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Saturday, November 23, 2002
News:
[ B ] Perez and Pantoliano Set for Frankie and Johnny
[ B ] Off-B'way's My Old Lady to Shutter January 5
[ LAT ] Ovation Awards begin a new act by Don Shirley
Some voting procedure changes make their debut as peers rate 348 L.A.-area productions. Ceremony is Sunday.
[ INQ ] Night was memorable for the lines they forgot by David Patrick Stearns
The actor's ultimate nightmare came true during the Thursday night performance of Every Good Boy Deserves Favor at the Kimmel Center.
I was there, and this article is very accurate.
[ G ] Ben-Hur returns to the stage after 100 years by Maev Kennedy
When the play is revived this Christmas at the Battersea Arts Centre, south London, there will be a cast of 10 and very few sinking galleys. But there will be a chariot race.
[ P ] "Money, Money, Money" for a Good Cause: Mamma Mia! Hosts Actor's Fund Show Dec. 8
[ P ] Bway Dinner at Eight Run Begins Nov. 23, Promptly at 8
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: The General From America Arrives Off-Broadway
[ P ] Flower Drum Song Offers Special Actors' Fund Performance Dec. 15
[ P ] Channing and Others Join Dec. 9 Help Is On the Way Benefit in San Fran
[ P ] Dress Circle Reopens in London Nov. 23
[ P ] Don Quixote and Sancho Ride Into Martin Beck Nov. 23, as Mancha Begins Previews
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 23
Features:
[ LAT ] The car drives the musical by Robin Rauzi
London's wildly popular 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' is borne up by a flying auto and nostalgia-fueled audiences.
[ TS ] Lily Tomlin makes up for lost laughs by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Cancelled T.O. show last year 63-year-old star keeps a busy pace
[ TM ] The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
Amanda Green and Jim Caruso combine their talents to great effect in a terrific show at the Laurie Beechman Theater.
[ B ] Photo Op: Sneak Peek at A Christmas Carol
[ B ] Photo Op: Mamet's Marriage at the Public
Reviews:
[ WP ] Getting to Know You Even Better, Richard Rodgers
Soprano Sylvia McNair, mezzo Amanda Watkins, tenor Jay Douglas, and baritone Brent Barrett sang warmly and naturally, with none of the arch, ego-ridden showmanship and smarmy, please-love-me razzmatazz that obliterates Rodgers's lucid simplicity.
Brent Barrett is a baritone? Really?
[ TB ] Cats Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain
[ TB ] The General from America Review by Matthew Murray
posted at 11/23/2002 11:02:49 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] 'Frankie and Johnny' to Get New Leads by JESSE McKINLEY
Rosie Perez and Joe Pantoliano will take over the title roles in the acclaimed revival of Terrence McNally's "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune."
Joe's nickname may change from "Joey Pants" to "Joey No Pants"...
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE GENERAL FROM AMERICA'
A Historic American Sure to Fall by BRUCE WEBER
"The General From America," Richard Nelson's play about Benedict Arnold, has too much swagger and too little theatrical heft.
[ NYT ] Buddy Kaye, Songwriter of Hits for Como and Sinatra, Dies at 84
Buddy Kaye was a songwriter and lyricist who wrote hits for Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dusty Springfield and others.
[ IBDB ] Buddy Kaye's Broadway Credits
posted at 11/23/2002 01:48:58 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Friday, November 22, 2002
News:
[ P ] Trial by Fire: Spitfire Actress Who Jumped In To Replace Ailing Lead Will Play Run of Show
[ P ] CBS Thanksgiving Broadcast Has Bway Stars and Songs of "Mamma Mia!" "Rent" and "La Mancha"
[ P ] London Christmas Preview II: Pantomimes Abound in London
[ P ] London Christmas Preview: Two Productions of Peter Pan
[ P ] DIVA TALK: A Chat with Andrea Marcovicci, Plus LaChanze Enchants & Chicago Turns Six
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Plimpton, Burton, Myrin Form a Boston Marriage
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Carradine Congrats Daughter Plimpton on Her Boston Marriage
[ BS ] 'Harlem Song' Sweeps AUDELCOs
Wolfe Tuner Honored at 30th Annual Black Theatre Awards
[ BS ] NLRB Chides Clear Channel on AFTRA Pact
[ TM ] American Globe Theatre Benefit to Feature Tom Fontana and OZ Cast Members
[ B ] Zipp! Readies for the West End
[ TM ] Alan Cumming to Perform at Roundabout Arts-in-Education Benefit
[ TM ] Gay Tidings: Upcoming Shows are Festive and ''Fabulous!''
We don't write the headlines, folks.
Features:
[ BS ] Unequal Partners
In the actor/agent relationship, who has the upper hand?
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ PTR ] Tony Curtis leads a classic comedy from the screen to the stage by Alice T. Carter
Interviews with Lenora Nemetz and Tony Curtis.
[ CSM ] Hip-hop takes center stage on Broadway by Tony Vellela
In 'Def Poetry Jam on Broadway,' nine performers use poetry to tell stories about life, love, and politics.
[ CSM ] Audra McDonald is 'bustin' out all over' by Benjamin Ivry
Reviews:
[ TM ] The General From America Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ TM ] The Fourth Sister Reviewed By: David Finkle
posted at 11/22/2002 06:01:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ P ] New Hwang Musical Nixed, New Vogel Play Added to Trinity Rep 2003 Season in RI
[ P ] Long Day's Journey Clan Expected To Be Dennehy, Leonard, Redgrave and Hoffman
[ P ] Judith Ivey Is Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Houston's Alley; The Goat Also Cast
[ P ] "Theater Talk" Features Betty Buckley and Girl Group BETTY, Nov. 22
[ B ] Philip Seymour Hoffman Set for B'way's Journey
[ B ] Chalfant to Replace McDormand in Far Away
Features:
[ B ] CDs: Lloyd Webber, in Paris and Belfast by Ken Mandelbaum
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA/ THE BEAUTIFUL GAME (Decca Broadway)
[ B ] Video: Amour Opening
[ TB ] Interview with Robert Westenberg by David-Edward Hughes
Reviews:
[ TB ] The Fourth Sister Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] The Christmas Carol Rag Washington Review by Tracy Lyon
[ TB ] Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter
posted at 11/22/2002 12:46:38 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF
A Casting in 'Far Away' by JESSE MCKINLEY
Caryl Churchill's apocalyptic parable, "Far Away," will get a new victim late next month: Kathleen Chalfant, who will take over for Frances McDormand on Dec. 27.
[ NYP ] LIZA AND GEST BLAME A VH1 WEISS GUY by DON KAPLAN
LIZA Minnelli and hubby David Gest have blamed a 29-year-old VH1 producer named Rob Weiss for destroying their reality show, "Liza & David," before it even started.
[ BS ] Behemoth B'way Buy Begets Big OB Boon
The purchasing of "every available seat" to every Main Stem show by Washington Mutual Bank seemed to be quite the boon for Broadway. But the event also turned out to benefit a great swath of Off-Broadway as well.
[ P ] Kate Shindle Among Ladies of the Evening in Musical Workshop, Caf� Puttanesca, Nov. 23
[ P ] Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon Honored With Vineyard Salute Featuring Buckley, Kuhn Dec. 2
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Gordon Celebrates Gilman Gonzalez-Falla Award With Albertine and Marcel
[ P ] 92nd Street Y's Makor Offers an Evening with Hairspray's Shaiman Dec. 15
And the amazing Susan Werner will be performing at the 92nd Street Y's Kauffman Concert Hall on Sunday night. Why her songs, like "Maybe If I Sang Cole Porter," aren't being sung by every cabaret artist in New York is a mystery.
[ P ] Another Round: Bartenders Moves to John Houseman Studio Nov. 22
[ P ] Spend Thanksgiving with Julie, Bebe, Nathan, Chita and More on PBS
[ P ] Decca Broadway Offers Two Andrew Lloyd Webber Discs November 26
[ P ] Trimming the Tree With Joan: Christmas With the Crawfords Returns Nov. 22-Dec. 28
[ P ] Actor Relives Nightmare of Working for the Mouse!, Nov. 22-Dec. 14
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 22
[ P ] Laguna Loses Spitfire Grill Leading Lady; Enter NYC Actress, on a Jet Plane
[ P ] A Last Dance for Sybil Delays Opening to Dec. 3 at St. Clement's Theatre
[ P ] American Theatre Producers Purchase London Theatre
[ P ] Clear Channel May Take to Capital Radio's Airwaves
[ P ] Miramax's 'Chicago' Film to Make Debut in London
[ P ] Simon Callow to Star in U.K. Fringe Production of Through the Leaves
[ P ] Jacobi To Star in Grandage's Tempest at London's Old Vic
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Are You Trying to Seduce Me, Dr. Melfi?
[ P ] Cabaret at Philly's Prince Includes Solo Shows from Andreas, Prince & Kuhn
[ P ] Patti LuPone, Hairspray Cast Salute Jack O'Brien at Abbott Award Ceremony Dec. 2
[ P ] Kuruvilla's Fighting Words Heard at Yale Rep, in U.S. Premiere, Nov. 21-Dec. 21
[ P ] Musical Brownstone Gets CD with Callaway, James, Luker & Gravitte
[ BS ] Equity Yeas TYA Pact
[ BS ] AGMA Warns: 'Do Not Pay'
Musical Artists Union Cautions Dancers About Fees to Audition
Features:
[ TM ] Tunes and Tomes
Charles Wright looks at C.Y. Lee's 1957 novel The Flower Drum Song, later adapted (and re-adapted) for the musical theater.
[ INQ ] Backstage with... Bronson Pinchot
He portrays a number of characters in the play Stones in His Pockets, at the Annenberg Center.
[ B ] La Mancha on Disc: Part Two by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] Video: La Boheme Press Junket
[ B ] Video: Hollywood Arms Opening
[ BS ] Bringing a Tingle to the Theatre Scene
In the "All-American" town of Somerville, MA, just a few steps from the site where Mat Damon and Ben Affleck toasted the wrapping of "Good Will Hunting," another local star is about to unwrap a new venue for himself and his theatrically-minded friends and colleagues.
[ BG ] Tingle gives theater a promising start by Nick A. Zaino III
Tingle is clearly enjoying the prospect of running his own theater, even as he slumps into a sofa at the Diesel Cafe.
[ BG ] 'Back' gives director Zwick stage direction by Maureen Dezell
Greek family gatherings and George Gershwin have changed Joel Zwick's life.
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
Cindy's take on London theatre.
[ TM ] Body Art by: Dan Bacalzo
Tim Miller revisits his past and looks toward the future in his latest show, Body Blows.
[ P ] Their Christmas Hit Parade
In his monthly 'The Cabaret Beat' column, writer-actor David Drake chats with several performers � including Baby Jane Dexter and Jim Caruso � about their favorite songs of the holiday season.
[ BS ] The Show Must Go On by Jamie Painter Young
When audiences step into the Orpheum Theatre Sunday, Nov. 24, to celebrate Theatre LA's 2002 Ovation Awards, they will be stepping back in time. They will also be stepping into the future.
[ BS ] Growing La Jolla Playhouse by Jim Volz
The Taper is going through with plans for a new space in Culver City, South Coast Repertory just opened its new 336-seat Julianne Argyros Stage, and now another SoCal LORT theatre joins the ranks of those companies giving themselves a little more room to work with.
Reviews:
[ INQ ] Stoppard's fascinating fusion by Desmond Ryan
Both verbally and visually, Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favor is crammed with geometric references, and the imagery fits a provocative and amusing piece that is weakened by its attempt to travel along parallel lines.
I saw EGBDF last night. Fascinating, but it didn't quite work for me. And seeing Richard Easton and Paul Hecht forget their lines repeatedly didn't help.
[ INQ ] Assessing orchestra's role in the production by Peter Dobrin
In creating music to go with Tom Stoppard's one-act stage dystopia, Andre Previn chose to imitate Shostakovich, with a little Prokofiev and Bernstein thrown in for good measure.
[ ND ] A Traitorous Scenario by Linda Winer
'The General' is Benedict Arnold, the drama revisionist
[ NJ ] Drama looks at the reasons behind Arnold's treason BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Stories of betrayal and corruption in New Jersey are not limited only to today's headlines and HBO spaghetti operas.
[ ND ] 'Three Sisters,' Give or Take One by Gordon Cox
The three sisters have made it to Moscow, and wouldn't you know it, they're depressed there, too.
[ USA ] Mamet's women have edge in 'Marriage' by Elysa Gardner
[ LAT ] A shining 'Pearl' by Daryl H. Miller
Who's the fairest of them all? The young 30-member cast of Debbie Allen's energetic musical based on 'Snow White.'
[ NYT ] Recent Performances
After 15 years of performing tributes to one or another great songwriter of the past, the cabaret singer Andrea Marcovicci has finally gotten around to saluting Cole Porter, whose work remains the most high-styled distillation in song of old-time show-business glamour.
Sixth item.
[ NJ ] New play written with a nod to Joe Papp BY PETER FILICHIA
Many playwrights were strongly influenced by New York Shakespeare Festival impresario Joseph Papp, and Rich Orloff is among them, even though he has only read about the man.
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[ SL ] Paper Mill Playhouse stages CEO search
40-year veteran Del Rossi will keep managing theater until a successor is found
BY PEGGY McGLONE
Star-Ledger Staff
The Paper Mill Playhouse will launch a national search for a president and chief executive officer to succeed Angelo Del Rossi, who will step down after 27 years of running the Millburn theater.
Del Rossi, who turns 69 Sunday, has been a guiding force at the theater for 40 years. He will continue as executive producer and president emeritus, but his duties will shift from managing the $20million-a-year operation to fund-raising and expanding the theater's educational programs.
Although this seems like a small story on the surface with relation to what happens east of the Hudson, regional theaters have become the new out-of-town tryouts for Broadway. With the facility and infrastructure of Paper Mill already in place, I feel that this news will have a major impact upon what we love and hold dear. I wouldn't be surprised if the replacement for Angelo is a major Broadway producer... like Marty Bell? Look at the great relationships between commercial producers and the non-profit regionals of La Jolla, Old Globe, Ordway, etc... this news could possibly bring Paper Mill into a whole new realm as a starting point for new and great Broadway shows. I know that this is the dream that has been bantered around for years and on some fronts fulfilled, but not to the potential that it could be. Lets all hope that Paper Mill succeeds
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[ TM ] We'll Take a Glass Together by Peter Filichia
Filichia toasts Patrick Quinn, Tovah Feldshuh, and many more in a tribute to hard-working theater folk.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE FOURTH SISTER': A Shaggy People Story About a Chaotic Moscow By BEN BRANTLEY
Janusz Glowacki's tragicomedy inspired by Chekhov's "Three Sisters" portrays contemporary Moscow as ragged, violent and emotionally confused.
[ NYP ] TAKING BIALY-STOCK By MICHAEL RIEDEL
LESS than two years into its run, "The Producers," once the hottest ticket on the Great White Way, is starting to show signs of vulnerability.Advance ticket sales going into January and February have slipped; the overall advance is under $10 million (it was once over $20 million); and, according to ticket brokers, demand for group sales tickets has declined markedly.
[ NYP ] MAMET 'MARRIAGE' FAILS By DONALD LYONS
IT'S a bit like Eminem undertaking Hamlet. In his clever play "Boston Marriage," now at the Public, David Mamet has left the mean, modern streets where men rule and has focused on a Boston drawing room of the 1880s, ruled by women.
[ NYP ] 'MORRIE' TEACHES POWERFUL LESSON IN LIFE AND DEATH By DONALD LYONS
I admit it: I've never read "Tuesdays with Morrie," nor seen the TV movie made from it. All I knew was that it was an account by a onetime pupil of his wise old mentor stricken, by not cowed by, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. And that's about it.
[ NYP ] 'HELP' IS WANTING By DONALD LYONS
WE don't see many traditional thrillers on stage any more. A remote house, lightning storms, the set plunged into darkness . . .
[ NYP ] DARKLY FUNNY, BUT IT'S HARDLY 'BLISS' By BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
PLAYGOERS seeking a true David Mamet-like character should head to the Rattlestick Theatre for Ben Bettenbender's taut three-character drama, "Bliss."
[ DN ] Brit's-eye view of Benedict Arnold by Howard Kissel
The more you learn about our Revolutionary War, the more you see what a miracle it was that we won it. We had a lot of lucky breaks. One of the luckiest was the capture of Maj. John Andre, a British officer who'd gotten from Gen. Benedict Arnold plans of West Point.
[ V ] The General From America review by Charles Isherwood
One of American history's most notorious bad guys takes the stage in Richard Nelson's "The General From America," the general in question being the infamous Benedict Arnold, whose very name has become a synonym for traitor in the U.S. lexicon.
[ B ] The General From America review by Adam Feldman
[ P ] Paul Newman & Co. Welcome Broadway to Our Town, Beginning Nov. 22
[ P ] PLAYBILL ARCHIVES: Our Town � 1938
How good is your bridge?
[ P ] Kathleen Chalfant Replaces McDormand in Far Away at the New York Theatre Workshop
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Thursday, November 21, 2002
[ P ] In a Changing of the Guard, NJ's Paper Mill Seeks New President/CEO
Paper Mill, the major regional company in Millburn, NJ will conduct a national search for a new President and CEO. Current President and CEO Angelo Del Rossi will remain on as President Emeritus and Executive Producer concentrating on Paper Mill's future.
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[ B ] Memorial for Movin' Out's Marri� Held 11/22
[ B ] Stars Salute Jack O'Brien with Mr. Abbott Award
[ B ] LCT's Dinner at Eight Delays Previews
[ B ] Jacobi Returns to the West End in The Tempest
posted at 11/21/2002 06:22:16 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ NYP ] SWELL VERSED by BARBARA HOFFMAN
HE'S Poetri in motion, especially when he's late. "I'm so sorry, 100 percent sorry, 400 percent sorry," says Poetri, running into the Krispy Kreme store in Chelsea.
[ BSUN ] 'Point' to open to familiar audience by J. Wynn Rousuck
The world premiere run of Warren Leight's No Foreigners Beyond This Point begins tonight at Center Stage. But several hundred people in the Baltimore area are already familiar with the new play.
[ LAT ] Writer sees love, politics in the ashes by Don Shirley
Writer/director John O'Keefe's play set in Nazi Germany resonates with today's political mood.
[ NYP ] THE STARR REPORT by MICHAEL STARR
Fasten your seatbelts - we're descending into the bizarro world of Liza Minnelli and husband David Gest.
[ BS ] A Statue's Significance
The Ovations may not be the Tonys, but rewards for a winning company can still be substantial.
News:
[ ND ] Unions Vie for Turf on New Broadway Fronts by GORDON COX
With the recent openings of the rock-ballet "Movin' Out" and the spoken word anthology "Def Poetry Jam," not to mention the upcoming and unprecedented appearance of an opera ("La Boheme") on the Great White Way, the definition of a Broadway show keeps loosening and expanding. That means, of course, that there have been a few growing pains.
Includes an interview with Corin Redgrave.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
"VAGINA Monologues" producer David Stone put one over on The New York Times last Friday, slipping the phrase "clitically acclaimed" into the show�s quarter-page ad. "I�m very proud," Stone told us.
Ninth item.
[ INQ ] Pa. grant aids Walnut Street Theatre's expansion plan by Douglas J. Keating
The theater is about to start a campaign to build a second performance space next to the original.
[ V ] SILVERSTONE CLUED IN ON NBC PILOT
Peacock has found its match with legal, hook-up skein
Feature thesp Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless") has inked to play the lead role in Darren Star and Jeff Rake's upcoming matchmaker pilot for NBC.
[ BS ] Playhouse Plethora: Why Venue Building Is Still in a Boom by Leonard Jacobs
Wave after wave of disheartening economic news has rocked the commercial and the nonprofit theatre industry for nearly three years--the third anniversary of the 2000 stock market crash being just four months from now. Yet despite terrorist attacks, rising costs, decreases in consumers' discretionary spending, and myriad philanthropic challenges, the theatrical building and renovation boom is arguably as hot as it was in the 1990s--and not just in New York City.
[ BS ] Property Tax Rise May Hurt Artists by Roger Armbrust
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed 25% property-tax increase may prove more of a detriment to individual artists and ticket buyers than to theatre companies and arts organizations.
[ TM ] Fierstein, LuPone, Ebersole, et al. to Appear at Presentation of ''Mr. Abbott'' Award to Jack O'Brien
[ P ] Taking Stock: Gets, Testa and Cooper Sing Works of Jeffrey Stock Nov. 25
[ P ] Mednick's Joe and Betty Are Back in New York City Dec. 8-Jan. 12
[ P ] Andrea Marcovicci to Record Cole Porter Tribute in March
[ P ] James Joyce's The Dead Awakens in Chicago Debut, Nov. 21
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 21
[ B ] Glengarry Glen Ross Officially Postponed
Reviews:
[ NJ ] Examining a Victorian 'marriage' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
This guy now writes a wry drawing room trifle regarding a couple of posh lesbians?
Indeed he has. Not a particularly witty comedy of manners, yet one that nicely parodies the genre. (Or is that gender?) As to what purpose -- alas, that point goes undetected.
[ ND ] Couple Has Words, Courtesy of Mamet by Linda Winer
For a while there, it seemed that David Mamet had lost his sense of play.
[ NJ ] Tough lesson BY PETER FILICHIA
Women's Theater Company effectively handles a tricky topic
[ SBW ] Seth�s Broadway Chatterbox Review by David Hurst
Thanks to Wayman Wong on All That Chat for the link!
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[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BOSTON MARRIAGE': A Boy's Idea of Girl Talk, From Mamet By BEN BRANTLEY
"Boston Marriage," as you may have heard already, is David Mamet's response to critics who say he does not create meaty roles for women.
[ DN ] Mamet goes PG, but his play's a ZZZZ by Howard Kissel
Just as Al Hirschfeld's illustrations are known for the number of "Ninas" you can count in curly hair or shirt wrinkles, the plays of David Mamet have been characterized by how much he uses the F-word. In his latest, "Boston Marriage," it only occurs once.
[ V ] Boston Marriage review by Charles Isherwood
David Mamet tosses out his usual theatrical lexicon and reaches rather far afield for both the style and substance of "Boston Marriage," an odd kickshaw of a comedy -- to borrow one of the many arcane words Mamet sprinkles over the play like powdered sugar -- that is much longer on the former than the latter.
[ B ] Boston Marriage review by William Stevenson
[ TM ] Boston Marriage review by David Finkle
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE': A Life Examined as Death Inches Closer By BRUCE WEBER
Morrie Schwartz, who died of Lou Gehrig's disease, suffered real pain with real courage. His story is now a play causing audiences to sniffle at the Minetta Lane Theater.
[ NYT ] Theater in Review
Reviews of A Year With Frog and Toad, Harlem Duet, The Phoenician Women, and The Three Birds.
[ NYT ] The Upscale March of the New Theater Row By JESSE McKINLEY
Last month, with almost no fanfare and the paint still drying, a new Theater Row began to emerge from the whirl of construction along 42nd Street from Ninth to Dyer Avenue.
[ DN ] This Russian wears us out by Robert Dominguez
In the silly, surreal and occasionally raucous "The Fourth Sister," Polish playwright Janusz Glowacki depicts the despair and desperation of life in modern-day Moscow.
[ DN ] On B'way, no Baz like show Baz By JOHN CLARK
Baz Luhrmann is a lot like the movies he's directed ("Strictly Ballroom," "Romeo + Juliet," "Moulin Rouge"). He is smart, brash, almost messianic. Luhrmann also has more than a little bit of the impresario in him. He's going to show you something you've never seen before - or, if you have, he is going to show it to you in a totally new way.
[ V ] 'Love' team tunes up - Pawk, Tony-nommed Kudisch to star in musical By ROBERT HOFLER
The team behind the longest-running Off Broadway musical is ready to defy the odds. Again. The producers of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" have set a backer's audition on Dec. 16 for "The Thing About Men...," a new tuner by "I Love You..." creatives Joe Di Pietro and Jimmy Roberts.
[ P ] Dinner Is Served: Kaufman-Ferber Revival Begins on Bway Nov. 21
[ P ] Redgrave Is Benedict Arnold in NYC Debut of Nelson's General From America, Nov. 21
[ P ] Sisterly Love: Glowacki's Black Comedy Fourth Sister Opens Nov. 21 at the Vineyard
[ P ] Bway Glengarry Glen Ross Revival Postponed to the 2003-04 Season
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Bohemians and Money-Men
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Carmen Jones: Cain't Let You Go
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Carmen Jones: Love Kills
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: What the Night Is For: Gillian Anderson
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: What the Night Is For: What Love Is For
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Wednesday, November 20, 2002
News:
[ T ] Theater forced to cancel final 5 shows of 'Godot' by KEVIN NANCE
The estate of late playwright Samuel Beckett has objected to actresses playing the male lead roles in a Nashville production of his Waiting for Godot, forcing a small local theater company to shut down the show in mid-run.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ AP ] Queen Latifah Arrested in Alleged DUI
[ P ] Cell-Phone Use May Soon Be Illegal in Broadway & Off Broadway Houses
[ P ] Marcia Milgrom Dodge Will Helm Ripley Tell Me On a Sunday; Kritzer Is Standby
[ P ] Little Ham Won't Be Served Over Holidays; Off-Bway Musical to Close Dec. 1
Features:
[ TB ] An Interview with Barbara Walsh by Nancy Rosati
[ B ] Photo Op: A Tuesday Opening For Morrie Off-B'way
[ B ] Photo Op: Lorraine Bracco Takes the Stage in The Graduate
[ B ] Photo Op: Chills and Thrills at Temporary Help
[ DFP ] An actor's trifecta: Robert Grossman, a mainstay of local theater for 30 years, has three showcase roles this season BY MARTIN F. KOHN
In 1962, at the height of the great folk music boom, Elektra Records put out an anthology album featuring its top artists: Judy Collins, Theodore Bikel, Josh White, the Limeliters, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bob Grossman . . .
Hold on. Who is Bob Grossman and whatever happened to him?
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
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[ B ] Little Ham to Shutter on December 1
[ TM ] Cinderella Story: Erin Dilly Goes Into the Woods
posted at 11/20/2002 04:22:37 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ V ] Kids today have no use for B'way by Charles Isherwood
The rap on Broadway in recent years is that it's increasingly become a department store offering the same limited number of brands, or, with Disney's steady presence, a theme park offering a very specific kind of ride.
Thanks to jdm on All That Chat! for pointing this out.
I must say that I'm happy to know a large number of men and women in their 20s and 30s who care deeply about Broadway. Of course, I wish there were more, but there are people of all ages who know Broadway is for everyone--I feel bad for the people who haven't quite figured that out yet.
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[ B ] Tom Bosley Joins Cast of B'way's Cabaret
[ P ] Tom Bosley Joins Cast of Broadway Cabaret, Dec. 13
[ P ] London Theatre Offers Several Seasonal Productions
[ P ] Luhrmann Explains Why His Bway La Boheme Is Set in 1957
[ P ] Cast Changes Announced for West End Sleuth
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Features:
[ B ] La Mancha on Disc: Part One by Ken Mandelbaum
Christopher Sieber and Sutton Foster took the leads in a recent reading of the in-development stage version of the MGM film An American in Paris, for which Wendy Wasserstein is writing the book.
The buzz from Studio 54 is that Sarah Michelle Gellar ("Buffy, the Vampire Slayer") may be taking on the role of Sally Bowles in the Broadway Cabaret.
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Catherine Martin
Catherine Martin, the gamin-faced scenic and costume designer who won Academy Awards for her costumes and art direction for the explosively colorful "Moulin Rouge," directed by husband Baz Luhrmann, is again providing the eyeful of romance for a Luhrmann project � the Broadway staging of La Boh�me.
News:
[ TM ] Private Memorial Service to be Held for William Marri�, Movin' Out Dancer Killed in Motorcycle Accident
[ TM ] Song Long and Strong in Harlem by: Mike Salinas
[ P ] Saint Paul: Bway Our Town Recoups Its Investment Before Opening
[ P ] "The Producers" Comes to Bravo TV, November 20
[ P ] MMT to Stay Put: Season to Include Sunday in the Park and Mail
[ P ] New Theatre Magazine, "On and Off," Is Launched
Reviews:
[ TB ] The Sound of Music and The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Seattle Reviews by David-Edward Hughes
[ TB ] The Christmas Schooner St. Paul Review by Elizabeth Weir
posted at 11/20/2002 12:35:52 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Let's start with some good news and bad news for Erin Dilly fans like us.
The bad news: Her schedule is keeping her so busy that she's had to drop out of this weekend's ENCORES! 10TH ANNIVERSARY BASH.
The good news: What's keeping her busy is INTO THE WOODS. Although the producers never officially confirmed it - and as of fourteen days ago, Playbill was still referring to it as an "as-of-yet unconfirmed rumor" - Erin HAS indeed taken over as Cinderella in ITW. Her first performance was Saturday. Congratulations, Erin!
News:
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
NONE OTHER than New York's popular Mayor Fiorello La Guardia joins Molly Ringwald and Raul Esparza in the hit "Cabaret" on Dec. 13. I mean actor Tom Bosley, who played "Fiorello" on Broadway and won the Tony.
Final item. Plus a plug for the Encores! Bash (with two Muppets?).
[ B ] Boston Marriage Extends at the Public
[ B ] Churchill's Far Away Extends at NYTW
[ P ] Patti LuPone to Host 32nd Annual Theatre Hall of Fame Ceremony, Jan. 27
[ P ] Victoria Clark Joins New Voices Concert with Luker and Dvorsky, Jan. 20
[ P ] Christine, Christine, Christine: Phantom's Leading Ladies Perform Dec.7; Release CD
[ P ] Marin Mazzie Joins Vagina Monologues Dec. 3-22
[ P ] Paxton Whitehead, Charlotte Rae Perform, Record Shue's Foreigner in L.A. Nov. 20-24
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 20
[ P ] La Boheme Cast Album Will Be "Highlights" Disc Using All Rotating Cast Members
[ P ] Paper Loses Another Doll as Andrea Martin Pulls Out of Long Wharf Show
[ P ] Keeping It in the Family, Signature Replaces Folly for July, Jan. 16, 2003
Features:
[ NYT ] Opera Star Tries Channeling a Chanteuse by ANNE MIDGETTE
Amy Burton's interest in the French musical-comedy star Yvonne Printemps has grown into a one-woman show, "Yvonne Printemps: A French Diva Unveiled."
[ TM ] Fields of Corin by: Gerard Raymond
Consummate actor Corin Redgrave plays The General From America.
[ TM ] The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
The American Songbook Series scores again -- and again -- with programs featuring Rob Kapilow, Brian d'Arcy James, Ana Maria Andricain, and LaChanze.
[ CST ] The old rules for opera house repertoire no longer apply BY HEDY WEISS
With "Sweeney Todd" now at the Lyric Opera (with an Australian director), Puccini's "La Boheme" (re-envisioned by another Aussie director, Baz Luhrmann) headed for Broadway next month, and the premiere of Philip Glass' "Galileo Galilei" recent history at the Goodman Theatre, all bets are off about what works should be performed in what venues.
[ FW ] Actress and film fest founder takes on many roles by Miki Turner
Talking with actress/singer/ producer Sheryl Lee Ralph is akin to trying to keep pace with a Kenyan in a marathon. You just can't.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ WGA ] Remembering Bruce Paltrow by Robert Palm
Reviews - "Tuesdays With Morrie":
[ DN ] A valuable lesson: Tearjerkers can be good if they're real by Robert Dominguez
In the future, the producers of "Tuesdays with Morrie" should slap a warning label on the cover of the Playbill: "Seeing this show without knowing it's based on real people may induce a diabetic coma."
[ ND ] Polished Pap With 'Morrie' by Gordon Cox
[ NJ ] Mitch hogs spotlight in tearful 'Tuesdays' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ B ] Tuesdays with Morrie Review by Adam Feldman
[ TM ] Tuesdays with Morrie Reviewed By: Philip Hopkins
[ TB ] Tuesdays With Morrie Review by Matthew Murray
Other Reviews:
[ CST ] A breathtaking twist to Sondheim classic BY HEDY WEISS
Stand at the corner of Wacker and Madison these days and you will see Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" sharing Lyric Opera's gold-lit marquee with Richard Wagner's "Die Walkure." And that is exactly as it should be.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SIGNALS OF DISTRESS'
Ingenuity Brings a Novel to the Stage by BRUCE WEBER
The art of adaptation is highlighted in "Signals of Distress," a show whose story is borrowed but whose delights are its own.
[ TM ] Texarkana Waltz Reviewed By: Meredith Lee
[ NJ ] Good voice BY PETER FILICHIA
Play deftly dramatizes remarkable life of Barbara Jordan
[ TB ] Wonderful Town and Cannery Row San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema
[ VV ] WALL OVER by Michael Feingold
The Fourth Wall by A.R. Gurney; Chee-Chee by Rodgers & Hart, book by Herbert Fields
[ VV ] THE YOUNG MAN AND THE SEA by Gerard Raymond
After a String of Royal Court Premieres, Christopher Shinn Goes Stateside
[ VV ] ORAL TRADITIONS by James Hannaham
Debbie Does Dallas; Def Poetry Jam
[ VV ] SEASONS ON THE BRINK by Alexis Soloski
Ken Nintzel's Lapse
[ TS ] Legend exuberantly portrayed by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
BUFFALO-They're singin' the blues at Studio Arena Theatre these days, but not at the box office. A new musical revue called Cookin' At The Cookery closes there this Saturday night after doing record-breaking business, and Toronto could learn a couple of things from its success.
posted at 11/20/2002 08:07:46 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ TM ] Intermission Talk by Peter Filichia
Filichia tips his hat to shows that forgo intermission and considers why others require the break.
[ NYP ] DYNAMIC DAME DUO NEEDED FOR 'LIFE' IN N.Y. By MICHAEL RIEDEL
LONDON - Maggie wants to; Judi needs some persuading.That pretty much sums up the state of affairs regarding a Broadway transfer of "The Breath of Life," the West End play that's made theatrical history by bringing Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Judi Dench together on stage for the first time.
[ P ] Burn This Re-Ignites With Shue and Saarsgard Nov. 20
[ P ] Mamet's Public Marriage Extends Vows Through Dec. 22; Opens Nov. 20
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Robert Cuccioli Has Help Off-Broadway
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Chicago Turns Six
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Bebe's Back � to Visit Six-Year Old Chicago
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Bart and Bartlett, Mr. Producer and Mr. Cellophane
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Once and Current Flynn: James Naughton and Billy Zane
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Roxie Rocks Fran and Liz
posted at 11/20/2002 07:22:23 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
Interesting Blind Item Received:
- "Into The Woods will fly out of the Broadhurst to make way for Urban Cowboy.... Just at the end of Vanessa William's stay."
posted at 11/19/2002 07:32:18 PM by James Marino | Item Link
[ B ] Paper Doll Loses Another Leading Lady
The Broadway-bound production of Paper Doll has lost its third leading lady. Tony Award-winner Andrea Martin has left the production due to scheduling conflicts, according to a production spokesperson.
[ B ] Plans Set for RSC's Brand with Fiennes
[ P ] London's National Theatre Announces Nunn's Final Season
[ P ] Nutcracker Mania�Including One from Matthew Bourne�Hits London
[ P ] U.K. TV Series 'Bad Girls' Heads to Musical Stage
[ P ] London's Eden to Close Early
[ P ] Be My Baby Opens at U.K.'s Greenwich Theatre
[ P ] Timeless Divas! Series Kicks Off Dec. 8 with Feldshuh, Mac Rae & More
[ P ] Marisa Tomei Out of MTC's Kimberly Akimbo; Sweet Charity Next
posted at 11/19/2002 04:14:57 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ AGE ] Baz, the apple of New York's eye
New York is excited about Baz Luhrmann.
The Australian, and his wife, Catherine Martin, are preparing a dazzling new production of La Boheme to open on Broadway in December. They are also working on the $US160 million epic Alexander the Great, with Leonardo di Caprio in the lead and 5000 soldiers, borrowed from a Moroccan king, in the cast.
posted at 11/19/2002 03:49:15 PM by James Marino | Item Link
Features:
[ B ] Lessons of the Season ('02-'03) #2 by Ken Mandelbaum
News:
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Jam Starts to Gel
[ P ] Caprice to Star in West End Rent
[ P ] Liza & David Talk Back!: Newlyweds Speak on 'Larry King' & 'Letterman'
[ P ] Touring Proof, The Dead, Lesson Before Dying Win Big at FL's Carbonells
[ P ] Monley and Hill Are Romeo and Bernadette in New Coconut Grove-Paper Mill Musical
[ P ] Pacino Salome: The Reading Adds Performance Dec. 5
[ P ] Caryl Churchill's Far Away Extends to Jan. 18 at New York Theatre Workshop
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Short Talks With Baldwin and Baranski
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Devilish Mr. Broderick and Wired Feiffer
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: McNally, Lansbury Illuminate Short Talks' Ghost Light
posted at 11/19/2002 01:23:05 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ B ] Photo Op: LaChanze's American Songbook Evening
[ B ] Photo Op: A Universe of Stars Shine for Benefit
[ B ] Photo Op: Chicago Celebrates Six Years on B'way
Bill Jennings of Mermaniac out in San Francisco checks in with us this morning. He forwards this article about theater in the Big House. (No, not The Gershwin...)
[ SF ] Drama behind bars
San Quentin inmates taste freedom performing a play about slavery and liberation
- It may have felt, for a passing moment, like any other night at the theater. But since this performance was taking place inside San Quentin State Prison, everything from set construction to crowd control was minutely scrutinized and controlled. Every bolt, screw, wrench and foot of video cable in Arthur Meiselman's steel-frame set and lighting grid had to be accounted for before and after load-in. Audience members who attended a partial preview of "John Brown's Body" in summer were advised that if they were taken hostage, "the state of California would not negotiate your release."
***UPDATE: Wayman Wong checked in to tell us that Matt Bogart is doing another show this Sunday at 9:30 p.m. at Joe�s Pub.
[ PS ] Eric Schaeffer directs Norman Allen�s new take on A Christmas Carol with Donna Migliaccio as a Scrooge in Old New York.
[ PS ] Bat Boy: The Musical opens in a deserted garage in downtown Washington DC
posted at 11/19/2002 09:39:46 AM by James Marino | Item Link
News:
[ V ] 'JAM' B.O. IS POETRY AS B'WAY DIPS
Only five shows saw gains at the box office
A mid-November slump is business as usual for Broadway. Last week's B.O. dip, however, was deeper than usual. The overall tally for 28 shows came to $14,164,049, down $781,337 or 5.23% from the previous session. Paid attendance fell an identical 5.23% to land at 219,141.
[ B ] July Replaces Folly in Signature's Season
[ B ] Tomei Pulls Out of MTC's Kimberly Akimbo
[ B ] National Theatre Finalizes Season
[ P ] Glick Fix: Mel Brooks and Jason Alexander to Appear on Martin Short's "Primetime Glick"
[ P ] Blair Brown and Richard Easton Star in PBS Ben Franklin Documentary, Nov. 19 and 20
[ P ] The Flea Theater Gives Free Performance of The Guys to NYC, Nov. 19
[ P ] Lorraine Bracco of "The Sopranos" Joins The Graduate Nov. 19
[ P ] Two for Tuesday: Tuesdays with Morrie Opens Off-Broadway, Nov. 19
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Mamma Mia! Wins the Gold - Record, That Is
[ P ] Applause Books Reopens in Manhattan Nov. 19
[ P ] Ethel Merman's Disco Album Available On-Line Beginning Nov. 19
[ P ] Marcovicci Is So in Love with Porter: Nov. 19-Jan. 12 at Algonquin
[ P ] Jane Alexander's Electra With Ragtime's Sutcliffe Arrives at Long Wharf, Nov. 19
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 19
[ P ] Hello, Little Dream: Rare Porter Tunes Surface in New Off-Bway Revue, Porterphiles
[ P ] Tour of Stones in His Pockets, With Pinchot, Resumes Nov. 21 in Philly
[ P ] Ralph Fiennes Will Star in Ibsen's Brand at Haymarket in 2003
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: November 11-17
[ P ] Breath Of Life Extends After Dec. 21-Dec. 31 Christmas Break
[ P ] Hilary Swank Will Be Bway-Bound Miracle Worker in 2003, Starting in NC
[ NYP ] HARLEM STILL SINGS
THE show will go on in Harlem. Thanks to contributions to the tune of more than $300,000, "Harlem Song" will be able to complete its run at the Apollo Theater.
[ NYP ] NEWMAN ON B'WAY
THOSE baby blues can still draw a crowd. A rare Broadway appearance by Paul Newman, in a revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," has already sold 91 percent of its tickets for the limited run.
[ NYP ] LIZA AND HER HOUSE GEST GO AFTER VH1 by MICHAEL STARR
LIZA Minnelli and hubby David Gest are launching a media blitz against VH1 - which cancelled their reality show, "Liza & David," before it ever hit the air.
[ TM ] Eddie Bracken: A Trouper to the End by: Michael Buckley
Eddie Bracken once told me, "I've made a good living and I've had a good time doing it. Has it been tough? You bet! I went broke three times, but I'm proud of the way I've recovered. You never hear any scandals about me. I'm well respected. I've got a happy family, a nice home, and I'm working in my business. What more could I ask?"
[ YN ] Conversation with Rupert Holmes
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'POOR BEAST IN THE RAIN'
A New Irish Name Arrives by WILBORN HAMPTON
The staging of Billy Roche's "Poor Beast in the Rain" is so stiff and listless that it is difficult to understand what all the fuss was about.
[ NYT ] CABARET REVIEW | LACHANZE
The Cool Trick of Holding Something Back by STEPHEN HOLDEN
LaChanze has a tangy middle-size voice that she never pushes toward the cookie-cutter pyrotechnics so dear to the hearts of the judges of "American Idol."
[ BSUN ] A lush - if often loud - musical by Tim Smith
In D.C., 'Carmen Jones' was simply irresistible
[ NJ ] Help needed to find point of this play BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
When a new theater company gets under way, picking the very first work to present is a tricky matter.
[ TM ] Temporary Help Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ TM ] Chee-Chee Reviewed By: Marc Miller
[ TM ] Signals of Distress Reviewed By: Philip Hopkins
[ TB ] Chicago Review by Matthew Murray - November, 2002
[ NJ ] 'A Funny Thing' arrives at the Forum BY PETER FILICHIA
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" has finally arrived at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen.
Features:
[ DFP ] Now it's matinees with Morrie BY MARTIN F. KOHN
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ WP ] Backstage: Chekhov's House of Severed Gables by Jane Horwitz
Images of the mangled World Trade Center facade lingered in director Nick Olcott's mind when he and scenic designer Tony Cisek first talked last year about how to visualize Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard."
[ B ] Photo Op: La Boheme Meets the Press
posted at 11/19/2002 07:50:37 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Monday, November 18, 2002
A reader asks:
- Jerry Herman wrote a song (for Hello Dolly), "A Penny In My Pocket", which was cut for the original show and which we would like to put into the show since our Horace can make it a show-stopper we are sure. However, we will not do it without Mr. Herman's permission. Is there any way you can tell us how to get in touch with him or help us to get this request to him?
A second reader writes:
- I attended Short Talks on the Universe last night and I was extremely dismayed when Bette Midler read Nora Ephron's short play "I Hate My Purse" because I HAD HEARD IT BEFORE. I can't remember when or where, but I found myself thinking of the lines before she said them! Is it published somewhere? In any case it was clearly NOT written just for this benefit if it has been done before. Any ideas? Thanks.
And lastly, my favorite people of the day are Bill McCauley and Thom Goff. Just because.
posted at 11/18/2002 10:06:29 PM by James Marino | Item Link
[ V ] Crix sweet on 'Jam'
But unusual legit show faces B.O. pickle
By ROBERT HOFLER
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The selling power of Gotham's legit critics is about to be tested. Again.
"Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam" opened Nov. 14 to upbeat reviews from the Associated Press, New York Post and Daily News as well as raves from Daily Variety, the New York Times, WOR, WNBC and NY1, which gave it the quote of the year: " 'A Chorus Line' for the new millennium."
Word of mouth for Def Jam is excellent -- but it is not equating to sales yet. The comments that I received this weekend (from people unaffiliated with the show!) are: "The show was really great! I am going back with my boyfriend!" and "Thanks for the tickets - the show was phenomenal. I hope it gets more advertising because people need to know there's great theatre that 's not the usual fare. I'm letting those I know to make sure they see this piece of theatre."
[ NYT ] METROPOLITAN DIARY
Dear Diary: By JOE ROGERS
Two charming stories of Adolph Green and Jessica Tandy. [Thanks to Drum1870 over at Talkin'Broadway for pointing the article out!]
posted at 11/18/2002 03:53:01 PM by James Marino | Item Link
[ B ] The Fourth Wall Extends at Primary Stages
[ B ] Tony-Nominated Designer Alan Tagg Dies
[ B ] Hare's Breath of Life Extends in London
[ P ] Gurney's Fourth Wall Extends at Primary Stages Until Dec. 22
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Def Poetry Jam Bows on Broadway
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Def Celebrities Welcome Poetry To Broadway
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Russell Simmons Brings Def Poetry to Broadway
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Props to the Poets: Def Poetry's Beau Sai, Mayda Del Valle
[ P ] William Marri�, Matinee "Eddie" of Movin' Out, Dies in Motorcycle Accident
[ TB ] Bat Boy: The Musical Florida Review by Matthew MacDermid
posted at 11/18/2002 01:13:14 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ NYT ] Crash Kills William Marri�, 33, a Lead Dancer in 'Movin' Out' by ANNA KISSELGOFF
William Marri� was a classical dancer of exceptional dramatic power from the National Ballet of Canada who was appearing in "Movin' Out," the Twyla Tharp-Billy Joel Broadway show.
[ NYT ] The Angels Have Sung So 'Harlem Song' Lives by ROBIN POGREBIN
The producers of "Harlem Song" at the Apollo Theater were able to raise enough money to save the show from closing early.
[ P ] CT's New Artistic Directors Bundy and Edelstein Speak at O'Neill Center, Nov. 18
[ P ] Producer Mitchell Maxwell Plans to Take Over Denver Civic Theatre and Form Equity House
[ P ] Performance Piece, Velocity, Returns to New York, Dec. 8 and 9
[ P ] After Dec. 15 Broadway Closing The Goat Bleats in Houston, Seattle in 2003
[ P ] Falsettos Star Barbara Walsh Makes Solo Concert Debut Dec. 2
[ P ] Goodspeed Musicals Offers New Yorkers Two Shows Plus Transportation to CT Nov. 25
[ P ] South Florida's Carbonell Awards Announced Nov. 18; Marc Kudisch Hosts
[ P ] Billy Porter Enters the "Broadway Spotlight" December 2
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 18
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Fran Weissler presents... Joan Collins in "Auntie Mame"?
[ NYT ] Alan Tagg, Theater Designer, Dies at 74
Alan Tagg was the theater designer behind the original shabby bed-sitting room for John Osborne's searing play "Look Back in Anger" in 1956.
Reviews:
[ B ] How Did Urban Cowboy Ride in FL Reviews?
[ MH ] 'Urban Cowboy' survives rocky trail to S. Florida stage by CHRISTINE DOLEN
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ CST ] Just call her a 'Funnier' Girl BY HEDY WEISS
Well, you can forget Streisand now. At the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire they've got their girl, and she's a stunner. Her name is Heidi Kettenring. She's a Northwestern graduate who has paid her dues in all of Chicago's musical theater venues, as well as on the road with Disney's "Beauty and the Beast." And she takes the stage of the Marriott by storm, turning this vivid, heartbreaking account of Brice's extraordinary career as a star of the "Ziegfeld Follies"--and her even more compelling love affair and ill-fated marriage to the handsome gambler and speculator Nicky Arnstein--into pure gold.
[ ND ] A Play in Need of a Little 'Temporary Help' by Gordon Cox
[ DN ] 'Survivor,' the Nebraska edition by Howard Kissel
It's surprising we don't see more thrillers in the theater, because in a thriller the most important character is the audience, which in our narcissistic times you'd think would count for something.
[ B ] Temporary Help Review by Adam Feldman
[ B ] Roxie and Velma, Before the Move and the Movie by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: CHICAGO
[ NYP ] 'MASS' APPEAL: LENNY'S WORK IS BACK IN N.Y. by BARBARA HOFFMAN
IT'S the piece that's too big for New York - Leonard Bernstein's "Mass," which is playing the city for the first time in nearly 30 years.
[ NYP ] 'TEDDY' BEARS WATCHING by DONALD LYONS
LAURENCE Luckinbill is frank about the historical-celebrity impersonation game. He's played Lyndon Johnson and Clarence Darrow, and now he's doing Teddy Roosevelt in "Teddy Tonight," which he also wrote.
[ OCR ] The silence is deafeningly good by PAUL HODGINS
An adaptation of Roger Miller's 'Big River' incorporates speech and sign language to marvelous effect.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ TB ] Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk Washington Review by Tracy Lyon
[ TB ] The Sound of Music and The Phantom of the Opera Philadelphia Reviews by Pati Buehler
[ TB ] Harlem Duet Review by Matthew Murray
[ B ] Bliss Review by William Stevenson
Features:
[ B ] Fresh Face: Donna Lynne Champlin by Cara Joy David
[ NYT ] Opera Star as Barber (Not the One From Seville) by STEPHEN KINZER
The acclaimed bass-baritone Bryn Terfel will descend from the world of opera for the first time, to appear in a musical - "Sweeney Todd."
[ CST ] Musical theater, but an opera house natural BY WYNNE DELACOMA
For years after the 1979 Broadway debut of "Sweeney Todd,'' Stephen Sondheim's brilliantly grisly piece of musical theater about the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street,'' arguments raged about what kind of musical species it actually was.
[ BSUN ] It's a serious case of puppet love by Cameron Bloch, Associated Press
'The Lion King' needs its puppets; they need a hospital
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ OCR ] A critical look at new SCR digs by PAUL HODGINS
Since assuming the position of artistic director in September, Susan Egan continues to bring her talented colleagues and pals to the Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana.
Third item.
[ MN ] Actor to play to the home crowd by Karen D'Souza
BAY AREA'S SENECA BURR RETURNS IN `SOUTH PACIFIC' ROAD SHOW
[ HC ] Masquerade presents a different 'Whistle' by EVERETT EVANS
Confusion may accompany Masquerade Theatre's Houston premiere of Whistle Down the Wind, opening Thursday.
posted at 11/18/2002 10:59:30 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ TM ] Is Broadway Movin' Out? by Peter Filichia
Some people are bothered by the influx of dance, stand-up comedy, and, now, poetry on Broadway -- but not Filichia.
posted at 11/18/2002 10:43:36 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
[ TS ] Canadian ballet star dies in crash
Marri� danced to beat of his own
by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN, THEATRE CRITIC
- There are some promises you never get to keep. Early Friday evening, at the end of an interview with choreographer Twyla Tharp, she made me vow that I would get to see William Marri�'s performance in Movin' Out. I told her I would on my next visit to New York.
New York theatre buzz now coming from back alleys Al Pacino tackles Salome in a former spice warehouse
by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN, THEATRE CRITIC
[ SS ] Urban Cowboy becomes a big-city musical
[ WP ] 'Carmen Jones,' Chilled and Well Served By Its Star
By Peter Marks, Washington Post Staff Writer
- If Vanessa Williams ever has occasion to look into your eyes and sing, "If I love you, that's the end of you," believe it. The lyrics are the handiwork of Oscar Hammerstein II, but the gaze belongs to Williams, who flashed it with steely abandon over the weekend in the Kennedy Center's memorably majestic concert version of Hammerstein's 1943 musical play, "Carmen Jones."
posted at 11/18/2002 09:02:25 AM by James Marino | Item Link
Sunday, November 17, 2002
[ Y ] Thousands of Teachers Amass on Broadway for a Special Performance
Students and Supporters 'Send Their Regards' to 28,000 Teachers and Their Guests as They Fill the Seats on Broadway Courtesy of Washington Mutual Bank
[Thanks to Leanna for bringing this story to our attention. And thanks to Washington Mutual Bank for stepping up to the plate!]
On another note...
[ FL ] Just a friendly reminder that emails that are sent with intent to defame are considered libelous.
posted at 11/17/2002 12:38:18 PM by James Marino | Item Link
Features:
[ NYT ] ESSAY
This Is a Headline For an Essay About Meta by LAURA MILLER
Why jokey self-consciousness permeates novels, films, TV � and our speech.
[ HC ] A Return Home by FRANK RIZZO
After Heading The NEA, Jane Alexander Comes Back To Regional Theater
[ ND ] A London Utopia by Linda Winer
Remember when we were complaining about the British takeover of New York theater? Well, for better and for not, the trade balance is going in the other direction.
[ ND ] When Even 'Average' Is a Smash by Linda Winer
The locals complain about a lack of daring at their hallowed theaters. And yet...Without even stepping into a musical, one can easily fill five days with five substantial new productions of plays that tend to love language as much as ideas.
[ INQ ] Orchestra teaming with Wilma in a Stoppard rarity at Kimmel by Douglas J. Keating
[ NYT ] A Tale of Two Moscows by JANUSZ GLOWACKI
My new play, "The Fourth Sister," was inspired by Chekhov's "Three Sisters," but it is neither a fictional continuation, nor a new version, nor a pastiche of Chekhov.
[ NYT ] With a Little Help From Mike Nichols's Friends by ROBIN POGREBIN
A famous director turns to his Rolodex for a good cause (or two), and six famous writers later, they're selling tickets.
[ NYT ] Mrs. Robinson Has a New Fan: Lorraine Bracco by MERVYN ROTHSTEIN
Lorraine Bracco, a k a Dr. Jennifer Melfi on "The Sopranos," will make her Broadway debut, replacing Kathleen Turner as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate."
News:
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Tony Curtis on CBS Sunday Morning, Hairspray on 'Letterman'
[ P ] Broderick, Esparza, Kline, Lansbury, Midler Headline Short Talks Bway Benefit, Nov. 17-18
[ P ] Turner and Biggs Depart Graduate Nov. 17; New Cast Begins Nov. 19
[ P ] Flaherty Plays Man of No Importance Song on "Radio Playbill" Nov. 18-23
[ P ] Shanghai Shanghaied: Peccadillo Revival Closes Nov. 17
[ P ] Torn from the Headlines: Sleeping with Straight Men Debuts Off-Bway
[ P ] Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Billy Joel and Jessica Molaskey
[ P ] Chicago Celebrates Sixth Anniversary With Performance and Party, Nov. 17
[ P ] TRU Toasts Woodie King, Jr., and Philip Rose Nov. 17 With Hinton Battle, Alice Ripley
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 17
Reviews:
[ BP ] Song of myself BY CAROLYN CLAY
In Back from Broadway, Hershey Felder and James Barbour talk, with considerable earnestness and intensity, about their struggle to become Broadway stars � except that they�re not.
Thanks to John_C on All That Chat for the link!
[ BBC ] Macbeth plays to the crowd by Jackie Finlay
Lord of the Rings star Sean Bean has returned to the West End stage after a 12-year absence, joined by Samantha Bond, Moneypenny of the Bond movies.
[ TB ] Prelude to a Kiss Review by Matthew Murray
posted at 11/17/2002 08:20:42 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
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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]
This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.
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