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Saturday, August 02, 2003

Features:

[ ND ]  That's The Ticket by Linda Winer
New artistic director Nicholas Hytner has lowered prices to bring more people to London's National Theatre - and his risky productions have kept them there

[ ND ]  Springertime for Hytner and London by Linda Winer
Surely, the London theater community never dreamed it would be thanking heaven and - what the heck? - hell for an American trailer-trash talkmeister named Jerry Springer this summer.

[ PPG ]  CMU grads relish backing up leading roles in 'Gypsy' and 'Nine' by Christopher Rawson
Maureen Moore (class of 1972) and Paul Schoeffler (1985) have two of the highest-profile standby jobs on Broadway, backing up Bernadette Peters as Mama Rose in "Gypsy" and Antonio Banderas as Guido Contini in "Nine."
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ TM ]  All Over the Map by: Dan Bacalzo
Those Seven Little Words in Cleveland, Julia Pastrana in Fort Worth, and Fifty/Fifty in Baltimore

News:

[ YN ]  'Naked Boys Singing' Shut in Puerto Rico by KATY DAIGLE, Associated Press Writer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - They boasted a musical show with no set, no plot and no clothing. Now they have no theater.
Thanks to Terence for the link!

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
WALLACE, the chocolate brown Lab who belongs to Spencer Kayden, the Tony-nominated scene-stealer Little Sally in "Urinetown: The Musical," made his Broadway debut the other night.
Second item.
Thanks to Jim for the link!


Reviews:

[ BG ]  Weighty 'Da' weighs in on family ties by Sandy MacDonald
At the Cape Playhouse, with Malachy McCourt and Sean McCourt. (Where's Frankie?)

[ NJ ]  Roxie revived: Melanie Griffith adds her spark to 'Chicago' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Sure, she sings a bit flatly and, yes, she has yet to learn how to command the moment, but Griffith acts the role endearingly and unquestionably possesses that inner spark that makes a star a star. Producers Barry and Fran Weissler prove once again how wisely they pick talent.

[ TM ]  Midtown International Theatre Festival Reviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel

posted at 8/2/2003 03:28:59 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



Features:

[ LAT ]  Get him to the Bowl on time by James Verini
Rock legend Roger Daltrey of the Who will play Alfred P. Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady' on Sunday.

[ LAT ]  To the last syllable by David Gritten
Every single word in every single play written by the Bard has been recorded on 98 CDs for 'The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare.' The 4 1/2-year project involved 400 actors � and one director.

[ P ]  Broadway Melanie
With hubby Antonio Banderas already on the boards, Melanie Griffith makes a Broadway debut of her own in Chicago

Reviews:

[ YN ]  Vulnerable Roxie Takes Stage in 'Chicago' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
There are definite limits to Griffith's vocal and dance abilities (she won't be starring in "Gypsy" or "Movin' Out" anytime soon), but, for the most part, they don't get in the way of her performance, which will be on view at the Ambassador Theatre through Sept. 28.

News:

[ P ]  New Duncan Sheik and Laurence O'Keefe Musicals Play at CT's O�Neill Center, Aug. 2-10

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: AUGUST 2

[ P ]  Mazzie, Danieley, Callaway, Carnelia and More Sing During New Osher Marin Season

[ P ]  Anthony Rapp's Hedwig Plays Hartford Stage Aug. 2-17

[ P ]  Friends Engage in Meaningless Sex, the Musical, in NYC Fringe, Aug. 11-21

[ P ]  World Premiere Beyond Recognition Will Play Abingdon's New June Havoc Theatre, Oct. 17-Nov. 23

posted at 8/2/2003 12:48:07 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Friday, August 01, 2003

News:

[ P ]  Cabaret Emcee Jon Secada Performs at Next "Broadway in Bryant Park," Aug. 7

[ P ]  The Lonely Night Discloses Days of Wine and Roses, in NYC Stage Debut, Oct. 3

[ P ]  Redhead Pen Sidney Sheldon Endows New Scholarship Award at UCLA

[ P ]  Raisin in the Sun Star Performs New Solo Movin' Man in Los Angeles, Aug. 21-Sept. 14

[ TM ]  2003 Starving Artists Ball Scheduled for August 21

[ TM ]  Music Man Luther Henderson Dies at 84

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 26-Aug. 1: Octoberfest


Reviews:

[ BE ]  A Missouri summer moon illuminates two unlikely lovers in 'Talley's Folly' by Jeffrey Borak
As played by Mark Nelson and Kate Jennings Grant in director Anders Cato's shimmering production at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, their dance also is breathtakingly graceful and elegant, executed by two people -- walking wounded -- who would, on the surface, seem to be the least likely couple. By the time their dance ends, however, it is clear that Matt and Sally are as natural a pair as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

[ CU ]  Talley's Folly
Review


Thanks to American Theater Web for the following Reviews and Feature!

[ BEE ]  Music Circus takes weak swing at dated 'Yankees' by Marcus Crowder
With James Brennan and Mary Ann Lamb.

[ OCR ]  Finding the cost of freedom by PAUL HODGINS
Slavery and its aftermath are explored in 'Gem of the Ocean,' August Wilson's latest play.

[ OCR ]  An emperor for all seasons by PAUL HODGINS
A bloody, post-apocalyptic staging by director Daniel Sullivan gives fresh, grim relevance to 'Julius Caesar.'

[ DAY ]  On Tour With Duncan Sheik by RICK KOSTER
In Town For The O'Neill Music Theatre Conference, We Run Errands With The Pop Star

posted at 8/1/2003 05:40:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



News:

[ B ]  Preview '03-'04 #8: A Fine Romance by Ken Mandelbaum
Cybill Shepherd apparently has an offer to play Dorothy Brock in the Broadway 42nd Street.
In that case, I'll be walking out... about a quarter to nine.

[ P ]  Jenny Fellner to Make Her Broadway Debut in Mamma Mia!

[ P ]  Casting Announced for North Shore Music Theatre's Pacific Overtures

[ B ]  Orchestrator Luther Henderson Dead at 84


Reviews:

[ B ]  Were Reviews for Avenue Q Warm and Fuzzy?

[ TM ]  The Siegels' Nightlife Notes

Actress, singer, and cabaret stalwart Karen Mason knocks the Siegels' socks off with her new act, coming soon to the King Kong Room.

posted at 8/1/2003 12:26:22 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



News:

[ NYP ]  SHY, SO SHY, OF SONDHEIM by MICHAEL RIEDEL
"HOW do you say no to Steve?" That's the question being posed sotto voce around Broadway this week about the great Stephen Sondheim and his not-so-great musical, "Bounce."

[ V ]  Turman to debut 'Man' in L.A.
Thesp Glynn Turman will debut his one man-show "Movin Man" Aug. 21 at 2100 Square Feet in Los Angeles.

[ NYT ]  Luther Henderson, Who Arranged Broadway Music, Dies at 84 by BEN SISARIO
Luther Henderson was a prolific arranger and conductor on Broadway whose deft touch in orchestrating jazz was prized by Duke Ellington.

[ P ]  Musicals Sabina and Main-Travelled Roads Heard in Madison Rep's Fest, Sept. 5-21

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 1

[ P ]  Craig Bierko Stars in New York Stage and Film Staging of New Weitz Drama Roulette, Aug. 1-3

[ P ]  Hare's Breath of Life Arrives in Bookstores in August

[ P ]  Hershey Felder Plays Chopin in World Premiere of Romantique in MA, Aug. 1-17


"Avenue Q" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'AVENUE Q'
A Feeling You're Not on Sesame Street by BEN BRANTLEY

The savvy and sassy "Avenue Q" at the Golden Theater plays on the contrasts between the world of children's television and the reality of adult life.

[ YN ]  Avenue Q: Dingy Detour Off Sesame Street by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
Now, it's on Broadway, where a scenically enhanced and slightly tweaked version of "Avenue Q" opened Thursday to what should be, if there is any justice, a rapturous reception.

[ NYP ]  GET ON QUEUE FOR 'AVENUE' by CLIVE BARNES

[ DN ]  Zany 'Sesame St.'-smart puppets light up B'way by Howard Kissel

Many years ago, Irving Berlin wrote, "Say it with music." "Avenue Q," the beguiling and zany new musical that has moved to Broadway from the Vineyard Theatre, might be subtitled "Say it with puppets."

[ B ]  Avenue Q
Review by Adam Feldman

The fabulous invalid has just had a transfusion from its hip grandchild, and already the Street is looking fresher.

[ TB ]  Avenue Q
Review by Matthew Murray

[ NJ ]  These puppets aren't meant for kids BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ TM ]  Avenue Q
Reviewed By: David Finkle


Other Reviews:

[ LAT ]  Queen of the Hill by Don Shirley
August Wilson's potent but ungainly 'Gem of the Ocean' opens at the Taper.

[ LAT ]  THEATER BEAT
'Angry,' but we're not quite sure why

Adam Stein's new play at the Black Dahlia Theatre is turbulent but confusing. And more.
Plus "The Men From the Boys," with Georg Stanford Brown and Robert Pine; and "Oh What a Lovely War."

[ NYP ]  LET'S GET SEER-IOUS, FOLKS by BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
ARE your past, present and future really all in the cards? Absolutely, insists Lilith Dove, the self-proclaimed clairvoyant presiding over "What's Your Karma" at the tiny Sonnet Theater at the Producers Club.

[ NYP ]  FAIR IS FOUL IN HARLEM by DONALD LYONS
THE most provocative outdoor Shakespeare in town is not the gimmicky "Henry V" in Central Park but the chilling "Macbeth" in the Classical Theatre of Harlem courtyard.

[ NYT ]  Theater in Review
'Icarus & Aria'; 'America Idles'; 'Capitol Steps: Between Iraq and a Hard Place.'

[ LAT ]  TELEVISION
Deep in the shallow end of L.A. by Howard Rosenberg

"The O.C." bongs in the 2003 fall prime-time season. As weekly drama, it's comically bad.
With Peter Gallagher.

Features:

[ MH ]  Partnership Blooms in 'Man of La Mancha' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, Associated Press
Theatrical partnerships - of the acting and singing variety - are rare these days. Yet, in recent years, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie have managed to star in both "Ragtime" and "Kiss Me, Kate" on Broadway.
Thanks to Julie for the link!

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia weighs in on New York City's new Clear Indoor Air Act, which prohibits onstage smoking.

[ NJ ]  Pros and amateurs take stage for 'Joseph' BY PETER FILICHIA
School is out, but plenty of kids can still be found at Cherokee High School in Marlton.

[ CSM ]  He has an ear for musicians' lives by Gregory M. Lamb
Actor-pianist brings Chopin and Gershwin to life in his plays
Hershey Felder.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!


[ BH ]  McNally, Horovitz a team for `Season' by Terry Byrne
At first blush, playwrights Israel Horovitz and Terrence McNally make an odd couple.

[ P ]  THE LEADING MEN: Grin & Barrett
No one could accuse this month�s "Leading Men" of being "corny as Kansas in August," and they are Brent Barrett (Chicago), Daniel Letterle ("Camp"), Larry Ching ("Forbidden City") and Rod (Avenue Q).

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Ecstasy on Avenue Q Plus Buckley and Carmello on Disc

[ NYT ]  FAMILY FARE
Shakespeare Takes Flight by LAUREL GRAEBER

Modern directors have often played fast and loose with Shakespeare, creating everything from an Edwardian "Hamlet" to a rock-flavored "Romeo and Juliet" to a "Shogun Macbeth." But Sara Peattie and her colleagues may have trumped them all with their production: an entomological "King Lear."

posted at 8/1/2003 07:52:09 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Thursday, July 31, 2003

Reviews:

[ ND ]  "Ave. Q" Stays Street Smart by Linda Winer
The rude yet benign, wicked yet sweet musical, which opened last night at the Golden Theatre, is virtually the same clean little raunchy puppet show that already captured the downtown hearts of 20-somethings, slackers, would-be slackers and the parents who love them. To our nervous system, the extended two-hour sketch would be sharper if trimmed to a tight 90 minutes without an intermission.

[ ND ]  The Forest for the Trees by Sylviane Gold
In 'Milk Wood,' Thomas strips the mask of humanity

News:

[ P ]  Luther Henderson, Tony-Nominated Arranger and Orchestrator, Dead at 84

[ IBDB ]  Luther Henderson's Broadway Credits

[ B ]  Jenny Fellner Is Mamma Mia!'s New Sophie

[ B ]  Cast Set for Omnium-Gatherum Off-Broadway

[ P ]  PS Classics Will Release Rebecca Luker's New CD of Folk, Pop and Show Music, January 2004

[ P ]  Broadway Show League All-Star Game Raises $50,000 for Charity

[ P ]  Marissa Jaret Winokur Expected to Exit Hairspray Aug. 10

[ P ]  Cast Set for Off-Broadway's Omnium Gatherum; Starts Sept. 9

[ P ]  South African Drama Kicks Off Lincoln Center's Newhouse Season

[ P ]  Vincent Is a Cockroach Who Thinks He's God � and He's Angry � in NYC Fringe Play, Aug. 9-23

[ P ]  Free Broadway on Broadway Concert�with Wicked and Little Shop �Set for Sept. 7

[ P ]  Steppenwolf Fills Out Season with Guirgis' Our Lady

[ TM ]  "Broadway on Broadway" Concert Set for September 7

[ B ]  Taboo's McCartney to Give Birth Post-Opening

[ B ]  Nothing but the Truth Set for Mitzi Newhouse

[ P ]  Wilson's Turn of the Century Drama, Gem of the Ocean, Opens in Los Angeles, July 31

[ P ]  Show Tune Shuffle: "Broadway in Bryant Park" Series Revises Musicals Schedule

[ P ]  David Letterman Welcomes Chicago's Griffith July 31

[ TM ]  Abingdon Theatre Company Announces New Productions

[ BS ]  State Arts Funding Still in Crisis

For Some Localities, However, A Silver Lining May Be Near

[ BS ]  Dodge Foundation Fills Jersey Arts Funding Gap
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has announced over $5.2 million in grants through its arts program, mostly targeting cultural institutions in New Jersey, the foundation's home.

[ BS ]  Ojai Conference Wrap-up

[ PPG ]  Obituary: Eileen Rodgers Thompson / Hit singer and Broadway star of the '50s and '60s by Christopher Rawson

Includes a photo and some quotes from her husband.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.


Features:

[ NYT ]  OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
The Culture of Disease by HARVEY FIERSTEIN

After all the effort exerted to convince the world that AIDS is not a gay disease, we now have a generation embracing AIDS as its gay birthright.
Thanks to jdm on All That Chat for the link.

[ B ]  Video: Big River's Big B'way Return

[ BS ]  Seizing on Celebrity: Performers, Productions Find Fodder in Others' Fame

A title, naturally, should impart to an audience some sense of what a show is about. When the work is about a famous or notable person, for example, their name in the title makes the topic clear.

[ BS ]  Playing the Scottish Play
"In this production, my character has less time to evolve... I have to be completely invested in the language. I can't cheat. Every moment counts," notes actor Ty Jones, who portrays the Scottish king in CTH's new version.

posted at 7/31/2003 05:41:17 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



News:

[ V ]  Newhouse has 'Nothing' going
Lincoln Center Theater to present prod'n; Honeyman helms

"Nothing but the Truth," a play about post-apartheid South Africa by playwright-actor John Kani, will kick off the fall season at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Opening night will be Dec. 8.

[ HC ]  'Ride Home' Can't Find Its Way by Frank Rizzo
It's getting to be a bumpy ride. An announcement this week that Paula Vogel's "The Long Christmas Ride Home" under the director of Mark Brokaw will play off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre in October has raised a few questions about the next step for the play.

[ V ]  Sheldon funds UCLA writing scholarship
First award to be presented in January

[ NJ ]  Center state by Peter Filichia
Shakespeare for the 'burbs

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 31

[ P ]  PBS' "Broadway's Lost Treasures" To Be Available on DVD/VHS with Bonus Footage

[ P ]  Puppets Take Manhattan as Musical Avenue Q Opens on Broadway, July 31

[ P ]  Jazz Legend Oscar Brown, Jr. Heard Anew in Off-Bway's Serenade the World, to Aug. 30

[ P ]  Off-Broadway Musical Comedy I Love You, You're Perfect Now Seven, Aug. 1

[ P ]  Stratford Fest's Dan Chameroy, of Gigi, Releases Show-Tune CD

[ P ]  Boobs! The Musical Bustin' Out All Over; Cast Album, Regional Runs Expected


Features:

[ HC ]  The Outsider by FRANK RIZZO
Anthony Rapp identifies with `Hedwig' as a disaffected but resilient young man

[ CST ]  Chicago players head for N.Y. 'Fringe' BY HEDY WEISS
Call it the "Urinetown" syndrome. Or simply a classic case of New York stage fever.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ OCR ]  Another jewel in the crown by PAUL HODGINS
August Wilson's 'Gem of the Ocean,' the latest play in his Pittsburgh cycle, takes us to 1904.

[ SBW ]  WORKING ACTORS: How A Few Performers are Making it in Show Business
Interviews with four performers, including Seth Rudetsky.

[ RFT ]  Crazy for Paige BY DENNIS BROWN
Confessions of a long-distance performer who keeps on growing
Interview with Paige Price. See below for a review of her in "Crazy For You."

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Enter One Actor, Cloaked in Magic by BRUCE WEBER

In the category of theater writ small we have two one-actor shows, "Lilia!" and "That Play," both at the Midtown International Theater Festival.

[ BG ]  On Boston Common, international politics play out in a stellar 'Macbeth' by Ed Siegel
With Jay O. Sanders.

[ BH ]  'Macbeth' misses the mark by Terry Byrne

[ WP ]  Palette of the Imagination: Off-Broadway, 'Notebooks' Is Brimming With Lively Ideas by Peter Marks

[ RFT ]  Dancing in the Dark BY DENNIS BROWN

When it's light on its feet, or even swinging pick axes, Crazy for You is a glory to behold

posted at 7/31/2003 07:59:38 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Wednesday, July 30, 2003

News:

[ B ]  McDonald Out, Fitzgerald In for B'way Wicked
Christopher Fitzgerald, not Kirk McDonald as previously announced, will be taking on the role of Boq in the Broadway production of Wicked, according to a production spokesperson.

[ P ]  Amour Star Lands Role in Broadway's Wicked

[ P ]  Stratford Fest's Dan Chameroy, of Gigi, Releases Show-Tune CD

[ P ]  Boobs! The Musical Bustin' Out All Over; Cast Album, Regional Runs Expected

[ B ]  Huffman Departs Producers; Cornell Is New Ulla

Broadway neophyte Sarah Cornell will begin performances as Ulla on Tuesday, August 5, according to a production spokesperson.
Cornell is a much greener Ulla--she is only 23-years-old and is not even a member of Actors' Equity yet (she is joining the union for The Producers).

[ P ]  Hugh Jackman Appears as The Boy From Oz Box Office Opens, Aug. 4
Broadway newbie Hugh Jackman will be on hand to autograph posters for the first 25 ticket buyers only as the Imperial Theatre box office opens for the upcoming Broadway production of The Boy From Oz, Aug. 4 at 10 AM.

[ B ]  Pajama Game Revival In the Works for 2004

[ B ]  Shinn, Silver & Vogel Highlight Vineyard Season

[ TM ]  Stoppard's Indian Ink to Receive New York Premiere

[ P ]  London's Barbican to Offer Japanese Hamlet

[ P ]  Jermyn Street Jewels Cabaret Offered in London, Aug. 3-24

[ P ]  Jon Lee, the New Marius, Chats About Role in London Les Miz

[ P ]  Fringe's The Rats Are Getting Bigger Pits Pol Against "El Raton"

[ P ]  Cady Huffman Will Exit Bway Producers Aug. 3

[ P ]  Tony Nominee Meisle and Our Lady Colon-Zayas Set for Off-Broadway Living Out

[ P ]  "Tuesdays With Morrie" Author Albom Pens New Play, Duck Hunter, Premiering in 2004

[ P ]  More Puppets for Vineyard's 2003-2004 Season with Vogel, Shinn, Silver Plays

[ P ]  British Sketch Comedy Show "Monty Python" Flying Into Edinburgh Fringe; Broadway Next?

[ P ]  Rudetsky's Rhapsody Ends its Run Aug. 4

[ P ]  New Broadway Pajama Game Targeting Summer 2004

[ P ]  Foundation Pledges Whopping $10 Million to Guthrie Theater

[ P ]  Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz Arrives in D.C. in September

[ P ]  PBS-TV to Offer New Sarah Brightman Concert, "Harem"

[ P ]  Track Listing Announced for Bernadette Peters Gypsy CD


Features:

[ TM ]  Photo File
Mercedes Ruehl, Rob Marshall, Kathleen Turner, Hugh Jackman, Melanie Griffith, and Toni Braxton star in our latest photo feature.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: An Evening with Brett Somers: Oscar Madison Drops By

Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: A Really Big Show by Ken Mandelbaum
THE BEST OF BROADWAY MUSICALS: ORIGINAL CAST PERFORMANCES FROM "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW" (Good Times Entertainment)

[ TB ]  Songs My Mother Taught Me and Judy Garland - A Night in the Life ...
Los Angeles Reviews by Sharon Perlmutter

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Features:

[ NYT ]  Adding a Sexy Spring to Levitate 'Bounce' by BRUCE WEBER
Michele Pawk plays a character newly created to add lusty grist to Stephen Sondheim's "Bounce," which is having its first full-fledged production in Chicago.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia goes back to the FutureFest in Dayton, Ohio to once again act as a judge in this play contest.

[ BE ]  Director and two actors go out on a limb in BTF's production of 'Talley's Folly' by Jeffrey Borak

News:

[ NYP ]  PYTHON'S FLYING by MICHAEL RIEDEL
MIKE Nichols didn't have much luck on Broadway last season producing "The Play What I Wrote," a short-lived revue based on old sketches by the fabled British comedy team Morecombe & Wise.
But that hasn't deterred him from attempting another revue inspired by yet another British comic institution - Monty Python's Flying Circus.

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 07/29/03 by Paul Wontorek
TALKING TABOO WITH ROSIE

[ V ]  Vineyard presses new sked
'Beautiful Child' to show beauty in March

New plays by Paula Vogel, Christopher Shinn and Nicky Silver highlight the Vineyard's 2003-04 season.

[ B ]  Meisle to Headline Living Out at Second Stage

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Name on Everybody's Lips

Ticket buyers are flocking to the Ambassador Theater to see Melanie Griffith in Chicago. Last week the red-hot revival made $671,201, only $16,259 below its potential gross.

[ WP ]  Kennedy Center's Kaiser Named Cultural Envoy by Jacqueline Trescott
The State Department has selected Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser to be part of a new international initiative that aims to strengthen cultural institutions.

[ PP ]  Guthrie accepts major gift BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 30

[ P ]  August at the Duplex Features Bucchino, Crosby, Dexter and More

[ P ]  Off-Broadway and Screen-Bound Berkshire Village Idiot Opens in Williamstown, July 30

[ P ]  Kirk Lynn's Pale Idiot Dares to Ask: Are You an Idiot?, in NY Fringe Aug. 17-24


Reviews:

[ BE ]  Simon comedy misses a few key ingredients by Jeffrey Borak
BENNINGTON, Vt. -- The set-up for "The Dinner Party" at Oldcastle Theatre Company sounds like vintage Agatha Christie.
With Karen Ziemba and Bill Tatum.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL'
Going to the Country to Find a Hunk by BEN BRANTLEY

Though much of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's captivating production is comic high jinks, it explores the bewildering workings of the human heart.

[ NYP ]  NEW TALENT KEEPS THARP TROUPE MOVIN' by CLIVE BARNES
TWYLA Tharp has a genius for many things, not least of which is finding, recruiting and animating dancers.

[ NYT ]  DANCE REVIEW | TWYLA THARP DANCE
From Giddy to Somber, All in Perpetual Motion by JACK ANDERSON

With profusions of speedy steps, the dancers appeared to revel in kinetic excitement during the season opener on Monday night at the Joyce Theater.

[ StL ]  "Crazy for You" is perfect for the Muny by JUDITH NEWMARK
It satisfies the contemporary audience, but it's also the kind of salute to musical theater that the Gershwins themselves could have appreciated.
With Noah Racey, Paige Price and Bruce Adler.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.


[ WP ]  'Henry V': A King Turned Director's Pawn by Peter Marks
In director Mark Wing-Davey's "Henry V," the confusion on the fields of Agincourt has as much to do with the staging as with the chaos of war.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Reviews:

[ NYP ]  UNTAMED 'SHREW' IS INSANE by DONALD LYONS
NEVER mind the rain that threatens any outdoor production - this year, the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival in Montauk has stumbled into a quagmire of its own devising.

[ NYP ]  LOST AT SEA by CLIVE BARNES
THANK heavens for Toni Braxton and her new crew - although when you're in a shipwreck, it doesn't matter much who happens to be in the lifeboat.

[ VV ]  Off Directing (Part I)
Cost-Cutting Tip for Theaters: Delete the Art That's Lost Its Meaning by Michael Feingold

Henry V; Semyon Kotko; The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh

[ VV ]  You Call This a Town?
Finley's 9-11 Liza; Jordan's Search for Normalcy by Ed Park

Make Love; The Summer of the Swans

[ YN ]  'Summer of Swans' Explores Youth, Growth by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer

Features:

[ CST ]  10 plagues of the theater
Midweek performances should start no later than 7 p.m., and theaters might even experiment with 6:30 p.m. shows on Tuesday through Thursday evenings.

[ MN ]  Al Hirschfeld's illustrations detailed essential elements with simplicity by Mark de la Vi�a
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

News:

[ V ]  Broadway sees late July record tally
'Aida,' 'Beast' see biggest B.O. rise

Broadway marked time last week, its overall receipts for 23 shows up only $87,823 from the previous session.

[ PP ]  Guthrie ends year with tiny surplus BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ P ]  New Ain Gordon Comedy Uses Hearing and Deaf Performers

[ P ]  Portrait of a Season: Painting Honoring Broadway Circa 2002-03 Unveiled at Algonquin

[ P ]  It's a Hit: NYC Fringe Shows Begin to Sell Out

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: July 21-27

[ P ]  Complete Casting Announced for LuPone/McDonald Passion

[ P ]  Upcoming Boston Celebrity Series Features LuPone, Cook, Bogardus and the Callaways

[ P ]  Cavewomen Celebrated in Song in Pterodactyl Island Musical, in NY Fringe, Aug. 10-23

[ P ]  Napa Valley Opera House Reopens After 89 Years With Special Perf. by Rita Moreno

[ P ]  Cigarette Addict Holes Himself Up in the Age of Bloomberg in Chain Smoker, Aug. 9-23

[ P ]  McDonald, Savage, van Ark Join Off-Broadway Exonerated, July 29

[ TM ]  Ashley Judd Gets Her Claws Into Cat


Bob Hope (1903-2003):

[ CST ]  Comics of all kinds took cues from funnyman BY ROGER EBERT
Bob Hope became such an American icon that his mere presence made people smile. That was the lesson I learned one day in 1978, when I joined him aboard a private jet after he had made a personal appearance.

[ WP ]  Comedian Of a Century by Tom Shales
From Vaudeville to TV, Bob Hope Was a Master of His Times

[ YN ]  British Theater Pays Tribute to Bob Hope by ED JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer

[ DN ]  Riding the vaudeville circuit to Broadway by HOWARD KISSEL

Bob Hope, the most white-bread of comedians, made one of his early forays into show business in blackface.

[ NYT ]  Bob Hope, Master of One-Liners and Friend to G.I.'s, Dies at 100 by VINCENT CANBY
This obituary was written in 1999 by Vincent Canby, a film and theater critic for The Times. Mr. Canby died in 2000.

[ NYP ]  EX-TIMES SCRIBE CANBY FILES BY FINAL DEADLINE by KEITH J. KELLY
Dead men tell no tales - except at the New York Times.

[ NYT ]  COMPLETE COVERAGE
Bob Hope (1903-2003)

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News:

[ P ]  MTC Announces Staff Changes; Paige Evans Is Director of Artistic Development

[ P ]  Barbour and Twyford Are Oscar and Lily in Signature World Premiere of Revised Twentieth Century

James Barbour and Holly Twyford will star in the DC-area Signature Theatre's world-premiere staging of the new Twentieth Century, the 1932 Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur showbiz comedy as revised by Ken Ludwig.

Features:

[ B ]  Video: Toni Braxton in Nubia

[ NYT ]  PUBLIC LIVES
All the World's a Stage? Let's Research That by CHRIS HEDGES

It is a form of expression, certainly, and it ends up on a stage, before sellout crowds, so perhaps theater will do until another word comes along.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  Theater in Review
Reviews of 'The Summer of the Swans' at the Lucille Lortel Theater; 'Emergence-See!' at the Chasama Theater; 'My Life in the Trenches' at the Abingdon Theater.

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[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 29

[ P ]  Berkshire Theatre Festival Has Nelson and Grant in Talley's Folly, July 29-Aug. 9

[ P ]  Laila Robins Stars in King John at Shakespeare of NJ, July 29-Aug. 27

[ P ]  Post-9/11 Paris Is Setting for expat/inferno, a Dante-Inspired Premiere, in NYC Fringe, Aug. 8-24

[ P ]  Woody Harrelson Directs Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth in Toronto, Sept. 18-Oct. 18

[ P ]  Gary Cole Stars in The Country at La Jolla Playhouse, July 29-Aug. 31

[ P ]  Luther Creek Is Urinetown's New Rebel Starting July 29

[ P ]  Sold-Out Leopold and Loeb Musical, Thrill Me, Gets One Added Show Aug. 1

[ P ]  Ashley Judd, Jason Patric, Ned Beatty Steam Under Broadway's New Hot Tin Roof

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Monday, July 28, 2003

News:

[ B ]  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sets Dates for Music Box
The production, directed Anthony Page, will begin performances at the Music Box Theatre on October 9 in preparation for a November 2 opening. Ashley Judd, Jason Patric and Ned Beatty will star.

[ B ]  Kevin Richardson to Join West End Chicago

[ P ]  Broadway Theatres To Dim Lights in Honor of Bob Hope July 29

[ R ]  Selection of Hope's 89,000 Pages of Gags

[ IBDB ]  Bob Hope's Broadway Credits

[ P ]  Scalpel, New Musical With Lethal Ladies Who Lunch, Premieres in NYC Fringe, Aug. 10-23

[ P ]  Broadway Vet April Shawhan Stars in New England Mounting of Bosoms and Neglect, Aug. 14-31

[ P ]  Buddy Deane, Inspiration of Corny Collins and Hairspray, Dead at 78


Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Michael Portantiere reviews a terrific new album by musical theater and cabaret star Christine Andreas.

[ TB ]  Funny Girl
Pittsburgh Review by Ann Miner

[ CU ]  Big River
Review

Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Julie Andrews at The Boy Friend Rehearsals

[ BS ]  Regarding Henry: A Hank-ering for History Plays

Director Mark Wing-Davey is aware that "Henry V" is conventionally viewed as a patriotic call to arms. Nonetheless, he insists that the play also subtly hints at another equally potent and timely subtext.

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[ * ]  Brooklyn Center For the Performing Arts upcoming 2003-2004 season

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Features:

[ TM ]  The Q Factor by: Michael Portantiere; photos by Joseph Marzullo
Fresh from its smash-hit run at the Vineyard Theatre, Avenue Q comes to Broadway!

News:

[ P ]  Cycling Past the Matterhorn, World Premiere About Mum and Daughter, Plays Fringe Aug. 9-23

[ P ]  Berkshire Village Idiot Will Play Off-Broadway's Zipper, Aug. 22

[ P ]  Our Lady Pen Stephen Adly Guirgis Cast in New Todd Solondz Film

[ P ]  "Radio Playbill" Sails Down Big River July 28-Aug. 3

[ P ]  Songs My Mother Taught Me, Luft's Homage to Garland, Extends to Aug. 31 in L.A.; Is NYC in the Future?

[ P ]  Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip-Synching Pushes Back Dates at NYC's Show, Aug. 8-23

[ P ]  Turner, Monk and Murray Star in Reading of Cristofer's The Whore & Mr. Moore

[ P ]  Cabaret's Stamos Joins the Beach Boys for NSMT Concert

[ P ]  Smoking Tobacco Banned on New York Stages

[ TM ]  Bob Hope, Legendary Actor-Comedian, Dies at 100

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[ P ]  Entertainment Icon Bob Hope Dead at 100
Legendary entertainment icon Bob Hope has died at age 100. The actor-comedian-producer-writer was one of the most enduring figures in American culture throughout the 20th century.

[ B ]  Legendary Entertainer Bob Hope Dead at 100

[ B ]  Enchanted April to End B'way Run August 31

[ P ]  Enchanted April to Close on Broadway Aug. 31

[ B ]  Preview '03-'04 #7: Isn't It New Romantic? by Ken Mandelbaum

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[ CNN ]  Bob Hope dead at 100
Comedian an entertainment legend

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News:

[ V ]  'Out' alone in B'way play pen
'April' going dark in Gotham, run will continue out West

And then there will be only one. Come September, Richard Greenberg's "Take Me Out" will be the only play performing on Broadway.

[ V ]  New avenue opening for Guirgis
Scribe exercises acting chops in 'Palindromes'

[ V ]  Meadow, Grove shuffle staff at MTC
Evans named director of artistic development

[ V ]  Biz climbs; 'Millie' 893g
Road grosses

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
TOMORROW, the divine Kathleen Turner, Brian Murray and Debra Monk perform a reading of a new comedy by Michael Cristofer (1977 Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner for "The Shadow Box").
Final item.

[ P ]  Stritch, Arnaz, Boitano and More Star in Benefit Help Is on the Way, in San Francisco July 28

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 28

[ P ]  Edge's Angelica Torn to Lead Post-Show Discussions Monday Nights

[ P ]  New Play Matt & Ben Gets Off-Broadway Greenlight at P.S. 122, July 25-Sept. 6

[ P ]  Is This a Burger I See Before Me? Fast-Food Bard Adaptation McBeth Plays Fringe, Aug. 13-23

[ P ]  Art Songs of John Kander Heard in New Voices Collective Concert Sept. 29

[ P ]  New Play About Figaro Playwright Beaumarchais Highlight of Alabama Shakes' 2003-04 Season


Reviews:

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Classic Dramas Simmer in London's Summer Heat by BEN BRANTLEY

The high points of London's new theater season, with glamorous stars in serious classics, turned out to be not exactly the nadirs but rather arid plateaus.

[ HC ]  'Very Good Eddie' Delights by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Perfect Fit For Goodspeed

[ LAT ]  Mae's ever-enticing twists by Daryl H. Miller
The bombshell's legacy of pushing boundaries inspires unconventional turns in 'Dirty Blonde' at the Old Globe.

Features:

[ DN ]  Tharp's movin' on by CELIA McGEE
A Tony winner for her surprise Broadway hit "Movin' Out," Tharp is planning a revival of her '60s piece "The 100s" for the Evening Stars Music and Dance Festival performance in Battery Park Sept. 9.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia's readers respond to his column on musical theater's most powerful people by offering their own ideas.

[ NYP ]  DOGGING IT! by GERSH KUNTZMAN
FINALLY, the truth about cats and dogs: Dogs are superior - at least if you're casting a play.

[ CT ]  IN THE LOOP JUST ASKING: RICHARD KIND by Christine Badowski

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Aida: Toni! Toni! Toni!


Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ SB ]  This devil may care by Rasmi Simhan
James Brennan humanizes his role in 'Damn Yankees'

[ OCR ]  Critical eye for theater guy by PAUL HODGINS
How did I spend my summer vacation? Working, working, working.

[ NYer ]  THE TALK OF THE TOWN: THE BOARDS
DEATH BY CRAB by Liesl Schillinger

�President Harding Is a Rock Star.�

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Sunday, July 27, 2003

[ CU ]  Under Milk Wood Review

[ YN ]  New York's Tough Smoking Law Changes Life by MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer
Stage performances where cigarettes were props, from the gritty play "Twelve Angry Men" about a tense jury room to the standup comedy of Denis Leary, are going to have to be smoke-free, said state Health Department spokesman William Van Slyke.
But if the people onstage are nude, that's OK, right? Good.

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Features:

[ CT ]  Remarkable `Bounce' duo mutually admire each other by Sid Smith
"I think we look at each other maybe once or twice on stage," says Michele Pawk, referring to Gavin Creel, her fellow ensemble member in the new musical "Bounce," now at the Goodman Theatre.

[ ND ]  Zero Points for This Zagat by Linda Winer
I am now in possession of a BE A THEATER CRITIC survey card from Zagat, the enterprising people responsible for the helpful restaurant guide on my bookshelf.

[ NYT ]  The Show Before the Show by DAVID CARR
THE sidewalk in front of almost any Broadway theater in the magic hour before the show begins is an event unto itself. Having spent serious money to queue up for a show, many theatergoers madly profile, putting on their own performance before entering the dark interior of the playhouse.

[ HC ]  The Two Gents On The Aisle by Frank Rizzo
Elliot Norton, Markland Taylor Guides To World Of Theater

[ CST ]  Real-life 'Mamma' glad to be home BY MISHA DAVENPORT
It happens every night at the same time. On stage, well into the second act of the hit musical comedy "Mamma Mia!," Dee Hoty--who plays single mom Donna in the show that opened Friday--moves tenderly through ABBA's "Slipping Through My Fingers."
And Chicago actress Rosalyn Rahn Kerins--who plays one of Donna's best friends, Rosie--is backstage fighting back the tears. Some nights, the mother of a 17-year-old son says she loses the battle.

[ NJ ]  R-rated puppets are bound for Broadway BY STUART MILLER

[ Z ]  Liza Approves of Jackman Playing Her Ex in Musical by Mike Szymanski


[ YN ]  Mark Twain musical comes to life by MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer
It sounds like an oxymoron: a deaf musical.

News:

[ V ]  Off Broadway blues: A tale of two tuners
'Avenue Q,' 'Men' take alternate routes

The Off Broadway musical may soon be an endangered species. As legit lawyer John Breglio bluntly puts it, "You can't really intelligently structure, from an economic point of view, an Off Broadway musical."

[ V ]  Harrelson helms 'Youth'
Prod'n is satiric depiction of 3 middle-class teenagers

[ V ]  Stars aligning for fall
Baldwin, MacLachlan ride Roundabout to B'way

[ V ]  B.O. up; Chicago 661g
Broadway grosses

[ BSUN ]  'Cry-Baby' may go to Broadway by J. Wynn Rousuck
Includes quotes from John Waters.

[ NYT ]  Buddy Deane, TV Host and Inspiration of `Hairspray', Dies at 78
Buddy Deane had a popular Baltimore television dance show for teenagers that became the basis for the John Waters movie "Hairspray."

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
LIZA & DAVID: THE INSIDE STORY

[ P ]  Theater for a New City Presents Survived By, Aug. 8-17

[ P ]  Campy Dragula Delays Opening at U.K.'s Heaven

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 27

[ P ]  Williamstown's Mother of Invention Ends Run July 27

[ P ]  Earth to Bucky Grounded July 27, as Heifner Premiere Ends

[ P ]  Urinetown's Christiane Noll to Sing in San Francisco July 27


Reviews:

[ BH ]  Gloucester offers `Proof' of excellence by Robert Nesti
With Lily Rabe.

[ TS ]  Signing their hearts out in Big River country by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Big River delivers the kind of chills-down-the-back you go to the theatre for, but you don't have to wait for an 11 o'clock number to get them.
No, in this production they start soon after the curtain goes up.

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[ NYT ] Uneasily, and Surprisingly, 'Avenue Q' and 'Sesame Street' Co-Exist
Looks like someone�s publicist is working overtime.

[ NYT ] Excerpt from BOUNCE

[ P ] Hunter Foster Leaves Urinetown July 27 for Little Shop of Horrors
Hunter Foster's funny, deadpan, note-perfect performance as Bobby in Urinetown ends July 27, as he's off to "somewhere that's green" � to play Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors.

[ P ] Lincoln Centers Bids Farewell to A Bad Friend July 27

[ P ] ON THE RECORD: Legrand's Amour, Finn's Elegies and Cook's Sondheim

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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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