Friday, August 29, 2003

[ STARS ]  2003 FRINGENYC: THE BIGGEST EVER, BUT WAS IT THE BEST
by ELLIS NASSOUR
The Seventh Annual New York International Fringe Festival has come to a close and descriptions of it as "fun," "saucy," "wild," "kinky," "funky," "weird" and "awful" were apt. Over 20 days and with more than 200 presentations from across the country and 10 nations, the '03 Fringe was the biggest ever. And the hottest. There were several firsts: larger venues and spreading its borders into the West Village. One thing remained the same: the horrendously uncomfortable heat factor in most venues. Does discomfort have to be synonymous with the Fringe?
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Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: Razzle Dazzle by Ken Mandelbaum
ALL THAT JAZZ (20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment)

Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Mamma Mia!: Louise Pitre at Joe's Pub

News:

[ P ]  Chicago's Goodman Theatre Revises 2003-04 Schedule

[ P ]  Charlotte Rep Has Pump Boys With Jim Wann, and World Premiere Magic Show, in 2003-04

[ P ]  Nine's Tango Twosome Banderas and Rivera Guest on Thirteen's "Theater Talk," Aug. 29

[ BS ]  Denver, Key West Open for New Works
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Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia travels to St. Louis to meet Scott Miller and to attend the Party at his New Line Theatre.

[ NJ ]  Eliza lures actress to Shakespeare Theatre BY PETER FILICHIA
In a business where actresses often struggle to land a single role, Victoria Mack suddenly found that she'd been offered two.

[ BG ]  Cape crusaders by Ed Siegel
Cape theater companies grow in popularity, but they need to do more before they rival beaches as a destination point

[ BH ]  H'wood director boosts local 'Hero' by Terry Byrne
Kenneth Lonergan's intensely intimate "Lobby Hero" plays like the polar opposite of a big-screen film. But Sam Weisman, who's directing the four-character play for the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre (Sept. 4-27), says even the biggest-budget films have to rely on characters to tell a compelling story.

[ PTR ]  Audra McDonald to headline Cultural Trust gala by Alice T. Carter
Interview.

[ WP ]  Gardner Nurtures a New Crop by Dan Via
From Page to Stage -- New Play Festival Sunday and Monday at Kennedy Center

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Party for The Thing About Men

[ CT ]  Sans Renee and Catherine, `Chicago' returns by Lawrence Bommer
Quotes from Marcia Lewis Bryan.

[ INQ ]  The Fringe takes center stage by Douglas J. Keating
The next two weeks will see a wealth of music, theater, dance and other events.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ CSM ]  He's got Broadway covered by Leslie Talmadge
He's dressed everyone from Melanie Griffith to Mick Jagger. Meet Tony-winning designer William Ivey Long.

[ CSM ]  Where have the playwrights gone? by Kim Campbell
Playwrights have shuttled between Hollywood and the theater for decades. But the commute is looking more attractive lately, with the poor economy affecting the arts, and mass media growing in influence.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE'
Step Right Up, See the Man Eat Light Bulbs. By BRUCE WEBER
Todd Robbins single-handedly perpetuates a mix of bizarre skill and squalid spirit that is the carnival sideshow, a vanishing American entertainment form.

[ NJ ]  Clueless 'Men' fails to realize its potential BY PETER FILICHIA
Just how stupid are men?
Quite, according to book writer-lyricist Joe DiPietro, whose musical "The Thing about Men" opened last night at the off-Broadway Promenade Theatre.

[ TM ]  The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
The Siegels are present as a couple of Johns -- Wallowitch and Bucchino -- sing and play their own songs.

News:

[ NYT ]  Loan and Reprieve for Englewood Theater by RONALD SMOTHERS
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., Aug. 28 � With a musical flourish that included a performance of Mozart by the New Jersey Symphony and a political chorus of nearly 300 supporters of the bankrupt John Harms Center, the Bergen County Board of Freeholders voted on Wednesday to provide a $1.9 million low-interest loan to keep the center open.

[ P ]  Feed Me, Seymour: Little Shop of Horrors Begins Broadway Previews Aug. 29

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: AUGUST 29

[ P ]  Lyn Paul Will Play Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers

[ P ]  Playbill On-Line Seeks Administrative/Technical Assistant

[ P ]  Mack Is Back: The Threepenny Opera Begins at Jean Cocteau Repertory, Aug. 29

[ P ]  Wanna See a Broadway Play? As of September, Take Me Out Is Your Only Choice

[ P ]  PlayMakers Rep Has American Premieres of Owen Meany and Luminosity in 2003-04

[ P ]  Spinning's Davis Up For Proof Sister Role for Miramax Film
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Thursday, August 28, 2003

Features:

[ TM ]  50 Years Ago on Broadway by: Michael Buckley
Joan Diener and Albert Marre recall Kismet and John Raitt remembers The Pajama Game in a TheaterMania retrospective.

[ BS ]  Tom McCarthy Cherishes His Actor's Lifetime
At the announcement for the Barrymore Awards nominations, a happy crowd responds with pleasure to the news that Tom McCarthy will receive the Barrymore Lifetime Achievement Award.

[ YN ]  'X-Man' Jackman Starring in Broadway Show

News:

[ P ]  Dinner Party's Harmon, Side Man's Geer Added to Hartford Stages' Cast of 8 by Tenn

[ P ]  Danieley and O'Hara Headline Landau's New Sleeping Fairy Tale Beauty at La Jolla, Sept. 16-Oct. 19

[ R ]  Paltrow to Perform for Britain's Prince Charles
Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow and British actor Joseph Fiennes will recreate the famous Romeo and Juliet balcony scene for Prince Charles at a charity show, organizers said on Thursday.

[ BS ]  As Report Touts State Arts Funding, Cal. Pol Blasts Cuts
How much evidence does a politician need to realize that cultural investment, whether through direct budget appropriations or alternative forms of revenue-raising, leads to economic dividends?

[ BS ]  Spitzer Revises Nonprofit Bill

[ BS ]  ATA Reports Three Actor Arbitrations

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following review!

[ BEE ]  'Ragtime' is fine note for sign-off by Jim Carnes
With Kerry O'Malley, Adam Heller and Danny Gurwin.
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Features:

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Douglas Sills
Douglas Sills was a virtual unknown to the New York theatre community when he was cast in the title role of Frank Wildhorn's The Scarlet Pimpernel.

News:

[ B ]  Will Mitchell Headline the La Mancha Tour?

[ B ]  May Replaced by Lipton in Cupid and Psyche

[ P ]  Berlin, a Musical About the Famed Airlift, Plays New Venue in NYC Sept. 10-27

[ P ]  Astoria Performing Arts Center Has Carnelia Musical, One-Woman Show and Queens Revue in 2003-04

[ P ]  Prince and the Pauper Ends Off-Bway Summer Run Aug. 31

[ P ]  Goodspeed's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Has Deven May, Adam Heller, Kerry O'Malley

[ P ]  Darren Day to Star in UK Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

[ P ]  Irish Rep Hungry for More Farmer; Play to Run through Sept. 28

[ P ]  Third Julia Jordan Play of the Season, Tatjana in Color, Begins in NYC, Oct. 25
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News:

[ HC ]  Westport Finds Temporary Home by Frank Rizzo
Next summer, the 74th season of the Westport Country Playhouse will be held in Ridgefield.
Plus casting news - some great leads for Goodspeed's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

[ NYT ]  Marion Hargrove, the G.I. With Wry Tales of Army Life, Dies at 83 By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
He wrote the screenplay for the movie version of the stage musical "The Music Man" and was a writer for the television series "Maverick," "I Spy" and "The Waltons."
He wrote some of MAVERICK's best episodes, including the GUNSMOKE parody "Gun-Shy" and an episode based on Sheridan's play "The Rivals."

[ NYT ]  Jinx Falkenburg, Model, Actress, Pioneer of Radio and TV Talk Shows, Dies at 84 by RICHARD SEVERO
Jinx Falkenburg was one of America's highest paid models during World War II, and later, with her husband, Tex McCrary, a pioneer talk-show star.

[ IBDB ]  Jinx Falkenburg's Broadway Credits

[ NYP ]  PARTY'S ALMOST OVER, OLD CHUM by MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE Roundabout Theater's hit revival of "Cabaret" will close Nov. 2 after nearly six years and 2,306 performances.

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
Midwestern matchmaking

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 28

[ P ]  Anthony Sher Stars in Own Play I.D., Opening in London Aug. 28

[ P ]  Fringe Hit How to Act Around Cops Extends at Kraine to Sept. 19

[ P ]  Broadway's Phantom Plays 6,500th Show Aug. 28, Chasing Les Miz and Cats

[ P ]  Original Off-Broadway Cast Members Reprise Assassins Roles for L.A.'s Reprise!

Features:

[ NYT ]  Sondheim, Film Devotee, Shapes Telluride Festival by ELVIS MITCHELL
Stephen Sondheim gets to share some of his favorite films with other movie buffs when he serves as guest director of the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.

[ BSUN ]  'Hairspray' to be focus of program on race relations by J. Wynn Rousuck
Lawyers and musical comedy might not seem to have much in common, but the University of Maryland School of Law is linking the two in a program that uses the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray as a springboard to examine race relations in 1960s Baltimore.

[ HC ]  More Broadway Musicals Waiting In The Wings by Frank Rizzo
Is Broadway having fun yet?

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ CCT ]  Blackhurst embraces the sass that was Merman by Pat Craig

[ BG ]  'Skypit' musicians rise to the occasion by Richard Dyer
Just about every night the audience in the Colonial Theatre gives the cast of "The Producers" a standing ovation. Conductor Steven Tyler takes a bow from the orchestra pit and acknowledges the 23 musicians, all but two of them hired locally.
Twenty are crowded with Tyler in the Colonial's cramped pit during the show. Another three musicians -- harpist Cynthia Price-Glynn, cellist Michael Curry, and percussionist Mark Worgaftik -- perform in a pair of third-floor dressing rooms because there isn't room for them down below.

"The Thing About Men" - Reviews:

[ ND ]  The Thing About Men by Gordon Cox
The thing about these men is that the farce isn't with them

[ NYP ]  CASTING IS THE 'THING' by DONALD LYONS
'THE Thing About Men" is a cute, easy show from the musical team behind "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!"

[ DN ]  'Thing About Men': An affair to forget by Howard Kissel
If you don't expect a musical to provide much more amusement than a TV sitcom, then Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts' "The Thing About Men" should fill the bill nicely.

[ TM ]  The Thing About Men
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ B ]  The Thing About Men
Review by Adam Feldman

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following review!

[ PP ]  'Hello, Dolly!' and goodbye to your $35 BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA
Headline of the day!
With Sally Struthers.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE THING ABOUT MEN'
In New Musical, Can't Live With 'Em, or (Surprise!) Without 'Em, Either by BRUCE WEBER
"The Thing About Men," a new Off Broadway musical that opened yesterday at the Promenade Theater, has a misleading sheen of irreverence to it.

[ YN ]  'The Thing About Men' Generic by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
Call it "a couple of straight guys sitting around bonding." And, boy, do they bond and bond and bond.
That's much of the plot in "The Thing About Men," the generic, tedious new musical at off-Broadway's Promenade Theatre.

Features:

[ NYT ]  For Better or Worse, Artists' Shakespeare by ALAN RIDING
"Shakespeare in Art," an intriguing exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London through Oct. 19, traces the fashion between 1730 and 1860 as it continually adjusted to prevailing art styles, from Rococo and neo-Classical to Romantic and Pre-Raphaelite.

[ BS ]  Shakespeare and Summer Reunite by Jean Schiffman
Times may be hard for nonprofit theatres, but there's always an audience for summer Bardfests--which means plenty of work for actors who want to brush up their Shakespeare.

News:

[ P ]  Plummer, Franz, Ashley Star in Hartford Stage's Williams One-Acts Tribute 8 by Tenn, Oct. 2-Nov. 2

[ P ]  Starting Anew, Michigan's Meadow Brook Ensemble Announces First Season Under New Regime

[ P ]  Indian Ink to Spill Off-Broadway Through Sept. 7

[ P ]  Jim Neu Brings Latest Work, Target Audience, to La MaMa Sept. 18

[ TM ]  Atlantic Theater Company Announces 2003-2004 Season
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Features:

[ TM ]  Queer Eye for the Straight Guy by: Michael Portantiere
In The Thing About Men, writer Joe DiPietro once again proves that you don't have to be heterosexual to know how those people tick.

[ B ]  Video: Meeting The Boy from Oz

News:

[ B ]  LaBelle & Braxton Join Broadway Gospel Concert

[ B ]  Full Cast Set for Henry IV at Lincoln Center

[ B ]  Cast of Proof Film Completed with Hope Davis

[ P ]  Massachusetts Story, Ethan Frome, Gets Fourth Shakespeare & Co. Staging Sept. 5-Oct. 26

[ P ]  Paper Mill Finds Its Maria for Sound of Music

[ P ]  "The Speakeasies of 1932," Featuring Early Hirschfeld Drawings, Republished

[ P ]  JFK, Ionesco and More: Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company Sets New Season
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[ B ]  Preview '03-'04 #13: New Musical Possibilities by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TM ]  Long-Running Cabaret Revival to Close

[ P ]  Long-Running Broadway Revival of Cabaret to Close Nov. 2
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Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Sifting through 60 years' worth of musical theater, Filichia selects a few dozen of his all-time favorite show titles.

[ LAT ]  His spotlight illuminates lives of the homeless by Sasha Anawalt
John Malpede's skid row theater troupe addresses the growing presence of women and children on the streets.

[ BH ]  'Pacific' makes waves again on North Shore by Robert Nesti
"It would probably be a lot better if 'Pacific Overtures' were done totally in Japanese," wrote Kevin Kelly in the Boston Globe when the Stephen Sondheim musical opened in Boston 27 years ago.

[ NYT ]  Artists' Haven: No Electricity, but What Views by KATIE ZEZIMA
Shacks in the dunes of Provincetown, Mass., built by squatters from about 1920 to 1940, have lured artists and writers for decades.
Wow, I was just in Provincetown on Sunday... missed the dunes completely...

News:

[ NYP ]  'NIGHT' LIGHT OF B'WAY by MICHAEL RIEDEL
THIS summer's box office champ: Eugene O'Neill. The great playwright's four-hour masterpiece - "Long Day's Journey Into Night" - is the only Broadway show right now that is sold out at every performance.

[ B ]  Acclaimed Cabaret to Close Nov. 2 at Studio 54

[ CST ]  Is Manilow on cutting edge--surgically? BY BILL ZWECKER

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 27

[ P ]  Love x 3: New Musical Comedy The Thing About Men Opens Off-Broadway, Aug. 27

[ P ]  Forbidden Broadway Satirist Gives His Original Songs a Spotlight, Sept. 4 & 10 in NYC

Reviews:

[ DN ]  Time for sideshow & tell by Robert Dominguez
If they ever give out a theater award for Best Gross-Out Performance, Todd Robbins would walk away with the prize - barefoot and over a bed of broken glass.

[ NJ ]  Nothing parochial about one-nun show BY PETER FILICHIA
Stand up, get your hands out of your pockets, and put your hands by your side.

[ CU ]  Enemy of the People - Williamstown

[ CU ]  Indian Ink

[ CU ]  Edinburgh Fringe Update

[ CU ]  FringeNYC Update

[ TM ]  FringeNYC Roundup 5
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo and Brooke Pierce

[ CU ]  Summing Up Summer 2003 in the Berkshires by Elyse Sommer
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[ NYT ]  'Cabaret' to Close on Nov. 2
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Tuesday, August 26, 2003

We hear that someone who is a real Class Act will be headed into a big Broadway hit soon, then heading out on the road...

News:

[ P ]  Night Is Cold, But the Music's Hot: Ken Ludwig Pens New Irving Berlin Musical, Let Yourself Go!
Ken Ludwig, the Tony Award-nominated playwright and librettist who penned Lend Me a Tenor and Crazy for You, is developing a new musical comedy that will use songs from the Irving Berlin catalog.

[ B ]  Melissa van der Schyff Steps into the Spotlight

[ B ]  Anthony Hopkins in Talks to Join Proof Film

[ B ]  The Producers Eyes London Theater and Cast

[ INQ ]  Kimmel says deficit won't alter its offerings by Peter Dobrin
The Kimmel is still sorting its way through what audiences want. In May, it presented the trenchant one-woman confessions of Elaine Stritch with great pride in the artistic statement the program made, but found an audience that could fill only 54 percent of the house on a one-week run - even with many tickets deeply discounted.
"We probably didn't realize how un-mainstream she was," Price said.

[ P ]  Anthony Hopkins May Equal Proof Patriarch in Miramax Film Version

[ P ]  Tony Winner Jane Krakowski to Play Liza Minnelli in "Simply Halston" Biopic

[ P ]  First 50 Wicked Ticketbuyers to Be "Booked"

[ P ]  Fringe's Lost Featured on "Today" Show Aug. 27

[ TM ]  TDF Costume Collection Giveaway Set for September 12

[ TM ]  FringeNYC Excellence Awards Announced

[ TM ]  Moore and Cullum to Star in New Simon Play at MTC

Features:

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 08/20/03 by Paul Wontorek

[ P ]  Ludwig in D.C.
It's a busy time for playwright Ken Ludwig, who has two plays opening in Washington in September

[ TOL ]  Catching up with Diana Canova by Carol McManus

Reviews:

[ VV ]  A Passage on India
Tom Stoppard's 1995 Play Finally Sees a New York City Premiere, Courtesy of Alter Ego by Alisa Solomon
Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

[ VV ]  Highballs and Some Tight-Fitting British Tweeds, Circa 1968 by Charles McNulty
Mark Jenkins's Playing Burton

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Alexis Soloski
The Duchess of Malfi
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[ STARS ]  Brad Ross and Broadway Friends -- Free Concert Thursday, August 28
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Features:

[ TM ]  People to Watch by: Philip Hopkins

News:

[ P ]  More Good Will: Matt & Ben Extends to Open-Ended Run Off-Broadway

[ P ]  Heche, Kurtz, Leonard, Stoltz Take Part in New Season at Los Angeles Theatre Works

[ P ]  Playwright David Hare to Write Screenplay for Luhrmann's "Alexander"

[ P ]  Sondheim Talks About Bounce; Revisions in Works

[ P ]  Report: The Producers to Bow at London's Drury Lane in Fall 2004

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Gracie Says Goodnight
Rupert Holmes' Say Goodnight Gracie, starring Frank Gorshin as the legendary George Burns, closed on Sunday without much fanfare in its final week.
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News:

[ P ]  Mary Tyler Moore, John Cullum Headine Neil Simon's Rose's Dilemma for MTC

[ B ]  Moore & Cullum Headline Rose's Dilemma

[ V ]  Theater Royale nears deal for 'Producers'
Prod'n readying for London sans B'w'y stars

[ V ]  B'way lightening up
Week rebounds post-blackout yet trails '02

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: August 18-24

[ B ]  Abbott to Join London's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[ P ]  Westport Walks The Streets of New York, Beginning Aug. 26

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 26

[ P ]  Keith Baxter Directs The Rivals for DC Shakespeare Theatre, Aug. 26-Oct. 19

[ P ]  Nathan Lane Is Trumbo as Bio-Play Begins New Off-Broadway Run, Aug. 26

Reviews:

[ WP ]  'Twentieth Century,' Chugging at Half Speed by Peter Marks
Signature Opener Offers Limited Payoff

Features:

[ WP ]  The Homecoming by William Triplett
D.C. Theaters Are Welcoming Playwright Ken Ludwig. Thing Is, He Never Left.

[ NYT ]  What Price Fame? 2 Nights on a Street by SUSAN SAULNY
Just one hour after contestants were officially allowed to line up for auditions to be the next "American Idol," a river of thousands of sweaty hopefuls snaked around a dozen blocks of Manhattan's West Side. Even though the first auditions were not scheduled to begin until tomorrow, the competition was already well under way.
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News:

[ V ]  Moore's plucked for 'Rose'
Thesp to make Off Broadway debut with Simon play
Mary Tyler Moore will headline Neil Simon's new play, "Rose's Dilemma," at the Manhattan Theater Club this fall.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
COSTUMER BARES B'WAY EGOS

Features:

[ YN ]  Film Success Paves Way for TV Musicals
For "1776," Zadan says, "we have the biggest movie-star cast we've ever put together for a TV musical." Zadan says he could not reveal any names yet but promises that "the marquee will be eye-popping."
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[ B ]  Q&A: Leslie Uggams
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Monday, August 25, 2003

[ P ]  Ripley, Prosky Star in Ludwig's Shakespeare in Hollywood, Arena World Premiere, Sept. 5
Arena Stage enters two worlds � Shakespeare's arcadia and Hollywood's dream factory � for the premiere of Shakespeare in Hollywood, Ken Ludwig's new comedy about the creation of the MGM film, "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

[ P ]  Drive to Ride: New Paula Vogel Work Sets Off-Broadway Opening for Nov. 4
The New York premiere of Paula Vogel's latest work The Long Christmas Ride Home has set its opening date at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre for Nov. 4.

[ P ]  Can't Get Enough: Lypsinka! Extends New Show Again to Sept. 14
Drag favorite Lypsinka dons her duds a little more as Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip Synching has extended again to Sept. 14.

[ P ]  "Wonder Years" Winnie Set to Star in San Diego Rep's Proof, Sept. 27-Oct. 26
Danica McKellar, the actress who played the adored Winnie Cooper on "The Wonder Years," will star in the San Diego Repertory Theatre staging of David Auburn's Proof.

[ P ]  Topdog Makes Resident DC Premiere Sept. 3 at Studio, Co-Producing With MN's Mixed Blood

[ P ]  Jack O'Brien and Cast of Henry IV in LCT Platform Talks This Fall

[ P ]  According to the Kinsey Report: New Musical, Dr. Sex, Gets World Premiere in Chicago Sept. 5

[ P ]  One More Knight: Mancha Adds New Final Performance

[ P ]  Joy! Rapture! NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players Announce 2004 Season

[ P ]  Melanie Griffith Now to Exit Broadway's Chicago Oct. 5

[ P ]  Cats, Lost, Cops and Freedom Top NYC Fringe Awards

[ P ]  Wellman's Cellophane Returns to Flea Under Simpson's Direction, Sept. 17

[ P ]  Bobbi Boland Sets Broadway Opening for Nov. 24; Farrah Fawcett Confirmed

[ P ]  Broadway Revival of Wonderful Town to Open on Nov. 23

[ B ]  No Yellow Shoes on Lafayette Street by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  FringeNYC 2003 Excellence Awards Announced

[ B ]  Wife and Bobbi Boland Settle Opening Nights

[ B ]  Melanie Griffith Extends in Chicago Through 10/5

[ TM ]  Primary Stages Announces 2003-2004 Season

[ TM ]  Heche, Mason, Kurtz, and Leonard to Headline L.A. Theatre Works' 30th Anniversary Season

[ TM ]  Ninth Annual OOBR Awards Announced

PS - We have added Second Stage Theatre to our links on the left... please forgive the omission!
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[ TM ]  Big Improvements
Filichia compares and contrasts three different versions of the Maltby-Shire musical Big.

[ P ]  Broadway Theater Institute's 2003 Awards Go to Players Club, BMI Workshop, Editor John Willis and More
Broadway Theater Institute, the not-for-profit group with the mission of "protecting, perpetuating and preserving" the history and experience of Broadway theatre, announced the 2003 recipients of its Awards for Excellence.

[ P ]  Philly's Arden Has New Musical Caf� Puttanesca Sept. 11-Nov. 2; Pittsburgh Parallel Staging on the Menu
Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia has the world premiere of the new musical, Caf� Puttanesca, opening its 2003-04 season, Sept. 11-Nov. 2, but a second staging is already in the works.

[ P ]  Special Actors' Fund Performance of Journey Set for Aug. 26
A special performance of Long Day's Journey Into Night, to benefit The Actors' Fund of America, will play 1 PM Aug. 26 at the Plymouth Theatre.

[ P ]  Critic Jonathan Kalb Reads from New Review Collection Aug. 25
Critic, author and teacher Jonathan Kalb will read from his latest work, "Play by Play: Theater Essays and Reviews, 1993-2002," on Aug. 25 at 7 PM. The event will take place at the Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble bookstore.

[ P ]  Movin' Out's Cavanaugh to Sing Own Tunes at Joe's Pub

[ P ]  Billy Stritch to Perform at New York's Supper Club on Aug. 25

[ P ]  Horovitz's 3 Weeks After Paradise to Play L.A. and N.Y.C. in Sept.

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: The Crooked Mile and others from the West End

Thanks to a few folks over at Talkin'Broadway for pointing these Broadway Marriages out to us...

[ NYT ]  Weddings & Celebrations: Jessica Stone, Christopher Fitzgerald

[ NYT ]  Weddings & Celebrations: Maya Days, Keith Flannery

The following stories come to us thanks to Talk Entertainment!

[ ND ]  Lights Out for 'Late Show'?
As David Letterman celebrates his 10th year on CBS, he might be thinking of moving on
While I would be sad to see David Letterman gone, would it open up the Ed Sullivan Theater for legit purposes?

[ G ]  Rhythm method
The hardcore sex industry might seem a strange subject for showtunes. But for the makers of Pornography: the Musical, it had all the vital ingredients, says Rupert Smith

[ TRIB ]  Sondheim says 'Bounce' will undergo nips and tucks
According to Stephen Sondheim, the first set of revisions for the musical "Bounce" will be completed in "about two weeks" and then tried out in front of an audience in Washington, D.C.
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[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: A Spiritual Search and a Noir Comedy By BRUCE WEBER
The New York International Fringe Festival, which ended on Saturday, is annually salted with imperfect, promising work. Here are a few worth mentioning.

[ NYT ]  David Jiranek, 45, Producer With a Sideline, Dies By DON R. HECKER
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Sunday, August 24, 2003

The following story comes to us thanks to Talk Entertainment!

[ HC ]  More Broadway Musicals Waiting In The Wings by FRANK RIZZO
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[ P ]  Summer Sun Sets on 2003 New York International Fringe Festival Aug. 24
Aug. 24 will bring the closing of 200 plus Off-Off-Broadway productions, as the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival draws to a close. The annual Fringe Awards will be presented at a 9 PM Sunday evening ceremony at Bowery Bar.

[ B ]  Melanie Griffith Extends in Chicago Through 10/5

[ TM ]  Where Was I When the Lights Went Out? by Peter Filichia
Now you see, now you don't: An aerial view of the Big Blackout of '03The blackout that hit the northeast last week reminded me of the two others I've endured in my life. All three, of course, had theatrical implications.

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: The Crooked Mile and others from the West End
You have got to like, on principle, any showbiz operation that calls itself Must Close Saturday Records.�This new English label describes itself as "a small, independent record label specialising in neglected, often forgotten and previously unrecorded, music from British musical theatre."�

[ P ]  Namedropping, Tales of a Broadway Press Agent, Starts Open Run Aug. 24
Retired theatrical press agent David Rothenberg's popular autobiographical show, Namedropping, will begin an open run Aug. 24 at midtown's Mint Theatre space. The entertainment will play Sundays at 7 PM, the night the Mint's production of The Daughter-in-Law is dark.

[ P ]  Gracie Says Goodnight to Broadway; Gorshin to Hit the Road as Burns
Say Goodnight Gracie, which first bid good evening to Broadway on Sept. 17, 2002, will say its final farewell on Aug. 24. Frank Gorshin played entertainer George Burns during the entire Helen Hayes Theatre run of the Rupert Holmes play, which officially opened on Oct. 10.

[ P ]  It's a "Makeover Story" for Millie's Foster and Taboo's Cody
Two Broadway favorites � Sutton Foster and Jennifer Cody � will appear on The Learning Channel's "A Makeover Story."

[ P ]  NY Theatre Workshop's Flesh and Blood Ends Aug. 24

posted at 8/24/2003 09:33:31 AM by James Marino | Item Link

[ B ]  Dates Set for Wonderful Town B'way Revival

[ NYT ]  Why One Matt and Ben Aren't Enough
By CARYN JAMES
The clever Off Off Broadway satire "Matt & Ben" shrewdly connects to its audience by tapping into our encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture.

[ NYT ]  In Defense of Willful Directors By JOHN ROCKWELL

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT - Kenneth Tynan: A Life

posted at 8/24/2003 07:09:52 AM by Matthew Murray | 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]

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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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