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Saturday, November 30, 2002
Features:
[ LAT ] Love-hate relationship by Irene Lacher
Swoosie Kurtz and Cherry Jones work around their mutual regard to convey Mary McCarthy and Lillian Hellman's common enmity.
[ LAT ] Making a spectacle himself by Jan Breslauer
Robert Wilson's ambitious, avant-garde stagings aren't seen much in the U.S., but L.A. is about to get more than its share.
[ H ] Student Actors Pay Tribute to Les Mis by BEN A. BLACK
The tribute itself is part of the 14th annual Gypsy of the Year variety show, a New York City charitable event which raises funds to combat AIDS and is run by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The approximately 120 former Les Miserables cast members estimated to return will sing �Do You Hear the People Sing?�
Thanks to ElleWhy on All That Chat for the link!
[ BH ] Pinchot puts an accent on winning characters: Hub-bound Pinchot has many winning roles in his `Pocket' by Robert Nesti
[ YN ] Seven Broadway Plays to Open in December by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
Murderous passion in ancient Greece with the ultimate high-strung wife and mother. Singing vampires in exotic Lower Belabartokovich. A fierce feud between two literary lionesses. Don Quixote tilting again at windmills.
All this, and Paul Newman, too.
[ TS ] All that Baz by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
What does a director who revolutionized the movie musical with Moulin Rouge do for a follow-up act? Get ready, Broadway
[ B ] CDs: JAY's Musicality by Ken Mandelbaum
In recent months, JAY Records has issued the first batch of discs in its new Musicality series, each devoted to the work of a major musical-theatre songwriter or team.
[ B ] DVDs: Miss Show Business by Ken Mandelbaum
THE JUDY GARLAND COLLECTION (Kultur)
[ TM ] Tunes and Tomes
Brooke Pierce reviews the cast recording of George C. Wolfe's celebratory Harlem Song.
News:
[ B ] Mario Cantone's Whore to Play B'way in January
Hey, Broadway.com, you might want to rephrase that headline...
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
THE catty world of the New York City Ballet was meowing up a storm last week when principal dancer Robert La Fosse told a table of ballet patrons at Tuesday's opening-night gala at the New York State Theater that he is leaving the company because he doesn't think the supporting cast is "worthy" of him.
[ P ] Unbearably Cute: Broadway Bears VI Scheduled for Feb. 17
[ P ] Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Holiday Gift List
[ P ] Honk! Writers' Peter Pan and Wendy Musical Gets US Debut in Philly, Dec. 11-29
[ P ] Kids Hear 'Sweetest Sounds' of Rodgers in NYC Revue Starting Nov. 30
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears Preview: Adam Pascal in Rent
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears Preview: Patrick Wilson in Oklahoma!
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 30
[ P ] Report: Mario Cantone's Solo Show, Laugh Whore, To Play Bway in January 2003
[ P ] Musical Frog and Toad Will Leap to a Broadway Lilypad in 2003
[ YN ] French Actor Daniel Gelin Dies at 81
PARIS (AP) - Actor Daniel Gelin, whose 60-year career in French theater, television and movies included playing a mysterious murder victim in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much," died Friday.
Reviews:
[ NYT ] In Performance
"Geneva" has a few worthwhile moments, Michael Feinstein performs traditional pop, and the Gramercy Trio shows new-music leanings.
[ DN ] Cole in One by Howard Kissel
Andrea Marcovicci explores the many moods of Porter's love songs
[ TB ] The Boys From Syracuse Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain
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Friday, November 29, 2002
News:
[ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF
Amphibians on the Move by JESSE MCKINLEY
Among the classic characters coming soon to Broadway: a tortured morphine addict with an unhappy home life ("Long Day's Journey Into Night"); a mother driven to murder by her husband's infidelity ("Medea"); and, now, a frog and a toad in search of the meaning of life and a really good cookie.
[ USA ] Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized after car crash
[ ND ] 'Sopranos' Onstage: The Gang's All Here by Gordon Cox
The revival of "Our Town" is such a hot ticket that the show, which opens Wednesday, recouped its investment by selling 90 percent of its tickets before it even began previews Friday.
That means a lot of people will be watching Cynthia Wallace make her Broadway debut.
Second item.
[ YN ] Loudon Withdraws From 'Dinner at Eight'
"It's like a cold. It just has to run its course. Unfortunately, it causes vertigo," she told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday.
Complete with a photo of Dorothy... from 1979!
[ YN ] Anderson Lacks X-Appeal in UK Stage Debut- Critics by Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - Theater critics on Friday tore into "X-Files" star Gillian Anderson, the latest in a string of Hollywood stars to hit the London stage.
Complete with a photo of Pamela Anderson! Well, at least it's not a photo of Dorothy Loudon...
[ HC ] ON STAGE by Frank Rizzo
James Lapine's new play, "Fran's Bed," will receive a reading in January at Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II as part of its play reading series.
Third item.
[ P ] Christine Andreas Kicks Off Prince Music Theater's Cabaret Series in Philly Nov. 29
[ P ] Neighbors Are Frazzled in NYC Debut of Stern's Barbra's Wedding, Feb. 11, 2003
[ P ] Home and Beauty Closes Early in London
[ P ] West End's Producer-Leading Lady, Thelma Holt, Discusses Theatre Season
[ P ] Cantone Hosts Pascal, Scott, Errico, Butz and More in Benefit Holiday Concert, Dec. 9
[ P ] HBO's "Oz" Creator and Cast Get Pinched in New York City, Dec. 5-8
[ P ] Lying Kind Opens at Royal Court Nov. 29
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears Preview: Judy Garland at the Palace
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears Preview: Joan Diener in Man of La Mancha
[ P ] Broadway's Christmas Week Performance Schedule
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 29
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires: Original Sin
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires: The Slayer
Features:
[ TM ] The Cowboy Way by: Stephen Brown
Composer-musical director Jason Robert Brown is back in the saddle with the Broadway-bound Urban Cowboy.
[ DN ] Big names hit smaller stages by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Majors stars rise to challenge of Off-Broadway
[ NYT ] In Their Secret Heart, Life Is a Cabaret by JOSEPH BERGER
They may be secretaries or they may be surgeons, but each has a longing to sing. These New Yorkers are learning how to perform cabaret-style.
[ BH ] ART, Chekhov and director earn raves from Howard by Terry Byrne
Arliss Howard is an unlikely cheerleader.
But the actor, who has had a steady career playing thoughtful or intense character roles in the movies and onstage, is returning to the American Repertory Theatre for "Uncle Vanya," which opens Saturday.
[ NJ ] Actress revisits a 'Mother' load of roles BY PETER FILICHIA
Priscilla Lopez, 54, started her Broadway career in 1966 in the chorus of a notorious flop, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which closed during previews. Such flops as "Henry, Sweet Henry" and "Her First Roman" followed before Lopez replaced other performers in "Company" and "Pippin." She joined Broadway's elite when she originated the role of Morales in "A Chorus Line," singing "What I Did for Love."
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Liz's assistant has lunch with "The Great Broads of Broadway."
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ NHR ] Building on tradition by Laura Collins-Hughes
Jane Alexander returns to another American institution: Eugene O�Neill
[ NHA ] Mourning Becomes Electra: Seattle Becomes New Haven by Christopher Arnott
It was exciting to chat with Gordon Edelstein on the phone last week and learn how gingerly he went about cutting and preparing Eugene O'Neill's massive Civil War reworking of Aeschylus' Oresteia for this major revival.
It was just as exciting to meet and chat with the formidable actor Kevin Tighe, whom I've been a fan of since his '70s TV show Emergency, and who has been a great villain in three John Sayles movies and the Disney musical Newsies.
[ PPG ] Nemetz having a 'Hot' time as Sweet Sue by Christopher Rawson
Reviews:
[ BSUN ] Play offers sobering look at 'Foreigners' by J. Wynn Rousuck
Like his 1999 Tony Award-winning play Side Man, Leight's No Foreigners, which is receiving an intriguing world premiere at Center Stage, takes theatergoers into a largely unfamiliar world.
[ WP ] A Texmas Carol by Peter Marks
O Come, Y'all, Back to 'Tuna Christmas'
[ NJ ] 'Betty' late than never for rock chick trio BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TB ] Sound Advice: Six Going Solo: Naughton, Bogart, Keely, Langton, D.C., & Sarah
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[ NYT ] 'Hairspray' Actors All Have Stories. Suddenly People Are Listening. By ROBIN POGREBIN
The largely unknown performers of the musical "Hairspray" impress audiences with their powerhouse voices, shrewd comic timing and plain old heart.
[ NYT ] When an Opera Starts to Earn Staying Power By ANNE MIDGETTE
"A View From the Bridge," based on Arthur Miller's play, is extending beyond the Chicago Lyric Opera where it premiered in 1999 for a run at the Metropolitan Opera.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'TEXARKANA WALTZ': Oklahoma Is the Place, but That's the Least of It by BRUCE WEBER
You have to give credit where it's due, and "Texarkana Waltz," a play at the Kirk Theater through tomorrow night, deserves a kind of admiration for its ardent pursuit of loopiness.
[ NYP ] A SALUTE TO RODGERS By CLIVE BARNES
NEW York City Ballet opened and closed its winter season gala Tuesday night with a surprise at each end.
[ NYP ] THOROUGHLY MODERN 'WOMEN' OF DISTINCTION By DONALD LYONS
A way to do Greek tragedy is emerging. Ditch the sheets and the fancy language; modernize but keep strictly to the original text; make the thing look and feel contemporary and exciting.
[ NYP ] 'DINNER' WITHOUT DOROTHY By MICHAEL RIEDEL
DOROTHY Loudon, hands down one of the funniest performers in this business, has withdrawn from Lincoln Center's upcoming revival of "Dinner at Eight" due to illness.
[ P ] Mimi Mia! Baz Luhrmann's Staging of La Boheme Makes Bway Bow Nov. 29
[ P ] Bah Humbug! F. Murray Abraham Is Scrooge in Splashy Christmas Carol, Nov. 29-Dec. 29
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Thursday, November 28, 2002
Features:
[ NYT ] Where New Playwrights Are Heard (and Helped) by MEL GUSSOW
Created eight years ago, the Lark Theater Company's Playwrights' Workshop nurtures venturesome new work for the theater.
[ NYT ] Onstage, Family Photos by KIMBERLY STEVENS
It was only a matter of time before family photographs were mined for theatrical entertainment.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Readers share the joys (and woes) of communing with their fellow theatergoers during intermission.
News:
[ NYT ] Karel Reisz, Film Director, Dies at 76 by RICK LYMAN
Karel Reisz, a Czech refugee, became a leading director of the British New Wave before making "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and other Hollywood dramas.
In recent years, Mr. Reisz worked increasingly as a theater director, staging plays by Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. In 1995 he directed Mr. Pinter's "Moonlight," starring Jason Robards and Blythe Danner, and in 1999 his "Ashes to Ashes," with Lindsay Duncan and David Strathairn, both for the Roundabout Theater Company. At the Pinter Festival at Lincoln Center in 2001, he staged "A Kind of Alaska" and "Landscape."
[ B ] Seldes Replaces Loudon in LCT's Dinner at Eight
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires: Take a Bite
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires: Hell-o Young Lovers
[ P ] Baz Luhrmann Talks About Strictly Ballroom, the Stage Musical � a Natural for NYC
[ P ] Coward's Vortex Opens at The Donmar, Under Grandage's Direction
[ P ] The Rivals Gets Modern Musical Update in NYC Reading of Absolutely Anything, Dec. 2
[ P ] Grouchy Grinch and Adult Santaland Diaries Play San Diego's Globe
[ P ] Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Read New Bettenbender Work at Rattlestick Theatre, Dec. 8
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears Preview: Gary Beach in The Producers
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears Preview: Lucille Ball in Wildcat
[ P ] Broadway's Thanksgiving Week Performance Schedule
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 28
[ P ] Seldes Replaces Dorothy Loudon in Lincoln Center Theater's Dinner at Eight
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires: Dance of Un-Death
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Dance of the Vampires: Queen of the Night
[ P ] Umoja Ends London Run, February 2003
[ P ] Audra McDonald's TV Series, 'Mr. Sterling,' Debuts Jan. 10, 2003
[ TM ] Dan Lauria To Head ''Turin'' Company
[ TM ] American Theatre Wing Offers Early Holiday Gifts to Schools and Non-Profit Theaters
[ TM ] Talk Back to The Goat on December 3
[ BS ] Readings Calendar 11/27
Your Guide to Hearing New Works in the NYC Area
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BLISS'
There's a Lot to Hide in a Deadly Triangle by BRUCE WEBER
"Bliss," a noirish new play by Ben Bettenbender, entangles three distressed people in a series of misunderstandings and watches as they try to work out their problems with violence.
[ NYT ] DANCE REVIEW | NEW YORK CITY BALLET
City Ballet Opens, Richard Rodgers on Its Mind by ANNA KISSELGOFF
The New York City Ballet opened its season on Tuesday night with "Celebrating the Music of Richard Rodgers," a program of three premieres.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Encores! Celebrates 10 Years with a Bash
[ CST ] Quick and 'The Dead': Bringing Joyce to life
[ NJ ] Tomorrow, they'll be floating on air BY ALLISON FREEMAN
Maranda LeBar just turned 10 this month, and she spent her birthday in an unusual way: Dancing and singing on a parade float.
News:
[ PPG ] On Stage: A time to be thankful by Christopher Rawson
This year's Kennedy Center Honors are heavy on theater names: James Earl Jones and Chita Rivera are joined by Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Simon and conductor James Levine. The Rivera tribute is being arranged by director/ choreographer Rob Marshall, who has worked with her frequently ("The Rink," "Kiss of the Spider Woman," etc.), along with Rob's partner, John DeLuca. Point Park grad Roxanne Barlow is one of the performers.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ NYP ] KNOCK ON BOLLYWOOD by MICHAEL RIEDEL
OF all the popular shows in London's West End that have set their sights on Broadway, the one that will have the most challenging - and, if its novice producer gets it right, thrilling - trip across the pond will surely be "Bombay Dreams."
[ NYP ] JUDGE SQUELCHES $1M SUIT VS. ELTON by DAN MANGAN
Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice have won a big victory against a songwriter who had demanded more than $1 million from the duo after accusing them of swiping his tune.
[ P ] Used to the Dark, Gillian Anderson Explores What the Night Is For in London, Nov. 27
[ P ] Salonga, Fatone, Mitchell and More Sing Show Tunes on CBS Thanksgiving Parade Show Nov. 28
[ P ] NBC Coverage of Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Focuses on Bway Musicals Nov. 28
[ P ] Alan Cumming Performs at Roundabout Theatre Benefit in New York City, Dec. 2
[ P ] Boys in the Band Sequel, Men From the Boys, Extends to Dec. 22 in San Fran
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Man of La Mancha: Dulcinea
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Man of La Mancha: I Like Him
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Man of La Mancha: The Quest
[ P ] Musical Prince and the Pauper, Resumes Off Bway Nov. 27, CD Follows
[ P ] Leight's Latest, No Foreigners Beyond This Point, Opens in Baltimore Nov. 27
[ P ] Toronto Mamma Mia! Extends Through June 29, Tix On Sale
[ P ] Feel the Force: L.A. Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes Extends to Dec. 28
[ P ] 42nd Street Moon Ends San Francisco Rodgers Fest With Too Many Girls Nov. 27-Dec. 15
Reviews:
[ CST ] 'God & Country' commands with fiery reign BY HEDY WEISS
In times of turmoil and uncertainty, there is nothing like a good dose of the ancient Greeks. And in Douglas Post's sensational new musical, "God and Country," now receiving a powerhouse world premiere at Victory Gardens Theater in a production that will have you on the edge of your seat for 90 uninterrupted minutes--the doubts and disarray that permeated that first democratic civilization are given a resounding burst of meaning for our own.
[ HC ] Upbeat `Baker's Wife' by MALCOLM JOHNSON
The revised version of "The Baker's Wife" at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester reveals ringing high points and clanking lows of this sad yet finally upbeat portrait of French village life by Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein.
[ NYP ] MODERN CHEKHOVIAN FARCE GOES TOO FAR by DONALD LYONS
WHAT is life like today in Moscow? Let's imagine, suggests Polish playwright Janusz Glowacki in his new play "The Fourth Sister," about three sisters in a nouveau-pauvre family in Moscow.
[ NYP ] SWEET ANIMAL DREAMS AT THE NEW VICTORY by DONALD LYONS
THE current offering at the New Victory is the charming "A Year With Frog and Toad," a musical based on the books by Arnold Lobel.
[ NYP ] COLOR THEM TOTALLY NUTS by DONALD LYONS
WHO is more insane, the man on the psychiatrist's couch or the shrink? And does race play a part in whether you are judged mad?
[ BSUN ] This 'Garden' has different perspective by Mary Carole McCauley
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Tuesday, November 26, 2002
News:
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Newman's Own
[ B ] Chicago Flick to Feature New Kander/Ebb Tune
[ B ] Sh-K-Boom Celebrates Holidays with Concert
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Coo, Coo, A New Mrs. Robinson
[ P ] Queen Elizabeth II Sees The Mousetrap On Its 50th Anniversary
[ P ] Horovitz's My Old Lady Closes Off-Broadway, Jan. 5, 2003
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Encores! Turns 10: Girls From Syracuse, Boy From 1936
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Encores! Turns 10: On a Clear Day You Can See Venus
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Encores! Turns 10: Call Her Madam
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Encores! Turns 10: A Connecticut Yankee and Her Golden Boy
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Encores! Turns 10: The Masterminds
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: November 18-24
[ TM ] New Musical About Van Gogh to Play the Wings Theatre by: Matthew Murray
[ TM ] Luker, Dvorsky, and Others Sing Out for New Voices in a New Space by: Matthew Murray
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Hart of Hairspray Toasts Jimmy Crystal
[ B ] Photo Op: Blue/Orange Opens Off-Broadway
[ B ] Fresh Face: Mayda del Valle by Dania Garcia
[ BS ] Brits Versus Yanks
Henry V's David Melville and Melissa Chalsma compare their countries' Shakepearean styles.
Reviews:
[ VV ] VAGINA DIALOGUES &C. by Michael Feingold
Boston Marriage by David Mamet; The Fourth Sister by Janusz Glowacki; Body Blows by Tim Miller
[ VV ] Sightlines
Happy Hour; Signals of Distress; Texarkana Waltz
[ VV ] RADIOHOLE PILLAGES MUTES, CANADA by Alexis Soloski
Radiohole's None of It: More or Less Hudson's Bay Again
[ TB ] The Secret Garden and Bat Boy Washington Reviews by Tracy Lyon
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News:
[ P ] Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy Added To NYC Cast of Exonerated in December
[ P ] Patty Duke, Tommy Tune Light Broadway's Holiday Tree Dec. 11
[ P ] The Big Voice: God or Merman? Extends in L.A. to Dec. 29 and Aims for Tour and NYC
[ P ] Richard Rodgers' Music Fills the House Balanchine Built at New York City Ballet Gala Nov. 26
[ P ] Musical Urban Cowboy Will Start on Broadway in February 2003
[ B ] London's Umoja to Close on February 8
[ B ] Ovation Awards Honor Best of LA Theater
Features:
[ P ] The Importance of Being Alfie
The life of an unassuming bus conductor is forever altered when he challenges authority in A Man of No Importance, the new musical by Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and Terrence McNally that is currently playing Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater.
[ TM ] The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
Andrea Marcovicci warms the Oak Room with her new show, dedicated to the love songs of Cole Porter.
Reviews:
[ TM ] Unresolved Reviewed By: Philip Hopkins
[ TB ] Light Up the Sky at The Seattle Repertory Theatre Review by David-Edward Hughes
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News:
[ B ] Gloria Estefan Offered Role in Into the Woods
[ V ] B'WAY FEELING NOVEMBER CHILLS
Eighteen shows declined at the box office
The November slump deepened despite the addition of three shows -- overall receipts for 31 productions came to $14,073,109, down $91,030, with paid attendance off a significant 6.2%.
[ YN ] 'Cowboy' Saddles Up for Winter Broadway Ride by Robert Hofler
NEW YORK (Variety) - Take those mechanical bulls out of storage.
"Urban Cowboy," a musical based on the 1980 film starring John Travolta and Debra Winger, is coming to Broadway this winter. Rehearsals start in January, with an opening set for the following month, said Chase Mishkin, who will produce with Leonard Soloway.
[ DN ] Actors' gang plank to B'way by STEPHEN BATTAGLIO
Barry Weissler, who has produced "Chicago," "Grease" and "Annie Get Your Gun," is trying to lure "Sopranos" kingpin James Gandolfini back to the New York stage, where he once played in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1992) and "On the Waterfront" (1995).
[ LAT ] Secession passes at theater awards by Don Shirley
"Big River" and Road Theatre Company's "Napoli Milionaria" score big at this year's Ovation Awards festivities.
Probably the biggest upset of the evening was the victory of South Bay's "Crazy for You" over the Tony-winning revival of "Into the Woods" and the premiere of the current Broadway hit "Flower Drum Song."
[ YN ] 'The Mousetrap' Whodunit Turns 50 by MATT WOLF
LONDON (AP) - "The Mousetrap" has turned 50, which prompts the question not whodunnit but whydidit?
[ YN ] Queen and "Mousetrap" mark 50 years by Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - The Queen and "The Mousetrap" get together tonight for a double celebration -- both have enjoyed half a century at the top in Britain.
[ P ] Black and Blue: Harlem Song Cast Album In Stores Nov. 26
[ P ] L.A. Syringa Tree, With Gien, Transfers From Pasadena to Canon Playhouse Dec. 5-28
[ P ] Robert Morse Returns to Capote in L.A. Christmas Memory Dec. 10
[ P ] Bartlett Sher Named SDCF's Callaway Award Winner for Cymbeline
[ P ] 'S Marvelous: Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails Begins Off-Bway Nov. 26
[ P ] Schreiber and Weaver Occupy LaBute's Mercy Seat Off-Bway, Nov. 26-Jan. 12
[ P ] Disney's Lion King Heads to Indianapolis in February 2004
[ P ] William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman Star in L.A.'s The Guys Nov. 26-Dec. 21
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 26
[ P ] See Ya, Ghia: Jeff Hyslop Exits Producers Tour
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | ENCORES! 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Guests of Honor Galore at Party for Encores! by BRUCE WEBER
The City Center series marked its 10th anniversary with a greatest hits event, and dozens of performers took part, many reprising roles they played in the original concert shows.
[ B ] Some Encores! Reprises by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash
[ NYT ] MUSIC REVIEW | 'SWEENEY TODD'
It Takes the Sweeney to Make the 'Sweeney Todd' by JOHN ROCKWELL
Here in Chicago "Sweeney Todd" is being stretched out in the grandest way possible and profiting from the experience, in a new production by the Chicago Lyric Opera.
[ WP ] How Does Olney's 'Garden' Grow? Slowly. by Peter Marks
"The Secret Garden" with John Scherer.
[ TB ] Fully Committed and The Wizard of Oz Minneapolis Reviews by Elizabeth Weir
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Monday, November 25, 2002
[ B ] Schwimmer, Scott and Silverman Star in Turnaround
[ TM ] 2002 Theatre L.A .Ovation Award Winners Announced
Plenty of familiar names, including Jodi Long, Carol Kane, David Engel, Jeff Calhoun and John Lee Beatty.
[ P ] Bway Boheme's Baz Luhrmann Appears at Union Square Barnes & Noble, Dec. 2
[ BS ] Equity's Landmark Opening in Las Vegas
Union Contracts "Mamma Mia!" and Looks to Future
[ BS ] The Dissonance of Dissidents
Few theatres in America can boast a partnership as fruitful as the one between Philadelphia's The Wilma Theater and playwright Tom Stoppard.
[ TB ] Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge Pittsburgh Review by Ann Miner
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News:
[ B ] Off-B'way's The Guys Will Close December 20
[ B ] 2002 Evening Standard Awards Announced
[ B ] Kate Buddeke Offered Mazeppa in Gypsy
[ P ] Ian McKellen & Frances de la Tour to Headline London Dance of Death
[ P ] Coming Home: Feinstein Sings at Feinstein's Starting Nov. 25; Reuben Guests
[ P ] Man of No Importance Gets Cast Album
[ P ] Dinner at Eight's Nov. 24 Seating Scotched, But Nov. 26 Is a Go
[ P ] Evening Standard Awards Announced: Monty Is Best Musical, Mendes Best Director
[ P ] G'Day, Baltimore: Producers, Hairspray Will Play Australia
[ P ] Frank Wildhorn's Dracula Aims for Summer 2003 Tour
[ P ] David Hasselhoff Offered Lead in Broadway-Bound Paint Your Wagon
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Deborah Gibson in Chicago at North Shore
[ B ] Photo Op: Sneak Peek at A Christmas Carol
[ B ] Photo Op: The Bachelor Goes Broadway
And speaking of that guy...
[ CBS ] Top Ten Things People Say To Me When They See Me On The Street (presented by The Bachelor)
[ TM ] Photo File by: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
Reviews:
[ TM ] City Center Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash
Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere
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[ B ] He'll Never Get Away From Bernadette by Ken Mandelbaum
Looks like John Dossett will play Herbie to Bernadette Peters' Rose in the upcoming Broadway revival of Gypsy, directed by Sam Mendes.
Alice Ripley will sing "Getting Married Today" to Elizabeth Taylor at next month's Kennedy Center Honors.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Readers give their thoughts on Filichia's latest question: To have intermission, or not to have intermission?
[ P ] Big River, Napoli Milionaria Big Winners at L.A.'s Ovation Awards
[ P ] Vampires' Crawford in PBS Holiday Special Nov. 26
[ P ] Chicago's Buddeke May Bump It with a Trumpet in Peters Gypsy
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Reviews � "Blue/Orange":
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BLUE/ORANGE'
Psychiatrists Do Battle, Mental Illness in the Middle by BRUCE WEBER
In British playwright Joe Penhall's ferocious comedy, a senior psychiatrist and his prot�g� fight over the treatment of a young schizophrenic.
[ ND ] Not Much Rhapsody in 'Blue' by Linda Winer
Saga of mental illness and racism has its own personality disorder
[ DN ] Brit play about race is a shade off by Robert Dominguez
When Joe Penhall's "Blue/Orange" opened in London two years ago, it was lauded as an incendiary, issue-laden drama on how race plays a huge, if unfair, role in diagnosing mental illness.
[ B ] Blue/Orange Review by Adam Feldman
Other Reviews:
[ CST ] Homage to the 'Man' filled with heart, soul BY HEDY WEISS
If you arrive at Steppenwolf Theatre's American premiere of "I Just Stopped By to See the Man" expecting realism and revelation, you may be disappointed. On the other hand, if you consider this work by the British playwright Stephen Jeffreys as a fairy tale, a fable and an homage, you will find much to delight in, including a couple of splendid performances.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'TEMPORARY HELP'
Strange Doings on a Lonely Farm by BRUCE WEBER
A new company called Revelation makes its inauspicious debut with a play by David Wiltse that is thick of plot and crude thinking.
[ NYP ] THIS PLAY FAILS, IN 'GENERAL' by DONALD LYONS
PLAYWRIGHTS are not expected to be accurate. Shakespeare's "Richard III" is not an unbiased account of that monarch; Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" and "Saint Joan" do not provide reliable versions, respectively, of the Roman Empire or the Franco-English wars.
[ NJ ] Portraying a nation in despair BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
A teeming, tragicomic saga of present-day Russia, "The Fourth Sister" is sprawling, overpopulated and often noisy as hell.
[ TS ] Bea Arthur proves she's a heck of a gal by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
News:
[ P ] Josh Hamilton Faces Family Silence in MTC's Gone Home, Starting Nov. 25
[ P ] Hairspray Star Guests at Schonfeld's Nov. 25 Cutting Room Concert
[ P ] Acclaimed Off-Bway Musical, Too Jewish?, Comes to PBS in December
[ P ] Pintauro, "Who's the Boss?" Veteran, Stars in A Queer Carol in NYC Dec. 2-15
[ P ] David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman Star in L.A. Turnaround Jan. 18-March 2, 2003
[ P ] Literary Catfight of Imaginary Friends Begins on Bway, Nov. 25
[ P ] Priscilla Lopez Mothers Six High Schoolers in Solo Show, Class Mothers '68, Nov. 25-Dec. 9
[ P ] Taking Stock: Gets, Testa and Cooper Sing Works of Jeffrey Stock Nov. 25
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 25
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Jack O'Brien and The Mr. Abbott Award (fifth item).
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ MST ] Stuart Ross pays homage to '50s, holidays in 'Plaid Tidings' by Rohan Preston
[ PPG ] Tony Curtis kicks up his heels by Barry Paris, Post-Gazette Film Critic
Barry Paris co-wrote "Tony Curtis: The Autobiography" (1993), from which portions of this story were excerpted.
[ PPG ] Rave says Pawk gives Broadway's best performance by Christopher Rawson
In a brief post-show backstage visit with Butler's own Michele Pawk, a star of Broadway's "Crazy for You," "Cabaret" and "Seussical" (and Pittsburgh CLO's recent "Company"), I asked about her response to The New York Times review of "Hollywood Arms."
And writer Rawson has his own review of "Hollywood Arms."
posted at 11/25/2002 07:47:38 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, November 24, 2002
[ CT ] Local actress bumping to Broadway
Chicago actress Kate Buddeke has been offered the role of Mazeppa, one of three burlesque veterans delivering "You Gotta Get a Gimmick," in the forthcoming Broadway revival of "Gypsy," directed by Sam Mendes.
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[ INQ ] Obituary: Dr. Charles Lee, critic on TV, radio by Kristin E. Holmes
Dr. Lee's professorial insight into art, theater, books and movies was a regular feature on WFLN-FM (95.7) and WCAU-TV, where he was a part of the John Facenda era at Channel 10.
The University of Pennsylvania English professor was the television station's cultural arts expert for eight years until he was replaced by entertainment critic Dennis Cunningham in 1973.
"The management told him he was too much like the New York Times when what they really wanted was the Daily News," said Dr. Lee's wife, Ruth Sarah Micali Lee.
He was also a good friend of Carol Channing.
posted at 11/24/2002 08:31:16 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
We here at BroadwayStars would like to extend our heartiest wishes for fellow Broadway Star Susan Heim, who is celebrating her birthday today!
posted at 11/24/2002 10:32:53 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Features:
[ ND ] Hooray For Broadway by Linda Winer
It was called "Short Talks on the Universe." But the gala that Mike Nichols put together last week for Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theatre and Friends in Deed felt to me like the Broadway that might have been.
[ ND ] New Boards Off Broadway by Karin Lipson
Theater is staging an expansion of smaller houses, with fesh, modern facilities - and comfy seats
[ ND ] 'Aida'? Maybe She Oughta by Robert Kahn
Feel free to accuse Heather Headley of suffering from separation anxiety.
The 28-year-old Tony- winning actress - who starred as the original "Aida" in the Elton John-Tim Rice musical - says it's tougher being in an audience than it is being on stage.
[ INQ ] A playwright tips her hat, musically, to chapeau-wearing churchwomen by Desmond Ryan
NEW YORK - Regina Taylor, the creator of Crowns, the exuberant show that celebrates and defines what hats mean to African American women, has something of a guilty secret in her closet.
[ HC ] How Playwright Christopher Shinn Finally Found His Voice and Identity by FRANK RIZZO
The Joys, Agonies Of Life Define Playwright's Work
[ HC ] Aging Raging On Stage by KARIN LIPSON
Old Characters Central To Several New York Shows
[ HC ] Regional Theaters Strive For Right Mix To Fill Seats by Frank Rizzo
Gordon Edelstein, artistic director of New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre, asked the people before him how many were subscribers to any theater in the state.
A smattering of hands went up.
[ BG ] Portraying a wife unquiet of desperation by Maureen Dezell
Valerie Harper mixes misery with comedy in stage role
[ BG ] Despite comedic gift, playwright Busch longs to join serious league by Maureen Dezell
The main characters: a neurotic New Yorker, her overbearing mother, and her doctor husband. The setting: Manhattan's Upper West Side.
[ CST ] Musical reprise hits the 'Street' in Chicago BY MISHA DAVENPORT
It's the early evening on a Friday in New York City, and Mark Bramble, who co-authored the book for the musical "42nd Street" has just returned from a whirlwind trip.
Includes the history and source for every song in "42nd Street."
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Liz plugs "Gypsy of the Year," "Movin' Out," the TDF, etc. (Fourth item.)
[ NYT ] A Graham Partner and His Partner by JENNIFER DUNNING
Bertram Ross, a former star of the Martha Graham Dance Company, now performs cabaret with the composer and lyricist John Wallowitch, his longtime partner.
[ BG ] For a man of many characters, a play of many challenges by Catherine Foster
It may be hard to believe, but actor Bronson Pinchot is not Irish.
Too bad for him...
News:
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Amy Sedaris and Liza Minnelli on 'Letterman'
[ P ] San Fran Puppetry Closes at Theatre-on-the Square Nov. 24; Reopens at Alcazar Nov. 29
[ P ] "Radio Playbill" Goes Backstage at Dance of the Vampires Nov. 25-30
[ P ] Flower Drum Song, Into the Woods Among Theatre L.A. Ovation Nominees, Nov. 24
[ P ] Michael Buckley CHANNELING THEATRE: Part II, Jekyll & Hyde's Hasselhoff and Wildhorn
[ P ] Michael Buckley CHANNELING THEATRE: Part I, A Chat with Betsy Palmer
[ P ] Rosie Perez Stars in Reading of New Gibson Play, Brooklyn Bridge, Nov. 24
[ P ] Broadway's Thanksgiving Week Performance Schedule
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 24
posted at 11/24/2002 08:47:58 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] Broadway's Last Leading Man? By BRUCE WEBER
Brian Stokes Mitchell is in a class by himself on Broadway. No one can match his singing voice or claim his acting range or experience.
[ NYT ] 'Blue/Orange': Power Games That Scar in a Psychiatric Arena By MATT WOLF
[ NYT ] Old-Time Vaudeville Looks Young Again By DOUGLAS MARTIN
[ NYP ] THE SHOW MUST GO ON! By MEGAN TURNER
The most highly anticipated Broadway show of the year nearly didn't happen. Baz Luhrmann - the audacious film director who mixed Shakespeare with hip-hop in 1995's "Romeo + Juliet" and shook up the movie musical with last year's Oscar-nominated "Moulin Rouge" - almost gave up on his dream of bringing the Puccini opera "La Boheme" to Broadway.
[ NYP ] MEET THE CAST
Ever the perfectionist, Baz Luhrmann spent two years auditioning 3,000 hopefuls from around the world to find three Mimis and three Rodolfos (who will rotate to save their voices). Here's who's who.
[ P ] Take Me Out Has Final Inning Off-Bway Nov. 24; 2003 Bway Tix On Sale Now By Phone
[ P ] Marty, the Musical, Closes Shop in Beantown, Nov. 24; Broadway Next
[ P ] Penhall's Psych Drama, Blue/Orange Opens Off Broadway, Nov. 24
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Hinkle, Goranson, Hecht Are Three Sisters in Fourth Sister
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Peterson, Glowacki Bring Fourth Sister to NYC
posted at 11/24/2002 07:16:28 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
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2007-08
Broadway Season
June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)
July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]
Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)
Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]
Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)
Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)
Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)
Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)
Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)
Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)
Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)
Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins
Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends
Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)
Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]
Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]
Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)
Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)
Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]
Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)
Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)
Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)
Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)
Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)
Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)
Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]
Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)
Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)
Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)
Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)
Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]
Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)
Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)
Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)
May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)
May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)
May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)
TBA - Godspell
2008-09
Broadway Season
Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)
Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)
Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]
Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet
TBA - 50 Words
TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)
TBA - American Buffalo
TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]
TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]
TBA - Being There [Permut]
TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]
TBA - Billy Elliot
TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]
TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]
TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]
TBA - Broomhilda
TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]
TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]
TBA - Camelot
TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]
TBA - Catch Me If You Can
TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]
TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]
TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]
TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]
TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]
TBA - Duet
TBA - Equus
TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]
TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]
TBA - Farragut North [Richards]
TBA - Father of the Bride
TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)
TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]
TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers
TBA - Golden Boy
TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]
TBA - Hitchcock Blonde
TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest
TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]
TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)
TBA - Josephine [Waissman]
TBA - Leap of Faith
TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]
TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]
TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman
TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]
TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]
TBA - Monsoon Wedding
TBA - The Night of the Hunter
TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]
TBA - Orphans
TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]
TBA - Paper Doll
TBA - The Paris Letter
TBA - The Philadelphia Story
TBA - Peter Pan
TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]
TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
TBA - The Princess Bride
TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]
TBA - Poe the Musical
TBA - Rain Man [MGM]
TBA - Robin Hood
TBA - Secondhand Lions
TBA - South Pacific
TBA - Speed-the-Plow
TBA - Stalag 17
TBA - Starry Messenger
TBA - Syncopation
TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities
TBA - Torch Song Trilogy
TBA - Turn of the Century
TBA - West Side Story
TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]
TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]
TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]
TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]
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