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Saturday, March 15, 2003
Features:
[ LAT ] Of a murder and 'Mayhem' by Mike Boehm
Mining the horror of the killing she witnessed, the playwright explores a marriage and the global unrest that tears at it.
With Megan Mullally.
[ DN ] Curtain up on a brogues gallery by PATRICIA O'HAIRE
It's just before St. Patrick's Day and paper shamrocks decorate shop windows along upper Broadway. Hustling up the street, paying no attention to his surroundings and looking for all the world like a red-bearded Santa Claus in mufti, is Frank McGuinness, one of Ireland's better-known playwrights.
[ HC ] 'Maintenance' puts actor back in the spotlight by ERICA LAND
Billy Dee Williams oozes sophistication and character -- qualities that have been his calling card throughout his career -- as he strolls into the downtown Plaza Club.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
News:
[ NYT ] Edward Colton, Innovative Theater Lawyer, Dies at 97 by PAUL LEWIS
Edward E. Colton received the Theater Hall of Fame Founders Award in 1999 for outstanding contribution to the American theater.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 15
[ P ] VA's Signature Theatre Will Stage New Version of R&H's Allegro in 2003-04
[ P ] Karen Akers Revisits Nine Tunes in New Algonquin Cabaret Act, April 15-May 24
[ P ] Pippin�s Vereen Offers One-Man Show in Brooklyn April 5
[ P ] Stacy Keach Paints Baitz's Ten Unknowns at L.A.'s Taper, March 15-May 4
Reviews:
[ LAT ] Decades of harmony and hairdos by David C. Nichols
Nostalgic kitsch of a rare order propels "The Marvelous Wonderettes" at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse. This West Coast premiere of creator-director Roger Bean's salute to the great girl groups is wildly entertaining froth, resembling a nonspectral "Forever Plaid" in crinolines.
With Kim Huber.
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Friday, March 14, 2003
Features:
[ P ] My Life With Albertine: Erin Dilly, Kelli O'Hara, and Lauren Ward
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: My Life with Albertine: Opening Night
[ BS ] Women's History Month: Is There a Reinvented Woman on Stage?
To what extent a new vision of women represented onstage is perhaps up for grabs. Has political correctness died? Have old taboos given way to a new batch? Back Stage takes a look.
News:
[ B ] Herman Revue Showtune Extended to May 11
[ P ] Jerry Herman's Showtune Extended to May 11
[ P ] Hunter Foster Sticks With Urinetown Til March 20; Pollock Joins March 21
[ P ] Urban Cowboy Lead Cowgirl Colella Ankled at NBC's "Today Show" Taping
[ P ] Abraham, Ward, Moses, Jones Star in Encores! New Moon, March 27-30
Reviews:
[ CU ] My Life With Albertine Review
[ ATW ] Foley Amiable One-Man Piece
[ CU ] Foley Review
posted at 3/14/2003 05:46:28 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ TM ] Play On! by Michael Portantiere
Michael Portantiere examines the root causes of the recent Broadway musicians' strike.
posted at 3/14/2003 05:19:38 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
[ B ] Injured Sissy In Sneaks For Weekend Cowboy Perfs
Leading lady Jenn Colella sprained her ankle during the cast's Today show taping earlier today and, while she will be going on this weekend, she'll be doing it without her cowboy boots. Order and all correct footwear will hopefully be restored by Monday.
[ B ] Peters Not Pellow is Chicago's Next Billy Flynn
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATER WEEK IN REVIEW, March 8-15: Union Square
[ P ] Another Macbeth Arrives in London in April
[ B ] Hynes, Caldwell & Mosher to Helm Williams Fest
[ B ] Bratt & Margulies Headline Faye at MCC
[ P ] "Mister Sterling" Season Finale -with Audra McDonald-Set for March 14
[ P ] Louder Than Words: Joey McIntyre Stars in tick, tick Tour's Boston Run May 27-June 8
[ P ] Josie De Guzman to Star in Hayworth Homage Diosa at CT's Hartford Stage
[ P ] Stage and Screen Star Katherine Helmond Featured in Acting Company's Benefit Reading
[ P ] Six New Musicals Heard in NYC "Musical Mondays" Series; Patsy Sings March 24-25
[ P ] DIVA TALK: Laurie Beechman Remembered in New Film; Elegies Songs Plus NEWS of Buckley & Myers
[ P ] Caldwell, Mosher & Hynes Named Directors for Kennedy Center's "Tennessee Williams Explored"
[ P ] Patti LuPone Among Stars to Sing Gershwin at 11th Annual Kennedy Center Gala
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[ B ] Photo Op: A Perfect Evening for A Little Night Music
[ B ] Spa Music by Ken Mandelbaum
Maury Yeston's bountiful, extravagant score for Nine contains enough music for two shows. And with the right cast, Nine --particularly its first act-- can be a series of showstoppers.
posted at 3/14/2003 09:40:10 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ NYP ] RANKLE AND FILE by MICHAEL RIEDEL
ONE event during the musicians' strike crystallized the gulf of mistrust dividing producers from their actors, stagehands and musicians.
[ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF
Video Camera Therapy by JESSE MCKINLEY
The MCC Theater's next offering, "Intrigue With Faye," stars Benjamin Bratt, who plays a husband who videotapes his wife's every move.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
THE steamy, nude sex scenes Stanley Tucci and Edie Falco played nightly in "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune" didn't require great acting, sources say.
[ TM ] Repertorio Espa�ol Schedules Gala Celebration
[ TM ] Avenue Q to Resume Performances on Friday, March 14
[ B ] Deirdre O'Connell to Star in NYTW's Cavedweller
[ ATW ] XM Radio Guests for March 14:Fox News' Roger Friedman Discusses "Chicago"; Town Hall's Scott Siegel Previews Broadway Musicals of. . .
[ BS ] Broadway Strike Sign of Labor Flexing Bicep
The impact of the Broadway musicians' strike will carry far beyond last weekend's walkout and Tuesday's agreement. It's actually an important experience in solidarity.
[ P ] Juliana Margulies and Benjamin Bratt to Star in MCC's Intrigue With Faye
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 14
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Paper Doll: Jackie, Oh!
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears Preview: Bea Arthur in Mame
[ P ] Dressed to Kill Broadway: Eddie Izzard Begins A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, March 14
[ P ] "Valley" Author Susann Stage Bio Paper Doll Opens at CT's Long Wharf, March 14
[ P ] Arthur Laurents' New 2 Lives Begins Boston Run March 14-April 12; NYC Next?
[ P ] Still Hurting: Calarco Directs Wilcox, van Giesen in Philly Debut of Last Five Years, March 14
[ P ] Swank's Miracle Worker Makes Pre-Bway Debut in North Carolina March 14
[ P ] Ethan Hawke Reads Late Henry Moss at Ireland's Abbey, March 14
[ P ] Devil in the Flesh, The Tutor, and Once Upon a Time in New Jersey Win 2003 Rodgers Awards
[ P ] Beauty and the Beast Star Is Mame at NSMT; Benson & Wagner Also Cast
Features:
[ LAT ] She's ready for more lucre by Susan King
Broadway vet Rebecca Luker is looking for new challenges and wouldn't mind some film or TV work coming her way.
[ CST ] Stage-struck at first sight by Iris Fanger
Clare Higgins, the British actress starring on Broadway in "Vincent in Brixton," was 14 years old before she ever saw a play. The convent school she attended took her class to Stratford-on-Avon to see Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale."
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ NYT ] PUBLIC LIVES
A Poet on Broadway, Speaking in Many Tongues by LYNDA RICHARDSON
A Brooklyn poet, by way of Palestine, identifies strongly with African-Americans and "outsider" literature.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia speculates on what songs Scott Siegel may choose for his Broadway Musicals of 1939 evening.
[ B ] First Person: A Place of Departure by David Ives
[ CP ] Q&A: Sebastian Bach of Jesus Christ, Superstar Interview by A.D. Amorosi
The latest issue of the City Paper also has an interview with Jason Robert Brown, in connection with the upcoming Philadelphia production of "The Last Five Years." The interview does not seem to be on their website.
[ NJ ] Listen to the lullaby of off-Broadway BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ BS ] Inspiring Action: Stone Soup's "Breathe Free"
"Theater should both contain and inspire action," says Cara Blouin. "If we walk out of a play feeling that we are in the right, that play has not only wasted our time, but insidiously allowed us to avoid action."
Reviews � "My Life With Albertine":
[ NYP ] ANOTHER REASON TO DISLIKE FRANCE by DONALD LYONS
"My Life With Albertine" is an arrogant and silly attempt to put Proust into a tawdry musical box.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'MY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE'
A Bit of Proust and Some Music by BEN BRANTLEY
In this new musical, Proust has once again evaded the clutches of besotted artists who have tried to transform his work for their own purposes.
[ NJ ] Songs of sweet sorrow BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
It is not necessary to read Proust's vast "Remembrance of Things Past" to appreciate the melancholy sensibilities of "My Life with Albertine," a new musical drawn from relatively few of the novel's 4,000 pages.
[ DN ] Prissy musical Proust by Howard Kissel
The sets and costumes capture the period well, but "Albertine" reduces Proust's monumental work to something trivial and tedious.
[ USA ] 'Albertine' aims high, hits middle by Elysa Gardner
Kelli O'Hara, Chad Kimball and Brent Carver star in My Life With Albertine, an intriguing mess of a play.
[ YN ] 'Life With Albertine' is An Inert Musical by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
[ ATW ] Musical Achievements, Performances Cannot Sustain 'Abertine'
[ B ] My Life with Albertine Review by Adam Feldman
[ TM ] My Life With Albertine Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce
[ TB ] My Life With Albertine Review by Matthew Murray
Other Reviews:
[ NYT ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Political Plays, Alive and Fiery by BRUCE WEBER
The theater of protest is suddenly alive and well, thanks to English playwright David Edgar and his American counterparts.
[ CST ] 'Midnight's Children' BY HEDY WEISS
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Anyone who has followed the almost surreal saga of Salman Rushdie's life over the past two decades might have been astonished to see the happily extroverted writer casually strolling across the campus of the University of Michigan on Wednesday--a canvas tote bag in hand, and no one but an academic colleague at his side.
[ LAT ] A timely 'Delicate Balance'
A smart, darkly funny production of Edward Albee's Vietnam War-era tale has emerged at Pacific Resident Theatre. And more.
With Greg Mullavey. Plus a new play by Ray Bradbury.
[ DN ] Women's comedy nails it by Robert Dominguez
When it comes to corporate backstabbing, skulduggery, scandals and corruption, the quartet of scheming secretaries in "Hold, Please" make Enron executives look like mailroom clerks.
[ CU ] Hold, Please Review
[ DN ] It's a fling and a myth by Robert Dominguez
A rollicking country-rock score, some Elvis Presley lore and a tragic Greek myth make for an uneven blend in "Heat Lightning," a music-theater piece about a singer's extramarital affair.
[ NYP ] FUGITIVE FROM '50S & '60S by DONALD LYONS
A clever narrator makes her childhood memories a grotesquely funny portrait of a society in decay in "Bexley, OH," now at the New York Theatre Workshop.
[ B ] The Chinese Art of Placement Review by Katie Riegel
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Thursday, March 13, 2003
[ B ] Tony Winner Lynne Thigpen Dead at 54
Tony Award-winning actress Lynne Thigpen died at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, March 12. The actress, who had spent the last three years working on the CBS television series The District, was 54, according to a Reuters report.
[ P ] Actress Lynne Thigpen, Tony Winner for An American Daughter, Dead at 54
[ IBDB ] Lynne Thigpen's Broadway Credits
[ P ] Urban Cowboy Boots Scootin' Boogies It Up on NBC's "Today Show," March 14
[ P ] How To Succeed's Megan Mullally Fills in for Letterman on CBS, March 14
[ B ] Albee Festival Highlights Goodman Season
[ B ] Radiant Baby Closes Earlier than Expected
Radiant Baby will not make it through its announced extension. The bio musical about the life of Keith Haring, which was expected to run at the Public through March 23, is closing on March 16, according to a production spokesperson.
[ B ] One-Acts by Albee & Beckett Eye Off-Broadway
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Rhapsody in Seth: Opening Night
[ P ] Radiant Baby's Light Goes Under a Bushel, March 16
[ P ] Is a U.S. Run of Witches of Eastwick Brewing?
[ P ] Broadway Musicians' Contract to Face a Vote Next Week
[ P ] Flower Drum Song Star Joins Silverstone and O�Neal in New NBC Pilot
[ P ] Crazy for You Star to Film Pilot for WB Network
[ P ] Rudetsky Celebrates Chatterbox Third Anniversary With Guest Nathan Lane
posted at 3/13/2003 03:35:28 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Strike News:
[ ND ] Broadway to Theater Crowd: Hi, Remember Us? by Tania Padgett
The League of American Theatres and Producers Inc. and NYC & Co. are planning a promotional event within three weeks to encourage more theatergoers to come to Broadway, sources said.
The event will be called "Broadway Appreciation Week." More details may be announced within days.
[ ND ] The Show Goes On Along Broadway by Tania Padgett
[ ND ] Broadway Needs Harmony Over Orchestras by Joseph Dolman
People don't come to Broadway to see efficiency. Broadway shows are already an economic anachronism. Why retail a show to a few hundred people a night when you can make one compact disc and reach millions of paying customers instantly? The reason: People are willing to pay big bucks to witness the magic of creation. If Broadway's producers forget that, they will wreck an important local industry.
[ ND ] Broadway Is Alive, Again, with Sound of Music by Neil Donohoe
Neil Donohoe has been the director and chair of the Theater Division at The Boston Conservatory for 18 years. He has directed nationally and in New England.
Other News:
[ HC ] 'Sixteen Wounded' Could Move To New York by Frank Rizzo
[ YN ] De Rossi Is 'Arrested' for TV Pilot Cast
Harry Groener, who spooked "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as Sunnydale's mayor, has joined the cast of the WB's comedy "Kid Mayor." Groener is a three-time Tony nominee.
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
"The Play What I Wrote" news.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Calista Flockhart, Kate Burton and "Take Me Out."
[ P ] Take Me Out Plays San Fran in Summer 2004; Flower Drum, Charity, Movin' Offered
[ P ] Guettel's Light in the Piazza to Light Up Goodman Stage in 2003-4
[ P ] Australian Hair Makes U.S. Premiere March 21
[ P ] Are You Blue? Off-Broadway's Blue Man Group Holds Open Auditions, March 24
[ P ] �Name That Tune�: March 30 Costume Party to Benefit MAC Outreach Fund
[ P ] �Welcome to the 60�s�: Hairspray Sheet Music Now Available
[ P ] �Ally McBeal� Star Calista Flockhart to Play Title Role in �All About Eve� Benefit
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 13
[ P ] Caffeine, Codependence and Customer Service Heat Up Cafe Society Off-Broadway, March 13
[ P ] Gospel of John, One-Man Show of Biblical Proportion, Plays Lamb's March 13-April 20
[ P ] '80s Singer Lisa Lisa Joins Off-Broadway's Donkey Show, April 11
[ ATW ] XM Radio Adds Roger Friedman To March 13 Guest Lineup; Topic will be "Chicago" Oscar Race
Features:
[ ND ] A Grade 'A' Star by Blake Green
S. Epatha Merkerson plays an abortionist branded
[ USA ] Matt Cavenaugh rides onto Broadway by Elysa Gardner
Reviews:
[ NJ ] More than a little BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
In its lovely revival at New York City Opera, "A Little Night Music" proves once more to be the most romantic show in town.
[ YN ] 'A Little Night Music' Lavishly Revived by JUSTIN GLANVILLE
The City Opera orchestra, conducted by Sondheim veteran Paul Gemignani, is larger and probably better than any ensemble you'd come across on Broadway. To hear the score receive such royal treatment is reason enough to see this production.
[ ATW ] Is Death a Woman's Only Real Choice?: Alma and Mrs. Woolf, Killing Louise
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[ NYT ] CITY OPERA REVIEW | 'A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC': Sondheim's Words Can Be More Vital Than Notes By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BARBRA'S WEDDING': People, People Who Hate People, Are the Angriest People By BRUCE WEBER
[ NYP ] A SEASON OF REVIVAL By CLIVE BARNES
In a spring season filled with revivals, the biggest thing on Broadway is bound to be "Gypsy."
[ NYP ] WOODY? YES, HE WOULD By DONALD LYONS
No doubt the headline event of the season will be Woody Allen's off-Broadway directorial debut with "Writer's Block" (April 23), a staged version of two of his scripts. Bebe Neuwirth and Paul Reiser will lead the zany way to madness.
[ DN ] 'Music' is less than lyrical, but Sondheim still scores by Howard Kissel
Howard Kissel: Before the New York City Opera production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" began Tuesday night, Sondheim was given an award named in his honor.
[ DN ] Ghost haunts play - and cast by Robert Dominguez
There is a haunting, wistful quality to "Havana Under the Sea," a new musical presented by INTAR Theatre on W. 53rd St., that extends beyond the show's metaphorical premise.
[ V ] A Little Night Music review by Charles Isherwood
[ V ] B'way audiences loud and clear - Returning musicians get earfuls of ovation
They came back heroes. After a four-day strike, audiences staged emotional demonstrations Tuesday night on Broadway to applaud the returned musicians.
[ B ] Do I Hear a Waltz? by Ken Mandelbaum
[ P ] My Life With Albertine, the Musical That Would Make Proust Sing, Opens
[ P ] NYC's Irish Rep Has U.S. Premiere, Foley, Solo Play Kissed With Music, March 13
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
[ P ] Robber Bridegroom Gets Manhattan Reading With Seiber, Butler and More
The Robber Bridegroom, the 30-year-old Robert Waldman-Alfred Uhry musical set in mythical Mississippi, came alive again March 7 in a private Manhattan reading directed by Christopher Ashley.
Darn, we should have made our hint tougher. :-)
[ Z ] Modine, Alexander and Colantoni to Bear 'Witness' on CBS
Over at NBC, Christine Baranski will join John Larroquette in the comedy pilot "Happy Family." Larroquette and Baranski will play a couple whose grown children keep returning to the fold.
[ TM ] Photo File
Enchanted April, The Play What I Wrote, Rhapsody in Seth, etc.
posted at 3/12/2003 09:25:02 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ TM ] A Little Night Music review by David Finkle
posted at 3/12/2003 05:55:40 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
News:
[ P ] Liam Neeson Was March 11 Surprise Guest in Play What I Wrote
[ P ] New Musical Avenue Q Cancels March 12 Performance at Off-Broadway's Vineyard
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Avenue Q: Everyone Loves Lucy
[ P ] Goodspeed Confirms Eder in Camille Claudel Musical, and Has Tammy Wynette Show in 2003
[ P ] Nathan Lane The Man Who Came To Dinner Comes to DVD/VHS, March 18
[ B ] Camille Claudel, Tammy Wynette Highlight Goodspeed Season
[ B ] Starry Cast Readies for Closer Film
[ TM ] Richard Rodgers Competition Winners Announced
Features:
[ B ] Quotable Quotes: Chatting with Enchanted Stars
[ B ] Photo Op: Stage Stars Go Bowling for Second Stage
Reviews:
[ ATW ] Nothing New in Bexley, OH(!)
[ CU ] The Chinese Art of Placement Review
posted at 3/12/2003 05:46:20 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ TM ] Avenue Q Cancels Wednesday Evening Performance
[ P ] Cult Musical, What Makes Sammy Run?, Gets NY Concert "Revisal" March 26-29
[ P ] West End's Triple Espresso to Close Early
[ P ] The Rat Pack Remembered in Musical at London's Theatre Royal
[ P ] Joe Egg's Izzard Appears on Letterman, March 12
With Elvis Costello as guest host - should be a lot of fun!
(BTW, when Elvis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday night, he thanked Rodgers and Hart for influencing his music.)
[ B ] Michael Brandon to Star in Jerry Springer - The Opera
For a second I thought that said "Marlon Brando"... yegods...
posted at 3/12/2003 03:01:16 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Reviews:
[ B ] CDs: What, No Cafe Crown? by Ken Mandelbaum
THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1964 (Bayview)
PAMELA MYERS: THE CHANCE TO SING (LML Music)
News:
[ P ] Audra Sings "Happy Songs" in Prince Music Theater Benefit, March 30 in Philly
[ P ] Broadway�s Michael Mayer to Direct Dallas Roberts in New Film
[ P ] Transplanted Heart Links Characters in Toronto World Premiere, Domino Heart, March 20
[ P ] Kirsche Replaces Cassidy in Reprise! She Loves Me, March 18-30
[ P ] �Chicago� Fans Find Inconsistencies in Miramax Film
[ P ] Jennifer Holliday Sings Love Songs at May 10 Concert
posted at 3/12/2003 12:43:17 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Strike News:
[ CSM ] A chorus of musicians' complaints by Ron Scherer and Stacey Vanek Smith
The Broadway strike ends, but a wider discord persists
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ NYP ] STRIKE UP THE BAND! by MICHAEL RIEDEL and RYAN SABEY
Hail, hail, the band's all here! Broadway musicals were up and running last night following the end of a four-day strike by the musicians union that dimmed the lights on the Great White Way.
[ DN ] Broadway is back in business by RALPH R. ORTEGA and PAUL H.B. SHIN
Big strike role for Mike
[ USA ] Broadway strikes up the orchestra by Elysa Gardner
Other News:
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 12
[ P ] James and Annie, Warren Leight's Second Premiere This Season, Opens in Cincinnati, March 12
[ P ] Killing Louise, Drama of Assisted Suicide, Opens Off-Bway March 12
[ P ] Les Miz Hits Its 16th Birthday on Bway March 12
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
During the Broadway musicians' strike, Filichia got his theater fix at a Wild Party in Cincinnati.
[ B ] Quotable Quotes: Talking Up Brixton on B'way
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Ren�e Zellweger, Kander and Ebb.
Reviews:
[ INQ ] For laughs, everyone's favorite Soviet is back by Douglas J. Keating
Yakov Smirnoff is attempting to increase his visibility with a show he has performed in several U.S. cities over the last few months. The two-nights-a-week show is previewing in New York, where he started his career, and is scheduled to open in a Broadway theater on April 7. Yet Smirnoff has brought it to Philadelphia's Annenberg Center for another series of out-of-town performances before he subjects himself to New York critics.
[ VV ] UNFINISHED EUPHONIES
It's Writing for the Stage, but Is It Playwriting? by Michael Feingold
Our Lady of 121st Street; Vincent in Brixton
[ YN ] Absorbing Tales Carry One-Woman Play by JUSTIN GLANVILLE
It's not immediately clear that you're in the hands of a master storyteller when the one-woman play "Bexley, OH(!)" begins.
[ YN ] Mulgrew Captures Hepburn in 'Tea at Five' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
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[ NYT ] Broadway Strike Ends By ROBIN POGREBIN and STEVEN GREENHOUSE
The curtains went up on Broadway musicals on Tuesday night after producers and musicians reached a settlement, ending a four-day strike.
[ NYT ] Light the Lights
Other sectors of the city's cultural economy may possess more creativity, but few of them drive tourism like Broadway.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW: Recent Plays
[ NYP ] A SHARP COMEDY WORKS By DONALD LYONS
THE Working Theater, which last brought us "Tabletop," Rob Ackerman's splendid look at the technicians who make commercials, is back with another take on working people - a savage comedy about four secretaries about to be downsized.
[ DN ] Strike boosts Off-B'way by Robert Dominguez and Lance Gould
Broadway's musical breach was Off-Broadway's boon. The strike by the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 diverted audiences to Off-Broadway houses in large numbers during the four-day work stoppage.
posted at 3/12/2003 07:18:13 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
News:
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Strike Out
With Broadway musicals closed due to the strike for the weekend, the Great White Way was down a whopping $6,213,161 last week as compared to the previous week. Total box office receipts for last week came in at only $5,192,470.
[ B ] Kayden Returns to Urinetown; Pollock Joins Cast
[ F ] Blanchett, Owen Get Closer With Mike Nichols
Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen join Natalie Portman and Jude Law, who have already agreed to be in Nichols' movie.
[ P ] Greenspan's Gender-Bent She Stoops Has Kerr, Copeland, Smith at Horizons, April 3
[ P ] Philly's Walnut Street Will Stage U.S. Premiere of Picasso Musical, La Vie en Bleu in Fall
[ P ] Scott Schwartz Will Helm Hair National Tour in Fall
[ P ] Report: Ned Beatty to Be Ashley Judd's Big Daddy in Upcoming Broadway Cat
[ P ] NYC Musical Theatre Artists Talk About Conducting and Musical Directing, March 16-April 14
[ P ] Check Your Local Listings: "Chicago" Movie Featurettes Fill TV Schedules
Features:
[ TM ] Tammy, Tell Me True
Tammy Grimes shares her Wit & Wisdom with TheaterMania's Michael Buckley.
[ B ] Photo Op: Enchanted April Meet and Greet
[ B ] Photo Op: Buicks Opens Off-Broadway
[ B ] Photo Op: Tea Time!
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We're back! And we're cooking with beer! Now that we return to our normal Broadway season, we get back to good "blind items":
- What short-lived "cult" musical from the mid 1970's recently had a top secret NYC reading and just gotten the go ahead for a full production at The Biltmore next season? Hint: the original production starred two future Broadway legends.
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News:
[ P ] Jude Law to Star in Film of Closer
Jude Law will co-star with Cate Blanchett in the film version of Patrick Marber's play Closer.
[ P ] Tricycle Stages Pinter Premiere in U.K.
[ P ] Royal Comedy Opens at London�s Jermyn Street
[ P ] Report: Bening and Ivey to Star in Fallen Angels on Broadway in Fall
[ P ] Urinetown Re-Zoned: Thompson and Kayden Return March 25, Foster Exits March 18
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Tea at Five: Opening Night
[ B ] Cowboy Cancels Matinees; Keeps Opening Date
[ B ] DC's Sondheim Fest Leads Helen Hayes Noms
Features:
[ P ] Ride 'Em (Urban) Cowboy
Bud, Sissy and Wes are back in the saddle again�singing and dancing on Broadway in a new, musical Urban Cowboy.
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Strike News:
[ P ] March 11 Press Conference Features Speeches from Mayor and Union and League Reps
[ P ] Back in the Saddle: Urban Cowboy Resumes, Nixes March 12 Matinee
[ P ] Drum Beats Again: Flower Drum Song Resumes Performances March 11
Other News:
[ B ] Cast Set For Woody Allen's Writer's Block
[ B ] Hairspray's Gambatese Set For Frog and Toad
[ P ] MAC Awards Scheduled for April 14; Nominees Announced: Buckley, Feinstein Up for Top Honors
[ P ] New Play Anthology Given Free Reading in NYC, March 31
[ P ] Broadway and "Will & Grace" Star Megan Mullally Subs for Letterman on "Late Show," March 14
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: March 3-9
[ P ] �Mister Sterling� Season Finale �with Audra McDonald�Set for March 14
[ P ] Take Me Out Plays "Tuesdays at 7" on March 11, 18 & 25 Before Returning to 8 PM
[ P ] A Ghostly Leading Lady Surfaces in Off-Bway Musical, Havana Under the Sea, March 11
[ P ] Leguizamo Begins Solo Sexaholix... at Los Angeles' Ahmanson, March 11
Reviews:
[ B ] DVDs: The Fan-Dango on Film by Ken Mandelbaum
SWEET CHARITY (Universal)
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: The Play What I Wrote Welcomes Moore--Roger Moore!
posted at 3/11/2003 01:42:20 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NBC ] The Show Will Go On: Broadway Reaches Deal
posted at 3/11/2003 10:18:08 AM by James Marino | Item Link
At a press conference held just before 10:00 this morning, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bill Moriarity (the president of Local 802), and Jed Bernstein (the president of the League) announced the resolution of the strike. In addition to the reduction of house minimums (now 18-19 in Broadway's thirteen largest theaters), the makeup of the panel that decides on the "Special Situations" for musicals has changed so that more neutral representatives--instead of musicians currently working on Broadway--will assist in the decision making process. Regardless, the strike is now officially over, and all the shows that were scheduled to play tonight will.
[ TM ] Local 802 and Theatre League Reach Agreement to End Musicians' Strike
[ P ] Sound of Music Returns to Broadway: Strike Settled, Minimums Reduced
[ B ] Strike Over! League & Union Settle Dispute
posted at 3/11/2003 10:15:13 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Strike News:
[ ND ] Bloomberg, Center Stage by Tania Padgett
Leads producers, musicians back to bargaining table
[ V ] VIRTUAL ORCHESTRAS SOUND OFF
They are the men in the middle. Broadway's producers bet on them. The musicians hate them. Until now, the guys who created the virtual orchestras have been virtually invisible. Suddenly, they're at the center of what many in the theater are calling a public relations disaster.
[ NYT ] Letters: Give Us Live Music, or We Stay Home
[ NYT ] NYC
It's Mostly Dim Bulbs Now Dark on Broadway by CLYDE HABERMAN
With the likes of "Les Mis�rables" shut down, you might think this would be a good time for the spirit of mild adventure to take wing. Don't bet on it.
[ ND ] Two Routes to the Pits of Broadway by Peter Goodman
There are two main paths into the pit of a Broadway musical: the "jazzer's route," taken mostly by the brass, and the "classical player's route," followed largely by the strings.
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
Strike talk (second item).
Other News:
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
'THERE IS violence in this sweet play, so we are rehearsing in slow motion and both our leading actresses are wearing body pads," says director Marianne Elliot of her first Broadway project "The Miracle Worker."
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 11
[ P ] McDonald, Ebersole, McKechnie and Others Expected at March 11 Rhapsody in Seth Opening
[ P ] Original Company Star to Release Solo CD, �The Chance to Sing,� in April
[ P ] A Platinum Hit: �Chicago� Soundtrack Soars in Sales
[ P ] Hit Genet Revival, The Blacks, Reopens Off-Broadway March 11
[ P ] Sondheim Shows, Arena's South Pacific, Alice Ripley, Signature Among DC's Helen Hayes Award Nominees
[ P ] NYC Mayor Bloomberg Reignites Strike Talks; Negotiations Resume at Gracie Mansion
[ V ] CAA OPENING GOTHAM DIGS
Industry wondering which clients will move, too
Never say never. Creative Artists Agency is opening a New York office for George Lane, who recently ankled the William Morris Agency.
Features:
[ USA ] 'Night Music' back with wit, sparkle by Elysa Gardner
[ ND ] Remembrance of Things Proust by Blake Green
A playwright sets the author to music, as he did with Joyce
Reviews:
[ NYT ] Theater in Review
"The Last Two Jews of Kabul" is an act and a half of comic banter based on a news item from last year. Also reviewed: "Heartbreak House," "Snow White," and "Showtune."
[ NJ ] Genial date with pair of Kates BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ USA ] 'Tea at Five' needs dollop of Hepburn's prowess by Elysa Gardner
[ ND ] Packing a Beef Into A Downtown Loft by Gordon Cox
It's tempting to leave at intermission, but don't. In the ambitious, immoderate and surprising new play "Dirty Story," it may take the entirety of the show's first act for audience members to figure out just what writer-director John Patrick Shanley has up his sleeve.
[ LAT ] 'Divide' fails to conquer the real drama of politics by Don Shirley
David Edgar's "Continental Divide" evades the tough questions.
[ TB ] Alma and Mrs. Woolf Review by Matthew Murray
[ DN ] Striking a patriotic chord by David Bianculli
"The Great American Songbook" (tonight at 10, WNET-Ch. 13) begins just before the turn of the 20th century, when the distribution of sheet music and piano-player rolls combined to make the first million-selling song: 1892's "After the Ball Is Over."
posted at 3/11/2003 08:06:42 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] Mayor Bloomberg Intervenes in Theater Strike By ROBIN POGREBIN
The mayor summoned musicians and producers for negotiations and appointed a mediator to help resolve the strike.
[ NYT ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: A Long Journey Toward 'Virtual' Orchestra Began Years Ago By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
[ NYT ] IMPACT: For Striking Broadway Union Members, Solidarity and Fear By ROBIN POGREBIN and JESSE McKINLEY
[ NYT ] City Opera Revives 'Night Music,' as Sondheim Dotes By MEL GUSSOW
"I'm always surprised how much I like it," says Stephen Sondheim about "A Little Night Music," his heartwarming musical, which opens in a revival on Tuesday night.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'LA FIESTA DEL CHIVO': Severity of a Tyrant's Tale, From Vargas Llosa By BRUCE WEBER
[ NYP ] LUCKY STRIKE By BARBARA HOFFMAN
JUST because the Great White Way has gone dark doesn't mean the singing has to stop.
[ NYP ] ROAD TRIP WITH FRAZZLED FAMILY MAN By DONALD LYONS
'BUICKS" is a splendid dark comedy about a man who takes to the road after his life falls apart. Equal parts Raymond Carver and Sam Shepard, with a dash of surprising optimism, the play is written by Julian Sheppard (in his New York premiere) and directed, with quiet edge, by Brian Kulick.
[ DN ] A timely take on a tyrant of long ago by Robert Dominguez
The main character of an intriguing political drama is a corrupt, power-hungry dictator whose reign of fear, torture and intimidation has a concerned U.S. seeking a regime change. And no, we're not talking about Saddam Hussein.
[ P ] Life Begins for Life X 3 on Broadway as Reza Play Previews March 11
[ TM ] for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf review by Brooke Pierce
posted at 3/11/2003 07:18:02 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Monday, March 10, 2003
Sorry to add yet another post to this page but I have Breaking News and because inquiring minds want to know, here it is (someone actually did ask). Last January in a moment of fun I asked the other BroadwayStars posters what their favorite shows from last year (2002) were. Being the busy man that he is, James Marino neglected to answer the question. After months of Chinese Water Torture, denying him the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, subjecting him to every lousy Reality TV program, kidnapping the Penn State Nittany Lion and threatening to force 18 Broadway Musicals to close as a result of a musicians strike, TODAY, Marino finally succumbed and sent me his favorites from 2002.
Fav Musical: Last Five Years
Fav Play: Good Thief
Fav Thing: Stritch
Two off-Broadway, I know. :-)
Our avid readers may now breathe a sigh of relief and the strike may now end. See it's really all Marino's fault.
posted at 3/10/2003 09:17:39 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link
Strike News:
[ B ] Well, What Can You See? Here's a List!
[ P ] Is Broadway's Darkest Hour a Chance for People to Rediscover Off-Broadway?
[ P ] Do You Hear the People Sing? At the Les Miz Strike Barricade, a Family From Utah Did
[ P ] Waiting in the Wings: Upcoming Broadway Musicals Await Strike Decision
[ P ] Both Sides Silent and Far Apart as Broadway Strike Drags On
[ P ] Most Broadway Musicals Cancel March 10 Performances
Other News:
[ B ] La Jolla Playhouse Announces 2003 Season
[ B ] Signature Theatre Company Looks Ahead
[ TM ] 2003 MAC Award Nominees Announced
[ P ] Hot Print: Suzan-Lori Parks' New Play Is Big Seller at Public Theater; Run Nearly Sold-Out
[ P ] Neuwirth and Reiser Will Star in Woody Allen's Writer's Block
[ P ] Amanda Plummer Is Sonya in Vanya in La Jolla 2003 Season
[ P ] Urban Cowboy Hoots, Hollers on "Radio Playbill" March 11-10
[ P ] Casting Now Complete for West End Sexual Perversity
[ P ] London�s Shakespeare (Abridged) Adds Extra Matinee
[ P ] Ma Rainey Star Whoopi Goldberg Hosts for Ailing Letterman on "Late Show," March 10
[ P ] Bombay Dreams Won't Play Toronto Tryout, Comes Direct to Bway 2004
Reviews:
[ B ] Bexley, OH (!) Review by Adam Feldman
[ CT ] Music review, Linda Eder at the Oriental Theatre by Howard Reich
Thanks to John for the link!
[ ATW ] Love and Marriage:It's Not Always Easy - Barbra's Wedding; Heat Lightning; Roses in December
[ CU ] Barbra's Wedding Review
[ CU ] Heat Lightning Review
[ CU ] Our Lady of 121st Street Review
[ ATW ] Our Lady of 121st Street Scintillating Theater
[ CU ] String Fever Review
[ CU ] Take Me Out Review
[ CU ] Love's Labour Lost London Review
[ CU ] Tea At Five Review
[ CU ] Vincent In Brixton Review
[ ATW ] An Unfortunate Showtune
posted at 3/10/2003 08:20:58 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] NYC Mayor Calls for Broadway Strike Talks
Bloomberg urged both sides to quickly resolve their differences to ``put the hustle and bustle back into Times Square.'' The negotiations will be mediated by Frank Macchiarola, president of St. Francis College and a former city schools chancellor.
[ B ] Talks Resume Between Producers & Musicians
Mayor Michael Bloomberg called leadership of both The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 and the League of American Theatres and Producers early today to urge them to get back to negotiations.
posted at 3/10/2003 06:55:31 PM by Susan Heim | Item Link
Strike News:
[ DN ] B'way strike tab $7.2M by CELESTE KATZ and JANE H. FURSE
Cost to city grows, but musicians, owners far apart
[ ND ] Actors feel a bond with musicians by Robert Kahn
Not every performer was as firmly ensconced in the musicians' camps. Corey Reynolds, who stars as Seaweed in "Hairspray," said an offer by producers Friday to put the orchestra minimum at 15 in the biggest theaters - up from their initial demand that there be no minimum - was a step in the right direction. "Both sides need to remember the key is compromise," he said.
Now run and tell THAT!
[ NYT ] Walkout Closes a Struggling Revival Early by JESSE McKINLEY
While the "Flower Drum Song" story may be out of date � or maybe not (see below) - this story does feature some interesting quotes from Arthur Laurents and Maury Yeston.
[ P ] Flower Drum Song May Not Reopen on Broadway
A spokesperson for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical said that if the strike is settled imminently � within the next day or two � the musical will reopen and play through its previously announced closing date, March 16. If the strike is not settled quickly, the show will have played its final performance Thursday, March 6. The ABC theatre listings in the New York Times does not list the musical in its March 10 edition.
[ WP ] On Broadway, Taking the Musicians Out of the Music by Peter Marks
It's Broadway's dirty little secret. For years, audiences have been largely shielded from a truth of theatrical life that singers and musicians, directors and producers have been privy to: On some occasions, you can't trust your ears.
The three violinists in the orchestra pit? They're being electronically "sweetened" to sound like six. The voices of the rollicking choruses in the Act 2 finale? To give the actors a breather, they're being played for you on tape. The symphonic swell of the overture? It's controlled as much by a guy at a computer as by the person with the baton.
[ DN ] They're fiddling on hot tin roof by Howard Kissel
Musicians should not be sacrificed in the battle to lower the cost of producing shows. It is absurd, for example, that Glenn Close's weekly salary in "Sunset Boulevard" was probably equivalent to the payroll for the entire orchestra.
But unless some compromises on minimums are reached quickly, this strike will be not only destructive but deeply self-destructive.
[ ND ] Amid Strike, Still Playing On by Tami Luhby
Other shows profit while music stopped
[ B ] Frequently Asked Questions about the Strike
[ B ] Equity Members Speak Out from Picket Lines
[ B ] Photo Op: Broadway Stars Show Support for Local 802
[ USA ] Will Broadway spring back? by Elysa Gardner
[ USA ] Sound of B'way music is the point of contention by Elysa Gardner
Other News:
[ YN ] Ryan O'Neal Joins Darren Star Pilot for NBC
Also joining the cast of "Miss/Match": Jodi Long ("All-American Girl").
And "Flower Drum Song," and...
[ YN ] More Stars Fill in for Letterman
The roster of substitute hosts includes Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vaughn, Elvis Costello and Will Ferrell, with another host to be announced for Friday's show.
[ B ] CDs: You're O.K. for TV by Ken Mandelbaum
Add Alix Korey to the cast of this week's Manhattan Theatre Club/Gabriel Barre reading of The Witches of Eastwick.
[ B ] Chicago Strikes Again by Ken Mandelbaum
Charlie Pollock has been mentioned to replace Hunter Foster in Broadway's Urinetown.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
Tony Kushner (fifth item).
[ B ] Chicago Wins 3 SAG Awards Incl. Best Ensemble
[ YN ] Archerd: Thornton fights at Alamo by Army Archerd
The Oscar push marches on: Tuesday, at the Egyptian Theatre's Cinematheque screening, it was old-er Hollywood musical stars salute to "Chicago."
Second item.
[ NYT ] Susan Johnson, Stage Actress in the 1950's, Dies at 75
They finally get around to an obituary, and it could hardly be briefer.
[ NJ ] Shakespeare Theatre schedules classics BY PETER FILICHIA
This year, Robert Cuccioli, who has appeared at the theater in "Antony and Cleopatra" and last season's "Carnival!," will return as a director.
[ R ] Broadway's Hottest Tickets
NEW YORK (Variety) - Broadway's hottest tickets in Week 40 of the season (Feb. 24 -- March 2).
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 10
[ P ] Ode to Ohio; NY Theatre Workshop's Bexley, OH(!) Opens March 10
[ ATW ] XM Radio Guests for Week of March 10 Include John Davidson, Amanda Green, Maureen McGovern
Features:
[ TM ] Count Him In by: Michael Portantiere
Marc Kudisch on movie musicals, operettas, and his role of Count Malcolm in A Little Night Music.
[ B ] The Yeston Years by Ken Mandelbaum
With Nine--Yeston's first Broadway show and Tony--about to return to Broadway, I thought a quick rundown on Yeston's singular career might be in order.
[ B ] Photo Op: An Opening Night Party for Our Lady
[ B ] Photo Op: Getting Ready For a New Miracle Worker
[ B ] Photo Op: Brixton Bows on Broadway
[ B ] Photo Op: Singing-a-Long With Oscar Hopeful Chicago
[ B ] Photo Op: Heat Lightning Strikes Off-Broadway
[ B ] Barbra's Wedding Party at Westbank
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: LaChiusa, Hammerstein and Sondheim
Reviews � "Tea at Five":
[ ND ] One-Woman Brew, a Bit Decaffeinated by Gordon Cox
[ ATW ] Tea at Five: Hepburn Lite, Mulgrew Strong
[ TM ] Tea at Five Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ B ] Tea at Five Review by William Stevenson
Other Reviews:
[ ATW ] Buicks Surprises Just Right
[ B ] Buicks Review by Adam Feldman
[ CU ] Buicks Review by Les Gutman
[ TM ] The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
Maureen McGovern celebrates her 30-year career in her latest -- and, thus far, greatest -- cabaret show, now playing at Feinstein's.
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Brooke Pierce reviews new solo recordings by Lauren Kennedy, Heidi Grant Murphy, Ute Lemper, Amanda Green, and Melissa Errico.
[ NJ ] Searing family drama leaves its mark BY PETER FILICHIA
You shouldn't miss "You Shouldn't Have Told" at African Globe TheatreWorks in Newark.
[ TM ] Anyone Can Whistle Los Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz
[ NYer ] LOVE IS THE DRUG by HILTON ALS
Van Gogh�s Mrs. Robinson.
So, I've been out of town for a few days. Did anything happen while I was gone?
Apparently not...
posted at 3/10/2003 12:17:38 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] Among Factions in Strike, Some Strutting and Fretting Backstage By ROBIN POGREBIN
[ P ] New Mondays Series to Feature Works by MacDermot, Blumenkrantz, Birkenhead, Bucchino
[ P ] Three Tony Winners Offer Dramatic Reading of Friel�s Faith Healer March 10
[ P ] �Chicago� Film Nabs Three Top Prizes at 9th Annual SAG Awards
[ TB ] Tea At Five Review by Matthew Murray
[ DN ] It's Hep-Hep-hooray, as one
great Kate serves up another by Howard Kissel
[ NYP ] MULGREW IS GREAT AS KATE By DONALD LYONS
[ NYP ] 'CHICAGO' SLAYS 'EM
[DN ] 'Chicago' hits award high note
posted at 3/10/2003 11:32:17 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link
[ TM ] Did I Hear a Waltz? by Peter Filichia
During a recent trip to Venice, Filichia scoured the City of Canals in search of an elusive waltz.
[ NYT ] Men of the Theater, Competing for Oscars By ROBIN POGREBIN
Stephen Daldry and Rob Marshall are dyed-in-the-wool theater veterans who are new to the movies. Both of their films are nominated for Oscars.
posted at 3/10/2003 08:56:31 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
Sunday, March 09, 2003
[ TM ] Unions Rally as Musicians' Strike Continues
posted at 3/9/2003 08:48:01 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
[ ND ] In Praise Of Going Dark by Linda Winer
Many people are disappointed, some are even furious, about this weekend's strike against 18 Broadway musicals. But I am really proud.
posted at 3/9/2003 08:09:01 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link
[ P ] Hard Words on Either Side as Broadway Strike Goes on
[ P ] Broadway Musicals and the Strike: Your Questions Answered
[ B ] Update: Talks On Hold Between League & 802
[ B ] Important Information for Broadway.com Ticketholders About Cancelled Performances
[ B ] Producers Rescind Early Flower Drum Closing Notice
posted at 3/9/2003 06:58:16 PM by the other James | Item Link
[ P ] Kate Mulgrew Opens in Tea at Five at the Promenade, March 9
[ P ] Night Music: Broadway's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Closes, March 9
[ P ] Little Fish Swims Upstream; LaChiusa Musical Closes Off-Broadway, March 9
[ P ] Jekyll & Hyde Stars Reunite for NYC Cabaret Concert March 9
posted at 3/9/2003 09:09:50 AM by the other James | Item Link
[ TS ] Taking Bombay to Broadway
David Mirvish bankrolls N.Y. run for Bollywood musical But planned 6-month Toronto engagement has been dropped
More on that tidbit from James, this was from the Toronto Star yesterday.
[ NYT ] Theaters to Remain Closed as Strike Continues
[ NYT ] These Women Seduced With Wit
The first women to become professional playwrights in the English-speaking world were canny and resourceful but above all indomitable
[ NYT ] In Search of a Lost Love: Making a Musical Out of Proust
[ NYT ] After the Fatwa, Playwriting and Partygoing
posted at 3/9/2003 01:02:39 AM by Susan Heim | Item Link
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