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Saturday, September 28, 2002
[ TM ] Producer Eric Krebs ''Perplexed'' by Bruce Weber's Re-Review of Little Ham for The New York Times by: Michael Portantiere
[ BS ] Actors' Equity Monitors Online Bootleggers by Leonard Jacobs
Union Consults FBI About Tapes Sold Over the Internet
[ P ] Glenn Close Catches a London Streetcar, Sept. 28
[ P ] The Original Boys from Syracuse Open at Guthrie Theatre, Sept. 28
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Macy's Celebrates 100 Years With a Girl Who Cain't Say No
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Macy's Celebrates 100 Years With Adam Pascal
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Macy's Celebrates 100 Years With a Cell Block Tango
[ P ] Clive Davis Celebrates "Liza's Back!" At Sept. 30 NYC Party
[ P ] Akalaitis' Chicago Ph�dre Extends to Oct. 13
[ P ] Keen's Three-Cornered Moon Wanes Off-Broadway, Sept. 28
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 28
[ P ] Endpapers Reaches End Off-Broadway Oct. 27
[ P ] Andrew Lloyd Webber Begins Discussions for Bway Bombay Dreams
[ P ] Ekaterina Solovyeva and David Miller First to Sing Baz's Boh�me in U.S., Oct. 1
[ P ] Caryl Churchill's A Number at London's Royal Court Confronts Cloning
[ P ] Role Play Takes Over Ayckbourn Trilogy in U.K.
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Sept. 21-27: Working in Concert
[ P ] Hunter Foster Offered Role of Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors
[ P ] [sic] Playwright Melissa James Gibson Wins 2002 Kesselring Prize
[ P ] Female Falsettos? Canada's When We Were Singing Gets NYC Workshop
[ P ] DIVA TALK: The Gals of Funny Girl PLUS Diva News!
[ P ] West End's Breath of Life Adds Special Preview
[ P ] Rob Bartlett to Return to Chicago Company Nov. 4
[ P ] Several Broadway Shows Now Offering 'Tuesdays at 7' Performances
[ P ] Goodbye, Martin Beck: Vaudeville Impresario Loses His Place on the Rialto
Great story on the life of the man whose name will soon disappear from Broadway.
[ P ] Report: Denzel Washington Courted for Wilson's Gem
[ B ] Endpapers Closes the Book October 27
[ B ] A Scheduling Change for Damsels in London
[ B ] Gibson Wins 2002 Kesselring Prize
[ BS ] Theatre Groups Fill A.R.T./NY Space
A new suite of office spaces, located on the third floor of 520 Eighth Avenue between W. 35th and W. 36th streets, has provided Pan Asian Repertory Theatre with a very timely lifeline.
Features:
[ LAT ] So Much Potential, So Few Offerings by DON SHIRLEY
The state of Latino theater in L.A. isn't as robust as you'd think. But there's hope.
[ LAT ] Read On, Macduff BY MIKE BOEHM
A marathon of all 37 Shakespeare plays is a labor of love and endurance
[ B ] Photo Op: First Rehearsal for a Merrily Reunion
[ B ] Photo Op: Earth Girls Are Easy Benefit Rehearsal
[ B ] Photo Op: Jamie-Lynn Sigler in Rehearsal for Beauty and the Beast
[ TM ] Cabaret Notes
James Beaman and Goldie Dver are back, and Briccusier than ever, with more Crazy World.
[ TM ] Tunes and Tomes
Charles Wright reviews A Bolt From the Blue, a collection of Mary McCarthy's stinging and insightful criticism.
[ BS ] The Dramaturg: Help or Hindrance? (Part 2 of 2) by Dan Friedman
Reviews:
[ TS ] LaBute play deserves better by Richard Ouzounian
Amy Redford in the Canadian premiere of "The Shape of Things."
[ NYP ] IMAGINE THAT! by BARBARA HOFFMAN
One morning, Gregor Samsa woke up to find out he'd turned into a giant cockroach...
Oops! Wrong story.
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Friday, September 27, 2002
[ * ] PBS Hollywood Presents "Copenhagen"
Multimedia site for the production airing Sunday night on many PBS stations. The website has historical background, interviews with Michael Frayn and Howard Davies, and an examination of how a scene from the play was adapted.
[ B ] CDs: 1948 Rome by Ken Mandelbaum
THAT'S THE TICKET! (Original Cast Records)
[ P ] Frankie and Johnny Returns Its Investment
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[ NYP ] PUT BLAME ON DAME by MICHAEL RIEDEL
I was shocked - shocked and hurt - to read Dame Edna's vicious and unwarranted attack on me in this month's Vanity Fair.
The second item, about "Metamorphoses," is quite, er, interesting...
[ NYT ] August Wilson's Cycle Continues by JESSE MCKINLEY
[ B ] First Person: Merrily And Me, Part 1 of 3 by Lonny Price
[ NJ ] Alexander returns to musical theater roots BY PETER FILICHIA
Jason Alexander: "During rehearsals," he recalls, "Sondheim said to me, 'I'm writing a new song to open the second act. Is there anything you have a problem with?' I said, 'Yes, chromatics,' And he wrote a song filled with them. I said, 'I guess you misunderstood me,' and he said, 'No, I didn't. But you've got to learn how to deal with them sometime.' And learn I did."
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia goes on about cast albums, including some notable foreign cast recordings of Broadway shows.
Peter has four new articles today! Check below for two reviews from the Star-Ledger.
[ BG ] For Clear Channel, new clout, old doubts by Maureen Dezell
Reopening the landmark 2,500-seat Opera House on lower Washington Street would expand, enhance, and consolidate Clear Channel Entertainment's control of the Theater District, a prospect that could tip the balance between commercial and not-for-profit performing interests in the city.
[ B ] Hunter Foster Confirmed for Seymour in Little Shop
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Phantom's Lewis Gets Hung Up at Sardi's
[ P ] Polly Bergen Kicks Off OCPAC's CA Cabaret Series Oct. 1-5
[ P ] Actors' Equity: No More Deals for Broadway Road Shows
[ P ] Josh Hamilton, Ione Skye Advance Sherman's Evolution Sept. 27-Oct. 13 in NYC
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Imaginary Friends: Commencing the Cat Fight
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Imaginary Friends: Friends and Lovers
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Imaginary Friends: Lillian Hellman Makes a Statement
[ P ] Young Playwrights Get Off-Bway Spotlight in Sondheim Founded Fest, Sept. 27-Oct. 26.
[ P ] Drama Desk-Winning Mint Theater Opens Rare Hankin Play Charity on Sept. 27
[ P ] Gulag Ha Ha, Mason Jars Best of San Francisco Fringe Fest, Returning Sept. 27-28
[ P ] Mabou Mines' Peter and Wendy Flies Into La Jolla Playhouse Sept. 27-Nov. 10
[ P ] Shady Maids of Haiti is Jahnke's Latest Fantastical Work, Off-Bway, Sept. 27
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 27
[ CST ] 'Comfortable' territory BY MIRIAM DI NUNZIO
Clint Holmes' show "Comfortable Shoes."
[ BS ] The Dramaturg: Help or Hindrance? (Part 1 of 2) by Dan Friedman
Little Ham reviews...
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'LITTLE HAM'
A Charming Cad Gambles on Love and Doing Right by BRUCE WEBER
This musical based on a Langston Hughes play has fine songs and a talented cast, but the current Off Broadway production never quite jells.
[ NYP ] PLOT CRACKUP ON THIS A TRAIN by DONALD LYONS
IF "Guys and Dolls" were set in Harlem, it would look an awful lot like "Little Ham."
[ NJ ] 'Little Ham' numbers raise a racket BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TM ] Little Ham Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ B ] Little Ham Review by Adam Feldman
[ TB ] Little Ham Review by Matthew Murray
Other reviews...
[ NYP ] 'COHAN' MUSICAL IS A DANDY by DONALD LYONS
SINCE Chip Deffaa, the producer, writer and director of "George M. Cohan: In His Own Words," is a colleague at The Post, you might think I'm exaggerating when I say it's a terrific, surprisingly moving show.
[ NJ ] 'Dinner' fascinating fare BY PETER FILICHIA
Matchmakers might think twice before fixing up any more would-be couples if they saw "Dinner with Friends" at the What Exit? Theatre Company in Maplewood.
[ NJ ] 'Artist' rendition marred BY PETER FILICHIA
Tom Stoppard wrote his "Artist Descending a Staircase" as a radio play, but The Theatre Project in Cranford decided to put it on stage.
[ NJ ] Out of Africa: American performer tells her coming-of-age story BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Whether it happens on a long plane ride or over dinner on a first date or in an off-Broadway theater as in the instance of "The Dark Kalamazoo," sooner or later a stranger is going to tell you something of her life story.
[ TB ] Three Bloody Shakespeare Plays
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Reviews by Richard Connema
[ LAT ] Sure, It's a Boogie Fest, but Is It Worth the Price? by DARYL H. MILLER
The crowd-pleasing 'Mamma Mia!' returns to L.A. The ABBA songs are terrific, but the story and sets are a disappointment.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links!
[ FW ] Betty Buckley's back by Wayne Lee Gay
Hometown girl and Broadway star lassos a pops concert
[ HC ] You Want Reality? Try `Prune Danish' by FRANK RIZZO
On the Way To Broadway, Jackie Mason's Solo Act Makes A Stop At The Shubert
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Thursday, September 26, 2002
[ P ] Stonewall to Shepard, Off-Off-Bway's We Were There Charts Lives, Sept. 26-Oct. 20
[ B ] DeLaria, Le Loka and Newman Star in Monologues
[ B ] Adult Entertainment Lands at the Variety Arts
[ TB ] Three Sistahs and What the Butler Saw Washington Reviews by Tracy Lyon
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links!
[ PPG ] On Stage: A trove of trivia for 'Producers' by Chris Rawson
The F-word is back in the show...
[ HC ] Westport Theater Revels In State Bond Money by FRANK RIZZO
"Somebody up there likes us," said Joanne Woodward, perhaps unknowingly echoing the title of one of husband Paul Newman's early films.
Also check out the item about Karen Ziemba - who knew she was on the CBS Early Show this past Monday?
[ HC ] Please keep a lid on it, bird
Tracey S. Wilson's "I Don't Know Why the Caged Bird Won't Shut Up" will get a free reading Monday at 7 p.m. at the Hartford Stage Company, 50 Church St.
Show title of the week!
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[ P ] Elaine May's Adult Entertainment Starts Off Bway Nov. 16; Opens Dec. 2
[ P ] DeLaria, Le Loka and Newman Join Vagina Monologues Oct. 3-22
[ P ] The Guys Film To Be Distributed by Universal's Focus Features
[ TM ] You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet! by: Michael Buckley
Stephen Mo Hanan portrays a show biz legend in Jolson & Company.
[ TM ] Bat Boy Composer Larry O'Keefe To Discuss New Projects on XM Radio by: Brooke Pierce
[ B ] First Person: Familiarity Breeds Ideas by Jay DiPietro
[ B ] The Dark Kalamazoo Review by William Stevenson
[ B ] The Miracle Worker Readies for B'way in Charlotte
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[ B ] Rob Bartlett Returns to Chicago as Amos Hart
[ B ] Our Town Confirms Broadway Dates
[ B ] Hirschfeld's 100th B'day Gift: His Own Theater
[ B ] DVDs: The Indestructible Antrobuses by Ken Mandelbaum
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (Kultur)
[ B ] Q&A: Jamie-Lynn Sigler by Paul Wontorek
[ P ] Line King Gets a Palace: Martin Beck Will Become Al Hirschfeld Theatre in June 2003
[ P ] Movin' Out, Set to Begin Bway Bow Sept. 30, to Vary Leads on Matinees
[ P ] Vegas Singer Clint Holmes Tells His Own Story in New Musical, Comfortable Shoes
[ P ] Hyde Pierce, Headley Extend to Oct. 25 in L.A. Guys
[ CP ] Better Is Best by David Anthony Fox
Critics get sniffy about revues. In the case of It�s Better with a Band, there�s nothing to be sniffy about. This is an entirely captivating evening, elegantly compiled and directed, brilliantly performed. You won�t spend 90 more delightful minutes in a theater this season.
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[ V ] BUMPS IN B'WAY ROAD
Reacting to recent reports about Broadway producers seeking concessions for touring shows, Actors' Equity has given notice that the practice is at an end -- at least temporarily.
[ NJ ] Fisher dies by Peter Filichia
Stewart Fisher, the associate artistic director of the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, died suddenly Sunday from heart failure. He was 37.
[ NJ ] Crazy for Gracie: A new one-man show about George Burns and his better half BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ ND ] PLAY BY PLAY
Tonys Have a New Interpretation of a 'Classic' by GORDON COX
[ DN ] Work bears fruit in 'Tropicana' by Robert Dominguez
[ ND ] SBW: Solitary Black Writer by Gordon Cox
We learn early on in "The Dark Kalamazoo" that SBW stands for "Strong Black Woman."
[ NYP ] 'KALAMAZOO' TOO DARK by DONALD LYONS
[ CST ] A fantastical 'Time' had by all BY HEDY WEISS
Walk into Steppenwolf Theatre's radiant, revelatory and deeply musical new production of "The Time of Your Life"--William Saroyan's deceptively dreamy 1939 portrait of America, as brilliantly reinvented for these times by director Tina Landau--and you will walk out changed.
[ LAT ] Unvarnished Chronicle of 9/11 by DAVID C. NICHOLS
Artie Van Why's recounting of his experience, while equivocal as theater, is admirable in its dedication to chronicling the terrorist attacks firsthand.
[ P ] Mother Goddam, Bette Davis' Favorite Role, Lives Again Off-Broadway Oct. 24-Nov. 17
[ P ] Copenhagen Broadcast on PBS Stations Sept. 29; City-by-City Listing
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Gaston's Picking on 'Sopranos' Belle
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Sigler Joins the Company of Beauty and the Beast
[ P ] Royce's Passion of Claire Wins 2002 Christopher Brian Wolk Award
[ P ] "Bway Romances Manhattan" CD with Pitre, Mason & Batt in Stores Oct. 22
[ P ] Casting Near Complete for Deborah Gibson Chicago at NSMT
[ P ] E.S.T. Offers Octoberfest 2002 With Works by Foote, Linney and More
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 26
[ P ] Our Town to Open on Dec. 4; Newman's Supporting Cast Announced
[ P ] DRG Records Will Preserve New Flower Drum Song on CD
[ ND ] McDonald's Broadway Debut by Kelly McCarthy
With a celebration highlighted by an outdoor dance number by some cast members of the Broadway show "42nd Street" under a giant 7,500-bulb McDonald's marquee, the largest metropolitan McDonald's in America officially opened on West 42nd Street yesterday.
[ YN ] Toe-Tapping 'Stomp' Stamps Around the World by Paul Majendie
[ DDN ] Producer lauds local 'Miss Saigon' by Terry Morris
Thanks to bradnd99 on All That Chat for the link!
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[ NYT ] A Theater Gets a New Name: Al Hirschfeld By JESSE McKINLEY
The Martin Beck Theater will be renamed for the illustrator Al Hirschfeld, in tribute to his running 76-year chronicle of the life of Broadway.
This is very exciting, but my first reaction, of course, is why the Martin Beck? Why take a theatre already named after one prominent theatrical figure and rename it after another? By my count, Jujamcyn has at least two theaters--the Virginia and the St. James--for which such renaming would not be an issue.
[ P ] Miracle Worker Revival to Play Out-of-Town Tryout in March
[ P ] Musical Comedy, Little Ham, Opens Off-Bway Sept. 26
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Wednesday, September 25, 2002
[ B ] Polly Draper Becomes One of The Guys
[ B ] Buntrock to Take Over as Curly in Oklahoma!
Broadway.com has learned that Stephen R. Buntrock will replace current star Patrick Wilson in the Broadway production of Oklahoma! in November.
I guess they read All That Chat too...
Seriously, this couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. Congratulations, Stephen.
[ B ] Kunken Set to Replace Harris in Proof
[ B ] Billy Wilder Biography Readies for Stage
[ P ] NAMT Names Kathy Evans New Executive Director
[ P ] Aquila's Rapid-Fire Comedy of Errors Plays 100th Performance Off-Bway Sept. 25
[ P ] West End Musical Our House Delays Opening
[ P ] London Macbeth Gathers Forceful Cast
[ P ] Andrew Lloyd Webber to Produce Sound of Music in West End
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[ B ] Michael Richards Stars in London's Arsenic
[ B ] CDs: Black and White World by Ken Mandelbaum
THE "IT" GIRL (JAY)
THE MERRY WIDOW (DRG)
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Funny Girl: So Many Singing Fannys!
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Funny Girl: Four Fabulous Fannys: Goldberg, Carmello, Murney, Chenoweth
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Funny Girl's Funny Boy Brad Oscar
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Funny Girl's Jane Krakowski and Lillias White
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Funny Girl's LaChanze and Judy Kuhn
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[ YN ] Archerd: Peter Fonda revved up for motorbike film by Army Archerd
"Nobody's Perfect," the story of Billy Wilder, by Charlotte Chandler, due from Simon & Schuster later this fall, will be produced on Broadway by David Brown. John Tillinger will direct.
Second item.
[ CST ] Littlewood never played safe BY HEDY WEISS
It is no overstatement to say that almost all of what we see in Chicago theater today can be traced back to a petite Cockney firebrand by the name of Joan Littlewood.
[ TB ] The Journey Begins...... (Part 1 of a 5 Part Series - September 2002) by Scott Cain
The idea of The Journey Begins is to follow the choices, challenges, and accomplishments of a senior musical theater student over a two-year period as they try to make it in the entertainment world.
[ ND ] Council Tackles Cell Phone Ban by Graham Rayman
Bill would prohibit use at performances
[ B ] Photo Op: Fan-Tan Fannys Sing for the Actors' Fund
[ B ] Photo Op: 2002 Broadway Cares Flea Market
[ B ] Take Me Out Extends Through November 10
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Jim Walton
Time goes by, everything else keeps changing, but Jim Walton still has the same boyish looks of 20 years ago, when he played Franklin Shepard in the flop Broadway staging of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, a musical that continues to fascinate a new generation (via the original cast album and the revised script that's been produced around the world). Walton talks of pals Lonny Price and Ann Morrison, and of the Sept. 30 concert reunion of the show that changed his life.
[ P ] Oni Faida Lampley's Kalamazoo Opens Off Broadway, Sept. 25
[ P ] Ontario's Shaw Fest Has On the 20th Century, Royal Family, Misalliance in 2003
[ P ] Les Miz Vets, Noll Record Santoriello Tale of Two Cities Musical for CD
[ P ] David Henry Hwang's "Porn" at FirstSundays Film Festival Oct. 6
[ P ] Earth Girls Are Easy but Writer-Performer Julie Brown Is Learning Musicals Are Hard
[ P ] Alan Brandt, Late-Career Playwright of 2 1/2 Jews, Dead at 78
[ P ] Kerry Butler Stars in Workshop of New Musical, Virgins Etc., Oct. 11
[ P ] Hoffman's 85 Hour Shakespeare Marathon Returns to L.A.'s MET Sept. 25-28
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 25
[ P ] New Cat on Broadway? Former '70s Pop Star Stevens Explores New Musical in NYC
[ P ] Neil Patrick Harris Exits Bway Proof Oct. 6; Kunken in the Wings
[ P ] Marissa Jaret Winokur Returns to Hairspray Sept. 24
[ TM ] The Celebration Cometh: Lineup Announced for Eugene O'Neill Festival in Waterford, CT by: Meredith Lee
[ INQ ] Theater Review | Musical salute to a lyricist by Douglas J. Keating
It's Better With a Band begins with the song "It's Better With a Band" - and no band at all.
[ LAT ] 'Saturday Night' Shows Sondheim's Roots by DAVID C. NICHOLS
Shelved for decades, it retains its exuberance in a Musical Theatre Guild concert performance.
With "the marvelous Kim Huber."
[ LAT ] A Classic 'Forum' for Life's Pratfalls by F. KATHLEEN FOLEY
South Bay CLO's refreshingly silly staging of 'A Funny Thing Happened' is a whale of a good time.
With Bob Amaral as Pseudolos.
[ NJ ] A tawdry bordello tale, with emphasis on bore BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Opening last Monday at Primary Stages, "Call the Children Home" is a new musical set in Storyville in 1912.
[ TM ] Funny Girl Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere
[ TM ] Modigliani Reviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
[ TM ] Henry V Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce
[ TM ] Hapgood Minneapolis Review
[ VV ] WHERE'S THE FIRE? by Michael Feingold
Burn This by Lanford Wilson
[ VV ] Sightlines
Director Caroline Nastro pairs Tennessee Williams's Talk to me like the rain and let me listen . . . and Marguerite Duras's La Musica; Jay DiPietro's stressful relationship play Peter and Vandy
[ VV ] BRUTUS AND THE LSD by Alexis Soloski
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare; Hollywood Nurses by Sheila Head and Peter M. Marino
[ VV ] STOUTWARD BOUND by David Finkle
Louis Mustillo's Bartenders
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[ TM ] Musicals Go Global by Peter Filichia
An exciting musical theater festival is about to begin in an unlikely place: Cardiff, Wales.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SPLIT': Seven Characters in Search of a Reason By BRUCE WEBER
[ NYP ] 'GLENGARRY' KARI? By MICHAEL RIEDEL
DANNY DeVito's abrupt withdrawal from "Glengarry Glen Ross" has left the revival's producers scrambling to find a superstar replacement.
[ NYP ] BROTHEL TALE IN BIG EASY IS HARD TO TAKE By DONALD LYONS
EARLY 20th-century New Orleans boasted a legendary mixture of sex, race and music - an infamously colorful time famously treated in Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby," starring Brooke Shields.
[ P ] Jan de Hartog, Tony-Winning Playwright of The Fourposter, Dead at 88
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Tuesday, September 24, 2002
[ B ] Funny Girl (Actors' Fund of America Benefit) Review by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Bouncing Back
[ B ] Aiello and Berlin Star in Adult Entertainment in Stamford
[ P ] Wayne Cilento Will Choreograph New Broadway Musical Wicked
[ P ] Cirque du Soleil to Shine at London's Albert Hall
[ P ] International Festival of Musical Theatre Set for Cardiff
[ P ] Flower Drum Song and Audra McDonald�s New CD on "Radio Playbill" Sept. 24-28
[ TM ] Follow Spot
Rick McKay prepares his documentary Broadway: The Golden Age for the film festival circuit.
[ TM ] Cabaret Notes
Three's the charm with these three charmers: Martha Lorin, Anna Bergman, and Christine Ebersole.
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The latest on TAKE ME OUT is that it will transfer in late January to the Walter Kerr. (As speculated in the Playbill article below.)
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[ P ] Passion's Judy Kuhn To Offer Joe's Pub Concerts Nov. 11
[ P ] Take Me Out Extends a Second Time, to Nov. 10
[ P ] Joan Littlewood, English Director Who Embraced Experimental, Social Works, Dead at 87
[ P ] Graff, LuPone, Countryman Join Hartford's Uhry Premiere
[ P ] Diggs Postpones Chicago Run; Expected to Join Cast Week of Sept. 30
[ P ] Danny DeVito Drops Out of Broadway Glengarry
[ P ] Casting Complete for Jerry Herman's Showtune; McKechnie and Vidnovic Star
[ P ] Hairspray Actress to Star On Prodigal CD for JAY Records
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Playwright Lanford Wilson Bows at Burn This
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Starry Burn This Attracts Starry Hayek, Robbins, Wood
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Norton, Keener Burn for Wilson
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Mulroney Catches Keener's Theatrical Debut
[ B ] Broadway Cares Flea Market Raises $450,000 for Charity
[ B ] Danny DeVito Backs Out of Gotham Glengarry
[ TM ] Actors' Equity Appoints Flora Stamatiades as National Director, Organizing and Special Projects by: Brooke Pierce
[ TB ] The Producers Pittsburgh Review by Ann Miner
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[ V ] BOUNTIFUL BROADWAY
Shows set record for post-Labor Day session
[ V ] DEVITO WON'T DO MAMET PLAY
Publicist cites family reasons for thesp's departure
[ V ] MURRAY PICKED TO PLAY POPE
Play based on Jewish boy abducted by Catholic Church
[ V ] BIZ DOWN; '42ND' 817G
Road grosses dipped during Week 16 (Sept. 9-15), falling off 10.9% to $10,528,555.
[ B ] Amour Cancels Previews; Resumes Sept. 26
[ B ] Kinsmen Fills Final Slot in Public's Season
[ B ] F. Murray Abraham to Play Scrooge at MSG
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'PETER AND VANDY'
A Regular Romantic Path Examined at Close Range by BRUCE WEBER
If you've ever seen a play about a young couple before (or maybe even been part of a young couple yourself), you'll find attendance at "Peter and Vandy" unnecessary.
[ NYT ] Joan Littlewood, British Theater Pioneer, Dies at 87 by BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE
Joan Littlewood was one of the most important and original figures responsible for the regeneration of the British theater in the 1950's and 60's.
[ NYT ] Jan de Hartog, the Author of His Own Adventurous Life, Dies at 88 by MEL GUSSOW
Jan de Hartog, the Dutch novelist and playwright, was the author of the 1951 Broadway hit "The Fourposter."
[ DN ] A Phantom does the fangdango by PATRICIA O'HAIRE
It has been 14 years since Michael Crawford first donned the mask that turned him into the Phantom of the Opera. Now he's ready for another disguise, as a bloodsucker in the new musical comedy "Dance of the Vampires."
[ DN ] WASP pain set to Latin music by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
"Murderous Instincts" may be one of the strangest out-of-town tryouts in Broadway history.
[ ND ] A Bordello, A Gunshot And Boredom by Gordon Cox
There's plenty of action in the new musical "Call the Children Home."
[ B ] Call the Children Home Review by Ron Lasko
[ YN ] 'Cobb' Play Hits Home Run by Julio Martinez
[ TM ] You Can Always Count on Him by: Jim Caruso
Lyricist David Zippel, never at a loss for words, chats with Jim Caruso about the new revue of his songs.
[ NJ ] Keeping 'em guessing: 12 Miles West does effective job of distilling Dostoevsky tome BY PETER FILICHIA
[ P ] San Fran's Magic Premieres Ted Kaczynski Killed People With Bombs Oct. 18-Nov. 10
[ P ] Star of "Chicago" Becomes Star of Chicago Sept. 24
[ P ] Endpapers Playwright McCormack Has Talk-Back with Audience, Sept. 26
[ P ] Chicago Diva Hollis Resnik Releases CD of Show Tunes
[ P ] Into the Woods' John McMartin Kicks Off Irish Rep Concert Series Oct. 7
[ P ] Batt Hosts Benefit�with Campbell, Cleale, James, Mason�for Transport Group
[ P ] CBS' "The Early Show" to feature Mamma Mia! Sept. 27
[ P ] Taper's New Work Festival Features Plays by Baitz, Yew, Corthron Oct. 10-27
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: The Boy From Urinetown
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Cinderella Gets Her...Jud Fry?
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Urinetown, OK
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Edie and Stanley in the Broadway Flea Market
[ P ] Love Trouble: Set Problems Cancel Two Previews of Amour
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: September 16-22
[ P ] Rob Becker Re-Stokes the Primal Fire as Defending the Caveman Returns to NYC Oct. 8
[ ND ] All Ears and Imagination by Peter Goodman
Resurgence of radio plays is sweet sound to Hempstead couple
Congratulations to Seth Rudetsky and everyone else involved in last night's FUNNY GIRL concert. All the hard work paid off - it was three hours of total pleasure.
Someone please give Seth a humanitarian award... although he'd probably prefer cash!
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Monday, September 23, 2002
[ P ] 16th Annual Broadway Flea Market Raises $450,000 for BC/EFA
[ P ] Skye Bartusiak to Star Opposite Swank in Miracle Worker Revival
[ P ] Legendary Director of British Theatre, Joan Littlewood, Dies
[ P ] U.K.'s Daughter-in-Law Announces Extension
[ P ] More Pop Musicals Planned for West End
[ P ] West End's Full Monty Invites Press Back Sept. 23
[ P ] Stomp Storms the West End's Vaudeville Theatre
[ P ] North London's Tricycle Theatre Goes Ten Rounds Sept. 23
[ P ] London's On an Average Day Cancels Midweek Matinees
[ P ] F. Murray Abraham Plays Scrooge in MSG's A Christmas Carol, Nov. 29-Dec. 29
[ B ] Cat Stevens Tuner in the Works
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[ B ] Bartusiak Tapped for B'way's The Miracle Worker
[ B ] Actor Tony Martinez Dead at Age 82
[ B ] Truly Scrumptious Tells All by Ken Mandelbaum
THE MAKING OF CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
[ B ] Fresh Face: Diana Kaarina by Cara Joy David
[ B ] Photo Op: Burn This Returns to New York
[ P ] Stockard Channing Wins Two Emmys; Other Theatre Stars Nab TV Prize
[ P ] Christians In Sync: Pop-Group Musical, Altar Boyz, Gets NYC Reading Sept. 23
[ P ] New Act Grants $400 Million to Kennedy Center for Major Expansion
[ P ] Aiello and Berlin Star in Elaine May's NYC-Bound Adult Entertainment
[ P ] David Ives to Pen Books for Little Mermaid
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Chekhov Lives in Hurt With Friel's AfterPlay
[ P ] Callaway and Rashad Offer Richard Rodgers Tunes Oct. 5
[ P ] Telephone Relationships Form Web in World Premiere, Ariadne's Thread, Sept. 23 in Chi
[ P ] Seven-Hour Swim to Stage Song
Asian-American actor Telly Leung makes his Broadway debut in the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song � now playing the Virginia Theatre � a musical that echoes the story of his parents' journey from China to Hong Kong and, eventually, America.
posted at 9/23/2002 12:37:20 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ TB ] On and Off by Nancy Rosati
posted at 9/23/2002 08:43:23 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
[ ND ] A Little Harlem by Karin Lipson
The poetry of Langston Hughes and a jaunty score made 'Little Ham,' the Harlem Renaissance musical, a hit downtown. Now it's moving to 42nd Street
[ NJ ] Actresses inhabit 'Tunisia' BY PETER FILICHIA
6 roles make busy 'Night' for Cheryl Freeman and George Street stalwart Suzzanne Douglas
[ BG ] Shtick in tow, she's ready to have a ball by Catherine Foster
Dame Edna fields queries about a new show with aplomb
[ TS ] In the company of Neil LaBute by Richard Ouzounian
The writer and director has a mind like a carving knife and will talk about anything � except his family
[ BS ] Couples Craft by Jean Schiffman
Collaborating with your partner on a show can be thrilling-- as long as it doesn't ruin your relationship.
[ NYT ] Florence Lessing, a Dancer in Theater, Nightclubs and Films, Dies at 86 by JENNIFER DUNNING
[ P ] Chamberlin, DeLaria, Hatcher Head Starry L.A. Merrily We Roll Along Concert Sept. 23
[ P ] Casting Announced for 42nd Street in Moscow; Meredith Patterson is Peggy
[ P ] O'Rourke, Young Cheat in Julie Jensen World Premiere Oct. 10-Nov. 3 Off-Broadway
[ P ] Sondheim Favorite to Head Cast of Guthrie Lab's The Chairs
[ P ] NEW FEATURE!: PLAYBILL ARCHIVES: Funny Girl � 1964
[ P ] Mancha Tickets to Go on Sale Sept. 23; Beck Box Office Open Sept. 30
[ P ] New Musical Revue Man on the Rock Plays Mondays Off-off-Broadway Sept. 23-Oct. 14
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 23
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Hairspray on 'Letterman', The Producers on 'Early Show'
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: 2002 BC/EFA Flea Market: The Producers Table
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: 2002 BC/EFA Flea Market: The Urinetown Table
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: 2002 BC/EFA Flea Market: DeRosa and Sieber Pitch In
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: 2002 BC/EFA Flea Market: The Grand Auction Table
[ B ] Photo Op: Megan Mullally Bites a Big Berry
[ B ] Photo Op: Linda Gray Joins The Graduate
[ TB ] Henry V Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] She Stoops To Conquer Review by Matthew Murray
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following links!
[ HC ] 'Proof' to be most produced play of 2002-2003 theater season by EVERETT EVANS
[ HC ] Horton hears a whew! by EVERETT EVANS
'Seussical' gets new look, second chance after troubled debut
posted at 9/23/2002 07:32:34 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ TM ] Hooray for Hilferty! by Peter Filichia
Filichia remembers a time when award-winning costumer Susan Hilferty had designs on the acting profession.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE PARADISE PROJECT': Becoming a Mime in Dreamland By BEN BRANTLEY
In his still undercooked play, the performance artist John Kelly enchantingly demonstrates the perils and delights of losing yourself in another's identity.
[ NYT ] Marjorie Slaiman, Designer of Costumes for Arena Stage, Dies at 77
[ P ] Fifteen Fannys: All-Star Funny Girl Concert Presents A Slew of Fannys Sept. 23
[ P ] Flower Drum Song Blooms at the Virginia Theatre Sept. 23
[ P ] Robert Whitehead Remembered at Sept. 30 Memorial
posted at 9/23/2002 07:08:46 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Sunday, September 22, 2002
[ CNN ] Actor Tony Martinez dead at 82
posted at 9/22/2002 02:07:05 PM by James Marino | Item Link
People who attended the first preview of AMOUR last night are reporting that a large piece of scenery fell during Act One, narrowly missing some people in the audience. Go to All That Chat for details.
To be continued...
[ LAT ] Actress and Juggler by MIKE BOEHM
Susan Egan takes on the title role in 'Amy's View'--and a title role at Orange County High School of the Arts, her alma mater.
[ NYP ] CHEKHOV, ANTON AND ON AND ON by CLIVE BARNES
The play is over. Hamlet is dead, poisoned and lying in a pool of his own blood. At least we know what happened to him.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
An (almost) all-theater column.
[ P ] Cape Cod Theater Project Swims South to New York City, Oct. 7-Nov. 11
[ P ] New Musicals Get NYC Showcase in National Alliance for Musical Theatre Fest, Sept. 22-23
[ P ] Thoroughly Modern Millie Tour Will Play Houston Over Christmas 2003
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: So Graham Norton!
[ P ] 16th Annual Flea Market and Auction Brings Celebs and Shopping to Shubert Alley Sept. 22
[ P ] Urinetown's Thompson to Sing in New LaChiusa Musical at Second Stage in 2003
[ P ] Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Two Meandering Musicals, from 1979
[ P ] Amanda Green's Love Is Spread at Duplex, Sept. 22
[ P ] Kevin Kline to Headline Shakespeare Live! Sept. 22
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 22
posted at 9/22/2002 07:22:58 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] For Profit or Not, It's All Showbiz By JOHN ROCKWELL
The nonprofits are moving to Broadway, signing longterm leases and buying theaters, making purists and speculators alike uneasy. But maybe they shouldn't be.
[ NYT ] 'Little Ham': Langston Hughes Meets Damon Runyon, Eventfully By MARJORIE ROSEN
[ NYT ] Can't Keep Him Down: Jolson Pops Up Again By ROBERT F. MOSS
posted at 9/22/2002 12:03:12 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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