Saturday, June 21, 2003

[ YN ]  Playwright George Axelrod Dies at Age 81 by BOB THOMAS
Playwright George Axelrod, who anticipated the sexual revolution with "The Seven Year Itch" and "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" and later wrote screenplays for such films as "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "The Manchurian Candidate," died on Saturday.

[ IBDB ]  George Axelrod's Broadway Credits
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Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ FW ]  Hearing voices by Mark Lowry
Broadway's Jeff McCarthy does Harold Hill

[ DMN ]  Theater's brightest composers hit dead end in NYC by LAWSON TAITTE
Interviews with Guettel, LaChiusa, Gordon and Brown.

[ SFE ]  Funny lady BY BILL PICTURE
San Francisco's Theatre Tableau Vivant dust offs the acclaimed but nearly forgotten works of monologist Ruth Draper and brings the turn of the century writer/performer's comic depictions of snooty East Coast society matrons to life this weekend in "The Ladies Who ... ."

Other Features:

[ LAT ]  Not-so-sweet Charlotte by Patrick Pacheco
Playwright Douglas Wright wanted to immortalize 'a groundbreaking gay heroine' who happened to be a man. Then the truth got even murkier.

[ LAT ]  Low pay, huge rewards by Diane Haithman
"The Seventh Monarch" takes a creative journey at the Road Theatre.

[ LAT ]  12 on the isle: Which playwright will last? by Mike Boehm
A dozen playwrights will show up at Stagestheatre in Fullerton on June 30, knowing that over the next 13 days all but one of them will have been told, in effect, "Your script ain't cutting it. You've been voted off the island."

News:

[ LAT ]  East West Players nets 'M. Butterfly' by Don Shirley
David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly" hasn't been professionally revived in L.A. since the touring version stopped at the Wilshire Theatre in 1991, and according to the playwright, it has never been professionally staged by an Asian American theater company.

[ LAT ]  A grab bag of ideas for the future of the LATC by Don Shirley
The city wants a private operator for downtown's Theatre Center and new proposals are eclectic.

[ INQ ]  Wilma names new manager

[ NYT ]  William Marshall, Actor in Movies and on Broadway, Dies at 78
William Marshall, a serious actor who played Shakespearean roles including Othello, was best known as Blacula, an African prince bitten by Dracula.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SAFE'
A Robbery That's Light on Gravitas by NEIL GENZLINGER
"Safe," a new play that finds five people stuck in a bank safe during a robbery, is filled with outlandishly amusing moments.

[ DN ]  A little bit o' plot, but a lot o' soul by Robert Dominguez
Scads of sweet music and a charismatic cast elevate "From My Hometown," a lightweight ode to the soul sounds of the 1960s and '70s.

[ CU ]  The Master Builder London Review
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[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 21

[ P ]  Playwright A.R. Gurney to Perform His Own Love Letters in August

[ P ]  Innovative Aquila Is Earnest Off-Broadway,

[ P ]  Anthony Rapp and Fellow Pittsburgh Hedwiggers Perform Concerts to Support New Plays, June 21-22

[ P ]  Susan Stroman Honored by Goodspeed, Where She Once Danced

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Sexual Perversity in Chicago: Matthew Perry, Kelly Reilly & Minnie Driver
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Friday, June 20, 2003

Features:

[ P ]  Danny Glover Returns to Boys
Two boys hath Hally (or "MASTER HAROLD," as he stridently insists that they call him), but they are no more "boys" than he is their "Master."

[ YN ]  Perry Had Jitters for London Stage Debut

[ RTD ]  Luft showcases mom's repertory BY ROY PROCTOR
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Light in the Piazza Reviewed By: Lori Fromowitz

[ CU ]  A Bad Friend Review

News:

[ BS ]  Quinn Pushes SAG-AFTRA Consolidation

[ B ]  Dearest Cousin with Ebersole & Ivey Eyes B'way

[ B ]  Barbara Walsh Joins Cast of Hairspray July 15

[ P ]  Will I Am My Own Wife Cross the Commercial Threshold?
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Happy Birthday, Peter Filichia!
Best wishes to the only person whose name appears on this website more than the people who work here... :-)
(And thanks to krebsman on All That Chat for the information.)

News:

[ P ]  Tony Winner Jane Adams Joins Enchanted April on Broadway, July 8

[ B ]  Tony Winner Jane Adams Set for Enchanted April

[ P ]  '60s Musical Café a Go Go Postpones Off-Broadway Opening

[ P ]  Pacific Overtures Plays London's Donmar June 20-Sept. 6

[ P ]  Fame Set to Bow Off-Broadway in September

[ P ]  Second Stage Sets Directors Bonney, Askin, Schweizer for 2003-2004 Season

[ P ]  Ruthie Henshall Returns to London Chicago

[ P ]  Hank Williams: Lost Highway Plays Final Performance Aug. 31

[ P ]  "Theater Talk" Remembers Al Hirschfeld June 20

[ P ]  Jackman, Avenue Q, Banderas, Izzard Make Entertainment Weekly's "It List"

[ B ]  Masada Musical Eyes Broadway Run

[ B ]  Capitol Steps to Open at the Houseman on 7/19

Features:

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: The Joy of LPs PLUS News of Buckley, Mazzie & More

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
The Siegels catch new acts by Pam Tate, Maureen Kelley Stewart, and Ruben Flores, and enjoy a musical experiment at Don't Tell Mama.
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Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Monsieur Passepartout by Ken Mandelbaum
AMOUR (Sh-K-Boom)
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

News:

[ P ]  "Chicago" Star Zellweger Cast as Janis Joplin in New Biopic

[ P ]  New Musical Masada Eyes Broadway for 2003-2004 Season
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News:

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Classic Tale Of Power, Greed Coming To B'way
The play headed for Broadway is titled "Dearest Cousin." Judith Ivey is Elizabeth I and it looks to be Christine Ebersole as Mary, Queen of Scots.

[ NYP ]  TAKE HIS 'WIFE,' PLEASE by MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE pressure is on Playwrights Horizons to move its surprise hit - "I Am My Own Wife," Doug Wright's compelling play about a Berlin transvestite who survived the Nazis and the Communists - to Broadway this summer.

[ V ]  'Masada' tuner team eyes Chi, B'way bow
Story has seen resistance, but prod'n planned for 2004
Jackie Mason has his Broadway musical ("Laughing Room Only"), and Barry Manilow has his ("Harmony"). Now comes word that Shuki Levy has one, too. Levy acknowledged that the ancient Jewish revolt and subsequent mass suicide is not a subject that most people would naturally associate with this composer's most popular TV work.

[ V ]  CASTING OF JOPLIN JUMPSTARTS 'HEART'
Zellweger to play Texas-born singer in Par pic
After years of film companies competing to get a Janis Joplin bio to the bigscreen, Paramount Pictures and Lakeshore are aiming an early 2004 start for "Piece of My Heart," with Renee Zellweger to star.

[ CST ]  Steppenwolf taps consultant for top management position BY HEDY WEISS
David Hawkanson, who has held important positions at such top-flight regional operations as the Guthrie Theatre of Minneapolis and Connecticut's Hartford Stage, has been named the new executive director of Steppenwolf Theatre.

[ BG ]  Theater companies, MIT sign lease for Central Square facility by Maureen Dezell
Plus news of Jay O. Sanders in "Macbeth."

[ P ]  NBC's "Passions" Pays Homage to "Chicago" June 27 with Deborah Yates

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 20

[ P ]  Betty Buckley Is a Meddling Mom in USA's Hit Drama "Monk"

[ P ]  Amour CD � Arriving July 8 � to Feature Vocals by Composer Legrand

[ P ]  Sondheim and Prince Reunite for Musical Comedy, Bounce, Bowing in Chicago Prior to DC

[ V ]  The play's the thing
Database helps locate little-known legit

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia talks about Music Theatre of Wichita's current production of the 1927 musical Good News!

[ NJ ]  Director handling 'Glass' with care BY PETER FILICHIA
When Robert Cuccioli starred in "Jekyll & Hyde" on Broadway, he played both title roles. In "The Glass Menagerie" at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison, he'll be, in a sense, in all four roles.

[ LAT ]  No Linda Lovelace lost? by Rick Cipes
The star of a porn cult classic is the subject of a new musical. But will the public embrace it more than her?

[ NJ ]  Summer in the city promises hot times BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Seeing a show together always makes for a classy date. Still, it's best to pick a production that appeals to the object of your affections. So here are a few suggestions.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FIRST LIGHT'
Six Windows to the Soul, Some Blurred by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
While some of the short plays in Program B of First Light's festival provide insightful looks into people's lives, most are just too long.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS)'
Strangers Whose Lives Intersect at Critical Points by BRUCE WEBER
This play at the Vineyard Theater about 13 New Yorkers connected by coincidence, a "La Ronde" meets "Betrayal," does not live up to its description.

[ NYP ]  'EIGHT DAYS' MORE LIKE A MONTH OF SUNDAYS (YAWN) by DONALD LYONS
A gimmick is a gimmick - not a meal. Just as ketchup can't hide a missing Big Mac, a gimmick in a play can enhance but can't substitute for such

[ LAT ]  Shades of life, death and everything in between by Daryl H. Miller
"Franny's Way" is essentially a behavior study � a bit like those French films in which nothing ever seems to happen.

[ CU ]  Franny's Way Review

[ CU ]  From My Hometown Review

[ INQ ]  Big feast proves sometimes indigestible by Douglas J. Keating
As the bizarre business that is Squonk Opera's BigSm�rg�sb�rdW�nderWerk unfolded on the stage of the Prince Music Theater, I kept thinking of the remark that No�l Coward reportedly made to Liberace: "I don't know quite what it is that you do, but you do it very well."

[ WP ]  A 'Mack and Mabel' That Sings Volumes by William Triplett
Sometimes getting only part of a musical is a good thing. Signature Theatre's outdoor concert version of "Mack and Mabel" offers pleasant diversion along with a few glimpses of the power of full-throttle musical theater.

[ ATU ]  'Enter Laughing' needs stronger lead by MICHAEL ECK
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ ATW ]  CDs: The Broadway Musicals of 1925
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Thursday, June 19, 2003

News:

[ P ]  Bad Dates Extends One Week at Playwrights Horizons, to July 6

[ B ]  Bad Dates Extends to July 6 at Playwrights

[ BS ]  FringeNYC Heads West, Names Shows

[ R ]  Actors Equity Targets Nonunion Tours
Actors' Equity Association is renewing its battle against nonunion tours, this time aiming at Philadelphia.

[ BS ]  TCG Previews 'Theatre Facts 2002'
Annual Summary of Nonprofit Fiscal Health Offers Mixed Statistics

[ NYT ]  EDITOR'S NOTE
On Stage and Off on Hold
The On Stage and Off column will resume with the new theater season in the fall.
Wow, Jesse, that's a REALLY long honeymoon!

Reviews:

[ B ]  From My Hometown
Review by Ron Lasko
Tune your radio to a station playing R&B hits from the past three decades. Now listen for 90 minutes. You are likely to wind up hearing something vaguely resembling From My Hometown, an R&B musical now at The Kirk Theatre.

Features:

[ BS ]  Difficult Performance Experiences
When accomplished actors are asked what the most difficult performance experience has been thus far, on or off stage, a gallery of fretful memories are dredged up.

[ BS ]  Making Musicals: How We're Telling the Stories
One of the more exciting things about the 2002-03 theatre season was the plethora of original Off-Broadway book musicals announced for production at NYC's various nonprofit institutions.
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[ P ]  The Threepenny Opera Starts Jean Cocteau Repertory New Season

[ P ]  Foster, Borle, Butler, Sills, Opel Sing G&S in Roundabout's Gondoliers Reading

[ P ]  Find the Ninas: NY Public Library Celebrates Hirschfeld Centennial with Drawings Display, June 20-Aug. 29
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Features:

[ TM ]  Halston Original
Jim Caruso talks with his old pal Julie Halston about her early career and her two roles in Gypsy.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway Under the Stars Wows the Crowd

News:

[ B ]  Stage Notes 06/17/03 by Paul Wontorek

[ B ]  Notebooks Extends Before It Opens at Second Stage

[ B ]  Fame to Follow Hank Williams at Little Shubert

[ B ]  London's Our House to Shutter on August 16

[ B ]  The Normal Heart to Beat Again at the Public

[ P ]  "Miss Baltimore Crabs" Says Goodbye to Hairspray in July

[ P ]  Hank Williams: Lost Highway Announces Final Weeks

[ P ]  Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart Gets Off-Bway Revival by Worth Street, Under The Public's Roof

[ P ]  Mary Zimmerman's The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Extends to Aug. 3

[ P ]  Closer's Rupert Graves to Star in London Importance

[ P ]  Wright's Vincent in Brixton Set to Return to West End

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: His Girl Friday: Zoë Wanamaker and Alex Jennings

[ P ]  Bill Maher's Tony-Nommed Victory Begins at Home Returns to NYC July 17-19; HBO Will Film

[ P ]  Thoroughly Modern Millie Bobs Her Hair in London, Starting Oct. 11

[ P ]  Where There's a Will � Starring Elaine Paige � Will Not Play London's West End

[ P ]  Party with Liev Schreiber at Public Theater's 2003 Summer Benefit

[ TM ]  Last Last Sunday in June Will Be July 6
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[ B ]  Show-Biz Bios-Part One by Ken Mandelbaum
Word from the Neil Simon is that Barbara Walsh will succeed Linda Hart as Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray next month. Walsh's last Broadway appearance was in 1996's Big.
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News:

[ V ]  'Normal Heart' back on Public beat in '04
Kramer's AIDS drama ran for a year in 1980s
Nearly 20 years after its world premiere at the Public Theater, "The Normal Heart" will return in February.

[ INQ ]  Inqlings | A Tony, minus the names of Phila.'s Magid, Spivak by Michael Klein

[ NYT ]  Costs and Approach Disputed in Lincoln Center Redevelopment by ROBIN POGREBIN
There is both concern and cautious optimism that Lincoln Center can make the most of an artistic turning point at Avery Fisher Hall.

Features:

[ NYP ]  LET'S HEAR IT FOR HARRY by BARBARA HOFFMAN
Jim Dale, who narrates the audio version of the Harry Potter books, is just wild about Harry and friends.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
BRIGHTMAN'S MAGICAL MYSTICAL TOUR

[ INQ ]  No keeping her down by Annette John-Hall
The 'American Idol' flap is dust - and now Frenchie Davis is lighting up Broadway with her voice and plus-size, fantastic self.

[ CST ]  An endurance test for Amy Morton BY HEDY WEISS
Amy Morton had a cold when we chatted last week. Not surprising. The actress, who in recent years has forged a formidable second career as a director, is probably living through one of the most intense periods of her working life.

[ MN ]  Grand interpreter of songs by Richard Scheinin
Performing with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Thursday and Friday, inventive singer Ute Lemper makes "serious" music accessible and new.

[ NHR ]  Chaz Esposito of Orange flashes his 'Mack the Knife' off-Broadway by Fran Fried
Chaz Esposito, now playing Bobby Darin at the off-Broadway Theatre at St. Peter�s in New York City, first performed as the legendary crooner in the late �90s at Amarante�s in New Haven.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.

Reviews:

[ ND ]  It's Power Play To the Women by Michael Bracken
What a pleasant surprise to discover that Merel Juli�, better known for being the wife of the late Raul Juli� than for her own acting career, can not only carry a show but can even make it float.

[ INQ ]  'Grease' needs more than Avalon
Throughout the first act and into the beginning of the second, the reaction of the audience at Tuesday's opening night of the musical Grease had been restrained. But at the opening of the second scene of Act 2, at the mere appearance of the silhouette of a man holding a microphone, the Academy of Music theatergoers broke into wild applause.

[ ATW ]  CDs: Nine The New Broadway Cast Recording

[ ATW ]  Men and Women Struggle for Eight Days (backwards)
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News:

[ B ]  Minnie Driver Tapped for Phantom Film

[ P ]  Prima Donna: Minnie Driver Is Carlotta in Phantom Movie

[ B ]  Last Sunday to Close First Sunday in July

[ B ]  Tony n' Tina Ready for the Big Screen
Joey McIntyre and That '70s Show's Mila Kunis are set to play the title characters in the big screen adaptation of the long-running off-Broadway hit Tony n' Tina's Wedding.

[ P ]  DRG Records to Release Vintage Soundtracks

[ P ]  Bombay Dreams Celebrates One Year in the West End June 19

[ P ]  Golden Boy Returns to London Stage June 19

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 19

[ P ]  Skinner, Kudisch and Graae Join Broadway By the Year Concert June 23

[ P ]  Larry Gatlin and Jane Bodle Star in Summer Tour of Will Rogers Follies

[ P ]  Last Sunday in June, Tolins' Take on "Gay Play" Genre, Will Close July 6

[ P ]  Capitol Steps Returns to New York with Between Iraq and A Hard Place, July 15-Aug. 31

[ P ]  Early Bird Special: Kate the Great Will Take Tea at Five in W. Palm Beach After NYC

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Safe Reviewed By: Matt Windman
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Wednesday, June 18, 2003

The Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia has just announced its cabaret lineup for the coming season:

Karen Akers, October 8-19, 2003
Tom Wopat, February 4-15, 2004
BJ Crosby, May 5-16, 2004

News:

[ TM ]  Say Goodnight Gracie Closing August 24; Tour Will Follow

[ P ]  Jackie Mason's New Broadway Musical, Laughing Room Only, Begins Oct. 23; Cast Announced

Features:

[ P ]  Sign to Sing: New Broadway Big River Is Confluence of Deaf, Hearing and Musical Theatre

[ R ]  Starship Captain Returns to Earth for the Theater by Paul Majendie

[ YN ]  Ex-Hostage in Beirut Makes Acting Debut by ROBERT WELLER, Associated Press Writer

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Martin Beck Marquee Comes Down
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[ B ]  Gracie Says Goodnight to Broadway August 24

[ P ]  Say Goodnight Gracie Says Goodnight on Broadway Aug. 24
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Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Nine Stars Sign Their New CD

News:

[ P ]  Lane's "Charlie Lawrence" Debuts to Low Ratings

[ P ]  Follies, Sherlock Holmes, Comedy of Errors Play Historic Ivoryton, CT, Season, June 18-Aug. 31

[ P ]  Jekyll & Hyde's Evan is Abelard in Staged Reading of Musical, Abelard and Heloise

[ P ]  After a Taste of the Tony, Billy Joel Wants to Write a New Musical

[ P ]  Finn's Elegies � with Buckley, Carmello & Rupert � Now Available On-Line

[ B ]  Bauer & McCann to Star in Heron at the Atlantic
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News:

[ B ]  Vincent in Brixton to Return to the West End

[ B ]  Cast Set for Jackie Mason Laughing Room Only

[ P ]  From "Mama" to Mom: Chicago Star Cast in New TV Series

[ P ]  Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market Sets Fall Date

[ P ]  Gypsy Breaks Shubert Box-Office Record

Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Dorothy's First Musical by Ken Mandelbaum
THE WIZARD OF OZ (Hungry Tiger Press)
MISS GULCH RETURNS! (Original Cast Records)

[ TM ]  Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival Reviewed By: J. Cooper Robb

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright cracks open Si�n Phillips's new memoir of her life with and without Peter O'Toole.
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News:

[ NYP ]  B'WAY STATE OF MIND by MICHAEL RIEDEL
BILLY Joel, whose hit parade has been put to splendid use in "Movin' Out," is ready to try his hand at writing a Broadway musical from scratch.

[ V ]  May play to power trio of one-acts
Producer seeks plays to complement each other, 'Smoking'
Elaine May's new play "Giving Up Smoking" is looking for a companion. Two companions, to be exact. May's longtime producer, Julian Schlossberg, will present an evening of three one-acts in the tradition of "Death Defying Acts" and "Power Plays."

[ NYT ]  It's Take 2 for Merger of Actors' Unions by RICK LYMAN
Another attempt is under way to merge the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
BIG TIME TRIUMPH FOR B'WAY BARES
Ninth item.

[ P ]  Tony Walton to Present Award at League of Professional Theatre Women's Spring Luncheon

[ P ]  TKTS Booth Celebrates 30 Years in Duffy Square June 25

[ P ]  "Match Game" Favorite Brings New Cabaret Act to Danny's in July
Brett Somers, one of the favorite regular panelists from TV's old "Match Game" game show, will bring her new cabaret show to Danny's Skylight Room Mondays in July.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 18

[ P ]  Urinetown Star Heads to the Chatterbox June 19

[ P ]  New Stage Versions of "Oliver Twist" and "1984" Fill Empty Space New Season in Seattle

[ P ]  The Song Is Him: Jerome Kern Lives Again in Score of Broadway's Never Gonna Dance

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia talks about the 1973 musical revival that, for two baffling performances, had an elephant live onstage.

[ INQ ]  Avalon still a 'Teen Angel' onstage in his hometown by Desmond Ryan
Frankie Avalon, a Philadelphia native, is once again taking to the stage, this time as Teen Angel in a production of �Grease� at the Academy of Music.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ PPG ]  Pulitzer-winning Nilo Cruz an appealing up and comer by Christopher Rawson

[ PP ]  Fork in the Road by: Amy Brummer
Illustrations by Ben Solowey and Al Hirschfeld tell the story of Broadway.

[ CSM ]  How I became a Chekhov bookworm in the Big Apple by William J. Dean
Having arranged a series of three seminars on the short stories of Chekhov, I am making use of every available moment, day and night, to read the assigned stories, lest I disgrace myself at the sessions being conducted by a distinguished Chekhov scholar.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FAIRY TALES OF THE ABSURD'
Lunar Voyage on Wings of Whimsy by D. J. R. BRUCKNER
The laughter feels like spring in "Fairy Tales of the Absurd," two brief pieces by Eug�ne Ionesco and one by Edward Einhorn at Theater 80.

[ TM ]  Fairy Tales of the Absurd Reviewed By: Matt Windman

[ CU ]  Fairy Tales of the Absurd Review

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'BAD DATES'
Going Hunting? Wear the Right Shoes by BRUCE WEBER
This monologue by a Texas woman transplanted to New York is a show with limited ambition but a cozy kind of familiarity.

[ ND ]  'Days' to Look Forward To by Linda Winer
Breezy NY vignettes enliven 'Eight Days (Backwards)'

[ ND ]  Love and Marriage Unite These Plays by Michael Bracken
When a director really hears a play's music, he can make it sing. And that's exactly what Daniel Gerroll is doing these days at the Bay Street Theatre, not once but twice a night (and matinees, too).

[ NYT ]  Recent Plays
Reviews of "Door Wide Open," "When I'm 64" and "The Rover."

[ NYP ]  SONS & LOVERS & IN-LAWS by DONALD LYONS
THE Mint Theater has resurrected one of its genuine gems, D.H. Lawrence's "The Daughter-in-Law."

[ WP ]  'Count Basil,' Rescued From the Archives by Peter Marks
Novelties from the 18th century show up a lot more frequently on "Antiques Roadshow" than on the Washington stage, so chalk up a rare collectibles coup for a local ensemble, Horizons Theatre, that specializes in works by and about women.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Sound Is the Driver in a Race for Death by SARAH BOXER
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. � It's not every day that you can step into the same plot twice. "The Sound of a Voice," a new opera with music by Philip Glass and libretto by David Henry Hwang, presented in a premiere by the American Repertory Theater at the Loeb Drama Center here, is a twice-told tale.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'PERICLES"
In Antiquity, the Stuff of Dreams by MARGO JEFFERSON
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News:

[ P ]  Our Lady Resurrected; Off-Broadway Show Extends to July 27

[ B ]  Off-B'way's Our Lady Extends to July 27
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Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway Bares 2003: The Starry Crowd
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Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway Bares All for Charity

[ B ]  Video: On the Tonys Red Carpet

Reviews:

[ B ]  Eight Days (Backwards) Review by Adam Feldman

[ CU ]  Eight Days (Backwards)
Review

[ TB ]  Wicked Needs The Wizard�s Touch
San Francisco Review by Richard Connema

[ VV ]  Haunted By Bergman
A Great Director Makes an Old Play Walk Again by Michael Feingold
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, adapted by Ingmar Bergman

[ VV ]  Sightlines
Can't Let Go by Keith Reddin; A Glance at New York by Benjamin Barker

News:

[ P ]  Run and Tell That: Newcomer Chester Gregory II To Be Seaweed in Hairspray

[ B ]  Hairspray's New Seaweed Is Chester Gregory II
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News:

[ B ]  Roundabout Plans to Bring The Foreigner to B'way

[ B ]  Intrigue with Faye Extends to July 16 at MCC

[ B ]  Spielberg Considers a Big Screen Sweeney Todd

[ P ]  Golda's Balcony Extends One Last Time Off-Bway; What Light Thru Bway Window Breaks?

[ P ]  Desire Under the Elms, Starring Amy Brenneman, Plays in Radio-Theatre Series in L.A., June 18-22

[ P ]  New Thriller to Premiere at U.K.'s Richmond Theatre in July

[ P ]  Exiting Toronto for Summer, Mamma Mia! Plays Vancouver July 22-Aug. 10

[ P ]  Cy Coleman's Ostrovsky Finds a Home at Philly's Prince in 2003-04; Gemini Sings, Too

[ P ]  Extended Play: Video-Infused Intrigue With Faye Extends Through July 16

[ P ]  Spielberg and DreamWorks Interested in Sweeney Todd Film

[ P ]  O'Neill Theater Center Executive Director Howard Sherman Steps Down in CT

[ P ]  Guido's Songs: Nine Revival Cast Recording Released June 17; Cast Signing in NYC

[ P ]  Jekyll & Hyde Star Makes Directorial Debut June 24-July 20

[ B ]  Broadway Bares 13 Raises $450K for BC/EFA

[ TM ]  Casting Set for "Broadway Musicals of 1925" Revival

Features:

[ TB ]  Spotlight On Len Cariou by Alan Gomberg

[ B ]  Have Coffin, Will Travel by Ken Mandelbaum
"The world made me into a whore--now I make the world into a brothel!" How I would love to have heard theatrical grande dame Lynn Fontanne utter those words, as she did when she and her husband Alfred Lunt co-starred in The Visit.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bares 13: Matt Cavenaugh

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bares 13: Jerry Mitchell

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bares 13: Jane Krakowski and Friends

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Eight Days (Backwards) Reviewed By: Matt Windman
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[ MB ]  So What Do You Do, Ben Brantley? by Jennifer Baker
The chief theater critic at The New York Times wields tremendous power over the Great White Way�and he's not afraid to use it.
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News:

[ V ]  Spielberg & Parkes eye 'Sweeney' by Army Archerd

[ CST ]  Actor's crying, crying with joy over 'Hairspray' role BY HEDY WEISS
The news will come as no surprise to audiences who caught Chicago-bred actor Chester Gregory II in his electrifying performance as rock 'n' roll legend Jackie Wilson in the Black Ensemble Theater production of "The Jackie Wilson Story: My Heart Is Crying, Crying."

[ BG ]  Lane joins Huntington production of 'Butley' by Catherine Foster
The Huntington's 2003-04 season has been given a boost by the addition of Lane, as well as by the anticipated casting of Andrea Martin ("Betty's Summer Vacation"), who's in negotiations to play the lead role in the Huntington's final production of the season, Tennessee Williams's "The Rose Tattoo."

[ DN ]  Deborah Gibson named 'Juniors' judge

[ BH ]  North Shore theater lands $1.5M gift
Thanks to an anonymous friend, the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly has $1.5 million to expand its educational, entertainment and musical development programs. The donation is the largest gift in the theater's nearly 50-year history.

[ P ]  Mandy Patinkin's New Showtime Series Debuts June 27

[ P ]  Tony Nominee B.J. Crosby to Be Part of Downtown Revivals Cabaret Season

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 17

[ P ]  Broadway Stars Set to "Rock" at Carolina Arts Festival July 3

[ P ]  Coming to a City Near You, Brad Oscar Is Max in Second Tour of Producers, Starting June 17

[ P ]  Women's Expressive Theater Ordains Julia Jordan's St. Scarlet in NYC, June 17-July 12

[ DN ]  News Beat
Gregory Peck was buried in a private ceremony yesterday morning, but fans and studio heavyweights later turned out by the hundreds to honor the screen legend.

[ TS ]  Actor Hume Cronyn dies at 91 by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Cronyn obit with an emphasis on his stage work in Canada.

[ DN ]  Hume Cronyn dead at 91

Reviews:

[ BH ]  Opposites attract in uneven 'James' by Terry Byrne
With the world premiere of "Rapist James," presented by Next Stages, playwright Christopher Denham reveals a sharp eye for characters and a natural ear for the way couples speak, even when they're sparring. But he makes assumptions that leave gaping holes in his plot and his characters' credibility.

[ BG ]  'Rapist James' commits the sin of vapidity by Ed Siegel
"Rapist James" is a four-character play with three actors. The title character, unfortunately, is never seen. It's unfortunate because James is the most interesting one in the play. And for all the jumping up and down and gesticulating the others do, he might also be the most animated.

[ WP ]  Reduced 'Great Books': Less Is Less by Peter Marks

[ NJ ]  Solo play makes an eventful date BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
"Bad Dates," a wry, new, one-person play written by Theresa Rebeck.

[ NYP ]  SARAH BRIGHTMAN: "HAREM" by DAN AQUILANTE
Broadway's Sarah Brightman again attempts to crack the pop market with "Harem" - an overblown synth-dance album laced with Middle-Eastern instrumentation.
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Monday, June 16, 2003

News:

[ V ]  Tonys boost tuners
B.O. receipts set record week after kudos
How big a bounce did the Tonys give Broadway? The total receipts of 28 shows rose $583,377 or 4.21% for a grand tally of $14,452,490. That's a record for the post-awards week, but just barely. More significant, last week's paid attendance of 224,717 is off 10,000-20,000 from recent years.

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: June 9-15

[ P ]  Oz's Judy Garland Fills in at Broadway's Enchanted April
Before making her turn as Judy Garland in the upcoming Broadway musical The Boy From Oz, Isabel Keating will fill in for recently-departed Molly Ringwald in Enchanted April, a production spokesperson confirmed.

[ V ]  Exec stages O'Neill exit
Wildman tapped interim manager as search starts

[ P ]  Broadway Bares 13 Brings in Big Bucks � Almost Half a Million � for BC/EFA

Reviews:

[ TB ]  Eight Days (Backwards) Review by Matthew Murray
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News:

[ NYT ]  Hume Cronyn, Acclaimed on Stage and Screen, Dies at 91 by MARILYN BERGER
Mr. Cronyn, a compact, restless man who was once an amateur boxer and remained a featherweight 127 pounds for much of his life, was at home in everything from Shakespeare and Chekhov to Albee and Beckett. Among his notable Broadway successes were "A Delicate Balance," "The Gin Game" and "Noel Coward in Two Keys."

[ P ]  Actor Hume Cronyn Dead at 91; Starred With Wife Jessica Tandy in Plays and Films

[ B ]  Actor Hume Cronyn is Dead at Age 91

[ TM ]  Acclaimed Actor Hume Cronyn Dead at 91

[ YN ]  Actor William Marshall Dies at 78 in L.A.
Actor William Marshall, who played a variety of roles, from Shakespeare's "Othello" on stage, to "Blacula" in the camp movie classic, has died. He was 78.
He had no Broadway credits, although another William Marshall did appear on Broadway.

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Leapfrog
Though it did not take home any Tony Awards on June 8, A Year with Frog and Toad had the biggest post-Tony increase, jumping up $114,227 in its last week on the Great White Way. The family-friendly tuner made $256,493 and filled the Cort Theatre to a respectable 72.90% capacity.

[ P ]  Nathan Lane To Star as Butley at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company in 2004

[ B ]  Nathan Lane to Star in Butley at the Huntington

[ P ]  Stars Will Honor the Late "Line King" June 23 When Bway's Beck Becomes The Hirschfeld

[ P ]  Chamberlin, Stillman Reunite with Najimy, Mayes in Dirty Blonde in Starry Old Globe Summer Season

[ TM ]  Bay Street Theatre's Summer Gala Benefit Set for July 26

[ TM ]  Marin Mazzie Joins Man of La Mancha Starting July 1

Reviews:

[ P-I ]  'Light in the Piazza' is an elegant luxury by JOE ADCOCK
Intiman Theatre has turned itself into a jewel box. Its production of "The Light in the Piazza" is finely wrought, elegant, radiant and studded with gems.

[ ST ]  Risky concept gives 'Light' radiance by Misha Berson
While adjustments to its score and staging would make "The Light in the Piazza" more cohesively compelling, it is at heart a beguiling tale retold with humor, poignancy and musical interludes of shivery loveliness.
Thanks to Steven for the links!

[ CU ]  Bad Dates Review

[ CU ]  The Daughter-In-Law Review

[ TM ]  Celine Dion: A New Day
Las Vegas Review By: Christine Westley
There are performers whose mere presence can fill an entire room. There are performers who can easily command any stage, be it an intimate club or a giant coliseum. Celine Dion is not one of these performers.

Features:

[ TM ]  Photo File
Tovah Feldshuh, Marc Kudisch, Julianna Margulies, Benjamin Bratt, Jon Secada, and other stars are captured by our shutterbugs.

[ BS ]  Paradise Theatre Springs an Eden
Many theatre companies form in New York every year. Less common is one group emerging as the natural outgrowth of another, and for both to exist in harmony a few blocks apart.
For the Bottle Factory Theatre Company, located on East 3rd Street, and the Paradise Theatre Company, found on East 4th Street, however, that's the state of the art.
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Actor Hume Cronyn has died at 91.

[ IBDb ]  Cronyn's Broadway credits on the IBDb

[ IMDb ]  Cronyn's film credits on the IMDb
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Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Aida Bids Its Stars Adieu

News:

[ B ]  Graves & Stirling to Star in Woman in London
A new production of the classic, starring Rupert Graves and Rachael Stirling and directed by Adrian Noble, will run at the play's original West End home, the Haymarket Theatre (where A Woman Of No Importance first opened in 1893) starting on September 10.

[ P ]  Internet Play Age - Sex - Location Receives London Reading June 19

[ P ]  Anna Paquin Reads Drug Buddy for MTC's 6@6 Series June 16

[ P ]  Kate Shindle Appears in Reading of New Musical, Room to Grow, June 16 & 30

Reviews:

[ TB ]  The Light in the Piazza at Intiman Theatre Seattle Review by David-Edward Hughes
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News:

[ P ]  Betty Buckley to Narrate NBC's Fourth of July Special

[ P ]  New Liza Minnelli "Scrapbook" to Be Issued by Citadel Press

[ P ]  Marin Mazzie To Join Man of La Mancha Company in July

[ B ]  Marin Mazzie Heads to La Mancha July 1

Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: Finger-Licking Feydeau by Ken Mandelbaum
IN FASHION (Kultur)
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[ STARS ]  Roger Moore, Helen Mirren, Jim Dale and Sting Receive Queenly Honors
by Ellis Nassour
Queen Elizabeth II in her 2003 birthday list honors Roger Moore and Helen Mirren with knighthood; Jim Dale, Sting, Simon Russell Beale, Kristin Scott Thomas and Billy Connolly are among others honored with titles.
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News:

[ V ]  MAZZIE MAKES 'LA MANCHA'
Thesp to replace Mastrantonio on July 1
Marin Mazzie will take over from Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Aldonza in Broadway's "Man of La Mancha."

[ NYT ]  A Potpourri of Culture Next Season at Next Wave
A new dance work by Merce Cunningham with music by Radiohead, William Forsythe's final run with Ballett Frankfurt, a new staging of "Henry IV, Part 1" by Richard Maxwell and John Adams's opera "The Death of Klinghoffer" are among the 15 new presentations announced by the Brooklyn Academy of Music for its Next Wave Festival this fall.

[ V ]  B.O. up; 'Take' 244g
Broadway grosses

[ V ]  Biz even; 'Superstar' 754g
Road grosses

[ V ]  D.C.'s Mammoth, Studio expanding
Projects to be completion fall 2004

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
LEGENDARY funnyman Jackie Mason is moving away from his usual one-man shows to do a musical.
Seventh item.

[ P ]  Emmy Winner Gregg Marx � of Marx Brothers Family Fame � Opens Cabaret Gig June 16

[ P ]  Jackie Mason to Bring Laughing Room Only to Brooks Atkinson Theatre

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 16

[ P ]  Homage to Blacklisted Trumbo Plays Final Performance with Aidan Quinn, June 16

[ P ]  Last Sunday in June Gets FL Premiere, Concurrent With Off-Bway, June 20

[ P ]  The Day Before: Eight Days (Backwards) Opens Off-Broadway, June 16

Features:

[ NYT ]  Chicago Theater Unveils its Latest Metamorphosis by STEPHEN KINZER
The much-praised Lookingglass Theater Company now has a space to rival its productions.

[ CST ]  Lookingglass' New Home BY HEDY WEISS
As a horse-drawn tourist carriage approached the Water Tower Water Works near the corner of Michigan and Chicago avenues Friday night, the driver turned to his passengers and announced: "This is the new home of the Lookingglass Theatre Company, which was co-founded by David Schwimmer, the guy who plays Ross on television's 'Friends.'"

[ BH ]  Curtain up, light the lights: Backstage with "The Producers" Hub touring company by Robert Nesti
"Please, folks, you need to be looking at the exit lights," prods a smooth, unseen British voice, as a chorus line of old ladies with walkers tap-dances on the stage of the Colonial Theatre. The music stops, and the heads pop up . . . but a dancer is missing.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Find out if you graduated from Broadway University, as Filichia provides the answers to his Final Exam.

[ ND ]  A Bit of Red Shoe Business on Broadway by Peter Terzian
Singing along with Dorothy and crew as a theatrical group hug

"Bad Dates" - Reviews:

[ ND ]  Making the Best Of Her 'Bad Dates' by Linda Winer
The fine female art of multitasking is on display this summer at Playwrights Horizons, where, for 90 engaging minutes, a character named Haley talks about her lousy dates as she painstakingly dresses for more of them.

[ TB ]  Bad Dates Review by Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  Bad Dates Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ B ]  Bad Dates Review by Adam Feldman

Other Reviews:

[ ND ]  Mining the Layers Of Class Difference by Gordon Cox
"The Daughter-in-Law" certainly falls under the category of "worthy but neglected," the rubric used by the Mint Theater Company to describe the plays it seeks out and produces. This sturdily constructed, little- known play was written in 1912 by D.H. Lawrence - who knew the novelist wrote plays, too? - but not performed until 1967.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'
D. H. Lawrence's Young Wisdom by BRUCE WEBER
D. H. Lawrence's play of a marriage strained by class conflict, produced by the Mint Theater Company, has the prescience of an important modernist work.

[ CST ]  A deeply American story inspired by an emblematic book, "Race" is an ideal housewarming BY HEDY WEISS
At Lookingglass.

[ NJ ]  Delicacy smothers creativity BY PETER FILICHIA
Dawn O'Leary's new play is like a beautiful miniature painting in the middle of an enormous blank canvas.

[ TB ]  First Light: A Festival of New Short Plays Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  More Than This Review by Matthew Murray

[ NYP ]  PULLING THE RUG FROM UNDER THE PERSIANS by DONALD LYONS
'THE Persians," now being given an excellent revival by the National Actors Theatre, is the oldest play in Western literature.
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Sunday, June 15, 2003

[ NYT ]  Weddings: Lindsey Gates, Jesse McKinley
Congratulations!

Features:

[ HC ]  Tony For Juiciest Website Goes To .. by Frank Rizzo
It was the calm before the chat-room storm. A group of about 80 gathered in the basement of New York's West Bank Caf� a week ago Saturday night, the eve of the Tony Awards.
But this was no private enclave of the suits from the League of American Theatres and Producers, no star chamber of the American Theatre Wing, no secret room of marketers at CBS.
No, this room was where the real power is. These are the people of "Talkin' Broadway," a theatrical website that is a formidable force in the theater world.

[ ND ]  Kisses, Kudos for CBS' Tonys by Linda Winer
If there is justice in our little corner of the world, CBS will ignore the low ratings for last Sunday's Tony Award telecast altogether.

[ NYT ]  'Law & Order' to the Actors' Rescue by VANESSA GRIGORIADIS
Every week, the hit TV series keeps dozens of New York bit players out of the soup kitchens. These are their stories.

[ BSUN ]  Cinderella of Baltimore by J. Wynn Rousuck
Hometown girl Margo Lion believed in the magic of a story called 'Hairspray.' And then, it cast a spell on Broadway.

[ ND ]  Perpetual Tony by Blake Green
At 83, Randall reaches into antiquity - to produce a place that dates to 472 BC

[ NYP ]  HERE COMES THE SON OF FOO
Three years ago, actor B.D. Wong ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"), and his partner, Richie, became the parents of twin boys through a surrogate mother, who gave birth 11 weeks early.
An excerpt from B.D.'s book.

[ LAT ]  From Zoey to Franny by Barbara Isenberg
Elisabeth Moss, first daughter on 'The West Wing,' plays a sassy adolescent in a coming-of-age tale at the Geffen.

[ CST ]  Small-town boy living big-city dreams BY MISHA DAVENPORT
Blake Hammond--currently starring as legendary New York theater critic Alexander Woollcott in Northlight Theatre's musical "At Wit's End"--has built his 17-year acting career on faith, persistence and the good fortune of being in the right place at the right time.

[ BG ]  Shtick Shift by Lynda Gorov
At 76, Mel Brooks is red-hot, attracting a new generation of fans with 'The Producers'

[ ND ]  Fast Chat: Kiki & Herb by Tom Beer

[ NYT ]  POSSESSED
Plush Plaything Gone Awry by DAVID COLMAN
The home of Justin Bond of "Kiki & Herb."

[ NYT ]  The Birthplace of 'Frog and Toad' by DYLAN HICKS
Last Sunday, the regional theater Tony Awards went to the Minneapolis-based Children's Theater Company � the first theater for young people to win the prize.

[ NYT ]  Visiting a Room in Show Tune Heaven by JASON ZINOMAN
All musical-theater fans will find something to get excited about at an exhibit tracing the history of the cast album at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

[ DP ]  Box-office tally is only 'Brooklyn' vote that counts by John Moore
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link, and for the "Hay Fever" review below.

Reviews:

[ NHR ]  Westport�s witty �Hay Fever� a pleasurable rainy weekend in hell by E. Kyle Minor

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: Fade Out�Fade In and Green Songs

[ DN ]  A queen of camp by Jim Farber
Meet the five faces of Sarah Brightman. She's at once a New Age goddess, show-tune queen, pop princess, dance diva and opera avatar.

News:

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave have taken the town.
Second item.

[ P ]  Theresa Rebeck's Bad Dates Opens Off-Bway June 15; Julie White Stars in Solo Show

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Blue Man Group on "Craig Kilborn", Amy Sedaris on "Conan O'Brien"

[ P ]  "Opening Night": Nathan Lane's New TV Series, "Charlie Lawrence," Makes CBS Debut June 15

[ P ]  "You Gotta Get a Gimmick": Broadway Bares 13 Struts Its Stuff June 15

[ P ]  "Hard to Say Good-bye": Original Aida Star, Adam Pascal, Plays Final Performance June 15

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 15

[ P ]  The Play What Has Run: London Comedy, The Play What I Wrote, Ends Bway Stand June 15

[ P ]  Walk On By: Broadway's Burt Bacharach-Hal David Revue, The Look of Love, Closes June 15

[ P ]  "Evening at Pops" TV Season Begins July 6 with Prince, Mazzie and Barrowman

[ P ]  A Year With Frog and Toad Ends Bway Run June 15; Regional Life Expected

[ P ]  Rattlestick New Season Features Miss Julie, Craig Lucas and Omnium's Frears

[ P ]  After 15 Years, National Tour of Les Miz Goes Silent June 15; Barricades Rise in Fall
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