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Saturday, May 03, 2003 [ NYT ] A NIGHT OUT WITH Jane Krakowski by MARSHALL HEYMAN Jane Krakowski, who is currently starring in the musical "Nine," spent a recent Sunday night off at the Film Forum for Fellini and Lupa for pasta. [ RMN ] 'Brooklyn' on Santa Fe by Lisa Bornstein That crumbling brick wall at Denver Civic Theater is, of all things, a sign of life. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! [ NYT ] In Performance Keely Smith. posted at 5/3/2003 03:49:13 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ DN ] Latin crooner finds the way to B'way by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ More than two years after reaching No. 1 on the Latin charts, salsa singer Kevin Ceballo is finally releasing his second album with a tour of local clubs. The Bronx-born Ceballo is also a Broadway performer. [ BSUN ] Wanted: Mediocre dancers for Broadway musical by J. Wynn Rousuck Jerry Mitchell interview. [ LAT ] A fanciful slice-of-life story by Mike Boehm Rolin Jones, a drama student at Yale, parlays his pizza-delivery days into a South Coast Repertory staging with a Valley setting. [ LAT ] Erasing the tarnish by Irene Lacher James Farentino says he's turned his life around. Now he's doing the same for his career in 'Boy Gets Girl.' [ CPD ] She's so glad to have this time together by Mark Dawidziak "I am going to do another special, but it will be new comedy sketches with music. We're looking for funny people who are musical, who are theatrical, who know how to play and who are comfortable in front an audience." - Carol Burnett Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! News: [ B ] Helen Hayes Theatre Announces Fall 2003 Season [ B ] Jackie Mason Musical Set for Fall Broadway Bow [ NYT ] After a Theater Shuts Down, Hopes for a Second Act by MARIA NEWMAN Two weeks after crushing debt caused it to close, efforts are under way to revive the John Harms Center for the Arts in New Jersey. [ NYT ] Letters: Author and Advocate John Weidman on Peter Stone. [ P ] Today In Theatre History: MAY 3 [ P ] Hay Fever's Family Bliss Includes Stanton, Gilpin, Van Nostrand at Westport [ P ] I Love Rachel: Broadway's York Stars in TV Movie "Lucy" on CBS, May 4 [ P ] The Lion King Opens in Chicago May 3 Reviews: [ NYT ] OPERA REVIEW | 'PASSION' Sondheim's Obsessions, Revived by ANNE MIDGETTE Stephen Sondheim's "Passion," revived at the Dicapo Opera, takes on the fascination exerted by a compelling but unbeautiful woman. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'MARY TODD: A WOMAN APART' Looking Back on a Life of Epic Highs and Lows by BRUCE WEBER The latest entry in the biographical theater genre is "Mary Todd: A Woman Apart," which stars Colleen Smith Wallnau as Abraham Lincoln's widow. [ TS ] Gypsy low on goosebumps by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN [ INQ ] The showbiz fix by Carrie Rickey "Chicago," "Moulin Rouge!," "Gypsy": What binds these musical hot mamas together, and keeps us craving more? It starts with that itch to be stage front. [ TM ] The Siegels' Nightlife Notes The Siegels are very pleased to catch jazz singer Cynthia Crane performing at a restaurant in the West Village. [ NYT ] TV REVIEW | 'LUCY' Lucy, a Woman Wronged by ALESSANDRA STANLEY The next time sirens propose a made-for-TV biography of a beloved star, someone should tie Leslie Moonves, CBS's president, tightly to the mast and put wax in his ears. posted at 5/3/2003 08:42:59 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Friday, May 02, 2003 Features: [ B ] Quotable Quotes: Gypsy's Big Night [ SFC ] Taking Lucy head on by Hugh Hart When brunette Rachel York strides into a conference room, she's the last person you'd think of as Lucille Ball. But within minutes, it's clear why York was chosen to play the famous redhead in "Lucy." [ OS ] Actor gets personal in cabaret show by Elizabeth Maupin Lately, William Ryall has had some amazing reviews. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! [ TM ] Photo File TheaterMania is there for three Broadway openings and other high profile events. [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Gypsy: Opening Night [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Salome: The Reading: Opening Night [ B ] Video: Frog and Toad on B'way [ B ] Video: Stars Shine at Nine [ B ] Video: Joe Egg is Back [ BS ] All About You Developing the autobiographical solo show has many pitfalls, including the fear of collaboration. News: [ B ] Joys of Sex to Land at Variety Arts in Summer [ P ] Play What I Wrote Gets New Acting Force [ P ] Mills, McCourt, Canova, Kim Star in Cape Playhouse 2003 Season [ P ] Puppet-People Musical Avenue Q Begins on Broadway, July 11; Tickets Now on Sale [ P ] Jill Clayburgh Is Confirmed for Westport's All My Sons [ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, April 19-25: Coming Up Roses Reviews: [ LAT ] 'Gypsy,' stripped by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Bernadette Peters opts for small in the ultimate larger-than-life role. posted at 5/2/2003 06:24:32 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link News: [ P ] Musical Urban Cowboy to Launch National Tour in Fall of 2004 [ P ] Detroit's Plowshares Premieres OyamO's New Play, The Black White Man, May 8 [ P ] Carol Burnett and Patti LuPone Head to San Francisco in July [ P ] West End Fair Lady to Close; Anything Goes Heads to Drury Lane [ P ] Matthew Broderick and Bette Midler Head to "Stepford" [ P ] Men Kick Kate Out of Promenade Theatre [ P ] Broderick, Parker and Lane Likely for Tony Presenters [ P ] Betty Buckley, Liz Callaway and Barbara Carroll Join "The Callaway Hour" May 10 [ B ] Opel to Replace White in Barbra's Wedding Features: [ P ] DIVA TALK: Batting a Thousand-Bernadette Peters Scores in Gypsy [ YN ] 'Urban Cowboy' Director Fights Back by Simi Horwitz NEW YORK (Back Stage) - Director Lonny Price concedes that he was "blindsided" by the hostile reviews "Urban Cowboy" received. Thanks to finally on All That Chat for the link! Reviews: [ TB ] Kathryn Crosby Is Delightful in Jerome Kern's Roberta San Francisco Review by Richard Connema [ B ] CDs: Love Is a Simple Thing by Ken Mandelbaum NEW FACES OF 1952 (Jasmine) posted at 5/2/2003 02:16:41 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link We are very pleased and fortunate to launch a new series of columns from professionals who have been working in both the theater world as well as journalism. Today we start by presenting a feature of Tovah Feldshuh by Ellis Nassour. Our columnists will be linked at the top of every page. When they write new articles, we will present them in the daily links that you see each day. So without further adieu... [ STARS ] Tovah Feldshuh: Portrayer Of "Heroic" Women Now Tackles The Many Facets Of Golda Meir by Ellis Nassour posted at 5/2/2003 10:27:34 AM by James Marino | Item Link News: [ NYP ] TONYS GO TO THE MOVIES by MICHAEL RIEDEL SCUTTLEBUTT on the Tony Award telecast is making the rounds. Here are a few tidbits. [ V ] JOHNSON FOLLOWS 'MAMMA' WITH 'BABY' Play studies 'typical' teens, Satan The first play from Catherine Johnson since her international hit "Mamma Mia!" will have its world preem May 23 at London's Bush Theater, where the scribe previously was a writer-in-residence. [ CCT ] Cape Playhouse plans menu of musicals, comedies as 'comfort food' by KATHI SCRIZZI DRISCOLL Cape Playhouse has announced a summer season heavy on musicals and comedy, with Oscar winner Hayley Mills as the newcomer among several of last year's stars returning in different roles. [ NJ ] New corporation will try to save Harms BY PEGGY McGLONE Two leaders of the shuttered John Harms Center for the Arts in Englewood have joined with an Alpine councilwoman to form a new nonprofit corporation to try to bring the Harms back to life. [ P ] Today In Theatre History: MAY 2 [ P ] Jiminy and George Are Leo and Max in L.A. Run of Producers Starting May 2 [ P ] I Am My Own Wife, Wright's Tale of Gender and Endurance, Begins Off-Bway May 2 [ DN ] 'Hairspray' tops Drama Desk list 'Hairspray" led the pack with 14 nominations for the 48th annual Drama Desk awards, but none of the best-play nominees announced yesterday originated on Broadway this season. Features: [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary Filichia tries to decide which Jule Styne show has the superior overture, Gypsy or Funny Girl. [ B ] Photo Op: Everything's Coming Up Gypsy [ USA ] Just what the world needs now by Elysa Gardner Musical based on beloved songs of Burt Bacharach opens. [ NJ ] 'Holiday' finally arrives for persistent playwright BY PETER FILICHIA You keep venturing, sometimes you gain. Mayo Simon twice sent his play "Greek Holiday" to the annual play writing contest sponsored by TheatreFest in Montclair. He won neither time, but on the second go-around the play apparently made a big impression on two of the judges. [ R ] Hooray for Hollywood, Says London's Theaterland by Paul Majendie "Gypsy" - Reviews: [ B ] Do Critics Think Gypsy Will Entertain You? [ NYP ] A ROSE IS A ROSE by CLIVE BARNES Mendes' take on "Gypsy" isn't your usual gypsy camp, but it is, more important, a solid winner. [ WP ] Broadway's Blooming Rose by Peter Marks Bernadette Peters Brings Mama Vividly to Life in 'Gypsy' [ USA ] Flawless 'Gypsy' sparkles under Mendes' hand by Elysa Gardner [ NJ ] 'Gypsy' doesn't come up Rose's BY MICHAEL SOMMERS In star turn, Bernadette Peters clearly is uncomfortable with role [ TM ] Gypsy Reviewed By: David Finkle Other Reviews: [ LAT ] THEATER BEAT A picture of Miller's mercurial life story A program tells artist and surrealist muse Lee Miller's life story in images of and by her, in turn capturing her mercurial personality. [ DN ] Red alert! 'Lucy' biopic is lifeless by David Bianculli posted at 5/2/2003 07:58:24 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Thursday, May 01, 2003 [ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF Pride of Place by JESSE MCKINLEY The East Village, already home to the New York International Fringe Festival and countless other itty-bitty arty parties, is getting a new festival with some big names from theater, music and beyond. "Gypsy" - Reviews: [ DN ] No 'Gypsy' in her soul by Howard Kissel A few months ago, wowed by his productions of "Uncle Vanya" and "Twelfth Night" at the Brooklyn Academy, I declared in print that the Brit Sam Mendes was indeed a good choice to direct the American classic "Gypsy." I was wrong. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'GYPSY' New Momma Takes Charge by BEN BRANTLEY YOU can tear down the black crepe, boys. Take the hearse back to the garage, and start popping Champagne corks. Momma's pulled it off, after all � big time. Playing a role that few people thought would ever fit her and shadowed by vultures predicting disaster, Bernadette Peters delivered the surprise coup of many a Broadway season in the revival of "Gypsy" that opened last night at the Shubert Theater. [ ND ] A 'Gypsy' We've Met Before by Linda Winer 'Gypsy' is by no means a disaster. It is merely a conventional, ordinary, stolidly professional and routine retelling of one of the last and one of the most important of the golden-age American musical comedies. [ YN ] Revival of 'Gypsy' Opens on Broadway by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic From the first four notes of the overture � which lyrically spell out the theme of the show ("I had a dream") � to the evening's blazing finale of "Rose's Turn," "Gypsy" never lets up. And neither does Mendes' production. [ TB ] Gypsy Review by Matthew Murray Though this proclamation might prove higher praise in most other seasons, Gypsy is the best musical revival of the season. The reason for this can be summed up in two words: Sam Mendes. [ B ] All The World's a Stage by Ken Mandelbaum Review: GYPSY Other Reviews: [ TB ] Mary Todd ... A Woman Apart Review by Matthew Murray [ TM ] Last of the Suns Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo [ CU ] Salome Review [ ND ] You Won't Love This 'Lucy' as Much by Noel Holston "Lucy," with Rachel York. News: [ B ] Hepburn Homeless as Men Books Promenade [ P ] Nancy Opel Is New Wife in Barbra's Wedding Off-Bway Starting May 8 [ P ] NY Stage and Film Has Summer Season of Henley, Pugliese, Grant, Clayburgh, Rees [ BS ] CIGs Confront DCA Cuts Institutions with City-Mandated Funding Plan for the Worst [ BS ] Fierstein to Host Fifi Awards in New York [ R ] Saddam Look-Alikes Bid for British Stage Glory Features: [ B ] Quotable Quotes: Salome Speaks [ ATS ] Cold can't keep Crosby down by Chad Jones AS the old saying goes, the show must go on. Kathryn Grant Crosby, widow of Bing Crosby, is starring in a new production of an obscure old musical in San Francisco, and as the show heads into final dress rehearsals, previews and opening night, Crosby is in bed with a cold. Thanks to bwaynut on All That Chat for the link! [ BS ] Theatre for Young Audiences More Adult Than Ever The collective impulse, among the theatre community nationwide, is to maintain (if not boost) audiences for the future -- and thus the need for quality children's theatre. posted at 5/1/2003 09:37:11 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ B ] Q&A: Sam Mendes by Paul Wontorek [ TB ] Talkin' Broadway Spotlight On Liz Callaway by Nancy Rosati [ B ] Quotable Quotes: Enchanted Opening [ B ] Photo Op: Salome Dances on the Great White Way News: [ B ] My Fair Lady to Shutter in the West End [ B ] 2003 Drama Desk Award Noms Announced [ P ] Mint Theatre Presents D.H. Lawrence�The Playwright, June 7 [ P ] On the Town's Ojeda to Star in Penguin's Adjustment [ P ] Plimpton, Hecht, Weiss Join Jones for NYTW Flesh and Blood, June 27-Aug. 24 [ P ] Nine Star Antonio Banderas Surrounded by Women on "The View," May 2 [ P ] Choice Cuts From DRG's "Encores!" Cast Albums Compiled on One Disc, "Encores from Encores!" [ P ] The Boy From Oz Tix Now on Sale to AmEx Golders; General Sale Starts May 18 [ P ] Contact�s Craig Urbani to Guest in West End Grease [ P ] Tina Howe Pens Ionesco Translations for Atlantic�s Upcoming Season [ P ] Cavanaugh and Callaway to Record Songs for Macy�s Fourth of July Celebration [ P ] Kleban's Legacy, A Class Act, Makes DC Premiere May 14-June 22 at The Studio [ P ] PLAYBILL ARCHIVES: Gypsy � 1959 [ P ] Hairspray Leads 2003 Drama Desk Award Nominations [ P ] Christiane Noll Cast in Urinetown Tour [ P ] Gypsy Standby Sings at Walnut Street Theatre May 12 [ P ] Busy Meehan to Collaborate on New Book for Broadway�s Bombay Dreams Reviews: [ B ] Did Salome Dance into Critics' Hearts? [ TM ] Gem of the Ocean Reviewed By: Jonathan Abarbanel posted at 5/1/2003 04:59:22 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ TM ] Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced I'd like to take this opportunity to extend special congratulations to the cast and crew of the house favorite Amour, which scored nine nominations! Regardless, best of luck to everyone when the Drama Desk Awards are presented on May 18. posted at 5/1/2003 10:15:49 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link News: [ V ] MEEHAN BOOKS TO 'BOMBAY' Bollywood tuner due on B'way in spring 2004 Thomas Meehan is suddenly the most sought after co-book writer on Broadway. [ HC ] Farrow To Star In Premiere Of Lapine Play At Long Wharf by Frank Rizzo Mia Farrow, "Hamlet" and a new Paula Vogel play will highlight the 2003-04 season at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. [ B ] Gatiens, Hecht & Plimpton Set for Flesh & Blood [ B ] High Flying, Adored! De La Guarda to Stay Open [ BH ] Gloucester, Huntington set stages for season by Terry Byrne World premieres by Terrence McNally and Jon Robin Baitz, respectively, highlight the Gloucester Stage Company's summer season and the Huntington Theatre Company's lineup for the fall through next spring. [ CST ] Gertrude Stein�s American tunes BY HEDY WEISS Frank Galati has a crush on Gertrude Stein. Pass the word. [ LAT ] 'Passion' will open East West season by Don Shirley "Passion," the Tony-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, will receive its official Los Angeles premiere as the opening production of East West Players' 2003-04 season, Sept. 10-Oct. 5. [ P ] Will Michigan's LORT Meadow Brook Theatre Become a Commercial House? [ P ] Today In Theatre History: MAY 1 [ P ] �Here Comes Momma!�: Gypsy Opens at the Shubert May 1 [ P ] 2003 Awards Roundup [ P ] Off-Broadway High-Flying Spectacle De La Guarda Extends to May 20 [ * ] Cape Playhouse 2003 Season I hear they have some great people putting it together... Features: [ P ] THE LEADING MEN: A Marc of Excellence "Tra la, it�s May, the lusty month of May," a lovely month when everyone does Broadway or cabaret. Or so it seems when we chatted with these three amigos: Marc Kudisch (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Jonathan Dokuchitz (The Look of Love) and pop singer-songwriter Tom Kitt. [ LAT ] A life in two new acts by James Verini Julia Sweeney is still smiling, from loss of faith to gain of family. [ DN ] Broadway league plays on by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ A new theater season opens in New York today, and it's guaranteed to have plenty of hits. [ CI ] 'Lion King' backstage, it's really wild by Jackie Demaline Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! "Oscar Wilde's Salome: The Reading" - Reviews: [ DN ] Al Pacino is Wilde-ly miscast as Herod by Howard Kissel With the opening of the grandiosely titled "Oscar Wilde's Salome: The Reading," the play shoots to the top of my list of classics we see too often. [ NYP ] ONLY AL KEEPS HIS HEAD by CLIVE BARNES Why not a fully staged "Salome"? For that matter, why stage "Salome" at all? [ INQ ] A-list cast takes on Wilde's 'Salome' by Desmond Ryan Because the new production of Oscar Wilde's Salome is a staged reading, there is no scenery for Al Pacino to chew. But he decides to go ahead and enjoy a full-course meal anyway. [ NJ ] Smells like Wilde spirit BY MICHAEL SOMMERS Pacino wasted in lifeless reading of excessively wordy play [ B ] Salome Review by Adam Feldman In Salome, Al Pacino plays Herod, Tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, like Jerry Lewis coming off a crack binge. Other Reviews: [ OCR ] Sadly, this 'World' falls flat by ERIC MARCHESE The lack of context, overly large Long Beach venue, cast and staging create a mixed bag of the 1991 revue of Kander and Ebb songs. With Paige Price and Adrian Zmed. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link. [ DN ] Van Dyke & Moore prove they're up for the 'Game' by David Bianculli [ HC ] Enchanted? Well, Not The New York Critics by FRANK RIZZO posted at 5/1/2003 09:10:39 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Reviews: [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SALOME: THE READING' Veils or No Veils, Whatever She Wants She Gets by BEN BRANTLEY In the smashing new production of Oscar Wilde's "Salome," which opened last night at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, Herod is portrayed by Al Pacino, a specialist in thugs at the top, as a soul encased in the armor of jadedness that comes from years of exercising ruthless power. [ ND ] Pacino Plays the Wilde Card Yet Again by Linda Winer 'Salome' reading doesn't need seven veils to mesmerize [ YN ] Broadway Offers Odd Reading of 'Salome' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic Who knew there were so many laughs to be had on the way to the beheading of John the Baptist? [ TB ] Salome by Oscar Wilde: The Reading Review by Matthew Murray How do you make five world-class actors - with no less than two Tony Awards, five Academy Awards, one Emmy Award, and four Golden Globes between them - look bad? The answer, apparently, is associate them with Salome. [ ND ] Enchanting Acting on Familiar Turf by Linda Winer Englishwomen head to Italy to bask in a sunshine fantasy [ CU ] Jerry Springer: The Opera Review News: [ ND ] 'Cowboy' Still Hopes to Lasso a Tony Nomination by Gordon Cox posted at 4/30/2003 10:13:41 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link News: [ B ] Caroline Rhea to Host 18th Lucille Lortel Awards [ B ] New Baitz Play Highlights Huntington Season [ P ] Drama Desk Award Nominations to Be Announced on May 1 [ P ] Laurie Metcalf to Play Frankie at Steppenwolf in 2003-04 [ P ] Life Imitates Take Me Out as Rockies Ballplayer Speaks Out Against Gays in Major League [ P ] Polly Pen's New Musical, Embarrassments, Gets Premiere in Philly Nov. 26 [ P ] Seeing Double: Musical Prince and the Pauper Returns for Summer Run Off-Bway [ P ] Tony-Winning Character Actor George S. Irving Honored at May 19 Benefit; Murney, Stout, Sullivan Sing Features: [ TM ] All Over the Map by: Dan Bacalzo A concert revival of Roberta in San Francisco, a parody of cabaret in Orlando, and a bilingual Ice Cream Suit in Minneapolis. [ P ] Frog and Toad Do Lunch The adventures of two amphibious pals take center stage in A Year With Frog and Toad, a charming musical confection for all ages [ VV ] Madness and the Subway by Raven Snook Eric Bogosian and Jonathan Ames's Diary Product [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Enchanted April: Opening Night [ B ] Photo Op: Meet Joan Rivers, Urban Cowgal Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features! [ MN ] Hip-hop version updates '70s musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar' by Marian Liu If he lived in the time of Eminem, what would Jesus do? He would teach through hip-hop, of course, the Urban Street Players answer. [ DP ] Two stars' roads to Broadway start in Denver by John Moore Rebecca Eichenberger is now Carlotta in Broadway�s �The Phantom of the Opera.� And the second star is in the next article... [ DP ] Littleton's own drawing raves by John Moore David Miller is now Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann�s Broadway production of Puccini�s �La Boh�me.� Reviews: [ VV ] April Foolery Been Having a Cruelest Month? Try Running Away. by Michael Feingold Matthew Barber's Enchanted April [ WP ] 'Enchanted April': Broadway's Repotted Perennial by Peter Marks [ CU ] Enchanted April Review [ VV ] Eight Pig and the General Tuan Gets Her Yeh Yeh Out by Tom Sellar Alice Tuan's Last of the Suns [ ATW ] Tuan's Last of the Suns Sprawls to Great Effect [ CU ] Last Of the Suns Review [ ATW ] Lucky Chance, Fashion: The Directors' Vision Blurs posted at 4/30/2003 06:18:08 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ P ] Millie�s Kudisch to Star in Off-Broadway Musical in Fall 2003 [ P ] New Star Flies Into Broadway Play What I Wrote [ P ] Boston's Huntington 2003-2004 Season Boasts New Baitz, Bard and Butler [ P ] Little Shop of Horrors Tickets On Sale June 2003 [ TM ] Adrianne Lobel and Frog and Toad at Barnes & Noble posted at 4/30/2003 02:55:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ B ] Photo Op: An Enchanted Opening for a New Broadway Comedy News: [ B ] DVDs: Plays on Film by Ken Mandelbaum More names mentioned for the cast of the upcoming Urinetown national tour: Ron Holgate as Caldwell B. Cladwell, Charlie Pollock as Bobby Strong (Pollock is currently playing the role in the Broadway Urinetown), and Christiane Noll as Hope Cladwell. [ P ] Penn, Langella May Bring Gelbart's Sly Fox to Broadway in Fall [ P ] Billy Crudup, Claire Danes to Star in Jeffrey Hatcher's Compleat Female Stage Beauty Film [ P ] Caroline H. Newhouse, Philanthropic Champion of Dancers, Dead at 93 [ P ] Ibsen�s Ghosts Opens at the Barbican May 1 [ P ] Invitation to a Mastectomy Wins Astoria Troupe's Playwriting Award [ P ] Dress Circle Presents an Afternoon with Lauren Kennedy May 3 [ P ] Adelaide Cabaret Festival to Feature Jason Robert Brown�s Last 5 Years, Songs for a New World and All-Star Concert [ P ] Audra McDonald Heads to the Chatterbox May 8 posted at 4/30/2003 12:19:38 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ ND ] Standing On Its Own by Blake Green No sets to speak of, no costumes (not even those famous veils), but 'Salome' has plenty of sizzle - not to mention star power. [ ND ] Readings: Hold the Flash by Gordon Cox There's no set. There are no elaborate costumes. The lighting is simple and stark. The actors read from scripts, and they barely move. Audiences unprepared for the Actors Studio production of "Salome," which opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre tonight, may wonder just what kind of Broadway show this is. [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary Filichia gets an earful of musical rarities at two new shows featuring several fabulous women. News: [ V ] 'COMPLEAT' PACKAGE SET TO FILM Hatcher wrote script from stage play Artisan Pictures has set Billy Crudup and Claire Danes to star in "Compleat Female Stage Beauty," with Richard Eyre ("Iris") directing. [ NYP ] PETER STONE WROTE THE BOOK ON WIT by MICHAEL RIEDEL THOUGH he was in intensive care for the last month of his life and could only breathe with the aid of an oxygen mask, Peter Stone, the three-time Tony Award-winning book writer, was still trying to get laughs. [ NYP ] PAGE SIX PULITZER-winning play- wright Tony Kushner and his partner, Entertainment Weekly's Mark Harris, exchanged vows of commitment in front of 30 family members and friends Sunday night at Gabriel's on the Upper West Side. I hate Page Six's new online format. Is there any way we can read all the stories without having to click "Next Page" a dozen times? [ P ] Dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils: Oscar Wilde�s Salome Opens On Broadway [ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 30 [ P ] Tony Winner Franz Stars in World Premiere Howe Solo such small hands, April 30-May 25 [ P ] Chrysanthemum Tea: Atlanta's Alliance Begins Brewing Pacific Overtures April 30 [ P ] Camille Saviola, of Nine and Ragtime, Is Chicago's New Mama Morton June 10 "Enchanted April" - Reviews: [ B ] Did Broadway Critics Find April Enchanting? [ DN ] Hardly a month in the country by Howard Kissel We have waited so long for spring, and now it must already be summer, since we have a piece of summer stock on Broadway in the form of "Enchanted April." [ NYP ] 'ENCHANTED' EVENING by CLIVE BARNES Barber's adaptation, which like the movie shortens the title to "Enchanted April," is neither as smooth nor as fluent as the 1991 film - though it's just as exquisitely cast. [ NJ ] Ladies' escape BY MICHAEL SOMMERS 'Enchanted April' recalls charming Broadway 'matinee plays' of long ago [ USA ] English 'April' blooms as lonely gals find love by Elysa Gardner High-caliber cast more than makes up for clich�d dialogue. [ HC ] Stars, But No Shine `April' Totals Less Than Its Parts by MALCOLM JOHNSON Despite a heady bouquet of stars, Hartford Stage's export to Broadway fails to bloom as a certified hit. [ YN ] 'Enchanted April' Finds Way to Broadway by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic The play, which opened Tuesday at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, is not in the same league as the film. [ TM ] Enchanted April Reviewed By: David Finkle Other Reviews: [ LAT ] Beyond the icons to the soul of 'Streetcar' by Philip Brandes Williams� masterpiece is often performed but seldom as well, or as nuanced as we find it at the Rubicon. With Linda Purl. [ INQ ] With McDonald, songs are epiphanies by David Patrick Stearns The time has come for Audra McDonald to be recorded live. posted at 4/30/2003 07:49:24 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Tuesday, April 29, 2003 Reviews: [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'ENCHANTED APRIL' Releasing the Hedonist In Repressed Women by BEN BRANTLEY "Enchanted April," directed by Michael Wilson, mostly feels like a collection of sleepwalking stereotypes forever awaiting liberation from the rusty formula that enchains them. [ TB ] Enchanted April Review by Matthew Murray [ B ] Enchanted April Review by Adam Feldman [ TB ] Sweeney Todd, Show You a Thing or Two and Side Show Boston Reviews by Suzanne Bixby News: [ B ] Original Nine Star Saviola Heads to Chicago Features: [ B ] Fresh Face: Susan Pourfar by Katie Riegel [ B ] Video: Here's to Life (x) 3! [ B ] Video: The Play Arrives on B'way [ B ] Video: Yee-Haw! Urban Cowboy Opens Okay, so we're a little late... posted at 4/29/2003 09:41:41 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ BS ] Bringing 'Gypsy' to Broadway Not Easy by Michael Kuchwara The tabloids may be sniping and the Internet chat rooms chirping, but director Sam Mendes has more important things to worry about -- getting "Gypsy," starring Bernadette Peters, ready for Broadway. [ BR ] Role reversal by ROBERT FELDBERG As her mother, Karen, watches, 10-year-old Heather Tepe applies makeup for her role as Baby June in the Broadway musical revival of "Gypsy" at the Shubert Theater. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! [ BS ] Moore, Van Dyke Reunite for PBS Drama by Lynn Elber Rehearsing a scene for "The Gin Game," a PBS production that has reunited the stars of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" as acting partners after 37 years, they're recapturing the magic they shared. [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Elegies: Recording Session Reviews: [ B ] Do Chicago Critics Think Wilson's Gem Shines? News: [ B ] Fantasticks Docu to Premiere at NYC Film Fest [ B ] Broadway Grosses: Spring Blossoms The Broadway box office improved last week with three shows (Man of La Mancha, Movin' Out and Thoroughly Modern Millie) recording six-figure jumps. [ B ] Cast Set for Eight Days at the Vineyard [ B ] Barber to Star in Vienna Woods in London [ B ] Gerard Butler Offered Lead in Phantom Film [ P ] Glass and Hwang Present World Premiere Sound of a Voice at A.R.T., May 24-June 29 [ P ] Miscast Chenoweth, Esparza, Butler, Ziemba Sang Wicked, Gypsy Showtunes for MCC [ P ] Cast for Goodspeed's Stand By Your Man Announced; Hart is Tammy Wynette [ P ] Mack the Knife Brings Bobby Darin to Off-Broadway, June 11 [ P ] Broadway Grosses: April 21-27 [ P ] EST Announces Complete Marathon Line-Up; Run Begins May 11 [ P ] Gerard Butler and Anne Hathaway Up for Leads in Phantom of the Opera Movie [ BS ] Mayor Lauds TDF, Theater By the Blind posted at 4/29/2003 06:36:12 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ B ] Photo Op: On the Record: Nine Readies Cast Album News: [ P ] Zadan and Meron to Produce TV 1776 [ P ] Designer Christopher Oram Chats About Caligula at London�s Donmar [ P ] Next Vineyard Show, Eight Days (Backwards), Set for May 28; Cast Announced [ P ] Elaine Steinbeck, Author's Widow and Former Stage Manager, Dead at 88 [ P ] Back in Business: Seattle's ACT Announces Upcoming 2003 Season [ P ] La Chanze Set to Sing at Joe�s Pub May 26 [ P ] Joe�s Pub�s Second Annual Benefit Features Audra McDonald [ P ] �Broadway Today� Features Songs from Hairspray, Bohème, Movin� Out and More [ P ] Polly Bergen, Rupert Holmes and John Bucchino Join Ann Hampton Callaway for American Songbook Series Reviews: [ B ] CDs: Marco Polo Sings a Solo by Ken Mandelbaum THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO (DRG) RUNAWAYS (DRG) [ TB ] Last of the Suns Review by Matthew Murray [ TB ] The Lucky Chance Review by Matthew Murray posted at 4/29/2003 12:25:51 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link News: [ NYT ] Elaine Steinbeck, 88, Author's Widow, Dies by ENID NEMY Elaine Anderson Steinbeck, who kept bright the artistic torch of her late husband John Steinbeck, was one of the first women to become a Broadway stage manager. [ IBDB ] Elaine Anderson's Broadway Credits [ V ] B'WAY SEES BROAD B.O. BUMP 'Enchanted April' enjoys biggest upswing Broadway pulled off an Easter miracle one week late. In a welcome break from tradition, biz actually managed a resurrection coming off the holiday session. Thirty-two shows brought in $16,179,324, up $1,275,391 or 8.56% from Easter. Paid attendance jumped 9.65%, to 253,751. [ V ] SONG-AND-DANCE TEAM TUNE TV Producing duo preps musical telepics, series for nets With "Chicago" officially in the books as Miramax's highest-grossing pic ever, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are tuning up a pair of musical-themed projects for the small screen. [ WP ] Ford's Theatre Says Farewell to Hewitt by Janelle Erlichman President George H.W. Bush was slightly obsessed with Ford's Theatre's production of "Forever Plaid," his daughter-in-law recounted at yesterday's public memorial service for Frankie Hewitt -- the theater's artistic director, heart and cheerleader. [ NYT ] In Trenton, an Emotional Plea to Restore Money for Culture by LAURA MANSNERUS TRENTON, April 28 - In an emotional defense of the historical and cultural programs that Gov. James E. McGreevey has proposed cutting, the New Jersey secretary of state, Regena Thomas, told legislators today that "this was not a good decision." [ P ] La Bohème Presents "Educator's Night on Broadway" May 22 [ P ] "It's Today": Mame Begins Performances April 29 at North Shore [ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 29 [ P ] April in New York: Broadway Gets Enchanted Opening April 29 [ P ] "Politically Incorrect" Bill Maher Does "Real Time" on Bway when Victory Begins April 29 [ P ] Gimme Jimmy: Christian Borle Is New Juvenile Lead in Bway's Millie April 29 [ P ] Woodard, Irwin Host Off-Broadway Obie Awards May 19; Albee, Plimpton, Izzard Present [ P ] Character Actor Stadlen Bites Into Bialy in Bway's Producers April 29 Reviews: [ CST ] 'Ocean' voyage proves rough but rewarding BY HEDY WEISS In his new play, "Gem of the Ocean," August Wilson takes us to Ground Zero. No, not the place we came to know nearly 20 months ago, but rather, the City of Bones--the burial ground and birthing place of all the passions that animate the nine installments in his mythic exploration of the African-American experience in the 20th century. [ NYP ] POMPOUS PUPPET SHOW IS ALL WET by CLIVE BARNES WORD of mouth can be a fork- tongued monster, raising expectation to impossible heights. [ NJ ] Fleshing out history BY PETER FILICHIA Colorful people emerge in pre-French Revolution love triangle posted at 4/29/2003 07:39:33 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Monday, April 28, 2003 News: [ TM ] Stage & Screen Book Club to Cease Operations in July [ BS ] Actors' Fund Receives Record Donation [ B ] Emick, Mulheren & Federan Added to Oz Cast [ B ] Kennedy Center Chairman to Leave Post in January [ B ] Critical Fave Def Poetry Jam to Close May 4 [ P ] World Premiere Comedy The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow Begins in CA, April 29 [ P ] Boy From Oz,with Hugh Jackman, Sets Bway Opening of Oct. 16; More Casting Announced [ P ] Another Spot of Tea; Off-Broadway Hepburn Homage Adds Wednesday Matinees [ P ] Robert Randolph, Tony Award-Nominated Designer of Bye Bye Birdie, Funny Girl, Dead at 76 [ P ] �Brideshead� Star Anthony Andrews Chats About London�s My Fair Lady [ P ] Rattlestick's Exposure Festival 2003 Presents New Works, May 7-24 [ P ] West End Fame Extends Run [ P ] London�s National Theatre Announces £10 Ticket Season [ P ] Two Comics Scratch Their Way to TV in New Musical, Top of the Heap, April 28-29 [ P ] La Bohème Director Baz Lurhmann on "Radio Playbill" April 29-May 5 [ P ] Urban Cowboy Best Score Debate Continues [ P ] Aida's Simone, LaBelle's Dash, Pop's Shanice Sing Black 2: Broadway, May 19 in NYC Features: [ BS ] As Stage Directors Helm First Films, Others Develop 'Dream Schemes' Rob Marshall's acclaim for "Chicago" signaled something heartening for stage directors: More and more, big studios and independent producers are offering them their first opportunities to direct for the big screen. [ TVG ] Hugh Jackman Plays Gay on Broadway Thanks to Eyebrows on All That Chat for the link. posted at 4/28/2003 07:57:43 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link News: [ P ] Broadway's Def Poetry Jam Goes Silent May 4 [ B ] Nominees Set for 69th Drama League Awards [ P ] Drama League Nominees Include Enchanted, Albertine, Amour, Salome, Avenue Q [ P ] Willa Kim to Receive 2003 Zipprodt Award April 28 [ P ] Carlisle Hart and Kaufman Headline Tales & Tunes, April 28 & May 4 [ P ] Esbjornson Directs Free Out Loud Reading April 28 with Starry Cast [ P ] Aida�s Amneris is Evita, July 21-Aug. 2 in Maine [ P ] Lithgow and Griffith to Announce 2003 Tony Nominations [ P ] Cabaret Star Heads to the Chatterbox May 1 Features: [ TM ] Follow Spot: Jason Petty by: Michael Buckley [ B ] Photo Op: Nostalgia's in the Air for Dream a Little Dream Reviews: [ B ] DVDs: No Stars Like L.B. Mayer's by Ken Mandelbaum KISS ME, KATE (Image Entertainment/Warner Home Video) posted at 4/28/2003 12:30:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link It is with sadness I report that Egon Dumler, an entertainment lawyer who represented many Broadway people and projects, passed away this weekend. Memorial Services will be held today, Monday, April 28th at 10AM at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel at 92nd and Amsterdam. posted at 4/28/2003 08:54:19 AM by James Marino | Item Link Features: [ DN ] How 'Nine' star preps for 'Bombshells away'! by PATRICIA O'HAIRE Jane Krakowski's entrance in the Broadway musical "Nine" is heart-stopping. [ ND ] Spirit of 'April' by Blake Green Jayne Atkinson is enchanted by her Broadway role [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary Is it humanly possible to see 13 shows in just one week? As a matter of fact, it is! Filichia tells you how. [ TB ] Cabaret Interview with Karen Akers by Jonathan Frank News: [ NYT ] Peter Stone, Award-Winning Writer of `1776,' Dies at 73 by RICK LYMAN Peter Stone's sophisticated wit and zeal for historical accuracy helped him become the first writer to win an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony. [ B ] Award-Winning Writer Peter Stone Dead at 73 [ NYT ] Robert Randolph, 76, Broadway Set Designer, Is Dead Robert Randolph was a designer of sets and lighting for Broadway productions for three decades. [ IBDB ] Robert Randolph's Broadway Credits [ V ] Kennedy Center chair Johnson exits position Exec helped bring prestige, financial stability James A. Johnson, chairman of the Kennedy Center, will step down in January after seven years in the high-profile post. [ V ] Seattle dodges a bullet Funders back ACT, but recession still in session [ NYP ] JUST HOLD IT! If you're going to see Woody Allen's "Writer's Block," you might want to go first - to the bathroom, that is. [ B ] Griffith & Lithgow to Announce 2003 Tony Noms [ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 28 [ P ] Nine Revival's Cast Album Recorded April 28; In Stores June 17 [ P ] Goodman Theatre Plucks a Gem Out of the Ocean as Wilson Drama Premieres, April 28 [ P ] Original Cast Members Reteam for Falsettos in Los Angeles, May 28-June 1 [ P ] Tony Winner Franz Stars in World Premiere Howe Solo such small hands, April 30-May 25 [ P ] Alec Baldwin is Next Trumbo April 28 in NYC; Bill Irwin Added to Lineup Reviews: [ NJ ] As a play, it's a textbook example BY PETER FILICHIA Musicals have been adapted from novels, plays, movies and even comic strips. But can one be fashioned from a textbook? [ CST ] 'The Violet Hour' BY HEDY WEISS Richard Greenberg's luminous, mysterious, emotionally churning tragicomedy, "The Violet Hour," is a wondrous piece of work--better experienced than explained even if it is not all that difficult to unspool its essential themes. At Steppenwolf. posted at 4/28/2003 07:44:11 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Sunday, April 27, 2003 [ P ] Peter Stone, Tony Award-Winning Librettist of Titanic, 1776, Dead at 73 [ IBDB ] Peter Stone's Broadway Credits [ DN ] Renowned writer Peter Stone dies by DAVID HINCKLEY Peter Stone, a scriptwriter whose charismatic wit and affection for jaunty musicals won him an Oscar, an Emmy, Tony Awards and a wide circle of friends, died yesterday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He was 73. Features: [ ND ] Eclipsed by Those Visiting Stars by Linda Winer What gives suddenly with Hollywood stars and musicals? Inside every movie and TV actor is there an inner Merman screaming to get out? [ CST ] Wigging out BY DAREL JEVENS Amy Sedaris has interesting friends. [ ND ] An Enduring Rose by Blake Green Spotlighting the women who've played the pushy stage mother in 'Gypsy' [ NYT ] Her Stage Mother, Herself by JESSE GREEN Bernadette Peters has a great vantage point from which to consider her life as a child star as she plays Rose, the stage mother of us all, in "Gypsy." [ YN ] Al Pacino Reflects on Life on the Stage by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer [ NYT ] Now Appearing on a 10,000-Gallon Stage by BEN BRANTLEY "Symphonie Fantastique," the puppeteer Basil Twist's uncanny channeling of Hector Berlioz's feverish musical masterwork, has become more of a gala affair as it returns to New York. [ NYT ] EXCERPT 'Gem of the Ocean' An excerpt of August Wilson's play, which opens on Monday at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. [ NYT ] Man From Havana Questions for Eduardo Machado, Cuban-born playwright. [ LAT ] The board game by Christopher Reynolds Ante up enough time and money, and you can be a player on L.A.'s cultural scene. Board members are the power behind the art. [ LAT ] DESTINATION: ENGLAND Farther afield, still a jolly good show by Susan Davidson Beyond London's traditional theater district are thriving venues where ticket prices for superb productions can be well below the West End's. [ LAT ] He's happiest when living off the wall by Susan King Alan Cumming relishes offbeat roles such as the Nightcrawler, a lethal but sensitive creature in the upcoming X-Men comics sequel "X2." [ ST ] 'Hot' again, and Tony Curtis is still having fun by Misha Berson Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! [ BG ] In the long run, these shows prove themselves by Catherine Foster 'Stomp' is latest to make itself at home here [ BG ] For touring shows, rules of the road changing by Maureen Dezell 'Music Man' tour spurs debate over union productions [ BH ] Talent, choreography bolster `The Music Man' at Colonial by Robert Nesti There's been trouble, right there in River City. And it wasn't just the game of pool. [ P ] STAGE TO SCREEN: Neil LaBute�s The Shape of Things [ SFC ] 'X-Men's' Wolverine to sing a new tune by Hugh Hart Australia's Hugh Jackman goes from 'X-2' sequel to a Broadway musical Thanks to Lois on All That Chat for the link! News: [ NYP ] THE STARR REPORT by MICHAEL STARR "The District" will give a touching sendoff to Lynne Thigpen, who played Ella Farmer and who died suddenly last month at the age of 54. [ NYP ] LIZ SMITH FLASH! John Lithgow, who won a Tony last year, will announce this year's Tony nominations from Sardi's May 12 at 8:30 a.m. By his side, the sexy Melanie Griffith, who has yet to be on Broadway, but she's coming! Third item. Plus a neat item on "Gypsy." [ HC ] Shubert Seeks Audience, Identity by Frank Rizzo Trying to figure out the tastes of their target audience has always been a daunting task for theater directors in the best of times. [ MST ] Guthrie says new theater will have dramatic economic impact by Gwendolyn Freed Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! [ BG ] In Boston theaters, actors union slowly entering the scene by Maureen Dezell For local theater performers and directors, the question of Actors' Equity representation is complicated. [ NYT ] LETTERS On Broadway; 'A Mighty Wind'; 'Six Feet Under' [ P ] Talk Show Watch: Redgrave and Dennehy on "Today", Hairspray on "Caroline" [ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 27 [ P ] Andrews, Monk, Baranski, Creel Star in ABC's "Eloise at the Plaza" April 27 [ P ] Sundance�s Popular Song Weekend to Feature Douglas Sills, Margaret Whiting and Bergmans [ P ] Baseball Comedy Rounding Third Rounds Out San Jose Rep's Next Season [ P ] Bye, Bye, Bialy: Brad Oscar's Reign in Bway Producers Ends April 27, But He Tours Reviews: [ CU ] Cara Lucia [ CU ] The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds posted at 4/27/2003 10:28:45 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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