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Saturday, September 20, 2003
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'KADDISH L'NAOMI'
Ginsberg and His Mother, From a Poem to a Play by MARGO JEFFERSON
"Kaddish L'Naomi," a staging of Allen Ginsberg's poem, "Kaddish," is very much worth seeing.
[ DN ] Allen Ginsberg & his mommy weirdest by Howard Kissel
The relationship of poet Allen Ginsberg and his mentally unstable mother was explosive. Who knows how much of Ginsberg's instability was inherited, how much was shaped by his attachment to this wild, enervating woman?
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'NAMEDROPPING'
A Life as a Cheerleader on Theater's Fast Lane by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
In this amiable, unassuming one-man show, David Rothenberg, a longtime theatrical press agent, reminisces about life among the stars.
[ INQ ] Musical stew missing ingredients by Desmond Ryan
The idea for Michael Ogborn's Caf� Puttanesca springs from a supposed custom of Italian prostitutes, who would gather together after a busy working night. Each is supposed to bring some leftovers to toss into a simmering pot for a late meal.
[ LAT ] Between the music and talk, a hollow ring by Daryl H. Miller
Even a captivating star can�t save the over-wrought dialogue of "I Just Stopped By to See the Man."
[ CU ] I Just Dropped By To See The Man
Los Angeles Review By Laura Hitchcock
[ CU ] Bold Girls
Review
Features:
[ LAT ] When is a 'world premiere' not one? by Don Shirley
According to a note in the program for Lorna Luft's "Songs My Mother Taught Me," closing today at the Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills, the "original production premiered May 28, 1999 � Atlantic City." Articles in New Jersey newspapers at the time and that version's press release also referred to its "world premiere" at the Atlantic City Hilton.
[ LAT ] He's a woman's kind of man by Irene Lacher
Henry Jaglom, known for his female-centric films, finds the perfect woman to embody his first play, 'A Safe Place.'
[ LAT ] A father hidden as a 'paper son' by Irene Lacher
Byron Yee's tale of his immigrant dad began with a botched Chinese accent.
[ LAT ] Something new on Broadway by Susan Davidson
Premieres and a renovated theater mark the opening of New York's fall theater lineup.
[ BS ] Today I Am a Man
Hey, sisters: Who would you be if you were a man? If you have a Y chromosome, read no further.
[ P ] Taboo's Paul Baker Chats About New Role in West End Chicago
News:
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 20
[ P ] Mary Tyler Moore, Rosie Perez, Donald O'Connor and Dozens More Join Gotta Dance! Benefit Oct. 27
[ P ] Avalanche of Albee Hits Chicago's Goodman on Sept. 20
[ P ] Meg Bussert Joins Paper Mill Sound of Music; Complete Casting Announced
[ P ] Fontaine Syer, Delaware Theatre Co. Artistic Director, Steps Down in June 2004
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Friday, September 19, 2003
News:
[ LAT ] Obituary: Bill Hargate, 68; Costume Designer for 'Murphy Brown' Won 4 Emmys by Mary Rourke
The designer set fashion trends in the late 1980s when he created a modern career look for Murphy Brown, a news anchorwoman played by Candice Bergen in the show named after her character. Brown's wardrobe of designer label outfits by Donna Karan, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren was built around colorful blazers, short skirts and high heels for the office. Her baseball cap for weekends became a staple for many women.
[ IBDB ] Bill Hargate's Broadway Credits
[ P ] Chicago Shakespeare Premieres Rose Rage Sept. 21
[ P ] Never Gonna Dance Box Office Opens Sept. 22 Toward an Oct. 27 First Preview at Broadhurst
[ P ] New Sherlock Holmes Yarn, West End Horror, Gets Staging by Asolo Theatre in Florida, Fall 2003
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Sept. 13-19: Assorted Dolls
[ P ] Anna in the Tropics Box Office to Open on Sept. 22
[ TM ] Mel Gussow's Conversation With Arthur Miller Canceled
Features:
[ BSUN ] Play offers glimpse of past, hope for future by Michael Olesker
History's a great joker, no? Four decades ago, the Buddy Deane Show left the airwaves, a sad microcosm of the city's consuming awkwardness on race. Wednesday night, there was Mayor O'Malley, declaring Hairspray a celebration of "the proud, integrated city of Baltimore."
[ CCT ] New show based on tunes from O'Neill plays by PAT CRAIG
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Reviews:
[ TM ] Lady With a Lapdog
Boston Review By: Caroline Burlingham Ellis
[ ATW ] Fields' Lyrics Charm as Decca Takes the Listener Back to Old New York
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Features:
[ B ] Stage Notes 09/17/03 by Paul Wontorek
Broadway Flea Market, "Bright Lights Big City," "Chess."
[ B ] Q & A: 9/19/03 by Ken Mandelbaum
[ P ] DIVA TALK: A Chess Preview With Julia Murney Plus News of Buckley, Peters, Pitre and More
[ TB ] What's New on the Rialto: Working in the Theatre Seminars - Big River by Nancy Rosati
News:
[ P ] Mayor Michael Bloomberg Presents Key to Studio 54 to Roundabout Theatre, Sept. 23
Mayor Michael Bloomberg will present the key to Studio 54 to new owner, Roundabout Theatre Company artistic director Todd Haimes, at a Sept. 23 special celebration commemorating the non-profit's purchase of the former discotheque as its new Broadway home.
[ P ] Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip Synching Moves to Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane, Oct. 24
[ P ] Arthur Miller Cancels Sept. 22 Chat Due to Illness
Famed playwright Arthur Miller has canceled his Sept. 22 chat with New York Times cultural writer Mel Gussow.
[ P ] Griffin Directs Show Boat for Lincolnshire's Marriott Theatre, Sept. 25-Nov. 30
[ P ] Journalist and TheaterWeek Founder Mike Salinas Remembered Sept. 25
[ P ] Michael Barrymore Bows Out of London Show
[ P ] Complete Casting Announced for Helen Hayes Evita; Score Includes Additional Songs
[ TM ] Rivers, Naughton, and Pitre to Headline Gala Reopening of Palace Theatre in Stamford
Reviews:
[ B ] Critics Hot for B'way-Bound Anna in the Tropics
[ TM ] Bold Girls
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ TM ] Far and Wide
Reviewed By: Philip Hopkins
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News:
[ NYP ] JACKMAN, BE NIMBLE by MICHAEL RIEDEL
NATHAN Lane and Matthew Broderick in "The Producers." Harvey Fierstein in "Hairspray." Antonio Banderas in "Nine." Audrey II in "Little Shop of Horrors."
Hugh Jackman had better wind up on the same list, or "The Boy From Oz" is sunk.
[ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF
Love Is in the Air by JASON ZINOMAN
Jennifer Westfeldt debuts on Broadway with "Wonderful Town," at the Al Hirschfeld Theater.
[ B ] Lypsinka! Starts at Minetta Lane Theatre Oct. 24
[ B ] Brown, Lindsay-Abaire Penning Betty Boop Tuner
[ B ] Gurney's Big Bill to Land at LCT's Newhouse
[ B ] D�j� Vu Doll: Bio-Play Set for B'way, Yet Again
[ CT ] The 'Sound' and the worry
Renovated Auditorium looks great; now it must attract a crowd by Chris Jones
This week's engagement of "The Sound of Music" (opening Tuesday) has been selling very slowly. Some people, no doubt, are wondering about the quality of this oft-produced title, coming through town without the usual star power.
[ CT ] The lowdown on last-minute 'Lion' tickets by Regina Robinson
Summer is on its way out, but what's still hot is a ticket to "The Lion King," at the Cadillac Palace Theatre through Nov. 23.
[ P ] Gurney's Big Bill to Play the Little Mitzi at Lincoln Center, Feb. 22
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 19
[ P ] Austin Pendleton Tests Playwright's Gun Rule in Chekhov's Rifle, Sept. 19-Oct. 4
[ P ] Jackie Mason's Broadway-Bound Musical Laughing Room Only Begins in Nyack, Sept. 19
[ P ] Paper Doll Is Finally Cut Out for Broadway, Starring Swoosie Kurtz and Judd Hirsch; Opens Dec. 8
[ P ] Menken, Bock, Harnick Talk Musicals at Oct. 20 Panel
[ P ] NYC's York Has Rodgers Award-Winning Musical, The Tutor, in Fall Reading Series
[ P ] Broadway Vets Anderson, Connell, Westenberg Join The Full Monty Tour
"Hairspray" Opens In Baltimore:
[ YN ] 'Hairspray' Launches National Tour in Md. by BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press Writer
The audience cheered the rats that crawl in front of Tracy Turnblad's Formstone row house; they laughed when Edna Turnblad entices her husband with the line, "The Orioles may score tonight." And when Tracy wins a scholarship to Essex Community College, the uproarious response drowned out the punch line.
[ BSUN ] Homecoming for 'Hairspray'
The can 'do spirit that infuses 'Hairspray' still has a hold on Baltimore by Linell Smith
At least 10 "Deaners" - regulars on the Buddy Deane Show, a live dance program that captivated filmmaker John Waters and helped define the late '50s, early '60s in Baltimore - were at the Mechanic last night to welcome the award-winning Broadway show to its rightful home.
[ BSUN ] Return engagement
It's official, hon. The national tour of Hairspray will return to Baltimore in fall 2005, when it will play a multi-week run at the Hippodrome Theatre.
[ BSUN ] Photo Gallery: Hairspray Opens In Baltimore
[ BSUN ] 'Hairspray' is a delight in the city that counts by Mary Carole McCauley
Review: 'Hairspray' national tour opens with a great new Tracy Turnblad
[ WP ] A Happy Homecoming For 'Hairspray' by Peter Marks
Review: The Tony-winning musical with the wishing-well take on '60s race relations opened at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre on Wednesday night in an effervescent evening that imbued the show's new national tour with a fairy-tale beginning.
Reviews:
[ NJ ] Anna delivers her message BY PETER FILICHIA
"Anna in the Tropics" brings not one, but three triumphs to Princeton.
[ INQ ] A Tolstoy classic is woven magically into workers' lives by Desmond Ryan
In his exquisitely written and imaginatively crafted new play Anna in the Tropics, Nilo Cruz entwines the novel with his play. The result is at once moving and magical.
[ ATW ] Pulitzer-Winner 'Anna': Poetic Beauty, Bewilderment and Awe
Review by Andy Propst
[ NJ ] 'Bold' in Belfast: Drama with an Irish accent deals with 'the troubles' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ ND ] A Play of Many Troubles by Gordon Cox
Dirty laundry and mundane lives in 1990 West Belfast
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BOLD GIRLS'
4 Women (And Who Needs Any Men?) by MARGO JEFFERSON
This play about four women in Northern Ireland moves beyond the sentimental and the formulaic feminine.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE NUCLEAR FAMILY'
They're Just Making It Up as They Merrily Go Along by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
This energetically haphazard improvisational production is the kind of show that evokes laughter born more of empathy than of ecstasy.
[ TB ] Far and Wide
Review by Matthew Murray
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Karen Ziemba, Brian d'Arcy James, and many more paid tribute to Chicago producer Martin Richards on Monday.
[ CST ] Stage or screen, Spain or U.S., Banderas is at home BY ANGELA DAWSON
Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas can still remember the stage fright he felt last spring when he made his Broadway debut in the musical ''Nine.''
[ CT ] Success has put playwright Parks in driver's seat by Michael Phillips
On the phone from her Venice Beach home, in the land of movie deals and twice-weekly car washes, Suzan-Lori Parks explains how one busy playwright, screenwriter, novelist and recently transplanted (as well as married) New Yorker solved a transportation problem.
[ BG ] A clearer vision is transforming old eyesores by Maureen Dezell
Back in the days when the Theater District was dark and dreary, a tattered pylon and tacky ticket trailer stood outside the Wilbur Theatre, symbols of a neighborhood in decline.
[ CSM ] Big theater on campus by Gregory M. Lamb
Think you can't fund arts in lean times? The Guthrie in Minnesota proved otherwise.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
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Thursday, September 18, 2003
Features:
[ NYT ] Baltimore Embraces Its Offbeat Child, 'Hairspray' by JESSE McKINLEY
The hit Broadway musical opened a planned multiyear national tour on Wednesday night in the city whose very grittiness inspired it.
[ TM ] Photo File by: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
Chess masters, Dance enthusiasts, and other stars smile for our cameras.
[ MH ] Miami-bred drama starts life on the road BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
PRINCETON, N.J. - In the early autumn warmth of this Ivy League town, inside a brand-new $14 million theater, the characters who changed Nilo Cruz's life have come back to life.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ PW ] Bacon Bits
Legendary urban planner and skateboarder extraordinaire Ed Bacon urges Philly toward a brighter future. By STEVE VOLK
At 93 years old, he's working on his memoirs, but Kevin Bacon's dad took some time to speak with us about Philadelphia's future.
News:
[ P ] As Hurricane Isabel Comes Ashore, Mid-Atlantic Theatres Shut Their Doors
Playgoers on the mid-Atlantic coast should inquire at point of purchase about refunds, exchanges and schedule changes for shows.
[ P ] Broadway Stars Tread the Catwalk at Sept. 29 Fashion Event
[ B ] Off-B'way's Tony n' Tina Head Back to the Altar
[ ND ] Three Plays Take The Local to NYC by Gordon Cox
Anna In The Tropics, Spamelot, and Pacific Overtures, etc.
[ P ] Benedick Bates, Son of Original Butley, Joins Lane in Boston Staging, Oct. 24-Nov. 30
[ P ] Company to Offer "Walkin' Broadway" Self-Guided Audio Tours of Time Square
[ P ] What's Neu? Target Audience Opens at La Mama, Sept. 18
[ P ] Renewing Their Bows: Tony n' Tina's Wedding Returns to New York City, Oct. 2
[ P ] Hair Tour Won't Tease Right Away; Production Details Still Being Combed Out
[ P ] Trevor Nunn's Anything Goes, with Barrowman, Begins West End Life Sept. 23
[ P ] New Solo Recording Available from Thoroughly Modern Millie Star
[ P ] O'Neill Playwrights Conference to Cease Open Submissions Policy
[ P ] New Musical, Luck!, Gets Debut at University of Michigan Musical Theatre Dept., Where Stars Are Born
[ P ] Griffith Interested inBroadway Revival of Sweet Charity
[ P ] Chess Star Julia Murney May Be Part of Paper Mill Baby
[ P ] King Kong Room Features K.T. Sullivan and Jessica Molaskey on Sept. 29
[ P ] Melissa Errico Returns to Joe's Pub in October
[ P ] Peters, Cook, Tartaglia, Feldshuh, Burke Join Flea Market's "Celebrity Table"
Reviews:
[ B ] CDs: A Fields Day by Ken Mandelbaum
UP IN CENTRAL PARK / ARMS AND THE GIRL (Decca Broadway)
[ CU ] Shakespeare In Hollywood
Washington Review by Rich See
[ TB ] Anna in the Tropics
New Jersey Review by Bob Rendell
[ TB ] Babes in Arms and Assassins
Los Angeles Reviews by Sharon Perlmutter
[ PW ] C'est La Vie by J. Cooper Robb
As Picasso (Jeffrey Coon) and his best friend Casegamus (Ben Dibble) sing about the "power of love" and the "power of art" in La Vie en Bleu--a French musical having its U.S. premiere at the Walnut Street Theatre--the show, like the two young men, seems full of passion and promise. Unfortunately, Casegamus quickly dies and so too does the production.
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[ BS ] O'Neill Ends Open Submissions by Leonard Jacobs
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, long a beacon for new American drama, announced it is no longer maintaining an open submission policy beginning with its 2004 Playwrights Conference. The organization has instead created a "National Selection Committee" consisting of 150 as-yet-unnamed "esteemed theatre professionals" who will, in turn, nominate a total of 250 scripts to be considered, with the deadline set for the end of October.
posted at 9/18/2003 01:58:19 PM by James Marino | Item Link
News:
[ BSUN ] Problem of relating to people by J. Wynn Rousuck
At Monday's Up Close discussion at the Mechanic with Waters and songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the latter mentioned that none other than Steven Spielberg has expressed interest in turning the Broadway hit into a motion picture.
Second item.
[ HC ] O'Neill Center Slams Shut Its Open-Admission Policy by Frank Rizzo
A great tradition at the O'Neill Playwrights Conference is ending, at least temporarily. The O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford is suspending its open-submission policy, under which anyone could mail in a play for consideration for the following summer's conference.
[ B ] LA's 2003 Ovation Award Nominees Announced
[ B ] Anna in the Tropics Sets Broadway Dates
[ B ] Sly Fox to Open at the Barrymore on April 1
[ NJ ] Center stage by Peter Filichia
'Anna' in the Royale
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 18
[ P ] This Is Our Youth, Directed by Woody Harrelson, Starts in Toronto, Sept. 18
[ P ] Judd Nelson and Tasha Lawrence Star in World Premiere of He She Them in Boston, Sept. 30-Oct. 12
[ P ] Louis Zorich Is Agamemnon to Wife Olympia Dukakis' Clytemnestra in NYC, February 2004
[ P ] Gelbart-Dreyfuss Sly Fox to Open at Barrymore Theatre on April 1
[ P ] Jacqueline Brookes to Star in Revival of The Chalk Garden
[ P ] Blues Clues: I Just Stopped By to See the Man Opens Geffen Season in L.A., Sept. 17
[ P ] Theatre de la Jeune Lune Has NYC Debut with Pared-Down Hamlet, Oct. 23-Nov. 2
[ P ] York's Mufti Series Has Kern, Ahrens and Flaherty and Lesser-Known Load of Mischief in Fall 2003
Features:
[ NYT ] A Clown Changes Costume and, Presto: Playwright by MEL GUSSOW
The playwright in residence at the Signature Theater this year is Bill Irwin, a clown and performance artist.
[ CST ] Hey, look me over BY MISHA DAVENPORT
You'd never know it, but Cy Coleman -- one of the living legends of Broadway -- is just as happy in a smoky jazz club as he is watching one of his musicals.
[ CST ] 'Nightclub' spotlights Latin dance evolution BY HEDY WEISS
Choreographer Graciela Daniele was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, moved to Paris as a young ballerina, and then became so entranced by "West Side Story" that she headed to New York to study jazz dance.
[ NYP ] THEY'RE DRAMATICALLY CHALLENGED by MICHAEL ROVNER
THIS isn't a show for the politically correct. In "I Am Not a Freak," a new off-off-Broadway production that opened Sunday at the People's Improvisational Theater in Chelsea, the cast members are identified in the playbill by their physical deformities, rather than their names.
[ HC ] Shakespeare Nation by FRANK RIZZO
Largest Bard Road Show In U.S. History Opens In New London With Military Version Of 'Othello'
[ YN ] Adams Says He Is a Stage Actor at Heart
Jonathan Adams, who plays a blue-collar dad during the tumultuous 1960s on the NBC series "American Dreams," says he's still a stage actor at heart.
[ B ] Photo Op: In Rehearsals for the Actors' Fund Chess Concert
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Bill Irwin in The Harlequin Studies
Reviews:
[ BG ] 'Lapdog' strays but returns to Chekhov by Ed Siegel
With Elisabeth Waterston.
[ BH ] 'Lapdog' loses emotional bite with overbearing comedy by Terry Byrne
[ BG ] 'Music' still sounds strong despite problems by Richard Dyer
In a couple of months "The Sound of Music" will celebrate its 44th birthday. It's looking pretty indestructible. It has survived Hollywood, a tour with Debby Boone, summer stock, high schools; it even survived the dreadful sound system that was in use at the Wang Center last night and distorted every word and tone.
With Marla Schaffel and Burke Moses.
[ BH ] Sound? Music? Nun of the above by Robert Nesti
[ TB ] A First Rate Production of Funny Girl at American Musical Theatre of San Jose
Review by Richard Connema
[ SFE ] 'Funny Girl' reigns on by Leslie Katz
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ NYT ] Recent Plays
Reviews of "Chocolate in Heat: Growing Up Arab in America" at The Tank and "Anna Bella Eema" at Here Arts Center.
[ NJ ] Cast in new light: African Globe gives twist to 'A Streetcar Named Desire' BY PETER FILICHIA
At the African Globe TheatreWorks in Newark, Tennessee Williams' most famous creation, Blanche DuBois, is meeting her brother-in-law, Stanley Cole.
posted at 9/18/2003 07:47:02 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
[ NYT ] A Long Shot in 'Chicago' Pays Off by ROBIN POGREBIN
Interview with Melanie Griffith.
posted at 9/17/2003 09:43:29 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Blind Item Received:
- According to an e-mail sent around this week by David Cote, David has assumed Jason Zinoman's position as theater editor at Time Out New York. Adam Feldman has moved into the second-string spot.
Little do they know, that Harvard-educated, understudy-tripping, back-stabbing bitch (Feldman) will write them all under the table... with a boa.
Congrats to our friend Adam! Wontorek needs to fork over the bucks to keep you now.
(You can stop humming now.)
posted at 9/17/2003 05:41:11 PM by James Marino | Item Link
[ CL ] Pat and Cat Do Argentina
Plus, griddle grease returns for 20th anniversary By Perry Tannenbaum
Charlotte Rep hits 20 with Pump Boys starring Jim Wann and Emily Skinner. We, of course, love Emily and just may jump in the car and go see the show right now. (8 hour drive into a hurricane area? Maybe not... but we still love her.)
posted at 9/17/2003 02:07:34 PM by James Marino | Item Link
News:
[ B ] Embrace Me, You Irreplaceable You by Ken Mandelbaum
In addition to previously mentioned Jennifer Westfeldt, Gregg Edelman, Peter Benson, and Stanley Wayne Mathis, the Broadway Wonderful Town cast is expected to include Nancy Anderson, Randy Danson, David Margulies, Michael McGrath, Raymond Jaramillo McLeod, and Tim Shew. McLeod, along with leading lady Donna Murphy, appeared in the Encores! Wonderful Town.
[ P ] Cerveris, Pashalinski Join Mason in McCarter-Second Stage Wintertime
[ P ] Not Ready for Prime Time: Jeff Daniels Pulls His Evening of One-Acts from Purple Rose Slate
In a theatre world where the term "scheduling conflicts" is euphemistic for artistic differences or undercooked work, the plainspoken actor-playwright Jeff Daniels did the unthinkable.
[ P ] Patinkin's Showtime Series "Dead Like Me" Renewed
[ P ] Christopher Durang's Adrift in Macao May Reach Off-Broadway in 2003-04
[ P ] Brent Barrett Extends Chicago Run
[ P ] Simpson Wraps Flea in Cellophane Beginning Sept. 17
[ P ] Hollywood's Alice Ripley to Offer Benefit Concert for ArtSpeak!
[ P ] Mason, Pedi and Winther Set for Free Discovered Treasures Concert
[ P ] Red Hot Broadway Comes to the Acorn Theatre with B.J. Crosby
[ TM ] Anna in the Tropics Will Reach Broadway in November
[ TM ] Discovered Treasures to Showcase New Theater Songs
Features:
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Charles Shaughnessy in Urinetown
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News:
[ NYP ] 'TABOO'-HOO by MICHAEL RIEDEL
Despite big ads in The New York Times, an e-mail promotion to nearly 3 million theatergoers and a press conference featuring O'Donnell and her star, Boy George, that was carried by nearly every media outlet in the country, "Taboo" is not selling.
[ LAT ] Ovation nominations announced; well, mostly by Don Shirley
"The Woman in Black," "Anything Goes" and "Animal Farm" are ahead in the race, but a computer glitch has slowed a complete rundown.
[ LAT ] Wochner leaves theater group by Don Shirley
QUICK TAKES: After nearly three years, Lee Wochner has resigned effective Sept. 26 as president and CEO of L.A. Stage Alliance, the theater support organization formerly known as Theatre L.A.
[ BH ] Let the sun sh- Oh, never mind
"Hair," expected at the Shubert Theatre Jan. 20-Feb. 1, has been canceled because the national tour is not going on the road.
[ B ] Westfeldt Lands Role of Eileen in Wonderful Town
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 17
[ P ] Mom Is the Obstacle in Musical, Cupid and Psyche, Making Off-Bway Bow Sept. 17
[ P ] Atlantic Theater Season Begins Sept. 17 with The Night Heron
[ P ] More Naked Emotions: Married Couple Play Frankie & Johnny for Delaware Theatre Sept. 17-Oct. 5
[ P ] Who Is the King of Broadway When Producers Moves From L.A. to Road Again in 2004?
[ P ] Fabulist, the Musical Fable About Aesop, Gets NYC Readings Sept. 19
[ P ] Will 20th Anniversary Pump Boys, Revised and Starring Emily Skinner, Have a Future Life?
[ P ] Melanie Griffith May Reprise Roxie in Los Angeles Chicago
Features:
[ WP ] The Messy Truth of The Real 'Hairspray' By Laura Wexler
The hit Broadway musical is based on Baltimore's "The Buddy Deane Show," which was abruptly canceled in January 1964. The dance show was "the victim of an 'insoluble' integration problem."
[ BH ] Score one for `Memphis': Bon Jovi keyboardist adds rock touches to DJ musical by Terry Byrne
Inside a rehearsal room adjacent to the North Shore Music Theatre, young actors run through their lines, another group works on some dance moves and a third chats with director Gabriel Barre about the logistics of a particular scene. It looks like a typical rehearsal until the composer sits down at the piano.
[ BH ] DJ Phillips left 'Red, Hot' mark on radio by Terry Byrne
The subject of "Memphis."
[ BH ] New Rep's 'Girl's War' mirrors Czech actress' story by Terry Byrne
The possibility of an actress being cast in a starring role after a playwright sees her across a crowded room sounds like something out of Hollywood legend.
But that's what happened to Katarina Morhacova, who opens in the world premiere of "A Girl's War" at the New Repertory Theatre tonight.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Encores! chooses an old favorite for this season's line-up, prompting Filichia to wax nostalgic.
[ DN ] A small-scale 'Iguana' by Howard Kissel
Food for Thought began its eighth season of lunchtime theater at the National Arts Club on Monday with a reading of "The Night of the Iguana," featuring Lynn Redgrave, Kathleen Turner and Daniel McDonald.
[ NYP ] JOLLY GREEN GIANT by BARBARA HOFFMAN
HUGH Jackman may be making his Broadway bow as "The Boy From Oz," but it's Audrey II - the mean, green eating machine at the dark heart of "Little Shop of Horrors" - who'll be the biggest thing on stage this fall.
Literally.
[ INQ ] In Princeton's new theater, quite a prize by Desmond Ryan
Interview with Nilo Cruz.
[ NYO ] The Chairs, Part II: George Wolfe Replies! by John Heilpern
All summer long, the question could be heard reverberating throughout the literary salons of the Hamptons: �What�s with Henry V�s chairs?�
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ NYT ] BOLDFACE NAMES
And Yet, They Take Weeks to Return a Call by JOYCE WADLER
Here is our theory about "The 24 Hour Plays." Some joker was sitting around in a barroom haze one evening and wondered aloud whether it would be possible for actors to be any more wired than they already are after a performance.
[ USA ] Actors stage a timely benefit by Donna Freydkin
For those cursed with short attention spans, it was a chance to see Christina Ricci, Julianna Margulies and Brooke Shields raw, relaxed and all rolled together into one two-hour show.
[ TS ] Four hands, two viewpoints by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
When Two Pianos, Four Hands opened at the Tarragon Theatre on April 2, 1996, it's unlikely anyone thought it would be become one of the biggest Canadian hits of all time � least of all its creators: Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt.
Reviews:
[ NYT ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Other Voices, Other Lives From Solo Conjurers by BRUCE WEBER
In their current New York shows, the actors Heather Woodbury and Michael Isaac Connor explore the full range of the solo form.
[ ND ] 'Phantom' Sings A Different Tune by Michael Bracken
With Bradley Dean, Jennifer Zimmerman and Robert Ousley.
[ CU ] La Vie en Bleu
Philadelphia Review by Kathryn Osenlund
[ TS ] These Dogs won't hunt by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Who let these dogs out?
John Christian Quinn has wanted to turn Quentin Tarantino's 1992 film Reservoir Dogs into a stage play for years.
Having seen it, I wonder why.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Features:
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Edward Albee
"I'm not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production of Samuel Beckett running," said playwright Edward Albee at a recent press conference.
[ TM ] You Must Take The "A" Train by: Michael Portantiere
An intrepid band of theater artists rides the rails to create a series of 24-hour plays.
[ B ] First Person: In The Name of The Father by Michael Isaac Connor
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Recent Tragic Events: Heather Graham
News:
[ YN ] Showtime Revives 'Dead' for 2nd Year
[ P ] Gregg Edelman in Talks to Star in Broadway Revival of Wonderful Town
[ P ] Jackman Oklahoma! DVD Release Pushed Back to Nov. 18, Features Added
[ P ] Andrew Lloyd Webber to Leave Art, Costumes, Sets to Native England
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News:
[ P ] Mamma Mia!'s Louise Pitre Is Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd
Pitre will play the pie-baking Mrs. Lovett in the Calgary Opera Company's production of the famed Stephen Sondheim musical Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2004.
[ P ] Valerie Harper Brings All Under Heaven to Queens, Nov. 6-9
[ P ] Stroman/Weidman Contact Wins 2003 Emmy Award
[ P ] Jeffrey Sweet's Sol Schumann to Have New York Premiere in 2004
[ P ] Tim Dowlin Wins 2003 Oppy Award for Corner Wars
Reviews:
[ TB ] Wilderness of Mirrors
New Jersey Review by Bob Rendell
posted at 9/16/2003 03:09:33 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ B ] Looking Back: Radio City, Early '80s by Ken Mandelbaum
I hear that Jennifer Westfeldt (who co-wrote and played the title role in the film Kissing Jessica Stein) will play Eileen in the Broadway Wonderful Town. And I hear that Gregg Edelman looks set as leading man.
[ B ] Wait Until Dark Revived in the West End
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Things Could Be Better
The grosses were still in a slump--even a big hitter such as The Lion King was under 90% capacity.
[ P ] Floyd Collins, Fortune's Fool, Big Bang, Romeo & Bernadette Among 2003 Florida Carbonell Nominees
[ P ] "Jerry Herman � The Lyrics" Due in Stores in October
A new tome featuring the complete lyrics of Jerry Herman is slated for an October 31 release.
[ P ] Marc Kudisch and Edward Albee Salute Ned Rorem Oct. 27
[ P ] Caldwell, Harris, Parsons and Saint to Be Part of Kennedy Center's Williams Celebration
[ P ] Cast Set for John Rando-Directed Bright Ideas Off-Broadway, Opens Nov. 12
[ P ] Cabaret Series to Feature Mason, Kuhn, Barrett and McGovern
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: B'way's Little Shop Goes on the Record
[ B ] Photo Op: A Big Time in the Big City
posted at 9/16/2003 12:56:13 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ V ] 'Nine' lives on B'way TV
Revival legiter will hit pay-per-view, DVD
[ NYT ] Arts Groups Vie for a Home at Ground Zero by ROBIN POGREBIN
The Wooster Group, an experimental theater company whose founders include Willem Dafoe and Spalding Gray; a nonprofit multiracial theatrical group that recently produced the popular new musical "Zanna, Don't!" off Broadway; and an international art-glass center that wants to offer demonstrations are just a few of the more than 70 arts groups that are now formally vying to be part of the ground zero redevelopment.
[ NYT ] Remembering Hume Cronyn, Vivacious on Stage and Off by JESSE McKINLEY
A tribute to Hume Cronyn, the character actor who who died in June, was held at the Shubert Theater yesterday.
[ TM ] Hume Cronyn Memorialized at Shubert Theatre by: Michael Buckley
[ WP ] The Storied Ladies Of Tennessee by Jane Horwitz
Four divas of the drama will recall their encounters with the works of Tennessee Williams and the playwright himself in a symposium at the Kennedy Center on April 12.
To kick off the center's spring-summer theater festival, "Tennessee Williams Explored," actresses Zoe Caldwell, Rosemary Harris, Estelle Parsons and Eva Marie Saint will gather for an evening confabulation moderated by CBS's Charles Osgood.
[ V ] B'way B.O. not pretty, but it's been worse
'Gypsy,' 'Movin' Out' fall to vets 'Aida' and 'Chicago'
How is Broadway holding up during the cruelest month of the year? Twenty shows brought in a record $10,422,891, up a good if not great $708,116, or 7.29%, from the previous dud session.
[ TM ] Camp Broadway to Audition Kids for Bob Hope Tribute in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
[ B ] Casting Set for MCC's Bright Ideas and Frozen
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 16
[ P ] New Richard Dresser Play, Rounding Third, Steps Up to the Plate Off-Bway, Sept. 16
[ P ] Hugh Jackman Brings Peter Allen to Broadway in Musical The Boy From Oz, Sept. 16
[ P ] Sleeper: Danieley and O'Hara Star in World Premiere Fairy Tale Beauty at La Jolla, Sept. 16-Oct. 19
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: September 8-14
[ P ] Ah, to Be Out on the Links Again: Golf, the Musical, Has Off-Bway Tee Time Oct. 8
[ NYT ] For Younger Music Fans, a Club Is, Well, History by MICHAEL SLACKMAN
The Bottom Line owes its landlord, New York University, $185,000 in rent going back to 2000, and may be forced to shut down. The club has been a presence on West Fourth Street in the Village for nearly three decades, and its possible demise has alarmed many of its faithful, from longtime customers to music industry legends.
Features:
[ BG ] Lane gets serious about `Butley' at Huntington by Ed Siegel
[ CST ] Smoke signals from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright BY HEDY WEISS
Nilo Cruz, the Cuban-American writer whose play "Anna in the Tropics" was the surprise winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize, is a man with boundless faith in the power of literature.
[ B ] Q&A: Don Stephenson by Beth Stevens
[ NYT ] The Spotlight at the End of the Tunnel by CLYDE HABERMAN
The crew for "theAtrainplays" has produced seven series of playlets set on the A train since May 2002.
[ WP ] Out & About by Roxanne Roberts
Although award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig has been produced in New York and London, this is the first time one of his works has premiered in his home town.
[ R ] Stamos Broadway-Bound Again
"Rebecca said to me, 'You need to be in front of an audience,'" the former "Cabaret" star says.
[ ND ] Doing What an Actor Can't by John Bell
We dismiss puppets as kids' stuff, but they're everywhere for adults
[ TS ] A supercharged stage trio by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Interview with the Toronto cast of "This Is Our Youth," previewing this week....directed by Woody Harrleson.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Little Shop of Broadway
[ SFC ] She goes out there a youngster, and maybe she'll come back a star. But it hasn't happened yet. That's the uncertain life of an understudy in '42nd Street.' by Leba Hertz
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Reviews:
[ BSUN ] The Bard plays Hollywood by J. Wynn Rousuck
A no-holds-barred take on the making of Max Reinhardt's 1935 movie of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the new comedy may be the best work yet by Ken Ludwig, the Washington-based playwright whose Broadway successes - Lend Me a Tenor and Crazy for You - have been none too shabby.
With Alice Ripley, Maggie Lacey, Robert Prosky and Everett Quinton.
[ WP ] Memo Re Bill in L.A.: Fault Not in Stars by Peter Marks
In "Shakespeare in Hollywood," Oberon and Puck don sunglasses, chase skirts, fall in love and, as in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," get caught up in the affairs of mere mortals.
[ NJ ] Spy vs. spy
Espionage without the humor can be an ugly job BY PETER FILICHIA
Never mind James Bond's feats of derring-do or the spoofy antics of Maxwell Smart. "Wilderness of Mirrors," a new drama at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, shows us what the spying game really does to the people involved in it.
[ ATW ] 'Wilderness of Mirrors' at George Street Playhouse: Spy Games
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] Restrained 'Misbehavin''
Review by Andy Propst
[ NYP ] 'BUTCHER' CUTS IT by DONALD LYONS
SATIRE, as George S. Kaufman once quipped, is what closes on Saturday night. Not so fast, George: There's a delightful, deadly satire called "Bernadette and the Butcher of Broadway" - taking off from certain show-business happenings - that's running still and running strong.
posted at 9/16/2003 07:57:53 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Monday, September 15, 2003
[ B ] Abraham & Dennehy Set for Trumbo; Vidal Out
[ B ] Marni Nixon Set to Play Guido's Mother in Nine
[ B ] Tony Champ Contact Wins Creative Arts Emmy
[ P ] Minnelli, Daly, Mazzie, McKechnie, Ripley, Vereen and More to Sing Happy Oct. 25
Stars are lining up for the upcoming S.T.A.G.E. Too concert event, Sing Happy: The Words & Music of John Kander and Fred Ebb, to benefit The Actors' Fund of America.
[ P ] NYC Character Actors Eligible for Richard Seff Award, Administered by Equity in 2003-04
Richard Seff, a busy Broadway agent who made a mid-career change and became a character actor, has endowed an award in his name to be given to a mature character actress and actor every season in New York City.
[ P ] Freeman and Hess Among Fame on 42nd Street Company; Complete Casting Announced
[ P ] Beauty Queen's Brian O'Byrne and Real Thing's Laila Robins to Star in MCC's Frozen
[ P ] Broadway Theater Institute's Awards Go to BMI Workshop, Editor John Willis and More, Sept. 15
[ P ] Lewis' While We Were Bowling to Have Premiere at Buffalo's Studio Theatre
[ P ] F. Murray Abraham and Brian Dennehy To Star as Trumbo Off-Broadway
[ P ] Cast of The Thing About Men Discuss Show at Barnes & Noble Sept. 15
[ P ] Bob and Margery Boyar, the Couple That Insured Broadway, to Retire
[ P ] Hume Cronyn Remembered Sept. 15 at Shubert Theatre
[ P ] Food for Thought Begins New Season Sept. 15 with Turner and Redgrave
[ P ] Biltmore Theatre Re-Opens for Business Sept. 15, After 16 Years of Darkness
[ P ] "Broadway's Lost Treasures"�Featuring Tony Highlights�Available for Sale Sept. 16
[ P ] Madigan, Harris and Ferrell to Star in Rapp's "Winter Passing"
[ P ] "Dharma and Greg" Star Cast in World-Premiere Arthur Laurents Play in N.J.
[ P ] Barbara Cook to Release Holiday CD October 7
[ P ] Voice of "My Fair Lady" and " West Side Story" Joins Nine on Broadway, Oct. 7
[ P ] Gypsy Star Heads to the Chatterbox Sept. 18
[ P ] Encores! Bash Concerts to Celebrate 60 Years of City Center in November
[ TM ] Luker, James, and Others to Sing Kander for New Voices
[ TM ] Kudisch, Vroman, Albee, et al. to Honor Ned Rorem
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[ B ] Random Notes on This and That 9/15/03 by Ken Mandelbaum
You may recall that Vanessa Williams cancelled appearing in Encores!' No Strings on two occasions. But I'm hearing that she may make up for it by starring in Encores!' upcoming Can-Can. Encores! is also doing Bye Bye Birdie, but Williams has done that one already..........
News:
[ B ] Tickets Now On Sale for Greenberg's Violet Hour
Reviews:
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright reviews Helen Sheehy's new book on the life of the legendary actress Eleanora Duse.
[ TB ] My Fair Lady
Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain
[ TB ] Ain't Misbehavin'
New Jersey Review by Bob Rendell
posted at 9/15/2003 11:26:03 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia recounts 15 musical theater miracles in which sure-fire flops turned into big-time hits.
[ V ] B'way bewitches H'w'd (again)
Tome-to-tuner route beckons film producers
If the Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical "Wicked" opens to glowing reviews next month, book agents may find themselves literally singing the praises of its producers, who may be paving the way for more book-Broadway-bigscreen transfers.
[ LAT ] It's crazy, 'Sexie,' cool by Hugh Hart
Comedian Eddie Izzard, who happens to be a transvestite, has built an unlikely career out of spouting the absurdities that fill his mind.
News:
[ NYP ] GIANTS STEP FOR B'WAY by BARBARA HOFFMAN
HEY, bud! What's that piano doing in the end zone? That's what some NFL fans may wonder tonight when Broadway's "Movin' Out" moves in - along with stars from "Mamma Mia!" and "Hairspray" - to perform in the halftime show of Monday Night Football's Giants-Cowboys game in the Meadowlands.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Julia Roberts stage rumors; "Little Shop"; "Avenue Q"; Gerald Schoenfeld.
[ NYT ] Hume Cronyn Memorial to Be Held at Noon Monday
[ NYT ] Arts Briefing by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Less than 24 hours after they were written, cast and rehearsed, six plays will have their world premieres on Monday at the American Airlines Theater.
Plus news of the National Theater of Scotland and "Food for Thought."
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 15
[ P ] "It's All Relative"�with Sieber, Hickey and Harris�Debuts Oct. 1
[ P ] The Great White Day: Neuwirth, Cumming Perform in The 24 Hour Plays Starry Benefit, Sept. 15
[ P ] Cassidy, Groener, Golden, Chamberlin are Assassins for L.A.'s Reprise! Concert, Sept. 15
[ P ] New Cy Coleman Musical Like Jazz Opens World Premiere in Los Angeles, Dec. 4
Reviews:
[ NJ ] Cheap tricks BY PETER FILICHIA
Small cast, thin orchestra make for subpar 'Ain't Midbehavin''
[ TB ] Waiting for the Parade
Review by Matthew Murray
[ CST ] Updated 'Shrew' pretty but unconvincing BY HEDY WEISS
With Ryan Shively.
posted at 9/15/2003 07:47:32 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, September 14, 2003
News:
[ YN ] Woodard, Dutton Among Emmy Winners
Actress Alfre Woodard and actor Charles S. Dutton were among the winners at the creative arts Emmy Awards, a precursor to the main ceremony later this month.
[ YN ] List of Emmy Creative Arts Winners
The winner for Classical Music-Dance Program: "CONTACT (Live From Lincoln Center)," PBS.
[ I ] Lloyd Webber to leave his art collection to the nation by James Morrison
Lord Lloyd-Webber is to leave his priceless art collection in trust to the nation when he dies - together with sets and costumes from the musicals that earned him his millions.
Thanks to ElleWhy on All That Chat for the link!
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Lynn Redgrave and Kathleen Turner at "Food for Thought," and an all-star memorial service on Monday for Hume Cronyn at the Shubert.
[ NYT ] POSTINGS
865-Seat Skirball Center to Open on La Guardia Place by DAVID W. DUNLAP
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 14
[ P ] Special Actors' Fund Performance of Nine Set for Sept. 14
[ P ] "Radio Playbill" Goes Inside Little Shop Rehearsal Sept. 15-27
[ P ] Deborah Gibson to Release Broadway CD; Song List Announced
[ P ] Film of The Phantom of the Opera Begins Shooting in UK Sept. 15
[ P ] Broadway's Boy From Oz Hugh Jackman Featured on "Good Morning America," Sept. 15-16
Features:
[ ND ] A National Theater? Dream On by Linda Winer
It is time to set up another file marked National Theater. I have a stack of them already, of course, but my file cabinet is a sucker for anyone with a dream.
[ HC ] The Split Life Of Arthur Miller
An Illuminating, Real-Life Drama by FRANK RIZZO
When writer Martin Gottfried was looking for a subject for a new biography, he was stunned to discover there was no mainstream, contemporary, in-depth biography of one of America's greatest playwrights, Arthur Miller. Clearly, Gottfried felt, attention must be paid.
[ P ] STAGE TO SCREEN: �Taking Sides� and �Proof�
[ CT ] Pulitzer catapults Cuban playwright into limelight by Chris Jones
[ NYT ] Nilo Cruz's 'Anna Karenina' Lights the Cubans' Cigars by MEL GUSSOW
In the pulitzer prize-winning play "Anna in the Tropics," Jimmy Smits play a lector, a man who reads to workers in a Cuban cigar-rolling factory in Florida.
� Excerpt: 'Anna in the Tropics'
[ NYT ] 'Little Shop': `Hairspray's' Ancestor, and Now Its Neighbor by JESSE McKINLEY
"Hairspray" and "Little Shop of Horrors" � which have similar histories, scores, and characters � employ a campy cross of spoof and homage.
[ NYT ] F.Y.I.
A Heroine's Circle by MARGALIT FOX and GEORGE ROBINSON
Q. I understand that in the early 20th century there was an opera company in the city founded by Oscar Hammerstein. Is that the same Oscar Hammerstein who wrote all those Broadway musicals?
Second question.
But note that their answer is wrong, since Oscar I was the grandfather of Oscar II, not the father.
[ BH ] Waller, 1930s Harlem come to life in 'Misbehavin'' by Robert Nesti
With quotes from Richard Maltby Jr.
[ BS ] Breaking the Code? Equity Showcase Participants Square Off
While the Equity Showcase Code is perhaps the most popular way for artists to get their work in the public eye, it remains the subject of debate, criticism, concern -- even fury from many in the industry.
[ BS ] Historical Overview of the Equity Showcase Code
You can't properly consider the Equity Showcase Code without a historical perspective. Here's an overview.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ CPD ] Eric Coble: Playwright's work travels from Cleveland to New York
His play "Bright Ideas," which debuted on the Cleveland Play House main stage last season, is being cast for a New York production this fall.
[ NHA ] Shakespeare in nationwide release: Coming soon to a theater near you
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia has touted it as the largest Shakespeare tour in American history, and yet its launch may be the one high-profile theatrical event in Connecticut that New Haven�s arts boosters wouldn�t have wanted to lure here.
[ NHA ] TRANSLATIONS
Anne Bogart speaks language born of rapacious curiosity, reinvention by Laura Collins-Hughes
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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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