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ B ] Comedy of Errors Review by Adam Feldman
[ TB ] The Comedy of Errors Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] City of Dreams Theatre Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] LooLa Theatre Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] Play Yourself Reviewed By: Ben Winters
[ TB ] An Interview with Kevin Gray by Pati Buehler
[ TB ] Cincinnati Reviews by Scott Cain
Scott reviews three shows presented in the "Hot Summer Nights" program at The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music: Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill, Violet, and the Ahrens/Flaherty revue We Tell The Story: The Songs of Ahrens & Flaherty.
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[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'COMEDY OF ERRORS': Making an Exotic Circus of a Shakespearean Farce By BRUCE WEBER
The Aquila Theater Company's reimagining of this Shakespeare comedy encourages the audience to hoot and holler and overlook the fact that the antics are intermittently inspired.
[ NYP ] SHAKESPEARE SHOWING ERRORS OF COMEDY By DONALD LYONS
THERE is a secret to farce: The more firmly grounded in reality, the funnier it is.
[ NYP ] SELDES CUTS LOOSE AS OLD-TIME MOVIE VAMP By DONALD LYONS
FORGET those Dames, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, currently the toast of London. Our own crown jewel, Marian Seldes, has found the role of a lifetime.
[ NYP ] FULL STOP FOR 'MONTY' By MICHAEL RIEDEL
'THE Full Monty," a popular and critically acclaimed musical that has been on the boards only a year and a half, will close within the next few weeks, its producers said yesterday.
[ DN ] A Sad Sack's Journey From Victim to Victor by Howard Kissel
Early in Harry Kondoleon's "Play Yourself," the aging B-movie actress Jean, who is the focal point, says she once wrote a memoir called "Unrealistic Expectations: Goodbye."
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Thursday, July 11, 2002
[ P ] Kathleen Turner Vacations from Graduate Sept. 17-22
[ P ] Noth Tackles Linney Play as Rubin-Vega, Murney Sing New Musical at CT's O'Neill, July 11-17
[ P ] Hamilton, Franz & Cariou To Join Broadway Barks 4! on July 13
[ B ] Laurents Play Highlights Lyric Stage Season
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[ B ] Full Monty Faces Closing; Announces Final Weeks
[ P ] Full Monty Will Announce Final Weeks, But It Ain't Over 'Til the Naked Guys Dance
[ P ] London's Roundhouse May Offer Musical Season
[ P ] Marlowe to Be Commemorated in London Abbey
[ P ] Listing Threat to U.K.'s Young Vic Plans
[ P ] Heather Laws Set to Play Sally Bowles in Bway Cabaret; Leeves Leaves July 14
[ P ] Musicals Remember WENN and Jerry Herman's Showtune Preem in Nyack in 2002-03
[ P ] Betty Buckley to Headline Feinstein's This Fall; Callaway, Love & Gifford Also
[ B ] Photo Op: Something Good: A Broadway Salute to Richard Rodgers
It's about time!
[ B ] Photo Op: Shuler Hensley Caricature Unveiling
[ B ] Photo Op: Irish Rep's Playboy Opening
[ B ] CDs: Ever After by Ken Mandelbaum
INTO THE WOODS (Nonesuch)
[ TM ] Thunder Man by: Michael Buckley
Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper does double duty in a new blues musical Off-Broadway.
[ TM ] Queens Theatre in the Park Celebrates Latino Culture by: Brooke Pierce
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[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'PACIFIC OVERTURES'
Genuinely Ugly Americans, as Viewed by the Japanese by BEN BRANTLEY
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's fable of gunboat diplomacy and cultural transformation has been directed with bountiful verve and imagination by Amon Miyamoto.
[ NYP ] TOKYO TROUPE'S 'OVERTURES' MOST WELCOME by DONALD LYONS
[ DN ] Japan Has Yen For Sondheim by Howard Kissel
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'PLAY YOURSELF'
The Sleepless Nights of a B-Movie Temptress by BEN BRANTLEY
Marian Seldes portrays a retired B-movie actress with ecstatically shabby grandeur in this rambling but delightfully acted metaphysical soap opera by Harry Kondoleon.
[ ND ] A Collaboration Rich in Hope by Linda Winer
One of the liveliest new creative teams is the duo of Craig Lucas and Harry Kondoleon. Yes, Lucas, known as a playwright, is the director here and Kondoleon, the playwright, died at 39 of AIDS in 1994.
[ B ] Play Yourself Review by Adam Feldman
[ TB ] Play Yourself Review by Matthew Murray
[ DN ] Years Swing By In Lively Revue by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Harlem history on parade at Apollo
[ DN ] Real-Life Drama of Sept. 11 Inspires Stage Marathon by CELIA McGEE
[ BS ] Into the Words by Jean Schiffman
Singing Sondheim is not unlike speaking Shakepeare: The challenges equal the rewards.
[ LAT ] 'South Pacific': Enduring Wartime Romance by DON SHIRLEY
A touring "South Pacific" looked shipshape as it glided into the Wilshire Theatre on Tuesday after a recent berth at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Robert Goulet's performance is almost as French as his name.
[ P ] 'Bway-Bound' Arthur Laurents Play, 2 Lives, Gets Boston Preem in 2003
[ P ] Mark Jacoby Is Man of La Mancha at Pitt Public in 2003; Dirty Blonde Added
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Harris, Jennings Grant Get Proof
[ P ] Craig Lucas Is Intiman's Associate AD, Will Direct and Write for Seattle Theatre
[ P ] She May Be Plain and Tall, But Sarah Sings in World Premiere Musical, July 11-Aug. 14
[ P ] Happy to Fool the Eye, Aquila's Comedy of Errors Opens July 11 in NYC
Aquila Theatre Company, the cross-cultural theatre troupe that puts physical, quirky spins on classics, revives its popular 1998 staging of Comedy of Errors for an Off-Broadway summer run at the East 13th Street Theatre.
[ P ] Bernadette Peters Chats on TV Morning Shows July 12 and 13
[ P ] Robin Williams Begins "Live on Broadway" at the Broadway Theatre, July 11
[ P ] Barbara Cook Sings on PBS/Thirteen's "Evening at Pops" July 11
[ P ] Off-Broadway Company Does Lost Play by Pal Joey Author, July 11
[ YN ] League Releases Economic Study
2000-01 Season Pumps $4.42B into NYC; Producers' Costs Soar
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Wednesday, July 10, 2002
[ B ] Reprising Twentieth Century by Ken Mandelbaum
Interesting to read in today's USA Today that the song "You Took Advantage of Me" has been put into this summer's Roundabout revival of The Boys from Syracuse.
Actually, Ken, Playbill reported over a month ago that the song would be added, along with "A Lady Must Live" and "Ev'rything I've Got."
[ TM ] Purists Perturbed by Retooling of The Boys From Syracuse for Roundabout Production by: Michael Portantiere
Bulletin board postings make the news? Sure beats reporting.
[ B ] Ayckbourn's Damsels Trilogy Set for Duchess Theatre
[ BG ] Shtick figures animate 'Lifetime' by Catherine Foster
[ BG ] An audit of 'Skepticism' turns up laughs by Ellen Pfeifer
[ PPG ] Stage Review: CLO does itself proud with classic -- and classy -- 'Guys and Dolls' by Christopher Rawson
With Robert Cuccioli, Victoria Clark and Justin Deas.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
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[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Poor Jud Is Hanged � at Sardi's
[ P ] Rain, Rain, Go Away: Cancelled Fully Committed Will Play July 10
[ P ] In the Tradition of Rent, Bway's La Boheme Will Offer $20 Orchestra Seats
[ P ] La Jolla Playhouse Premieres McDonald's When Grace Comes In July 30-Sept. 1
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[ USA ] Rehearsing 'Boys' and girls by Elysa Gardner
Whoosh! Four long, lean legs lash out in unison, flinging four lacy white garters against the wall of a midtown Manhattan studio.
[ USA ] Cast gets their kicks behind the curtain
[ BS ] Face to Face with Keith Glover
The playwright hears "Thunder Knocking on the Door."
[ BS ] Rod Steiger (1925-2002)
The complete text of an interview Back Stage West editor-in-chief Rob Kendt did with Mr. Steiger in 1998.
[ NYT ] Rod Steiger, Oscar-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 77 by RICHARD SEVERO
Rod Steiger's taut and intensely personal approach to a wide variety of roles placed him among the finest character actors of the last 50 years.
[ YN ] Archerd: Rod Steiger Always Ready with a Joke by Army Archerd
At the funeral, I bet he'll look good.
[ NYT ] Lore Noto, Producer of 'The Fantasticks,' 79, Is Dead by ARI L. GOLDMAN
Although it opened to mixed reviews, Lore Noto nurtured a little show called "The Fantasticks" and turned it into the world's longest-running musical.
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Michael Mayer
Director Michael Mayer says one of things that attracted him to directing Thoroughly Modern Millie was the chance to improve upon a story that, in its film version, had problems. Problems such as offensve racial stereotypes.
[ P ] The Naked Truth
Naked Boys Singing!, the sweet, comic, daring musical at Off-Broadway's Actors' Playhouse with - yes - naked boys singing (and dancing), reaches a milestone this month
[ P ] Oklahoma!, Phantom, Les Miz Perform at "Broadway in Bryant Park", July 11
[ P ] Hall's Haymarket Rose Is All the Rage in U.K.
[ P ] Happy to Fool the Eye, Aquila's Comedy of Errors Opens July 11 in NYC
[ P ] Jane Krakowski To Star in West End Run of Fuddy Meers
[ P ] Bergen, Murphy, Ebersole & Whitfield Headline CA Cabaret Series
[ P ] Lincoln Center Festival Presents a Chat with Sondheim and Weidman July 10
[ P ] The Carpetbagger's Children Sets Up House in Hartford, Again, July 10
[ P ] Coleman and Bergmans Working on Jazzy Stage Project
[ P ] Web Critic Aims to Review All 198 NYC Fringe Shows
[ P ] Intiman Gets Nickel and Dimed With World Premiere July 26-Aug. 25
[ P ] Jack Klugman and Louis Zorich Star in The Value of Names in NE, July 10-20
[ P ] Christine Andreas Honors Divas in New Show Tune CD, "Here's to the Ladies," Expected Oct. 15
[ P ] Butler and French to Star in Harlem King Lear, July 10-Aug. 4
[ P ] Cicely Tyson to Star in West's Birdie at Williamstown, July 10
[ P ] Off-Broadway's Blue Man Group Tours with Music's Moby and Bowie, July 28-Aug. 16
[ P ] TFANA Hosts Redgrave in General, Jennings in Don Juan
[ P ] Rod Steiger, Intense Oscar Winner Who Embraced the Method, Dead at 77
[ B ] Q&A: Neil Patrick Harris by Paul Wontorek
[ B ] First Person: Turning Pro by Thomas McCormack
[ B ] Jane Krakowski Stars in Fuddy Meers in West End
[ B ] New LORT Contract Ready for Ratification
[ B ] Respected Actor Rod Steiger Dead at 77
[ B ] Alan King to Reprise Mr. Goldwyn in London
[ CST ] Playwright puts head over healing BY HEDY WEISS
When it comes to plays, "I'm a purist," said Bruce Norris.
[ CST ] Former soap star earns 'Purple Heart' role through perseverance BY HEDY WEISS
The last time I saw Rosemary Prinz I was about 10 years old and sitting in front of an old Zenith television with my grandmother.
[ TS ] Stage actors fear Shakespeare's `Scottish Play' by Richard Ouzounian
[ TS ] Satirical Top Gun musical flies high by Richard Ouzounian
[ VV ] THE LITERAL LIFE by Alexis Soloski
Endpapers by Thomas McCormack; "Sound Play: New York Rewound"
[ VV ] DON DELILLO'S CHILE DISH by Christopher Hickman
The Rude Mechanicals Travel the 'Most Modern Journey'
[ VV ] MOTOR CITY MADHOUSE by Brian Parks
Leon Chase's 'The Last Carburetor'
[ TB ] Willows Theatre Company Presents A Rip-Roaring Best Little Whorehouse In Texas San Fransisco Review by Richard Connema
"David Hasselhoff checked himself into the Betty Ford Clinic to treat a problem with alcohol. Hasselhoff said he knew he had a problem because he thought his car was talking to him." -Conan O'Brien
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[ P ] Kathleen Turner Extends Run in Broadway Graduate Thru Nov. 17
[ P ] Complete Casting Announced for Kennedy Center's Passion
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[ TM ] The Spirit of 1776 by Peter Filichia
Filichia revels in the masterpiece that Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone crafted in 1776.
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[ NYP ] WINONA MOST WANTED By MICHAEL RIEDEL
ATTENTION, cast members of "Urinetown": Please be sure to lock up your belongings backstage. Management will not be responsible for lost or missing articles, should Winona Ryder join the show.
[ P ] Marian Seldes Opens Craig Lucas-Helmed Play Yourself Off-Broadway, July 10
[ P ] 42nd Street Gets Further Enhancements on Road; National Tour Cast Announced
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Tuesday, July 09, 2002
More blind item stuff about the Sondheim concert:
- Regarding the Kennedy Center - it will be a concert of highlights from the Sondheim Celebration, October 21, at Avery Fisher Hall. ALL MAJOR STARS from the Celebration will be taking part, with the exception of Stokes who is already committed to LA MANCHA. Look for an official announcement within days.
[ TM ] Equity Council Recommends LORT Contract for Ratification by Michael Portantiere
[ TM ] Theatre For a New Audience Announces 24th Season by Brooke Pierce
[ TM ] Actor Rod Steiger Dead at 78 by Ben Winters
[ TM ] World Music by Barbara & Scott Siegel
[ TM ] Tony Nominators Named for 2002-2003 by Ben Winters
[ TM ] Rebel Yell by Dan Bacalzo
Reno�the woman, not the place�is a whirlwind of activity.
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[ P ] 42nd Street Gets Further Enhancements on Road; National Tour Cast Announced
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: La Boheme's Bohemes
[ P ] Report: Mr. Goldwyn, with Alan King, to Play West End
[ P ] New Cabaret Site Possible for London's West End
[ P ] Samantha Bond to Star in U.K. Macbeth
[ P ] Shaffer's Sleuth Returns to the West End July 10
[ B ] Alan King to Reprise Mr. Goldwyn in London
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[ B ] Corin Redgrave to Headline General Off-B'way
[ B ] New Tony Nominating Committee Announced
[ B ] Joey Fatone of 'N Sync Set for B'way's Rent
[ B ] CDs: Sweet Danger by Ken Mandelbaum
KEAN (DRG)
[ P ] 2002-2003 Tony Nominating Committee Members Announced
[ P ] Tickets Now on Sale for Jennifer Holliday's Oct. 28 BC/EFA Concert
[ P ] 'N Sync's Joey Fatone To Make B'way Debut in Rent Aug. 5
[ TM ] Follow Spot
Reno minces no words in discussing her show, Rebel Without a Pause, and the awful truths that inspired it.
[ TM ] Cabaret Notes
A delighted dispatch from Qu�bec City�s bustling Summer Festival.
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Semi-blind item: We're told that Seth Rudetsky has secured the rights to present a concert of CARRIE, which will be his next big thing after his FUNNY GIRL concert. And it will be recorded...
[ YN ] Archerd: Serena will serve at ESPY Awards by Army Archerd
With a December date set in London for "The Producers" (with original co-stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick), another Broadway show has its Blighty bow set.
Actually, it was Off-Broadway.
Plus an item about a Cy Coleman/Warren Leight collaboration, and one about Marian Seldes' next show.
[ NYT ] Edie Falco's Endless Summer by DAVID RAKOFF
[ NYT ] Just-High-Enough Art by LYNN HIRSCHBERG
Sam Mendes has directed only two films, but he seems to have already mastered a coveted Hollywood formula: the commercially viable prestige pic.
[ DN ] The 'Road' Less Traveled by CELIA McGEE
Sam Mendes has been auditioning strippers all morning.
[ LAT ] Picture of a Family in Crisis Hangs in 'The Waverly Gallery' by DON SHIRLEY
Here, David Groh plays the landlord of Gladys' gallery, even though his character was missing not only from the New York production in 2000 but also from the published script.
[ YN ] 'Fantasticks' Producer Lore Noto Dies
Includes a photo.
[ BE ] BTF actress embraces her fear of Strindberg by Jeffrey Borak
Actress Marin Hinkle first ran into August Strindberg's searing one-act play "Miss Julie" while she was a student at Brown University.
[ BE ] From the WB to WTF by Edward Ortiz
For "Gilmore Girls" actress Lauren Graham, the road to success has been a winding one.
[ WP ] Backstage: Kind of a Drag: Epperson Finds 'Lypsinka!' a Hard Act to Follow by Jane Horwitz
[ NYP ] NEAL TRAVIS
POOR Madonna and her spotty film record may be losing out again.
[ B ] Topdog Duo to Leave August 11; New Cast Possible
[ B ] Fantasticks Producer Lore Noto Dead at 79
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Rockets Red Glare
[ P ] Two Wopat Back in Naughty, Gaudy, Bawdy 42nd Street July 9
"Two Wopat"?
[ P ] Actor-Playwright Timothy Findley To Be Remembered at July 14 Stratford Memorial
[ P ] Philly's Walnut Street Playhouse Has She Loves Me, Evita in 2002-03
[ P ] Carole Kane and Stephen Lang Begin The Guys in NYC, July 9-Aug. 9
[ P ] "Radio Playbill" Serves Summer Special, Plus Butz and Scott
[ P ] Audra McDonald Offers Aug. 14 Concert at Ravinia Festival
[ P ] Downtown tkts Discount Theatre Tickets Booth Opens Temporary Location July 9
[ P ] Lee, Lipton and Manzano to Join OB's Monologues, July 9-Aug. 18
[ P ] Hecht, Ballard, Seal, Vaughn Star in Harwood's Quartet at Berkshire Fest, July 9-27
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 9
[ P ] New LORT Pact Means Higher Pay for Bway Actors, and Budget Questions for Troupes
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: East Pacific: Respledent in White
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: East Pacific: Men Noh
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: East Pacific: Animal Overtures
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: East Pacific: Flags Waving
[ P ] Enchanted April Now Looking at Broadway for 2003
[ P ] Extended Further, Topdog Hounds Broadway Until Aug. 11
[ TB ] The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter
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[ NYT ] A Love Affair With Afghanistan Continues at 74 By CELESTINE BOHLEN
When Nancy Hatch gave a talk on Afghanistan at the Asia Society, the fans in attendance included Tony Kushner, whose play, "Homebody/Kabul," was based on her guidebook.
[ NYT ] Reining In Expectations on Lincoln Center Project By ROBIN POGREBIN
Bruce Crawford, the new chairman of Lincoln Center, suggested in a recent interview that the center's ambitious redevelopment project may have to be more modest.
[ NYT ] Margaret Lynn, Led Army Theater Program, Dies at 81 By DOUGLAS MARTIN
[ NYT ] Joey Fatone of 'N Sync to Make His Broadway Debut in 'Rent' By JESSE McKINLEY
[ V ] B'way attendance, B.O. fizzle on Fourth - 'Mamma,' 'Lion,' 'Miserables' buck bad trend
Broadway receipts dipped during the Fourth of July holiday week, as holiday diversions kept theatergoers out of the seats. Total B.O. dipped to $11,946,658, a slide of 12.7%. Attendance of 205,900 was down by 7.6%
[ P ] Pacific Overtures Plays Lincoln Center Festival July 9-13; Complete Casting Announced
[ P ] Tom Wopat Back in Naughty, Gaudy, Bawdy 42nd Street July 9
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Twelfth Night: From Dusk Til Dawn
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Twelfth Night: 'Scrub'by Sebastian
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Twelfth Night: An Unexpected Belch
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Monday, July 08, 2002
[ NYT ] 'Fantasticks' Producer Lore Noto Dies
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Blind item received:
- I don't believe it's been publicly announced yet, but a little bird at MTI says the New York concert presentation of highlights from the Kennedy Center productions will be October 21 at Avery Fisher Hall. No word on whether there will be a recording or TV deal.
[ B ] All-Star Sondheim Concert in the Works
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[ B ] Heather Laws to Star as Next Sally Bowles
[ B ] Jennifer Holliday Set for Broadway Cares Benefit
[ P ] Extended Further, Topdog Hounds Broadway Until Aug. 11
[ P ] Ayckbourn's Damsels Comes to London's Duchess Theatre
[ P ] Vincent in Brixton to Transfer to London's Wyndham's July 29
[ P ] Mentalists Opens at U.K.'s Loft
[ P ] Lore Noto, Fantasticks Producer and Actor, Dead at 79
[ TB ] A Charming Production of Whispers on the Wind San Fransisco Review by Richard Connema
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[ P ] Broadway Grosses: July 1-7
[ B ] DVDs: Sit Down, John by Ken Mandelbaum
1776 (Columbia)
[ B ] Vincent In Brixton to be Wyndham's Next Tenant
[ TM ] Putting It Together Benefit for Kids' Music Scholarships by: Brooke Pierce
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[ P ] Six of One: Mimis and Rodolfos Announced for Bway La Boheme; SF Tryout Starts Oct. 1
[ B ] Dates Set for Luhrmann's La Boh�me Tryout
[ TM ] Gentle Ben by: Brian Scott Lipton
Ben Vereen - actor, humanitarian, and arts advocate - comes back to Broadway in a revival of I�m Not Rappaport.
[ TB ] Interview with Neil Patrick Harris by Jonathan Frank
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[ P ] Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Lippa to Musical Direct London's Divas at the Donmar Series
[ P ] Harlem Song's First Three Shows Canceled; First Perf Now July 8
[ P ] CAT Presents Our True Colors on July 12 and 13 in NYC
[ P ] Peters Withdraws from London Follies; Casting Almost Complete
[ P ] Making Books Sing Program Becomes New Independent Non-Profit Theatre
[ P ] London's We Will Rock You Breaks Dominion's Box-Office Record
[ P ] Madonna May Film Up for Grabs
[ P ] Rachel York Chats About Role in London Kate
[ NYT ] MANHATTAN: 3 SHOWS OF MUSICAL ARE CANCELED
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[ TM ] Richard Rodgers on Broadway by Peter Filichia
Has each and every Broadway theater at one time resounded with a Richard Rodgers melody?
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[ NYT ] Sondheim Isn't Alone on Washington's Stages by BRUCE WEBER
While the Stephen Sondheim Celebration at the Kennedy Center has captured attention this summer, there's plenty happening on other stages in Washington as well.
[ NYT ] An International Gathering for the Deaf in the Arts by LYNETTE CLEMETSON
Deaf Way II, a week-long festival and conference in Washington, will feature works � visual, performing and literary � by 400 deaf artists.
[ NYT ] At Lincoln Center, a Focus on Iran and the Middle East by CELESTINE BOHLEN
A shrunken and rejiggered version of the lengendary Persian epic "Ta'ziyeh" bounces back to life as a focal point of the Lincoln Center Festival.
[ DN ] Remade in Japan by PATRICIA O'HAIRE
Imagine what "1776" would have been like had it been conceived, written and produced by the Japanese.
Probably much like "Pacific Overtures," an American-conceived musical that traces the history of Japan from 1853 � when the American Navy, led by Commodore Matthew Perry, opened up that nation for trade � to the present.
[ ND ] It's Thoroughly Modern Mara Manus by Karin Lipson
Public Theater banks on new leader's expertise
[ TS ] Cats with the heart of a cockroach by Richard Ouzounian
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE � Never forget that long before Cats, there was Archy And Mehitabel.
[ P ] Double Tony Nom Kate Burton Reads Moon for the Misbegotten in CT, July 15
[ P ] Bogosian to Star in Bogosian at Williamstown, July 24-Aug. 4
[ P ] The Last Carburetor to Run Off-Broadway Through July 17
[ P ] Stephen Schwartz to Get Wicked at NYC's Duplex, July 8
Stephen Schwartz will discuss and preview a new song from his highly anticipated musical, Wicked, at New York City's Duplex Cabaret Theatre.
[ P ] Stayin' Alone: Hershey Felder's Gershwin Extends to July 28 at A.R.T. in MA
[ P ] Alison Fraser Stars in New Musical City of Dreams in NYC, July 8-Aug. 4
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 8
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Anne Heche on 'Regis', Edie Falco on 'The View'
They left out Robert Goulet, who'll be promoting the South Pacific tour Monday night on CBS' Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.
[ YN ] Takes Two to Tango in Steamy Argentine Shakespeare by Simon Gardner
Celebrated local theater director Manuel Gonzalez Gil hopes his risque musical version of Shakespeare's late 16th century classic tale of frustrated love will give a battered people a vent to poke fun at itself as the worst economic crisis in Argentine history goes from the sublime to the ridiculous.
posted at 7/8/2002 08:48:19 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, July 07, 2002
[ BSUN ] HAIRSPRAY ON BROADWAY: Culture shock by J. Wynn Rousuck
Who knew the Pope of Trash could have mass appeal? John Waters hasn't changed, he says. The world has.
Third in a series of occasional articles
posted at 7/7/2002 11:57:10 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ WP ] Every Day in the Theater With Raul by Ann Gerhart
Sondheim Festival Is No Walk In the Park for Twice-Cast Esparza
[ WP ] Love! Valour! Musicals! by Nelson Pressley
Playwright Terrence McNally Extended His Range With 'The Full Monty.' But That's Only Half the Story.
[ LAT ] Tunes He Can Sink His Teeth Into by SUSAN KING
He knows 'South Pacific' well, but veteran baritone Robert Goulet still finds the music deeply affecting
[ ND ] Rumblings in the Sky by Linda Winer
Ridiculous, I suppose, to find myself defending the Lincoln Center Theater.
[ ND ] Fast Chat: Bill Pullman
[ INQ ] In Amish country, the plays are the thing by Tom Infield
The American Bus Association, a trade group, ranks little Strasburg, eight miles east of Lancaster, as the No. 3 destination in the nation for theatrical tour groups. No. 1 is Broadway, and No. 2 is the country-music haven of Branson, Mo.
[ INQ ] Not bad at all by Douglas J. Keating
Let's give out some Philly Awards for some theater well done - a season of variety, quality, and those fascinating surprises.
[ INQ ] Top 10 Productions
[ NYT ] James Lee, 79, a Former Actor Who Made a Living as a Writer, Dies by ERIC PACE
James Lee was an unsuccessful actor who found his calling as a writer for the stage, screen and television.
[ NYT ] Margaret Lynn, Led Army Theater, Dies at 81 by DOUGLAS MARTIN
Margaret E. Lynn directed the Army's extensive, worldwide theatrical program that encouraged participation by soldiers, officers and their dependents.
[ P ] Moving Pictures Plays Last Reel in Williamstown, July 7
Good production.
[ P ] Cape Playhouse Is All Thumbs Through July 13
[ P ] Clarke, Leo and Phillips Leave OB's Monologues, July 7
[ P ] Frozen Faces Up to the Causes of Crime
[ P ] Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: Languishing "Langrishe"
[ P ] WBAI Offers George Gershwin Tribute July 7
[ P ] Ahrens & Flaherty Revue, We Tell the Story, Has Old Tunes and New, July 7-Aug. 18
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music will celebrate the songs of composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens when it presents We Tell the Story.
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 7
[ TB ] American Conservatory Theatre Presents Sam Shepard's Buried Child San Fransisco Review by Richard Connema
[ ST ] Highly praised 'Yellowman' gets under the skin by Misha Berson
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ DN ] Back in the Sing of Things by JIM FARBER
Folk-rock icon Linda Thompson makes her first album in 17 years
Off-topic... but she's an amazing singer.
posted at 7/7/2002 09:23:43 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] Where Puck Casts a Spell Over Summer By WENDY WASSERSTEIN
Shakespeare in the Park draws long-term devotees of the theater and complete novices looking for a cool night out in the park � a vivid reflection of New York at its best.
[ NYT ] Making Sugar Plum Fairies Sing, Sweetly, in Japanese By MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA
Can "The Nutcracker" be adapted into an urban Japanese musical? This task was posed to the American composer Michael John LaChiusa.
[ NYT ] For Anne Heche, the Stage Is Another New Dimension By DINITIA SMITH
[ NYP ] DRAMATIC NEW LOOK OFF-B'WAY By CLIVE BARNES
Theater Row on 42nd Street has never had it so good. Maybe theaters are not as important as plays, but you can't have plays without them. And the rebirth of Theater Row, between Ninth and 11th avenues, is an occasion for real theatrical joy.
[ DN ] One Disaster, Many Dramas - Playwrights have quickly plumbed Sept. 11 for larger meaning By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Reno, a New York performance artist known for her abrasive and opinionated one-woman shows, was preparing her next production when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
posted at 7/7/2002 07:19:25 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
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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]
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