Saturday, October 26, 2002

News:

[ R ]  Moscow Theater Siege Ends, 67 Hostages Die

[ NYT ]  Russia Retakes Theater After Hostage Killings Begin by MICHAEL WINES and SABRINA TAVERNISE

[ NYT ]  One More Night Under Lights That Never Dim by SABRINA TAVERNISE

[ YN ]  Some Theaters on Alert After Siege by MATT WOLF
LONDON (AP) - Some London theaters are increasing security in reaction to the siege of a Moscow theater by Chechen rebels, while on Broadway additional measures also have been taken to ensure safety.

[ YN ]  Mom of Pulitzer Playwright Slain
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The mother of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley was stabbed to death in her home, and a man who police say was driving her car was charged with murder.

[ NYT ]  Richard Harris, Versatile and Volatile Star, Dies at 72 by RICHARD SEVERO
Richard Harris starred as King Arthur in the film version of "Camelot" and more recently played the wise, magical and benign headmaster in the first Harry Potter movie.
My dad still tells the story of seeing Harris and Sean Connery get drunk in a Pennsylvania hotel bar while they were filming "The Molly Maguires"...

[ YN ]  German Actress Hoppe Dies at 93
BERLIN (AP) - Actress Marianne Hoppe, a leading light on the German stage throughout much of the 20th century, has died.

[ YN ]  Woody Allen, Arthur Miller Honored
American film director Woody Allen and playwright Arthur Miller on Friday received two of the eight Prince of Asturias Prizes � the Spanish-speaking world's version of the Nobel prize.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Movin' Out Is Movin On to Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Big Man (and Woman) on Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony and Judy and Eddie

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: They've Got a Way

[ P ]  Hamlisch to Lead Salute to Richard Rodgers, Nov. 7-9 at Kennedy Center

[ P ]  Welles Actress Ruth Warrick Attends War of the Worlds at NYC's Genesis Rep Oct. 26

[ P ]  Ralph, Callaway and Rubin-Vega Are "Divas . . . Simply Singing!" Oct. 26 in L.A.

[ P ]  Farenheit 451 With D.B. Sweeney Begins L.A. Performances Oct. 26; Extends to Nov. 24

[ P ]  Umoja Extends Its Run At New London Theatre

[ P ]  Joyce DeWitt Joins Lodato and Casamento for Duplex Cabaret, Nov. 8-24

[ P ]  Patti LuPone Brings "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" Concert to Mohegan Sun in January

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 26

[ P ]  Richard Harris, King Arthur of Camelot on Stage and Screen, Dead at 72

[ TM ]  Broadway Leading Men to Appear With Opera's Deborah Voigt in AIDS Benefit Concert

Features:

[ TM ]  Pawk To Me, Baby
Michele Pawk, who plays a character based on Carol Burnett's real-life mom in Hollywood Arms, chats with Brian Scott Lipton.

[ TM ]  The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
A report on the first three evenings of the 13th Annual Cabaret Convention at Town Hall.

[ TM ]  Tunes and Tomes
Louis Botto offers a little gossip and a lot of history in a new edition of At This Theatre.

[ B ]  Video: Merrily We Roll Along Reunion Concert

[ B ]  Video: Jamie-Lynn Sigler Gets Ready for Beauty

[ B ]  Video: Dance of the Vampires Rehearsal

[ YN ]  Actor Fulfills Wish in 'La Mancha'
WASHINGTON (AP) - When Brian Stokes Mitchell was 17, he sang in the chorus of "Man of La Mancha" at a dinner theater in San Diego. He looked at the man playing the part of Don Quixote and thought to himself, "One day, I'd like to play that role."

[ NYT ]  Nurturing Playwrights Just Cutting Their Teeth by JESSE McKINLEY
The Young Playwrights Festival was founded in 1981 by Stephen Sondheim as a way to support and nurture a new generation of American dramatists, a goal that still holds true.

[ LAT ]  What he did for love by Jan Breslauer
Director Baz Luhrmann updates Puccini's 'La Boh�me,' in a fond farewell to his own bohemian youth.

[ NJ ]  At a crossroads BY PETER FILICHIA
Two years after financial problems forced it to close, Crossroads Theatre Company reopened Thursday night with an event that was as much a victory party as a theatrical opening.

[ NJ ]  'Mosaic' monologues a 6-day marathon BY PETER FILICHIA
Many an actor has created a one-man show for himself. But Robin Hirsch has done it six times over.

[ BS ]  A Space in the Crowd (Part 2 of 2)
Okay, so you want to produce a show... but where?

[ BS ]  At the 45th Dublin Theatre Festival
During October, as in other years, theatre-mad Dublin played host to the world, filling theatres, pubs, church halls, coffee houses, and even city squares with nearly 100 productions.

Reviews:

[ WT ]  Quixote: The ideal knight by Jayne M. Blanchard
Director Jonathan Kent has a treasure in his limber restaging of "The Man of La Mancha" with Brian Stokes Mitchell in the title role of Cervantes' Don Quixote. It is a role Mr. Mitchell seems born to play, with his commanding charisma, his magnificent booming baritone and his considerable acting talents.
Thanks to Robert for the link!

[ TB ]  Man Of La Mancha Washington Review by Tracy Lyon

[ NJ ]  Tharp's dances animate Joel's pop hits BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
The powerhouse combo of Tharp's sharp staging and Joel's memorable songs offers an electric, eclectic experience unlike any other Broadway entertainment.

[ WP ]  Piano Man With Legs by Peter Marks
'Movin' Out' Makes Billy Joel's Music Dance

[ TM ]  A Soldier's Death Reviewed By: Ben Winters
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Friday, October 25, 2002

Two more good men gone...

[ B ]  Broadway Performer Jason Opsahl Dead at 39

[ B ]  Acclaimed Actor Richard Harris Dead at 72

[ B ]  Washington Critics Divided on Man of La Mancha

[ P ]  Wild Again, Beguiled Again: Andreas Is Vera in Prince's Pal Joey, Nov. 2-17

[ P ]  Buckley, Carmello, Lewis to Star in William Finn Revue Looking Up at LCT in 2003

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 19-25: Ever Green
posted at 10/25/2002 06:00:34 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

News:

[ P ]  Filming for Contact Movie to Begin in June 2003

[ P ]  Amanda Green Cancels Oct. 28 Show at Westbank Caf�

[ P ]  Shue and Sarsgaard Are Hot New Couple in Burn This, Starting Nov. 19

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Week of Divas�Buckley, Kuhn, Graff, Cook, Salonga and Amour

[ P ]  Jack O'Brien Is Honored With 2002 Abbott Award

[ P ]  London's Macbeth Gathers Momentum

[ P ]  Elaine Stritch Extends West End Engagement

[ P ]  The Public Theater Snags Mos Def for Suzan-Lori Parks' New Play, Feb. 25, 2003

[ P ]  Marty Musical Breaks Box Office Record at Boston's Huntington Theatre

[ P ]  Goldberg and Dutton to Star in Ma Rainey Revival, February 2003

Features:

[ B ]  The Musicals of Michael by Ken Mandelbaum
With Michael Crawford's return to the theatre in the now-previewing Dance of the Vampires, it's time to review the recordings documenting his musical theatre career.

[ B ]  Ask A Star: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
From February 2001.

Reviews:

[ TB ]  Loot Seattle Review by David-Edward Hughes

[ TB ]  The Big Voice: God or Merman? and My Crown of Glory Los Angeles Reviews by Sharon Perlmutter
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News:

[ NYT ]  Rebels Kill a Hostage in Russian Theater Siege by MICHAEL WINES

[ NYT ]  NEWS ANALYSIS
Illusion and Disillusion: Chechen Crisis Comes Home for Putin by MICHAEL WINES

[ NYT ]  HOSTAGE VOICES
Cellphones Let Families Hear Ordeal of Captives by SABRINA TAVERNISE

[ NYT ]  CHECHENS AT WAR
A Brutal Battle for Independence
Here are highlights of the Chechen resistance since the last years of the Soviet Union.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
'Ma Rainey' Gets a New Gig by JESSE MCKINLEY
In the the 2003-4 season, Whoopi Goldberg will be joined in "Ma Rainey" by a man who was when August Wilson's breakthrough drama hit Broadway in 1984: Charles S. Dutton.

[ NYT ]  A HELLUVA GUY by MICHAEL RIEDEL
'HE was like Peter Pan, in a way. A kind of demented Peter Pan, and Betty had to be Wendy to keep him in line."

[ USA ]  Adolph Green, lyricist of longevity by Elysa Gardner
Green and his wife and partner, Betty Comden, collaborated with such venerable composers as Leonard Bernstein and Jule Styne to create such beloved musicals as On the Town, Wonderful Town, Applause and On the 20th Century.
"Wife"?!

[ B ]  New York Critics Check In With Movin' Out

[ B ]  Sarsgaard and Shue Set for Off-B'way's Burn This

[ B ]  Mos Def to Star in Parks' Fucking A at Public

[ B ]  Dutton Joins Goldberg for Ma Rainey; Dates Set

[ B ]  Patinkin Will Be Celebrating Sondheim on B'way

[ P ]  Signature's Burn This Will Continue to Smoulder After Nov. 9, With Elisabeth Shue

[ P ]  Mario Cantone Will Star in Greenberg's Violet Hour Nov. 5-24 at SCR

[ P ]  Carol Lawrence and Sally Struthers Star in Mame in Long Beach

[ P ]  Ellen Burstyn Premieres Oldest Living Confederate Widow at San Diego's Globe Jan. 26

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Man of La Mancha: I Am I, Don Quixote

[ P ]  Barbara Bryne Begins Performances in Guthrie's The Chairs Oct. 25

[ P ]  Susan Lucci Replaces Kathie Lee Gifford at Feinstein's, Nov. 12-23

[ P ]  Kennedy, Lenox and Byron Kirk Sing Jason Robert Brown in Cooper Union Concert Oct. 25

[ P ]  Use the (Fast Forward) Force: Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes Plays L.A. Oct. 25-Nov. 23

[ P ]  Houston's Alley Views Frame 312 in JFK Conspiracy Drama Oct. 25-Nov. 24

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 25

[ NYT ]  Theater Founders Are Charged With Fraud by BERNARD SIMON
The Canadian police have charged the two founders of a Toronto theater group that staged Broadway hits with defrauding investors and creditors of $325 million.

[ BH ]  `Marty' carves box office niche
The Huntington Theatre Co.'s production of the world-premiere musical ``Marty,'' which opened in previews last weekend, has broken advance sales records.

Reviews - "Movin' Out":

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'MOVIN' OUT'
Vietnam-Era Pain and Joy by BEN BRANTLEY
In her new show set to Billy Joel's music, Twyla Tharp unearths the reasons certain American clich�s keep resonating and makes them gleam as if they had just been minted.

[ NYT ]  DANCE REVIEW | 'MOVIN' OUT'
The Story Is in the Steps by ANNA KISSELGOFF
To understand why "Movin' Out" propels Billy Joel fans into delirious ovations is to measure Twyla Tharp's achievement as a choreographer. She knows that music is transformed by dance.

[ DN ]  A B'way state of mind by Howard Kissel
Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: The dancing in "Movin' Out" is spectacular.

[ DN ]  Piano Man's tunes can't carry a stage show by Jim Farber
No matter what you think of Billy Joel's voice - and the man himself has said he doesn't think much of it - at least it has a certain pugnacious character. That's just one of the many things missing from "Movin' Out," the bland adaptation of Joel's music for Broadway.

[ NYP ]  A MOVIN' BALLET by CLIVE BARNES
THEY can call the Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel "Movin' Out" a musical until they're blue in the face. But if it looks like a ballet, sounds like a ballet, feels like a ballet and dances like a ballet - it is a ballet, the first full-evening Broadway ballet, at least since Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake" a few years back got Broadway's feet wet.

[ NYP ]  MUSIC IS CALLING THE TUNE IN THIS SHOW by DAN AQUILANTE
IN an $8.5 million musical teeming with leggy dancers, modern choreography and smart design, it's Billy Joel's music that shines as the brightest star of "Movin' Out."

[ ND ]  A Movin' Dancical of Waste of War, Power of Art by Linda Winer
"Movin' Out," the virtually wordless dance musical that brings Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel together for a frisson of boundary-defying virtuosity, is an ecstatic throwback to what we called dancicals in the Bob Fosse-driven '70s. It is also a true-heart original.

[ USA ]  Musical 'Movin' Out' has a lot goin' on by Elysa Gardner
New musical created by Tharp, Joel has instant populism.

[ TM ]  Movin' Out Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ TB ]  Movin' Out Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Movin' Out Review by Paul Wontorek

Other Reviews:

[ BSUN ]  Quixote retains his charm in revival by J. Wynn Rousuck
'La Mancha' gets promising, new look

[ WP ]  'Man of La Mancha': Follow That Star by Peter Marks
Brian Stokes Mitchell Polishes a Dusty Show

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | BETTY BUCKLEY
Also at Home on the Range by STEPHEN HOLDEN
As much as Betty Buckley is a Broadway diva, she is also a Texan who grew up steeped in country and rock 'n' roll, which comes through in her new show at Feinstein's at the Regency.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | '3 O'CLOCK IN BROOKLYN'
When Meeting for Cocktails Turns Into 3 O'Clock Tales by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
This intermissionless comedy plays like a collection of hit-and-miss one-liners jotted down on nights when sleep is elusive.

[ BH ]  `Medea' mesmerizes by Terry Byrne

[ BG ]  Abbey Theatre updates travails of 'Medea' by Ed Siegel

[ LAT ]  'Alagazam's' demented cast spins a raucous carnival by David C. Nichols
An unhinged cast devours Adam Simon and Tim Robbins' tent-show vaudeville with fearless perversity.

[ TM ]  Heartpounders: Halloween Horror for Adults Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: What Ever Happened to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
The Bette Davis-Joan Crawford classic gets the musical treatment in Houston -- but is the adaptation a success?

[ ND ]  New York State of Mind by Robert Kahn
'Movin' Out' star loves show just the way it is

[ B ]  Photo Op: An Opening Night Bash for Movin' Out

[ B ]  Photo Op: Charlayne Woodard's In Real Life Opening

[ NYT ]  PUBLIC LIVES
Little Theater, Big Dreams, for Yiddish Director by JOYCE WADLER
Zalmen Mlotek, executive director of the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater, is ushering in a new era.

[ BG ]  Hoping to finally shake her pop star past, Gibson lands in 'Chicago' by Christopher Muther
The artist formerly known as Debbie Gibson, now looking sleek, brunette, and calling herself Deborah, is intent on squashing every last teen queen myth that has floated in pop consciousness since she shook her love to the top of the charts 15 years ago.

[ CST ]  'Time' flies BY MARY HOULIHAN
Playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents never looks back. That may be why last week's celebration at the New York Public Library of the 50th anniversary of his drama "Time of the Cuckoo" came as an unexpected shock.

[ EA ]  Ruthie excited by award
DESPITE having played some of the most sought after parts on Broadway and the West End stage, actress and singer, Ruthie Henshall, admitted she was excited at being awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law by the University of East Anglia at Suffolk College.
Thanks to ElleWhy on All That Chat for the link!

[ WP ]  Johnny Mercer, Edgar Allan Poe Together at Last by Dan Via
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Thursday, October 24, 2002

[ P ]  Broadway Theatres to Dim Lights Oct. 24 in Honor of Adolph Green

[ TM ]  Americans Reported To Be Among Theater Hostages in Moscow

[ B ]  Nine B'way Start Date Moved to March

[ BS ]  Producers Fan Out by Leonard Jacobs
Nederlander, Maxwell, Waxman Expand Reach

[ BS ]  A Space in the Crowd (Part 1 of 2)
Okay, so you want to produce a show... but where? It can be very difficult to find the right spot to showcase your play, musical, dance recital, or performance art piece--just ask someone who's tried.
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News:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Remembering Adolph Green: On the Town

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Remembering Adolph Green: Wonderful Town

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Remembering Adolph Green: Bells Are Ringing

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Remembering Adolph Green: Applause

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Remembering Adolph Green: On the 20th Century

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Remembering Adolph Green: A Doll's Life

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Remembering Adolph Green: The Will Rogers Follies

[ P ]  Gore Vidal's Live From Golgotha To Open at U.K.'s Drill Hall

[ P ]  Alan Ayckbourn Won't Return to West End

[ P ]  Steven Berkoff Hopes to Act with Jerry Hall on London Stage

[ P ]  Lloyd Webber Evening Ends Musical Theatre Festival in Cardiff

[ P ]  Pinafore Sails Into London's Savoy

[ P ]  Almost Live from Betty Ford: Michael West Brings Liza & Jerry and to Douglas Fairbanks

[ P ]  Poet-Librettist-Translator Dana Gioia Nominated for NEA Chairman by President Bush

[ P ]  Adolph Green, a Legend in American Musical Theatre, Dead at 86

[ P ]  Hostage Standoff Continues at Moscow Theatre; Nearby 42nd St. Beefs Up Security

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Debbie Does Dallas: Star Cheerleaders

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Debbie Does Dallas: Stretching

[ B ]  Broadway Legend Adolph Green Dead at 86

[ B ]  Chechens Storm Moscow Theater

Features:

[ P ]  Happy Days Is Here Again
The legendary Joseph Chaikin directs the 41st anniversary revival of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, now playing Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre.

Reviews:

[ TB ]  La Boheme and The Shape of Things San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema
posted at 10/24/2002 03:32:55 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYT ]  Adolph Green, Broadway Playwright, Dies at 87
posted at 10/24/2002 02:23:41 PM by James Marino | Item Link

[ AP ]  Broadway Lyricist Green Dies at 87
Oct 24, 12:42 PM (ET)
By MICHAEL KUCHWARA
NEW YORK (AP) - Adolph Green, whose six-decade collaboration with Betty Comden helped create such joyous stage celebrations of New York as "On the Town" and "Wonderful Town" as well as the classic movie musical "Singin' in the Rain," has died. He was 87.
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There is an unconfirmed report on All That Chat that the great Adolph Green has passed away. More details will be posted when available.

News:

[ YN ]  Chechens Kill Hostage in Moscow Theater Siege
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Chechen separatist guerrillas killed one woman as they seized a Russian theater and threatened to shoot or blow up 700 hostages Thursday unless Russia pulled its troops out of their homeland.

[ P ]  Hostage Standoff Continues at Moscow Theatre

[ P ]  Report: Amour's Legrand Plans Stage Version of His "Rochefort" Film

[ P ]  Berry and Vidnovic Star in Hayes' Sound of Music

[ P ]  Rosie O'Donnell and Martha Stewart Spoofed in NYC News in Revue Musical Satire

Features:

[ B ]  CDs: The Year of Flahooley by Ken Mandelbaum
THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1951 (Bayview)
OH! CALCUTTA! (DRG)

[ SFC ]  Looking swell by Steven Winn
Carol Channing's back in the spotlight with memoir and plans for new show
Thanks to jimnysf on All That Chat for the link.
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News:

[ NYT ]  Chechens Seize Moscow Theater, Taking as Many as 600 Hostages by MICHAEL WINES

[ NYT ]  Inside, Fearful Children; Outside, Frantic Relatives by SABRINA TAVERNISE

[ V ]  LEGRAND IS TAKING LOOK AT BIG 'GIRLS'
Previews to begin around Jan. or Feb., 2003

[ ND ]  PLAY BY PLAY: Wooing a Far Hipper Crowd With 'Def' Poets by Gordon Cox
The production, which begins previews at the Longacre on Wednesday, is taking some unusual steps to attract a younger, hipper crowd to a show that stars nine young poets and one DJ.

[ B ]  Puppetry of the Penis to End November 3

[ B ]  Matt Dillon Considers Stepping into Burn This

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 'Shall We Dance' Benefit - Ziemba and Neuwirth

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 'Shall We Dance' Benefit - Duncan, Rivera, McKechnie

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 'Shall We Dance' Benefit - Dance? Not for Marc Salem

[ P ]  Scenes from a New York Theatre: Tharp and Joel's Movin' Out Opens on Broadway, Oct. 24

[ P ]  Carol Channing, John Cullum to Salute Louis Botto at Nov. 3 Players Club Event

[ P ]  New Maury Yeston Songbook Disc Will Be "Home" for Callaway, Ripley, Foster and More

[ P ]  Les Miz's Caird May Helm MTC Staging of London's Humble Boy

[ P ]  David Drake's Son of Drakula Begins NYC Performances Oct. 24

[ P ]  New York Theatre Workshop Offers "Play with Your Food" Night for McDormand Far Away, Nov. 6

[ P ]  Broadway's Beauty Becomes Seventh-Longest Running Musical Oct. 30

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 24

[ P ]  Marvin A. Krauss, Bway Producer and General Manager, Dead at 74

[ P ]  Gunmen Hold Theatre Audience Hostage in Moscow

[ P ]  Take Me Out Bway Previews Begin Feb. 4, 2003; Opens Feb. 27 at Kerr

[ P ]  Mary Stuart Masterson Expected to Play Luisa in Bway's Nine; Yeston Discusses Show

[ P ]  Puppetry Zips Up; Final Off-Broadway Performance Nov. 3

[ P ]  Who's Harry? Opens in U.K. Despite No Theatre

[ P ]  Proof Pulitzer Prize Winner David Auburn Busy with Screen Adaptations

[ NJ ]  Center Stage by Peter Filichia
Juliet wondered, "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" But the Paper Mill Playhouse knows who'll be its Romeo in "Romeo and Bernadette," when the musical makes its world premiere at the Millburn theater this winter.

Features:

[ PNT ]  Barbara Harris Knew Bill Clinton Was White Trash
Scottsdale "has-been" gives her regards to Broadway BY ROBRT L. PELA
Thespians, take note: Barbara Harris has moved to town, and she's hung up her teaching shingle.
A great find!
Thanks to Lyra on All That Chat for the link!

[ BSUN ]  Ideal role by J. Wynn Rousuck
Tony-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell takes the lead, literary and figuratively, to play Don Quixote, the famous part he has always dreamed of.

[ HC ]  Following A Different Tune by FRANK RIZZO
Interview with Tommy Tune.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ B ]  Photo Op: The Diva Gets Ready: Jennifer Holliday in Rehearsal

[ DN ]  'Movin' Out' is movin' in to B'Way by DAVID HINCKLEY
"A lot of great moments in American music," Billy Joel muses, "have come when someone smooshed together a couple of things that no one thought of putting together before."

[ NYP ]  TWYLA SHARP by BARBARA HOFFMAN
SHE'S been called "the dance world's brainiest brat." Billy Joel says she's "the most driven person I've ever worked with."

[ BS ]  Don't Lose the Original
Alfred Molina has made a living by transforming himself--but never into the typical actor.

Reviews:

[ B ]  Zanna, Don't! Review by Paul Wontorek

[ NJ ]  Color counts --'Yellowman' relentlessly examines racism among African-Americans BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ TM ]  Jackie Mason: Prune Danish Reviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel

[ TM ]  The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ TM ]  The Scarlet Pimpernel Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce

[ TB ]  Macabaret Seattle Review by David-Edward Hughes
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Wednesday, October 23, 2002

[ CNN ]  Gunfire in Moscow theatre siege
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Gunfire has been heard from a Moscow theatre where about 20 armed gunmen are reported to be holding the audience, believed to be about 700 people, hostage.

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[ YN ]  Armed Men Seize Hundreds in Moscow Theater
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Up to 30 armed men held hundreds of people inside a Moscow theater staging a musical late Wednesday, firing shots in the air, police and news agencies said.
Thanks to FreakyMartian on All That Chat for the link.
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[ P ]  James Joyce's The Dead Awakens in Chicago Debut, Nov. 21

[ P ]  David Kaufman's Charles Ludlum Biography, "Ridiculous!," to Hit Stores Dec. 2

[ P ]  Paul Rudnick to Pen "Stepford Wives" Remake for Nicole Kidman

[ P ]  "Broadway Rocks" With Ripley, Yazbek and Rubin-Vega at 92nd Street Y Series

[ P ]  Three Cast Changes Announced for Broadway's Beauty and the Beast

[ B ]  Did Critics Eat Up Jackie Mason's Prune Danish?
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News:

[ P ]  August Wilson Honors Lloyd Richards at Gish Prize Ceremony, Oct. 30

[ P ]  Liz Smith Among Guests of Minnelli & Gest's Premiere Episode for VH1

[ P ]  Winokur and O'Donnell Set for November Chatterbox Series

[ P ]  Michael Crawford and Dance of the Vampires on "Radio Playbill" Oct. 22-28

Features:

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Harold Prince
This fall, he's back directing and producing, helming Carol Burnett and Carrie Hamilton's Hollywood Arms, inspired by Burnett's early years. Ahead in spring 2003 is another gilt-edged project, Gold!, his reunion with collaborator Stephen Sondheim.

Reviews:

[ TB ]  Waiting to be Invited and Fair Game
Minneapolis Reviews by Elizabeth Weir
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News:

[ NYP ]  SHE CAN SING! by MICHAEL RIEDEL
WHO knew she could sing? Marisa Tomei, a fine actress who has been coasting on her "My Cousin Vinny" Oscar for too long, "blew out the back wall" during her audition for a Broadway revival of "Sweet Charity," a production source says.

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Vampires' Bite

[ B ]  Campbell Set to Star in Tick, Tick...BOOM! Tour

[ P ]  Blair Brown to Play 'Prospera' in McCarter's Tempest, Feb. 11, 2003

[ P ]  London to Make Contact Oct. 23 at Queens Theatre

[ P ]  Nov. 4 Make Believe Benefit Features Bean, Oscar, Kudisch, Kimball & Wilson

[ P ]  Come to the Cabaret: Joel Grey Headlines Benefit for San Francisco's ACT Nov. 3

[ P ]  Into the Woods Star Heads to Cutting Room for Nov. 7 Concert

[ P ]  Barrett, James and Graae Sing Rodgers at Nov. 1 Chicago Benefit

[ P ]  Liliane Montevecchi Sings for Her Supper at San Fran's Teatro ZinZanni, Beginning Oct. 23

[ P ]  Billy Porter Featured in Premiere Comedy Going Native at CT's Long Wharf Oct. 23-Nov. 24

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 23

Reviews � "Prune Danish":

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'PRUNE DANISH'
Comedy and Commentary, With Hyperbolic Jewishness by BRUCE WEBER
Jackie Mason's sixth and newest display of chutzpah to appear on Broadway is a show that features not just Mr. Mason's comedy but also his often dubious social criticism.

[ DN ]  Jackie! Again with the Jewish jokes by HOWARD KISSEL
My hunch is that if you wake Jackie Mason in the middle of the night, he talks quite normally. I wouldn't even be surprised to learn the name on his passport is Reginald Smythe.

[ NYP ]  'PRUNE' PLUM ROLE FOR JACKIE MASON by CLIVE BARNES
JACKIE Mason returned to Broadway last night with a program called, for some inexplicable reason, "Prune Danish."

[ NJ ]  Jackie Mason offers a stand-up buffet BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
The veteran comedian is not especially controversial or as biting as he has been on some of his previous Broadway occasions. Mason proves very generous with his time, however, amusingly holding forth for quite a bit more than two hours.

[ B ]  Jackie Mason: Prune Danish Review by Adam Feldman

Reviews � "The Sondheim Celebration Concert":

[ B ]  "Camp Sondheim" Reunion by Ken Mandelbaum

[ DN ]  A Sondheim bill to celebrate by HOWARD KISSEL
Yesterday in the subway, I ran into two friends who said they'd had one of the worst theatrical experiences of their lives the night before. It turned out to be the very concert I had found exhilarating.

[ WP ]  Kennedy Center's Sondheim Treat to N.Y. by Peter Marks
Now that's what they mean by going out on a high note.

Reviews � "Yellowman":

[ ND ]  'Yellowman' Skin Game Plays for Keeps by Linda Winer
The Pulitzer Prize contender explores the politics of color

[ DN ]  Bigotry that's not black & white by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
In "Yellowman," Dael Orlandersmith's lyrical and beautifully acted drama set mostly in the South, Alma and Eugene are childhood sweethearts whose lifelong love affair will be tragically affected because of their different skin colors.

[ NYP ]  HELLO, TERRIFIC 'YELLOW' by DONALD LYONS
OCCASIONALLY, a play arises that is so beautifully written and so compassionately staged that we say, "This is what theater is all about."

[ B ]  Yellowman Review by William Stevenson

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  DANCE REVIEW | THE NEXT STEP GALA
Rodgers as Ideal Dance Partner by ANNA KISSELGOFF
Richard Rodgers wrote only one score for a ballet, and this virtually forgotten work, "Ghost Town," was recalled onstage at City Center on Monday.

[ CST ]  Patinkin shows his mastery of Sondheim BY HEDY WEISS
I like the droll little note from Stephen Sondheim that accompanies "Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim" (Nonesuch), the hugely ambitious, often fascinating and from time to time irritating new two-CD set, in stores Oct. 29.

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: For the Benefit of Mister Roberts
To help fund his large-cast productions, Transport Group artistic director Jack Cummings puts together a large-cast benefit.

[ USA ]  Happy feet tread the Off-Broadway boards by Elysa Gardner
Big name talent and 'healthy' bookings have built high expectations.

[ YN ]  Russian Drama King Still Rules at Riverside Theater by Clara Ferreira-Marques
MOSCOW (Reuters) - For half a century, the name of Russian theater director Yuri Lyubimov has been a byword for irreverent, subversive drama.
posted at 10/23/2002 07:58:06 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Garth Drabinsky, with lawyer Eddie Greenspan behind, leaves College Park court yesterday after being granted bail. Drabinsky and three other Livent executives are accused of bilking investors. [Photo by ANDREW STAWICKI/TORONTO STAR]

[ TS ]  A sad day for showbiz dreamers
By Martin Knelman
Well, at least Garth Drabinsky wasn't in handcuffs, like his partner and co-defendant Myron Gottlieb, as they left a provincial courtroom, both charged with 19 counts of fraud that cost Livent investors and creditors half a billion dollars.

[ TS ]  Drabinsky larger than life
From Canadian Press
Garth Drabinsky knows a thing or two about drama.
posted at 10/23/2002 07:16:18 AM by James Marino | Item Link

[ TB ]  Yellowman Reviewed By Matthew Murray
Saw this play on Sunday, I've been thinking about it ever since. I agree with Matthew's review, it is worthwhile and thought-provoking. The play was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize this year, it should have won in my opinion. While I did like Topdog/Underdog, I thought Yellowman was a much better play.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'YELLOWMAN' Skin Tone as the Subtle Signal for Hatred in the Racial Family
By Ben Brantley

posted at 10/23/2002 01:43:35 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Features:

[ BS ]  When a Show Closes by Simi Horwitz
How Does a Company Respond?

[ BS ]  Redefining the Asian American Voice by Grace Yen
Symposium Examines Asian American Theatre, Present and Future

[ B ]  Fresh Face: Michael Cavanaugh by Paul Wontorek

[ TM ]  Shades of Grey by: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Tim Blake Nelson talks about transferring The Grey Zone from stage to screen.

[ NY ]  She's Got Way by Laura Shapiro
What sounds like Billy Joel (on a roll) and looks like Twyla Tharp (on a tear)? Movin' Out, Tharp's sexually charged, full-throttle dance show based on Billy's greatest hits. Is it a new kind of Broadway musical? She'll let you decide.

News:

[ P ]  Louder Than Words: Christian Campbell Is Jonathan in tick, tick Tour

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: October 14-20

[ P ]  VA's Barter Theatre Stages Musical Grace Moore, Sundown, Hit Sunny Side in 2003

[ B ]  Drabinsky Charged with Fraud in Canada

Reviews:

[ VV ]  RED, MISREAD, AND BLUE by Michael Feingold
Flower Drum Song; Amour

[ VV ]  POPULIST MECHANICS by Una Chaudhuri
Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega

[ VV ]  WAR, WOMEN, AND BOOZE by Alexis Soloski
Cheat by Julie Jensen; Rum and Vodka by Conor McPherson

[ NYer ]  DAMES AT SEA by JOHN LAHR
Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in David Hare's new play.
posted at 10/22/2002 05:31:05 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

News:

[ P ]  DC's Celebrated Sondheim Festival Tantalizes New York Audience

[ P ]  Glenn Close Misses London Streetcar

[ P ]  Gabby Roslin to Play Mama in West End Chicago

[ P ]  32nd Annual Theatre Hall of Fame Inductees Announced; Mamet, Channing, Grimes Among Names

[ P ]  Impresario Drabinsky and Three Others Charged With Half-Billion Dollar Fraud in Canada

[ P ]  Mark Taper's Robert Egan Moves North to Seattle's ACT Theatre

[ P ]  Chris Noth Among Cast of Shinn's World Premiere, What Didn't Happen

[ P ]  Fynsworth Alley Celebrates "Heart & Soul on Broadway" with La Chanze, Lillias White & Norm Lewis

[ B ]  Musical Theatre Works Offers Special Events

Features:

[ B ]  DVDs: Roz at 3 Beekman Place by Ken Mandelbaum
AUNTIE MAME (Warner Home Video)

[ TM ]  The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley make beautiful music together at the Kaplan Penthouse.

[ TB ]  Sound Advice: Not to Be Missed by Jonathan Frank

[ SFE ]  The Beauty, the Beast and the wardrobe BY JOYCE NISHIOKA
Wardrobe supervisor Bobbi Langhofer and her crew maintain and organize "Beauty and Beast's" 280-or-so costumes. The collection includes some of the most imaginative, and expensive, pieces in musical theater today.
Thanks to jimnysf on All That Chat for the link!

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Sondheim Celebration Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere

[ TB ]  Strip/Tease and Altered Ego Chicago Reviews by Charles Eichler
posted at 10/22/2002 04:13:44 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ TS ]  Livent founders charged with fraud
RCMP allege Drabinsky, Gottlieb and two others bilked $500 million
By Gillian Livingston, Canadian Press
Four former executives of Livent Inc., including co-founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb, were charged with fraud today, accused of bilking investors and creditors of $500 million by falsifying financial statements at the now-defunct theatre company.

[ DN ]  Former Broadway producers charged with fraud
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TORONTO � Former Broadway theater producers Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb were each charged Tuesday with 19 counts of fraud for allegedly doctoring financial statements of Livent Inc., which filed for bankruptcy.
posted at 10/22/2002 12:41:40 PM by James Marino | Item Link

News:

[ V ]  'Vampires' vaults past $500,000 B.O. mark
Thanks to Michael Crawford, Broadway defied tradition to improve on the previous week's holiday session. He may play one of the undead in "Dance of the Vampires," but Crawford's return to the Gotham boards created an extremely lively $508,133 for only five perfs.

[ V ]  INSIDE MOVE: 'AMOUR' LOVE LOST
Post bumps review in favor of Pacino show
The review appears today (see below).

[ V ]  B.O. RISES; 'LION' $1.5 MIL
The road box office crept upward during Week 20 (Oct. 7-13), totaling $12,482,183. With 18 shows reporting this week, numbers increased 4.0%.

[ B ]  Noth & McGrath to Headline What Didn't Happen

[ P ]  Jackie Mason Serves Fresh Prune Danish on Broadway, Oct. 22

[ P ]  Richard Move and Lisa Kron Working on Martha Graham Project

[ P ]  Betty Buckley Is Deep in the Heart at Feinstein's Beginning Oct. 22

[ P ]  Hedwig, Starring Cahoon, Finally Arrives in San Francisco Nov. 13

[ P ]  Donmar's Twelfth Night, with Watson, Opens in London Oct. 22

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Mamma Mia! Celebrates Their First Broadway Birthday

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Happy One-Year Olds

[ P ]  David Sedaris Performs at Carnegie Hall Oct. 22

[ P ]  Rebecca Luker and George Dvorsky Share Concert Stage Nov. 8-9 in VA

[ P ]  Pulitzer Finalist Yellowman Makes NYC Debut, Opening Oct. 22 at MTC

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 22

[ P ]  Raisin in the Sun Revival Will Reach Broadway

[ G&M ]  Drabinsky awaits results of police probe
RCMP ends investigation of Livent today, writes GORDON PITTS
Thanks to ElleWhy on All That Chat for the link!

Features:

[ NYP ]  'DEBBIE' DOES NY by BARBARA HOFFMAN
TAKE a porn flick, remove the sex - and let everyone sing and dance and keep their clothes on.

[ NYP ]  FROM RAH-RAH TO RAW by BARBARA HOFFMAN
WHEN the porn movie "Debbie Does Dallas" came out in 1978, it caused quite a stir - especially in Dallas. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders weren't thrilled to see their uniforms in a porno film.

[ YN ]  Archerd: Bob Newhart goes "Blonde" by Army Archerd
The Theater Hall Of Fame has selected these theater legends to be inducted Jan. 27 at the Gershwin Theatre...
Fifth item.

[ B ]  Photo Op: ASCAP Party for Billy Joel

Reviews � "Arturo Ui":

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI'
Scarface? The Godfather? Nope, It's a Hitlerian Thug by BEN BRANTLEY
To say that Al Pacino is giving the performance of his in this star-packed new revival of a Bertolt Brecht play is not to say that he is giving his best performance ever.

[ ND ]  These Stars 'Rise' and Shine by Linda Winer
Pacino, Goodman and Buscemi add muscle to Brecht's gangster farce

[ USA ]  Do not resist 'Rise of Arturo Ui' by Elysa Gardner
Pacino is Hitler-like loser in star-studded play.

[ WP ]  'Arturo Ui': Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here by Peter Marks
So many things go right in the smashing new staging of Bertolt Brecht's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" that you can't help but wonder: How did all the top-gun actors enlisted for this off-Broadway spectacle manage to whip themselves into such a taut, disciplined force for theatrical good?

Other Reviews:

[ DN ]  Comedy drags in all the stereotypes by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Works about singing, dancing, catfighting drag queens have become so common that it's hard to find something new in the genre. "Blessing in Disguise" only goes to show that if you've seen one body-waxed clich�, you've seen 'em all.

[ NYP ]  FRENCH KISSES by CLIVE BARNES
Where are the parapluies of yesteryear? Michel Legrand - composer of that wonderful, bittersweet movie tear-jerker "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" - is back with a delicately delicious musical called "Amour," which opened Sunday at the Music Box Theater.
posted at 10/22/2002 07:41:44 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Monday, October 21, 2002

News:

[ P ]  New Version of Sondheim's Gold! Near Complete for Goodman Run

[ B ]  Kate Reinders to Play Dainty June in Gypsy

Reviews:

[ HC ]  'General' portrait intriguing but unfinished by EVERETT EVANS
Corin Redgrave in "The General From America."
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
posted at 10/21/2002 06:16:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ B ]  Aunty and Me Readies for the West End

[ B ]  Robert Egan is ACT's New Artistic Director

[ B ]  Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Eyes Royale Theatre
Whoopi Goldberg is now expected to return to Broadway this season, not next as previously reported.

[ B ]  Greenberg's Take Me Out Sets Broadway Dates

[ P ]  Betty Buckley to Sign 'Doorway' CD Nov. 1 in NYC

[ P ]  Mercedes Ruehl and Rosie Perez Star in Free NYC Reading Oct. 21

[ P ]  Mamma Mia! Producer Wins Woman of the Year

[ P ]  London's National Uses Theatre as Outreach in Deptford

[ TM ]  Musical Theatre Works to Present Symposiums and Workshops in November and December
posted at 10/21/2002 04:06:00 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ B ]  Our Lady of 121st Street Moves to Union Square

[ P ]  Shakespeare's Globe Has Record Year

[ P ]  Michael Praed Chats About Making Contact in West End

[ P ]  Grimm Puppets Seen in London's Hampton Court

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Welcomes Billy Joel to the Great White Way

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Men of Some Importance

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Billy Joel and Billy Joel (On Stage)

[ P ]  Boston Marriage Cast Complete; Begins Previews Nov. 5

[ P ]  Actors' Equity Backs Ban on Cell Phone Use in Theatres

[ P ]  Tony Winner Faith Prince Opens New York Pops Season Oct. 25

[ P ]  Report: Hairspray's Winokur Will Move to the Small Screen
posted at 10/21/2002 12:31:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

News:

[ B ]  Did New York Critics Fall in Love With Amour?

[ YN ]  'Drum' Draws Audiences Despite Critics' Pans by Robert Hofler
NEW YORK (Variety) - What would Richard Rodgers think of the new "Flower Drum Song?"

[ LAT ]  Theater in Seattle lures Taper's Egan by Don Shirley
Robert Egan, producing director of the Mark Taper Forum and a staff member there since 1984, will leave to become the artistic director of ACT Theatre in Seattle next year.

[ P ]  Mysterious Thailand Focus of Spirit House World Premiere in Ann Arbor, to Nov. 10

[ P ]  Flower Drum Song Cast Album Gets Recorded Oct. 21

[ P ]  Annual Town Hall Convention Draws Dozens of Cabaret Favorites, Oct. 21-27

[ P ]  'At This Theatre' Author and Bway Storyteller Botto To Share Theatre Lore at Barnes & Noble Oct. 21

[ P ]  Sing a Song of Sondheim: Sondheim Celebration Concert Oct. 21 in NYC

[ P ]  Minnie's Boys, the Marx Brothers Musical, Gets Concert Revival Oct. 31, Nov. 3-4

[ P ]  Fuller and Tucci Head Cast of Free Reading of Laurents' The Cuckoo

[ P ]  Four Mondays: Green, Caruso & Stritch Perform at Laurie Beechman Theatre Starting Oct. 21

[ P ]  Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim Go Head-to-Head Oct. 21 in NYC

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 21

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Stomp on 'GMA', Carol Burnett on 'Regis' and 'The View'

[ P ]  Marisa Tomei to Star in Sweet Charity Revival

[ NYT ]  Weddings: Kerry O'Malley and Adam Heller
The couple, both actors who have appeared on Broadway, met in an East Village studio in 1997 during an informal rehearsal.
Congratulations!

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: Musicals That Cause Apoplexy
The new Flower Drum Song puts Filichia into a fit of pique, but he recalls other musicals that sent his blood pressure soaring even higher.

[ NJ ]  Carol Burnett's serious side -- The comedienne recalls her early years in a play written with her daughter BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ B ]  Photo Op: Opening Night of Legrand's Amour

[ NYT ]  A NIGHT OUT WITH: Heather Headley by LINDA LEE
The Tony-winner who played Nala in Broadway's "The Lion King," knows how to close a place, as long as it's an ice ceream parlor.

[ CE ]  `Producers' first shot at being the star by Jackie Demaline
"True story," says Lee Roy Reams. Broadway vet and Covington native Mr. Reams has lots of true stories from a few decades on Broadway, in shows from Hello, Dolly! to 42nd Street, but this one happens to be about his Producers' co-star Angie Schworer, from Fort Mitchell.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

Reviews � "Amour":

[ DN ]  Legrand's musical whimsy is too flimsy by HOWARD KISSEL
If you want to understand why the world market for whimsy is fairly low, "Amour" makes a good case.

[ ND ]  As Spectacle, 'Amour' Is Less by Gordon Cox
Michel Legrand's Broadway debut is endearingly modest

[ B ]  Cirque Dusoleil by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: AMOUR

[ NJ ]  Charming little 'Amour' has lots to love BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
A delectable little bonbon of a musical, "Amour" is perfectly showcased at the Music Box, where it opened yesterday.

[ USA ]  Not much to love about lame 'Amour' by Elysa Gardner
Broadway musical is a spastic show that lacks coordination, charisma.

[ TM ]  Amour Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ TB ]  Amour Review by Matthew Murray

No AMOUR review in the Post today - or at least none online...

Other Reviews:

[ NYP ]  PACINO TAKES ON HITLER by DONALD LYONS
BERTOLT Brecht was basically a cartoonist. He told known stories in disorienting, politicized ways - as in his 1928 hit "The Threepenny Opera," which took a 19th-century satire and gave it an explicitly anticapitalist twist.

[ DN ]  Meaty performances, but jokes wear thin by Howard Kissel
Al Pacino has a thing about thugs.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'CHEAT'
Turmoil on the Battlefield and on the Home Front by BRUCE WEBER
Julie Jensen's play whose tangled events are evidently intended to show that World War II ravaged the lives of the women feels flimsy and and oppressively earnest.

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW
Love and Marriage, in the Language of Show Tunes by STEPHEN HOLDEN
The married Broadway stars Marin Mazzie ("Kiss Me, Kate") and Jason Danieley ("The Full Monty") sang an evening of mostly theatrical duets in Thursday's cabaret concert at the Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center.

[ NJ ]  Sunday best BY PETER FILICHIA
Memorable characters emerge beneath those fancy hats in McCarter's 'Crowns'

[ TB ]  The 4 am 'lizbeth Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Nathan the Wise Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk Chicago Review by Charles Eichler

[ TB ]  The Syringa Tree and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema

[ LAT ]  'Major Barbara' breaks in a new venue with stylish grace by Diane Haithman
The first production at the shiny new Folino Theatre Center never gets weighed down by the heft of its subject matter.

[ LAT ]  Unanswered questions make for choppy 'Water' by Don Shirley
Play is sinewy, stripped down but plagued by credibility gaps.
posted at 10/21/2002 07:57:57 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Sunday, October 20, 2002

[ NYT ]  A French Milquetoast's Talent Lights the Fuse of Mischief
By BEN BRANTLEY
Even charming is too weighty a word to describe the wispy appeal of "Amour," the twinkling trinket of a musical from the French pop composer Michel Legrand, which opened last night at the Music Box Theater.
posted at 10/20/2002 09:58:35 PM by James Marino | Item Link

Features:

[ WP ]  Woman of 'La Mancha' by Ken Ringle
Mastrantonio: She's No Run-of-the-Windmill Actor

[ WP ]  Dame Fortune Smiles on Playgoers In London With a Dream Duo by Glenn Frankel
Smith and Dench in "The Breath of Life."

[ NYT ]  Light Skin, Dark Skin and the Wounds Below by DAEL ORLANDERSMITH
When I write I think about what I want to say. With my play "Yellowman," I wanted to look at internal racism among black people.

[ NYT ]  The Real Paradox: Musical Comedy Made in France by ALAN RIDING
The musical comedy "Amour" has followed a Paris-to-Broadway path that no French show of its kind had taken in more than four decades.

[ NYT ]  Don't Call It a String Quartet. It's a Band. by STEVE SMITH
Ethel, a string quartet, is evolving a novel approach to presenting concert music in the 21st century, in clubs.
Check out their stage musical credits...

[ NYT ]  HABITATS | 312 WEST 11TH STREET
Getting Into Show Biz On the Ground Floor by TRISH HALL

[ TM ]  Tunes and Tomes
In her new memoir, Carol Channing gives us an earful about a fascinating life in show biz.

[ CNN ]  Anonymous Salonga sings loud and clear
NEW YORK (AP) -- Her name might not be that well known in the United States.Her face is not always recognized either. Chances are, though, Lea Salonga's set of pipes will be familiar -- if you're 7 or younger.
Thanks to ElleWhy on All That Chat for the link!

[ BSUN ]  In full 'Flower' by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Asian-Americans never knew whether to celebrate or denounce the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1958 musical 'Flower Drum Song.'

[ BSUN ]  The three faces of Valerie Harper by J. Wynn Rousuck
With 'Rhoda' in her past, Valerie Harper enjoys her Latest acting role

[ ND ]  Saying It With Song by Sylviane Gold
Twyla Tharp's Broadway dance show lets Billy Joel's music speak for itself

[ ND ]  Seeking His 'Kids' All Grown Up by Glenn Gamboa
Billy Joel has always thought of his songs as children.

[ NJ ]  Pop music in motion BY ROBERT JOHNSON
Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel join forces for the new Broadway musical "Movin' Out."

[ BG ]  In the Berkshires, a Tudor revival by Catherine Foster
Re-creating the Rose Playhouse is a long-term labor of love

[ BG ]  Raising the curtain on forgotten controversy by Catherine Foster
A battle over faith and family gets new dramatic treatment
"Edgardo Mine."

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ ST ]  Randy Newman fine-tunes his biographical stage musical at Seattle's ACT Theatre by Misha Berson

[ MST ]  Jevetta Steele comes out with fairy tale inspired by her past by Graydon Royce

News:

[ B ]  Funny Girl B'way Revival Planned for Next Season

[ B ]  NYC-Bound Frog and Toad Becoming Hot Ticket

[ P ]  Drama Dept. Gets on The Band Wagon With Daniely, Testa, d'Arcy James Oct. 20

[ P ]  Hairspray's Hoffman Does If You Call This Living at Joe's Pub, Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Chad Lowe Is Burning Blue

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Lintel Reaches One-Year Mark, Oct. 23

[ P ]  Ma Rainey to Arrive at Broadway's Royale in January 2003

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Amour: Surprised by Love

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Amour: Love in Bed

[ P ]  That's Amour!: New Legrand Musical Opens at Bway's Music Box Oct. 20

[ P ]  Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Songs from Audra McDonald and Harry J. Connick

[ P ]  "Sopranos" Star Confirmed for Bway's Graduate Beginning Nov. 19

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 20

Reviews:

[ NJ ]  Irresistible -- Al Pacino leads all-star cast in dazzling revival of Brecht play BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
posted at 10/20/2002 10:32:11 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

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2007-08
Broadway Season

2008-09
Broadway Season

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet