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Saturday, July 19, 2003

[ NYT ] How Much Did Your Seat Cost?
by David Leonhardt

[ NYT ] Seven Avenues to a Ticket
by David Leonhardt
:)

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Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY'
The Allure of an Empty Paradise by BEN BRANTLEY

A breeze of pure wistfulness blows through the Williamstown Theater Festival's loving revival of John Guare's 1977 play.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'PIECES . . . '
The Tribulations of Being a 'Lucky One' by ANITA GATES

Brian Howie's fragmented play sets out to describe beautiful women's feelings about their beauty in a dozen original monologues written by the speakers themselves.

[ NJ ]  Depressing saga: Splendid cast fleshes out well written play about afflicted family BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ TB ]  The Producers
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
The Siegels catch a great double act, a couple of classy ladies, and the long-awaited reunion of Barbra & Judy.

Features:

[ LAT ]  'Dirty Blonde' goes West by Irene Lacher
Tonight Kathy Najimy returns from Broadway to San Diego to reprise the role of Mae West, a pioneer in overcoming stereotypes.

[ LAT ]  His success is no mystery by Don Shirley
Tony winner Richard Hoover makes his living designing movies, but his heart remains with the Actors' Gang and its environmental "Mysteries."

[ NJ ]  Outdoor play 'a great gig' for N.Y. actor BY PETER FILICHIA
Robert LuPone is enjoying his summer vacation.

[ ND ]  Twice-Told Twain by Blake Green
Huck Finn returns to adventures on the 'Big River,' but this time Daniel Jenkins is marking his words - in speech and sign language

[ B ]  Photo Op: Aida's Braxton Walks Like an Egyptian

News:

[ NYT ]  ABOUT NEW YORK
He Conned the Society Crowd but Died Alone by DAN BARRY

David Hampton, the black teenager who conned members of the city's white elite 20 years ago with an outsized charm, died last month at a downtown hospital.
The subject of John Guare's play "Six Degrees of Separation."

[ P ]  Fynsworth to Feature Live Chats with Blazer, Wilkof, Kaye and Budd

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 19

[ P ]  Graduate Tour Has Four Mrs. Robinsons, Including Linda Gray and Kelly McGillis

[ P ]  Capitol Steps' Between Iraq and a Hard Place Opens Off-Broadway, July 19

[ P ]  Neil Patrick Harris and Rachel York to Star in Reprise! Babes in Arms

posted at 7/19/2003 08:10:08 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Friday, July 18, 2003

Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Henry V Opening: Once More Unto the Park

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos

Craig Wroe has created a reference book that gives struggling actors the skinny on how to survive in NYC.

[ BS ]  Vocal Remedies
The French have a great word for it: la grippe. Or it could be a scratchy throat, strained cords, or a creeping allergy attack that will make your voice sink into a croak, or even disappear.
Includes a quote from Laura Bell Bundy.

[ CCT ]  'Bat Boy' actor stretches his wings in quirky musical by PAT CRAIG
JUSTIN GREER wasn't exactly eager to leave town.
He did, however, want to eat and pay the rent, and as one of the stars of Broadway's ill-fated "Urban Cowboy," the long-term prospects of both of those were remote.
Plus an interview with Lisa Vroman of "Phantom of the Opera."
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!


News:

[ P ]  York Reading Series Has New Musical, Mr. Anonymous, July 20

[ P ]  Time Is Relative: An Hour of Einstein's Dreams, the Musical, Presented in NYC July 23

[ BS ]  Equity Pushes NEA Funding

Actors' Union Urging Members to Write Congress

Reviews:

[ LAT ]  Delightfully rough around the edges by Mark Sachs
Sandra Bernhard bills her show as 'a work in progress,' but for fans, it's almost perfect.

[ LAT ]  A golden road beckons her home by David C. Nichols
Lorna Luft illuminates the iconic power of her mother, Judy Garland.

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[ P ]  Sam Mendes Expected to Direct Film of Sweeney Todd

[ P ]  Eigenberg Leaves Take Me Out July 20; De Santis on Deck

[ P ]  San Francisco Gets Urinetown to Aug. 31, Sets Box Office Record

[ P ]  Nancy Opel to Star in Amanda Green Musical, For the Love of Tiffany

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Streisand's "Movie Album"; Flaherty & Ahrens on Disc Plus More News!

[ B ]  See You Next Tuesday Heads to the West End

[ B ]  London's Jus' Like That to Close August 3

[ B ]  Mendes in Talks to Helm Sweeney Todd Film

[ TM ]  NAMT Announces Selections for 15th Annual Festival

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Reviews:

[ B ]  Bialy-Hoos of 2003 by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: THE PRODUCERS (New York)

Features:

[ TM ]  Katharine Hepburn Remembered by: Steven Brinberg
A lifelong fan offers an appreciation of the legend and tells of his brushes with her greatness.

News:

[ NYP ]  THE STARR REPORT by MICHAEL STARR
Walter Bobbie joins "One Life to Live" (second item).
Thanks to jim on All That Chat for the link!


[ P ]  Gypsy Star Heads to the Chatterbox July 24
Maureen Moore � Bernadette Peters' standby as Rose in the hit revival of Gypsy � will sit down for a chat with host Seth Rudetsky at the July 24 edition of Seth�s Broadway Chatterbox.

[ P ]  New Musical Diva Diaries to Play Broward Center, July 24-Aug. 3

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News:

[ NYP ]  SHOW US THE MONEY by MICHAEL RIEDEL
IN the gossip columns, Eric Nederlander is probably best known as New York's most frequently bold-faced cuckold, having had his wife Jessica lifted out from under him by comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
But in the theater world, Nederlander, 36, a scion of the famous theater family, has earned a reputation as a deadbeat producer who owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to people involved in "Dream a Little Dream," his off-Broadway show about the Mamas and the Papas at the Village Theater.

[ NYT ]  Elisabeth Welch, 99, Cabaret Hitmaker, Dies by DOUGLAS MARTIN
Elisabeth Welch was an expatriate cabaret singer who mixed elegant phrasing and emotive power to craft extraordinary interpretations of the songs of America's Jazz Age.

[ TM ]  Elisabeth Welch, Singer and Actress, is Dead at 99

[ NYT ]  Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist, Dies at 68 by CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT

The Canadian novelist captured and illuminated the ordinariness of life � "domesticity, the shaggy beast that eats up 50 percent of our lives," as she put it.

[ TS ]  Carol's love for her Larry among my fondest memories by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Memories of working with the Pulitzer Prize winning author on the musical version of "Larry's Party".

[ NYP ]  NATHAN LANE'S NEW ROAD
HE used to play a Broadway producer but Nathan Lane's coming back to the stage as a writer.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 18

[ P ]  Karen Black Is Laura Bush in Reading of New Kushner Work Mystery, July 18

[ P ]  New Henley Work Has Reg Rogers at NY Stage and Film, July 18-20

[ P ]  Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. Present Free Macbeth on Boston Common, July 18-Aug. 10


Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
In a forthcoming book, Ted Chapin gives a detailed and anecdote-filled account of the original production of Follies.

[ BG ]  Williamstown stage fest has Huntington flavor by Maureen Dezell
If you wander behind the scenes at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this month, you might think you've stumbled into a summer camp for the Huntington Theatre Company.

[ WP ]  The Art of the Matter by Dan Via
Director Edwin Sherin has shifted the story of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" forward some 100 years to 1981.

[ ND ]  SUMMER SHAKESPEARE by Michael Bracken
Here's a guide to ensure you can hold your own at performances of the various Shakespeare plays scheduled for Long Island and New York City during the rest of the summer.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FLESH AND BLOOD'
Snapshots From the Hub of Domestic Dysfunction by BEN BRANTLEY

While this drama hasn't come up with a new way to spell dysfunction, the performances of the gold-standard cast make it worthwhile.

[ TM ]  Flesh and Blood Reviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'MAKE LOVE'
Riffs on 9/11 and City Life and Lots of Liza Minnellis by BEN BRANTLEY

Karen Finley's "Make Love," a response to the events of Sept. 11, is a funny and moving love poem to a place and its people in a time of crisis.

[ NYP ]  FINLEY, AS LIZA, IN CITY OF 'LOVE' by BARBARA HOFFMAN
SHE'S smeared herself in chocolate and rolled around in honey � but there's nothing sweet about Karen Finley.

[ NYP ]  A THING OF BEAUTY CAN ANNOY FOREVER by BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
DON'T hate them because they're beautiful. That age-old quandary of beauty as a blessing and a curse (paging Helen of Troy) is being trotted out in "Pieces (of Ass)," a series of 12 short monologues written and performed by 12 very attractive actresses, based on their life experiences.

[ TB ]  Waiting for the Glaciers to Melt Review by Matthew Murray

[ LAT ]  THEATER BEAT
'Urban' poses complex questions

Reviews of "Urban Transition: Loose Blossoms" with Dick Anthony Williams and Jacke� Harry; "Crazy For You" with David Engel and Tami Tappan Damiano; "Songs For A New World"; and "Because I Said So."

[ LAT ]  A 'Night' illuminated by comedy by Philip Brandes
Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival delivers a splendid production amid its leafy park venue.
"Twelfth Night," with Julia Duffy as Olivia.

[ ND ]  A Groovy Time in Guare-ville by Sylviane Gold
No one's kooks were wackier or more mordant than those of John Guare, whose 1977 play with music, "Landscape of the Body," runs through Sunday at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.

[ NYP ]  WARM SOMERS NIGHT by BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
BRETT Somers is ��. The definitive answer, as "Match Game" host Gene Rayburn might have said, is "enchanting."

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Thursday, July 17, 2003

Features:

[ BS ]  The Sixties Are Alive and Well on New York Stages
Attributing lofty -- perhaps even political -- significance to the boom in plays set in the '60s is undoubtedly tempting. Parody, homage, pastiche lend themselves to interpretation. What does it all mean? Why now?

Reviews:

[ RFT ]  Some Enchanted Evening BY DENNIS BROWN
You just might have a ball at Cinderella, but be sure to arrive early
At the Muny, with Kate Manning, Danny Gurwin, Ruth Williamson, Toni DiBuono, and Joan Marshall.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!


[ CU ]  Flesh And Blood Review

[ CU ]  President Harding is a Rock Star Review

News:

[ P ]  Lloyd Webber's Musical in Progress, Woman in White, Gets UK Presentation

[ P ]  House of Representations Votes $10M Increase in NEA Budget

[ P ]  Levitation, Sword Swallowing, Fire-Eating Fill Off-Broadway Sideshow Carnival Knowledge, July 24

[ P ]  Work Continues of Musical Version of Bullets Over Broadway

[ P ]  Khan Returns to Crossroads Theatre; Mandela! Concert Part of Upcoming Season

[ P ]  Report: Producer Bill Haber Exploring a New York Import of His Girl Friday

[ P ]  Chicago's Court Theatre Has The Dead, Griffin's Guys and Dolls in 2003-04

[ B ]  Stars to Shine at Sh-K-Boom Concerts at Zipper

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Features:

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell
They may not have the decades-long track record of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne�an acting couple they indirectly parodied in the recent revival of Kiss Me, Kate. But they are the most enduring artistic marriage currently gracing the Broadway musical theatre.

[ TM ]  Photo/Video File by: Michael Portantiere
Liev Schreiber and pals party in the park; Brett Somers makes her cabaret debut; Melissa Errico and Malcom Gets sing of Amour at the King Kong Room.

News:

[ B ]  Smits Headlines Anna in the Tropics at McCarter

[ P ]  Complete Casting Announced for Bowl's My Fair Lady with Errico and Lithgow

[ P ]  Sunday, Sweeney, Passion, Woods Fill New "Stephen Sondheim Collection" DVD Set

[ P ]  Bogosian, Gregory, Mailer Featured in Aug. 12 Panel on "New McCarthism"

[ P ]  Maureen Moore to Play Rose at July 21 Gypsy

[ P ]  Smits to Star in McCarter's Anna in the Tropics; Starry Cast Announced

[ P ]  Broadway Barks 5! Raises Thousands for Area Shelters

[ P ]  Dates for Bounce's DC Stay are Oct. 21-Nov. 16; Tix on Sale Aug. 11

[ P ]  New Musicals by Menken, Zippel, Jones Seen in National Alliance of Musical Theatre Fest, Sept. 21-22

[ P ]  Creative Team for Fame on 42nd Street Announced; Musical Opens Nov. 11

[ B ]  Joan Copeland Steps into Camille Claudel

[ B ]  Theater Folks Make a Splash with Emmy Noms

[ TM ]  Wilson, Collela, and Murney to Perform in Sh-K-Boom Songwriters' Circle Tonight

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[ BSUN ]  Pied Piper to a generation dies at 78 by Jacques Kelly and Frederick N. Rasmussen
Buddy Deane, a Pied Piper to a generation of Baltimore teen-agers with his rock 'n' roll television dance show that became an inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hairspray, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Ark.
Thanks to richmurphy on All That Chat for the link.

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 07/15/03 by Paul Wontorek
I just got back from the Ambassador Theatre, and I've got something to say. Put it in the record books--Melanie Griffith is a gutsy gal.

[ P ]  2003 Emmy Nominations Announced; Newman Nominated for Our Town

[ P ]  Fresh Fruit Festival Presents Bedillion's Forbidden Fruit, July 22-28

[ P ]  Bogart, Nouri, Copeland, O'Shea Join Eder in Wildhorn & Knighton's Camille Claudel

[ P ]  Oprah Welcomes The Lion King July 17

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Features:

[ KQED ]  The Making of Wicked
An extensive video feature, from the KQED-TV series "Spark."
Thanks to Erin on the KristinChenoweth.com forum for the link!


[ CST ]  Writer 'Kabuls' together a tale of Afghan chaos by Hedy Weiss
Rarely has a play been so timely and at the same time so upstaged by its timeliness as Tony Kushner's "Homebody/ Kabul."

News:

[ HC ]  Kelly McGillis In Mrs. Robinson Role At Bushnell by Frank Rizzo
Plus news of full casting for "All My Sons" and "Camille Claudel," and an item about Anthony Rapp.

[ NJ ]  Former artistic director returns to Crossroads BY PETER FILICHIA

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia

The reign of 'Spain'

[ YN ]  'Paradise' Beckons Strathairn

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 17

[ P ]  Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello Bring Comedy Wigfield Back to NYC, July 17-19

[ P ]  Bill Maher Brings Victory Begins at Home Back to New York for HBO Filming, July 17-19

[ P ]  Musical Men of Hank, Phantom, Dream, Mancha Sing at "Broadway in Bryant Park," July 17

[ P ]  Nathan Lane Stars as Blacklisted Writer When Trumbo Returns to New York for Open Run, Aug. 26


Reviews:

[ NYP ]  'BLOOD' BETTER READ by DONALD LYONS
HUGE, sprawling novels seldom make good plays - precisely because they're huge and sprawling and lack the formal tightness of, say, "Long Day's Journey Into Night."

[ ND ]  The Depth of Ordinary Lives by Linda Winer
Fine cast fleshes out a century of changing realities in one family

[ ATW ]  A Firmly Grounded Flesh and Blood Despite Some Terrific Acting

[ ND ]  Bucky Gets Lucky, Audience Doesn't by Michael Bracken

Jack Heifner's "Earth to Bucky" is both earthbound and spacey, the former in its inability to take flight and the latter in its disassociation from anything resembling life as we know it on this planet. The putative comedy is making its world premiere at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor.

[ WP ]  'The Sound of Music,' Still a Favorite Thing by Peter Marks
It's an agreeable -- if oddly rushed -- version, meeting most of the time-honored standards for sugary smoothness, and even surpassing expectations in a couple of instances, most notably for the lovely work of the Broadway actress Marla Schaffel, whose sprightly Maria is both engagingly played and exquisitely sung.

[ BG ]  'My Fair Lady' has polish but lacks light by Sally Cragin
At the Reagle Players, Sarah Pfisterer (who did a nationwide tour of ''Phantom of the Opera'' as Christine) is a commendable and sympathetic Eliza.

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | JOHN WALLOWITCH
Mischievous Musical Jokes From a Cocktail Raconteur by STEPHEN HOLDEN

This singer and pianist comes as close as anyone nowadays to personifying the spirit of vintage Tin Pan Alley but with a modern uptown gloss.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2003

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
A Talk Show Is Opera as London Looks West by BEN BRANTLEY

"Jerry Springer: The Opera," which transfers to the West End in October, is the gloriously gaudy touchstone in a London season in which the theater dares to take on its richer, healthier relatives, television and film, and wrestle with them onstage.

[ B ]  Flesh and Blood Review by Adam Feldman

[ TB ]  The Overdevelopment of Scott Review by Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  Gravity Always Wins Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld

[ CU ]  Henry V Review

[ R ]  Travolta Says Turning Down 'Chicago' Big Mistake

posted at 7/16/2003 09:35:04 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



[ B ]  Bartlett & Pittu Sign On for Never Gonna Dance

[ B ]  Nathan Lane Set for Trumbo's Off-B'way Return

Upon returning the show will run a full schedule of eight performances a week with Nathan Lane playing the title role from August 26 through September 21.

[ P ]  A Musical Poseidon to Cast Off at NY Fringe
It's like Titanic, only upside-down.

[ P ]  Public Theater Benefit Raises $1.3 Million

[ P ]  Former Little Shop Director Grappo Directs The Mystery Plays at Yale Rep

[ P ]  CATF in West Virginia Has Blessing World Premiere and Sneak Peek of Wilder Musical

[ P ]  New Concert Series Celebrates Cabaret Recordings; Green and Lutvak Honored Aug. 3

[ P ]  Bergen in Discussions for Dance Lessons on Broadway

[ P ]  Report: Scott Schwartz May Direct New Play Camouflage

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Henry V: Opening Night

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[ P ]  Elisabeth Welch, Tony Nominated Star of Musicals, Revues and International Cabaret, Dead at 99

[ IBDB ]  Elisabeth Welch's Broadway Credits

[ B ]  Polly Bergen in Talks to Star in Dance Lessons

[ B ]  Michael Cerveris Set for Wintertime at 2nd Stage

[ P ]  Titanic's Cerveris to Return to the New York Stage in 2004

[ TM ]  Maya Days to Star in Reading of Masada Musical

[ P ]  Marc Kudisch Leaves Millie for Men July 20; Bohemian Ben Davis in the Wings

[ P ]  Daniel Sullivan Directs Gotham Reading of The Sea of Tranquility

[ P ]  Bop-She-Bop: Little Shop Gets Cast Album Come Fall

[ P ]  Musical Oz With a Twist Starts in New York City, July 16-Aug. 9

[ P ]  Ruthie Henshall Chats About Her Return to West End Chicago

[ P ]  Frederic Bradlee, Actor and Writer, Dead at 84

[ P ]  New Play Bobbi Boland to Reach Broadway in Fall 2003

[ P ]  Wedding Banquet Musical to Make U.S. Premiere at Seattle's Village Theatre

[ P ]  Carol Channing Is the Latest to Offer One-Woman Biographical Evening

[ P ]  Famed Chicago Actress to Record New CD for Live Audience

[ P ]  Atlantic Theater's Staged Reading of New Play Open to Public

posted at 7/16/2003 03:25:11 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



Features:

[ B ]  Preview '03-'04 #5: The Best Thing Hugh Can Do by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary

Filichia tells of two young composer-lyricists whom he thinks might become the next great musical theater songwriting team.

News:

[ NYP ]  YOU GOTTA HAVE HART TO BE ON B'WAY, MELANIE by MICHAEL RIEDEL
MELANIE Griffith made it through her first public performance as Roxie Hart in "Chicago" Friday night, but getting her there has been nerve-racking for everyone involved in the show.

[ NYT ]  Frederic Bradlee, Actor and Writer, Dies at 84
Frederic Bradlee was a New York actor and writer who appeared in several Broadway and Off Broadway productions.

[ IBDB ]  Frederic Bradlee's Broadway Credits

[ P ]  Charnin Directs Thrill Me, Musical About Leopold & Loeb Murder, July 16-Aug. 3 in NYC

[ P ]  Theatreworks/USA's Summer of the Swans Finds a Pond on Christopher Street, July 16-Aug. 20

[ P ]  Tony-Nominated Eddie Izzard Launches Sexie International Tour Down Under, July 16

[ P ]  It's All Greek: Novel Adaptation Flesh and Blood Opens at NY Theatre Workshop, July 16

[ P ]  Parsons, Dishy, McGrath Star in Williamstown's Invention, Beginning July 16


"Henry V" - Reviews:

[ DN ]  Liev's king of Shakespeare by Howard Kissel
For many years, Shakespeare in the Park has been more about fun in the open air than whatever play is being performed.
This summer there is a performance that suggests someone takes Shakespeare seriously. And that is Liev Schreiber in his powerful interpretation of the title role in "Henry 5."

[ NJ ]  Oh! Henry! Liev Schreiber leads valiant charge in Iraqi twist on Shakespeare's hero BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ NYP ]  LONG LIEV KING by DONALD LYONS

IN Shakespeare's "Henry V," in Central Park, Liev Schreiber shows us a young English king heading into war against France who's making all the right moves.

[ HC ]  Park's `Henry V' A More Heroic Warrior-King For Our Time by MALCOLM JOHNSON

[ ATW ]  Henry V Full of Sound and Fury

[ TM ]  Henry V
Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce

If Liev Schreiber were running for King, I'd vote for him.

Other Reviews:

[ TS ]  Season's readings a theatregoer's delight by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Review of Suskin's "Broadway Yearbook" and Mordden's "One More Kiss."

posted at 7/16/2003 09:43:14 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

"Henry V" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'HENRY V'
An Evening in the Park With a Playboy Prince by BEN BRANTLEY

Where is that old muse of fire when you need her? That goddess of inspiration, beseechingly evoked in the prologue of "Henry V," appears to be on vacation this summer. Maybe she's been co-opted as a houseguest by some movie producer in the Hamptons. In any case she is definitely keeping her distance from the flashy, flabby production of Shakespeare's gung-ho military history play that opened last night at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

[ YN ]  'Henry V' Magnetic, Cluttered Production by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ TB ]  Henry V
Review by Matthew Murray


[ B ]  Henry V
Review by Adam Feldman

The Public Theater's exemplary new production of Henry V in Central Park could not ask for a better backdrop: the stately Belvedere Castle, looming up from behind the outdoor stage at the Delacorte Theatre.

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
'Producers': To Ape or Ignore You-Know-Who? by BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Lane's template for Max is the one element of the show that has not been effectively reproduced or replaced by any of the actors who have subsequently played the role. And this is especially pertinent because for the show to return to megahit status on Broadway � last week it was just the fourth highest-grossing show, with Variety reporting that only 83.2 percent of the seats at the St. James Theater were filled � it is likely that name-brand stars will have to take over.

[ NYT ]  BOOKS OF THE TIMES | 'KATE REMEMBERED'
Hepburn: The Authorized (It Says Here) Version by MICHIKO KAKUTANI

"Kate Remembered" is a strange hybrid: part biography, part memoir; part hagiography, part pathography; part affectionate tribute by a friend and fan; part name-dropping exercise in voyeurism, rushed into print two weeks after Katharine Hepburn's death.

[ TM ]  Songs My Mother Taught Me Los Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz

[ TM ]  An Evening of Music and Laughter San Francisco Review By: Michael Portantiere

[ LAT ]  Music, murder and mayhem by F. Kathleen Foley
The Troubadour Theater Company's "Fleetwood Macbeth!" is not your average Shakespeare play.
Show title of the week!

News:

[ P ]  Penny for Your Thoughts: Tracy Gets a New Best Pal in Bway's Hairspray July 15

[ P ]  Zanna, Don't! Writer Tim Acito Has Two Other Musicals On His Plate

[ TM ]  "Auction of 1000 Stars" Benefits The Actors' Fund

[ TM ]  The Siegels' CD Night Series Begins August 3 at Dillon's

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Reviews:

[ ND ]  A Revisit to History With the Bard by Linda Winer
Less-than-royal 'Henry V' bows in Central Park

[ VV ]  Paradise Regained
Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us by Alexis Soloski

The Angel Project at Lincoln Center Festival; Classical Theater of Harlem's Macbeth

News:

[ B ]  Ben Davis Is Millie's Trevor Graydon on 7/22

[ P ]  Elaine Stritch at Liberty Begins San Francisco Run July 15

[ P ]  Frank, Sammy and Dean Live Again in Direct from Vegas - The Rat Pack Tour

[ P ]  NYC Lunchtime Concert July 16 Has Show Tunes and Broadway Stars


Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway Barks! 2003: Who Let the Dogs Out?

[ P ]  A TKTS Celebration

Times Square's TKTS booth has turned 30(!), but theatregoers can still trust it for entr�e to the hottest shows in town at half price

[ YN ]  Antonio Banderas Likes Working in Mexico
Antonio Banderas got to spend more time in one of his favorite places while playing Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in a new HBO movie.

[ BS ]  As Arts Funding Flounders, States Seek Tax Alternatives
Now that most state governments have reached accord on their budgets, the day-after discussions among arts advocates are underway.

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Features:

[ TM ]  Down to Earth by: Michael Portantiere
Up-and-comer Matt Keeslar co-stars in Earth to Bucky at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor.

[ P ]  John Breglio, New York Theatre's Legal Eagle, Honored by Public Theater
John F. Breglio, the eminent entertainment lawyer, whose clients seem to include half the people seen in the New York Times' daily ABC listing of theatre productions, sees a double meaning in the title of advocate.

News:

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Back in Business
After the box office dip during the 4th of July holiday, Broadway was back on its feet last week. All but three shows on the Great White Way showed improvements in receipts.

[ TM ]  Taboo Announces Open Call for "Marilyn" Role

[ P ]  Emmy Nominations to Be Announced July 17

[ P ]  NYC's Irish Rep Has Boucicault, Beowulf, Beckett and O'Brien in 2003-04

[ P ]  Applause Publishes Book of London Theatre Walks

[ P ]  Soap Stars Cast in Bouncers at London's Richmond Theatre

[ P ]  Shakespeare Double Bill to Close Early at London's RSC

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: July 7-13

[ P ]  Cast Picked for U.S. Premiere of Picasso Musical, La Vie En Bleu, in Philly Sept. 2-Oct. 19

Coming just a few months after Jeffrey Hatcher's excellent "A Picasso" at Philadelphia Theatre Company, this begs the question, how many shows about Picasso can one city take in a year? And has anyone in town done "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" recently?

[ P ]  Elaine Paige and Other West End Stars to Perform Showstoppers at Annual Wales Festival

[ P ]  Audra McDonald Sings West Side Story in August

[ P ]  Feldshuh, Wilson, Graae and Mayes Sing at Yale's First Annual Cabaret Conference

[ P ]  Broadway's Bombay Dreams Schedules Open Casting Call in N.Y. and L.A.

[ P ]  Nunsense 20th Anniversary Tour, with Ballard, Announces Venues


Reviews:

[ B ]  Caf� a Go Go Review by William Stevenson

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Features:

[ DN ]  Liev from New York by PATRICIA O'HAIRE
Schreiber takes on Shakespeare in Park

[ ND ]  Perfect Rogue by Blake Green
Pinchot enjoys playing the bad guy

[ TS ]  Grease shows why actors' union matters by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

Reviews:

[ BE ]  Gurney explores new territory in 'Big Bill' by Jeffrey Borak

[ YN ]  'Cafe a Go Go' Is a Definite No-No by JUSTIN GLANVILLE, Associated Press Writer

[ NYT ]  LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL REVIEW
Portrait Painted in Song, With Words by Brecht by ANTHONY TOMMASINI

"Eislermaterial," an affecting and eclectic work assembled by Heiner Goebbels, was performed by the Ensemble Modern of Frankfurt on Sunday.

News:

[ R ]  'Party' Pair Producing 'Park' for ABC by Nellie Andreeva
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC has given a six-episode midseason order to a drama series from the creators of "Party of Five."
The yet-untitled new project is a significantly revamped version of the drama pilot "111 Gramercy Park," which the network produced this year.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 15

[ P ]  9/11-Themed Play, That Day in September, Gets Summer Run at NYC's Lamb's July 15-Aug. 31

[ P ]  Beat the Drums, Here Comes Millie on Tour, Starting July 15

[ P ]  Happy St. Crispin's Day!: Henry V, with Schreiber, Opens in Central Park

[ P ]  Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies

[ P ]  "Miami"'s Burns and Music's Collins Play in The Exonerated, July 15-20

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Monday, July 14, 2003

[ B ]  William Shatner Eyes Part in B'way's Urinetown
Will former USS Enterprise leader William Shatner be the next head of the Urine Good Company? He will if Urinetown's producers have their way. The Star Trek star is in negotiations to take on the role of Caldwell B. Cladwell in the hit musical, according to a representative for the actor.
By the way, this is not the person that last week's blind item referred to. But I wish it had been... :-)
"Mister Tambourine Man? MISTER TAMBOURINE MAN!!"


[ B ]  Noises Off Returns to the West End on August 4

[ P ]  Irish Rep Hungry for Farmer Once More, Aug. 5-Sept. 14

[ P ]  Complete Cast of Julie Andrews Boy Friend Announced

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Features:

[ B ]  Amour is in the Air at CD Release Party

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Barks: Mary Tyler Moore, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bernadette Peters

[ DN ]  At long last, Pacino makes TV scene by DAVID BIANCULLI

"Angels in America."

Reviews:

[ B ]  Were CA Critics Crazy for B'way-Bound Harvey?

[ ATW ]  Visual, Visceral Macbeth Disappoints

[ CU ]  Caf� a Go Go
Review

[ YN ]  Harlem's 'St. Louis Woman' a Visual Feast by JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press Writer

News:

[ P ]  Sexaholix John Leguizamo Directs and Stars in HBO Drama "Undefeated," July 26

[ P ]  Musical Comedy Troupe Capitol Steps Caught Between Iraq and A Hard Place, July 15-Aug. 31

[ P ]  Dustin Hoffman Play Returns to the New York Stage, Aug. 14

[ P ]  Taylor, Gyllenhaal, Levine Among Cast at Ojai Playwrights Conference, July 21-27

[ P ]  Leading Lady Rebecca Luker and Brownstone CD on "Radio Playbill," July 14-20

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News:

[ B ]  Long to Redo Little Shop Costumes for B'way

[ B ]  Girl Group Trio Completes Little Shop Cast

[ B ]  Harvey to Play Broadway's Lyceum Theatre

[ B ]  Bombay Dreams Sets B'way Dates and Venue

[ P ]  Bombay Dreams Finds a Home on Broadway at the Broadway

[ P ]  Complete Casting Announced for Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors

[ P ]  Theatre Supporter A.S.K. Theater Projects Ceases Operation, Sept. 30

[ P ]  "Coronation Street" Star Stephen Beckett Stars in London Oedipus

[ P ]  Get Into Heaven for Free: Flea Theatre Offers July 26 Deal

[ P ]  West End Les Misérables Announces Cast Changes

[ P ]  Hank Williams Puts Off Closing Date to July 20

[ P ]  Award-Winning Signature Theatre Production to Play Kennedy Center, Aug. 27-Sept. 14

[ P ]  Starmites Tony Nominee to Debut New Musical July 16


Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tragedy in 9 Lives Reviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel

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News:

[ P ]  Randall and Vereen Co-host All-Male Timeless Divas Concert in September

[ P ]  The Wedding Banquet Musical to World Premiere in August

[ P ]  Chicago Comes to a City Near You in 2003


Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Thank the Lord, Mimi Paragon's on Board by Ken Mandelbaum
SAIL AWAY (London Cast Recording/ Fynsworth Alley)

[ TB ]  Mandy Patinkin's "Show" Philadelphia Review by Pati Buehler

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Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia has a Q&A session with stage and screen star Olympia Dukakis, who has just published a memoir.

[ NYP ]  STARS' NIGHT OUT by BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
WHERE do the top theater stars go on Monday nights, when their Broadway and off-Broadway houses are dark? Off-off-Broadway, of course.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: John Guare and Arthur Miller

Reviews:

[ LAT ]  In unhurried 'Harvey,' the slow must go on � and on by Don Shirley
Gentle whimsy goes only so far in Charles Nelson Reilly's staging at Laguna Playhouse.

[ ND ]  A Burnham Wood With Lots of Fury, Little Shade by Gordon Cox
What the Classical Theatre of Harlem lacks in nuance, it makes up for in unflagging energy.

[ TB ]  Caf� A Go Go Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Tragedy in 9 Lives Review by Matthew Murray

[ CU ]  Tragedy in 9 Lives Review

[ CU ]  Landscape Of The Body Review

[ CU ]  The Drawer Boy Review

News:

[ P ]  Lypsinka Returns to New York in As I Lay Lip-Synching, Aug. 7-23

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 14

[ P ]  Antony Sher to Star in Royal Shakespeare Company's Othello

[ P ]  Purlie Tony Winner Heads to the Chatterbox July 17

[ P ]  John Breglio, New York Theatre's Legal Eagle, Honored by Public Theater

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Sunday, July 13, 2003

Only because we love the Music Circus so much... here are a few articles about their journey from performing in a tent into a new theater. [Thanks to Jim Chotas for pointing the links out to us!]

[ BEE ]  With a new facility and a sparkling season premiere, the Music Circus is feline groovy by Marcus Crowder
A dream was realized Tuesday night. With a sparkling new production of "Cats," California Musical Theatre broke the seal on the 53rd season of the Music Circus and its new, Teflon-covered permanent structure, the Wells Fargo Pavilion.

[ BEE ]  Setting the stage
There's a lot of work before 'Cats' can prowl at Music Circus

[ BEE ]  Music Circus ushers out hot time in the old tent
After enduring 50 years under the often-sweltering Music Circus tent, musical theater fans in Sacramento will no longer have to sweat along to the songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

posted at 7/13/2003 01:05:14 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Reviews:

[ CT ]  'Bounce' needs to lighten up by Michael Phillips
A second viewing confirms musical feels too conflicted

[ CT ]  Sondheim fans: Don't count `Bounce' out by Chris Jones
When it comes to a new show composed by their idol, Sondheim bloggers do not care to wait for an official opening.

[ BE ]  Williamstown production charts intermittently fertile 'Landscape' by Jeffrey Borak
Betty Yearn, the pivotal character in John Guare's "Landscape of the Body," is a survivor. As embodied by Lili Taylor in Michael Greif's uneven production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, she doesn't look like one.

[ ATU ]  'Landscape' is a play that makes you go 'hmmm' by MICHAEL ECK
A cop in a clown nose. A message in a bottle. A decapitated child. A dead sister -- who sings. Hmmm.
John Guare's "Landscape of the Body" is a perplexing work, to say the least.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ TB ]  Gravity Always Wins Review by Matthew Murray

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: Nine X 2 and "Not Since Chaplin"
This week's column examines both the original and revival cast recordings of Maury Yeston's Nine

[ ND ]  Dramatic News from London by Linda Winer
Looking for a few generalizations about London theater this summer? I can help, as long as someone decides in which direction I should look.

[ HC ]  A Dramatic Year On Stage by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Curtain Rises On Bundy, Edelstein; Broadway Debut For Wilson

[ DN ]  Gone for a Burton by SHERRYL CONNELLY
Titillating memoir of schoolgirl's fling with the actor

[ DN ]  Bed, bath & way beyond
Rupert Holmes, it can certainly be said, is a man of mysteries. The playwright/composer won three Tonys for the musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and an Edgar award for the Broadway thriller "Accomplice." With his first suspense novel, "Where the Truth Lies," he turns out a book that has all the popular bounce of "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)," a mega-hit he wrote and performed.

Features:

[ NYT ]  Lunt and Fontanne's Most Lasting Production by ROBERT SIMONSON
Ten Chimneys, the Wisconsin estate owned by the famous stage acting team, has been restored to its original glory and is now open to the public.

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: The Actors' Retreat

[ NYT ]  A NIGHT OUT WITH
A Couple Makes a D�but by FRED A. BERNSTEIN

Over a recent dinner in Stockbridge, Mass., Richard Chamberlain was ready to tell all.

[ NYP ]  PUPPET MANIA by KRISTER JOHNSON
Think Broadway is all about Antonio Banderas and "Chicago"? Think again.

[ BG ]  For Jay O. Sanders, playing Macbeth is a date with destiny by Louise Kennedy
Jay O. Sanders has an ''Oh, yeah, that guy'' kind of face. You've probably seen him in movies, noticed him on ''Law & Order,'' maybe heard his voice on an audiobook. A lot of people, he says, recognize him from a small role on ''Roseanne.'' He gets plenty of work, makes a living, and likes what he does. But there are some drawbacks to this kind of career.

[ NJ ]  Olympia Dukakis tells the Whole story -- almost BY PETER FILICHIA

[ CT ]  IN THE LOOP JUST ASKING: OLYMPIA DUKAKIS by Christine Badowski

[ NYT ]  STREETSCAPES | WEST 28TH STREET
A Tin Pan Alley, Chockablock With Life, if Not Song by CHRISTOPHER GRAY

The winds of change are rustling around this time-warp block, which for a time was the music industry's Tin Pan Alley.

[ CST ]  Just how low can musical theater go? BY PAIGE WISER

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ ST ]  Balancing ACT: Theater aims to prove itself financially and artistically by Misha Berson

[ NHR ]  Singing the summertime blues may be a salve for Hartford Stage by E. Kyle Minor

It seems that Hartford Stage Company is evolving into a year-round operation: a regional theater that also presents other people�s productions during the summer.

[ NHR ]  Engendering Change by Laura Collins-Hughes
O'Neill Playwrights conference hauls in novel catch: a female majority

News:

[ P ]  Hairspray Loses Seaweed, Velma and Amber July 13
And Kerry Butler as "Penny Lou Pingleton" as well.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 13

[ P ]  Kohl Sudduth Leaves Bway Take Me Out Team July 13; Shane McRae on Deck

[ P ]  Groovy: Mod Musical Café a Go Go Opens Off-Broadway, July 13

[ P ]  Lonny Price-Danny Glover Roundabout Revival of Master Harold...and the boys Closes, July 13

[ LAT ]  A.S.K. Theater Projects to bow out in the fall by Don Shirley

A.S.K. Theater Projects, L.A.'s most prestigious theater-funding organization, will close its operations Sept. 30.

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2007-08
Broadway Season

June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)

July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]

Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]

Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)

Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)

Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)

Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)

Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins

Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends

Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)

Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]

Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]

Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)

Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)

Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]

Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)

Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)

Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)

Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)

Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)

Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]

Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)

Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)

Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]

Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)

May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)

May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

TBA - Godspell

2008-09
Broadway Season

Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet

TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

TBA - American Buffalo

TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]

TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]

TBA - Broomhilda

TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]

TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

TBA - Camelot

TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

TBA - Catch Me If You Can

TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]

TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]

TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)

TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]

TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]

TBA - Hitchcock Blonde

TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest

TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)

TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.

 
   


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