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Saturday, October 11, 2003

Features:

[ NYT ]  Babes on Broadway by JAN BENZEL
New York producers are working to lure a younger crowd. "The Lion King" is just the beginning.

[ TS ]  Martin in the middle by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Somewhere between his tragic past and current success, between nice guy and acidic wit, you'll find the real Martin Short

[ HC ]  Moreno 'Can Still Move' by JEFF RIVERS

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ ST ]  The New York transfer -- a gathering trend? by Rohan Preston

[ OS ]  Graduate school -- Broadway-style by Elizabeth Maupin

DAYTONA BEACH -- The waitress's feet are tired. She limps across the floor, one shoe on, one shoe off, collapses at a little table and swings a leg up to the tabletop.
"Ooh! My feet! My poor, poor feet!"
But Anita Endsley is singing, not speaking. And her audience isn't a couple of customers with potential tips. It's teacher Diane DiCroce, who until a few months ago was performing on Broadway in Les Miserables and is now coaching Endsley toward a similar goal.

Reviews:

[ DN ]  Try to follow these 'Footsteps' by Kay Gardella
Theater's loss is television's gain, thanks to Ira Levin's "Footsteps."

[ NJ ]  Audiences should shrink from poisonous 'Touch' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
"Oh, jeez, you're not reviewing that thing again?" groaned a colleague about an imminent visit to "Touch." "Don't you remember how awful it was when we saw it down in Louisville a few years ago?"

[ YN ]  'Touch' Amiable, Overwrought by JUSTIN GLANVILLE
Beware of characters named Zoe.
Greek for "life," the name invites all manner of pretentious wordplay, annoying even when well-intentioned.

[ CU ]  Dream on Monkey Mountain
Review

[ CU ]  Beckett/Albee
Review

[ CU ]  Little Shop of Horrors
Review

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Friday, October 10, 2003

Features:

[ TM ]  Tropical Cruz by: Dan Bacalzo
Nilo Cruz talks about the multiple productions of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics.

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: West End Star Marti Webb Chats About Evita, Song & Dance and New Millie Role

[ CST ]  Brooks brings his 'baby' back BY MARY HOULIHAN

Mel Brooks loves to talk about "The Producers."

[ BS ]  Genteel Giant
Edward Herrmann is no stuffy aristocrat, but he sure can act like one.

[ BS ]  Once More, With Healing
Performers overcome major health setbacks to forge their careers.

[ B ]  Video: Little Shop Blooms on Broadway

[ B ]  Video: Taboo Press Rehearsal

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Opening Night of Beckett/Albee

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Never Gonna Dance in Rehearsal


Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Reports on Off-Broadway's Omnium Gatherum, Dutch Heart of Man, and Rounding Third, plus cabaret's Gashole.

[ TB ]  Shakespeare in Hollywood
Washington Review by Tracy Lyon


News:

[ B ]  Frenchie Davis to Star in Dreamgirls Mini-Tour

[ B ]  Tickets Now on Sale for Fawcett in Bobbi Boland

[ TM ]  Herb Gardner Memorial Set for October 28

[ BS ]  U.S.-U.K. First-Look Deal: Mixed Reviews by Leonard Jacobs

The late-September announcement that Broadway producers Bob Boyett and Bill Haber had reached a three-year first-look deal with Britain's National Theatre has generated little optimism and something of a sense of resignation from three key figures in the American regional theatre scene.

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 4-10: Mitchell Meets Robbins Redux

[ P ]  MSG A Christmas Carol Holds Open Auditions for Tiny Tim and Other Child Roles, Oct. 13

[ P ]  Character Actress Florence Stanley, of TV and Broadway, Dead at 79

[ P ]  Contact Movie Is Perhaps One Draft Away from Filming

[ P ]  Feldshuh Honored at Dec. 8 Gala; Chenoweth to Perform

[ P ]  Herb Gardner Remembered at Oct. 28 Memorial at Bway's Booth Theatre

[ P ]  Bells Are Ringing, Titanic Star Reveals The Tricky Part in Long Wharf Workshop, Oct. 15-25

[ P ]  New Seussical Tour Launches Oct. 10 in a Town With a Name Worthy of Dr. Seuss: Yakima

[ P ]  Jerry Springer�The Opera CD Hits London Stores in November

[ P ]  Report: Democracy Will Not See Broadway in 2003-04 Season

[ P ]  Seattle's ACT Theatre Plays New Drama Omnium Gatherum, Oct. 10-Nov. 2

[ P ]  Anything Goes Longer

[ P ]  Bea Arthur Cancels West End Shows Due to Illness

[ P ]  Andrew Lippa and Jason Robert Brown Work Featured in London's Notes from New York

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[ B ]  Stage & TV Star Florence Stanley Dead at 79

[ IBDB ]  Florence Stanley's Broadway Credits

[ B ]  Random Notes on This and That: 10/10/03 by Ken Mandelbaum

Rumor has it that when Delta Burke concludes her run as Mrs. Meers in the Broadway Thoroughly Modern Millie, her successor might be Florence Henderson.

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[ STARS ]  BRIAN MURRAY, SEEMINGLY ALWAYS EMPLOYED, IS TOGETHER AGAIN WITH HIS MAID MARIAN IN BECKETT/ALBEE
by ELLIS NASSOUR

He�s back, and Marian�s got him � again! The "he" would be Brian Murray, blessed by almost always being theatrically employed as actor or director; and the "Marian" is � honestly, folks, isn�t there only one Marian? : Marian Seldes [the almost royal Marian, a.k.a. St. Marian of the Proscenium]. The dynamic duo, who long ago became intimate friends, are onstage together again �having the time of their lives� [says Murray] for the first time since Albee's The Play About the Baby. The production this time around is Beckett/Albee, reviving four rarely performed one-acts by the playwrights.


News:

[ NYP ]  THE DRAMA KINGS by MICHAEL RIEDEL
ON Broadway, the play's the thing that's making the cash register ring.
Sure, all the Broadway musicals are bragging about their advances - $10 million for "The Boy From Oz," $8.5 million for "Wicked," 20 cents for "Taboo" and "Wonderful Town" combined - but the little straight plays are sitting on a nice pile of cash, too.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Broadway Waits For 'Democracy' by JASON ZINOMAN

Because of scheduling conflicts, it seems unlikely that the popular drama "Democracy," now in London, will reach New York before the Tony deadline on May 7.

[ P ]  Elizabeth Berkley, Bob Dishy, René Auberjonois Join Dreyfuss in Sly Fox Cast
Elizabeth Berkley, Bob Dishy, René Auberjonois, Bronson Pinchot and Irwin Corey will provide support to star Richard Dreyfuss in the upcoming Broadway revival of Larry Gelbart's comedy Sly Fox, set to open at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre on April 1, 2004.

[ B ]  Auberjonois, Berkley, Dishy & Pinchot Set for Fox

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX

DAME Edna's 22-year-old son, Oscar Humphries, has broken up the three-year marriage of gorgeous Jimmy Choo CEO Tamara Mellon, who is 37.
If only she had met Dame Edna's son Kenny first...

[ B ]  Angie Schworer to Flaunt It as B'way's New Ulla

[ TM ]  Kitt and Other Stage Stars on Screen in Anything But Love

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH

TODAY at 3 p.m., the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel will be the scene of biblical legend.
A new musical epic "Samson & Delilah" will be presenting songs and scenes before its inevitable bow on Broadway.
Third item.

[ BG ]  Playwright gives a Majestic anniversary gift by Maureen Dezell
Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, best known for "Three Viewings" and "Scotland Road," has adapted the 1903 George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart classic "The Fabulous Invalid" with the Majestic playhouse in mind.
With Alice Ripley.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 10

[ P ]  Make the Man Love Me: Goodspeed's Revised Tree Grows in Brooklyn Sprouts Oct. 10 at Goodspeed


Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Longtime actor and agent Richard Seff discusses his career and his new award for character actors.

[ NJ ]  'Wintertime' lures Mason back to acting BY PETER FILICHIA

[ P ]  The Song Is Them: Never Gonna Dance Troupe Reinvents Fred, Ginger and Jerome Kern

[ CT ]  Popularity of a regular Joe by Chris Jones

Joe DiPietro gets acclaim playing to the masses, not the critics

[ B ]  Photo Op: Murray/Seldes Team Up for Beckett/Albee

"Beckett/Albee" - Reviews:

[ ND ]  Inspired Double-Teaming by Linda Winer
Murray/Seldes underline the magic of Beckett/Albee

[ YN ]  Seldes, Murray Shine in 'Beckett/Albee' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'BECKETT/ALBEE'
Match Made for Albee, Giving Beckett His Due by BEN BRANTLEY

The bill of short plays at the Century Center offers a glimpse into the essential similarities and differences between two of the 20th century's most significant playwrights.

[ NJ ]  Heartbreak and wit: Seldes and Murray shine in Beckett and Albee works BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ DN ]  'Beckett' is dull/'Albee' shines by Howard Kissel

Ever since 1960, when his "Zoo Story" was paired with Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape," Edward Albee has been credited with an intellectual depth his plays do not always display.

[ NYP ]  'ALBEE' ALL IT CAN BE by DONALD LYONS
MARIAN Seldes, that willowy dart of irony, and Brian Murray, that beefy ball of surprise, are America's greatest acting team, the sarcastic Lunts of the 21st century.

[ ATW ]  Two Masters of the Stage Tackle Four Dark Works With Graceful Humor
Review by Andy Propst

[ TB ]  Beckett/Albee
Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Beckett/Albee
Review by William Stevenson

[ TM ]  Beckett/Albee
Reviewed By: David Finkle


Other Reviews:

[ B ]  Touch
Review by Eric Grode

[ HC ]  One-Acts: Bold Theater by MALCOLM JOHNSON

"8 by Tenn."

[ NYP ]  BUMS AND GAL ROOMIE PREPARE FOR THE VERSE by DONALD LYONS
IT'S "Of Mice and Men," tricked out with a lot of cultural gimmickry and transplanted to England.
In "The Night Heron," by Jez Butterworth (author of the London caper play "Mojo"), two scruffy men live in a shack in the Cambridgeshire marshes and hunt rabbits for a living.

[ NYP ]  'ROUNDING THIRD' APPEARS HEADED FOR A WINNING RUN by DONALD LYONS

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Thursday, October 09, 2003

News:

[ B ]  Sara Gettelfinger Wins Role of Carla in Nine
Sara Gettelfinger is an understudy no more. Despite the official line that Jenna Elfman will be assuming the role of Nine's Carla after more rehearsal time, Broadway.com has learned that Gettelfinger has been offered an extended contract for the featured part.

[ P ]  Embracing Jerome Robbins, Jerry Mitchell Will Direct and Choreograph West Side Story for Bway

[ YN ]  John-Taupin Tunes Inspire Fox TV Series

[ NYP ]  SUCH A NICE BOY by ALISHA BERGER

He may be the man who writes the songs the whole world sings, but members of an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Jewish community know Barry Manilow only as a kindhearted benefactor who wrote a check to help them.

[ BS ]  Polly Warfield (1914-2003)
Back Stage West critic, columnist, and one of Los Angeles' most beloved theatre supporters Polly Warfield died Oct. 2. She was 89.

[ LAW ]  Queens of the Angels by Steven Leigh Morris
Polly Warfield, 1914�2003. Pamela Gordon, 1937�2003.

[ P ]  Guirgis' Jesus to Hop the A Train to Broadway in Fall 2004

[ P ]  You Know Them as Musical Directors, Now Hear Them as Composers, in Oct. 9 Song Concert in NYC

[ P ]  Anna Deavere Smith to Debut New Work at MoMA Oct. 21


Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: In Rehearsal with Never Gonna Dance

[ B ]  Photo Op: Jack O'Brien Honored at Casting Society Awards

[ B ]  Photo Op: Checking Out Caroline, or Change

[ PW ]  Services for the Def by J. COOPER ROBB

Russell Simmons takes poetry and turns it into politics.

[ BS ]  Fresh Eye for the Style Shy
BSW calls in a team of makeover experts to update two actors' images.

Reviews:

[ ATW ]  In Chapin's 'Everything Was Possible' the Reader Grasps the Follies Process
Book Review by Andy Propst

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[ B ]  Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train Heads to Broadway
Producers John Gould Rubin and Ron Kastner are planning to bring Stephen Adly Guirgis' acclaimed Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train, which began life at the LAByrinth Theater Company's Center Stage in July 2000, to Broadway next fall.

[ B ]  Me and My Girl to Return to the West End

[ P ]  Me and My Girl to Return to the London Stage

[ P ]  Sally Ann Triplett Chats About Role in West End Anything Goes

[ P ]  Noël Coward Festival Planned at London Theatre Museum

[ P ]  Lyle Bettger, Broadway Actor and Film Villain, Is Dead at 88

[ P ]  Broadway's Mitchell, "Sex"'s Davis and Real Exonerated Join Off-Broadway Show Anniversary

[ P ]  Cast Set for World Premiere of Lapine Drama Fran's Bed with Farrow at Long Wharf, Oct. 16-Nov. 23

[ P ]  Chess May Return to Broadway

[ P ]  Wonderful Town to Roll Back Ticket Prices to 1930's, Oct. 13

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Features:

[ B ]  Looking Back: '63-'64 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: New Stars of Nine


News:

[ P ]  One-Acts by "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" Author Betty Smith to Premiere in, Yes, Brooklyn, Nov. 13-22

[ P ]  "Theater Talk" Returns for Season Eight Oct. 17

[ P ]  Seth Rudetsky to Host SHINE Awards; Lorna Luft to Perform

[ TM ]  MTC Run of The Rhythm Club Canceled

[ TM ]  Wasserstein to Receive Friend of the Arts Award

posted at 10/9/2003 11:40:55 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



Features:

[ DN ]  'Living' for a dream by Robert Dominguez
Whether it was sharing a bench with stay-at-home society moms or Latin American nannies, playwright Lisa Loomer's languid mornings in a Los Angeles park turned out to be time well-spent.

News:

[ V ]  'Girl' to get makeover for West End
Armitage to o'see new version of 1937 musical

"Me and My Girl," one of the longest-running Brit tuners of the 1980s, will receive a major West End revival next spring.

[ ND ]  Theater Notes by Gordon Cox
From the department of reminders that the rest of the country isn't like New York comes news that the Barter Theatre, a respected community theater in Abingdon, Va., has provoked a local outcry and even some picketing with a nude scene in its current production of "The Liquid Moon," an award-winning play by John S. Green.

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
Russell M. Maitland, the producing artistic director of Allegro Productions in Lake Hiawatha, had such a hit with "Inside Out" in 1999 that he's decided to mount a new production and bring it off-Broadway.

[ HC ]  Forget directing, Ritchie wants to produce by Frank Rizzo

[ NYT ]  Lyle Bettger, Film Villain in Westerns and Noir Dramas, Dies at 88 by ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Lyle Bettger was best known for portraying ruthless types who were nonetheless imbued with sly charm in the westerns and film noir thrillers of the postwar era.

[ P ]  Listen to His Heart: David Friedman Revue Begins Previews Oct. 9

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: OCTOBER 9

[ P ]  Maggie the Cat Is Alive!: Broadway's Music Box Gets a Tin Roof Oct. 9

[ P ]  Beckett and Albee Meet Once More, as Off-Broadway Evening of One-Acts Opens Oct. 9

[ P ]  Revised John Denver Musical, Almost Heaven, Now a More Personal Portrait, Director Says; Opens Oct. 9

[ P ]  Tom Everett Scott Is Haunted Astronomer in Touch, Opening Off-Bway Oct. 9

[ P ]  Margulies and Turturro Take "Look" at Richard III, Oct. 10-12 at CSC


Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SEXIE'
A Male Lesbian Whose Appeal Is Mainly Cerebral by BEN BRANTLEY

Eddie Izzard, whose theme in "Sexie" is nothing less than civilization and its multifarious contents, traffics in delirious, dizzying circles of ideas and images.

[ NYP ]  BRIT WIT IZZARD DRESSES JOKES WITH FRENETIC STYLE by CLIVE BARNES

[ NJ ]  Now, that's show biz: A rich comedy and its fine crew cut through an economic straitjacket BY PETER FILICHIA

"Anton in Show Business" is the perfect play for Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre to mount in its new space at the Baird Community Center in South Orange.

[ NJ ]  Gloomy 'Heron' generates few chills BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ NJ ]  Lots of screwballs cross home plate BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

A wry account of two Little League baseball coaches who don't get along very well, "Rounding Third" is pitched more toward grown-ups than their little kids.

[ NHR ]  Cole Porter�s �Anything Goes� delivers a toe-tapping evening at the Shubert by E. Kyle Minor
With Klea Blackhurst.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

posted at 10/9/2003 07:42:30 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Wednesday, October 08, 2003

Features:

[ CP ]  Sophisticated Lady by David Anthony Fox
Karen Akers� worldly approach and intimate delivery make her a cabaret star for a new era.

[ B ]  The Thing About Being a Mom and an Actress by Leah Hocking

[ B ]  Photo Op: New Nine Leads Take a Bow

[ B ]  Photo Op: Ciao to Antonio & Melanie! (and Chita, Jane & Mary Beth!)

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Hugh Jackman in The Boy from Oz


Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos by: Michael Portantiere and Matthew Murray
Reviews of the cast albums of Avenue Q, Zanna, Don't!, and My Life With Albertine, all released on the same day.

News:

[ B ]  MTC Shelves Planned Return of The Rhythm Club

[ P ]  Rhythm Club Will Not Play Manhattan Theatre Club in 2003-04

[ P ]  Ellen Burstyn Tells All on Broadway as Oldest Living Confederate Widow, Dates Set

[ P ]  Weimer Photographers Play with Silver Nitrate Off-Broadway, Oct.14

[ P ]  Brothers and Lovers Sift Through Emotional Chaos in NYC World Premiere, The Attic, Oct. 23-Nov. 15

[ P ]  Aiming for Broadway, Night of the Hunter, the Musical, First Holes Up in California, Fall 2004

[ P ]  Steppenwolf Learns Its Lesson for Downstairs Theatre Production

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Moonwork Theatre Company Returns with Ceasar, Oct. 30

[ P ]  Casting Announced for Cabin in the Sky Concert by Musicals Tonight! in NYC , Oct. 21-Nov. 9

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Features:

[ TM ]  This Isn't the Oz That Was by: Gerard Raymond
Martin Sherman talks about rewriting The Boy From Oz for Broadway.

Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: Christmas in September by Ken Mandelbaum
SCROOGE (Paramount)
MRS. SANTA CLAUS (Artison)

News:

[ P ]  McDonald, Mitchell, Groban and Zeta-Jones Take Part in Oct. 25 L.A. Concert; PBS to Broadcast

[ P ]  Sinatra Stageshow Salute at Radio City Music Hall Delays Start to Oct. 14

[ P ]  Everything Old is New Again: The Boy From Oz To Be Recorded Oct. 20 for Nov. 18 Album Release

[ P ]  LAByrinth's Dutch Heart of Man Extends Off-Broadway to Oct. 19

[ P ]  Defying Brain Tumor, Actress Nancy Walsh Stars in Off-Broadway Play Cincinnati

[ P ]  Broadway's Funny Girl To Perform "Smile" from New Album on "Oprah," Oct. 14

[ P ]  Complete Cast of Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's Harmony Announced

[ P ]  Walter Bobbie in Talks to Return as Director of Broadway-Bound Charity

[ P ]  PBS To Air Hugh Jackman Oklahoma! in November

[ P ]  Millie's Sutton Foster to Receive Governor's Award

[ B ]  Democracy Returns to the National in March

[ B ]  Acclaimed Brit Actor Denis Quilley Dead at 75

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[ B ]  Stage Notes: 10/08/03 by Paul Wontorek
I just got back from the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where I was lucky enough to catch the first public performance for the new leads in Nine.
Plus Taboo, Ted Chapin, and reader mail.

[ TB ]  5 O'Clock
Review by Matthew Murray

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[ NYP ]  ELFMAN OUT OF 'NINE' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
IT looks like they're going to have to find another girl for the swing.
Jenna Elfman has postponed her Broadway debut in the hit musical "Nine" indefinitely, and while the official word is that she needs more "rehearsal time," the unofficial word is that she's been given the hook and is looking for a way to make a graceful exit.

[ B ]  Walter Bobbie Returns to Planned Sweet Charity

Features:

[ NYT ]  Making Yanks Laugh? It's a Bit Dodgy, Mate by JESSE McKINLEY
Many of the British comics who are descending on New York this week firmly believe that American audiences have ample appetite for British fare.

[ NYT ]  Food Takes Center Stage, With Chefs in the Wings by FLORENCE FABRICANT
There are a number of new plays this season in which the food onstage is not only authentic but a fulcrum for the action.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Combing through Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide for mentions of stage musical versions of films.

[ YN ]  Many Tributes, Exhibits Drawn Up for Hirschfeld by Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter

News:

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 8

[ P ]  Oz Witches, Behind the Music: Wicked Begins Broadway Previews Oct. 8

[ P ]  Peter Hall's Betrayal, With Janie Dee, Opens in London Oct. 8

[ P ]  Hello, Birdie! Golf, the Musical, Has Off-Bway Tee Time Oct. 8; Opens Nov. 5

[ P ]  Primary Stages Starts New Season with Gurney's Strictly Academic, Oct. 8


"The Night Heron" - Reviews:

[ YN ]  'Night Heron' Is Gloomy by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW |'THE NIGHT HERON'
Poetry, Concrete and Cosmic, in a World of Losers by BEN BRANTLEY

Jez Butterworth's brooding play brings together a set of self-sabotaging characters who are all looking to uncover rhyme and reason in a brutal, random universe.

[ B ]  The Night Heron
Review by William Stevenson

[ TM ]  The Night Heron
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CU ]  The Night Heron
Review


"Rounding Third" - Reviews:

[ YN ]  Alter Egos Collide in 'Rounding Third' by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer
One doesn't need to be a baseball fan to enjoy this show, though it may leave some feeling like uninitiated spectators at a slow-moving pitchers' duel.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ROUNDING THIRD'
Little League Fathers With Two Views of the Field by BRUCE WEBER

This amiable new comedy about Little League traffics in the semblance-of-reality tropes used to encourage the audience to identify with the characters.

[ B ]  Rounding Third
Review by Celia Wren

[ CU ]  Rounding Third
Review

[ TM ]  Rounding Third
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo


Other Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott visit Little Shop of Horrors, review a Broadway vocal coach's cabaret act, and interview Olympia Dukakis.

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Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Features:

[ B ]  Q & A: 10/7/03 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  John Barrowman Chats About Return to Anything Goes Role in London

[ BS ]  Catching Up With...LaTanya Richardson

[ TB ]  Interview with Christine Toy Johnson by David-Edward Hughes


News:

[ P ]  The Color Purple Musical To Play Regional Tryout in Hopes for Broadway 2005

[ P ]  London Hit Democracy Extends to Dec. 30 and Jumps to Larger Theatre

[ P ]  Cabaret Sets New Closing Date on Broadway

The Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret, which recently announced its final weeks ending its long run at Studio 54 on Nov. 2, has set its new close date for Jan. 4, 2004.

[ P ]  Spread the Word: Tony Award-Winning Def Poetry Jam Launches Tour in Philadelphia, Oct. 16

[ P ]  Broadway's Chicago Welcomes Charlotte and Reva Oct. 7

Charlotte d'Amboise and Reva Rice join the Broadway company of Chicago Oct. 7.

[ P ]  Need a Red Upholstered Pew? Westport Country Playhouse Holds Oct. 18 Tag Sale

[ P ]  Gary Beach Is Back on Bway, Leaving a Trail of DeBris, and Applegate Is Max in Producers Oct. 7

[ P ]  Williamstown Head Ritchie to Succeed Davidson as Artistic Director of Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group

[ P ]  This Week in London: Anything Goes and Betrayal Open

[ P ]  TV Star Cole to Head Cast of London's Shell Seekers

[ P ]  Denis Quilley, London Stage Star, Is Dead at 75

[ P ]  Flower Drum Song Tour Plays Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre Oct. 7-26

[ P ]  "Just in Time for Christmas": Barbara Cook's Holiday CD Hits Stores Oct. 7

[ P ]  Cast Complete for Broadway's Bobbi Boland; Now to Begin Previews Nov. 4

[ P ]  New Tome Celebrates "Lyrics of Frank Loesser" in November

[ P ]  Ebersole Replaces Carmello and Edelman at Oct. 17 Concert; Hairspray's Shaiman, Too

[ P ]  NSMT's Season Includes Two World Premiere Musicals Plus Beauty, Kate, Nine and Swing!

[ P ]  Suddenly Seymour!: Little Shop Star Heads to the Chatterbox Oct. 9

[ B ]  Hare's The Secret Rapture to Play the West End

[ B ]  Bobbi Boland Announces Cast; Delays Previews

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Popular Previews

Theatergoers showed their penchant for previews last week on Broadway. Two new and intimate plays were introduced with warm receptions: Golda's Balcony, which grossed $103,665, and The Retreat From Moscow, which grossed $140,023.

[ B ]  Ritchie to Serve as New Artistic Director of CTG

Reviews:

[ ND ]  Allegorical Birds of a Feather by Gordon Cox
'Night Heron' trio tends a garden rife with symbolism

[ ND ]  Little League Play Touches No Bases by Linda Winer
"Rounding Third."

[ TM ]  He She Them
Boston Review By: Sandy MacDonald

TV actors get no respect -- and after suffering through He She Them, an insipid romantic dramedy at the Shubert Theatre, it's easy to understand why.

[ TM ]  Anna in the Tropics
Costa Mesa Review By: Jonas Schwartz

[ VV ]  Henry IV, Square One
Director's Shakespeare, then un-director's Shakespeare. When do we get Shakespeare? by Michael Feingold

Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare

[ VV ]  The interpretation of 'Dream': Walcott comes to Harlem by Charles McNulty
Dream on Monkey Mountain

[ VV ]  Sightlines by David Kornhaber
The Cocteau Rep's Threepenny Opera

[ VV ]  Candid Nanny Camera
Good 'help' is easy to find in Loomer's sympathetic comedy by Alisa Solomon

Living Out by Lisa Loomer

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[ NYT ]  A New Artistic Director for Los Angeles Theater by JESSE McKINLEY
Michael Ritchie, the new artistic director of the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles, will plan the 2005-6 season for its three theaters.

[ LAT ]  Direction, not directing by Diane Haithman and Don Shirley
Michael Ritchie, tapped to take over Center Theatre Group, is hailed for his focus on the overall picture.

Features:

[ NYT ]  London Theater Spreads Its Cheer by MEL GUSSOW
Nicholas Hytner, the successful new director of the National Theater in London, plans to bring selected plays to New York and other cities.

[ DN ]  'Nine' calls out to Stamos by CELIA McGEE
Sitcom star and phone pitchman ready for big role

[ YN ]  'Nine' to Get Seven New Actors for Show by MICHAEL KUCHWARA
To play to Kitt's strengths, a waltz that was in the original 1982 Broadway production has been reintroduced, replacing a tango number designed especially for Rivera. Still, Kitt calls jumping into a show "scary."

[ DN ]  Sinatra swings all over again by DAVID HINCKLEY

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ DP ]  In the Golden age of punk, she had the Midas touch by John Moore
Sure, Annie Golden is a Broadway star. Of course, she was cute as a pixie in Milos Forman's 1979 film classic, "Hair." But ladies and gentlemen, Denver also will be home for the next eight months to one of the most important figures in the New York punk rock movement of the late 1970s.

[ SD ]  STAGING GROUND by Anne Marie Welsh
His heartfelt Pulitzer prize-winning play projected Cuban-born Nilo Cruz into the limelight

[ SS ]  Playwright's life has many of same turns as his 'Say Goodnight, Gracie' by Jack Zink

[ MN ]  Taking a bite out of the big apple by Karen D'Souza

Three Children's Musical Theater alums leave the South Bay for Manhattan to pursue their dreams of making it on Broadway

[ BR ]  Small shows landing big names by ROBERT FELDBERG
The producers of "Trumbo," a very modest off-Broadway show, did a very smart thing. They hired Nathan Lane, one of the most popular stars in New York theater, for the lead role, and thereby got lots of attention.

News:

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
LIZA MINNELLI writes in the new issue of Vanity Fair about her long association with composers Fred Ebb and John Kander.
Second item.

[ ND ]  Ziegfeld Girls' Club Comes Home by Shaya Mohajer
The Ziegfeld Girls' Club, an actors group originally started by the women who performed in the popular and extravagant stage shows of the early 1900s, Monday returned to its midtown Manhattan home after being without its own office space for nearly three years.

[ TM ]  Ford's Theatre and Lincoln Museum Reopen in D.C.

[ WP ]  Backstage: The Twilight of a 'Caveman' by Jane Horwitz

Rob Becker's One-Man Show Trudges Into Town for a Farewell Tour

[ NYT ]  Denis Quilley, 75, Actor of British Stage and Screen, Is Dead
Denis Quilley was a booming-voiced British actor who starred in several major West End musicals and was a mainstay at the National Theater.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 7

[ P ]  Fantasies Come True: Broadway's Avenue Q Cast Recording Released Oct. 7

[ P ]  Eddie Izzard Returns to New York in Sexie at City Center, Oct. 7-11

[ P ]  Remember My Name: Fame Begins Off-Bway Run Oct. 7

[ P ]  John Stamos, Eartha Kitt and Marni Nixon Join Broadway's Nine, Oct. 7

[ P ]  You Know Two Gents, Now Meet Noble Kinsmen, at The Public Theater Oct. 7-Nov. 9

[ P ]  Facing the Music, Hamill Offers Bergen Six Dance Lessons at the Belasco Starting Oct. 7

[ P ]  Mysterious Stranger Sets Drama in Action in Off-Broadway's Night Heron, Opening Oct. 7

[ P ]  Little League Dads Spar in Rounding Third, Opening Off-Bway Oct. 7

[ P ]  Zanna, Don't! and My Life With Albertine Cast Albums In Stores Oct. 7

[ P ]  Broadway Boy From Oz Box Office Reaches $10 Million in Advance Sales

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: September 29 - October 5

[ P ]  Broadway's Julie Andrews Signs Her New Children's Books in New York City, Oct. 7

[ P ]  Call Waiting: Jenna Elfman Broadway Debut in Nine Put On Hold

[ P ]  Something Wicked This Way Comes:Schwartz Musical Delays Start to Oct. 8

[ P ]  Omnium Director Frears Helms World Premiere of Where We're Born, Nov. 11-Dec. 21


Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEWS | 'RIVALS'; 'THE BELLE'S STRATAGEM'
The Days of Bons Mots and Arranged Marriages by WILBORN HAMPTON

Two revivals of 18th-century plays show that the human foibles of that era are not all that different from those of the 21st.

[ ATW ]  Long-Forgotten Comedies Take to New York's Smaller Stages
'The Belle's Stratagem'; 'Good Morning, Bill'
Review by Andy Propst

[ NJ ]  Loves at first sight work out all right BY PETER FILICHIA
Carl Wallnau could make you believe in reincarnation.

[ ND ]  A Deliverer's Dream, Realized in All Its Complexity by Gordon Cox
What a strange, sprawling piece of theater "Dream on Monkey Mountain" is.

[ TB ]  Days of Wine and Roses
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Homebody/Kabul
Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter

[ NYT ]  BOOKS OF THE TIMES | 'IN BLACK AND WHITE'
The Mimic Who Sang 'I Gotta Be Me' by MICHIKO KAKUTANI

Wil Haygood's fascinating if somewhat bloated new biography of Sammy Davis Jr. draws a portrait of the performer as an insecure, often self-loathing man.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following reviews!

[ SD ]  'Tropics' is missing the smolder of Smits by Anne Marie Welsh

[ SD ]  The 'Proof' is in the staging by Anne Marie Welsh

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Monday, October 06, 2003

[ BBC ]  Film and TV actor Quilley dies
Quilley was hailed as one of Britain's greatest actors

Actor Denis Quilley, whose movie roles include Evil Under the Sun and Privates on Parade, has died at the age of 75.
He died at his home on Sunday after suffering from cancer of the liver, according to the National Theatre.
His last stage performance had been at the venue in March when he appeared in the musical Anything Goes.

[ B ]  Random Notes on This and That: 10/6/03 by Ken Mandelbaum

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[ B ]  Wicked First Preview Postponed to October 8

[ CNYB ]  Applebee's big on Broadway
So... which Broadway show will be the first to cross-market?

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News:

[ B ]  Elfman Delays Nine Debut; Gettelfinger Goes On
Jenna Elfman will not be joining the cast of Nine on October 7 as original planned. According to a production spokesperson, Elfman will assume the role of Carla in the Tony-winning musical revival at a later to-be-determined date, to allow for additional rehearsal time. New stars John Stamos (as Guido Contini), Eartha Kitt (Liliane La Fleur) and Marni Nixon (Guido's Mother) will still begin performances in the show on October 7 as previously announced.

[ P ]  I Am My Own Wife Makes Broadway Bow Nov. 11, Opens Dec. 3
I Am My Own Wife, playwright Doug Wright's character study of a German transvestite who survived the Nazis and the communists, will begin previews at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre Nov. 11, a shift from the originally-announced Oct. 28 start.

[ P ]  Be a Piano Man: Movin' Out Has "Big Shot Talent Search Contest," Oct. 7

[ P ]  Kirshenbaum and Goldfarb Working on New Bossa Nova-Flavored Musical

[ P ]  David Loud, Joel Fram, Georgia Stitt and Steve Marzullo Premiere Song Cycles in NYC Oct. 9

[ B ]  Tix on Sale for Pulitzer Champ Anna & Widow


Features:

[ TM ]  All Over the Map by: Dan Bacalzo
The Woman in Black in Los Angeles, The Werewolf of London in Dallas, and Witch Lady in Minneapolis

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Days of Wine and Roses
Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere

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Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Ready for a round of Show Music Roulette? Choose your weapons carefully!

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Donna Murphy interview (final item).

News:

[ V ]  'Color Purple' B'way bound in early '05
Co. also developing musical with AC/DC singer

The musical version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" is slated for an early 2005 arrival on Broadway following a tryout run at a regional theater in fall 2004.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 6

[ P ]  Melissa Errico Returns to Joe's Pub in October

[ P ]  Jamie deRoy Celebrates 300 Shows With Llana, Rhea, Luker, Orbach and More

[ P ]  Friedman's Listen to My Heart Offers Ticket Bargain

[ P ]  Liz Callaway Salutes the Sixties in October Concert

[ P ]  Rachel York is War Bride in Texas Staging of Summer of '42, With Added Song, Oct. 7-12


Reviews:

[ NJ ]  Taking risks has its rewards BY PETER FILICHIA
Once again, the Two River Theatre Company takes a big risk -- and succeeds.

[ BH ]  'He She Them' . . . Who cares? by Terry Byrne
Everything about "He She Them" is monochromatic.
With Judd Nelson.

[ BG ]  Legendary voices provide a double dose of enjoyment by Richard Dyer
Between them, Marilyn Horne and Barbara Cook have been singing professionally for more than a century.

[ LAT ]  'Anna in the Tropics' a combustible drama by Reed Johnson

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Sunday, October 05, 2003

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ FW ]  The girl of 'Summer' by Mark Lowry
When Casa needed an ideal beauty to open its renovated theater, it turned to Rachel York

[ NHR ]  At Hartford Stage, Tennessee Williams gets a short-play festival all his own by E. Kyle Minor

[ MN ]  Schmoozapalooza of musicals by Karen D'Souza

The National Alliance of Musical Theatre's 15th annual Festival of New Musicals.

[ PTR ]  Hello, Possums!: Dame Edna brings her show to Pittsburgh by Alice T. Carter

[ PPG ]  Dame Edna to visit Pittsburgh with 'the show that cares' by Christopher Rawson

[ BR ]  Yes, it is great to be in show business by ED CONDRAN

Like many girls, Tregoney Shepherd dreamed about performing on Broadway. Unlike the dreams of many of them, however, hers came true.

Other Features:

[ BG ]  Her part is thoroughly demanding by Catherine Foster
While Hurricane Isabel was lashing North Carolina, Darcie Roberts, the star of "Thoroughly Modern Millie," was onstage in a Raleigh theater, singing and dancing her heart out.

[ BH ]  'Hairspray' gives 'chubby charmer' a firm hold on stardom by Robert Nesti
Carly Jibson.

[ CST ]  It's good to be king BY DELIA O'HARA
The young Simba is one energetic cub the way 12-year-old Alex Bass plays him in Disney's "The Lion King," now at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in the Loop.

[ ND ]  Tharp's Full Dance Card by Linda Winer

[ ND ]  How He Got His Job

Darrell Grand Moultrie, 26, choreographer and actor in the Broadway musical "Aida."

[ HC ]  A New Act In A Tragic Epic?
The failed efforts of the last dozen years have turned what was once a state treasure into a theatrical disgrace of Shakespearean proportions, amid a twisted tale of personalities, power and politics.
The American Shakespeare Theatre.

[ TB ]  What's New on the Rialto - Mindy and Brenda and Matt & Ben by Beth Herstein

[ NYT ]  The Metaphysical Poets, Recited on the Fens by MATT WOLF

Bewildering a good many critics when it opened 18 months ago in London, Jez Butterworth's "Night Heron" works by allusion, ellipses and an appeal to the imagination.

[ NYT ]  'The Eternal Road,' in Endless Quest of a Stage by JOHN ROCKWELL
A new recording of "The Eternal Road" eliminates the spoken dialogue, making it into an opera-oratorio rather than a spectacle of words and music.

[ NYT ]  It Wasn't the Final Curtain After All by JOHN ROCKWELL
FRANK SINATRA was always larger than life. Now he's larger than death. "He's back . . ." trumpet the ads for a new spectacular, "Frank Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way," to be unveiled on Wednesday at Radio City Music Hall.

[ LAT ]  Puppets are people too by Stuart Miller
A surprising number of New York shows are supplementing their productions with puppets, enriching the theatrical experience with an element of freshness and purity that live actors can't match.

Obituaries:

[ LAT ]  Lyle Bettger, 88; Supporting Actor Often Was Cast as a Heavy
Lyle Bettger, 88, who played a variety of supporting roles in movies such as "Union Station," "The Greatest Show on Earth" and "Nevada Smith," died of undisclosed causes Sept. 24 at his home in Atascadero.

[ IBDB ]  Lyle Bettger's Broadway Credits

[ LAT ]  Polly Warfield, 89; L.A. Critic Known for Her Upbeat Theater Reviews by Don Shirley

Very few theater critics are beloved by the artists they review. In Los Angeles, Polly Warfield was the exception to that rule.

News:

[ V ]  B.O. steady; 'Lion' $1.5 mil
Road grosses

[ V ]  B.O. even; 'Out' 210g
Broadway grosses

[ YN ]  Bourret Accepts 'Gold Digger' Damages
Caprice Bourret, 28, who recently finished a run in the West End musical "Rent," was at the High Court in London to hear the settlement of her libel action against Associated Newspapers, publishers of The Mail on Sunday.

[ Z ]  Bach in the Saddle on 'Gilmore Girls'
Sebastian Bach.

[ TM ]  Batt to Host Third Annual "Gimme a Break" Gala

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 5


Reviews:

[ BH ]  Two classy ladies wax elegant with an evening of standards by Robert Nesti
It is always an occasion when Barbara Cook comes to Symphony Hall, but it was even more so last night when she was joined by the legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne for an evening celebrating the American Songbook called "Just Between Friends."

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: Three by Dorothy Fields and Ted Chapin's Follies
This week's column examines three recordings featuring the lyrics of Dorothy Fields as well as Ted Chapin's new tome, "Everything Was Possible."

[ CT ]  Marriott's 'Show Boat' floats smoothly down Ol' Man River by Michael Phillips

[ TB ]  Eat Your Heart Out
Review by Matthew Murray

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[ NYT ]  The Boy From Oz You Won't Meet on Broadway

[ NYT ]  Where's Larry Kramer When We Need Him?
Frank Rich and the 9/11 plays

[ NYT ]  The First Couple of Albee, and Now of Beckett
Marian Seldes and Brian Murray

[ NYT ]  Are the Toughest Crowds on Broadway Online?

[ NYT ]  Excerpt: The Night Heron by Jez Butterworth

[ P ]  Melanie Griffith Ends Broadway Chicago Run Oct. 5

[ P ]  Original Revival Stars Banderas, Krakowski, Rivera, Peil Exit Nine, Oct. 5

[ P ]  Film of Paul Newman Our Town to Air on PBS Oct. 5

[ P ]  Broadway's Thanksgiving Week Performance Schedule

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Delta Burke on "Regis", Julie Andrews on "The View"

[ P ]  Polly Bergen and Mark Hamill of Six Dance Lessons Guest on "Radio Playbill" Oct. 6-18

[ P ]  Macy's Gets Wicked Oct. 23

[ P ]  Buckley, Blazer, Blackwell, McDonald to Glitter at Musical Theatre Works' Bernstein Gala, Nov. 24

[ ND ]  That's Life, Again
Frank Sinatra at Radio City Hall

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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]

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Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

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Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

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

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Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)

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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]

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

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Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

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May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

TBA - Godspell

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Broadway Season

Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

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

Talked About
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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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