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Saturday, February 01, 2003
Features:
[ LAT ] How to be a player by Patrick Pacheco
As a producer and co-star of 'Ma Rainey,' Whoopi Goldberg formulates a new career.
[ DN ] Lovin' tuneful play for laughs by Jim Farber
Just as married couples could use some tricks to spice up the bedroom, so middle-of-the-road R&B performers could use some quirks to perk up their shows. Chante Moore and Kenny Lattimore must agree, because this week they ditched a normal concert setup to mount instead an elaborate theatrical event.
See the Times' review below.
[ P ] THE LEADING MEN: Movin� Out and Movin� Up
Valentine's Day is coming, so we had heart-to-heart talks with a trio of male musical stars from Broadway and cabaret: John Selya from Movin� Out, Stephen Buntrock from Oklahoma! and award-winning singer songwriter Johnny Rodgers. And here�s what they had to say about one of the biggest loves of their lives: performing.
News:
[ NYT ] Joy Hodges, Who Helped Reagan Start Acting, 88, Dies
Miss Hodges also performed in scores of Broadway productions, including "I'd Rather Be Right," "Have You Met Miss Jones?" and "Best Foot Forward."
Actually, there was no show called "Have You Met Miss Jones?" - but she did introduce that song (as a duet with Austin Marshall) in "I'd Rather Be Right."
[ IBDB ] Joy Hodges' Broadway Credits
[ NYT ] Mary Ellis, London Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 105 by DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mary Ellis, the young opera singer who inspired Rudolf Friml to write the Broadway hit, "Rose-Marie," later became the queen of musicals in London.
[ B ] Dixie Carter & Robert Wuhl to Star in Paper Doll
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 1
[ P ] Radiant Baby Starts Shining at Public Theater Off-Broadway, Feb. 1
[ P ] Ebersole, Luker, Egan, Beach, Skinner & More Sing Sherman Brothers Tunes on New CD
[ P ] Jerry Herman and Nederlanders Have Mame, La Cage and Dolly On Tap
[ P ] Les Miz Extension On Sale Beginning Feb. 1; Show Must Close May 18
[ P ] Hairspray's Winokur Remains Sidelined Jan. 31; Shoshana Bean Sprouts
[ P ] Izzard-Hamilton Joe Egg Cast Completed, Tix on Sale Feb. 21
[ P ] Dixie Carter and Robert Wuhl Star in Paper Doll at Long Wharf, March 5-April 6
Reviews:
[ DN ] A Jewish-Arab friendship, told with a French accent by Howard Kissel
Interestingly, the subtitle in French for "Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran" is "Man Reconciled." The play is the work of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, one of France's leading contemporary playwrights, who is quite unknown here.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THINGS THAT LOVERS DO'
A Musical Love Fest for Two by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
The calendar may say that Sunday is Groundhog Day, but at the Beacon Theater, without a doubt, Valentine's Day is already here.
[ INQ ] Rivetingly, Chris Calloway becomes Billie Holiday by Douglas J. Keating
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OFF: Columbia shuttle breaks up over Texas
The space shuttle Columbia, with seven astronauts aboard, broke up as it descended over central Texas Saturday toward a planned landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Friday, January 31, 2003
News:
[ P ] Joseph A. Walker, Tony-Winning Playwright of The River Niger, Dead at 67
[ IBDB ] Joseph A. Walker's Broadway Credits
[ B ] Ragtime Sets Dates for West End Run
[ B ] Complete Casting Announced for Joe Egg
[ P ] Cumpsty and Connolly Added to Cast of Bway-Bound Enchanted April
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Rosie and Joey in the Clair de Lune
[ CST ] Speaking with ... Marlo Thomas BY MIRIAM DI NUNZIO
"The Exonerated."
[ BS ] The Cruelest Months
Some tips for surviving the pilot season crunch.
Reviews:
[ CU ] The Winter's Tale Review by Les Gutman
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Features:
[ B ] Q&A: Lorraine Bracco by Joseph Manghise
[ TM ] The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
The Siegels recount the hectic day and starry night of January 27, the date of the First Annual Nightlife Awards at Town Hall.
News:
[ P ] Mary Ellis, Star of Twenties and Thirties Musicals, Dead
[ IBDB ] Mary Ellis' Broadway Credits
[ B ] Marti Pellow to Star as B'way's Next Billy Flynn
[ B ] Johnson-Liff Casting Stories Sought for Salute
[ P ] Tartuffe's Henry Goodman Spotlighted in NY1's "On Stage," Airing Feb. 1
[ P ] Duchess of Windsor Is Back Onstage in Dangerous Woman
[ P ] From London to Broadway: Chicago's Marti Pellow May Join Cast at the Ambassador Theatre
[ P ] Ultimate Sondheim Souvenir Now Being Auctioned at eBay
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATER WEEK IN REVIEW, Jan. 25-31: Winter Clearance
[ P ] Stan Martin, Radio Host With a Taste for American Pop Songs and Cabaret, Dead at 64
[ P ] DIVA TALK: Peters, Lansbury and Channing Salute Herman; "Idol" Thoughts
[ P ] Deborah Gibson to Return to Broadway as Next Sally Bowles in Cabaret
[ P ] Polish Joke Told By Bell, Drake, Bobbie, Gets and Opel, Starting Feb. 25
[ P ] Medea Star and Director Featured on Theater Talk Jan. 31
[ TM ] Curious About the Bard? Think "Thinking Shakespeare," February 8
[ TM ] Tony Randall Discusses the Dumbing Down of Contemporary Culture, February 5
[ TM ] Paul Goldberg Named President of Snug Harbor Cultural Center
posted at 1/31/2003 04:22:43 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Although Disney is having some hard economic times (just like the rest of the world), development projects keep moving ahead, as they should be. And that is really cool because I hear that Kerry Butler has been "mentioned" for Ariel in the Little Mermaid reading...
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News:
[ B ] CDs: Jug Ears and Sweet Ginger by Ken Mandelbaum
Hairspray's Kerry Butler has been mentioned for the role of Ariel in Disney's upcoming reading of The Little Mermaid. Butler has played Belle in Beauty and the Beast, another Disney-Alan Menken-Howard Ashman piece.
[ NYP ] B'WAY 'CHEERS' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
JOE Allen - long one of Broadway's favorite watering holes - may be headed to the small screen.
And you thought it was hard getting a reservation there NOW...
[ P ] More Rainey Days for Goldberg-Dutton Black Bottom: Director McClinton Hospitalized
[ P ] Tony-Winning Broadway Producer Lester Osterman Is Dead at 88
[ B ] Broadway Producer Lester Osterman Dead at 88
[ B ] Cynthia Nixon to Star in String Fever at E.S.T.
[ NYP ] MORE 'MISERABLES'
FOR nine weeks - and not one day more - "Les Miserables" will hang in there.
Features:
[ TM ] Soon It's Gonna Rain by: Scott Logsdon
Jacquelyn Piro is Lizzie in the Signature Theatre production of 110 In The Shade.
Reviews:
[ B ] Did Critics Fall in Love with Rosie and Joey?
[ NYP ] 'TALE' TRUE TO BARD'S VISION by DONALD LYONS
SHAKESPEARE'S "The Winter's Tale" (1610) is one of the Bard's four late romances - along with "Cymbeline," "Pericles" and "The Tempest" - that play tricks with time and identity.
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Ren�e Fleming and Bryn Terfel bring their gorgeous operatic voices to music by Rodgers, Sondheim, Porter, etc. on the new Decca CD Under the Stars.
[ TB ] The Triumph of Love at Seattle Repertory Theatre Review by David-Edward Hughes
[ TB ] Book of Days and Thief River San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema
[ TB ] High Dive Review by Tracy Lyon
posted at 1/31/2003 01:03:47 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Attention students of Mark Madama's class in American Musical Theatre at University of Michigan: first one to email me with the opening date of SIDE SHOW on Broadway wins a free CD from 2die4music.com.
We hear Emily Skinner is beyond sensational in MY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE -- which is not a surprise to us.
Weird things happening at Arena. They are closing up their well received production of SOUTH PACIFIC. The producers offered pieces of the production to the cast (costumes, props, etc...) A few days later, the offer goes away with rumors that their little production could be Younger Than Springtime in New York. A little late to get it to New York this season, but stranger things have happened.
Saw the Broadway.com item on Walter Bobbie signing to act in Polish joke which runs until April 20. Hmmmm...... Wouldn't leave a lot of directing time, now would it?
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News:
[ NYT ] Lester Osterman, 88, Producer of Broadway Hits and Flops, Is Dead by JESSE McKINLEY
Lester Osterman was a Broadway theater producer who won three Tony Awards for his productions of "Da," "The Shadow Box" and "A Moon for the Misbegotten."
[ IBDB ] Lester Osterman's Broadway Credits
[ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF
Comedy and the City by JESSE MCKINLEY
Cynthia Nixon of "Sex and the City" fame returns to the stage with a comedy called "String Fever" at the Ensemble Studio Theater.
[ B ] Deborah Gibson is Cabaret's Next Sally Bowles
[ B ] Conolly and Cumpsty Join Cast of Enchanted April
[ B ] JoBeth Williams to Dance With Norman at MTC
[ CST ] Steppenwolf jumps ahead
Getting a jump on the rest of the Chicago theater community, Steppenwolf Theatre has announced three of its five mainstage productions for the 2003-2004 season.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 31
[ P ] Backstreet Boy Richardson and Cabaret's Neil Patrick Harris to Take Part in Kids' Night on Bway Feb. 4
[ P ] Trinity Rep Stages Novel Adaptation Nickel and Dimed in RI, Jan. 31-March 9
[ P ] Last Sunday Explores Gay Life in the Era of "Will and Grace," Jan. 31-March 9
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Russell Simmons on "Conan", Tony Curtis on "The View"
[ P ] Ben Gazzara to Be Yogi Berra at Bay Street; Julie Andrews Boyfriend Dates Set
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Ever since the revival of Chicago made it big in '96, the name on everybody's lips has been Encores!
[ NJ ] Tony Curtis likes the d�ja view onstage BY PETER FILICHIA
[ CSM ] For him, the play's the thing by Gregory M. Lamb
Profile of Simon Russell Beale.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Reviews � "The Winter's Tale":
[ ND ] Spirit of the Season by Gordon Cox
This 'Winter's Tale' gets the atmosphere down cold
[ DN ] Cuckold's tale well-told by Howard Kissel
In his last few plays, Shakespeare took themes he'd wrestled with throughout his career and reimagined them.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE WINTER'S TALE'
A Classic Fable of Life After Loss, With New York as Backdrop by BRUCE WEBER
Barry Edelstein's stirring adaptation of Shakespeare's play is set post-Sept. 11, 2001, and the idea of going on after a loss is paramount.
[ YN ] 'Winter's Tale' Marks Return to the Bard by JUSTIN GLANVILLE
For its first Shakespeare production since 1987, off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company has boldly chosen "The Winter's Tale," one of the toughest of the Bard's plays to pull off.
[ NJ ] Bard warms up winter with winning tale BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TM ] The Winter's Tale Reviewed By: Matthew Murray
Reviews � "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune":
[ ND ] After Recasting, the Mettle Loses Some Polish by Gordon Cox
Perez and Pantoliano a rough-hewn duo in 'Frankie and Johnny'
[ DN ] Rosie & Joey keep home fries burning Howard Kissel
Pantoliano is the most convincing Johnny I've seen (including Kenneth Welsh, who played it in the original production opposite the incomparable Kathy Bates).
[ YN ] Cast Makes Nuanced 'Frankie and Johnny' by MARK EVANS, Associated Press Writer
[ B ] Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (01/03) Review by William Stevenson
Other Reviews:
[ WP ] '110 in the Shade': Signature's Ray of Sunshine by Peter Marks
The voices pierce director Eric Schaeffer's remarkable new "110 in the Shade" like whistling winds across the prairie. You can hear so much in these voices, so much of the raw emotion that the authors unabashedly sought to instill in this tender musical of 40 years ago.
[ LAT ] Mommy and me: the nanny- Westside connection by Diane Haithman
A combination of laughs and groans of recognition from the Mark Taper Forum audience greeted Wednesday night's performance of "Living Out," Lisa Loomer's new dead-on study of the complex and uneasy relationship between affluent Los Angeles Westsiders and Latina nannies who care for their children.
With Amy Aquino and Daniel Hugh Kelly.
[ LAT ] 'Good Thief' a solo of many virtues by Philip Brandes
With Brian d'Arcy James.
[ LAT ] THEATER BEAT
Variations on a key Williams theme
In tackling Tennessee Williams' rarely seen "Camino Real," Company Rep signals gutsy artistic ambitions with a take-no-prisoners inaugural production as the new resident ensemble at NoHo's prominent American Renegade Theatre.
TV Tonight: On "Law & Order: SVU," Judd Hirsch, Gregg Edelman and Viola Davis.
On "Hack," Lindsay Crouse.
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Thursday, January 30, 2003
[ * ] A fresh take from the next generation of critics
From the Austin American-Statesman
Last week, 26 critics from around the country attended the Fresh Terrain Festival of performance art at the University of Texas. As part of a parallel training seminar, 14 junior critics wrote about the seven acts at the festival, organized by UT and New York's Performance Space 122. What follows are snippets from the workshop reviews written by some of those up-and-coming critics.
Our very own Matthew Murray was one of the junior critics. It sounds like an interesting experience, the junior critics were mentored by more experienced senior critics. I wonder if there was any hazing involved. : )
[ * ] Carole King's TAPESTRY: The 4 Time Grammy Winning Album
Sung By The Women of Drama Dept.
Becky Ann Baker, Debbie Gravitte, Judy Kuhn, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Mary Testa & many others
Hosted by Caroline Rhea, Musical Director-Kimberly Grigsby, Directed by Kathleen Marshall
Need I say more? WOW! Sounds like a great night.
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News:
[ YN ] Pete Townshend May Have Proof Clearing Him In Child-Porn Investigation
[ B ] Walter Bobbie Returns to Acting in Polish Joke
Two-time Emmy Award winner Larry Drake (best known for his portrayal of Benny on the television series L.A. Law) has also joined the cast, which includes Malcolm Gets, Nancy Bell and Nancy Opel.
[ B ] Les Miserables Extends Through May 18
[ P ] Wild Blue Yonder: Sky Girls Gets World Premiere at Northlight in IL, Feb 4
[ P ] Fallen Angels Still Looking for Place to Alight
Features:
[ BS ] Musical Director Questions Using 'Virtual Orchestra'
David Chase, the musical director of Broadway's "Flower Drum Song" and a mid-February "Encores!" performance at City Center, sides with the musicians.
[ B ] Photo Op: Richardson Rocks Chicago
[ B ] Photo Op: Stevie Wonder Visits Def Poetry Jam
Reviews:
[ CU ] Julia Sweeney in The Family Way Review by Les Gutman
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[ P ] Bway Les Miz Lives "One Day More," Extending to May 18
I'm shocked. Shocked!
posted at 1/30/2003 04:10:25 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Features:
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Jerry Herman
There's just no tune like a show tune, and Jerry Herman is back in New York City to prove it.
News:
[ B ] This Is Our Youth to Close in the West End
[ P ] Hairspray's Winokur Pulls a Muscle; Understudy Jumps In
[ P ] Fame to Last Longer at West End's Aldwych
[ P ] Raining Again at London's Pleasance Mixes Sunset Boulevard with Judy Garland
[ P ] Playwrights Horizons' Peter J. Sharp Studio Lights With Laughing Wild, Jan. 30-Feb. 1
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News:
[ B ] Winokur Injured at Hairspray; Grenfell Goes On
Last night's performance of Hairspray was interrupted in the middle of the first act. Star Marissa Jaret Winokur pulled her calf muscle during the number "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" and, while she remained in the show for three more scenes, the actress stopped performing after "The Madison."
[ TM ] Special Preview of My Life With Albertine at the Guggenheim, February 2 and 3
[ TM ] My Heart Belongs to Teddy: Broadway Bears Hit the Street on February 17
[ TM ] Stephen Schwartz to Premiere Wicked New Song at Lark Theatre Benefit
[ P ] Poet-Librettist-Translator Dana Gioia Confirmed as NEA Chairman
[ P ] Report: Bruce Vilanch in Talks to Play Edna in Hairspray
[ P ] "Chicago" Soundtrack Soars on Billboard Charts
[ P ] Linda Eder Expected as Camille Claudel, Sculpted by Wildhorn, for Goodspeed
[ P ] Arthur Miller Meets William Shakespeare in New Guthrie Play; 38-City Tour Planned
[ P ] Understudies�Including Tell Me On a Sunday's Kritzer�Enter Broadway Spotlight Feb. 3
[ P ] School's Out for Broadway's Graduate March 2
Reviews:
[ B ] Trouble in River City by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: THE MUSIC MAN
[ TB ] Seussical The Musical Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain
[ TB ] On The Twentieth Century Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter
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[ * ] THE HUMAN COMEDY to Benefit Marymount Manhattan College Scholarship
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News:
[ YN ] Archerd: Finney filming "Fish" by Army Archerd
I was saddened to learn Wednesday morning that Peter Shaw had died, at home, of congestive heart failure after a long illness. Shaw and his loving wife, Angela Lansbury, had been married 54 years with a very close family of three children, David, Anthony and Deidre, and three grandchildren.
Fourth item.
[ BSUN ] Vilanch might be next Edna Turnblad by J. Wynn Rousuck
Commenting on the idea of Vilanch as Edna, filmmaker Waters said, "As far as I know, nothing's definite yet. I think it's a great idea. But right now, it's like being almost pregnant."
[ Z ] Greg Brady Starts His Own Bunch
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Charles Busch (second item).
[ ND ] Scenes From Two Offstage Broadway Dramas by Gordon Cox
[ P ] Rosie Perez and Joe Pantoliano Officially Bow as Bway's Frankie and Johnny Jan. 30
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Little Fish: Keeping Afloat in the Big City
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 30
[ P ] Complete Casting Announced for George Street Playhouse's Proof
[ P ] Winter's Tale, Edelstein's CSC Swan Song, Opens Jan. 30
[ P ] Blue Man Group To Release New Album Featuring Dave Matthews, April 22
[ NYT ] Stan Martin, Broadcaster, Dies at 64
Stan Martin, a cabaret expert and longtime New York radio personality, spent six years running The New York Times's popular-music station, WQEW-AM.
Features:
[ B ] Ask A Star: Rob Marshall
[ NYT ] Words Provide the Heat at Young Poets' Event by DINITIA SMITH
Teenage performance poets competed on Monday for scholarship money and to warm up the crowd for a taping of "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" on HBO.
Reviews:
[ LAT ] Ebersole dazzles in a show of strengths by David C. Nichols
The actress and singer turns in a performance of remarkable versatility.
[ LAT ] A welcome noise and funk by Lewis Segal
Savion Glover proves his prowess all over again in the musical that made his name.
[ NYT ] In Performance
3 Little Words, 8 Little Letters and Family Talk in Ireland
'Himself,' DR2 Theater
[ CU ] The Tempest London review by Brian Clover
Reviews - "Julia Sweeney in the Family Way":
[ NYP ] ONE-WOMAN 'FAMILY' A SINGULAR SENSATION by DONALD LYONS
JULIA Sweeney is putting on a very likable and funny one-woman show called "Julia Sweeney in the Family Way," about adopting a baby from China.
[ ND ] A Low-Key Performer's Baby Schmooze by Gordon Cox
When she's playing herself, Julia Sweeney isn't the most dynamic stage presence.
[ NJ ] Some dysfunctions in actress' 'Family' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
NEW YORK -- Julia Sweeney is scarcely as famous as she apparently believes.
[ TM ] Julia Sweeney: In the Family Way Reviewed By: Philip Hopkins
The magic of the 75-minute, one-woman show Julia Sweeney: In The Family Way is in the details. A true story of Sweeney's adoption of a child from another country, the piece is interwoven with hilarious and poignant moments in a gentle pattern that finally proves effective.
A cousin of mine has adopted two daughters from China, and on her second visit there in 2000, Julia Sweeney was one of the other new parents who made the trip. Nice to see someone giving adoption more publicity.
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[ TB ] NORTHWESTERN'S BENEFIT "WAA-MU NEW YORK" on FEBRUARY 17 at SECOND STAGE THEATRE
[ * ] Northwestern University Entertainment Alliance East
Do any other university alumni groups do this? It's a great idea, sounds like a fun program. They even have some great softball players.
[ * ] Why can't they just lose the ring in the sink? By Dave Barry
I finally saw the new Lord of the Rings movie, which is entitled Lord of the Rings II: A LOT More Stuff Happens. It's a tad on the long side (three days) but I am not complaining.
This has nothing to do with theatre, unless, as Matthew pointed out, you remember Ian McKellen in Dance of Death on Broadway, but it's very funny. Just something to begin your day with a smile. Love Dave Barry!
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Wednesday, January 29, 2003
[ B ] The Graduate Calls It Quits March 2
posted at 1/29/2003 06:13:22 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
News:
[ TS ] Charity begins on the road by MARTIN KNELMAN
Sweet Charity tickets went on sale through Ticket King. But now they have gone off sale because, as a phone sales agent explained yesterday: "We're just not sure what's happening with the show or when it's coming."
Thanks to Richard for the link!
[ P ] Sweet Charity Tryout and Bway Dates Still Being Determined
[ P ] Audra, Kristin, Lonny and Candide Featured in NY Philharmonic 2004 Season
[ B ] Stars Come Out for Nothing Like a Dame 2003
[ TM ] Free Concert at World Financial Center on January 30 Kicks Off GRAMMY Fest 2003
Features:
[ WSJ ] Standing Ovations: Three Cheers For Ending Them BY JOANNE KAUFMAN
Keep your seats. Some performances are only worth a perfunctory clap.
Thanks to barberg on All That Chat for the link!
[ CU ] An Annotated List of Science & Math Related Plays by Elyse Sommer
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Features:
[ TM ] Osgood As It Gets by: Michael Portantiere
Tony Curtis plays Osgood Fielding in a tour of the stage musical based on one of his greatest films, Some Like It Hot.
News:
[ P ] Nothing Like a Dame 2003 to Feature Bacall, Goldberg, Winokur, Neuwirth & More
[ P ] London Theatregoers Now Make Contact on Sundays
[ P ] Michael Ball Extends Contract in West End Chitty
[ P ] La Bohème Goes "Live" on Regis and Kelly Jan. 30
[ P ] Complete Casting Announced for Bway Gypsy
[ B ] New A.R. Gurney Play to Debut at the Flea
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News:
[ B ] Oklahoma! Revival to Close in the Spring
[ B ] Ma Rainey Cancels Matinee; Gordon Returns 1/31
[ B ] CDs: In German, An Empress and a Sinking Ship by Ken Mandelbaum
Rumor has it that Nathan Lane could be returning to the Broadway The Producers in the near future. And Gary Beach might be bringing his Roger De Bris to the L.A. engagement, joining Jason Alexander and Martin Short.
[ B ] Imaginary Friends to Shutter on February 16
[ B ] Donmar Warehouse Hosts Gala Party at BAM
[ P ] Full Casting Announced for Off-Bway Musical , Zanna, Don't!, Where Gay Is Straight
[ P ] "Thanks, But No Thanks": Theatre/Film Actor O'Toole May Turn Down Honorary Oscar
[ P ] Ma Rainey Matinee Canceled Jan. 29, But Show Goes On in the Evening
[ P ] "You Can Have the TV, I'll Take the Radio": Lincoln Center's Dinner at Eight Set Auctioned Jan. 30
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Our Town: Goodbye, Grovers Corners
[ P ] Bway Oklahoma! Will End In Spring
[ P ] Stephen Schwartz Premieres New Wicked Song Feb. 10 at the Lortel
[ P ] She'll Do it With Finesse: Bway Gypsy Casts its Tessie Tura
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia details the drama behind the No�l Coward flop that starred a very miscast Mary Martin.
[ TB ] What's New on the Rialto? - Broadway: The Golden Age by Rick McKay, as told to Nancy Rosati
For the past five years, Rick McKay has devoted his life to a very personal project � his film, entitled Broadway: The Golden Age.
[ TB ] The Journey Begins...... (Part 2 of a 5 Part Series) by Scott Cain
Reviews:
[ TB ] 110 In The Shade and George Gershwin Alone Washington Reviews by Tracy Lyon
[ TB ] Belfast Blues Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter
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[ P ] Imaginary Friends To Close on Broadway, Feb. 16
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News:
[ NYP ] EVEN B'WAY HITS NOW FEELING A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER by MICHAEL RIEDEL
BABY, it's cold outside - and Broadway is feeling the chill. Last week's box-office grosses make for pretty depressing reading.
[ TM ] Radio Personality Stan Martin Dies at 64
[ DN ] Pop standards lose voice: Stan Martin By DAVID HINCKLEY
[ LAT ] Vereen lauded at NAACP awards by Diane Haithman
Theater honors go to the performer for lifetime achievement. Also winning big is 'Guys and Dolls.'
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 29
[ P ] "A Brand New Start to Do that Jazz": Chicago Reopens at the Ambassador Theatre Jan. 29
[ P ] TV Music Man CD Due in Stores Feb. 11
[ P ] Ephron, Jones and Kurtz Talk at Imaginary Friends Sessions, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5
[ P ] Radiant Baby Creative Team Harkens Back to Grittier New York
[ R ] Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children' Launched on Stage by Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - Novelist Salman Rushdie's masterpiece "Midnight's Children" is given its world stage premiere Wednesday by the Royal Shakespeare Company -- and now the author would love to turn his hand to playwriting.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Liz on "Twelfth Night" and "Uncle Vanya" (fourth item).
Features:
[ INQ ] Invisible no more by Annette John-Hall
You have to be careful when you take on an August Wilson play.
[ WP ] Backstage: Building Character the Evil Way by Jane Horwitz
British actor Steven Berkoff demonstrates an unconventional view of the actor's art.
Plus an interview with Hershey Felder.
[ B ] Photo Op: B'way Stars Headline MTC Winter Gala
[ B ] Photo Op: Playwrights Artists Toast New Space
[ B ] Photo Op: Happy 15th Birthday, Phantom!
Reviews:
[ WP ] 'The Silent Woman': Raucous Entertainment by Peter Marks
Just to clarify: "Animal House, 1609" is not the title of the ribald and ripping new production at Shakespeare Theatre.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'CORNER WARS'
Hustling the American Dream on Gritty Streets by BRUCE WEBER
Infused with an earnestness and energy of the young, this urban drama tells an ostensibly representative story about the Philadelphia drug trade.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE LOVE-HUNGRY FARMER'
A Virgin at 56 Tells His Tale by BRUCE WEBER
In the hands of the Irish actor Des Keogh, the writing of a fiercely serious and bruisingly hilarious suicide note becomes singular theater.
[ NYT ] BOOKS OF THE TIMES | 'RIDICULOUS!'
The Roman-Candle Life of a Downtown Original by MEL GUSSOW
David Kaufman has written a passionate biography of Charles Ludlam, the pioneering leader of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2003
[ B ] Ma Rainey Cancels Show Due to Actor Emergency
Tonight's January 28 7PM preview of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Royale Theatre has been cancelled due to the hospitalization of Carl Gordon, who plays Cutler in the show.
[ P ] Ma Rainey Preview Canceled Jan. 28 Due to Illness
[ P ] World Premiere of A.R. Gurney's O Jerusalem Plays NYC's Flea, Feb. 26-March 15
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News:
[ YN ] CBS Pulls Plug on 'Queens' and 'Med'
Reality TV has claimed two more scripted victims: CBS' "Presidio Med" and "Queens Supreme."
[ YN ] Battle Brewing Over Broadway Musicians by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
[ YN ] Archerd: Paramount chief fired up over Carter meet by Army Archerd
These have not been easy days for Temple Shalom for the Arts' rabbi David Baron, as he has led the farewell prayers to two close friends in the biz, Paul Monash and Nell Carter.
Third item.
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Cold Front
The winter chill hit Broadway hard last week. Seven shows witnessed six-figure drops. Only two shows (Dinner at Eight and Dance of the Vampires) had higher numbers than for the week ending January 19, and those were both in their last week on Broadway.
[ B ] Chitty Adds New Cast Members in March
[ P ] National Tour of a Revised Camelot, in Fall 2004, Will Aim for Broadway
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: January 20-26
[ P ] Duchess of Malfi Begins London Performances Jan. 28
Janet McTeer follows a centuries-long line of leading ladies to play the
Duchess of Malfi in the drama of that name by Jacobean playwright John
Webster.
[ P ] U.K. Star Stephen Carlile Speaks About His Life As a Dog
Snoopy the Musical is set to run at the Jermyn Street Theatre from Feb. 17 to March 1. Theatrenow went to meet its star, Stephen Carlile.
Features:
[ B ] Q&A: Rosie Perez by Paul Wontorek
[ TM ] Photo File
TheaterMania is there for the Nightlife Awards, the opening of The Plank Project, the closing of Our Town, and other events.
Reviews:
[ VV ] STOCK MANIPULATIONS by Michael Feingold
Is It Reinventing, or Just Recycling?
Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at BAM
[ VV ] PETER SELLARS'S CNN EURIPIDES by Don Shewey
Some People Do Have to Live Like a Refugee
The Children of Herakles by Euripides
[ VV ] UNTRUTHS TO TELL by James Hannaham
Facing Reality, or Not, in Stand-Up and Hip-Hop
Comedians by Trevor Griffiths; Corner Wars by Tim Dowlin
[ CU ] Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran Review by Carolyn Balducci
[ CU ] The Talking Cure London Review by Lizzie Loveridge
posted at 1/28/2003 06:02:00 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Why have sales to SWEET CHARITY in Toronto been halted? The Mirvish website has updated and now says COMING SOON rather than the former dates... I called the box office and they have no comment other than to say that they are not selling tickets to Charity.
Regarding GOLD, been getting a lot of email that says that I am crazy for thinking that it is being postponed, but the source is very solid. Only time will tell...
posted at 1/28/2003 03:36:14 PM by James Marino | Item Link
Features:
[ P ] A New and Improved Theatre Row Appears
With recent refurbishments, Theater Row has become one of the biggest Off-Broadway theatre centers in New York City.
News:
[ B ] DVDs: The Chicken Ranch Goes Hollywood by Ken Mandelbaum
Update on an item in yesterday's column: Heather Lee will play Tessie Tura in the revival of Gypsy. Meanwhile, Michele Pawk, who had been mentioned for Tessie, is being sought to play Charlotte in the City Opera A Little Night Music. (As mentioned yesterday, Kate Burton has withdrawn from the production.)
[ P ] The Look of Love Moves First Perf at Broadway's Atkinson to April 4
[ P ] SAG Award Nominees Announced: "Chicago" and "The Hours" Rack Up More Noms
[ P ] A Stitch in Time: Nine Delays First Preview on Broadway to March 18
[ P ] Goodspeed's 2003 Slate Has A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Very Good Eddie, Me and My Girl
[ P ] Malcolm Gets Gets Polish Joke at MTC
[ P ] One "Soprano" Exits, Another Returns: Litzsinger Replaces Sigler in Beast Feb. 11
[ P ] Ripley Set to Return to D.C.'s Kennedy Center and N.Y.C.'s Joe's Pub
[ P ] David Drake Brings Drakula to Alaska; "Law & Order" Appearance, Too
[ P ] Bryan Batt to Host Broadway Bears VI Feb. 17
[ P ] Pat Christian, Retired Stage Manager and Equity Rep, Dead at 67
[ B ] Heather Lee to Play Tessie Tura in B'way's Gypsy
[ B ] Malcolm Gets to Star in Polish Joke at MTC
Reviews:
[ TM ] Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ TB ] A Night With Dame Edna Washington Review by Tracy Lyon
[ TB ] Carey Perloff�s The Colossus Of Rhodes Is An Interesting Drama San Francisco Review by Richard Connema
posted at 1/28/2003 01:06:55 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ B ] Sarah Litzsinger Back to Belle in Beauty Feb. 11
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 28
[ P ] Tony Winner Headley Chats with Mizrahi on Oxygen Network
[ P ] Decca Celebrates Broadway Love Song with New CD; Hits Stores Jan. 28
[ P ] Corthron's Venus de Milo Is Armed Gets Explosive Premiere in AL, Feb. 4-March 9
[ P ] On a Boeing: American Singers Fly to Barcelona to Sing Sondheim March 27-29
[ P ] Stuart Ross and Gabriel Barre Preparing Gondoliers for Roundabout in 2004
[ P ] Def Poetry Jam Help VH1 Celebrate Black History Month
[ P ] Neil Simon's Latest Play, Rose and Walsh, Bows Jan. 28 at L.A.'s Geffen
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Say Goodnight Gracie: Jerry Seinfeld and George Wallace
[ P ] Charles Isherwood New Prexy of Crix Group
[ P ] Patti LuPone Hosts 32nd Annual Theatre Hall of Fame Ceremony Jan. 27
[ P ] Report: Columbia Pictures To Bring Back Bye Bye Birdie to Film
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: bedbound: A Family Portrait
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Phantom of the Opera: Phantom Turns 15
[ P ] Reduce Shakespeare Company Brings Abridged Bible to London
[ P ] NBC Friday Night � with McDonald's "Mister Sterling" � Wins Ratings Race
[ P ] Rob Marshall's "Chicago" Nominated for 12 BAFTA Awards Including Best Film
[ P ] Heather Laws Begins as Cabaret's New Sally Bowles, Jan. 27
Features:
[ LAT ] The latest early work from Shakespeare by Barbara Isenberg
'Edward III,' a historical drama accepted into the Bard's canon in the 1990s and now on stage in London, has a mysterious background.
[ LAT ] Digging into a master's past by Michael J. Ybarra
Marin Theatre is staging "The Fugitive Kind," an early, unknown work by Tennessee Williams.
[ NYT ] A Mother's Last Words, an Actress's Memories by ALAN RIDING
Frederick Wiseman's film adaptation of his stage production of "The Last Letter" offers a fresh chance to see Catherine Samie's extraordinary performance.
[ TM ] People to Watch
Philip Hopkins talks with five theatrical up-and-comers.
[ B ] Photo Op: Hairspray Gives Some Lovin' to the Actors' Fund
[ B ] Photo Op: Farewell to Our Town
[ B ] Photo Op: Floyd Collins Sings Again at Playwrights
[ B ] Photo Op: Irish Rep Welcomes O'Byrne in Bedbound
[ B ] Photo Op: Mermaniacs Gather to Celebrate Disco CD
[ BS ] All the World's a Globe
Globe Theatres' Brendon Fox gives directors his best choices, and gives auditioning actors room to shine.
Reviews:
[ NJ ] Talky 'Weir' holds back all the action BY PETER FILICHIA
[ TS ] Soap-like production spoils Tartuffe by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
[ WP ] 'Theophilus North': Lukewarm Wilder by Peter Marks
Not every play has to leave you a devastated, nail-biting wreck, but "Theophilus North" is such a pacific experience you might have to rush home and crank up the old treadmill just to get the blood pumping again.
[ NYer ] PLAYING FOR IMMORTALITY by HILTON ALS
Sam Mendes's productions shoot for the stars.
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Monday, January 27, 2003
[ B ] Nine Postpones First Preview By a Week
The musical will now start performances at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on March 18, according to a production spokesperson.
[ B ] The Look of Love Delays Start Date
The Look of Love, The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David will begin previews three days later than originally announced. The musical revue is now set to start performances at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on April 4.
[ B ] Fresh Face: Stephen R. Buntrock by Cara Joy David
Age: "34. What am I going to do? Lie?"
posted at 1/27/2003 06:58:39 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Word has it that GOLD is not fit for a Prince and is postponed...
posted at 1/27/2003 06:46:06 PM by James Marino | Item Link
[ * ] Charles Busch Wins Special Jury Prize At The 2003 Sundance Film Festival
And on another note, again, don't you think that Elaine Stritch should host the Tony Awards this year? (I got so much fun mail yesterday, I decided to try it once more...)
And lastly, my sources tell me that Riedel's column on Ma Rainey the other day was a bit exagerated and off... Dutton has never walked out of rehearsal and the production has just over $1 million in advance, not $500K. Whoppi had nothing to do with the firing of any cast member -- and MR's column failed to mention that during the rehearsal process, two other cast members were let go as well. (Which is not unusual in the rehearsal process.) Details MR... Details...
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[ B ] Bruce Bound for Baltimore by Ken Mandelbaum
The word from the Neil Simon Theatre is that Bruce Vilanch looks likely to play Edna Turnblad in the upcoming national tour of Hairspray.
[ B ] Cast Set for House of Flowers at Encores!
[ P ] Pinkins, Browne and Hines Lead Cast Flowers for Encores!, Feb. 13-16
[ P ] Fabulist, the Rodgers-Winning Aesop Musical,Gets NYC Readings Feb. 4-7
[ P ] Movin' Out Piano Man Billy Joel Hospitalized Following Car Accident
[ P ] Debbie Does Dallas Star Narrates Cast Album on "Radio Playbill" Jan. 27 - Feb. 1
[ P ] Cavalcaders, U.K. Play With Music, Gets U.S. Premiere in FL, Jan. 31
[ P ] "Chicago" Grosses Continue to Soar: 3 at Box Office for Jan. 24 Weekend
[ P ] Dance of the Vampires Star Set for Rudetsky's Chatterbox Jan. 30
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 27
posted at 1/27/2003 12:39:43 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ NYT ] Losing a Permanent Theater Is No Joke for a Comedy Troupe by JESSE McKINLEY
The closing of the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in November left a gap at the heart of the city's comedy scene.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
On The Patty Duke Show in the 1960s, the current star of Oklahoma! had a big Broadway adventure.
[ CST ] The toniest Curtis ever BY MIRIAM DI NUNZIO
It's nearly 2 in the afternoon, and Tony Curtis is running late for a noontime interview. He finally arrives, blue eyes glistening, greeting the reporter with a kiss on the hand, followed by a warm hello and a suite of apologies. "It's not nice to keep a lady waiting," he says in that whispery voice.
News:
[ R ] DreamWorks Pushing 'Baby' Buggy to Broadway by Robert Hofler
NEW YORK (Variety) - With deep-pocketed friends like this, a show can get to Broadway.
[ V ] Hytner revamps NT
Lower ticket prices, legit advisory board on tap
[ V ] B.O. up; Boston 'Hot' 717g
Road grosses
[ P ] Liz Callaway and Mary Cleere Haran Offer Free N.Y.C. Concerts in March
[ P ] ASCAP/Disney Workshop to Present New Musicals Jan. 27-Feb. 13; Submissions Being Accepted for March Workshop
[ P ] Bridgewater, DeLaria & Marcovicci Co-host First Annual Nightlife Awards Jan. 27
[ P ] Jerry Herman's Mrs. Santa Claus Expected To Be London Christmas Pantomime
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Whoppi Goldberg on "Today", Broadway Performances on "Regis"
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Playwrights Horizons Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Home
[ P ] Li'l Abner Librettist Norman Panama Is Dead
[ NYT ] Norman Panama, 88, Half of Duo Who Wrote Many Film Comedies, Dies by RICK LYMAN
Among the writing team's most celebrated works were "Road to Utopia" (1945), widely regarded as the best of the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby road comedies and a deconstructionist classic from an era before the term had been coined.
One of the funniest movies ever made, with the funniest final line in a movie ever...
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
A remembrance of Nell Carter.
Reviews:
[ DN ] He's back! Hit the road, Jack by Robert Dominguez
Considering that he's best remembered for his jazzy prose, novelist Jack Kerouac would likely be mortified by the stilted, overwrought dialogue in "Kerouac," Tom O'Neil's static biographical drama about the Beat Generation icon.
[ CU ] Kerouac Review by Jenny Sandman
[ NJ ] Play's excesses balanced by bright moments BY PETER FILICHIA
It's excessive and sprawling, just like the country in which it takes place. But even though Terrence McNally's "A Perfect Ganesh" is overlong and overwrought, there are many powerful moments in the play now at 12 Miles West Theatre Company in Montclair.
[ NYT ] In Performance
Love That Youthful Look. What Is Your Secret?
'Ghoul,' Adobe Theater Company
[ R ] 'Twentieth Century' Farce Still Timely by Joel Hirschhorn
The zany, staccato rhythm of 1930s screwball comedy "On the Twentieth Century" is successfully captured in Reprise's revival of Harold Prince's 1978 Broadway production.
[ TS ] Sam Mendes' masterpieces by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
If you've been contemplating a midwinter trip to New York, then let me suggest that you make those plans immediately, because you only have until March 9 to witness an extraordinary theatrical event.
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Porn again: The unorthodox musical Debbie Does Dallas, starring Sherie Ren� Scott, gets an equally unorthodox cast recording from Sh-K-Boom Records.
posted at 1/27/2003 07:57:26 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Don't you think that Elaine Stritch should host the Tony Awards this year?
posted at 1/26/2003 12:04:10 PM by James Marino | Item Link
News:
[ YN ] Billy Joel Out of Hospital After Crash
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. - Singer Billy Joel was released from a hospital Sunday morning, one day after his car swerved off a road and struck a tree on Long Island, police said.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
THE GREAT caricaturist, Al Hirschfeld, was remembered in a private gathering at Campbells Funeral Home last Friday. Six hundred people wanted to get in and only half could be accommodated.
Plus news on talk-back sessions for "Imaginary Friends."
Reviews:
[ ND ] 'Chicago': My Kind of Movie by Linda Winer
Of course, I was afraid to see what Hollywood had done to "Chicago." Indeed, I have spent an unseemly amount of personal energy resenting the movie's exclusion of the people who created the stupendously pleasurable and ongoing 1996 Broadway revival of Bob Fosse's deliciously cynical 1975 musical.
Features:
[ WP ] A Brand New Start of It by Peter Marks
Creators of Musicals Find New Challenges in Past Works
Interview with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, discussing the material they've added to the new production of "110 in the Shade."
[ INQ ] Academy all fixed up, waiting for its suitors by David Patrick Stearns
On the surface - and the Academy of Music is known for its grandiose surfaces - the outlook is great. "I always wanted to get in there," said Cameron Mackintosh, producer of the megamusicals Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera. "I came to Philadelphia and looked at the theater when we were starting to tour Phantom, and I thought, 'God, this is a fabulous theater!' And the atmosphere was identical to where the story was set."
[ BG ] Growing a culture by Catherine Foster
If one foundation has its way, 'Copenhagen' and 'A Beautiful Mind' won't be the only science you see on stage and screen
[ LAT ] The stage as soapbox by Jan Breslauer
It's a rare item in the mainstream: the play that grapples with today's social issues. To make it palatable, the emphasis is often on the personal.
[ CST ] 'Jackie Wilson' takes us higher and higher BY HEDY WEISS
Warning: If you don't catch Chester Gregory II this week at the New Regal Theater--where he is briefly reprising his sensational turn as pop legend Jackie Wilson in the Black Ensemble Theater's hit production "The Jackie Wilson Story: My Heart is Crying, Crying"--your next opportunity to see the electrifying performer will likely involve a trip to New York City.
[ HC ] Hirschfeld's Strokes Of Genius by Frank Rizzo
To The End, The Drawn Line Fascinated The New York Times' Caricaturist
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ PP ] Bad-boy rocker cleans up his act for 'Superstar' BY JOHN NEMO
Sebastian Bach is in a jovial mood, cracking jokes on the telephone from his hotel room in Orlando, Fla.
[ NHR ] AND THAT'S THE TRUTH by E. Kyle Minor
For one-person shows, Lily Tomlin has set the standard
posted at 1/26/2003 11:42:58 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ R ] U.S. Comedy Screenwriter Norman Panama Dies at 88
Screenwriter Norman Panama, who with his colleague Melvin Frank wrote classic Hollywood films such as "White Christmas" and the hit Broadway musical "Li'l Abner," has died at age 88, family members said on Saturday.
[ IBDB ] Norman Panama's Broadway Credits
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: Errico's "Sadie Thompson" and Brent Barrett's "Lerner"
[ P ] New James Lapine Work Fran's Bed with Mia Farrow Changes Long Wharf Dates
[ P ] Schoeffler and Crampton Reunite for TUTS' My Fair Lady Jan. 30-Feb. 16
[ P ] Ellen Burstyn Tells All as Oldest Living Confederate Widow Begins in CA, Jan. 26
[ P ] Tony-Nommed Nancy Opel Exits Urinetown Jan. 26; Clark Is Pennywise
[ P ] Kudisch Leaves Pushy Millie To Pull a Ruse on Charlotte in Night Music
[ P ] George Haimsohn, Co-Writer of Dames at Sea, Dead at 77
Features:
[ NYT ] Finding Humor in Pain Can Be Just That: A Pain by JESSE McKINLEY
"The secret source of humor is not happiness; it is pain," says Trevor Griffiths, whose play, "The Comedians," is now being revived on Broadway.
[ NYT ] Al Hirschfeld Could Catch Your Essence in Flight by MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
Al Hirschfeld's subjects say he depicted a livelier self than they knew they had, inspiring them to try to live up to the image.
[ NYT ] In Which Everyone Gets a Drubbing by CELIA WREN
Ben Jonson's play, "The Silent Woman," which has been performed little in the last few centuries, will have a run at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington.
[ NYT ] Where Artists Are Built, and Sometimes Broken Along the Way by JOHN ROCKWELL
The Juilliard School, which proudly and probably rightly thinks of itself as the nation's best arts conservatory, dates back to 1905. On Wednesday, a two-hour documentary, "Juilliard," will have its premiere on PBS.
Reviews:
[ TM ] On the Twentieth Century Los Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz
[ TM ] Oklahoma! Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere
[ CU ] Oklahoma! Review by Elyse Sommer
[ CU ] bedbound Review by Les Gutman
posted at 1/26/2003 12:50:55 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
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Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)
Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]
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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]
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May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)
TBA - Godspell
2008-09
Broadway Season
Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)
Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)
Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]
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TBA - 50 Words
TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)
TBA - American Buffalo
TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]
TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]
TBA - Being There [Permut]
TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]
TBA - Billy Elliot
TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]
TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]
TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]
TBA - Broomhilda
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TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]
TBA - Camelot
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TBA - Monsoon Wedding
TBA - The Night of the Hunter
TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]
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TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]
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TBA - The Paris Letter
TBA - The Philadelphia Story
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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
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TBA - Starry Messenger
TBA - Syncopation
TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities
TBA - Torch Song Trilogy
TBA - Turn of the Century
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