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Saturday, November 15, 2003
[ YN ] Tony-Winning Actress Loudon Dies at 70 by LARRY McSHANE
Broadway star Dorothy Loudon, winner of the 1977 Tony Award for her portrayal of the mean-spirited orphanage manager in "Annie," died Saturday at a New York hospital. She was 70.
Loudon, who lived in New York, had been battling cancer, said her manager and longtime friend, Lionel Larner.
[ IBDB ] Dorothy Loudon's Broadway Credits
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News:
[ NYT ] 'Wonderful Town' Star to Miss Two Evenings by JASON ZINOMAN
Donna Murphy, the star of the first Broadway revival of "Wonderful Town," will sit out two preview performances this weekend while she recovers from the flu.
[ NYP ] B'WAY BREAD LINE FOR 'PRODUCERS' by ALY SUJO
When tickets go on sale Sunday for "The Producers" - starring the original cast - many of those snapping up front-row seats will be homeless.
Although none would confirm they had been hired by ticket scalpers to stand in line, several of them admitted they knew nothing about the show and that they had been driven up from Pennsylvania to stand in line.
[ ND ] It's 'Taboo' to Critics, But Show Has Fans by Robert Kahn
[ R ] Ancient Play to Be Shown After Text Found in Mummy
[ P ] Thing About Men Star Offers Solo Concert Nov. 15
Ron Bohmer � currently starring Off-Broadway in The Thing About Men � will offer a late-night cabaret evening Nov. 15.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 15
[ P ] Lincoln Center Theater Stages Kani's Truth in Newhouse, Nov. 15
[ P ] Broadway Welcomes Hollywood at April 19 Wing Benefit
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'JULIUS CAESAR'
Soliloquies in Sound Bites From 44 B.C. by MARGO JEFFERSON
We live in a media maelstrom, and the Moonwork theater company's "Julius Caesar" comes hurtling toward us right from its center.
[ CU ] Julius Caesar
[ ATW ] Julius Caesar: A Media Circus in Rome's Capital
Review by Andy Propst
[ TB ] Another Antigone
New Jersey Review by Bob Rendell
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following feature!
[ MST ] Linda Gray, Sue Ellen of 'Dallas,' drops into a new role, and drops her towel, too by Rohan Preston
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Friday, November 14, 2003
[ NYT ] With Lawsuit Thrown Out, O'Donnell Changes Hats by JESSE McKINLEY
On Broadway, it would have been hard to argue with Rosie O'Donnell's standing in the court of public opinion.
Features:
[ TM ] Are the Stars Out Tonight?
David Barbour muses on the phenomenon of Broadway actors missing performances.
[ B ] Q&A: Nilo Cruz by Beth Stevens
[ NYT ] Brooklyn Accents and Trends Are Central to One-Woman Show by TARA BAHRAMPOUR
Deanna Pacelli stars in a one-woman show called "There Goes the Neighborhood," which is inspired by Brooklyn residents.
[ LAT ] The best defense by Richard Stayton
Tim Robbins worried that a chill is blowing in the country, but it was no longer enough to merely protest the war -- he wrote 'Embedded,' a play about journalists and troops in place called Gomorrah.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: The Taboo Cast Takes Their Opening Night Bow
News:
[ YN ] Star of 'Blondie' Films Dies at 95
Penny Singleton, who brought the comic strip character Blondie to life in a popular series of films and was the voice of the mother on "The Jetsons," has died.
Very sorry to hear this � a friend of mine was very close to Penny. I saw her in person three years ago, and she was lively and lovely even then.
[ IBDB ] Penny Singleton's Broadway Credits
[ IBDB ] Dorothy McNulty's Broadway Credits
Penny Singleton's real name.
[ P ] Rosemary O'Reilly, Former New Face of Broadway, Is Dead at 78
Rosemary Farmer Corry, who, as Rosemary O'Reilly was one of the stars of New Faces of '52 on Broadway, has died at the age of 78, a friend said.
[ IBDB ] Rosemary O'Reilly's Broadway Credits
[ P ] Max and Leo and You: Box Office Opens Nov. 16 for Return of Original Producers; Stars Join Dec. 30
[ P ] London Theatres Play Musicals Chairs
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 8-14: Disharmony
[ P ] Kushnier Enters Bway's Rent Nov. 14, Justas Frenchie Davis Exits
[ P ] Wicked CD to Hit Stores in December
[ P ] Broadway's Sweeney Heads Boston Concert of Sondheim's Follies, Nov. 14-22
[ P ] Don't Let It Be Forgot: Arena Stage's Dark, Rough-Hewn and Multicultural Camelot Starts Nov. 14
[ SS ] Musical revue will set up shop at Parker by Jack Zink
Florida Follies is now pegged to open Jan. 8 and run through late March. Florence Henderson will be mistress of ceremonies over a song-and-dance troupe produced and directed by Jean Ann Ryan, mistress of supper club and cruise-ship floor shows.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Reviews:
[ ATW ] A 'Tepid' Cat
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] CD Review: Little Shop of Horrors
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[ B ] Q & A: 11/14/03 by Ken Mandelbaum
Word from the Gershwin Theatre is that Laura Bell Bundy (most recently seen as Hairspray's original Amber Von Tussle) will be Kristin Chenoweth's standby in Wicked.
But Mellisa Bell Chait went on for Kristin last night.
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Fame is fleeting (the Siegels hope), but Cleo Laine & John Dankworth are forever. Also: Notes on Sharon McNight at Mama Rose and a D.C. Anderson revue at the Duplex.
[ P ] DIVA TALK: A Chat with Heart's Anne Runolfsson PLUS News of Henderson, Mason & Gibson
News:
[ P ] Hare's Breath of Life Blows Broadway Bow Back to Fall 2004
[ P ] "Monty Python" Musical Spamelot Urged to Change Title by Broadway-Bound Camelot
[ P ] New Musical, Dr. Sex, Attracted to Broadway After Chicago Run
[ P ] Frank Langella to Join Ray Liotta for Broadway's Match
[ P ] Wealthy Chicagoans Come Down with AFFLUENZA!, at Victory Gardens, Nov. 14-Dec. 28
[ P ] Neil Patrick Harris Takes on Lee Harvey Oswald in Broadway's Assassins
[ P ] Listen to My Heart Revue Removes Closing Notice
[ TM ] Listen to My Heart Rescinds Closing Notice
[ P ] All-Star Auntie Mame Benefit a Sellout
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"Taboo":
[ B ] Photo Op: Taboo Opens on Broadway with a Bang
[ NYP ] 'TABOO' DEBUT by ALISHA BERGER and BILL HOFFMANN
Boy George has turned into something of pit-bull press agent, slamming anybody who criticizes the show - including The Post's Michael Riedel, who was banned from last night's premiere.
Said Riedel, "Fine. I'll cover the closing next week."
[ SUN ] It Came from the Eighties by JEREMY McCARTER
"Taboo" did not open last night as much as it burst, then oozed all over its audience. The musical whisks us back to early-1980s London, the New Romantic period, when if you didn't show up at the club wearing at least six colors and three textures, you weren't even trying. That's just the makeup.
[ DN ] Rosie's (yawn) tix still on sale by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
When a Daily News reporter asked an operator at Telecharge whether she could buy 20 seats to tonight's show, the operator replied, "There should be no problem."
[ B ] Did NYC Critics Really Want to Hurt Taboo?
[ WP ] 'Taboo': Boy George's Bad Karma by Peter Marks
Experiencing the stultifying "Taboo," you feel as if you could be standing on a shaky pier on the edge of theaterland, waving the SS Broadway Musical goodbye.
[ NYP ] BOY, GEORGE, IS THIS PRODUCTION A MESS by CLIVE BARNES
[ USA ] Preachiness takes fun out of 'Taboo' by Elysa Gardner
The London-based musical about '80s pop star Boy George turns out to be a delightful experience � that is, if you leave after the first act.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'TABOO'
Flagrantly Stylish, Outrageously Sexy by BEN BRANTLEY
Rosie O'Donnell's disastrously overcrowded tableau of a show about hedonists who hide their hearts can keep your head spinning for any number of reasons.
[ DN ] Rosie's big fat Taboo-boo by Howard Kissel
The show turns out to be more tedious than awful.
[ DN ] Still a Boy wonder in songs by Jim Farber
In the 1980s, Boy George proved himself a wiz at crafting 3-minute hits. In "Taboo" he has come up with several catchy enough to stand with his best.
[ NJ ] Rosie's 'baby' drags a bit despite hot songs BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ YN ] 'Taboo' Debuts With Some Sparkle by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
This messy yet musically flavorsome show has arrived at the Plymouth Theatre, trailing clouds of controversy.
[ HC ] Crazy '80s by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Boy George Musical Recalling Zany Club Scene Is Schizoid, And Sad
Malcolm Johnson's final review for the Courant (see news item below).
[ B ] Taboo
Review by William Stevenson
Rosie O'Donnell's Boy George musical has finally opened. And the verdict, like O'Donnell's recent court case, is a split decision.
[ TB ] Taboo
Review by Matthew Murray
There's enough here to suggest the show that so excited Rosie O'Donnell in London, but never enough to justify it as the exciting, invigorating show it so desperately wants to be.
[ TM ] Taboo
Reviewed By: David Finkle
"Harmony":
[ P ] Producer of Silenced Musical, Harmony, Said Potential Investors Promised Money That Never Came
Hours after company members of the dawning musical, Harmony, were told their show was shuttering due to undercapitalization, producer Mark Schwartz told Playbill On-Line he shares their heartbreak.
[ NYT ] Manilow's Musical Shuts Down Production by JESSE McKINLEY
[ INQ ] 'Harmony' producers halt show's Forrest Theatre run by Desmond Ryan
[ V ] Manilow tuner's yanked
Financing ran short for 'Harmony'
First Farrah Fawcett, now Barry Manilow. The theater world is proving very inhospitable to those 1970s icons.
News:
[ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF
From Officer to Actor by JASON ZINOMAN
David Zayas, a former police officer, plays a scheming cigarmaker in "Anna in the Tropics."
[ B ] Jeremy Kushnier to Play Roger in B'way's Rent
[ B ] Frank Langella Joins Liotta for Broadway Match
[ HC ] Malcolm Johnson Retiring
Editor's note: Malcolm Johnson, The Courant's veteran movie and theater critic, retires today.
Deborah Hornblow, who has been reviewing films for The Courant since 1997, becomes the paper's film critic.
But who becomes the theater critic? Will there be one?
[ CST ] 'Dr. Sex': from Bailiwick to Broadway BY HEDY WEISS
It appears "Dr. Sex," the zesty new musical comedy about fabled sex researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey -- which has been attracting enthusiastic crowds since it opened here at Bailiwick Repertory in September -- will soon be dancing to Broadway.
Uh huh.
[ V ] Chapman to consult for BAM
Advisor to scout int'l prod'n possibilities
[ NYT ] Dorothy Fay Ritter, 88, Actress in Westerns, Dies
Dorothy Fay Ritter was the mother of the late actor John Ritter and a star of several B-movie westerns in the 1930's and 40's.
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 14
[ P ] Love Jokes, One-Woman Musical Show, Plays Astoria Theatre Nov. 14-23
[ P ] College Kids Play Games of Seduction in MacLeod's Juvenilia, Premiering at Playwrights Horizons
[ P ] Alan Ruck Steps Into Pal Matthew Broderick's Shoes for Tour of Producers
[ P ] Mackintosh's My Fair Lady Won't See Bway Soon, But Producer Says "Just You Wait"
The popular Cameron Mackintosh revival of My Fair Lady, seen in London in recent seasons with Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Andrews and others, will not be recreated on Broadway anytime soon, Mackintosh told Playbill On-Line.
[ P ] Don Scardino Imagines The Man and His Times with Broadway-Bound The Lennon Project
Reviews:
[ NYP ] 'BRIGHT IDEAS' SHINES by DONALD LYONS
'BRIGHT Ideas" - a sharp, dark, satirical comedy about parents going to extreme lengths to get their 3-year-old into a chic preschool - is just what the doctor ordered.
[ TM ] Bright Ideas
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ INQ ] 'Annie' has the holiday spirit by Douglas J. Keating
Annie is selling better than any production ever presented by the Walnut Street Theatre, and before it opened Wednesday, to run through Jan. 4, two additional performances were added to accommodate demand.
Patrick Quinn may be a bit young-looking to play Oliver Warbucks, the billionaire who seeks to adopt Annie, but his assertive performance is on-target and he sings well.
[ BG ] Sadder but wiser, this comedy is just 'As You Like It' by Ed Siegel
[ BH ] 'As You Like It' simply magic by Terry Byrne
[ NYT ] CABARET REVIEW | CLEO LAINE
That Refined British Touch by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Dame Cleo skillfully blurs the line between operatic coloratura and jazz improvisation in her show at Feinstein's at the Regency.
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
We all know of one actor who's ready for Sacramento, but did Filichia find others during his visit?
[ NJ ] A life's journey told in song BY PETER FILICHIA
How many singers have played Broadway, off-Broadway and Lawrence of Oregano's?
Karen Mason has.
[ BG ] New haunts: The ghosts of 'The Fabulous Invalid' take over the Majestic by Terry Byrne
Interview with Jeffrey Hatcher.
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Thursday, November 13, 2003
Reviews:
[ ND ] Broadway Review: Taboo by Linda Winer
"Taboo" is not -- we repeat not -- the train wreck that Broadway's flop- collectors were promised by advance word. In fact, much of George's score -- plenty of new songs plus "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" and "Karma Chameleon" -- has the sensitively outrageous lyrics and bouncy sweetness of his iconic hits. Compared with the flabby music in the fall's other big commercial shows, "The Boy From Oz" and "Wicked," this one is good pop art.
[ B ] Notes on Bounce by Ken Mandelbaum
[ TM ] Adam Rapp Festival
Atlanta Review By: Brian Suber
[ TM ] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Connecticut Review By: Marc Miller
[ CU ] Bad Girls
Review
[ CU ] Bright Ideas
Review
[ ATW ] Recognizing Tunes (but Not All)
Bayview Records' The Broadway Musicals of 1939
Features:
[ BS ] Margo Martindale: This Big Mama Is Big
Margo Martindale asserts that her Southern accent, mature years, and corpulent figure have served her well in theatre, now more than ever.
[ BS ] Nonprofit Contest Asks Arts Orgs to Think Big
One myth about not-for-profits is that they cannot make profits. Many groups, in fact, operate in the black, including theatres.
[ B ] Photo Op: Madonna Visits Rosie's New Broadway Baby
News:
[ B ] Rose's Dilemma Changes Opening at MTC
[ P ] Neil Simon's Rose's Dilemma Now to Begin Off-Bway Nov. 24
[ P ] La Jolla Playhouse Strums World Premiere Julia Jordan-Duncan Sheik Work Guitar
[ P ] A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, as Murphy's Law Prevails
Donna Murphy will return as Ruth Sherwood in the Broadway revival of Wonderful Town Nov. 13 after battling the flu for a week.
[ P ] L.A. Hit Bare: A Pop Opera Has Catholic Boarding School Students Singing in March 2004 Off-Bway Premiere
[ P ] Stamos Out of Broadway's Nine Nov. 15-18; Schoeffler Steps In
[ P ] New Musical, Ministry of Progress, to Take Off-Broadway Jane Street Theatre Feb. 17
[ P ] Is Madhur Jaffrey Broadway Bound in Bombay Dreams?
[ B ] Melissa Errico Joins Cast of Aunt Dan and Lemon
[ B ] Eve Ensler's The Good Body to Debut at A.C.T.
[ TM ] Harmony Canceled, No Longer Broadway-Bound
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News:
[ P ] Manilow and Sussman's Harmony Canceled in Philly; Shocked Troupe Told of Money Woes
The shocked company was told that millions of dollars were not yet in place, and it was uncertain that so much money could be raised in the few weeks prior to the Philly bow.
[ B ] Manilow's Pre-B'way Harmony Scrapped in Philly
[ P ] Melissa Errico Joins Off-Broadway Cast of Aunt Dan and Lemon for The New Group
[ P ] Sheldon Harnick's Musical, Dragons, Roars in NJ Starting Nov. 13; Harnick in the House for Opening
[ P ] Cabaret Star Heads to the Chatterbox Nov. 20
[ P ] Rounding Third to Close Off-Broadway Dec. 7
[ P ] Paper Mill's Allergist's Wife Casts Its Wife
[ P ] Lion King Celebrates Sixth Anniversary on Broadway, Nov. 13
[ P ] Deborah Gibson to Sign New Broadway Recording at FYE
Features:
[ CP ] Golden Showers by David Anthony Fox
How the show with the unlikely title put the tinkle back in Broadway musicals.
Mark Hollman on "Urinetown" and "The Man in the White Suit."
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Kushner-Tesori-Wolfe Collaboration Caroline, or Change Opens Nov. 30
posted at 11/13/2003 12:03:21 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Six Dance Lessons in Three Weeks?
posted at 11/13/2003 10:02:43 AM by James Marino | Item Link
Features:
[ NYT ] A Glimpse Behind One Man's Makeup by LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Boy George remains unfazed by the public turbulence surrounding "Taboo," the musical of his own turbulent life in 80's London.
[ NYP ] New Smits hit by BILLY HELLER
JIMMY Smits cuts a striking figure when he first appears onstage in the Pulitzer Prize winning "Anna in the Tropics."
[ YN ] London's West End Is Again Focus of Woe by MATT WOLF, Associated Press Writer
The West End, London's equivalent to Broadway, is again a focus of woe, with many wondering why the shows aren't more sparkling and whether Britain's commercial theater has lost its touch.
[ ND ] Now They Won't Have to Chew the Scenery by Gordon Cox
The theatrical accessory of the fall season, it seems, is food.
[ DN ] Egos fuel classic comedy by Robert Dominguez
In his new play, "The San Juan Shakespeare Company," Eugene Rodriguez has taken several real-life personalities and situations and turned it into a scathing comedy about a struggling Nuyorican theater company.
[ NYT ] AT THE MOVIES
Digital Rogue to Reigning Elf by DAVE KEHR
Hugo Weaving of "The Matrix" on his current stage role in Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing."
[ BS ] Cards on the Table
In the same way that playwrights often give their characters drinking scenes as an excuse for them to express hidden feelings, so do playwrights sometimes build plays around card games, an apt metaphor for bitter rivalry.
[ B ] Photo Op: A Meeting of Prime Ministers at Golda's Balcony
"Bright Ideas" - Reviews:
[ ND ] Review: Bright Ideas by Gordon Cox
"Bright Ideas" is a comedy that is, of all things, genuinely funny.
[ NJ ] Staging makes the most of 'Bright Ideas' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Eric Coble's new farce proves somewhat insubstantial, but director John Rando's clever, well-acted production makes the humorous most of it.
[ YN ] 'Bright Ideas' Is More Frantic Than Fun by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
[ B ] Bright Ideas
Reviews by William Stevenson
Written by the little-known Eric Coble and directed by Urinetown's John Rando, the play could use some cutting. But as is, it produces enough laugh-out-loud farcical moments to be quite entertaining.
[ ATW ] Bright Ideas: The Macbeths, with Child, Invade Suburbia
Review by Andy Propst
Other Reviews:
[ NJ ] Musical doesn't need Billy Dee BY PETER FILICHIA
There's a bait-and-switch going on at Newark Symphony Hall.
[ BH ] Dated 'Peggy-Ann' charms by Ellen Pfeifer
[ BH ] Theatre Royal Bath delivers play just 'As You Like It' by Terry Byrne
[ CU ] The Caretaker
Review
[ CU ] Fame on 42nd Street
Review
[ NYT ] POP REVIEW | RONALD ISLEY
Reveling in the Plushiest of Bacharach by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Performed to perfection by a soul singer from the old school, the familiar songs of Burt Bacharach took passionate flight at the Supper Club on Tuesday.
News:
[ HC ] Albee Gets Halfway Home With One-Act 'Life' by Frank Rizzo
There are a few more hints about the world premiere of Edward Albee's new one-act play, "Home Life," which will open at Hartford Stage in late May, coupled with the playwright's celebrated one-act play, "The Zoo Story."
[ NJ ] Center Stage by Peter Filichia
Robin Strasser definitely has more than "One Life to Live."
[ YN ] HBO's 'Angels' Takes Flight in Multiple Slots
HBO has finalized an ambitious scheduling plan for its upcoming $60 million miniseries "Angels in America," starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson, and directed by Mike Nichols.
[ DN ] Before he was Norton: 'BAI honors Art Carney by DAVID HINCKLEY
[ NYT ] No Damages in Rosie Case, Judge Hints by DAVID CARR
The judge in the Gruner & Jahr vs. Rosie O'Donnell trial indicated that neither side would recover anything other than nominal damages.
[ P ] "Come Look at the Freaks": Taboo Opens on Broadway Nov. 13
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 13
[ P ] Winston and Wheeler Team Up for The Lady Herself Nov. 13 and 14
[ P ] David Hare Gets Steamed Up About Railways With New Permanent Way
[ P ] Three O. Henry Stories Merged Into One Musical, O. Henry's Lovers, at Goodspeed
[ P ] McDonagh�s Pillowman, With Broadbent, to Debut at London's National Nov. 13
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Features:
[ B ] Fresh Face: Euan Morton by Katie Riegel
[ TM ] Jordan, Jordan Everywhere by: Kathryn Walat
With Tatjana in Color now at the Culture Project and three other plays on the boards in NYC this season, Julia Jordan has arrived.
[ B ] Photo Op: Bewitched at the Wicked Recording Session
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Cast Hopes Fame Will Live Forever
[ TB ] Epic Repertory: Speaking with Richard Kuranda by Nancy Rosati
News:
[ P ] Tom Atkins Is Famed NFL Figure Arthur Rooney in The Chief, a Pittsburgh World Premiere
[ P ] Tommy Tune Receives 2003 National Medal of Arts
[ P ] Mint Hit Far and Wide to End Long Run on Nov. 23
[ P ] Former College Friends Have Growing Pains in Hortua's Between Us, Slated for MTC in Spring 2004
[ P ] Poliakoff�s Sweet Panic, with Horrocks and Hamilton, Opens in London Nov. 12
[ P ] Bounce to Be Recorded by NYPL's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Nov. 15
[ P ] "Time After Time": Our Sinatra Returns Nov. 12
[ P ] New Ensler Solo Play, The Good Body, to Premiere at ACT, June 24, 2004
[ P ] Broadway's Cerveris, Britain's Spiro and Bounce's Powers Cast in Griffin's Chicago Night Music, Dec. 23-Feb. 15
[ P ] Change Partners: Leg Ailment Keeps Polly Bergen Out of Six Dance Lessons
[ P ] A Weekend with Mary Cleere Haran Canceled at Lincoln Center
[ TM ] Mary Cleere Haran's American Songbook Engagement is Canceled
[ TM ] Spamelot and Camelot Joust for Broadway Domination
[ P ] A Rosie Verdict: Neither Side to Pay Damages in O'Donnell Lawsuit
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News:
[ NYP ] ROYAL MESS by MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE production staff of "Bobbi Boland" invoked two words to convince producer Joyce Johnson to close her show in previews: "Moose Murders."
[ P ] Mugleston Continues to Take Town as Murphy Expected Back Nov. 13
Linda Mugleston, Donna Murphy's understudy in the Broadway revival of Wonderful Town, will play the Nov. 12 matinee and evening performances of the show.
[ B ] DVDs: Away We Go! by Ken Mandelbaum
I hear that Alan Ruck has been offered the role of Leo Bloom in the first national company of The Producers, presently playing L.A. with Jason Alexander and Martin Short and thereafter continuing to tour to different cities. Ruck played the best friend of the original Leo Bloom --Matthew Broderick-- in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
DVD: OKLAHOMA! (Image Entertainment)
[ DN ] Little ado about 'Taboo' by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Broadway audiences are avoiding Rosie O'Donnell's new $10 million musical like it was taboo.
Plus this item in the final paragraph:
In other theater news, the revival of "Fiddler on the Roof," starring Alfred Molina, has been pushed back two weeks to Feb. 26 because "it needs more time," said a source.
[ BS ] Veteran Actor Hal England Dead at 71
The North Carolina native, who began his career on the stage, understudied Robert Morse in Broadway's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," then went on to star in "Love Me Little" and "Say Darling."
[ IBDB ] Hal England's Broadway Credits
[ P ] Art Carney, Broadway's Felix Ungar and TV's Ed Norton, Dead at 85
[ NYT ] Art Carney, 85, Lauded 'Honeymooners' Actor, Dies by RICHARD SEVERO
Throughout a long career, the Oscar-winner earned much critical acclaim for the depth and breadth of his talent.
[ DN ] Goodbye, Norton by DAVID HINCKLEY
'Honeymooner' Carney dead at 85
[ B ] Veteran Actor Art Carney Dead at 85
[ TM ] Art Carney, Actor and TV Icon, Dies at 85
[ P ] Listen to My Heart Posts Closing Notice; Composer Hopes to Keep Show Open
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
WIT AND WISDOM OF BOY GEORGE
[ V ] Flu season taking its toll on B'way
Bugs test producer pockets
Sick season has arrived early on Broadway.
[ V ] Actors' Equity hits non-union tours
Talks likely to include increasing producer contributions
[ P ] Terrorism Against America, Circa 1919, Dramatized in The Palmer Raids, Dec. 4-14
[ P ] American Choreography Awards Honor "Chicago," Stomp and Hines
[ P ] Mickey Welcomes Micky: Monkees' Dolenz to Join Disney's Aida on Broadway
[ P ] Omnium Director Takes on New Drama Where We're Born, Nov. 12-Dec. 21
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 12
[ P ] Rando Directs New Dark Comedy Bright Ideas; Opens Off-Broadway Nov. 12
[ P ] Aida, Lion King, Constant Star, Floyd Collins, Tin Box Win South FL Carbonell Awards
[ PTR ] Olympia Dukakis to give talk after performance by Alice T. Carter
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Features:
[ B ] Stage Notes: 11/12/03 by Paul Wontorek
Michelle T. Williams of "Aida"; "The Violet Hour"; and perhaps the only legit review of "Bobbi Boland."
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia objects to the idea that a review he wrote years ago could be read as supportive of Bobbi Boland.
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Mario Cantone
"That man's highly-strung" is an observation made of Gidger, a character in Richard Greenberg's Broadway drama, The Violet Hour. Enter Mario Cantone, whose specialty is playing highly-strung characters.
[ BH ] For executive running 'Follies,' star cast is insurance enough by Terry Byrne
[ KCS ] Mass appeal of Peter Allen show doesn't bother Broadway director by ROBERT TRUSSELL
Philip Wm. McKinley, a journeyman director who last monthmade his Broadway debut with "The Boy From Oz," chose not to read the notices.
But he heard about them.
Thanks to kcguy on All That Chat for the link!
[ ND ] 'Anna' on Broadway by Blake Green
Pulitzer-winning Tolstoy spinoff hits B'way
[ DN ] Asian-American plays go from nice to spice by REBECCA LOUIE
Forget touchy-feely tales about immigrants and their rebellious kids. Asian-American playwrights have moved on to sex and politics.
[ VV ] Welcome to Lee Breuer's Dollhouse by Charles McNulty
Lee Breuer Goes Little�and Literal�With His Production of Ibsen's Classic
[ B ] Video: Williams' Cat Crawls Back to Broadway
[ B ] Video: A Wicked Opening Night Bash
[ B ] Video: Six Dance Lessons Lands on B'way
[ B ] Video: A New Cast Opens in Nine
"Fame on 42nd Street" - Reviews:
[ YN ] Lame `Fame on 42nd Street' Off-Broadway by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
For those who found the stage version of "Saturday Night Fever" too taxing theatrically, "Fame on 42nd Street" could fill the bill.
[ NYP ] 'FAME' NOT A CLASS ACT by DONALD LYONS
Adults may groan at the juiceless clich�s that drive "Fame on 42nd Street," but I'm told that kids 10 to 16 really get into it. Take one of them, and keep your mouth shut.
[ ND ] 'Fame' Isn't the Real Thing by Gordon Cox
"Fame," with its dogged pursuit of subtlety-free showstoppers, achieves a level of unintentional camp that offers its own peculiar brand of guilty pleasure.
[ NJ ] This 'Fame' should be left in obscurity BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
First a terrific 1980 movie and later a pretty good TV series about kids at the High School for the Performing Arts, "Fame" is now a third-rate off-Broadway musical titled "Fame on 42nd Street."
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'FAME ON 42ND STREET'
Teenagers Onstage, Ambition in the Wings by BRUCE WEBER
More than 10 years after its unfortunate spawning, the stage musical based on the movie and television series has come to New York.
[ B ] Fame on 42nd Street
Review by William Stevenson
Unfortunately, despite energetic singing and dancing by the mostly young cast, the latest incarnation of the franchise is surprisingly lackluster.
[ ATW ] On Eternal 'Fame' (or Not)
Review by Andy Propst
[ TM ] Fame on 42nd Street
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Other Reviews:
[ NJ ] A real snorer: Like most dreams, 'Perchance' is easily -- and best --forgotten BY PETER FILICHIA
[ ATW ] CD Reviews: Gibson, Uggams, Hopkins, et. al.
Reviews by Andy Propst
posted at 11/12/2003 11:04:23 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
News:
[ YN ] 'Honeymooners' Actor Art Carney Dies
[ IBDB ] Art Carney's Broadway Credits
[ B ] Former Monkee Dolenz to Join B'way's Aida
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Farewell, Farrah
[ TM ] South Florida's Carbonell Award Winners Announced
[ P ] Seattle's ACT Theatre Sets New 5-Play 2004 Season With Jumpers and Enchanted April
After teetering on the brink of closing its doors forever, Seattle's ACT Theatre has announced a new five-play roster for its 2004 season including Alki, Enchanted April, Jumpers, Fiction and Good Boys.
[ P ] Institution-Bound Woman's Secrets Unlocked in Springvale Armadillo Reading Dec. 1-3
[ P ] Girl Dreams of Nutcracker Role in Sugar Plum Fairy at Los Angeles' Geffen, Nov. 11-Dec. 21
[ P ] Weller, Horovitz and More to Be Read in Cherry Lane Reading Series "Tongues"
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Just Dance Benefits Roundabout's Arts-in-Education
[ BEE ] 'Forbidden' entertainment by Marcus Crowder
If you think the nightclub scenes in "Flower Drum Song," now playing in Sacramento, are over the top, imagine their impact in the 1950s. That's when the campy revues depicted at fictional Club Chop Suey were raging at real venues such as San Francisco's Forbidden City.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Reviews:
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
In praise of Richard Greenberg, Graham Hamilton, Kristine Zbornik, Miles Phillips, and Kane Alexander.
[ VV ] Paging the Future
What's wrong with the present is self-evident, so suppose we look a little further ahead by Michael Feingold
The Violet Hour
[ VV ] Vogel Heads For Inner Space; Pinter Drifts With The Stars by Michael Feingold
The Long Christmas Ride Home; The Caretaker
[ VV ] Sightlines by Alexis Soloski
Oren Safdie's Private Jokes, Public Places
[ VV ] Life Be Not Proud
Britain's quirky Improbable Theatre lets Death off the hook by Daniel Mufson
Improbable Theatre's The Hanging Man
[ VV ] Club Med Alert
Playwright Len Jenkin enlists seaside freaks and phonies by Charles McNulty
Like I Say
posted at 11/11/2003 05:52:30 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ TM ] On a Cleere Day by: Brian Scott Lipton
The witty and sexy chanteuse Mary Cleere Haran offers a master class as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: November 3-9
[ P ] Hugh Martin's Rare Musical, Love From Judy, Gets U.S. Premiere in NYC Concert, Nov. 11-23
[ P ] Taboo's Esparza Due Back in Show Nov. 11
[ P ] Come Back, Little Tony: Shirley Booth's Sheba Honor for Sale on ebay
[ P ] TV Gets Wicked Nov. 12 and 18
[ P ] Lily Tomlin Set to Host Los Angeles Ovation Awards Ceremony, Nov. 23
[ TM ] Jackman and Others to Present Tony Honors on November 14
[ B ] Murphy Still Sick; Town Goes On with Understudy
posted at 11/11/2003 03:20:37 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ B ] Looking Back: TV Musicals 1 by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] First Person: Father Fames Spreads the Word by David De Silva
News:
[ P ] Feeling Unsupported, Michael Bush Resigns Charlotte Rep's Artistic Director Post
[ P ] Dream True Concert Scheduled for March 8
[ P ] National Announces West End Transfers; U.S. Transfer of Jumpers and Democracy in Works
[ P ] Mugleston to Spell for Murphy in Wonderful Town Nov. 11; Star Due Back Nov. 12
[ P ] PBS Broadcast of Wonderful Town Concert Canceled
[ P ] Taboo, Avenue Q and Rent Players Blend for Ghetto Cowboy Concert Nov. 15
[ P ] Jackman, Seldes and Hairspray Part of 2003 Tony Honors Celebration
posted at 11/11/2003 12:05:16 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
"Bobbi Boland":
[ NYP ] FAWCETT PLAY IS DOWN THE DRAIN by MICHAEL RIEDEL
Joyce Johnson, the show's producer, said she pulled the plug "because we learned in previews that the play simply does not work in a Broadway house."
But company members say the size of the theater was the least of the show's problems.
The first preview last week was, according to one witness, a "train wreck."
[ YN ] 'Bobbi Boland' to Close Before It Opens by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
Initial theater-chat room banter generally was not kind to the play. "Terribly misguided production, should have been put out of its misery before it got to this stage," wrote one disgruntled theatergoer on the Web site www.talkin'broadway.com. "Horrible actors, horrible show," fumed another.
[ NYT ] Farrah Fawcett Play Closes in Previews by JASON ZINOMAN
[ DN ] Fawcett's off B'way by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Features:
[ NYT ] Spare Revival of 'Town' Could Be a Long Shot by ROBIN POGREBIN
The producers of "Wonderful Town" are gambling that today's audiences will flock to an old-fashioned show and feel as if they got their money's worth.
[ DN ] 'Twilight' rethought as learning by CELIA McGEE
Maybe the coolest thing some people can know about Anna Deavere Smith is that she's artist-in-residence at MTV.
[ INQ ] Pianist Bobby Short: His life is a cabaret by Miriam Hill
The sublime cafe society entertainer may epitomize a fading era of elegance, but he's still swinging half the year in his longtime gig at Manhattan's Cafe Carlyle.
[ R ] Jerry Springer Meets Himself -- and Approves by Paul Majendie
News:
[ NYT ] A. Michael DeSisto, 64; Founded School for Troubled Youth, Dies by ANITA GATES
Mr. DeSisto's innovative school in Stockbridge, Mass. specializes in helping adolescents through unusual programs in fields like the culinary and performing arts.
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
Carole Bayer Sager (second item).
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
ON WINGS OF 'ANGELS'
[ TM ] Lily Tomlin to Host L.A. Ovation Awards
[ TM ] Exonerees to Play Themselves in The Exonerated
[ P ] Class Begins: Fame on 42nd Street Opens Off-Broadway Nov. 11
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 11
[ P ] German Tranvestite Is Singular Sensation of I Am My Own Wife, Bowing on Bway Nov. 11
[ P ] Non-Equity Oliver!, Inspired by Mackintosh Revisal in London, Starts U.S. TourNov. 11
[ P ] Leguizamo Can't Get Enough as Sexaholix... a love story Returns to Broadway, Nov. 11
Reviews:
[ FOX ] Broadway's 'Taboo': The 'Fix' Is In by Roger Friedman
I went to see the Boy George musical "Taboo" on Saturday afternoon. The Plymouth Theater was packed, by the way, with a lot of regular, "older" types who attend matinees and are pretty jaded about Broadway shows. And guess what? They loved it.
Seems like a review to me...
Thanks to JWest on All That Chat for the link!
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE LEGACY CODES'
Drama's Lines Evoke Yesterday's Headlines by BRUCE WEBER
Cherylene Lee's intellectually thoughtful play about Dr. Wen Ho Lee is unfortunately overwrought with long speeches and distracting subplots.
[ CU ] The Legacy Codes
Review
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'DISS DISS AND DISS DAT'
Revenge of the One-Hit Wonders, Hip-Hop Division by MARGO JEFFERSON
While this musical about a Harlem rap group could have been better written and better directed, the talented ensemble of actors is worth watching.
[ NJ ] Dissing the Delanys: 'Having Our Say' production mocks centenarian sisters BY PETER FILICHIA
[ YN ] 'Tonight's the Night' a Step Backward by MATT WOLF, Associated Press Writer
[ NYP ] 'MOONLIGHT' SHINES by DONALD LYONS
THERE'S life in the old emergency room. I'm talking about "The Moonlight Room" by Tristine Skyler, a new play by a new playwright that, set in an emergency room, shows a keen sensitivity to the voices and rhythms of urban life.
[ ATW ] 'Yogi' Can't Quite It Get Out of the Park - But He's Close
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] We Need a Little Christmas: 5 Holiday CDs
Reviews by Andy Propst
posted at 11/11/2003 07:44:48 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Monday, November 10, 2003
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Anna in the Tropics Holds a Press Conference
For the first time ever on the Great White Way a press conference was conducted completely in Spanish for the poignant new play, Anna in the Tropics on November 7.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Stewart, MacLachlan, & Gillen take Care with their Opening Night Bow
[ NY ] New York Minute: Mays Day by Simon Dumenco
Jefferson Mays couldn�t imagine a role more foreign to him than a 65-year-old East German transvestite�which is why he jumped at it.
[ BS ] Land of Giants: Stages Abound with Judy, Liza
Even in a show like "The Boy From Oz," a musical clearly aiming for biographical accuracy, the depictions of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli have been a tad reinvented for dramatic purposes.
Reviews:
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Colored Lights is a sometimes slapdash Q&A with Kander and Ebb but it offers some entertaining insights, opinions -- and dish!
[ CT ] Lyrically beautiful 'Tan Manhattan' deserves full revival by Howard Reich
News:
[ B ] Were U.K. Critics Rocked by Tonight's The Night?
[ P ] Taboo Pen Charles Busch Exonerated of Plagiarism Accusation for "Die Mommie Die!"
[ P ] New Off-Broadway Space, Barrow Street Theatre, Opens for Business
[ P ] Broadway Post-Show Auctions for "Gypsy of the Year" Competition Heating Up
[ P ] Of Thee I Sing Redux: Presidential Candidate Call for Love
[ P ] Cast, Creators and Producers Spend "A Night Out With Avenue Q," in NYC, Nov. 10
[ P ] Millie's Foster Speaks to 200 Theatre Students Nov. 11
[ P ] Broadway's Tommy Lined up for Wintertime and Assassins in 2004
[ P ] Dandridge Returns to Broadway's Rent
[ P ] Boy From Oz Writer Headlines Feinstein's at the Regency, Nov. 18-22
[ VV ] La Dolce Musto by Michael Musto
The "Angels in America" opening.
posted at 11/10/2003 05:24:16 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ B ] Bobbi Boland Closes After One Week of Previews
"I decided to close the production now because we learned in previews that the play simply does not work in a Broadway house," Johnson said in a statement.
[ P ] Bobbi Boland Closes in Previews on Broadway Nov. 9
A closure before opening night is an increasing rare thing in the world of Broadway. The last such occasion was David Henry Hwang's Face Value, which collapsed short of its opening in 1993.
[ TM ] Broadway's Bobbi Boland Closes in Previews
[ P ] Holly Hunter Hunts London Stage Glory in Bog of Cats
[ P ] Matthew Bourne Developing Edward Scissorhands for Stage; Aiming for UK 2005 Opening
[ P ] Tony Winner Helen Gallagher Stars in Gibson's Handy Dandy, Dec. 9
[ P ] Coffee and Dvorsky Return for NSMT's A Christmas Carol; Complete Casting Announced
[ P ] "Cabaret at the Chase" Welcomes Karen Mason Nov. 15
[ P ] John Gleason, Broadway Lighting Designer, Is Dead at 62
[ P ] Hear Caroline, Or Change Songs on "Radio Playbill" Nov. 10-22
[ P ] Jerry Springer Comes Face to Face With Himself, Opera-Style
[ P ] Banderas, Jackman, O'Donnell Help "Blue Jeans for Genes" eBay Auction, Nov. 10-17
Reviews:
[ B ] CDs: All the Lives of Me by Ken Mandelbaum
Gwen Stewart (recently of Big River) is returning to the Broadway Rent to reprise the ensemble roles she originated (including soloist in "Seasons of Love"); Stewart was also the first replacement Joanne in the Broadway Rent.
CD: THE BOY FROM OZ (Decca Broadway)
CD: DEBORAH GIBSON: COLORED LIGHTS (Fynsworth Alley)
CD: WILD WOMEN BLUES (DRG)
[ B ] Critics Consider Roundabout's Caretaker Revival
[ TM ] Bounce
Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: A Posh Opening for The Caretaker
[ B ] Q&A: Boy George by David Drake
posted at 11/10/2003 01:10:03 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
We hear that Bobbi Boland is not going to make it to opening night...
posted at 11/10/2003 10:58:04 AM by James Marino | Item Link
[ STARS ] BRIEF UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER by STEVEN M. ALPER
Despite earlier reports, the Awards season is not over; it goes on and on and on. Also, the gigantic archive of early Mr. Cranky (nee Suite101.com Theatre) is unveiled!
[ SUN ] Guess Who's Coming To Dinner by JEREMY McCARTER
Before Mamet, before LaBute, but after the Book of Job, there was Harold Pinter. People in his world are forever menaced by powers outside their control, a spectacle that can be as funny as it is grisly. How many of his characters could echo Gloucester, the haggard, sightless wretch of "King Lear," who cries, "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods. / They kill us for their sport"?
posted at 11/10/2003 10:48:53 AM by James Marino | Item Link
"The Caretaker" - Reviews:
[ USA ] Powerful actors ensure 'Caretaker' is in good hands by Elysa Gardner
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE CARETAKER'
Forces Cruel, Kindly and Shifty in Pinterland by BEN BRANTLEY
Aidan Gillen is the only cast member who conveys ambiguity with conviction and precision in this Harold Pinter revival at the American Airlines Theater.
[ HC ] Brotherhood Rivalry Caught In Crossfire by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Three Actors Shine In Pinter's Classic 'The Caretaker'
[ YN ] Menace Missing From 'The Caretaker' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
[ NJ ] Early Pinter doesn't age well BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Despite the presence of the accomplished Patrick Stewart, the show is a yawn.
[ ND ] Less Seductive, Yet Still Vintage Pinter by Linda Winer
This should have been a crackling highlight of the hectic fall season. But Jones' direction is curiously slack.
[ NYP ] TAKE IN A PINTER by CLIVE BARNES
It is fascinating how after only 43 years "The Caretaker" has achieved the dimensions of a classic.
[ DN ] This 'Caretaker' should retire by Howard Kissel
Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" has not worn well.
[ B ] The Caretaker
Review by Eric Grode
The largely satisfying Roundabout revival features eye-catching work by all three actors, but only one performer, the riveting Kyle MacLachlan, consistently finds the sting beneath the flash.
[ TM ] The Caretaker
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Upon leaving the theater, an unmoved patron is likely to feel that this Caretaker needs a caretaker.
[ TB ] The Caretaker
Review by Matthew Murray
[ ATW ] The Taming of The Caretaker
Review by Andy Propst
[ NYer ] SONS AND LOVERS by HILTON ALS
Love triangles by Harold Pinter and Richard Greenberg.
Other Reviews:
[ CST ] The stars shine in 'Manhattan' and tribute to Blake/Razaf BY HEDY WEISS
With Heather Headley, Karla Burns, Larry Hamilton, Billy Porter, Andre De Shields and Dick Hyman.
[ NJ ] Centenary success is academic BY PETER FILICHIA
A.R. Gurney's smart play "Another Antigone" is receiving a spirited revival at Centenary Stage Company in Hackettstown.
[ TB ] Skin Deep
Review by Matthew Murray
[ DN ] Rockettes & Santa deliver by Paul Schultz
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is the only place you can get elves, 36 long-legged women and a camel working together to bring a little cheer. The 2003 production is delightful, one of the sharpest in recent years.
[ NYP ] FRAZZLED FAMILY AFFAIR by DONALD LYONS
"The Long Christmas Ride Home" is a slight play that's stranded between two worlds - Western realism and Eastern symbolism.
Features:
[ NW ] City of Angels by David Ansen and Marc Peyser
Heaven Sent: Mike Nichols brings Tony Kushner�s visionary stage epic �Angels in America� to HBO with a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Here are the director, the playwright and the stars to tell us all about it.
Thanks to Drum1870 on All That Chat for the link!
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
What are the long-run chances of a follow-up to a Tony-winning play? Filichia crunches the numbers.
[ ND ] Fast Chat: Mark Hamill by Gordon Cox
[ ND ] 'Father Fame' Passes It On by Karin Lipson
It's been more than two decades since David De Silva first conceived of a film about kids attending a performing arts high school in New York.
[ ND ] FINDING FAME by Karin Lipson
In the cast of the Off-Broadway musical, 22-year-old Jesse Nager is playing parts he's lived
[ NYP ] SHOWSTOPPING TWISTS & TURNS by FARRAH WEINSTEIN
Forget the silver screen. A-list actors are fleeing the Hollywood Hills to tread the boards on Broadway.
News:
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
CLOONEY IS PECKING AWAY AT B'WAY IDEA
[ V ] Tony adds honors
'Boheme' cast, Huntley, Johnson-Liff, Acting co. feted
Since 1947, there have been Tony Awards. Now there are Tony Honors too. On Friday at the Lyceum Theater, Hugh Jackman hosts the first Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater.
[ V ] Busch whacks lawsuit over 'Mommie' credit
Temporary restraining order against pic overturned
[ V ] Noises Off: Off B'way blues
'Omnium' to close despite positive reviews
[ P ] Broadway's Thanksgiving Week Performance Schedule
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 10
[ P ] Simon and Rees Discuss Shakespeare Films of Olivier, Nov. 10
[ P ] Kaye, Callaway and Aronson are Leading Ladies of Broadway Nov. 10
[ P ] Albee Actor Stephen Rowe Brings Stand-Up Mark to St. John, Nov. 10
[ P ] Bounce Cast Album Recorded in Two-Day Session, Nov. 10-11
posted at 11/10/2003 09:10:55 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, November 09, 2003
Features:
[ NYP ] BOY GEORGE: THE MAN, THE MAKEUP, THE MUSICAL by MARK JACOBS
[ DN ] Rosie's demons are unleashed by TRACY CONNOR
Old trauma seen in trial
[ NYT ] Is Falstafff a Corrupt Buffoon or Joyous Inspiration? by RON ROSENBAUM
Actor Kevin Kline and director Jack O'Brien will resist the worshipful interpretation of Falstaff in their production of "Henry IV" at Lincoln Center.
[ CT ] Clothes encounters by Nina Metz
'Orange Flower' brings up a touchy subject: Nudity
[ P ] STAGE TO SCREEN: Sweeney Todd and The Iceman Cometh
After writing so many times about the possibility of a Sweeney Todd film, I decided to go right to the (secondary) source and find out what Stephen Sondheim had to say about the idea.
[ DP ] Almost mayhem by John Moore
What happens when John Denver's tribute cast infiltrates a popular parody
Funny article.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ NYT ] EXCERPT
'Private Jokes, Public Places'
In this scene from Oren Safdie's satirical play, a student clashes with two middle-aged architects.
[ ND ] Lil' Lambs Big on Stage by Robert Kahn
"They get too big and we have to send them away, but nothing bad happens to them," "Gypsy" star Bernadette Peters said, referring not to the musical's child actors, but rather its young lamb stars, at a recent Macy's event promoting Kids Night on Broadway (www.kidsnightonbroadway.com).
[ BG ] In Cab Calloway's family, one intrepid woman inspires another by Catherine Foster
Daughter portrays bandleader aunt
News:
[ CE ] Family vacation leads to 'Sound of Music' tour by Jackie Demaline
Melissa Bohon cast in Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof" (second item).
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
Nicole Richie and "Rent"; Farrah Fawcett. (Final items.)
[ NYT ] Weddings & Celebrations: Hilit Shifman, Barry Edelstein
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Wicked on "Letterman," O'Donnell on "O'Brien", Stamos on "Daly"
[ P ] Broadway's New Year's Performance Schedule
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 9
[ P ] Patrick Stewart and Kyle MacLachlan Open Broadway's The Caretaker, Nov. 9
[ P ] Who! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Starts Seussentennial at Old Globe, Nov. 9
Reviews:
[ CU ] The Violet Hour
[ CU ] The Merchant of Venice
[ CU ] Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
posted at 11/9/2003 12:37:03 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
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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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