Saturday, September 21, 2002

[ ND ]  Sizing Them Up by Elena Malykhina
'Hairspray' hopefuls have plenty of style

[ LAT ]  Musicals Mushroom at This Co-op by DON SHIRLEY
The Musical Theatre Guild specializes in obscure shows, and unseen Sondheim is as rare as they come.

[ LAT ]  The Songs Are Still De-Lovely in 'Anything Goes' by DON SHIRLEY
Reprise! revival of the 1934 musical rightly stresses the score, not the plot.

[ NYT ]  Q & A
Ricky Jay, a Man Who Believes More in Magicians Than in Magic by EMILY EAKIN
Ricky Jay is one of the world's eminent performers and scholars of magic. His latest book, "Dice: Deception, Fate and Rotten Luck," will be published next month.

[ NYT ]  MUSIC REVIEW | TONY BENNETT
A Relaxed Tony Bennett Is a Master of Surprise by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Tony Bennett is not a vocalist given to pumping personal psychodrama into a song; he would rather play the genially reverent custodian of the American popular songbook.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Little Hams

[ P ]  Jonathan Larson's Musical Heirs Salutes New Composers Sept. 21, 28 and Oct. 12

[ P ]  Bway-Bound Friends w/ Jones, Kurtz Begins at San Diego's Globe, Sep. 21 Nov. 3

[ P ]  PBS to Air Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate in 2003; Barrett and York Star

[ P ]  L.A.'s Reprise! Replaces Kismet With She Loves Me in 2003

[ P ]  Rent Director Greif Brings Rock to OB's Zipper with BETTY RULES, Sept. 21

[ P ]  Who Will Be Playing Fanny and Who Won't?: All-Star Funny Girl Concert Sept. 23
The previously announced Rosie O'Donnell, Audra McDonald, Megan Mullally, Christine Ebersole and Marissa Jaret Winokur, however, have withdrawn from the evening at the New Amsterdam Theatre due to scheduling conflicts.

[ P ]  Amour Begins Broadway Previews Sept. 21

[ P ]  Producing Is No Taboo for Rosie O'Donnell

[ P ]  Tim Piper Is John Lennon in L.A.�s One Night Only Sept. 21-Oct. 19

[ P ]  Los Angeles Recalls That Day in September Sept. 21-Oct. 20

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

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 21

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
Feinstein's opens the season with the lovely (and entirely painless) Love & Payne.

[ TM ]  Tunes and Tomes
DRG has exhumed some more Columbia original cast recordings, and they range in quality from tepid to terrific.

[ HA ]  Tennis Anyone? by ALISTAIR HIGHET
Much Ado About Nothing at Hartford Stage
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
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Friday, September 20, 2002

[ B ]  Jennifer Laura Thompson Set for LaChiusa's Fish

[ B ]  Memorial for Robert Whitehead Set for September 30

[ P ]  Public Theater to Stage the Shakespeare (and Fletcher) Play Two Noble Kinsman

[ P ]  Medea Meets Macbeth and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella in New Haven Sept. 20-Oct. 12

[ NJ ]  Revival of 'Burn This' lacks romantic fire of original cast BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ NJ ]  A musical trip into the imagination -- Actress conjures multiple roles in 'Tunisia' BY PETER FILICHIA
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[ B ]  Revelation Theater Rises Off-Broadway

[ B ]  Second Stage to Unveil The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

[ B ]  Broadway Stars Head to Hartford for Edgardo Mine

[ B ]  B'way Cast Set for Movie Musical Temptation

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Ripley to Have Song but No Dance; Eder in Concert

[ P ]  Abigail Set to Party in the West End

[ P ]  London's Dress Circle Up and Running On-Line

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Sept. 14-Sept. 20: Falling Stars

[ P ]  Words, Words, Words: Def Poetry Jam Opens at Broadway's Longacre Nov. 14

[ TM ]  Kiss Me, Kate at the Westchester Broadway Theatre Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere

[ TM ]  Anthems: Culture Clash in the District Reviewed By: Michael J. Bandler
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[ P ]  Sills, Chenoweth Star in L.A. Reprise! of On the Twentieth Century Jan. 21-Feb. 2

[ P ]  Barbra Streisand and Shirley MacLaine Profiled on Sept. 20 "60 Minutes"

[ P ]  Tuesdays With Morrie, the Play, Gets Off-Bway Run with Tenney & Epstein

[ P ]  Roundabout Fills Our Town Slot with Joe Egg

[ P ]  Burton Replaces Cattrall in Mamet's Marriage

[ P ]  Mamma Mia!
Appearances to the contrary, Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein - the outrageous, supportive mom in the new hit musical Hairspray at the Neil Simon Theatre - plays it straight.

[ B ]  J. Smith-Cameron and More Join Roundabout's Tartuffe

[ B ]  CDs: Broadway Sopranos by Ken Mandelbaum
BARBARA COOK: IT'S BETTER WITH A BAND (DRG)
CHRISTINE ANDREAS: HERE'S TO THE LADIES (PS Classics)
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[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Question Marks and Astral Signs by JESSE MCKINLEY
Questions, questions and more questions: after a summer packed with a couple of hits ("Hairspray," "Frankie and Johnny") and a definitive miss ("I'm Not Rappaport"), fall begins with enough up-in-the-airs to fill a bundle of balloons.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'BURN THIS'
Revival Works a Transformation by BEN BRANTLEY
A sensational cast led by Edward Norton and Catherine Keener presents an eye-opening, soulful revival of Lanford Wilson's portrait of disconnectedness.

[ DN ]  2 red-hot H'wood stars fire up Wilson revival by Robert Dominguez
A pair of hot Hollywood actors known for edgy film performances makes for a combustible combination in a riveting and often hilarious revival of "Burn This."

[ NYP ]  A SLOW 'BURN' by DONALD LYONS
THE entire set of "Burn This" is a gigantic, empty-seeming downtown loft with a wall of smoked glass. A young woman named Anna and two gay friends have lived here - until one of the guys, a dancer, died in a freak accident.

[ ND ]  A Match That Misfires by Gordon Cox
Star power but no combustion in 'Burn This'

[ YN ]  'Burn This' Stumbles Through Love by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
In "Burn This," Lanford Wilson's exhausting modern-day Manhattan romance, it is grief over the accidental drowning of a brilliant young dancer that unites what would seem to be, at first glance, two totally opposite people.

[ B ]  Burn This Review by Adam Feldman

[ TM ]  Burn This Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ TB ]  Burn This Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Did Starry Burn This Revival Light Critics' Fire?

[ B ]  Roundabout Brings Joe Egg Back to Life on B'way

[ B ]  Yasmina Reza's Life x 3 Headed to Broadway

[ B ]  Kate Burton Joins Plimpton in Boston Marriage

[ B ]  Chicago Eyes January Transfer to Ambassador

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ren�e Zellweger, Richard Gere, the trio who make up "Chicago" are in Toronto. Back after three months. The movie's out in December and they've been reassembled for pick-up shots and closeups.

[ NYP ]  'OUT' IS MOVIN' UP by BARBARA HOFFMAN
LOOKS like off-Broadway's hit "Take Me Out" is heading out - to Broadway.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia has a wish list, short and sweet. Here it is.

[ ND ]  PLAY BY PLAY: 'Tuesdays at 7,' an Idea Whose Time Is Near by Gordon Cox

[ BG ]  'Lackawanna Blues' star sings community's praises by Catherine Foster
Lackawanna, N.Y., has been in the news a lot lately because an alleged terrorist cell was found there. But the small city also pops up in a more creative sense, in the play ''Lackawanna Blues,'' a look by Ruben Santiago-Hudson at the unusual rooming house he grew up in and the amazing woman who raised him.

[ YN ]  Swedish Critics Give Garbo Musical Cool Reception by Anna Peltola

[ CP ]  Feeding Frenzy by Toby Zinman
An off-Broadway hit about the restaurant biz comes to Philadelphia -- and hits close to home.

[ LAT ]  No Sex, Please, They're British Teachers by DON SHIRLEY
Playwright David Eldridge defuses the sexual tension among faculty couples in "Under the Blue Sky."
With Sharon Lawrence, Willie Garson and Judy Geeson.

[ LAT ]  Stars Come Out to Urge Arts in Schools by DAVID PIERSON
Education: At a special committee hearing in Burbank, actors and lawmakers discuss ways to foster cultural instruction for children.

[ LAT ]  Insightful 'Richard III' Speaks to Our Times
Two reviews, including Harold Gould in "Fellow Traveler."

[ LAT ]  Wildly Racy 'Lysistrata' Ends Up a Silly Romp by LYNNE HEFFLEY
Co-producer and cast member Ana Divac's husband, NBA star Vlade Divac, makes a game cameo appearance on video, opening the show as a TV news anchor.

[ P ]  Tony Award-Winning Urinetown Celebrates First Anniversary Sept. 20

[ P ]  Who Will Sing When? La Boh�me Cast's Performance Sked Being Determined

[ P ]  Burton Withdraws From Reflections; Hickey and Testa Join Benefit

[ P ]  Tony-Winner Mary Zimmerman Returns to NYC with The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

[ P ]  Revelation, New Off-Broadway Company, Launches New Season, Building

[ P ]  Starry Eyed and Stormy: Stephen Schwartz Revue Plays NYC Sept. 20-Oct. 13

[ P ]  Stage Version of Disney's Aladdin To Begin Performances Dec. 9

[ P ]  What Ever You Do, Don't Call Musical Baby Jane Campy; Premiere Bows Oct. 9 in TX

[ P ]  Five Tonys: Bernadette Peters and Audra McDonald On Silver Screen in New Pix

[ P ]  Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song CD Hits Stores Sept. 24

[ P ]  Norman Large to Headline Riverside's Sweeney; Former Todd Star to Direct

[ P ]  Hairspray Begins Auditions for U.S. Tour Sept. 20

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 20

[ P ]  Emerson, Smith-Cameron, Meisle Added to Bway Tartuffe Cast
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Thursday, September 19, 2002

[ BSUN ]  Glad to be 50: Arena Players triumphs over its struggles by J. Wynn Rousuck
When Andre De Shields was growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, black people who wanted to act and sing and dance were often looked down on by their community. In a segregated city in which black audiences weren't welcome at the major performing arts venues, he says, it smacked too much of a minstrel show, of shuffling and jiving for the white folk.
That's why the Arena Players was so important.

[ P ]  CBS "Early Show" to Feature 42nd Street Sept. 20

[ B ]  Madness Musical Our House Delays in London

[ B ]  Tuesdays with Morrie Set for the Minetta Lane

[ VV ]  A THEATER MARATHON LOOKS AT SEPTEMBER 11 by Una Chaudhuri
The Pit Inside Us

[ VV ]  Pushy Queers by Richard Goldstein
Two Plays and a Smackdown Augur a New Gay Image
Take Me Out and Burn This.

[ BS ]  Resume Mucho: Making Your Credits Count by Elias Stimac
Sometimes everyone has a different opinion about what exactly should go on the back of your headshot. So, how do you make your resume stand out while still appearing professional?

[ TB ]  Dessalines (The Heart) Blood and Liberation Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links!

[ CST ]  Outrageous 'Producers' delivers pure show-stopping fun by Christopher Rawson

[ PTR ]  Touring 'Producers' retains charm, humor of original by Alice T. Carter

[ IS ]  Clever 'Seussical' delights at Clowes by Marion Garmel
Who knows why "Seussical the Musical" didn't do well on Broadway? The touring production that opened the 2002-03 Broadway in Indianapolis season at Clowes Hall is so clever, colorful, tuneful and full of heart that it can't go wrong.
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[ P ]  Jenna Elfman Departs Sweet Charity Revival?
Reached by phone at his Manhattan office, Barry Weissler, who was unaware of the Post report, would neither confirm nor deny the story.

[ B ]  Video: The Goat Welcomes New Stars

[ B ]  Video: Flower Drum Song Rehearsal

[ TM ]  The Paradise Project Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
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[ P ]  Gulag Ha Ha, Mason Jars Best of San Francisco Fringe Fest, Returning Sept. 27-28

[ P ]  Michael Moore Flies in to London's Roundhouse

[ P ]  U.K.'s Barclays Theatre Award Nominations Announced

[ P ]  Friel's Afterplay�with John Hurt�Begins London Perfs. Sept. 19

[ P ]  Sound Problems Resolved at London's Shaftesbury Theatre

[ P ]  'Sex' Star Cattrall Will Not Do Mamet's Marriage; Run Is Nov. 5-Dec. 8

[ P ]  Eady's Brutal Imagination Wins the 2002 Oppenheimer Award

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: TV's The Music Man: Broderick Is Harold Hill

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: TV's The Music Man: '76 Trombones'

[ P ]  Burning a Little Slower: Burning Blue Delays Off-B'way Debut

[ B ]  Kim Cattrall Has Sex but Not Marriage

[ B ]  Actor James Gregory Dead at 90

[ B ]  DVDs: Her Name Was Lola by Ken Mandelbaum
COPACABANA (Image Entertainment)

[ TB ]  The Music Lesson San Francisco Review by Richard Connema
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[ YN ]  'OUT' SCORES B'WAY RUN; A 'LONG' LOOK
"Take Me Out" is expected to follow "Proof" into the Walter Kerr Theater on Broadway. And Vanessa Redgrave may make her return to the Great White Way for the first time in 13 years this season.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
THE producers of the musical "Sweet Charity" found out that if you snooze, you lose. Jenna Elfman had been in talks to do the traveling show for a year, but when the suits kept moving the start date back from week to week, Elfman decided to walk.
Eighth item.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
News on producer Pierre Cossette's autobiography.

[ NYP ]  'FUNNY' FUND by BARBARA HOFFMAN
SO many Fannys, so little time. On Sept. 23, 16 of Broadway's brightest faces - Bebe Neuwirth, Ricki Lake, Sutton Foster, Kristin Chenoweth and Whoopi Goldberg among them - will alternate as Fanny Brice in a benefit performance of "Funny Girl" at the New Amsterdam Theater.

[ NYT ]  James Gregory, Actor, 90, Dies
During eight seasons with "Barney Miller" in the late 1970's and early 80's, Mr. Gregory played his most famous role, that of an old-school cop with a fondness for gory reminiscences. He also appeared in 25 Broadway shows, including Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," in which he played one of the sons, Biff.

[ P ]  Maltby-Shire Musical Baby Considered for Roundabout's 2003-4 Season

[ P ]  Steinman, Ives and Director Tim Burton in Pre-Production on Batman

[ P ]  Edward Norton Opens in Lanford Wilson's Burn This, Off-Bway, Sept. 19

[ P ]  Chicago Favorite Releases Solo CD, "Make Someone Happy"; Concert Oct. 14

[ P ]  Hebert to Star as Daddy Warbucks in Paper Mill Annie

[ P ]  Adam Rapp Has Second NYC Premiere of Season with Trueblinka, Beginning Sept. 19

[ P ]  Taye Diggs Is Billy Flynn in Chicago Beginning Sept. 24

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 19

[ P ]  Wine and Roses: New Musical, The Mancini Project, Gets NYC Readings Sept. 19-20

[ B ]  Paper Mill Announces Full Cast of Annie

[ B ]  Tony Committee Creates New Rule for "Classics"

[ B ]  Terrence Mann & Irene Walsh are the New Guys

[ B ]  Show Music Magazine Suspends Publication

[ B ]  Burning Blue Will Now Begin on October 1

[ B ]  Long-Running Hit Art Closes in London

[ B ]  First Person: Like It Was by Jim Walton

[ B ]  Photo Op: Dance of the Vampires Rehearsal

"A Russian composer is writing an erotic musical based on the sexual relationship between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. The title of the musical: 'The Reproducers.'" - Craig Kilborn
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Wednesday, September 18, 2002

[ YN ]  Concert Musicals Becoming Popular Fundraising Tool

[ P ]  Original Hair Producer Will Launch Touring Revival in 2003; Mayer Directs

[ P ]  New Tony Awards Ruling on Classic Texts May Affect Current and Upcoming Shows

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires Preview: Fearless Vampires and Killers

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires Preview: 'Invitation to the Ball'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires Preview: A New Music of the Night

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires Preview: He's a Devil

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires Preview: 'Braver Than We Are'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires Preview: Creepy Composer Jim Steinmen

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires Preview: David Gallo's Goth Goodies

[ P ]  Rando, Steinman Talk About Dance of the Vampires at Press Preview, Sept. 18

[ P ]  Donna Summer's Ordinary Girl Working Toward 2003 National Tour

[ P ]  Kristin Chenoweth In Concert at Mohegan Sun, Sept. 18-22

[ P ]  Broderick and Chenoweth 'Music Man' TV Movie Will Air Feb. 23, 2003

[ TM ]  Split Reviewed By: Philip Hopkins

[ TM ]  Ph�dre Reviewed By: Jonathan Abarbanel

[ OCR ]  'Anything Goes' and more by PAUL HODGINS
Reprise! mounts a new and improved version of a Cole Porter classic.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
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[ B ]  Amour to Begin Previews One Day Late

[ P ]  West End Musical Our House Cancels First Two Perfs.

[ P ]  London's Woman Who Cooked To Close Early

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Producers on Tour: 'We Can Do It!'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Producers on Tour: See it, Smell it, Kiss it, Touch it

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Producers on Tour: 'Keep It Gay'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Producers on Tour: 'If You Got it, Flaunt it!'

[ P ]  Amour's First Preview Shifted to Sept. 21

[ P ]  Ripley Rocks On: Side Show Star to Open for Squeeze's Tilbrook
Alice opening for one of my idols? I am SO glad I live nearby...
And to keep things theater-related, Tilbrook's compositions were the basis for LABELLED WITH LOVE, a musical that ran in London in 1986.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?: Bill Irwin and Sally Field

[ TM ]  Garnering Praise by: Brian Scott Lipton
Andr� Garner ''hams'' it up in a return engagement of Little Ham.
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[ P ]  Spitfire, Blessing, Cruz Among 2002 South Florida Carbonell Nominees

[ P ]  Producers Star Enters the "Zone" Sept. 18

[ P ]  National Company of The Producers Has Its Opening Night Sept. 18 in Pittsburgh

[ B ]  Preview #17: Issues by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Q&A: Lanford Wilson by Beth Stevens
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[ INQ ]  Putting words to songs instead of lawsuits by Desmond Ryan
Most lawyers couldn't come up with a rhyme if you spotted them "moon" and "June." So when young and aspiring songwriter David Zippel decided to go to Harvard Law School, it seemed like a bizarre choice.

[ DN ]  Rekindling interest in Lanford Wilson by CELIA McGEE

[ DN ]  Zany in '33, play's just puzzling now by Robert Dominguez
Originally staged in the early 1930s, Gertrude Tonkonogy's "Three-Cornered Moon" was hardly the prototypical Depression-era screwball comedy to take America's collective mind off its problems by gently skewering the oh-so-crazy rich.

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | 'LOVE AND PAYNE'
Decades After Their Pop Hits, 2 Singers Show What Else They Have by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Darlene Love and Freda Payne are prime examples of singers who are considerably more complex than the sound of the vintage hit singles that typecast them on the nostalgia hit parade.

[ NJ ]  Ageless Miss Daisy -- African Globe cast gets Uhry's characters right but fails to let them age over 25-year span BY PETER FILICHIA

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
In a flight of fancy, Filichia imagines that great, big dance musical in the sky

[ USA ]  'The Producers' takes to the road by Elysa Gardner

[ WP ]  Director Steps Toward a National Black Theater by Jacqueline Trescott

[ VV ]  PAST, PRESENT, SUTURE by Michael Feingold
Faster; The Paradise Project

[ VV ]  THE GRUDGE REPORT by Marc Robinson
Joe; Saint Latrice

[ P ]  Zippel's It's Better With a Band, With Tunes by Menken, Coleman and More, Begins Sept. 18

[ P ]  Moulin Rouge Stage Show to Debut in 2003�No, Not the One You Think

[ P ]  Manilow's Harmony Waiting for Right Broadway House

[ P ]  Cox, Walton, Moore and Gillett Cast in Paper Mill Annie

[ P ]  Robert Sean Leonard and Kate Burton to Read Reflections Sept. 26

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Chicago the Movie: Velma and Roxie

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Chicago the Movie: Roxie and Billy

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Chicago the Movie: Cell Block Tango

[ P ]  Song List Announced for Lauren Kennedy's Jason Robert Brown CD

[ P ]  Ragtime Extends at CA's TheatreWorks Through Oct. 2

[ P ]  Buckley's Newest Recording to Hit Stores Oct. 22 on Fynsworth Label

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

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

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 18

[ P ]  Mancha Tickets to Go on Sale Sept. 23; Beck Box Office Open Sept. 30

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Tough Times

[ TM ]  Survey Finds That NYC Artists Suffered Great Economic Losses in the Wake of 9/11 by: Brooke Pierce
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Tuesday, September 17, 2002

[ TM ]  Follow Spot
Ann Morrison, the original Mary Flynn, happily resurfaces for the Merrily We Roll Along reunion concert on September 30.

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
Michael Vaccaro hasn't yet made it to Broadway -- but he can dream, can't he?

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Lanford Wilson
Lanford Wilson admits he hasn't written anything in about a year, but that doesn't mean his work isn't being seen. Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company is devoting its current season to the author who gave us Burn This, Talley's Folly and Fifth of July. The Pulitzer Prize-winner muses on collaboration, influences and new productions of his past plays.

[ P ]  Terrence Mann and Irene Walsh Become Next The Guys Cast at NYC's Flea

[ P ]  Roundabout Theatre Company's Miss Julie Postponed

[ B ]  Ricky Jay: On The Stem Extends One More Time

[ NJ ]  Heading across the river BY PETER FILICHIA
Three theatrical productions with New Jersey roots are in various stages of making their way across the Hudson, en route to off-Broadway openings.

[ YN ]  Broadway musicals attract large audiences in South America's largest city by STAN LEHMAN, Associated Press Writer

[ BS ]  Taymor Directs New Medium in 'Frida'
Julie Taymor studied dance, puppetry and mime before directing the Broadway production of "The Lion King," for which she received a Tony Award in 1998.

[ BS ]  New Play Draws Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson was among the celebrities attending the opening of "Fellow Traveler" at the Malibu Stage Company.

[ LAT ]  The Three Faces of a Baseball Legend by SEAN MITCHELL
Lee Blessing's introspective drama uses multiple actors to explore Ty Cobb's drive to excel as well as the workings of the athlete's twisted psyche.
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[ B ]  Roundabout Calls Off Production of Miss Julie
The Roundabout Theatre Company's planned mounting of August Strindberg's Miss Julie will not be seen on Broadway this season. The production, which was to be helmed by David Leveaux, has been indefinitely postponed because of "various scheduling conflicts," a production spokesperson told Broadway.com.

[ B ]  Night Lands at London's Comedy Theatre

[ B ]  Take Me Out Eyes Broadway Transfer

[ B ]  CDs: The "Liver" Bird by Ken Mandelbaum
MAGGIE MAY (Bayview)

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
The Redgrave mystique

[ P ]  Mysteries Returns to U.K.'s Wilton Music Hall

[ P ]  West End Production of Long-Running Art to Close Jan. 2003

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

[ P ]  Eden Arrives at London's Arts Theatre

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: September 9-15

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Headly, Hyde Pierce Are L.A.'s Guys

[ P ]  Durang Tweaks Dickens in Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge, Nov. 7-Dec. 8 in Pitt

[ P ]  Mamma Mia! She's Back in Los Angeles Sept. 17-Nov. 3

[ P ]  American Songbook Series Schedule Confirmed with Chenoweth, Barrowman, Mazzie

[ P ]  "At This Theatre" Author Louis Botto on "Radio Playbill" Sept. 17-22

[ P ]  Report: Dennehy-Richenthal Journey May Reach Bway with Redgrave

[ P ]  Take Me Out to Take on Broadway?

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Mrs. Daphne Rubin-Vega-Costanzo

[ P ]  'S Wonderful! Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails Is Inaugural Show at Little Shubert

[ P ]  Casting Complete for George Street's Dirty Blonde, Oct. 29-Nov. 24

[ P ]  James Naughton's Solo CD, "It's About Time," To Hit Stores Oct. 8

[ TM ]  The Most Happy Fella Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere

[ TB ]  Dirty Blonde and Tea at Five Boston Reviews by Suzanne Bixby
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[ V ]  EVENTS TAKE LEGIT B.O. TOLL
Sept. 11, holidays darken Great White Way

[ V ]  SHOWBIZ, PUBLISHING ARE CUSTOM FIT by Robert Hofler
Showbiz and custom publishing have recently made for two uneasy, short-lived marriages. The third time, however, might be the charm with Clear Channel's new Show People magazine, focusing on theater. The debut issue arrives in October.

[ V ]  BIZ JUMPS; '42ND' 879G
Bucking the Broadway trend, road grosses soared during Week 15 (Sept. 2-8), as receipts rose by 20.9% to $11,821,689.

[ NYP ]  MOB SCENES by BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
YOU don't need to subscribe to HBO to see the stars of the cable channel's hottest shows. Just go to a New York theater this fall.

[ NYP ]  FROM HBO TO SRO by BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
NOT to be outgunned in the screen-to-stage sweepstakes is the cast of HBO's prison drama, "Oz."

[ CST ]  2 groups top Jeff nominees BY MARY HOULIHAN
With 16 nominations apiece, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire lead this year's contenders for the 34th annual Joseph Jefferson Awards.
Some familiar names among the nominees, including Chita Rivera, Ann Reinking, Stephen R. Buntrock, Jenny Bacon, and Jeffrey Sweet.

[ YN ]  Garbo Musical Turns Spotlight on Mystery Woman by Anna Peltola
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - What would Greta Garbo, Hollywood's mystery woman who "wanted to be alone," think of an entire musical telling the story of her life in flashy Broadway style.

[ P ]  Pearl Theatre Stoops to Open with Goldsmith Comedy, Sept. 17

[ P ]  More Fannys: LaChanze, Kayden, Murney Join Funny Girl Concert

[ P ]  Rewritten and Ready, a New Touring Seussical Flies - Literally - Sept. 17 in Indy

[ P ]  Charlotte d'Amboise Returns to Chicago on Bway, Sept. 17

[ P ]  Gracie Says Good Evening on Broadway, Sept. 17

[ P ]  What Happened to The Mayor's Limo? Off-Bway Previews Begin Sept. 17

[ P ]  Chaikin-Directed Happy Days Begins Off Broadway Sept. 17

[ P ]  Ricky Jay Is Back On the Stem at Second Stage in NYC, Sept. 17-Oct. 20

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bway on Bway - Pretty in Pink

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bway on Bway - Some Good Ol' Boys

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bway on Bway - Bway Gets Its Groove Back

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bway on Bway - "The Sopranos" on Bway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bway on Bway - Like Daughter, Like Mother

[ P ]  Tickets to The Donmar's 10th Anniversary Gala on Sale

[ P ]  Linda Gray Takes Over for Vacationing Turner in Graduate, Sept. 17-22

[ P ]  NBC To Broadcast 'Broadway on Broadway' Highlights Sept. 17

[ P ]  John Ortiz Stars in Rivera's Premiere Adoration of the Old Woman Sept. 17-Oct. 20

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 17

[ P ]  Epiphany! "Sweeney Todd in Concert" is 2002 Emmy Winner

[ P ]  Paul Newman Our Town to Begin Previews at Booth, Nov. 22

[ P ]  L.A.'s Ovation Award Nominee Announced Sept. 29; Ceremony Nov. 24

[ P ]  Show Music Magazine Expected to Cease Publication After Fall 2002 Issue

[ P ]  Funny Women at the Palace

[ P ]  Woman Who Cooked Her Husband Opens in London

[ P ]  Allam to Star With Anderson in Weller's Night

[ B ]  Nominations Set for 34th Annual Jeff Awards

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Dancing Queen in London's CowParade

[ TM ]  Decca Broadway Releases Flower Drum Song Film Soundtrack on CD by: Dan Bacalzo

[ USA ]  Another side of Mullally is musical by Jeannie Williams

[ NYer ]  TALKING TERROR by JOHN LAHR
Tom Stoppard on the revolutionary road.

[ ND ]  Broadway on Broadway Slide Show
Someone please tell them that's NOT Sutton Foster...

[ TB ]  Split Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  42nd Street Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain
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Monday, September 16, 2002

[ B ]  Starry American Songbook Series Announced

[ P ]  Royal Variety Tickets Now on Sale

[ P ]  New Chichester Director Takes on Opera

[ P ]  Backstage Tours at the Duke of York's

[ P ]  Megan Mullally Signs New CD at NYC Tower Records Sept. 17

[ P ]  Bruce W. Mitchell, Theatre Supporter, Dead at 63

[ P ]  2002 Jeff Awards, Honoring Chicago Theatre, Announce Noms; Ceremony Set for Nov. 4

[ P ]  The 'Duke' of Broadway
Although television brought him fame, Tom Wopat is a Broadway baby at heart and proves it once again as the new star of the Tony-winning revival of 42nd Street, still going strong at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts

[ TM ]  Peter and Vandy Reviewed By: David Finkle
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[ NYT ]  OPERA REVIEW | 'DEAD MAN WALKING'
Advice and Songs on Death Row, but No Easy Answers by ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The New York City Opera brought an elaborate staging and an excellent cast to Jake Heggie's opera about death row, but its score lacks the gravity, and subtlety, to deal with the subject.
With a libretto by Terrence McNally.

[ NYP ]  'DEAD MAN' IS FULL OF LIFE by SHIRLEY FLEMING
NEW York City Opera gave the local premiere on Friday of a new opera that has set the country talking.

[ DN ]  The verdict's in: Death Row opera has no driving motive by Howard Kissel
When you saw the 1995 film "Dead Man Walking," about a nun taking up the cause of a wildly unsympathetic murderer on Death Row, did you ask yourself why it had not yet been turned into an opera?
Probably not.

[ DN ]  Set your watch to B'way savings time by Patricia O'Haire

[ NJ ]  Putting 'dead' in deadpan BY PETER FILICHIA
McCarter's straightforward approach and slow pacing steal laughs from 'Loot'

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia catches up with Follies again, this time at the Royal Festival Hall.

[ TS ]  Wife, mother, pillar of steel by Richard Ouzounian
Edie Falco reveals the mettle and determination behind playing Carmela Soprano

[ B ]  Sweeney Todd In Concert Wins 2002 Emmy Award

[ B ]  Photo Op: Backstage at Broadway on Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Sherie Does Debbie

[ P ]  Cabrillo Music Theatre's 2002-2003 Season Kicks Off With McBroom as Mame Nov. 1

[ P ]  Drama Dept. Readies Annual "Company Picnic" w/ Nixon, Holliday, Gasteyer, Sedaris

[ P ]  New Musical Revue Man on the Rock Plays Mondays Off-off-Broadway Sept. 23-Oct. 14

[ P ]  York's It Girl to Have Cast Album; Recording in Stores Oct. 1

[ P ]  AmeriKafka Surreally Explores Author's Link to Yiddish Theatre Oct. 11-Nov. 7

[ P ]  Mabou Mines' Peter and Wendy Flies Into La Jolla Playhouse Sept. 27-Nov. 10

[ P ]  "ER"'s Ellen Crawford Continues as Martha in L.A. Virginia Woolf? Through Oct. 20

[ P ]  Complete Casting Announced for Goodspeed's King of Hearts

[ P ]  Liberace Plays on in San Francisco as Let's Talk About Me Extends through Sept. 29

[ P ]  Louis Botto Signs, Discusses "At This Theatre" in NYC Sept. 29, Oct. 7 and Oct. 21

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 16

[ TB ]  A Great Production of Ragtime San Francisco Review by Richard Connema

[ TB ]  Anna Christie Review by Matthew Murray

[ IS ]  'Seussical' gets Clowes-ical, and Rigby's The Cat by Shelby Roby-Terry
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
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Sunday, September 15, 2002

[ * ]  BROADWAY ON BROADWAY
If you can't make it to Times Square this morning, check out the live webcast!

[ BG ]  Restlessness drives the director of 'Marty' and his protagonist by Ed Siegel

[ NYT ]  The Stranger by CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
Billy Joel has a big stadium tour and a new Broadway show and 16 platinum albums. But all he really wants is a girlfriend.
Any takers?
Includes audio clips from "Movin' Out."

[ NYT ]  A Playwright at Home With Life's Outsiders by MEL GUSSOW
Many writers are reluctant to admit that there are autobiographical elements in their work. Lanford Wilson is one of the exceptions.

[ NYT ]  What Euripides Knew About Refugees: Everything by RON JENKINS
Peter Sellars is staging Euripides' ancient Greek drama, "Children of Herakles," with its eerie echoes of tyrants today.

[ NYT ]  A New Hester Prynne Who Takes On the Patriarchy by CELIA WREN
The feminist psychologist Carol Gilligan adapts Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" in her playwriting debut.

[ NYT ]  Filming Beckett, for Education or Excitement by CARYN JAMES
All the energy, comedy and piercing sadness that make Samuel Beckett great are on display in "Beckett on Film," a project that brings his 19 stage plays to the screen.

[ NYT ]  A Season for Celebrities by BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE
Big names, both British and American, dominate the London stage this fall.

[ NYP ]  NOT YOUR 'GARDEN' VARIETY PLAYWRIGHT by CLIVE BARNES
It's the eternal question: Why can't the British love baseball - and why don't we care for cricket?

[ B ]  Fresh Face: Kelly Overton by Beth Stevens

[ CST ]  For Fox, life's now a cabaret BY MISHA DAVENPORT
Pamela Sue Fox might be the only performer who partly credits a burglar for her career in cabaret.

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Hairspray on 'Letterman', 42nd Street on 'Early Show'

[ P ]  Ricki Lake Shows Roots on Hairspray-Related Show Sept. 16

[ P ]  Broadway on Broadway Offers Free Concert in Times Square Sept. 15

[ P ]  Bway Takes Out 'The Sopranos': Lavin, Riegert Appear in New HBO Season, Starting Sept. 15

[ P ]  Celebration Theatre Presents 9/11-Themed Play "That Day in September"

[ P ]  Primary Stages New Regime Begins with Children, Starring Noll

[ P ]  Bernadette Peters Gypsy Searching for Kids; Auditions Sept. 21-22

[ P ]  Wintertime Ends in Seattle and San Diego Sept. 15; La Jolla's Mee Goes East Oct. 2

[ P ]  Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: The Works of Neil LaBute

[ P ]  NBC To Broadcast "Broadway on Broadway" Highlights Sept. 17

[ P ]  Final Bway Tale Told Sept. 15, But Allergist's Wife Continues On National Tour

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 15

[ TB ]  Blue and The Madwoman of Chaillot Los Angeles Reviews by Sharon Perlmutter
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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]

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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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