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Friday, August 15, 2003
[ E-L ] It's Time to Light the Lights
According to industry reports, all Broadway shows will perform tonight. Cast members and musicians have been told to report to work, but since the subways are still not running, it will be anything but a normal night for Broadway.
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[ P ] Broadway Hushed by Massive Power Outage Aug. 14; Show Goes On Aug. 15
Broadway will glow again the night of Aug. 15 after being snuffed out by a blackout Aug. 14. At 2 PM Friday it was announced that all of Broadway would be up and running and the TKTS discount tickets booth would open at 3 PM.
[ B ] Broadway Lights Begin To Return
Power began to return to Broadway at 8:00 AM (EST) Friday August 15th. As yet there have been no announcements but it is assumed that Friday evening's performances will run as usual. Broadway.com will keep the site updated as the news breaks.
[ USA ] Julie Andrews is directing a revival of her Broadway debut by Elysa Gardner
Plus news of "Camille Claudel" and "Pride and Prejudice."
[ ATW ] Review: Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip-Synching
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News:
[ YN ] Broadway Shuts Down During Blackout by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
On Broadway, the show did not go on.
Twenty-two shows � 19 musicals and three plays � went dark Thursday, their normally blazing marquees unlit.
[ P ] No Dancing in the Dark: Broadway Hushed in Massive Power Outage Aug. 14
[ V ] Roundabout takes new look at 'Merrily'
Troubled Sondheim tuner may be revived
Stephen Sondheim fans can only hope and pray. The Roundabout is planning a September reading of the composer-lyricist's troubled baby "Merrily We Roll Along."
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
Joel Grey discusses "Wicked" (second item).
[ BG ] Lane still in, new play out at Huntington by Catherine Foster
Nathan Lane will appear in Boston in the title role of the Huntington Theatre Company's production of "Butley," but the company's world premiere of "The Paris Letter" by Jon Robin Baitz has been postponed indefinitely.
[ BH ] Lane change: 'Butley' to fall
[ P ] Booked: Theatre-Busy Nathan Lane Set for Boston's Butley, Oct. 24-Nov. 30; Producers Next?
[ YN ] 'Naked Boys Singing' Can Show in P.R.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - An appeals court has ruled that "Naked Boys Singing" can return to a city-run theater where it was twice canceled, but producers are following through with a backup plan to stage the musical at a private theater.
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 15
Features:
[ NYT ] The Actor's Life for Me, Fringewise by JESSE McKINLEY
I took on an experiment in immersion acting at the Fringe Festival in order to expose the daily torment that is life way-way off Broadway.
[ ND ] A Hand For Puppeteers by Blake Green
Behind the puppets in 'Aveue Q' are some talented performers
[ BG ] Patinkin returns with timely 'Enemy' by Catherine Foster
Fourteen years after his last dramatic role on stage, Mandy Patinkin, with a big gulp, is taking on one of drama's most challenging characters, Dr. Thomas Stockmann.
[ CT ] 'Mamma Mia's' super trouper by Chris Jones
'Money, Money, Money' and other thoughts from the man behind the musical
[ HA ] Camille Claudel by CHRISTOPHER ARNOTT
As a composer, he's got his detractors, but Frank Wildhorn's greatest talent may not be writing musicals but conceiving them.
[ NYT ] HOME VIDEO
Adding a Song to 'Chicago' by PETER M. NICHOLS
"Chicago," Rob Marshall's Oscar-winning screen adaptation of Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb's stage musical, works well on DVD. To begin with, it looks fine. "I spent a lot of time on the color correction," Mr. Marshall said by telephone this week.
[ BH ] Opening act: North Shore teens help polish up pilot program by Terry Byrne
Nearly two dozen polished performers move across the stage in perfect unison, singing the opening number to the musical "Ragtime."
[ CST ] News and notes on local theater
It's not often that a theater company starts out in New York City, finds a modest level of success and then relocates to Chicago. But in this time of uncertainty, that is exactly what transpired for Mefisto Theatre Company.
[ SD ] THE ACCIDENTAL PLAYWRIGHT by Jennifer de Poyen
'Eden Lane' author Tom Donaghy began writing because a theater couldn't afford royalties for plays
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Reviews:
[ CCT ] Sondheim revue puts together universal themes by DEBBIE FORMAN
The dynamic Cape Playhouse production, so eloquently directed by Pamela Hunt and so impressively played by the cast, will undoubtedly delight you even as you ponder Sondheim's musings about the sorrows and joys of modern relationships.
Thanks to Faith on All That Chat for the link!
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'ALL MY SONS'
Guilt and Doubt Cast Shadows on a Sunny Future by BRUCE WEBER
Richard Dreyfuss and Jill Clayburgh give Arthur Miller's post-World War II melodrama a charismatic center and a lurching momentum.
[ BG ] 'Off-Season' is only on half of the time by Ed Siegel
GLOUCESTER -- Israel Horovitz and Terrence McNally are not playwrights one would think go hand in hand, but they are, says Horovitz, "the oldest of old pals." So it isn't that surprising that Horovitz could convince McNally to write a new play that would accompany a new play of Horovitz's at the Gloucester Stage Company, which he runs.
Too bad he couldn't talk him into writing one with more substance than an ingrown toenail.
[ BH ] 'Off-Season' for reason by Terry Byrne
A couple of white guys sitting around talking doesn't make much drama, but that's about all "Off-Season" adds up to.
[ ND ] Much History, Too Little Life by Gordon Cox
It would seem churlish to be too hard on "A Stoop on Orchard Street."
[ ND ] Going Wilde for Joyce In a Magical Revival by Sylviane Gold
"Travesties" was a sensation on Broadway in 1975, with John Wood as Carr and Tim Curry as Tzara. I daresay it could be again.
[ NYP ] OUT OF SERVICE by BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON
JEAN-Paul Sartre has nothing on David Simpatico. In his occasionally funny but mostly unpleasant play "Waiter, Waiter," part of the 2003 International Fringe Festival, Simpatico drives home the point that hell is definitely other people: one's spouse, customer, waitress or co-worker.
[ NYP ] DELIGHTFUL 'SATAN' PLAYS DEVIL'S ADVOCATE by DONALD LYONS
'SAY You Love Satan," now playing the New York International Fringe Festival, is a smart, hip comedy about Andrew, a young man who's bored with his current boyfriends - a vain actor and an earnest do-gooder - and who, one night in a laundromat, meets a mysterious, sexy stranger named Jack.
[ NYP ] IT'S FUN, DEAR WATSON by DONALD LYONS
'SHERLOCK Holmes and the Secret of Making Whoopee II: The Houdini Incident" marks the further adventures of last year's Fringe delight, "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of Making Whoopee."
[ NYP ] YOU BETTER GET OUT OF 'TOWN' by MEGAN LEHMANN
COMPTON, Calif., is infamous as the scene of drive-by shootings and gangster riots - and it's light-years removed from the well-behaved, dull New England hamlet that's the subject of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town."
[ NYT ] MOVIE REVIEW | 'OT: OUR TOWN'
Thornton Wilder Passes a Tough High School Test by A. O. SCOTT
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Thursday, August 14, 2003
Needless to say, every theater in New York is closed tonight due to the power outage.
[ B ] 1-800-BROADWAY Affected by Power Outage
Due to the power failure in New York City, Broadway.com's toll-free ticketing phone number 1-800-BROADWAY is temporarily out of service.
[ YN ] Lane Getting Closer to 'Producers' Return by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
Lane had a committment to star in "Butley," a play by Simon Gray, for Boston's Huntington Theatre Company from Jan. 2 through Feb. 1.
The darkly comic story of a self-destructive English professor, the play has been rescheduled for Oct. 24-Nov. 30 with Lane still in the title role, the Huntington announced Thursday.
[ P ] Directors Set for New Primary Stages Season
[ P ] New York Fringe's Wax & Wayne Riffs on Pygmalion Myth, Through Aug. 18
[ P ] West Coast Topdog Tour Stars Perrineau and Gilliard
[ P ] Robards, Vereen, Kane, Hall, Perlman Among Upcoming Casts of The Exonerated
[ P ] Owl Creek, Musical of War, Betrayal and Hope, Gets NYC Backers' Presentation Aug. 18
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[ B ] Alvin Epstein Heads to Urinetown on Broadway
[ B ] Plans Afoot for Yazbek's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
[ B ] Wonderful Town Revival Books the Al Hirschfeld
[ TM ] Off-Broadway Musical Fame Announces Open Call
[ P ] Hall's Dream Opens Aug. 14 in London
[ P ] Like, Wow: Luftig Planning "Legally Blonde" as a Broadway Musical
[ P ] Once on This Island's Dixon Stars in New Musical Fairy Tale Magic Kingdom
[ P ] Little Shop's Alan Menken at Work On New Disney Film, "Enchanted"
[ P ] John Cullum Exits Urinetown Aug. 17; Alvin Epstein Is New Cladwell After Don Richard
[ P ] Frank Wildhorn Penning New Cyrano Musical for Pimpernel Star
[ P ] Herbert Senn, Broadway and Cape Playhouse Set Designer, Is Dead at 78
[ IBDB ] Herbert Senn's Broadway Credits
[ P ] Hairspray's Meehan and O'Donnell to Pen Cry-Baby Book
[ P ] Song and Dance Star Directs and Choreographs The Rite of Spring
[ P ] Report: Wonderful Town Will Arise in Hirschfeld Theatre This Fall
[ P ] Nathan Lane and Jane Krakowski to Host Broadway on Broadway
[ P ] VH1 to Air Documentary on Aida Star Aug. 17
posted at 8/14/2003 01:34:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ V ] Scribes ply new Waters
O'Donnell, Meehan to bring 'Baby' to B'way
One good musical deserves another. "Hairspray" scribes Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan are on board to write the book for John Waters' new stage tuner, "Cry-Baby," based on his 1990 film comedy about a bad boy who falls in love with a debutante.
[ CCT ] Set designer left enduring mark by DAMIAN PALETTA
YARMOUTHPORT - Herbert Senn, the internationally renowned set designer whose work spanned five decades at the Cape Playhouse, died yesterday at his home of liver cancer. He was 78.
[ V ] Rando's 'Bright Ideas'
Comedy opens Nov. 5
[ NYO ] Legally Blonde , Legit
Hal Luftig, who produced Annie Get Your Gun, Movin� Out, Thoroughly Modern Millie and a slew of other happy Broadway shows, is planning to bring Legally Blonde, the spry tale about the fair-haired Harvard Law student from the Valley, to a stage near us. Like, seriously.
Plus an interview with Eliza Jane Schneider of "Freedom of Speech" (fourth item).
[ V ] Quirky 'Avenue Q' sees 50% growth
Broadway B.O. rivals last year's records
[ NJ ] Center stage by Peter Filichia
How do you solve a problem like Maria, if you're casting a production of "The Sound of Music"?
The Paper Mill Playhouse decided that its answer is Kate Baldwin, who appeared at the Millburn theater in "Miss Saigon" last season.
Second item.
[ R ] Perrineau 'Top Dog' on 3-City Tour by Chris Gardner
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Broadway show "Top Dog Underdog" is leaving New York for a three-city tour, with Harold Perrineau Jr. ("The Matrix") set to star with Larry Gilliard Jr.
[ HC ] A 'Love Child' At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo
Hartford Stage's Michael Wilson has worked with many divas of the theater: Elizabeth Ashley, Betty Buckley, Ellen Burstyn and Rip Torn. Now he has another star to add to the roster: Varla Jean Merman.
But this is a diva with a difference.
[ NYP ] FLAUNT IT, BIALYSTOCK
Nathan Lane's coming back to Broadway, all right - only this time he'll be alongside sexy "Nine" star Jane Krakowski.
The two will host "Broadway on Broadway" on Sept. 7 in Times Square.
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 14
[ P ] Wildhorn's Camille Claudel, the Musical, Takes Shape in Goodspeed Run, Aug. 14-Sept. 7
Last night on "Charlie Rose," Aaron Sorkin announced that he is writing a play that will be performed by Dublin's Abbey Theatre.
Features:
[ CST ] Musicals at Ravinia BY HEDY WEISS
Lonny Price and Paul Gemignani discuss "Passion."
[ DN ] Fringe has its benefits by Robert Dominguez
For some struggling Latino theater performers, being in the Fringe is a lot better than being on the fringe. There are more Hispanic-themed productions than ever at this year's Fringe Festival, but writer and actor Marc Aponte says you can still count them on one hand.
[ NYT ] AN APPRECIATION
Gregory Hines: From Time Step to Timeless by SALLY R. SOMMER
Gregory Hines was a dance revolutionary who took the upright tap tradition, bent it over and slammed it to the ground.
[ ND ] Remembering Gregory Hines by Katti Gray
Hines helped a dance legacy avoid oblivion
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following review and features.
[ NHR ] Dreyfuss and Clayburgh provide fuel for discussion in Westport's 'All My Sons' by E. Kyle Minor
"All My Sons" remains one of the best modern tragedies by this age�s master of the genre. Too bad this uneven production doesn�t render all of its dramatic potential.
[ ATU ] Room and boards by MICHAEL ECK
Mandy Patinkin returns to his roots with the WTF's take on 'An Enemy of the People'
[ MN ] The 'Graduate' student by Karen D'Souza
The 47-year-old celeb Jerry Hall, of fashion modeling and Mick Jagger fame, has sashayed into San Francisco's Curran Theatre as Mrs. Robinson in the stage version of "The Graduate."
posted at 8/14/2003 07:57:53 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
[ YN ] Broadway Stars Aren't Making Big Bucks by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
A very accurate headline... but how'd they find out what James pays us?
Oh, wait - those Broadway Stars. Never mind.
[ TM ] Gypsy Stars Will Sign CDs at FYE on August 19
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'LYPSINKA! AS I LAY LIP-SYNCHING'
Lip-Reading Epics That Fly Thick and Fast by MARGO JEFFERSON
Lypsinka is one of the most gifted and hard-working women in show business. She is the creation of John Epperson, whose performance as the lady Lypsinka is sensational.
posted at 8/13/2003 09:26:49 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ DAY ] Together Still: The Wildhorns Bring Their Latest Collaboration To Chester
Thanks to HRH for sending this link on to us. On another note, we did some tweaking of BroadwayStars. If something is weird, let us know so that we can address it. Thanks.
posted at 8/13/2003 06:48:08 PM by James Marino | Item Link
News:
[ B ] John Stamos Set to Play Guido Contini in Nine
[ P ] Cuban Don Juan in Hell: Who Popped Papi Chulo? Begins at NY Fringe Aug. 13
[ P ] Two More New York Fringe Festival Shows Add Performances
[ P ] Little Shop of Horrors Cast Previews Broadway Revival
[ P ] Nemetz Among Ladies of Evening in Saucy Musical Café Puttanesca, in Pittsburgh, Nov. 20
[ P ] New York Fringe Fest Featured on Reality Show "Cupid"
[ P ] Actress to Make Broadway Debut as Nala in The Lion King
[ P ] Off-Off-Broadway Hit Mono Celebrates Third Anniversary Aug. 21
[ P ] Sweet Switch: Jenna Elfman May Replace Jane Krakowski in Nine on Broadway
[ P ] Wallach and Jackson Remember Tennessee Williams at Bay Street Aug. 18
[ P ] Key West Theatre Fest Dissolved, But Key West Playwrights Co. Sprouts Among Palm Trees
Features:
[ TM ] Mr. Warren's Profession
Director David Warren talks with Brian Scott Lipton about his past successes and his latest project: Matt & Ben at P.S. 122.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Little Shop of Horrors: Open Rehearsal
[ B ] Photo Op: In Rehearsals With Little Shop
[ B ] Photo Op: Changing of the Guard at Hairspray
Reviews:
[ B ] FRINGENYC 2003: Freedom of Speech
Review by Adam Feldman
[ TM ] FringeNYC Roundup 2
Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce
posted at 8/13/2003 05:26:13 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ B ] Preview '03-'04 #11: Revival Possibilities by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 8/13/2003 11:01:46 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ B ] Elfman Tapped to Make B'way Debut in Nine
Broadway.com has learned that Jenna Elfman is in talks to appear as Carla in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony Award-winning revival of Nine. She would presumably take over once Jane Krakowski departs the production on October 5.
[ B ] Off-Broadway's Talking Heads to Close Sept. 7
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Fur Flies
After a slew of positive reviews, it was a sunny week for Avenue Q. In its first full week since opening, the show was up a whopping $102,135 (even as press comps continued to partially fill the John Golden Theatre).
[ R ] Phantom Celebrates 7,000th Show in London by Paul Majendie
[ YN ] 'Sex and the City' Star Now a 'Country Girl'
Clifford Odets' play "The Country Girl" is coming back to the screen.
HBO is developing a new adaptation of the 1950 play with "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall attached to star and co-executive produce.
[ P ] Royal Festival Hall Presents Brent Barrett and Kim Criswell in New York, New York!
[ P ] "Chicago" DVD � with Bonus Features � Available Aug. 19
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 13
[ P ] Rent's Frenchie Davis Sings at Next "Broadway in Bryant Park," Aug. 14
[ P ] Very Good Eddie, Kern Gem That Twinkled at the Dawn of American Musical Theatre, Opens
[ P ] Chicago Shakespeare to Host Old Globe Shakespeare, Nov. 26-Dec. 14
[ P ] Talking Heads, Off-Broadway's Acclaimed Alan Bennett Fest, Ends Sept. 7
[ P ] Affleck Gives Damon a Broken Nose: Onstage Fight Causes Injury at Off-Broadway's Matt & Ben
[ P ] WTC View, New Fringe Show Tells of Looking for New Roommate on Sept. 12, 2001
[ P ] Comden, Newman, Errico and Dvorsky Salute Adolph Green Sept. 7
[ P ] Heartland Comedy, Leaving Iowa, Gets Resident Premiere by MI's Purple Rose in 2004
[ P ] Mint Theatre Brings Hit Schnitzler Play Back; Daughter-in-Law to Continue
[ P ] Hey There, Bed Times: Ilene Graff Releases Broadway Lullabies CD for Kids and Parents
[ P ] Hartford's TheaterWorks Has Ten Unknowns, blue/orange and World Premiere in 2003-04
Gregory Hines, 1946 - 2003:
[ R ] Late Actor Hines to Appear on TV in 'Law & Order'
Gregory Hines' guest star appearance in a Johnny Cochran-like role on NBC's "Law & Order" will be rerun on Wednesday night as a tribute to the star who died over the weekend, the network said on Tuesday.
A great, great performance.
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
TODAY, this very day, Gregory Hines was due in the lawyer's office in New York. Today, this very day, was to be the final chapter financially in his and Pamela Koslow's long-in-the-coming divorce, which was granted in June.
Second item.
[ LAT ] Festival to honor tap great Hines by Chris Pasles
Tap dance great Gregory Hines was to have been the headliner at the first Los Angeles Tap Festival Saturday at Hamilton High School in L.A. Instead, the festival, presented by the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, will be dedicated to Hines, who died of cancer over the weekend.
[ TS ] Gregory Hines was born to dance by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
The man made magic when he moved.
Features:
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Tammy Blanchard and John Dossett
John Dossett and Tammy Blanchard, the 2003 Tony Award-nominated featured performers in the new Broadway revival of Gypsy recently sat down with "Radio Playbill" host Robert Viagas to discuss the staging.
[ BSUN ] Tourists hitting 'Hairspray' hot spots by Amanda Smear
[ NYP ] CAREER GROOVE by MICHAEL GILTZ
DON'T assume that because Montel Williams is performing in "The Exonerated" - a play about wrongly convicted people on death row - that he is opposed to capital punishment. "It doesn't require you to be anti-death penalty," says Williams, who performs the hit Off-Broadway show with Mia Farrow and Billy Dee Williams in the Hamptons starting next week.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia tells the sad story of the creation of Kelly, the 1965 Broadway flop that was in distress from the get-go.
[ NJ ] The hills are alive: Hundreds of hopefuls try out for parts in "The Sound of Music" BY ALLISON FREEMAN
[ TS ] Bright light big city by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Torontonian Sarah Cornell has premiered in her first principal role � it just happens to be in a Broadway hit
The New Ulla.
[ B ] Q&A: Melina Kanakaredes by Joseph Manghise
[ PPG ] Point Park grad's award-winning 'Millie' comes to CLO by Christopher Rawson
After studying dance at Point Park College and dancing on Broadway, Tony-winning choreographer Rob Ashford apprenticed with Kathleen Marshall, who learned in turn from her brother, Rob Marshall, who assisted Graciella Danielle, whose mentors were Michael Bennett and Bob Fosse, who worked with Jerome Robbins...
Thanks to mikerunner on All That Chat for the link!
[ SFC ] Jerry Hall has graduated to life after Mick, onstage and off by Joel Selvin
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
"The Game" - Reviews:
[ TM ] The Game
Reviewed By: Sandy MacDonald
Better book that Broadway theater now! The salient question is not how long it will take The Game -- the Barrington Stage Company's world-premiere musical version of Choderlos de Laclos's Les Liaisons Dangereuses -- to cross over, but why it took two whole centuries for someone to realize the property's potential. Writers Amy Powers and David Topchik, composer Megan Cavallari, and director Julianne Boyd have pretty much nailed it, with minimal need for further tweaking.
[ BG ] Winning 'Game' lacks only a standout score by Ed Siegel
[ BE ] Innocence has hard time of it in new musical, 'The Game' by Jeffrey Borak
Innocence doesn't have an easy time of it in "The Game," a smart new musical that is being given a smart and stylish world premiere at Barrington Stage.
[ CU ] The Game
Review
Other Reviews:
[ NYP ] 'ESCAPE' WHILE YOU CAN by DONALD LYONS
'ESCAPE from Pterodactyl Island," now playing at the New York International Fringe Festival, is a witless, lame musical based on such sci-fi classics as H.G. Wells' "Island of Lost Souls."
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SMOKE'
Shuffling Off a Mortal Coil, but Not Without a Fight by JENNIFER DUNNING
The KyoRyuKan Theater Company of Kyoto delivered a performance piece inspired by a Japanese festival for the dead as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.
[ VV ] Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and a Little Bit of Bloodletting by Laura Sinagra
Matt and Ben by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers
[ VV ] Sightlines by Tom Sellar
Mister Gallico by Sam Carter
[ ATW ] A Distillation of Judy
[ TS ] Melanie makes Roxie her own by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
The question: What was Melanie Griffith like in Chicago?
The answer: I couldn't take my eyes off of her.
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright "listens in" on Margaret Croyden's Conversations with Peter Brook.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2003
News:
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: August 4-10
[ P ] Broadway Hoofer Hull Exhibits Theatre-Related Artworks in NYC, Aug. 23-Nov. 3
Mylinda Hull has acted, sung and danced in more than 30 plays and musicals across the United States, mostly recently putting in a two-year stint as Anytime Annie in Broadway's 42nd Street. Those productions and performances fed into her other artistic pursuit: painting and drawing.
[ P ] Tony Winner Jane Krakowski Flies Out of Broadway's Nine with Banderas, Oct. 5
[ P ] Kathy Brier Madisons Her Way Into Bway's Hairspray Aug. 12
[ P ] Hirschfeld Drawing to Be Auctioned Off at New York's Swann Galleries Sept. 25
[ P ] "Bye Bye Birdie" to Have "Urban, Hip-Hop Feel"; Director and Writer Named
[ P ] Mason, Andersen and Molaskey to Perform at Radio Benefit Sept. 8
[ P ] Broadway Couple Heads to the Chatterbox Aug. 14
[ P ] Broadway Dims Its Lights Aug. 12 to Remember Gregory Hines
[ B ] Vincent in Brixton Closes Early in the West End
The second West End engagement of the Olivier Award-winning Vincent in Brixton has not been as successful as the first.
[ DN ] 'Producers' pair coming back for 100G a week by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Bialystock & Bloom have struck the mother lode.
The expected return of Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick to "The Producers" will make them the highest-paid actors in Broadway history, industry sources predicted yesterday.
[ B ] Starry 24 Hour Plays Benefit Set for Broadway
[ B ] Monty Python's Idle Pens B'way-Bound Spamalot
[ R ] Hutton Inquiry to Hit London Stage
A British theater group said on Tuesday it would take the Hutton Inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly and put it on the London stage.
[ DN ] Hines had many gifts, one calling by DAVID HINCKLEY
[ PPT ] Nemetz joins cast by John Hayes
Former Bob Fosse protegee Lenora Nemetz has been cast with former "Mondo Mangia" star Jilline Ringle in City Theatre's mainstage production of Terrence J. Nolen and Michael Ogborn's "Cafe Puttanesca."
Ringle will star as a French prostitute in the musical comedy's world premiere in Philadelphia and continue the role in Pittsburgh with Nemetz as a German prostitute.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 12
[ P ] Bogosian, Gregory, Mailer Featured in Aug. 12 Panel on "New McCarthyism"
[ P ] Des McAnuff Directs World Premiere of Tom Donaghy's Eden Lane at La Jolla, Aug. 12-Sept. 14
[ P ] David Hare and Stephen Daldry's Via Dolorosa Released on DVD/VHS, Aug. 12
[ P ] Williamstown Veterans Dukakis, Pendleton, Hunt Create Chekhov Cycle Aug. 12-16
Features:
[ DN ] Split end for 'Hairspray' star BY JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
"Hairspray" leading lady Marissa Jaret Winokur left the hit musical Sunday to make a TV movie.
But it's not a Broadway brushoff - just a temporary comb-out.
[ DN ] New star mixing soap opera, show tunes by Joe Dziemianowicz
Kathy Brier has one life to live, but two jobs to juggle.
And things are about to get busy.
[ YN ] Stars of 'Avenue Q' Shatter Stigmas by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer
Stigma seems like a natural subject for two people who star in a hit musical that features an Internet porn pirate, a closeted homosexual and a song entitled "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist."
[ B ] Photo Op: Avenue Q Goes on the Record
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Avenue Q: In the Studio
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: A Stoop on Orchard Street: Opening Night
[ B ] Photo Op: Wilkommen, Gloria Estefan!
[ NYT ] Patti Page, Proving That Simple Songs Endure by BERNARD WEINRAUB
With the release of a new album and over 50 concerts a year, Patti Page, at 75, is seeing a career resurgence.
[ NYT ] When the Brain Grabs a Tune and Won't Let Go by JESSICA KOVLER
There's nothing nicer than a tune playing in your head - until you can't turn it off.
Reviews:
[ HC ] Miller Play Rings True
Cast Captures `All My Sons' by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Westport has put together an exceptional production, directed by Doug Hughes and pairing Richard Dreyfuss and the remarkable Jill Clayburgh as a couple with a terrible secret and compensating delusions.
[ NYP ] A SYNTHESIZER PLAYS IN BROOKLYN by SHIRLEY FLEMING
THE musicians' union growled, but it did not bite - and Saturday's performance of "The Magic Flute" by the Opera Company of Brooklyn, accompanied by a computerized, or "virtual" orchestra, came off without a hitch.
[ NYP ] ZANY IN ZURICH by DONALD LYONS
TOM Stoppard's 1974 "Travesties," a lunatic comedy that plays fast and loose with real historical characters, is getting a gloriously zany and moving production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival that seems to bring out the play's crazy heart.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'MATT AND BEN'
Bad Will Hunting, Armed With Venom Darts by BRUCE WEBER
Brenda Withers and Mindy Kaling succeed in their deliciously spiteful sendup of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
[ ATW ] Looking for the Next Urinetown - Fringe Musicals
'Suspect'; 'Scalpel'; 'Pinafore!'; 'Lost'; 'Cats Talk Back'
[ TB ] Mister Gallico
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] Judy Speaks
Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere
posted at 8/12/2003 01:28:53 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Monday, August 11, 2003
News:
[ P ] Lane: Return to Broadway's The Producers Will Fall on New Year's Eve
[ P ] Phantom Film to Begin Shooting in Britain Sept. 15
[ P ] London Bombay Dreams Recoups Its Investment
[ P ] Lea DeLaria to Play Winnie in Beckett's Happy Days Off-Broadway
[ P ] Angels Star Kathleen Chalfant Headlines Theatre for a New Audience New Season
[ P ] Biro Added to Public Theater 2003-04 Line-Up; Season Dates Announced
[ P ] Rebecca Luker Is New Claudia in Broadway's Nine Starting Sept. 2
[ TM ] Rebecca Luker Will Join Broadway's Nine
[ B ] Writer and Director Set For Birdie Remake
Reviews:
[ TM ] FringeNYC Roundup 1 by: Dan Bacalzo
posted at 8/11/2003 03:36:39 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ B ] New Guido, Plus Four CDs by Ken Mandelbaum
John Stamos is said to be likely to replace Antonio Banderas in the Roundabout's Nine. This would be Stamos's third takeover in a Broadway musical revival; How to Succeed..... and the Roundabout's Cabaret were the others.
[ NYP ] MATT & NATHAN SET FOR DEC. 31 by DAN KADISON and BILL HOFFMANN
Lane, who plays the schlock showman Max Bialystock, revealed that he and Broderick want to help ring in 2004 onstage.
"We've been talking about it, and I'm certain that it will happen," Lane told The Post.
"And I had nothing to do on New Year's Eve anyway."
Thanks to Charlie_Baker on All That Chat for the link!
[ P ] Joel Grey Steps in as Wicked's New Wizard
Features:
[ P ] Toys 'N' the Hood
If there was a Sesame Street inside the city limits of South Park, it'd be called Avenue Q, like the musical with that moniker at the Golden Theatre. The Q, of course, is for Quirky.
posted at 8/11/2003 11:17:32 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ B ] Grey Replaces Morse In 3rd Wicked Cast Change
Although a production spokesperson for Wicked insisted to Broadway.com as recent as last week that Robert Morse was still set to play the Wizard in the musical, the Tony-winning star has now officially been replaced by Joel Grey.
[ V ] Col, Red Wagon nesting 'Birdie'
Columbia Pictures and Red Wagon Prods. have tapped writer-producer Stuart Blumberg to pen the remake of tuner "Bye Bye Birdie."
[ YN ] Goulet Sings at Naturalization Ceremony
At the federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas, Goulet sang an a cappella version of "God Bless America" during a naturalization ceremony for 53 new citizens � including his wife.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: AUGUST 11
[ P ] Comic-Actor Lewis Black Plays Bay Street Theatre Aug. 11
[ P ] New Partnership, Nonesuch at Carnegie, to Present Guettel Work Performed by Audra McDonald
[ P ] Topdog/Underdog, with Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright, Opens in London Aug. 11
[ P ] Special Actors' Fund Performance of Journey Set for Aug. 26
[ P ] Friends Engage in Meaningless Sex, the Musical, in NYC Fringe, Aug. 11-21
[ P ] Bogardus Hosts Benefit Reading of The Flood, a Mississippi-Set Musical, Aug. 11
Gregory Hines, 1946-2003:
[ NJ ] Gregory Hines dies of cancer at 57 BY PETER FILICHIA
Tony Award winner was widely considered the best dancer of his generation
[ NYT ] Gregory Hines, Dancer and Actor, Dies at 57 by JENNIFER DUNNING
Gregory Hines, the genial, suave dancer, singer and actor who for many personified the art of classical tap in the 1980's and 90's, died late Saturday on his way to a hospital from his home in Los Angeles.
[ TM ] Stage and Screen Star Gregory Hines Dead at 57
[ B ] Tony-Winning Star Gregory Hines Dead at 57
[ P ] Gregory Hines, Tony-Winning Tap-Dance Wizard, Dead at 57
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
Cindy's memories of Greg (fourth item).
[ ND ] Photo Gallery: Gregory Hines
[ NYT ] Slide Show: Gregory Hines: A Life Influenced by Dance
Features:
[ NYT ] Premiere Draws a Crowd, and Tears, for Absent Composer by JESSE McKINLEY
The death of composer Jessica Grace Wing has created an unmistakable sentimental momentum for her new musical, "Lost," which opened on Saturday.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia discovers that everyone from "the Merm" to "the Fonz" has appeared in summer stock in Dayton.
[ SD ] DES' DESTINY by Jennifer de Poyen
Playhouse's McAnuff is 'always looking to explore new turf' � will the lure of his 'artistic sandbox' keep him here?
[ CSM ] Laurence Olivier and I by Clinton Trowbridge
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.
Reviews:
[ ND ] An Old 'Friend' Rekindled by Linda Winer
Julie Andrews' 1954 musical becomes her directing vehicle
[ NJ ] A full armada of silly plot turns BY PETER FILICHIA
The play called "Spain" is mainly quite insane.
[ ATU ] Musical rendition of 'Liaison' arrives by MICHAEL ECK
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ NYP ] GO TO SEE 'CABARET' by CLIVE BARNES
THE musical "Cabaret" has been longer at Studio 54 than Studio 54 was at Studio 54. Now in its sixth year it has had even more changes of cast than your typical Hollywood marriage.
[ TB ] Slut
Review by Matthew Murray
[ CU ] Travesties
Review
[ LAT ] Lighting up memory lane
Carol Channing and Michael Bubl� head a delightful era-hopping concert of American tunes at the Bowl.
posted at 8/11/2003 08:43:37 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, August 10, 2003
[ CNN ]Actor-dancer Gregory Hines dead at 57, publicist says
[ IBDB ]Gregory Hines Broadway Credits
posted at 8/10/2003 12:51:09 PM by the other James | Item Link
Features:
[ HC ] Eder & Wildhorn
Singer And Composer, Who Found Chemistry On �Jekyll & Hyde,� Work Together On New Goodspeed Musical
[ NJ ] Muppet spoof film presaged 'Avenue Q' BY LISA ROSE
The production may be racy for the Great White Way, but it's "Sesame Street" next to "Meet the Feebles," a 1989 no-budget indie film from New Zealand that savaged Jim Henson's cuddly world. Directed by Peter Jackson, who's gone on to helm the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the $750,000 feature is a backstage look at an animal showbiz troupe, a la "The Muppet Show." Albeit, with a morbid twist.
[ BG ] Out of the chorus, into the spotlight by Leslie Brokaw
Emmy Rossum, the 16-year-old who's featured in ''Passionada'' as the precocious matchmaker to her mom, already has 10 years of professional theater under her belt.
[ BG ] 'Passionada' puts New Bedford on the film map by Leslie Brokaw
[ BG ] Lightening 'Liaisons' with a touch of song by Catherine Foster
"The Game," with Sara Ramirez.
[ ND ] Urban Fest Highlights Diversity by Steve Dollar
As one of the moving forces behind the HBO run of "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry," producer Deborah Pointer is keenly aware of the convergences of hip-hop, spoken-word performance (a latter-day variant of the good old monologue) and the feisty verbal arena of the poetry slam - which helped make a cultural landmark of the Nuyorican Poetry Cafe in the 1990s.
[ CT ] Fortunes reverse for 1975 Broadway shows by Michael Phillips
'A Chorus Line,' 'Chicago' trade places over time
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ PTR ] CLO presents national tour of 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' by Alice T. Carter
The last time a Pittsburgh audience saw Darcie Roberts, her name was Lola. She was a -- actually the -- showgirl, and the show was "Barry Manilow's Copacabana," a show that was produced in part by Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in 2000.
[ PTR ] Familiar faces hit the CLO stage
Unlike the season's first five shows, the production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" that concludes the 2003 Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera season is not a Civic Light Opera production.
But despite not being produced here, there are plenty of Civic Light Opera alumni involved. Here are some of the shows they performed in.
[ NHR ] Give Stephen Trask an �Inch� and his career takes a mile by E. Kyle Minor
Reviews:
[ BG ] Play's humor stands the test of time by Gina Perille
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. -- Selecting a play that's nearly seven decades old to celebrate a 70th season may not immediately entice, but the Peterborough Players demonstrate that old can again be new. Or, more to the point, that old can again be relevant and enjoyable when skillfully prepared.
"You Can't Take It With You," with James Whitmore.
[ WP ] In London, a Good 'Friday' by Nelson Pressley
National Theatre's Lineup Has High-Performance Vehicles
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: Ernest In Love, Marco Polo, Puppets and Maury Yeston
News:
[ NYT ] FOLLOWING UP
No Opening Night Yet for a New TKTS Home by JOSEPH P. FRIED
A Broadway production: a razzle-dazzle overture, and then nothing to see, long after the curtain was expected to rise.
Plus news on the fate of the Sullivan Street Playhouse.
[ P ] "Broadway's Lost Treasures" Debuts on PBS Aug. 10
Actually, it premiered yesterday on NJN (PBS in New Jersey). Excellent show.
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 10
[ P ] Bounce Bounces Out of Chicago; Kennedy Center Is Next Hop
[ P ] TAP to Gypsy, Movin' Out, Take Me Out and More This Fall
[ P ] For Now and Forever: Broadway's Avenue Q Recorded for Cast Album, Aug. 10
[ P ] Tony-Winner Winokur Leaves Hairspray Aug. 10
[ P ] Tom Wopat Exits 42nd Street Aug. 10
[ P ] Cavewomen Celebrated in Song in Pterodactyl Island Musical, in NY Fringe, Aug. 10-23
[ P ] Scalpel, New Musical With Lethal Ladies Who Lunch, Premieres in NYC Fringe, Aug. 10-23
posted at 8/10/2003 08:01:50 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
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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]
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