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Saturday, August 03, 2002
Random request of the day: "In New York Harbor, there stands a lady..." is from the song, "The Statue of Liberty" by Neil Enloe.
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[ NYP ] DOOGIE ROUSER By DEBORAH SCHOENEMAN
HIS TV show stopped taping 12 years ago - but to fans, Neil Patrick Harris will always be Doogie Howser.Even though he's now a Broadway star - playing opposite Anne Heche in Broadway's "Proof" - people still call him "Doogie" when they see him in the street.
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Friday, August 02, 2002
[ B ] Ebersole, Menzel, Murphy & O'Donnell Join Funny Girl
[ B ] Friel's Two Plays After to Open in West End
[ B ] Shakti's Pillow Book Readies for West End
[ B ] Stars Sign On for Roundabout's Nine
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[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 29-Aug. 2: A Discomfiting Anniversary
[ P ] Big New Off-Broadway Theatre to Be Called Little Shubert
[ P ] Report: Benanti, Campbell, Krakowski, Rivera and Santiago Are Five in Nine
[ P ] The Boys from Syracuse Troupe on 'Today Show,' Aug. 3
[ P ] Making the Most of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
[ TM ] Tunes and Tomes
This is good: Dee Dee Bridgewater interprets Kurt Weill on her new CD, This is New.
[ TM ] Just Our Bill: New Play About Clinton Set to Open at the Fringe by: Michael Portantiere
[ TM ] Ovation Awards Announced For November 24 at The Orpheum in L.A. by: Ben Winters
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[ B ] Will Paul Newman Star in Our Town on B'way?
[ B ] Henry Goodman Confirmed for B'way's Tartuffe
[ B ] Allergist's Wife Closes; Friends Set for Barrymore
[ B ] Preview #5: Grant Avenue, San Francisco by Ken Mandelbaum
[ P ] OB Crowns Gets Bway's White and TV's 'Fresh Prince' Mom Hubert in Nov.
[ P ] DIVA TALK New Diva-Filled CD; "Chicago," the Film PLUS Betty's New Label
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Audra on NBC
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Meet 'Mr. Sterling'
[ P ] Into the Woods Cast Heads to the Sh-K-Boom Room for Aug. 15 Concert
[ P ] Allergist's Wife Tells Last Tale on Bway Sept. 15
[ P ] Imaginary Friends Finds Real Home at Bway's Barrymore: Begins Nov. 25
[ P ] Report: Paul Newman's Our Town to Reach the Big Town; Show has Bway Plans
[ TM ] Message From Michael by: Kathy Henderson
Michael Emerson, co-starring in Only the End of the World, talks about his choice and pursuit of an acting career.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Pining for an August holiday, Filichia has a suggestion.
[ TM ] Cabaret Notes
Rhonda Ayers performs her death-defying show One Foot in the Grave at Don�t Tell Mama.
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[ NYP ] BACK IN 'TOWN' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
PAUL Newman has been visiting theater owners in search of a Broadway house for the Westport Country Playhouse's revival of Thornton Wilder's great meditation on death and life, "Our Town."
[ NYP ] PAIR OF PRESLEY PLAYS PRIMED FOR PRODUCTION by MICHAEL RIEDEL
TWO new musicals about Elvis Presley are in the works. The first - which is being developed by Los Angeles-based Immortal Entertainment - is about the legendary romance between Presley and his wife, the former Priscilla Beaulieu.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
An item on "Hairspray," complete with the first "official review" - a blurb that you're bound to see in their ads.
[ LAT ] Standing Ritual by DIANE HAITHMAN
Most L.A. theater productions get a standing ovation. Are we less discerning, more easygoing or just polite?
[ LAT ] Out-of-Town Shows in Tryouts: Are They Fair Game for Critics? by CHRIS JONES, Chicago Tribune
New York media once let productions warm up for Broadway out of sight. But lately the gentleman's agreement has been breached.
[ NYT ] Into the Inspired Chaos Another Group Ventures by BEN BRANTLEY
Led by Jane Curtin, the replacement cast of the revival of Michael Frayn's "Noises Off" demonstrates how nothing brings an acting troupe together like the chance to fall apart.
[ ND ] The Farce Plays On Behind a New Curtin by Linda Winer
[ NYP ] 'THE SOLITUDE OF COTTON' FEELS TERMINAL by DONALD LYONS
THE idea, I suppose, was to approximate hell. On a hot summer night, we went down in Grand Central to the former Lost and Found office.
[ DN ] An entertaining school for scandal by Robert Dominguez
Stereotypical characters end up doing atypical things in "Spanish Girl," a charming, if slight, comedy on the shallowness of youth.
[ NYT ] AT THE MOVIES
An Actress Bears the Law's Burden by DAVE KEHR
In "Signs," the new thriller by M. Night Shyamalan of "The Sixth Sense" fame, a New York stage favorite, Cherry Jones, plays a police officer in a small Pennsylvania town where crop circles have mysteriously begun to appear, most spectacularly in the cornfields belonging to an apostate minister played by Mel Gibson.
[ LAT ] A Still-Eloquent Body Language by LEWIS SEGAL
At 79, French pantomime paragon Marcel Marceau still has the power to redefine theater in his own image. In an age of relentless amplification, he gives us the wonder of silence.
[ LAT ] In 'Ado,' Jackie Mason Shticks With the Basics by PAUL BROWNFIELD
It's still a Jew-versus-gentile world in the comic's one-man show.
[ P ] Who's Got Rhythm? Musical Rhythm Club Still Strummin'
[ P ] Sarah Silverman Brings Her Jesus Is Magic to NYC's The Culture Project, Aug. 13-23
[ P ] Chenoweth, Kudisch, Brown Prove Earth Girls Are Easy in Sept. 30 Musical Reading
[ P ] World Premiere Roman Nights Examines Williams-Magnani Relationship, Sept. 12
[ P ] Salonga, Crawford, Burnett & Ringwald Part of Annual Broadway on Broadway Concert Sept. 15
[ P ] Chaikin Cherry Lane Happy Days to Open on Sept. 29
[ P ] Sixth Sondheim Starts: A Little Night Music Begins Perfs. in D.C. Aug. 2
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: The Producers Meets Hairspray
[ P ] Youth Will Arrive! Revised Babes in Arms Opens at Goodspeed Aug. 2
[ P ] Robert LuPone Is The Astronaut, in CT White Barn World Premiere, Aug. 2-4
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: AUGUST 2
[ P ] Report: Tale of the Allergist's Wife Will Be Told for Last Time on Bway Sept. 15
[ P ] Starlight Express, With 3-D Film Sequences, Will Tour the U.S. in 2003
[ P ] In Remembrance of 9/11, Starry Brave New World Offers Plays, Songs and Poems
[ B ] Two Elvis Presley Musicals in the Works
[ BS ] FINDING HAPPINESS WITH HARRY by Simi Horwitz
Face to Face -- Ann Guilbert
[ BS ] THE TRU MEANING OF CHILDREN'S THEATRE by Mark Dundas Wood
These days, what should producers of children's theatre aspire to? Should they aim to train a new generation to be loyal and avid theatregoers? Or should they just concern themselves with creating good, serious fun?
[ BS ] Small Theatres Benefit from A.R.T./NY Regrants by Leonard Jacobs
18 Nonprofits Receive $65,000 in General Operating Funds
[ CST ] Letts joins Steppenwolf by Hedy Weiss
Plus news on Martha Plimpton's next Steppenwolf show.
[ NJ ] There's no panning Pan, or 'The Grouch' BY PETER FILICHIA
For a play that's 2,319 years old, "The Grouch" is pretty funny.
[ BG ] Making the 'Jump' by Hayley Kaufman
First-time producer Justin Waldman has what it takes to put on a show
[ BH ] What's Next: Young theater artists aim high with `Jump Rope' by Terry Byrne
The next wave of Boston's theater artists is making its move. And Next Stages theater company is providing the launching pad.
[ TM ] Colleagues React to Death of Phil Oesterman, Urban Cowboy Director by: Ben Winters and Michael Portantiere
[ TB ] Marcus Is Walking Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter
[ TB ] Parade Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain
[ TB ] Greater Tuna and South Pacific San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema
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Thursday, August 01, 2002
[ P ] O'Donnell, Ebersole, and Oscar Join Sept. 23 Funny Girl Concert; Creative Team Announced
[ P ] Animals Are On Various U.K. Stages
[ P ] Stoppard's Coast of Utopia Within Sight at London's National
[ P ] The King Lives On: Two Elvis Presley Musicals Being Planned
[ P ] Hair Returns to Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in 2003; Joins Monty, 42nd Street
[ P ] Joe Farrell Crowned Goodspeed's King of Hearts Come Fall
[ B ] Lillias White to Headline Crowns at Second Stage
[ B ] Fresh Face: Richard Kind
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[ P ] Sam Waterston Will Headline Rabe Version of Chekhov's Black Monk at Yale
[ P ] Newark's NJPAC Season Has Savion Glover, Tony Curtis & Santiago-Hudson
[ P ] Alabama Native Rebecca Luker Gives Hometown Concert Sept. 21
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Rent: Joey Fantone N Sync With Mark
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Rent: 'Bye Bye Bye'
[ B ] Complete Cast Announced for Flower Drum Song
[ B ] From the Shelf: A Trip to Chinatown by Ken Mandelbaum
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
Joan Rivers/Whoopi Goldberg news (second item).
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[ NYT ] Drama as a DMZ in Israel by SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
Founded in less volatile times, Israel's several Jewish-Arab theater troupes now operate in a climate of fear, hatred, suspicion and terrorism.
[ NYT ] A Small Theater Nurturing Big Ideas (and a Big Broadway Hit) by MEL GUSSOW
Under the leadership of James C. Nicola, the New York Theater Workshop has become an essential part of the New York cultural landscape.
[ NJ ] Animal act BY PETER FILICHIA
He's been a bear in "Carnival," both a dog and a crocodile in "Peter Pan," and a gorilla in "Damn Yankees."
[ NJ ] A drip in the flood: With wet script, actors barely escape drowning in 'Noman's Ark' BY PETER FILICHIA
"Father Knows Best," according to the popular sitcom of the '50s. But in "Norman's Ark" -- the well-meaning, but ultimately disappointing new musical at TheatreFest in Montclair -- father knows nothing.
[ USA ] A sophisticated Sondheim adds tenderness by Elysa Gardner
WASHINGTON - One of the biggest misconceptions about Stephen Sondheim is that he thinks too much - that his music and lyrics are better appreciated for their cleverness than their emotional punch.
[ LAT ] 'Gatsby' Revisits a Stormy Life by DAVID C. NICHOLS
Considerable local interest may well greet "Gatsby in Hollywood," receiving its world premiere at the MET Theatre.
[ LAT ] Passions of '50s Era Strike a Chord in 'Songs' by LYNNE HEFFLEY
The 1962 reunion of the once-popular Calendars, a Weavers-like folk trio sundered by the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s, is a tense one.
[ LAT ] Spunky 'Sylvia' Is a Thoughtful Romp by PHILIP BRANDES
OK, so A.R. Gurney's "Sylvia" may not be the pick of the theatrical litter when it comes to probing the depths of the human soul. Nevertheless, this breezy 1995 hit comedy about a man who finds solace from his midlife crisis by adopting a stray mutt can still charm its way past the most cynical...
[ B ] Henshall & Peggy Sue Co-Star Expecting Child
[ B ] Video: Sneak Peek: Joey Fatone in Rent
[ P ] Steppenwolf Parks Berman, McCullough and MacLeod in the Garage in 2002-03
[ P ] Off-Broadway's The Exonerated Returns Oct. 1 with Dreyfus and Sedgwick
[ P ] Rodgers-Winner, The Fabulist, the Aesop Musical, Gets NYC Readings Aug. 8-9
[ P ] Urinetown and The Graduate Offer Actors' Fund Perfs in August
[ P ] End of the World Begins Off-Broadway with Emerson, Belber, Aug. 1
[ P ] McDonald, Luker, Testa & White Sing Rodgers & Hart on Aug. 1 PBS Concert
[ P ] More Minnelli: Liza Has CD and Town Hall Concerts on Busy Schedule
[ P ] Hibbert, Connolly, Cunningham Are Outward Bound in Westport, Aug. 7-24
[ P ] I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Celebrates Six Years Off-Broadway Aug. 1
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 1
[ P ] Anne Heche Gives Her Views, on "The View," Aug. 1
[ P ] A Cast of 24 to Perform "A Hundred Million Miracles"; Flower Drum Troupe Announced
[ P ] Henry Goodman Is Confirmed for Roundabout Tartuffe
[ P ] Vincent Star Jochum ten Haaf Chats About Role in Hit U.K. Play
[ P ] Kushner's Homebody Postponed to 2003 for Reworking at L.A.'s Taper Forum
[ CST ] Singer strikes chord with tough N.Y. crowd BY MISHA DAVENPORT
NEW YORK--Among the clutter of saucers and portraits of Queen Elizabeth that hang on the yellowed walls of Tea and Sympathy, Johnny Rodgers takes a seat. With his spiky haircut and freckles, the 28-year-old performer looks every bit a young Tom Sawyer and not the toast of the New York cabaret world.
[ VV ] DISASTER AREAS by James Hannaham
Happiness at the Lincoln Center Festival; "Blueprint Series" at St. Marks Theatre
[ VV ] A WAR ON LOVE by Alisa Solomon
The Battle of Stalingrad by Rezo Gabriadze
[ VV ] Sightlines
Worth Street Theater Sets As You Like It in the Projects; The American Living Room at Here
[ VV ] THE UNDERNEATH by Jessica Winter
North Pole Positions
[ BH ] More of Deborah
North Shore Music Theatre has extended the run of ``Chicago,'' starring '80s pop star Deborah Gibson, through Nov. 24.
[ YN ] Priscilla Presley Backs Show on Elvis Marriage
Elvis Presley's ex-wife Priscilla Presley and Los Angeles-based Immortal Entertainment Group on Wednesday unveiled plans to develop a musical stage show based on her legendary romance with the king of rock-and-roll.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2002
[ P ] Everyman and His Goat
Bill Pullman's tortured, moving performance as a man compelled to reveal himself in Edward Albee's The Goat or Who is Sylvia? � at the Golden Theatre � has been one of the highlights of the season.
[ P ] Heather Headley's Solo CD Due Oct. 8; Complete Track List Announced
[ P ] Levering Ain't A Saint at Berkshire Fest, July 31-Aug. 10
[ P ] Rapp Writes and Directs in New Off-Broadway 'Twilight Series,' Sept. 19
[ P ] Vincent Begins Previews at Wyndham's in London
[ P ] Sarandon & Robbins Add Extra Edinburgh Date
[ P ] U.K.'s Covent Garden Plans Theatrical Costume Sale
[ P ] Cabaret's John Stamos Interviewed on E! July 31
[ P ] New Cast Announced For West End Full Monty
[ P ] Signature Theatre in Virginia Will Have New Home in 2005
[ B ] Spalding Gray's Latest Monologue Tops P.S. 122 Season
[ B ] Virginia's Signature Theatre Gets a New Home
[ B ] CDs: Stouthearted Men by Ken Mandelbaum
THE DESERT SONG & THE NEW MOON / BABES IN TOYLAND & THE RED MILL (Decca Broadway)
[ B ] Video: Meet Heather Headley, R&B Diva
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[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Putting the pants on The Producers with dresser Ron Fleming.
[ P ] ACT's Young Conservatory Will Stage Bob Dylan Musical Revue in 2003
[ P ] Jane Krakowski Joins Pianist Jim Brickman on New CD & PBS Concert
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[ LAT ] Taper Postpones 'Homebody/Kabul' by LISA FUNG
The planned season opener is put off for a year so Tony Kushner can rework it. A substitute hasn't been set.
[ B ] Sedgwick & Dreyfuss Set for The Exonerated
Kyra Sedgwick and Richard Dreyfuss are set for the off-Broadway production of The Exonerated, according to a production spokesperson.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'VERONIQUE'
Bohemians of the 20's in an O'Hara of the 50's by BRUCE WEBER
John O'Hara's meaty, low-rent milieu and his frank, impolitic acknowledgment of sexual matters give "Veronique" some of the greasy popcorn pleasures of a B movie.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SPANISH GIRL'
Summer Camp Brought More Than He Bargained For by ANITA GATES
Hunt Holman's funny, thoroughly engaging one-act play has a good deal to say about passivity, aggression, youth, truth and amorality.
[ NYT ] Arts Honor for Taylor, McCartney and Others
[ NYT ] Maurice Denham, British Character Actor, Dies at 92
Maurice Denham achieved his greatest fame playing a gallery of characters in the hit British radio shows "It's That Man Again" and "Much Binding in the Marsh."
[ WP ] Honoring a Master of Melodies
Though only an hour long, "The Sweetest Sounds -- A Centennial Celebration of the Music of Richard Rodgers," presented at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage on Monday evening, was overflowing with untarnished melodies. Reminders of the late composer's genius, to borrow a line from "Carousel," were bustin' out all over.
[ P ] Sebastian Bach Expected to Rock in Jesus Christ Superstar Tour; Anderson Is Judas
[ P ] Shady Maids of Haiti is Jahnke's Latest Fantastical Work, Off-Bway, Sept. 27
[ P ] Spalding Gray Premieres New Work, Black Spot, at P.S. 122, Oct. 7
[ P ] It's Wintertime in Summertime as La Jolla Debuts a New Mee Aug. 13-Sept. 15
[ P ] Betty Buckley to Record for Fynsworth Alley Label
[ P ] Disney's 'Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina' Features William Finn Tunes
[ P ] Beauty and the Beast Becomes 8th Longest-Running Show Aug. 4
[ P ] Leibman, Venora, Hinkle Cast in Margulies' God at Williamstown, July 31-Aug. 11
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 31
[ B ] Video: I'm Not Rappaport Opening
[ BS ] Van Dyke-Moore reunion in the cards on PBS' 'Gin' by Cynthia Littleton
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[ NYP ] MOVIN' TOO FAST By MICHAEL RIEDEL
THERE are a lot of Billy Joel fans on Long Island, which is one reason why the producers of "Movin' Out" were shocked and dismayed to read a negative review of their $8 million show in Newsday last week.
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We keep getting a blind item that Rob Evan is Michael Crawford's standby for Dance of the Vampires. We've known this for a few days, but were holding on it until details get worked out... Rob is best known as the standby for Jekyll & Hyde, where he eventually took over the role, and is currently Miles Hendon, the hero in The Prince and The Pauper at The Lambs. Rob also shot some work on All My Children last week and has been doing more and more television in the past months. You can see him in concert in September as well. That Rob Evan, he is a busy boy. And a father of 3!
[ YN ] Yahoo! News - Turning the Tables: Agents, Casting Dirs. Perform for BC/EFA
[ YN ] Yahoo! News - STRITCH BILL IS A STRETCH
[And thanks to Heather for providing us these Yahoo! News links]
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Tuesday, July 30, 2002
[ P ] Many Broadway Shows to Forego Sept. 11, 2002, Performances
Add The Boys From Syracuse to that list.
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Thomas Meehan
Thomas Meehan's major hit project prior to co-writing the libretto of The Producers was penning the smash, Annie. Now, he brings his know-how for structure and craft to the expected smash, Hairspray, and has other projects in the wings. Did somebody say Young Frankenstein, the Musical?
[ B ] The Full Monty Lets It Go September 1
[ B ] Tony Winner Teale Replaces Rhys in Ivanov
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[ B ] Rivera & Jones Among Kennedy Ctr. Honorees
[ P ] Tony Winner Chita Rivera to Receive Kennedy Center Honor
[ P ] U.K. Gay Playwriting Competition Now Accepting Scripts
[ P ] Phillip Oesterman, Urban Cowboy Librettist-Director, Dead
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[ B ] Urban Cowboy Director Oesterman Dies
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Summer Sizzle
[ P ] Boston's Bway-Bound Musical Marty Casting Update
[ P ] Eugene O'Neill Will Let Full Monty Go on Sept. 1
[ P ] Brent Barrett to Record Alan Jay Lerner CD for Fynsworth Alley
[ P ] Ben Vereen Recalls Fosse�s Words for "Radio Playbill," July 30-Aug. 3
[ TM ] Follow Spot
The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre brings Carlo Goldoni to your neighborhood.
[ TM ] All My Sons Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
[ TB ] Nocturne Washington Review by Tracy Lyon
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[ NYT ] He Dresses the Goddesses of Broadway by CATHY HORYN
William Ivey Long, the designer behind "Hairspray" and "Cabaret," is Broadway royalty.
Thanks to Deirdre on All That Chat for the link!
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: July 22-28
[ P ] Julia Murney Out of Broadway Musical Dance of the Vampires
[ P ] Busy Lazar and Oberacker Hope Musical Dracula Has Regional Wings
[ P ] Rosie O'Donnell May Bring Boy George's Taboo to Broadway
[ B ] Preview #4: The Importance of Being Alfie by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] The Woman Who Cooked... to Open in London
[ TM ] Cabaret Notes
A special Siegels summer smorgasbord! Marcus Simeone, toasting Liza, and The Andrews Sisters' Hollywood Canteen.
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[ B ] Casting News for Broadway-Bound Marty
[ B ] Tunie & Noll Headline Children at Primary Stages
[ B ] Photo Op: Jennifer Holliday Returns to Dreamgirls
[ BG ] Two stirring plays take divergent paths to post-9/11 realities by Ed Siegel
GLOUCESTER - What does it take to live in the world with a sense of normalcy after Sept. 11? That's the question asked by a pair of provocative and emotional - though rewardingly unsentimental - plays at Gloucester Stage, both featuring Jill Clayburgh.
[ BH ] Gloucester cast lifts one-act plays by Terry Byrne
The tragedies of Sept. 11 generate distinctly different responses from playwrights Israel Horovitz and Frank Pugliese.
[ NYT ] Festivals, Festivals Everywhere by RALPH BLUMENTHAL
This summer the number of arts festivals nationwide has reached an all-time high of about 3,000, drawing an audience estimated at up to 130 million.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Tony Curtis interview (last item).
[ LAT ] 'Bernarda Alba' Doesn't Always Make Its Point by LEWIS SEGAL
Consider it a happy coincidence that the locally based Aeolian Ballet Theatre performed a dance adaptation of "The House of Bernarda Alba" just after a production of Federico Garcia Lorca's play of the same name opened at the Mark Taper Forum.
[ WP ] Backstage: At Olney Theatre's Summer Festival, Youth Is Served by Jane Horwitz
[ BS ] New Dramatists Selects Playwrights-in-Residence by Simi Horwitz
[ P ] Akalaitis Directs Bacon in Ph�dre at Court Theatre, Sept. 5-Oct. 6
[ P ] Lee Meriwether Spoon River Floods Into Oct., Extending in L.A.
[ P ] Site-Specific Swim Shorts Plays in Pool Aug. 1-25
[ P ] "That Girl" Joins The Guys: Marlo Stars with Lang in NYC, July 30-Aug. 28
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Ebersole Congrats Hamilton on His Chicago Job
[ P ] Ethan Hawke Reads New Book at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, July 30
[ P ] Adam Pascal Vacations from Aida Beginning July 30
[ P ] Michael C. Hall and Roz Ryan Join Chicago Company July 30
[ P ] La Jolla Playhouse Premieres McDonald's When Grace Comes In July 30-Sept. 1
[ P ] Reknowned Mime Marcel Marceau Performs at L.A.'s Geffen July 30-Aug. 18
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 30
[ TB ] Of Mice And Men and On the Town San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema
[ TB ] The Lonesome West Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter
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Monday, July 29, 2002
[ P ] More Marriages: Three Grooms and a Bride Extends in L.A. to Aug. 18
[ P ] Gin Hammond and Eva Kaminsky Climb The Syringa Tree on National Touring, Bowing Oct. 9
[ P ] Molly Ringwald to Come Back to the Cabaret, Aug. 6
[ P ] Songs by Tesori, Schwartz and More Heard in New Cass Morgan Musical, True Home
[ P ] New Les Miz Cast on London Stage
[ P ] Peter Pan Set to Fly Into London's Royal Festival Hall
[ P ] Paul Rhys Pulls Out of London Ivanov
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: They Are Rappaport
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Gibson Brings Vereen Best Wishes
[ B ] Classic Stage Company Announces New Season
[ B ] Date Set for Ringwald's Return to Cabaret
[ TB ] SMT's Lush and Gorgeous Gondoliers is Simply Stunning Florida Review by Matthew MacDermid
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[ B ] Julia Murney Will Not Dance with Vampires
[ B ] Humble Boy to Close in London on August 24
[ B ] Will Rosie O'Donnell Bring Taboo to B'way?
[ P ] Chalfant, Strathairn, Nelson Bring Savannah Bay, Winter's Tale to CSC in 2003
[ P ] Frayn's Copenhagen � With Rea, Annis and Craig � to Air on PBS Sept. 29
[ P ] Tix for Final Contact, To Be Televised Live Sept. 1, On Sale July 29
[ TM ] 50 Years Old, Eh? by: Ben Winters
The Stratford Festival celebrates middle age with an historic season�and a new theater.
[ TM ] Psychotherapy Live! Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld
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[ B ] Those Previewing Musicals by Ken Mandelbaum
An update to last week's preview piece on the Roundabout's now-previewing revival of Rodgers and Hart's The Boys from Syracuse.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
The start of something good? Filichia surveys the fine art of the opening line.
[ P ] Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke Begin Filming "Gin Game" July 29
[ P ] Nottage's "Poof!" to Be Part of PBS' American Shorts Series
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[ CST ] Stinging review of Joel musical may bite Chicago BY BILL ZWECKER
LOS ANGELES--Even out here in La-La Land you can hear the angry screams from the producers of the Billy Joel musical "Movin' Out," created by dance legend Twyla Tharp. Seems the show's backers are furious that New York Newsday reprinted the scathing review of the show that ran in the Chicago Tribune.
[ LAT ] A Grandfatherly Performance Undercuts 'All My Sons' by TONY PERRY
As a wartime industrialist with blood on his hands, Daniel J. Travanti isn't up to the level of his fellow cast members in the Arthur Miller drama.
[ LAT ] Vereen Revisits Broadway a Wiser but Joyful Man by MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press
Ten years after a life-altering auto accident, the actor is reprising his role in "I'm Not Rappaport."
[ BH ] `Henry V' offers rich pageant, weak star Rapp by Terry Byrne
[ CST ] The next big thing BY HEDY WEISS
As many members of the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble approach 50, and those in the Lookingglass Theatre crowd progress well into the thirtysomething bracket, it's time to keep a lookout for the 20-year-olds--those who may be the next pretenders to the Chicago theater company throne.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Le Baz Boheme: Conceptions of Musetta and Marcello
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Le Baz Boheme: Choral Conceptions
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Le Baz Boheme: The Paris Look
[ P ] The Mint Unveils Rare Hankin and Schnitzler in 2002-03
[ P ] Barbara Cook and Ben Vereen on Brooklyn Center's 2002-2003 Concert List
[ P ] A Little Night Music Star Celebrates New CD With Fall Cabaret Gig
[ P ] Sept. 1 Contact Broadcast to Be "Live from Lincoln Center"
[ P ] TV's Malik Yoba Featured at 'Black 2: Broadway,' July 29 at B.B. King's in NYC
[ P ] Vincent in Brixton to Transfer to London's Wyndham's July 29
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 29
[ YN ] 'Rappaport' Kicks Off Flurry of Broadway Activity by Robert Hofler
NEW YORK (Variety) - The new Broadway season kicked off Thursday with the Judd Hirsch-Ben Vereen starrer "I'm Not Rappaport." Elsewhere, Gotham was rife with production and casting news regarding upcoming projects.
[ YN ] Talkshow Satire No Match for the Real Thing by Julio Martinez
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Tony Jerris has penned a campy sendup of such trash-talking daytime talkshow queens as Sally Jessy, Ricki Lake and Jenny Jones, featuring Charlene Tilton ("Dallas") as the ever-opportunistic TV maven Veronica.
[ YN ] Gershwin Goes over Well at Hollywood Bowl by Phil Gallo
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Overly familiar fare from George Gershwin was given potent and polished readings from the Broadway star Audra McDonald and Gershwin piano specialist Kevin Cole at the Hollywood Bowl Friday.
[ B ] Elle Review by Adam Feldman
[ TB ] Yellowman Seattle Review by David-Edward Hughes
posted at 7/29/2002 09:21:12 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ SMH ] They're playing our edgy songs
John Kander and Fred Ebb have been turning out droll, sexy, caustic musicals for close to five decades. They always found an audience but, in the often kitschy world of musical theatre, their cynicism was probably ahead of its time.
It looks like The Sydney Morning Herald needs a fact checker in Oz, from the looks of this sentence:
- "They've [Kander & Ebb] done three musicals with playwright Terrence McNally and the late Hal Prince and Bob Fosse directed their shows on stage and screen."
posted at 7/29/2002 09:06:48 AM by James Marino | Item Link
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'AUTUMN OF MY SPRINGTIME': String, Cloth, Twigs and Character By BRUCE WEBER
Closing the Lincoln Center Festival, Rezo Gabriadze's puppet show had the beautiful, elliptical melancholy that is his signature.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'AS YOU LIKE IT': In the Forest of Arden, Look, the Rapper of Avon By ANITA GATES
They're rapping Shakespeare down on Reade Street. And not only is it not appalling, but it's also intoxicating.
[ NYP ] THE NAKED TRUTH By BARBARA HOFFMAN
THEIR faces rarely turn heads.That's why Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci are well cast as the lovelorn duo of "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," opening Aug. 8 on Broadway.The other day, they sat near the rumpled bed on the set where "Frankie and Johnny" unfolds, talking about looks, casting and nude scenes - and how, SUNY Purchase grads and Manhattan residents both (she lives downtown, he's on the Upper West Side), their paths hadn't crossed until now.
[ DN ] Forest of Arden in an urban jungle by Robert Dominguez
In the Worth Street Theater Company's lively update of "As You Like It," Shakespeare's benign social comedy is transported from its 16th-century pastoral origins to a contemporary urban setting.
[ P ] Thomas Meehan and Marc Shaiman Exploring Addams Family Musical
[ P ] Roar of Approval: Lion King Plays 2,000th July 30
[ P ] Hirschfeld Website Celebrates Legendary Artist, Now in His 100th Year
posted at 7/29/2002 08:24:15 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Sunday, July 28, 2002
[ YN ] Broadway Buzz Builds for 'Hairspray' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft and Nathan Lane have already seen it. So has Bette Midler, but then she's an investor.
Danny DeVito and Yoko Ono are on tap for next Thursday, and we haven't even gotten to the musical-theater groupies who have bombarded internet chat rooms with their opinions, most of which range from rave to rave to rave.
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Boys from Syracuse on 'Today', Jane Curtin on 'The View'
[ P ] Lauded Revival of Morning's at Seven Closes on Broadway, July 28
[ P ] U.K.'s Humble Boy to Close in Late August
[ P ] House and Garden Close July 28 at MTC
[ P ] Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Into the Woods with Miss Spectacular
[ P ] Sinatra to Sing No More: Off-B'way Revue Ends Long Run July 28
[ P ] Sunday in the Park with the Red Sox? Rent's Rapp Sings Anthem at Boston's Fenway, July 28
[ P ] Are You a Dancing Queen? Mamma Mia! Auditions ABBA Lovers in FL July 28 & 29
[ P ] Andre Gregory to Discuss 'Vanya on 42nd Street' in MA, July 28
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 28
[ P ] Clark Gesner, Composer of You�re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Dead at 64
[ B ] Photo Op: I'm Not Rappaport Opening
[ B ] Photo Op: Danny DeVito Visits His Broadway Wife
[ LAT ] Las Vegas Loves Who? by PAUL BROWNFIELD
Whatever it is he does, Danny Gans does it well enough to sell out a theater named after him. Only here.
[ LAT ] Writing for the Sake of 'The Guys' by MIKE BOEHM
In the aftermath of 9/11, journalist Anne Nelson found a way to do her part for New York's firefighters
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Liz hypes "Hairspray."
[ NYP ] A SILENCED VOICE IS BACK - 17 YEARS LATER by MICHAEL GILTZ
Legendary pop singer Linda Thompson, a Grammy winner once voted top female vocalist by Rolling Stone, hasn't been heard from in 17 years - largely, she says, due to spasmodic dysphonia, a malady that prevented her from singing on demand.
[ BS ] Turning the Tables: Agents, Casting Dirs. Perform for BC/EFA by Leonard Jacobs
With an annual benefit called "Labors of Love," actors turn the tables on agents, managers and casting directors and judge how good these talent judges really are.
[ BE ] Past and present become telling allies in a play about the messages of history by Jeffrey Borak
There may be a more accomplished company of performers on a Berkshire stage these days. There may even be, in aggregate, a better, more cohesive production somewhere. I don't think, however, you will find a more stimulating and intellectually challenging play than "Insurrection: Holding History," which officially opened a 3 1/2- week run Thursday at the Berkshire Theatre Festival's Unicorn Theatre.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links!
[ RMN ] Denver will see familiar face on stage, but not much more by Lisa Bornstein
Robert Westenberg is returning to the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where he'll reveal some hidden talents.
[ OCR ] The hands behind 'Phantom' by PAUL HODGINS
How do you drop a 1,000-pound chandelier over an audience of 3,000? Very carefully, says the show's advance stage manager.
[ HC ] Moments On Stage That Are Just Unforgettable by Frank Rizzo
When I look back at a theatrical season, I think of those moments that gave me a thrilling chill, when I sat up open-mouthed in amazement because something extraordinary was happening on stage.
posted at 7/28/2002 02:43:21 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] As the Faces Change, So Does the Character By JOHN ROCKWELL
In "Proof," each successive lead actress has, in her own way, had an impact on the play as a whole.
[ NYT ] Some Advice for 'Rent' From a Friend By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Long-run-itis is afflicting "Rent," but it hasn't gotten stale. Rather, it's now pumped up with a loud rockish energy that seems forced and generic.
[ NYT ] So Tragic, You Have to Laugh By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN
ARTHUR MILLER doesn't like to explain his plays. "I'm not particularly good at it," he says. "Before `Death of a Salesman' was produced, someone asked me what it was about, and I said, `It's about a salesman, and he dies.' "
[ NYP ] STRAIGHT SHOOTER By BARBARA HOFFMAN
On TV, he's an upright, uptight gay undertaker. Off the screen, "Six Feet Under" star Michael C. Hall is something else again - a low-key married guy who's done his fair share of Shakespeare.
[ NYP ] ALBEE'S THIRD ACT: HIS COLD WORDS ARE HOT By CLIVE BARNES
It's been a pretty good year for Edward Albee.The 74-year-old playwright won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play on Broadway for "The Goat" and has seen major stagings of two other plays this season as well.
posted at 7/28/2002 04:01:35 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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