Saturday, September 07, 2002

[ NYT ]   Just What Is a Musical? Broadway Has a New Definition
Part of the NY Times Arts Fall Preview

[ NYT ]   Heaven or Hell, It�s Still Love
Critic�s pick � Ben Brantley

[ NYT ]   That Man from LaMancha
Critic�s pick � Bruce Weber

[ NYT ]  Annotated Listings
By Bruce Weber

[ NYT ]  A Sneak Peak
No link available, but there is an excellent slide show on this site.

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[ NYT ]  A Businessman's 'Hamlet,' Now Onstage by MEL GUSSOW
A long summer's preparation and a month of rehearsals culminated in five performances at a small Off Off Broadway theater not far from Broadway.

[ YN ]  Actress Duke Remains Hospitalized
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Actress Patty Duke remained hospitalized Friday after suffering a concussion and skull fracture earlier in the week when she tried to apply fly spray to a horse in her barn.

[ NYT ]  Ted Ross, Actor Who Starred in 'The Wiz,' Is Dead at 68

[ BS ]  An Actress' Life by Jenelle Riley
Most people likely recognize Amy's View as the play that lured Dame Judi Dench back to Broadway after a 40-year absence. This week, Amy's View will make its Los Angeles-area debut with Broadway veterans Carol Lawrence and Susan Egan.

[ BS ]  Thesp., Designer Sue NYS Over Eviction Clause by Leonard Jacobs

[ P ]  Seattle's Intiman Stages Musical Scapin Sept. 18-Oct. 12; Travels to Chicago's Court

[ P ]  Penny Fuller Is Charlotte Rep's Amanda in Glass Menagerie, Sept. 7-29

[ P ]  Walker Replaces Crosby in Brooklyn Workshop; Calhoun Hopes to Add Performances

[ P ]  Ayckbourn Trilogy Opens at London's Duchess Sept. 7

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Endpapers Marks 100th Performance, Sept. 7

[ P ]  Macy's Presents Free Concert with Pascal, Rapp, Callaway and Korey Sept. 23

[ P ]  L.A. Theatre Works Reads Grapes of Wrath, Proof With Cromwell, Rae, Stoltz in 2002-2003

[ P ]  The Exonerated Returns to L.A. Sept. 7

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 7

[ P ]  Magic to Do: Ben Vereen Working On Stage Musical About His Life

[ P ]  Musical Mondays, Showcasing New Musicals, Begins Season Oct. 7 With Feeling Electric

[ * ]  Sondheim Celebration: Looking Back on Making History
Click on "Overview" to view a neat flash show about the Sondheim Celebration.
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Friday, September 06, 2002

[ TM ]  L.A. Reprise! Schedules Special Performance of Merrily We Roll Along with Panaro, DeLaria, and Chamberlin by: Michael Portantiere

[ B ]  Broadway on Broadway Lineup Announced

[ B ]  O'Brien's Eden to Open in the West End

[ B ]  Photo Op: Take Me Out Arrives at the Public

[ P ]  Struggling Woodard Becomes Tony Nominee in Solo Play, In Real Life, at MTC Sept. 17-Nov. 10

[ NJ ]  Script search: Broadway keeps going to the movies BY MICHAEL SOMMERS AND RANDY GENER

[ LADN ]  Phylicia Rashad gets honest in 'Blue' by Martin S. Gonzalez

[ LADN ]  New millennium Falcon by Evan Henerson
Kevin Spacey goes to bat for Toluca Lake theater, which opens a season of premieres with `Cobb'

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links!

[ PPG ]  Stage Preview: King of Broadway by Christopher Rawson
Mel Brooks never pictured 'The Producers' as a stage musical. 'It's a movie,' he said, 'let's leave it alone.' Twelve Tonys later, he's come around...

[ PPG ]  Mostel...Lane...Stadlen by Christopher Rawson
Actor steps into some big shoes as Max Bialystock
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[ B ]  Fresh Face: Daniel Sunjata by Paul Wontorek

[ B ]  Theakston & Hamilton Take On Home and Beauty

[ B ]  The Water Coolers to Play Off-Broadway

[ B ]  Hilary Swank Might Headline The Miracle Worker

[ P ]  Hairspray, Edie Falco Appear on Sept. 13 'Today'

[ P ]  Whoopi Goldberg in Talks to Star in Revival of Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Aug. 31-Sept. 6: Fall In

[ TM ]  Tunes and Tomes
Foster Hirsch's new book on Kurt Weill is a biography of a tortured genius -- tortured by Bertolt Brecht, anyway.

[ TM ]  Theater Types to Take Back Times Square With Broadway on Broadway Concert on September 15 by: Michael Portantiere
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[ P ]  Piro, Broadway's Fantine, on CBS "Early Show" Sept. 7

[ P ]  The Boyfriend Set to Return to U.K.

[ P ]  BBC-TV Offers Stoppard Interview and Royal Shakespeare Company Discussion

[ P ]  Paul Newman Our Town on Track for Broadway's Booth Theatre

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Chat with Flower Drum Song's Lea Salonga Plus Diva News

[ P ]  "Suddenly Alice": Ripley Offered Little Shop Lead; Concerts and Sunday Also

[ P ]  "Theater Talk" Celebrates Kaufman & Hart Sept. 6; Royal Family Follows

[ B ]  Whoopi Goldberg to Return to B'way in Ma Rainey

[ B ]  Preview #13: Here She Is, Boys! by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
The Siegels know when to find Tommy Koenig and his comic cohorts at The Duplex.
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[ NYP ]  WHOOPI TO BE 'MA RAINEY' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
Whoopi Goldberg has agreed to star in a Broadway revival of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" next season.

[ NYP ]  'OUT' & OUT HIT by DONALD LYONS
RICHARD Greenberg is the American playwright of the decade.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'TAKE ME OUT'
For Love of the Games Men Play by BEN BRANTLEY
Richard Greenberg's play at the Joseph Papp Public Theater is a thought-shaking, frustrating look at pride and prejudice in the world of professional sports.

[ DN ]  He leads the league in controversy by Robert Dominguez
Mike Piazza won't need to hold another press conference, this time to deny he's the inspiration for the gay- ballplayer character in "Take Me Out."

[ NJ ]  He's out (of the closet) BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Play drives home gay athletes' dilemma

[ ND ]  A Rough Diamond by Linda Winer
'Take Me Out' nearly rounds the plate

[ YN ]  'Take Me Out' Is More Than a Game by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ TM ]  Take Me Out Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ TB ]  Take Me Out Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Take Me Out Review by Adam Feldman

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'HEARD [BUT NOT SCENE]'
Questioning Life and Its Meaning, in One-Acts by BRUCE WEBER
A show of two one-acts steeped in the language and events of American middle-class life, does not all hang together, but has a precocious spirit that deserves encouragement.

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | STACEY KENT
Finding Screwball Romance in the Music of the 40's by STEPHEN HOLDEN
You might call the ethos Stacey Kent evokes in her tangy versions of songs like "Thou Swell" and "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" screwball romantic.

[ HC ]  For Broadway Sensation, A Transitional Stage by GREG MORAGO
Singing And Dancing Darling Karen Ziemba Takes A Turn At The Bard
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ BS ]  Joanne Camp: Getting to Feel Free by Leonard Jacobs
Widely known for her work with the Pearl Theatre Company, Joanne Camp's reputation for versatility, especially with the classics, is indisputable.

[ BS ]  John Cullum: Delivering the Goods by Ira J. Bilowit
John Cullum, currently in "Urinetown," became a musical theatre star because of his work in Shakespeare.

[ BSUN ]  A culture defiled by the West by J. Wynn Rousuck
Tokyo theater shows consummate artistry in 'Pacific Overtures'

[ WP ]  Sondheim, Gaining Much in the Translation by Peter Marks
Do not for a minute let language be a barrier to joy. The New National Theatre, Tokyo's, enthralling "Pacific Overtures" is the most moving and accessible production you're likely to encounter of Stephen Sondheim's worldly musical take on the corrosive effects of imperialism.
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[ WP ]  Backstage: Special Kaye: 'Danny and Sylvia' in N.Y. by Jane Horwitz
Includes an item on why only three of the "Sondheim Celebration" shows are eligible for Helen Hayes Awards (third item).

[ TB ]  Danny and Sylvia: A Musical Love Story Theatre Review by Matthew Murray

[ CST ]  'Fantasticks' voyage continues after 42 years BY MARY HOULIHAN

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
As the tour of The Producers gets ready to launch, Mel Brooks discusses his earlier theatrical ventures.

[ NJ ]  A change of farce for McCarter Theatre BY PETER FILICHIA
A preview of "Loot" at McCarter.

[ NJ ]  4th Wall finds new venue for 'New World' BY BETTE SPERO
"Songs For A New World."

[ DN ]  Newsline
Word on a free performance of the play "The Guys" and news about Hilary Swank and husband Chad Lowe.

[ B ]  Hamilton, Naughton & Skye Star in Evolution

[ B ]  Take Me Out Extends at the Public

[ B ]  Boyzone's Gately to Make Theatrical Debut in Joseph

[ B ]  Backstage Brawl Shuts Down Monty-like Ladies Night

[ B ]  Taye Diggs Returns to B'way as Billy Flynn

[ B ]  Rushdie's Midnight's Children Comes to America

[ TM ]  Musical Theatre West Goes for the Gold by: Dan Bacalzo

[ P ]  Olivier-Winner Pauline Flanagan Stars in Irish Rep's Bailegangaire, Sept. 24-Nov. 17

[ P ]  Bway's Sept. 22 Flea Market Auction Includes Walk-On in Mamma Mia!

[ P ]  Trinity Rep Opens Season with Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth in RI, Sept. 6-Oct. 13

[ P ]  Monologue-Driven 9/11 Portraits Has Starry Cast in CT, Sept. 6-7

[ P ]  Habit-Forming Nunsense Gets Fourth Sequel, Meshuggah-Nuns, Sept. 6 in MN

[ P ]  The Peg-Leg Hurts, But the Chase Is Thrilling in Moby Dick, Opening Sept. 6 at Milwaukee Rep

[ P ]  Kirk Searches The World Over to Claim His Throne in World Premiere, Starting Sept. 6

[ P ]  Big Names Back Off-Bway Workplace Revue, The Water Coolers, Starting Sept. 27 in NYC

[ P ]  TX's Lyric Stage Has New Musicals Cinderella and Spectre Bridegroom in 2002-03

[ P ]  Tony-Nommed Turgenev Starts Huntington Season in Boston, Sept. 6-Oct. 6

[ P ]  Weaver and Eichhorn Star in 9/11-Themed Food for Thought Benefit Sept. 12; Pendleton Directs

[ P ]  NC's New Equity Troupe Sets Goldoni's Mirandolina in '50s Italy, Sept. 6-29

[ P ]  Clubbed Thumb Holds Play 'Boot Camp' at NYC's Ohio, Sept. 6-14

[ P ]  Damashek Directs House of Blue Leaves at Berkeley Rep Sept. 6-Oct. 27

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 6

[ P ]  Hitting a Box Office Homer, Take Me Out Will Extend One Month at Public, to Oct. 27

[ P ]  Sigourney Weaver Plays The Guys in NYC w/ Lang; Film Premieres in Toronto, Sept. 11

[ P ]  Rushdie Novel, 'Midnight's Children,' Conjured By RSC in 2003; Stagings in MI and NYC Follow

[ P ]  Former Renter Taye Diggs Joins Bway Chicago Sept. 19

[ P ]  Richardson Won't Be Roundabout's Miss Julie

[ P ]  Maugham's Home and Beauty Heads to London's Lyric

[ P ]  Royal Shakespeare Company's Antony and Cleopatra Opens Sept. 5

My deepest, most sincere thanks go out to IRIS FISHER of Manhattan, who yesterday sent me my FUNNY GIRL ticket.
It seems someone at the Actors' Fund accidentally put my envelope inside hers.

"I have always depended upon the kindness of strangers." - Tennessee Williams
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Thursday, September 05, 2002

[ B ]  CDs: The Glory That Is Greece by Ken Mandelbaum
Taye Diggs has been mentioned as a possible Billy Flynn for the Broadway Chicago in the near future.

[ B ]  Stephen Lang Joins Weaver in The Guys at LCT

[ B ]  Full Cast of Burning Blue Announced

[ P ]  London's Fame Transfers to the Aldwych Theatre

[ P ]  Kathleen Marshall to Stage Merrily Concert; Cast Nearly Complete

[ P ]  Hit Paris Play Based on "Full Monty" Lets it Go in Fist Fight; Closes Show Early

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: There's a New Graduate

[ P ]  Starry Casting Complete for Pacino Arturo Ui; Students Will Get Cheap Tix

[ P ]  Hilary Swank in Negotiations for Broadway Debut in Miracle Worker

[ P ]  Harold Gould Stars in World Premiere, Fellow Traveler, Sept. 12-Oct. 20 in CA

[ P ]  Don't Ask/Don't Tell: Chad Lowe in NYC Debut of Burning Blue, Sept. 29

[ P ]  Nonesuch to Release Mandy Patinkin's Sondheim CD in October

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Zoser Poser: Chita's Got Family in Aida
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[ NYT ]  Columbia Is Helping to Bring Royal Shakespeare to Apollo by KAREN W. ARENSON
Columbia University and the University of Michigan are teaming up to bring a production of Salman Rushdie's allegorical novel, "Midnight's Children," to the United States in the spring.

[ NYP ]  COMING OUT by DONALD LYONS
Take Me Out, which opens tonight at the Public Theater, starts an exciting, off-Broadway season with a home run.

[ NYP ]  'AMOUR' TO LOVE by MICHAEL RIEDEL
I suppose it's a bit early to dismiss the entire slate of new musicals as also-rans, but "Hairspray" has set the bar very high, and rivals are going to have get used to being compared to it in every way.

[ DN ]  Out beating the 'Drum' for revised '58 musical by PATRICIA O'HAIRE
'Flower Drum Song" is about to bloom again.

[ ND ]  B'way Remembers 9/11 by Gordon Cox
Some theaters to go dark, while others plan memorials

[ YN ]  H'W'D ON THE BOARDS
Rachel Weisz will replace Natasha Richardson in the Roundabout's "Miss Julie," due in 2003.
Plus news on Hilary Swank in "The Miracle Worker."

[ V ]  HARLEM HOME FOR 'CHILDREN'
Prior to Apollo run, legiter debuts at U. of Michigan

[ V ]  NFL FIELDING DONATION FOR TIMES SQUARE KICKOFF
Visa to offer promotion for shows during the week of Sept. 22

[ V ]  CHOREOGRAPHERS HOOF IT TO ORPHEUM
Move due to scheduling conflict

[ SMH ]  Full Monty taken off after on-stage punch-up
The Paris stage version of the hit film The Full Monty - one of the biggest draws on the city's theatre scene - has closed early because of a punch-up between two actors in mid-performance, the France-Soir newspaper reports.
Thanks to Amanda on All That Chat for the link!

[ BS ]  Getting Going in Gotham
Back Stage offers some simple, basic advice on how to get a good start in your new city, so you can put your best foot forward on that long and winding road to showbiz success. (Part 2 of 2)

[ B ]  Rachel Weisz Named New Star of Miss Julie

[ BS ]  Tony Champ Ted Ross of The Wiz Dead at 68

[ LAT ]  These Women Critique More Than Just the Art by JOSEF WOODARD
An all-female production of "Art."

[ P ]  Karen Ziemba Stirs Up Much Ado About Nothing at Hartford, Sept. 5-Oct. 6

[ P ]  Film Version of Reno's Rebel Premieres at Toronto Fest Sept. 9-11

[ P ]  Kaye and Fine Together Again in NYC Debut of Danny and Sylvia, the Musical, Sept. 5-22

[ P ]  Chicago's Court Theatre Opens Akalaitis' Ph�dre, Sept. 5

[ P ]  Greenberg's Baseball Drama, Take Me Out, Slides Into Home Sept. 5

[ P ]  Sept. 5 NFL Event in Times Square to Close Theatre-Area Streets; Bway Curtains 8:30 PM

[ P ]  Songs for a New World Serenades Seattle Sept. 5-Oct. 12

[ P ]  Rattlestick Season Gets Off to Fast Start with Rapp Play, Sept. 5

[ P ]  Not Hairspray, It's Hairstory!: San Fran's Rhino Has 'Do-Related Revue Sept. 5-Oct. 5

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 5

[ YN ]  Wannabes Bid for Instant Fame in London Musical by Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - For hopefuls ranging from a funeral director to a stockbroker, it was the ultimate prize -- the chance to appear live on the London stage in a musical.

[ YN ]  'N Sync's Joey Fatone Stars in 'Rent' by MARK EVANS, Associated Press Writer
As a serious actor, Fatone shows promise but is still clearly feeling his way around the stage � and light years from stardom.
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Wednesday, September 04, 2002

LATE NOTICE: Tonight at 10pm Eastern, ABC's "In Search of America With Peter Jennings" will have a feature on a Boulder, Colorado high school's production of HAIR. Here, courtesy of American Theater Web, are two Denver Post stories on that production and the tv show...

[ DP ]  It's 'Hair' again by John Moore
Boulder school's production singled out for Peter Jennings project

[ DP ]  Boulder students on TV special will gather to watch show by John Moore

[ P ]  Ted Ross, Tony-Winner as The Lion in The Wiz, Is Dead at 68

[ P ]  Conor McPherson's Rum & Vodka Bows Off Broadway, Oct. 3

[ P ]  Alan Campbell, Miriam Shor, Jonathan Hogan Star in NYC Preem of Lanford Wilson's Book

[ P ]  The Flowering of Drum Song: A Sneak Peek at the R&H Musical

[ P ]  London's My Fair Lady Extends

[ P ]  Boyzone Star to Make U.K. Theatre Debut in Lloyd Webber's Joseph

[ B ]  Kathleen Marshall Set to Helm Merrily Concert

[ B ]  Cast Set for Signature's Book of Days

[ B ]  Photo Op: Flower Drum Song Open Rehearsal
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[ B ]  I'm Not Rappaport Shutters September 8

[ B ]  Lauren Kennedy Takes On Fantine in Les Miz

[ B ]  Photo Op: Let It Go! The Full Monty Takes a Final Bow

[ B ]  Photo Op: Last Dance at Contact

[ P ]  Seattle's Intiman Will Premiere Guettel and Lucas' Light in the Piazza in 2003

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Flower Drum Song Rehearsal: 'A Hundred Million Miracles'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Flower Drum Song Rehearsal: More 'Miracles'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Flower Drum Song Rehearsal: 'Grant Avenue'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Flower Drum Song Rehearsal: 'You Are Beautiful'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Flower Drum Song Rehearsal: 'Fan Tan Fannie'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Flower Drum Song Rehearsal: Cast and Creative

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Flower Drum Song Rehearsal: Lovers Llana and Lea

[ P ]  I'm Not Rappaport to Close on Broadway, Sept. 8; Our Town Next?

[ P ]  Lauren Kennedy Will Dream a Dream in Bway Les Miz

[ TM ]  Movin' On
Theatermania's fall season preview.

[ TM ]  Drama Dept. Schedules Third Annual Company Picnic and Talent Show by: Brooke Pierce
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[ B ]  Lee Latchford-Evans Steps into Grease in London

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Out with a Bang

[ B ]  Preview #12: Be Italian by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out: Swing, Batter!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out: In the Dugout

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out: Confrontation

[ P ]  Bway Stars Butler, Rapp, Skinner Will Shine in NAMT's 2002 Festival of Musicals

[ P ]  Blue's Clues Goes Back on the Road in 2003

[ P ]  Musical Tom Sawyer Comes to Kennedy Center Nov. 19

[ TB ]  PINS San Francisco Review by Richard Connema
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[ ND ]  A Latent Love of the Game by Blake Green
A playwright comes to a 'passionate commitment' with a baseball play

[ ND ]  The Story That Was Untold by Lavina Melwani
Muslim playwright tackles post-Sept. 11 misconceptions in 'Barriers'

[ B ]  Q&A: Marissa Jaret Winokur by Melissa Rose Bernardo

[ B ]  Complete Cast of Starry Arturo Ui Revealed

[ B ]  Kevin Kline Celebrates The Acting Company

[ LAT ]  Don't Expect Nostalgia at This On-Screen Reunion by SUSAN KING
Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore could have played it safe. But they didn't.

[ P ]  San Francisco Goes on the Fringe Sept. 4-15

[ P ]  Julie Taymor Film "Frida" to Have October Release

[ P ]  Moby Dick Breaches at Milwaukee Rep in World Premiere, Sept. 4-Oct. 6

[ P ]  Make Them Hear You: CA's TheatreWorks Stages Ragtime Sept. 4-29

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 4

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: August 26 - September 1

[ BS ]  Getting Going in Gotham
Back Stage offers some simple, basic advice on how to get a good start in your new city, so you can put your best foot forward on that long and winding road to showbiz success. (Part 1 of 2)

[ BS ]  Seating the Rush: SRO Shows Go the Way of Lotto by Leonard Jacobs
The ever-multiplying ways to buy tickets have made the curling queue a relatively quaint 20th century relic.

[ BS ]  La Jolla Designs Theatre Village by Jim Volz
New $36 Million Stage Complex for Des McAnuff and Company

[ TS ]  They do theatre their own way in Norway by Richard Ouzounian
The Ibsen festival mixes plays, genres, languages

[ YN ]  Playwright Miller Accepts Award by ERIN McCLAM
NEW YORK (AP) - Calling the arts "a highway into the soul of the people," playwright Arthur Miller accepted an international prize, an honor deferred once by Sept. 11 and a second time by the illness of his late wife.

[ YN ]  Old Soccer Devil Francis Turns Theater Angel by Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - Gerry Francis once loved the roar of the crowd. Now it is the smell of the greasepaint.
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[ TM ]  This Sporting Life (Like It or Not) by Peter Filichia
This Thursday, the NFL takes over Times Square. Actor Bryan Batt rips the decision to hold the kick-off celebration on Broadway's turf.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: London Stage, a Social Mirror By BEN BRANTLEY
The theater's role as a social mirror in London can seem surreal to an American visitor, as daily headlines and onstage plot lines converge.

[ NYP ]  BROWS RAISED AT SHRUNKEN LLOYD WEBBER A-LIST By MICHAEL RIEDEL
ANDREW Lloyd Webber pared down the guest list for his Sydmonton Festival this year, causing no small amount of consternation in London and New York theater circles.

[ DN ]  Off-B'way hits c-note By PATRICIA O'HAIRE
Now appearing Off-Broadway: Broadway prices.

[ P ]  Miss Saigon Begins Previews at New Jersey's Paper Mill Sept. 4

[ P ]  The Change: Menopause, the Musical Moves Uptown Sept. 26 to Playhouse 91

[ P ]  Kevin Kline to Headline Shakespeare Live! Sept. 22

[ P ]  Josh Hamilton, Ione Skye Advance Sherman's Evolution Sept. 27-Oct. 13 in NYC
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Tuesday, September 03, 2002

[ P ]  Wilson Cruz Is One-Third of tick, tick...BOOM! Troupe on Tour

[ P ]  San Francisco's Magic Dissects Science on Stage Wednesdays, Sept. 18-Oct. 2

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Marissa Jaret Winokur
Hairspray star Marissa Jaret Winokur is Broadway's unlikely "It" girl � a character actress in a star position usually reserved for an ingenue. The actress likes how Hairspray turns the tables on what we all expect, making us look at outsiders in a new way.

[ P ]  Anna One, Anna Two!
Up-n-coming singer-actress Anna Bergman � who recently starred in the Kennedy Center production of A Little Night Music � brings her new cabaret act, Melody, M�lodie: A Celebration of Song from Berlin to Bizet, to New York City's Danny's Sept. 4-27.

[ P ]  Hoebee's Saigon Set to Lift Off
Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill's associate director, chats about his production of Miss Saigon, the Tony-nominated musical with a flying helicopter that plays the New Jersey theatre Sept. 4 to Oct. 20.

[ B ]  Alan Campbell to Headline Book of Days

[ LADN ]  'Amy's View' by Alessandra Djurklou
Carol Lawrence and Susan Egan star as mother and daughter in the ICT production

[ VV ]  AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL by Michael Feingold
Success Has Gotten Us Where We Are. Why Not Try Failure?

[ VV ]  Sightlines
Sick With Lust: Fire Island Tales; Twinges From the Fringe, Bob Jude Ferrante's Evening of 21 Short Plays

[ YN ]  'Take Me Out' Tries Home Run in NYC by MATT WOLF, Associated Press Writer
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[ P ]  Quinn, Eagan, Cantone to Star in Sept. 9 Reunion of Worth Street Canteen

[ P ]  Tickets to Al Pacino Arturo Ui Exceed $100; Show to Run Oct. 3-26

[ P ]  London's National Theatre Appoints Six New Board Members

[ P ]  London Musical, 125th Street, to Feature Amateur Acts, Apollo-style

[ B ]  Menopause The Musical Moves to Playhouse 91

[ TM ]  Follow Spot
The theater world comes together to reflect on the September 11 tragedy and to greet a Brave New World.
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[ B ]  CDs: I'll Be Here Tomorrow by Ken Mandelbaum
Jeanine Morick will replace Karen Mason as Tanya in the Broadway Mamma Mia!.

[ B ]  Dorothy Fields Forever Eyes Off-Broadway

[ B ]  Charlotte d'Amboise Returns as Chicago's Roxie

[ P ]  Songs From Rodgers Award-winner The Fabulist on "Radio Playbill" Sept. 3-8

[ P ]  Charlotte d'Amboise Returns to Broadway's Chicago Sept. 17

[ P ]  "Sopranos" Trio to Star in Odets' Golden Boy in NYC, Sept. 25-Oct. 12

[ P ]  More Up His Sleeve: Mamet's Ricky Jay: On the Stem Extends to Oct. 20

[ P ]  Liza with a Family: Baby to Join Minnelli and Gest in New Year

[ P ]  Ballard, Cariou, Lewis & Scherer Join All-Star Funny Girl Concert

[ P ]  Van Outen to Star in Revised Lloyd Webber Song and Dance in London

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
The Siegels applaud Jerry Christakos in and out of drag, and revisit Rick Skye as Liza Minnelli.

[ TB ]  Sound Advice: Celebrating Richard Rodgers by Jonathan Frank
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[ NYP ]  BASEBALL PLAY GOES MUCH FURTHER THAN 'FULL MONTY' by BARBARA HOFFMAN and FAYE PENN
FORGET "The Full Monty." When the actors in "Take Me Out" take out theirs, there are no bright lights to blind you - and no place to hide.

[ LAT ]  Giving Its Regards to New York by DON SHIRLEY
With an eye on Sept. 11 anniversary, the Great American Concert salutes the Big Apple with music from on and off Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl.

[ P ]  DC Shakespeare Theatre Opens 2002-03 With The Winter's Tale, Sept. 3

[ P ]  Aquila's Off-Bway Adventure, Comedy of Errors, Relocates to Midtown Sept. 3

[ P ]  More Alone Time: Felder's Gershwin Returns to A.R.T. in MA, Sept. 27-Oct. 12

[ P ]  Garrison and Canova Star in Manchester Musical Letter at North Shore, Sept. 3

[ P ]  Kelly Overton Is Elaine in The Graduate Starting Sept. 3

[ P ]  Egan Takes on Amy's View in Long Beach, CA, Sept. 3

[ P ]  Damashek Directs House of Blue Leaves at Berkeley Rep Sept. 6-Oct. 27

[ P ]  Laramie's Fondakowski Tells La Jolla I Think I LIke Girls Sept. 3-21

[ P ]  Laguna Playhouse Premieres Marans' Jumping for Joy Sept. 3-Oct. 6

[ P ]  Brent Barrett's Alan Jay Lerner Album Due Sept. 3

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 3
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Monday, September 02, 2002

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Neuwirth, Fatone, Sigler and Weber on 'Caroline Rhea'

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Country singer Xanna Don't wants the writer of the musical Zanna, Don't! to provide compensation for use of her name...but Zanna won't.
posted at 9/2/2002 12:48:09 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ V ]  Biz off; 'Hairspray' up
Broadway grosses dipped again in Week 13 (Aug. 19-25), falling 2% from the week previous. Total haul was $13,693,246. Attendance was 224,847, drooping a proportional 1.8%.

[ V ]  B.O. slips; Chi 'Aida' 585g
Road grosses also tumbled in Week 13 (Aug. 19-25) with 14 shows reporting. Total take of $11,335,022 was a 5.2% drop from last week's figures.

[ V ]  'Divas' does it up right at Donmar by MATT WOLF
LONDON -- Here's one of the more pleasurable games of compare-and-contrast offered by the London stage this summer. Which musical moment from the fifth "Divas at the Donmar" series was the most memorable?

[ V ]  Inside Move: Jerry verdict by PHIL GALLO
Springer the host meets 'Springer: The Opera'

[ P ]  Between Leads, Tony-Winning Goat Goes Dark Sept. 2-12

[ P ]  Rent Helmer Greif Rocks On with BETTY RULES Off-Broadway, Sept. 21

[ P ]  Scribes Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer Read Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, Oct. 12 in MA

[ P ]  Chip Deffaa Fest Features Musicals Danny & Sylvia, Birds of Paradise Sept. 5-30

[ P ]  Gravitte and Coulter Sing Schwartz at Westport Sept. 8

[ P ]  San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon Revives Rare Rodgers and Hart's Peggy-Ann in October

[ P ]  Clubbed Thumb Holds Play "Boot Camp" at NYC's Ohio, Sept. 6-14

[ P ]  Teddy Roosevelt Sings: L.A.'s Rubicon Revives Tintypes Sept. 21-Oct. 20

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 2

[ LAT ]  Globe's 'Pericles' Is a Weird and Wild Ride by TONY PERRY
A mad jumbling of elements renders one of Shakespeare's final plays a fun if inconsistent observation on life.

[ TS ]  Norwegians shake up conventional Ibsen by Richard Ouzounian
OSLO � Forget all those clich�s about dour Norwegians and icy fjords.
The eighth biannual Ibsen Festival currently under way here is providing more heat � sexual, theatrical and intellectual � than you'd ever find on our side of the Atlantic.

[ TB ]  A Connecticut Yankee San Francisco Review by Richard Connema
posted at 9/2/2002 08:34:11 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'RENT': A Pop Star in an Ordinarily No-Name Cast By BRUCE WEBER
In "Rent," which now features Joey Fatone from 'N Sync, the ensemble cast hasn't quite found the magic yet, but that's not to say the musical has become tepid or uninspiring.

[ DN ]  A Rodgers revival for the young at Hart by Howard Kissel
At a distance of 60 years, all the Rodgers and Hart musicals seem innocent and carefree, but none has retained its youthfulness better than "Babes in Arms," the 1937 show about kids turning a barn into a theater to put on a show.

[ P ]  Hairspray Begins Auditions for U.S. Tour Sept. 20
posted at 9/2/2002 07:35:05 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Sunday, September 01, 2002

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
How Sutton Foster will be able to do "Funny Girl" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" the same night (last item).

[ DN ]  A house of worth by CELIA McGEE
Novelist Edith Wharton's dream home in the Berkshires has been restored to its former glory

[ LAT ]  What Next for His L.A. Story? by DON SHIRLEY
Trying to expand, a group dedicated to putting on plays by local writers runs into a roadblock

[ P ]  Michael Buckley CHANNELING THEATRE: TV and the New York Actor

[ P ]  Bernarda Alba No More: Chita Rivera Closes L.A. House Sept. 1

[ P ]  Pearl Company Stoops to Conquer Off-Bway Sept. 17-Oct. 24

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 1

[ TB ]  Bailiwick Arts Center Celebrates Naked Boys Singing's 1st Anniversary In Chicago Review by Charles Eichler

[ TB ]  What's New in the West End: September by Tim Connor

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links!

[ OCR ]  'Monty's' legs by DENISE MARTIN
The success of 'The Full Monty' hasn't boosted David Yazbek's pop music career, but he's willing to give Broadway another shot.

[ OCR ]  A backstage view of 'Amy' by ERIC MARCHESE
Broadway stars Carol Lawrence and Susan Egan are cast in International City Theatre's staging of the David Hare play.

[ HC ]  Producers take a creative approach in presenting 'Contact' on television by EVERETT EVANS

A big Broadway musical will be getting a fresh infusion of talent. Expect it by December, or maybe a month Sooner...
posted at 9/1/2002 10:48:16 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYT ]   'Take Me Out': Gay in a Supposedly Straight Game By BRUCE WEBER
To Richard Greenburg, a new convert to baseball, writing a drama about a superstar who tells the world he's gay was a natural.

[ NYT ]  Blowing Off the Dust, Breathing New Life Into Old Plays By ROBERT SIMONSON
Three nonprofit Off Broadway companies make it their business to exhume works of forgotten, or nearly forgotten, playwrights.

[ NYT ]  An Operatic Mission: Freshen the Familiar By TERRENCE McNALLY

[ NYT ]  'Hairspray': Fun but Sticky, and Even a Bit Stiff By MARGO JEFFERSON

[ NYT ]  Japanese View of an American View of Japan By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN

[ NYP ]  WHY THE BARD NEEDS NO STARS By CLIVE BARNES
Shakespeare is unarguably the greatest playwright in the English language. So why do our producers insist on hiring big-name film and TV stars when casting dramas by the Bard?

[ P ]  Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Lets Full Monty Go Sept. 1

[ P ]  Elyot and Amanda Bolt Again, as Private Lives Closes on Bway Sept. 1

[ P ]  Bway Run of Noises Off Revival Ends Sept. 1

[ P ]  Contact's Final Show Airs Live on PBS, Sept. 1

[ P ]  Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Pullman Get Their Last Goat Sept. 1

[ P ]  Alicia Silverstone Leaves The Graduate Sept. 1; Overton Due Sept. 3

[ P ]  Movin' Out Moves Out of Chicago; Broadway Run Begins Sept. 30

[ P ]  Aquila's Adventure, Comedy of Errors, Trades Downtown for Up, Sept. 1
posted at 9/1/2002 06:43:34 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

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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]

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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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